PARLIAMENT

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 111, 7 November 1933, Page 9

PARLIAMENT

; TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Tho Houso of Representatives met at j 2.30 p.m. today. Mr. W. Nash (Labour, Hutt) gave notice of his intention to ask tfor leave to introduce the Potono and Lower Hutt Gas.Lighting Amendment Bill. CUTS NOT TO BE RESTORED. The Prime Minister (the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes) informed Mr. A. S. Richards (Labour, Roskill) that the state of the public finances would not permit of the restoration of the 10 per cent, cut to civil servants. RELIEF WORKERS 'AND CHRISTMAS. Replying to Mr. K. J. Holyoake (Government, Motueka), tho Minister of Employment (the Hon. A. Hamilton) said it had been decided that practically the same arrangements as were made for the last Christmas and New Year period would operate this year, so far as relief workors were concerned. The details, however, had not yet been completed, but it was anticipated that a circular outlining the whole of the arrangements would be issued this week to tho various x certifying officers throughout the Dominion. So far as railway travel was concerned, relief workers in other than standard Public Works .camps and also gold prospectors who were working away from home would be granted quarter rates for the railway journey when proceeding to and from their homes. Where railway faciMtios were not available tho Unemployment Board would adopt the procedure in operation last year and meet half the return f,are> '

,Tho Public Petitions Committee reported that it had no recommendation to make iij regard to the petitions presented to-the House in favour of tho provTsions of the Gaming Amendment Bill. It took that action as the matter involved was one of policy and the subject matter of the petitions was dealt:with in tho Bill now before the House. i '

(Proceeding.)