HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 10 August 1928, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The House of Representatives 'met at 2.30 p.m. The London and New Zealand Bank, Limited, Bill was reported from committee with numerous amendments. Provision was made for separate boards of directors in London and New Zealand. A iurther amendment was made because the promoters requested an increase in the capital front £2,000,000 to £3,000,000. Another amendment was made because it was intended to insure that the baiik should be a stable organisation and should not commence business until its business footing was sound. A further clause was inserted with the consent of the promoters and. at the request of the Solicitor-General in order to bring the Bill into line with existing legislation. Discussion of the report was deferred until next week. . ' Notice was given, by the Minister of Justice (the Hon. F., J. Rolleston) of the introduction of the Maintenance Orders Facilities Enforcement Bill.

COLLECTIONS FOR UNEMPLOYED Mr 'T. Forsyth (Wellington EastJ asked the Minister of Education if he was aware that certain persons in Wellington were making efforts to collect money for the relief of unemployed, and in so doing claimed to be authorised by the Government. In one case a collector claimed to have authority from the Prime Minister. Mr Wright replied that the Government had not at any time.given authority to anyone to make collections for* the unemployed. If the statements referred to in the question were correct the matter seemed to be one requiring, the attention of the police. It was a pity that people who had been asked to make subscriptions had not challenged the collectors for their authority. There was no proof that the Prime Minister had given anyone authority to collect money for the unemployed.

HEALTH REPORT The Hon. Sir Apirana Ngata (Eastern Maori) said he doubted whether the Health Department was not proceeding too far in its attempt to centralise its organisation. Speaking to tho Health Report, Sir Apirana said the Department had been unable to cope with the typhoid outbreak among ilie Maoris. It was not sufficient to have a geographical distribution of the services, x but to see that the service was one capable of giving requisite service. The necessity had not yet passed for the Health Department to have an emergency staff to deal with the wants of the Maori peopleThat was one of the planks of the "white man's burden." The Polynesian had not asked the white man to assume the burden, but he did not want to see the white man drop his selfimposed task all of a sudden. The young lady nurse at Tikitiki was one ot the hardest worked nurses in the Dominion..