PARLIAMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10120, 30 October 1917, Page 6

PARLIAMENT.

THIS MORNING’S SITTING. QUESTIONS ON DEFENCE MATTERS. WELLINGTON. Oct. 30. The House met at 11 a.m. _ . Replying to Mr Wright, the Minister tor Defence said that Hie Government had made provision for the men who had joined the. Motor Patrol Service so far as pensions and provisions for (heir wives, and children were concerned, hut it could not see its wav to go so iar as to raise the pay of single men in’ the New Zealand level, nor could thev go so far as to extend financial assistance to men of that service. Replying 10 Mr Wilford, the Minister foi Defence said that as a general rule, men who had final leave, but who were not toady to depart, had been allowed to return M iheir homes without, pay to participate in farm Work. ... Replying to Mr Poole, the Munster foi Defence said that the position, of New Zealanders who joined ihe Imperial Navy would l, c considered by the Government, but lit desired to point out that those men were not. on the, same footing a„ men who had joined the Motor Patrol, they having joined the mi.vv without the knowledge or consent of the Government. Replying to Mr Field (Olaki), the Minister said that so far as lie knew, the casualty lists published were complete up to tin date of publication. Sometimes cables went delayed, bin as a. general rule, the lists were complete.