PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 232, 1 October 1925, Page 15

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP

+ f NOTES FROM THE GALLERY.; j MEMBERS - SALARIES. | General rpconsidf ration o: salaries of officers of Pariiam- r.: members of the ! Hous" and those o: Ministers i = to be undertaken next ----- n. a<-» ording to a brief r ' mark <-" tiie Mm.st.er o: Finance. tiie li-r '•"'' •-'•' -rt.-y. a -;,-_• discus-j gjon o: the supplementary Estimates in the ii 'Ui*". m?m:-=r; uad advocated >e:tcr : a-ment •■•- certain oSrer* ot the H.■■■-. urjrir.s that Parliament should s- ' a z-".n. example. Voi.- ■ ■-' tb» speak"-; mentioned legislators' *_'<_-"". but :n»v v*e-e interested -oben th-. M.n.-tf-r ma'> ':■. - announcement a- t.i-~~" ra",-~ - ■-.-.---:-.z -■•'.' reduction :~ tv..r _•<"' -a..-.-r -1; '-c tne J_\.\r Expenditure A :;:Ttn • : t A-. was passed. Members .: the '. rper House ■were simiiiir.y a..v.--- anc no» z-. £250 annually. The Hon. Nos wort:!y TemarKed that he n ->-tr heard members talk a -out overt.me an i lor _ hours they v _- mon their ~ r_. Ihey never asked tt'" it Mr. SuHiva: : 3*orn a uni'-n and 2" on str.ic. -■ ' ■ Cancer Research. a £.">w subsidy t-'«ards donations made in aid of cancer research at Otago University aro as* '. criticism of the Hon. D Buddo and Mr. Sullivan, when the item ""as i*ing passed by Parliament to-cav. Taev thoutrht it very inadequate -when one considered the terrible natu-c of the disease and the tremendous possibilities of such investigation. "That is only a start "explained Sir Mam Pomare i Minister of Health i. who suzgested that Nevr Zealand could not hope to deal adequately with the problem against the work ot English scientists, who had a million and a-hali spend on that branch alone. In London alone there were over one hundred mv estimators on tais work, and altogether there -ere a thousand on the "problem in England. V, c would pet the benefit of their research, and Xe-cr Zealand might, by accident, discover something. At any rate, added the Minister, we are stepping in LUe right direction. Mr Sullivan: Take a longer striae. Sir Maui Pomare: And you might have ;j„_+ ;," vti Tike too \o_Z a step. as accident n voj urn "Wireless on Small Ships. -Have any further steps Wn taken to extend the installation of wireless on smaller ships'.- asked Mr. P. Fraser nrd&Bgtou Cent-all in the House. when the Marine Department's vote on the Supplemental Estimates was under consideration. The Minister oi Marine (Hon. C-. -1. Anderson i. stated tnat the matter being looked into, there were =ome boats which not on tne Sew Zealand register, and nothing could be done in such cases as that.

Members Voting Sights. An amendment of the Legislature Act was brought down m the House to-night, j srotectim: the electoral rights ot , members of the Legislature- The hih . deans up a doubt which has existed a ? i t. the voting riffhts or members ol | Parliament following on tne passing oi j &5 amendment of last session, m regard j U___ three months residential qualification. It is now provided that a person siaS be deemed to have resided trahffl the district wherein he has his usual I place of abode, nottrithstanding his_' absence for any period at the seat ol . the Government, in attendance as a amber of either House oi Parliament. It is also provided that the nomination or election of any person shall not be invalidated by reason of registration on th» wrons: roil. When the bill was m committee"Messrs. P. Fraser .Wellington Central I and W. A- Veitch ( V* anganui I. expressed regret that tne term ot residential qualification had oeen extended one month. Tney maintained it vas 10-S enouzh. Mr. L. M Isitt (Christchurch North) defended the three months rule, which did away with any possibility of abuses. The Prime Minister stated that the roll this year was 22.000 above that of the last election.