PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 212, 8 September 1927, Page 5

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

NOTES FROM THE GALLERY.

SOOK TO BE HOMELESS.

AUCKLAND PLAY ASSOCIATION. (Br Telepraj't. — rarliamentarjc U<-portcrJ VTELLINGTOX, thi* day. "It i« regrett<>d thai the Government cannot aoeept the responsibility of pro* viidinp other accommodation/" «>aid tha of lidueation (Hon. R. A. Wrigbt). in replying to tbe member for Mainik.au (Mr. W. .T. Jordan I, in con«

nertioa with a request that a new bona* he found for ibe Auckland Play and Recreation Af-.t-oriation. Mr. Jordan pointed ont tia* mueh valuable voluai tary work vit> being don*> for the young j people, of the cily by this organisation, which bad it* headquarters in the old Sapi.cr Street M-booL At Jhe end of tha preerat year the building is to be demolished. Waitoao Caves Hostel. Tbe new hostel at WaitoSM Cai«f will not be finiivbed at Clhri«.tTna»i. Tha dae date f«r the ecrtnj>lctiion of the conJrart i« Jane, I»2K. hej»lying la Mr. J. C Ro]>atos <Waiiiotno) ibi*. afternoon, tbp Hon. W. Vo».wcjrihy *sid that knch portions of tbc building a* oiifht ba available would be -ußed dnring ibe holiday fyrat-o-a, and every effort' would ba made lo avoid lumi.n» away payable . bnwne-v*. Mr. r.clle*tion bad a+kc-d | whether tbe MiniMer would consider I speeding up tie mork. poinrinp out that ]in ibc naat ibe and Health j Re*ort* Departasent bad had to ref-tt** nunscrou* apjiliea.ljon*. for aecomirjodaJion at ibc Waiionio Gave*, lacrchy losing a ewnwderable amount of revenne. Radio Lrrtarea oa Farmine. It it po*Mb]e lihat arranp-eTOent* mar be fnade snorUy for the of leetnrettcc in relation t<» fanaing, *o that valuable information may be available Jo fanners gencraJly, and tbohe in remote district* partieuia.rly. Tb«« Hon, O. 4. Haw-ken, Minister of Agriculture, **p3ving to a <j-ue*:«on fey Sir John Luke, as Jo whether he would make arrangements for a.cereditied evpert* in agricultural and pa«or*J pumjit* to broadcast *uch Kaid he would be placed to take the aia.tter np with the Po*tma.«ler-<reneral with the object of giving effect to the request. Health Department Prosecstioaa. "The prosecutions whirh bave taken piaoe in Auckland recently are neilhcr the beginning nor the *«nd of tlie activity of the Department of Health in dealing with the aw of boron compounda in caring meat," *aid the Hon. J. A.

l? m ß' lfl *n*»er to a question br Mr TTilford {Bait). Tb© Minirtor of Rcaltl added that tbe regulation* had been ii force *incc 13»33 and had never l«wn «a» ipended. All carer* throughout Xc» Zc a . land had had fall warning, and if tb< result of Kampling di#clo*nd the m o! boron preservative the mm] pro*cca Uoai would follow. Usable To Work. Being destitute and unable to d< active work, Jotepb Cfcalav. of Mam kana, former]j M employee of tin Pubbc Worku Department, fca* petj l! s°n^«5 ° n^«, t3> ? H<MWC for ■»'*oi»«I grant |In J921, be *ay*, be » M emplovcd b* ; tJ» Department a* _ labourer, on tbi i?• * v i radir *? >»*■ A cram bar fell oa iu« bead, canning injuries, and be i« I fv* * uffcrin * fr <"» tnbercalar disease of I * «*• ««*. A* be bad boned ,ihat treatment would effect a cure b* 2«3«1 not claim anything by *av of «,«,. , pensatjoa from Ibe Government, but bt Ji* now informed that be will never be j able to do active work again. Improvement of Flu Masi-actMe. Question* relating to tbe dressing of pbormjum fibre are under investigatioa J b? tbe Scicnoe and Research Board. The Minister of Agriculture made that ttatement m replying to Mr. Linldater (Maaawata), who a*ked whether toe {Government would eScr a substantial i bona* for improvement* in flax-millinr machinery Two item* spceiallv menUoned by Mr. linklater were the extraction and dressing of fibre from tbe flax leaf, and tbe utilisation of the bvrrrtvrt* obtained during tbe prow** of extracting ibe fibre, j Mental Defective, J Notice was given by tbe Hon. G. M. jTbomaon in tbe Legislative Council today to ask whether, in view of the re•port of the committee of inguirv on ! ?"?£. ********** *«d sexual offender* iin 1923 and Dr. Gray* interim report ! J upon hi* recent tour of investigation in Europe America, the Government intend* to introduce legislstitro in aecordance with the committee"* reeom•nendationn.