HOUSE AND LOBBY.

Thames Star, Volume LX, Issue 16855, 4 August 1926, Page 5

HOUSE AND LOBBY.

♦ >S 1 PARLIAMENTARY PARS. 1 t I I HEATING THE SCHOOLS. 1 I TOO BIG AN EXPENSE. J ISo far Wednesdays have been re-3 gnised as private members’ days on| liich they have opportunity of bring-I g in Bills, but on and after next! ednesday, and for the remainder ofj e session, Government business is toj * given precedence. The Prime Min-I ter has promised, however, to allow| rtain private measures to be brought * * * * Mr Seddon raised a question in the/ ouse concerning unemployment on the >uth Island . He said this was due the closing down of the mills, and ' suggested that the men should be:; und relief employment in the form of ■ ■ad work. The Prime Minister said he would be ad to make immediate inquiries with e object of putting a certain numbner men on the work suggested. * * * * “I have an . inherent objection to a an or woman being placed in gaol, id after they have been in gaol notj ifore—having to prove that the five-| >und note or ten-pound note which! ay have been found in their pocket! as obtained honestly.”—Sir Joseph! ard (Invercargill) in the House whenf iposing the Police Offences Amend-S ent Bill. | *** * * 5 “Far rather let 50 pickpockets getl g-.f guilty than put one innocent person in gaol and turn him into a criminal.” [Mr W. E. Parry (Auckland Central): That is British justice! 1 * * * * l “You have a majority of 66 and we pave just our modest 13—the unlucky 13,” said Mr Jordan (Manukau) to the 1 ’Government. | 1 A Government member: No; you are] lucky. ] I * * * * 1 I “The worst friends of women are those men who are persistently clamlouring for women to he made co-equa) fwith men.”—The Hon. W. Earnshaw in ithe Legislative Council. | * * * * : Mr Armstrong raised an interesting [point in speaking of what he termed the treatment meted out to the Christchurch East School, which he said got an insufficient alowance from the department. They got £237 and had to pay a caretaker £l4O, leaving £97 to cover the rest of cheir expenses. Their coal bill alone came to £l2B. They were expected to pay for actual repairs to the school and for asphalting the school yard. They had tried to keep down expenses, and yet found themselves nearly £2OO in debt, which amount would have to be rais'ed in some way. The department said the coal hill was too big, but the fact was that the building was constructed from an old plan and had to be heated by coal fires which roasted the children near to them and left those at the other end of the rooms nearly frozen. A heating system would cost £I2OO to instal. ' I Hon. Mr Wright said in reply that Jif the Department tried to find the Ipecessary money for heating systems jfhe did not know how they would get |on; there were so many buildings fsimilar to the one Mr Armstrong had |mentioned. As to the money for main|tenance, he would look into the question, and perhaps something could be {done. He would visit Christchurch at |;he first opportunity, and this would be |pne of the questions he would investifgate. |** * * | I “Come down to Christchurch nexl ’/week,” said Mr McCombs to Hon. M| [Wright. I £ “I 1 would very much like to,” repliel /the Minister. | I A member: There are races on. j/ Mr Wright: No doubt a great at t fraction. Is it the Christchurch Cup ! | Another voice: Oh, what do you knov '{about it?