SPEEDING UP

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1944, Page 9

SPEEDING UP

LOANS FOR SERVICEMEN

While he had no intention of trying to justify delays in deciding upon loan applications by servicemen, said the Minister of Rehabilitation (Mr. Skinner) in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon, he wished to give an assurance that those delays were being reduced daily. Although even now there might still be what might be considered annoying delays in some cases, the work had been speeded up. With the expansion of decentralisation of administration the" pace would be still further accelerated. The promised reduction of interest rates on loans to ex-servicemen would be retrospective, said the Minister. He added that he hoped to make an announcement on. the interest rates question beforethe close ofthe session. CRICKETPbINTS Championship points in the lower grades of the Wellington Cricket Association's competitions are:— Second A.—Onslow 15, Kilbirnie 15, Army 10, Petone 5, Kutt 5, Karori 5, Instltute-St. Pat's 5, Air Force 5, Jolinsonville 5, Navy 0.- | Second B.—Old Boys 15, University A 10, Mid-Wellington 10, Hospital 8, Institute-St. Pat's B 8, Hutt 5, Petone 5, University B 5, Institute-St. Pat's A 5, Karori 0. Third.—Petone 18, Institute-St. Pat's A 13, Onslow 13, Hutt 10, Army 10, Mid-Wellington A 10, Kilbirnie 5, Brooklyn 5, Mid-Wellington jB 5, University 0, Institute-St. Pat's 0, Karori Fourth.—Hallways 18, Onslow 17, Mld-Wel-lmgton 10, Hutt 13, Institute-St. Pat's A 10 University A 9, Kilbirnie .5, University B s', Institute-St. Pat's B 0, Karori 0. Fifth.—Railways 20, Jolinsonville 16, Old >?'%£ *?' Institute-St., Pat's C 15, Petone 10, Kilbirnie 8, Institute-St. Pat's B 8, InstituteSt. Pat's A 0, Karori 0, Slid-Wellington 0