PARLIAMENT

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 97, 28 August 1913, Page 2

PARLIAMENT

MOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ■ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27. I . I Wellington, August 2/. i The House met at 2.30 p.m. Replying to Mr G. M. Thomson, Mi Massey said that he had that mornjug, in company with the finance Minister, had a long interview witl Lord Emmett, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, respecting the Xew Hebri des, and especially with regard to ,the condominium. In reply to Mr J. S. Dickson, the Hon. R. H. Rhodes stated that the Mental Hospital at Auckland was overI crowded. It was also difficult to obtain nurses. That state of affairs was not peculiar to Auckland, however., but existed right through the Do !minion. The Government had sen! !to England for nurses, and so far 25 jhad come out. He hoped next yeai ■'to be able to provide further accommo[dation at the mental hospitals. QUESTION DAY. In reply to questions, Ministers said:— j That the Government has, for some time past, been advising the proprietors of butter factories to pasteurise all skim milk before returning it to the suppliers, but the Minister does not consider the present time opportune for making this reform compulsory. That out of the total number of teachers -('3212) who receive graded salaries, 2434 teachers will, if ParliaImont passes the short Bill to he introduced presently, receive the double increment from January 1 next. A j measure giving a general increase ol 'salaries requires careful consideration, (but such a measure will ho introduced next session. That it was not intended to amend the Defence Act, so that public halls erected without Government assistance by the residents of a town, and which have been used two nights a 1 week as drill balls, shall, when taken [over by the Defence Department under the Art, be paid for, and the proceeds utilised for the erection of another public hall. That no bungling lias ocurred inn connection with the supply of uniform? to the Territorials, as alleged by the 'member for Grey Lynn. I That no discrimination whatever is shown against Roman Catholic school children, in so far as their conveyance hy rail is concerned. The regulations lay down the conditions under which free school tickets are issued, and anyone can obtain such tickets on com-

plying strictly with the provisions of tho regulations. No hindrance Ls placed hy the Department in the. way of high schools and technical schools teaching wireless telegraphy, provided that outside “aerials’,’ are not erected. In some; cases such schools have applied for permission to carry out instruction in wireless telegraphy, and it has been granted, subject to tho installation of such apparatus indoors as will not interfere with public correspondence between coast stations and ships at IMPREST SUPPLY. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. The House went into committee on a vote of £829,300, by way .of supply, and after discussion on the Naval question, the Bill was read a third time, and the House rose at 12.15 p.m.