"A HORSE ALLOWANCE."

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13612, 22 December 1909, Page 9

"A HORSE ALLOWANCE."

;V'. - - , [ : .'_ (xnciu. to "the press.") I ' • WELLINGTON, December 21. •' *j™ atter tnat ™ causing some stir '- kUr PaTtmenf ' al circles re to a «"*"» allowance drawn by a -well-paid , ™»l of the Defence Department. Re- ■ «mng to this matter the '-Dominion" ; a JV-"A somewhat serious matter - »^® ?ntioned in the House of RepreiSγ while * ho Defence Estimates t »**• «Mer consideration in the early SLfaj *t fcatuTda y morning. It was 1 ™at a certain officer of the de- ■• JJS lor( »s was reported to have been r™" I, *: a horee allowance, although "« Possessing a horse. The serious- ' tSedL P 051 "*' 011 lip s in the fact that ,_" °®°J c c regulations prescribe a "rS"* « procedure before the horso ■t*U.*Jk° can drawn, which lieeessi- , «rtl- tll e of a voucher making ttiil separations. Pome time ago »nA '*?**, wmewhat similar trouble, Jate iseddon is stated to bm» *" tn conimendable promptS««" ere shou W I"* no difficulty in S*feip any doubts which may ex- "* **■ the present ease. If the'pay«Wi ? * ere made, the vouchers must* £J t>e available, and the Prime Mm get to the bottom of the «er m a f ew - }i OU r S ' time. Failing »i.L*it I ' t,aT >' enquiry would quickly p?? 5 tte truth of- the alienations. the matter will again be £«pt up in the House before the ■ "aoon closes."