SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES

Evening Star, Issue 14529, 3 December 1910, Page 6

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES

SOME OF THE VOTES. [From Gob. Parliamentary Reporter.] WELLINGTON, December 3. The Supplementary Estimates were brought down this morning. They provide ;—Government House, Auckland (repairs), £700; refurnishing same, --£1.500; High Commissioner's Office, London (on account), £1.000; compensation to the late Sergeant M'Guiro's widow, £250; compassionate allowance to Michael Quirko, £200; compensation to J. J. Moikle for wrongful imprisonment, £5,000; contribution toward.; the Antarctic expedition, £1,000; Coronation expenses in New Zealand (on account), £1,000; expenses of military reviews in connection with Lord Kitchener's visit, £7,400; gratuities to widows of late members of the Legislature —Mrs Dannie £3OO, Mrs Trask £3OO, Mrs Holmes £3OO. Mm Scotland £SOO, daughters of If. 11. J. Reeves £300; official entertainments in London during* the Coronation, £500; repairing old soldiers’ graves, £1,000; Tramway.-; Brakes Commission exiwnses, £515; new steamer for Like Wakatipu (on account), £IO.OOO. The .Supplementaries also include £2,402 honoraria to officers and members of the House, £325 to officers and members of the Legislative Council. £3,403 general expenditure, ‘Hansard’ supervisor £l° extra, chief and other reporters the same (one reporter gels a permanent rise of £25, bringing his salary up £300). The Superintendent of the National Provident Kurd receives £SO. For the hire oi vehicles to establish rural mail deliveries, £I,OOO is asked ; £3,656 for the San Francisco mail service; £2,000 lor assisting rural settlers in establishing rural telephones ; £525 Fir fire extinguishers; £BSO for increases of pay to iron-making merchants under the Government Railways Act; £595 for a motor lorry in connect ion with the Wellington Post Office; £SOO ier compassionate allowance _lo Mrs Cation, as recommended by the Railways Committee. Building Renovations. —£200 is asked for Oamarn Courthouse ; £IOO. Dunedin Courthouse: £2OO, Invercargill Courthn.ii-.;; £IOO, Dunedin Police Station ; £l5O, Dunedin Custom House£3oo, baths and fittings at Seadiff; £250, for painting at Soaeliff. Increments to Salaries. —£25 each to tho private, secretaries to the Native Minister and (lie Attorney-General, the Chief Clerk !-j tho Justice Department, Mr Widdowismi, S.M. (bringing his salary up to £625), and the stipendiary magistrate at Nascby (bringing bis salary up to £500). Tho following get £lO rises ; —Bailiffs at Dunedin "and Oamarn, Clerk of Court at Clyde, bailiff at Invercargill. . An additional £SO is provided lor Mr Keal!, Visiting Adviser oi Gaols (bringing his salary lo £350), and to Mr Fraser, gaoler at Invercargill. For the re formation- farm at Tokonui £I,OOO is asked. Mr C. Matthews, Clerk to the Head Office Police, receives an additional £100; the Chief (Jerk. £25: and the Fingerprint Expert, £lO. Compassionate Allowances. —Additional gratuity of £555 to the widow of Scr.eant M‘Cairo, as recommended by tho Petitions Committee; £554 to tho children of Constable Jfnncox, drowned while on duly; £2OO to the father of Qnirke, killed during the Powelka scare; £IOO to tho widow of Sergeant M‘Plice.

THE VOTES DISCUSSED

The Jloiiivi' made good progress with the Supplement aw Estimates this morning. Tho .Mciklo vole of £5,020 was reduced to £2.500 and passed. Surprise was exp reefed I>y Mr Massey at Ihe item £1,500 for the cost of the Hino iiiuuirv. —Sir J. (1. Ward said the print - ia,; would mid £SOO, and the shorthand writing and other attendance £350. r«ssihly the. mini was £2CO above the requirements, lull no more would be expended iban was necessary. Mr Herries. referred to the item of £5.000 for a new saw-mill at Kaknhi. Why should such a large sum he require!, lie asked, seeing that the mill had only just been purchased '! —The Hon. Mr Millar replied that practically a new plant was being installed. .He would issue a balancesheet next year. He was sure it would slow a profit. There was an area of 17.C00 acres available, besides (he actual a;en now being cut out. At the item'£so in connect ion with rainmaking operation- id Oamarn. Mr Massey objected to the (Jovernmeni lending itself to the " tolmug.'i business " in an enlightened aye. Sir .T. O. Ward said that on (lie la--.(. invasion dynamite and other explosives were used (he experiment had been successful. Air Massey : Why, it was raining le-iore the experiment was made. —The vote was passed. In reply to Mr Allen, the. Prime Minis; ei- .--aid (h:;l, t’m Vanmuvei- mail ipms-.

lion .M.IM'l- (AVI’. ]I iII 'C 111! aglVOll’eilt bi'iwc.'i! Canada. Australia. ami Now Zealand. lint. Australia- was still unwilling in i n hut' Auckland as a. port of call. When Iba! di cßiim was notilitsl. bo cabled io Sir \V. LainUr inquiring on what terms New Zen!.i.'xl ami Canada conli! cam' on the «>rrW independent of Australia, with one pert of 'oa.il for Australia, but in to tiio pi'o-M'ii; no 10 ply bed been rereived. ll V.-.-S 111'- inlojilion of the (iovnrnnmnt lo ennhnne contributing to the A’anci.nver ;..m! San Francisco services, l.])iia securing a forinieliiiy mail.

Tim Prime Minister promierd Mr Allen (lie; -it ns weald bo taken to mako more olfutlve" tiie audit .;f local bodies’ accounts hv’lbtvcinn.cn! oilavif.

'Hr J. C. Ward explained that the High fti-gmi.-sioncrV vote included £IOO to Mr Paliicr wiide he was acting during Sir W. He'd .JoiiCcT iilncse. (In :Me vole to Mr Tyers, Mr ’Payinr said licit .*• ivh s;d, 1 ;n 1>• ] work dicurvcd even m'.re recognition. It wan' in the interests of gor-l govciiinirnt. —Sir .1. (I, Ward explained that such recognition had never >,.• lore happened. Not only had there been sued;:! iwognii ion. hut Mr Tycrr's salary laid been increased. Tiiis aiici noon the Hoes- in discussing the grant of £1.500 to the Prime Minister for cxpeiisin attending the Imperial Con icniicc and Cm.-mlion, £450 giant to the Him. (1. Fowhki towards his expenses of representing the Dominion in Africa, and £2OO for tic.; ex|vnseK of Mr Fowlds’s r/’, ivpny. SonMicfii im inhere, expect to pot away by ton-ghtd boat, and Noilheni meniberV; leave by special train at nine o'clock.