BACK AT WORK.
MR. SAVAGE BETTER. ATTENDS CABINET MEETING. SOCIAL SECURITY RUMOUR. (Br Telperaph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) \VKLUX<iTON. thi- <lay. Tin- Prinif Minister, tho I!t. H»n. M. ■f. ~ ", . was nlile to return to duty to-day. He liar- fully recovered fnun the illui'-h which kept him iiway from the Ifiiilfi l of i!epri>entativ<--. la<-t »-.'ek an-1 , (h>7llll his duties to-day with an iiiip'nt- i ant Cabinet meeting; which was e\j■■.■i , ie«l, t. ]>i«t hII day. It i« iinder-ito-d that I ('i\l>iiiet's ta.-k irs to jjivo 1.n.il approval t'< !e'.'iulntion which i- ini'!udi\l in tiie i bill in the Hon. R, Seniple'- chaiLie. d: , \1- i with land erosion problem-. Thi* requires special covering practically the whole of the New Zealand watershed. When Cabinet rose at 1.1.1 p.m. Mr. Savage jrave a complete denial to a current rumour that Ministers have been discussing an increase in the Social Security tax to two shillin?* in the pound. 'Tlii-i is the first I have heard of it." said Mr. Savage. "It certainly has not been discussed in thirs room."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 154, 3 July 1939, Page 8
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