PARLIAMENT

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 87, 17 August 1923, Page 5

PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. W-llingtcn, August 16. The House of Representatives met c.(t 2.30 p.m. The Minister of Railways brought down trio report of his department. Mr W. A. Veitch commenting on railway administration complained that insufficient re-la;, im of lines was being carried out. The staff had year after year made appeals tor money for this purpose, but it had not b f -en forthcoming. Mr Massey; “There is no difficulty about money. Mr Yeitcfi continuing, said that only made the posit : on more difficult to understand. If money was available why had it not been placed? at the disposal of * the departmentwhich had so urgently,, asked - for i*. About that there' Could be no mistake. . Mr J.- McCombs (Lyttelipto)purged the 'immediate electrification" 1 of the Lyttelton • tunnel. \ : \ . The Hon. J. Hanan ■' (Invercargill) advocated ' the of | motor traffic a s part and parcel of ;Sur railway system. i A lengthy discussion] 3i place on the defence report, i was laid on the table by 1 .the for Defence (Sir ,B. Rhodes), J ho_' geheral .trend.of being in the direction that the expenditure on territorial training was® wiste of /public, money and should be stopped, .;: Other speakers urged more generous treatment to Rifle Clubs;; The ’Minister, in reply, de'f ended the training of cadets. There was, jhe said,a very fine sp’.Ht amongst' many of these boys 'and he ventured to ; say that—no' finer .bodies of cadets cduld be found in any. part of tbe woVld ih.in’ at Nplson and Now Plymouth. Replying to Mr J. O'Brien (Westland!, Mr Massey said he did not tldnk it necessary to allocate the advances to settlers money to districts according to the population. The hon. member could rest assured .that the money would bo, distributed equitably amongst 'the different districts of the Dominion.

"Replying to M>r G. SY. Forbes HTu- , ' _ _ _ _ • _ 1 *4bj V>. y*■ rrimii), Mr Massey, said li6 wan an-

xious to help those soldier settlers who did not obtain their land through the Government. If particulars were supplied to him he would look into the eases and fee how far they, could bo met by th® law as it stands.