MINISTERS' REPLIES TO QUESTIONS.
(press association telegram.)
WELLINGTON, September 21
In reply to questions in the House tof Representatives to-day, Ministers gave the following answers:— ""That, having regard to cost of tho services and, supplies, it is not possible to make any appreciable reduction in the present "charges for meals at railway refreshment rooms without incurring loss in this branch of the_ Department's activities, or reducing the quality and standard of the meals." ■- '"That it would not be possible to introduce legislation this session dealing with the question of travelling expenses and allowances that can lie claimed by, members of local 'bodies 'when attending meetings, but enquiries are being made into the 'mat-, ter."
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19112, 22 September 1927, Page 13
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