POST OF THE STRIKED

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 16 December 1913, Page 4

POST OF THE STRIKED

DISCUSSION IN PARLIAMENT.

[By TELEGRAPBi-3pKOIAr r6 irfAtt.j WELLINGTON; Dec. 13. In regard to the vote -for the cost Of the strike, £100,000; Mr AViitr' Asked m the House of Representatives: li &, t T f as the fotal "cost: up to date. The Hon.VW. F. Masley: More:* isir Joseph Wardr asked for sortie of the details; Were the whole of thespecial constables paid, and whefc amount were they paid? The Hon. AY L. Herdman said the mounted constables received 11s Vday, j and those foot specials-who were'paid; received 8s a day, but quite a. nuinberwere not paid. The amountrof £100,000 r was only an 'estimate: In'Christchurch they wdre.all disbanded; there are no--. toot specials itt A«cklan<J • * «i(J the mimber of mounted specials in- the other centres, was being gradually rediiced. - ■■■.. :; It was mentioned by the Minister'of Finance that although the estimates, had gone up by £200,000, owing principally to the strike and smallpox epidemic, the revenue'was keeping up well' enough to meet it. The surplus, how--ever, would be small at the end of theyear. . - . . r dropped; ? The Land Agents Bill has been,. dropped for this session.