MEMBERS' QUESTIONS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18171, 17 August 1922, Page 8

MEMBERS' QUESTIONS.

REPLIES BY MINISTERS. -.■•-■• ■ * 1 i 4 [BI- lELEGRAPH-—PEESB ASSOCIATION.] ■ WELLINGTON. Wednesday; j In the House to-day Mmistc?B gave the following answers to questions: — That the matter of giving lighthouse keepers an opportunity to vote at Par- • liamentary elections -would be considered i when amendments to tha Legislature Act were being considered. - That it was considered undesirable that -patients in hospitals should 'be disturbed by political issues and for this :: reason it was regretted polling places : could not be established at hospitals. ■■-.- That it is not proposed to make any ! .reductions in the .charges vjtb railway dining and refreshment jSSoms at the \ present time. % -■■.• ' -'•/■''•'.■" : That it is not the intention to estab- 1 L'sh farm colonies whefe wife deserters ■■ and maintenance order defaulters can be 1 made, to work and earn money to keep -their wives and ehjldlrenv The question , of dealing more drastically with the class of offenders referred to-is receiving th» i attention of the department concerned. That the Ooyemment. will consider during: the recess the question of having a fitting statue of the, fate John Ballanco , erected in Parliament grounds. ."• ] That the Railway Deportment's ex* i perience in the'use jo{ self-contained , ■ -motor-driven vehicles lias not been satisfactory, and in view of the present financial position it is not proposed to incur any expenditure in the purchase of petrol electric rail motors tor use on • branch .lines- • - ■/ .** 1 :.. That there is not 'at present any * prospect of a variation in 'the existing **-! Services with the United -Kingdom.