BRITISH POLITICS.
WASTEFUL ,WARi WORK. IN INQUIRY DEMANDED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, April 1. The House of Lords adopted a motion demanding- an inquiry into tlie Slough Motor Repairing Department,, on which the Government spent £1,100,000 and proposed to spend a further £600,000. Critics declared that the Depot is unnecessary, and that the expenditure hitherto has been wasteful in the extreme and that it would be better to cut the loss. The Government vigorously defended the scheme, and welcomed the inquiry. MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE* A REORGANISATION SCHEME. In the House of Commons Sir, A. Griffith-Boscawen (Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture) said that the Government had decided to introduce a Bill conferring on the Board of Agriculture full i Ministerial status, and completely .reorganising the administration with an active, creative policy, .with: a view to: developing- agriculture. . ' .The Government hoped.to restore and establish the production of many crops, such as flax, hemp and tobacco, an<J also encourage'intensive culture similar to France. ~-. The plans included a.complete education system on experimental farms.-
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16801, 4 April 1919, Page 7
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173BRITISH POLITICS. Timaru Herald, Volume CVIII, Issue 16801, 4 April 1919, Page 7
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