NEW HOUSE ALLOWANCE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18075, 25 October 1920, Page 5

NEW HOUSE ALLOWANCE

ADDITIONAL GRANTS. (Feom Odr Own Correspondent.) by Uovernor-beneral's Message Mr M-i-s sey explained that the amendments dealt " l /, anM ° f tho ParUamenta r e v offitri' Iho .alaues were to bo as follow Citric of thu Legislative Council and Clerk of th« House o Representatives, £750; each of tho assistant clerks, £550. Each of thL SSSTf * k0 l«Vhoi i• owance for a member of the Executivn Mr O 'V- t HOUSC - ■ LXeCUtUS this itcm° (ftaneanuiJ against r d ° - oon d lectwn w-ith the Covcrnment of the counto the°l^der eC of Sa the' li" TV™ af°terlhis and in'princTli 1 svstem 4 wlwle poHtical & h f P Sr°r w » ? sk « f the upp - h ° u -- Mr "Y eitch raid apparentlv it wai nnw proposed to pay house allowance to two members m tlie Legislative Council That I'nt ir-i th ° T*I™®1™® *rik tLv to Thf y ' * nd , thS coil govern men t! PrmClploa ° f "Putative Dr Ihacker said the disappearance of old age pensioners from that House was ouite against democratic rule. This was for the Royal toul PUt " Chars ° of the t J Xr Worthy: And a very good man, ,T ha , cker: You may think so, and you do,?t -rr • Y Tf d > f a T s ° I (xi man too, but I don t. (Laughter.) I, don't apologise for making that remark. These old-age pennot Tnto° U tf, tO - b -? put a museum, and l Q ,„ to f th 7 virile positions. The House snould stand up against it w ham (Dunedin Central) said he would rather sec a special vote for the serices of the member of the executive than a house allowance. This seemed rather a back-door way of doing it. Mr Yeitch called for a. division hnf fin*} jng out that the whole of the' Governor I +hp n offlip f?', »dud.n ff the salaries of {?' '7? be lnv °lved, desisted, and ;? 1, WOl '.i v ? t ? a Sainst. the item when J v°" s ed ln committee. Mr veitch, however, missed his otjdottumty, and while he was talking to another amendments proposed were