TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 28, 1 August 1924, Page 8

TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS

£ HOUSE OF T REPRESENTATIVES h > TEe -House, of Representatives met at. ;£ 2.30 p.m. :..'" .". £ Mr. !P: Eraser (Wellington Central)" fr gave notice to ask the Prime Minister i~. whether he will arrange*with the British 1% Government, to.have continued, the payg xnent of old,'age pension's to olcppeople X who leave Britain to reside in New <;.' Zealand. - ■ £ ' Mr. H. E. Holland (Buller) notified £> bis intention to ■ ask the Minister in . g Charge of the National Provident Fund 2: ■whether he proposes to introduce legisla- %'. tion making it possible for mothers to ;* collect maternity bonuses on a less resijjj dential qualification than twelve months. *■» Mr. "G.S.W.-;"Forbes' (Hurunui) asked?J the Minister of Agriculture whether :it |; ; would-be'possible'to obtain'-for New Zeag? ]and a larger allocation than 16 per fe cent, of phosphates from Nauru Island $ when the'agreement was "renewed, and •£ whe'thor there r was any truth ■in the ■ re's?; ports of disagreement between Britain, £j Australia, and New Zealand in respect j£j to phosphate supplies. - ■■■■■■ *■? Mr. Nosworthy replied that he had jjl every reason to believe" that" every tiling Jg -would be all right in.', connection with, l!-| the matter. When he had more infor- ?.»: mation on the point he would be glad Jjjf to communicate it to the House $ Mr. R. M'Keen (Wellington 'South) <;■> continued the debate on the Financial rf; Statement. . . s% . (Left sitting.) --;