NEW ZEALANDERS’ TRIPS ABROAD

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21866, 20 August 1936, Page 4

NEW ZEALANDERS’ TRIPS ABROAD

. - — ♦ • REFERENCE IN HOUSE TO FASCIST ORGANISATIONS ti’rom Our Parliamentary Reporter! • WELLINGTON. August 19. Mention of reports that certain New Zealand residents had attended conferences in Europe at the expense of foreign organisations was made by Dr* D. G. McMillan (Govt., Dunedin West) In the House of Representatives today. Dr. McMillan gave notice to ask the Prime Minister,, the Rt. Hon. M. J. Savage, whether he.had seen a Press Association cable message from London, dated August 18, stating that there were fascist - organisations throughout the world closely linked up with certain foreign consulates arid chambers of commerce. Dr, McMillan also asked whether the Prime Minister was aware of a report that during recent months certain New Zealand residents had been taken for trips from, New Zealand to conferences in Europe and that their expenses had been paid by certain foreign organisations. Would the Prime Minister consider taking the necessary steps, he added, to ensure that those foreign organisations were saved the expense of providing their New Zealand guests with return passages? In his question Dr. McMillan named a specific European power, but- actual reference to that country was ruled out by the Speaker, the Hon. W. B. Barnard. ■