TRIPS ABROAD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 269, 12 November 1937, Page 8

TRIPS ABROAD.

CABINET MINISTERS. "RESULTS JUSTIFY COST." HARD WORK FOR DOMINION. (Tty Telrsrnph. Parllninontnry Reporter.) WKUJVtiTOX. tli i< day. Kcplvimr to Opposition criticism ill re>pcet to tin- cost of Ills trip abroad. 1 lie Mini-ter of Finance. Mr. Nash, speaking ill tin- House of KcprcFciit a - tives to-d<iy. sit i<l !>>•■ in 1 »fi-s mi (li<' other siil«> of tin- House were asking what results had Ijeen olitained. He did not tltiiil< it was possible, in the ordinary way. for more to have been done. Every liour had liecn lined as far as possible for (lie benefit of the Dominion. As to the Imperial Conference, no member of tile Opposition would question the necessity of the Prime Minister LM >illi| H< ime. he continued. There was no •|uesiiiiii that the other Minister was necessary also at that conference. New />a!«ind had Icks representation from the Ministerial point of view than any other Dominion. Canada had live Ministers, Australia live, and Smith Africa four or five, but New' Zealand had only two. Mr. A\ . I'. Kndean (National, I'arnell): Look at the difference in population. Mr. Xtisli said that ill one week, in spite of work undertaken by Mr. S.ivhe had attended 22 meetings. Sleepilly hours were comparatively few because of the work to be done. He was certain that if results were to be in the future more Ministers would have to attend Imperial Conferences. Outside of agreements still under consideration with (ireat Britain, the results had justified the expenditure.