POLITICAL NOTE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18138, 30 July 1924, Page 8

POLITICAL NOTE.

Woolston Taaa«iJsß» j notice to move be appointed, with with any similar Legislative Council, agg mittee, to whom shall matter of the petition sfment in the session upon the report of tig House to the able consideration; vrftfi for persons and j, spm . whether the petitioners SJqK injury bv reason nf unauthorised action of whether the petitioner* lv entitled to competattlenf&9'sP' public moneys ; and, if assessed; the Mr 8.11, 11, Suley, and tho mover. Starving Stock in Mr Bitchener gave ask the Minister of thcr ho will at once made with a view of to the owners of South Canterbury, by age of turnips from tit member for Waitaki position in South Canterbury fcgjgP owing to the fact that 4 fftraT seven months only abort' IrSjSjg^ Timaro-Paroora Workua' TtitiiTr indisposed, was in the H«k noon. He gave notice id gs|g|ggF ister of Railways way Department *Ui-gitt£-yEs£ travelling on tho era' tram, similar charged on other worked* &*)|i§rarun the snmc distaaetf ItfeSS that the charge frost Belfast is 2s 6d w«eltly7li?|§ffi®i 9d from Tiniaru to Paretfc BaJlway Boiling Stoefc^ Railways whether, engines and •" I "*[r lf)OTj§i in the Dominion are. at better, than those >SMrtt£'ww in future have ail ittec in New Zealand, and H ment to our own people? Vf* Tho Budget Debate. £&£ The debate on the waa commenced in the Boutßfeyfe ing by Mr T. M. Wilfqrd, Opposition. MrWiifard an amendment. He devoted Mfflt speech to a critieism of the Budget. He deelartf full of errors, that the General's figures, asd contradicted itself. Tkctfewiral said, discrepancies is counts and tables, and items he instanced the figures given by and. the Railway gard to tho capital end rfjjisfl ways. At the end Wilford said he woßld'igo#bjnH|| some figures of a tali to ,ittfj||||w| to put on record in done this, he cocclndsdH^^^^^SK fied, Mr an'easy tool for the The Hon. C. J. Parr iffjpljg Wilford, who, he ably astray in Budg§t figures, ftwSfggW statement about the the figures in regard. te of the railways. should know, thai 'tfct XvUgMH Department operated tctlit Jflßaßji of open lines, quite the Railway Deparsm«st 4jj|SSH| latter could take theft hon. gentleman was difference between tto-'ftj^wHKßaß two Departments. In Budget, said Mr to be absolutely dealt only with the *HtSg*WEH but the fact VWJSIJS® the Budget showed ttotjßjgSHj waa 'economically satuiit Borrowing and In his speech "in tHfl jlMMijfflß to-night the Hon. C. warning, note about the gßtranHM bodies» borrowing. local bodies were,: fast, and such borroirisf i confined almost necessity, such ft* been incurred was |us pause. 8o far, ried us throrigb. I crease in values whica portion to the incrSfiMi there was uo doubt we would have strong South America. .. There wers now 15,904 casuals in tWSfflilgßHH of 52,849, and their WjMi to over £ 12^,000,009 Maori Tangis. Maui Pom are sAid tention of the ment to stop Maori • that was imposslbtoAW^^^H| ment would not Tlie tangi was the people could tivcly. However, parts of their t&Bjp* in the interests was not peculiar he understood ians orrowed