PARLIAMENT

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 85, 15 August 1923, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ADVANCES AND PUBLIC WORKS Per A'sciation. Wellington, Augast 14. Tho Home of Rap esenlatives met to-day at 2.30 p.m. Implying to Mr T. M. Wilford (Loaler of the Opposition), Mr Massey said he would be pleased to lay before the House a list of the unexhausted authorities to borrow. The list was quite a b!g one, but unfortunately it did n< t necessfarily apply to present conditions and he would have to ask for further authority to borrow quite a large sum for the Advances Department and something tor public works. Replying to Mr J. A. Nash (Palmers ton North), Mr Mansey said he would do everything po>sib>e to expedite the progress payments*" on houses beincc built with money raised from the Advances Department. He believed the cost of building; was coming down and plans he had in his room indicated that a good fiveroomed house could be built for £OOO. Leave of absence was granted to tho Hon. D. H. Guthrie for the remainder of the session on account of illuosß. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wellington,' AngTist>l4; The Legislative Council sat at 230 p.m". to-day. ,i F .„V;' ■;• Replying to a question by,the Hon. J.Caicn'e. Sir'Francis **■ rangement* had been madWfor th* return of the trophies'}; given; to the bnttleship New Zealand/.-; . > The Customs was .reoeiwd from the -H'Tise of* Representatives and read a' ' first vtimd. The War Pension k Am eminent Bill was read a,third' time* and/passed. '" Si- Francis Bel! moved, the, second reading|of the ,Discharged ! Soldiers' Settjement Bill.- . He: expressed the opinion that tho results already' *bfainod wer e good. Though £27.000,had been advanced the total arrears ™re only 6608,000. There were 27.000 sofdiefs settled on the land and only a comparative few had not succeeded.

Th* Hon. M. Cchen d'd not thing £2.000.000 would cover the State's; losses. The Hon. W." Barrnshaw thought an average loss of £3O a head a very email one. The second reading was agreed to and tin Bill w» s put through the remaining stages and p-ssed. The °°" nf ' il rose at 4.18 p.m.