BAY OF PLENTY MEMBER

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18920, 23 January 1936, Page 12

BAY OF PLENTY MEMBER

TO VISIT GISBORNE

DEPUTATIONS TO UK MET

Mr A. Gordon liultquist. M.P. for the Hay of Plenty, will leave Whakatane tomorrow on ii visil lu Gisborne, prior to proceeding to Wellington next week, when In' will interview members of ihc Cabinet in connection will) matters connected with his electorate. He will travel in his own car from VVliakar tune, and Airs Hullquist and their daughter will accompany him. Chi his way through. Mr liultquist will meet deputations ai Opotiki on, Friday morning, al Matawai on Friday evening, •ii L'e Karaka on Saturday afternoon (at Mr Charles Mills' tea rooms) and will arrive at Gisborne on Saturday evening The whole of Monday will be occupied by him in interviews and receiving deputations, and on Monday al 8 p.m. ii large deputation will meet Mr D. W. Coleman, M.P. for Gis.borue, and Mr Hultquisi in the Borough Council Chambers.

On Tuesday morning, Mr liultquist will proceed by plane to Napier, en route to Wellington ami will spend Wednesday. Thursday and Friday of next week there on business connected with iiis electorate, returning via Napier to Gisborne on Sal unlay. February I. He will leave Gisborne on Monday. February 3> and slay overnight at Te Karaka, nrriving hack al Whakatane on February 4. On Wednesday, February 5, at, Whakafane, Mr and '.Mrs liultquist, together

with Mr A. I''. Moncur, M.P. for Rotorua and Mrs Moncur will he the quests of honor ai a social and dance held under I lie auspices of Hie Whaka. tano branch of the New Zealand Labor Party. Presentations will be made to the two iiu minis, and il is expected that \ir I'. 11. Burned. M I'. for Tauranga, and Mrs P.nrnelt also will I"' present. .-WI hough Mi and Mrs liultquist have taken up permaiienl residence in Whakalane, owing to Hie possibility o( a Ions: lirsi session ol Hie new Parliament, and [he awkward situation of the electorate

in relation to Wellington, the new memhe-.' and his family propose to lake up temporary residence in Wellington -in I Mr liultquist will return to his electoralc only when necessary. Possibly Ids visits In ili«' Bay of Plenty will be confined during the session to not more [ban one per fortnight, and then alternatively to the Gisborne and Whakalane ends of lite constituency, (hiring Mr Hultquist's absences in Wellington business for telephone 61 will bo dealt with by Mr Geoffrey A. Moore. Whakatane. nho «ill I"- in livipii nt communication with the member. Tori; OF RLECTOfiATE At the conclusion of the first session, Mr. liultquist propose, making an extensive speaking tour of his electorate, cud will explain in detail the Government's legislation and at the same time answer quest ions and give the electors end opportunity of bringing more fully to his notice their needs. As is usual with all members of the House of Representatives, Mr. liultquist has been inundated with requests from electors desirous of being placed on his free Handsard list. The statute provides that members of the General Assembly shall be entitled to nominate 75 persons to whom they desire a, free copy of Hansard to be forwarded, 'ml. as can easily lie imagined, 75 copies are quite inadequate to cope with the demand in an electorate the size of the Bay of Plenty, where there were over iiO polling places in the recent election. However, until such time as Parliament may authorise an increase in the quota allowed, Mr. liultquist has endeavored o spread his presold quota of 75 evenly ihioie houi bis far-flung constituency, in the preparation of his list, and has included all public libraries. Mr. liultquist is being kept busy and has not yet dealt with all the accumulated business and correspondence of the oast few weeks. This week he paid a visit of inspection to the Whakatane Public School and grounds and was present on Tuesday evening at the vVhakatane Citizen Hand practice, lie has been asked to open the Opotiki "•how on February 20 and will he oresent at the Whakatane Show on February 26.