Mr. Speaker

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1081, 19 September 1930, Page 10

Mr. Speaker

Session Queries and

Asides

PARLIAMEXT BLDGS., Th ursdiv Parliament concerned its-!, . , mainly with the discussion of' the Ju? 7 ways Statement, which brou.h.^ 1 ' Nlmister of Railways, the Hon W N \ eitch. under a fire of criticism , Aboth tlie Opposition and the i V O3l Party. Apart from the di.se us ™,^ n;r Mr. K. A. Wright (Reform— Wellin ton Suburbs) gave notice to ask,?* Acting-Prime Minister, the Hon. E { Hansom, if be were aware that •, n her of returned soldiers were appotoSj to various Government department, and vote advised that, owing to «- disability, they could not b* C as permanent officials, but would treated as such; also, whether he aware that these men. particularly S the Railway Department, were nri classed as emergency casuals with consequent reduction in wages. Would the Minister take steps to have th™ restored to their original positions? The Rev. Clyde Carr (Labour Timaru) gave notice to ask the Min ister of Agriculture, the Hon. a j Murdoch, whether, in anticipation 0 - a possible wheat surplus occurring New Zealand in any future rear hi would have representations made to tho wheat pool authorities with a view to their entering into an agreement with the International Co-operative Alliance for profitable disposal as hal been done in Canada. Mr. E. J. Howard (Labour—Christchurch South) gave notice to ask the Acting-Prime Minister whether. i n view of the magnificent services rendered by the crew of the Tahiti ia saving the mails. the Government would consider making members cf the crew some grant to make up~ for the loss of their clothing and effect.. According to a return furnished in the House today at the request of Mr. F. Langstone (Labour —Waimarino)’ the total cost of the land used for the Otahuhu railway workshops wa* £33,196, £30,000 being paid to Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., £IA9S :o the Crown Lands Department and £1,300 to Mr. E. J. Eddy. The total area is 108 acres 1 rood 36.3 perches. The cost of the overhead bridge recently erected at Otahuhu was £3.2A The bridge replaced the public lev*.crossing at Portage Road and the private level-crossing giving access ? o the Auckland A. and P. Associations land. The A. and P. Association was promised a public level-crossing :a 1906 for better access for show purposes. but extensions to the Otahnhn yards made this impracticable, and the bridge was substituted to the cor. of which the association contributed £1,050. *