PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 244, 28 September 1922, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

NO NEAR EAST NEWS. (Special to “Tribune.”) Wellington, Sept. 28. There has been little information coming to the Prime Minister regarding development in the Near East, but yesterday in the House of Representatives the utmost interest was caused by a statement on his part. He had said tnat the news he iiad received yesterday was not too reassuring, and then he added: “1 have received no information to-day, but 1 understand that a ‘clear the line’ message is on its way, but it cannot be deciphered until after 3 o’clock.” Mr. Mitchell asked whether the contents of the message would then be made public. Air. Massey replied that if it was something reassuring that the danger had passed he would be only too pleased to pass it on. Members waited expectatly, but it gradually liecame Known that the non-stop message had been found to have no reference to the Near East. OFF THE ROLL. C( OMPLAINTS PLENTIFUL. Assurances that the Electoral Department. is doing everything possible to place on the rolls the names of all people eligible to vote were sought by ! the Leader of the Opposition 111 the House. He said he had received complaints from all parts of New Zealand as to the incompleteness of the rolls. Ho was informed that iu the Waitomo district there were no loss than 3UUU people off the roll, men who have been 15 years in the electorate had found their names had been omitted. The Prime Alinister said the securing of complete rolls was of importance to everyone in the Dominion, and the Electoral Department would lea\e nothing undone in its effort to achieve Imt ooject. They were now considering whether it would not be advisable to produce a second roll, and he was inclined to think this would be done. Circumstances seemed to warrant the issuing of a later roll. Replying to a later question, Air. Massey said he did not think it was too much to ask an elector to look alter his own interests to a certain extent. Electors should be sufficiently, interested in the good government of their country, and he thought they were able to go to the nearest office and make certain their names were on the rolls. If there was anything more the Government could do to assure the rolls being complete it would do it.