DISCOURTESY ALLEGED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 227, 25 September 1930, Page 9

DISCOURTESY ALLEGED.

M.P.'S VISIT TO LONDON.

SIR T. WILFORD'S ATTITUDE

MINISTER EXPRESSES REGRET,

(By Telegraph. —Parliamentary' Keportcr.)

WELLINGTON, ■ Wednesday.

A complaint'that he was dissatisfied with the treatment accorded him by the High Commissioner, Sir Thomas Wilford, was made by the Keform member for Mid-Canterbury, Mr. D. Jones, in the House of Representatives to-night. Mr. Jones, who is chairman of the Meat Control Board, said that he had called, on Sir Thomas on his arrival in London, but had received no entertainment from him. Mr. W. Lee Martin (Labour), Raglan: Didn't he shout for you? (Laughter.) Mr. Jones said that.he had not been invited to the New Zealand dinner or the Empire dinner. The Hon. A. J. Stallworthy: Do you consider it was a studied insult? Mr. Jones: I will leave that question to the Minister to decide. During the whole time -I was in London the High. Commissioner did not do the slightest thing for me. Mr. R. McKeen (Labour, Wellington South), said he considered that Mr. Jones had been very ehabbily treated. In the first place, Mr. Jones was a New Zealander, and Sir Thomas Wilford was representing New Zealand and not the United party. It was a very serious matter, and the Government should see to it that Sir Thomas was informed that New Zealand visitors ehould be suitably received when in London. Mr. W. E. Parry (Labour, Auckland. Central) suggested that it was a serious thing for a member of the House to be treated as Mr. Jones had described, and ho was sure that the member for MidCanterbury was not misleading the House, and that his feelings as a member of Parliament going Home to be snubbed and ignored could be well understood. ' . \, . The Minister in charge of the High Commissioner's Office, the Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle, stated in reply: "I very much regret that the High Commissioner ! so treated a member of this House, and 11 will certainly make representations to the High: Commissioner from my own office." . . ;