PREMIER IN AUCKLAND.

Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16815, 5 June 1926, Page 7

PREMIER IN AUCKLAND.

SEVERAL DEPUTATIONS. THE ’BUS REGULATIONS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Saturday. Replying to the 'Bus Proprietors’ Assoeoalion, the Right Hon. J. G. Coates said lie did not sec there was anything lo be gained by extending the time ol’ bringing the new regulations into operation. The right of appeal was given under the regulations, which he believed would automatically adjust themselves. Subsidising Sport. The Military Sports Association urged that as the Government was reaping the benefits of tiie organisation in making belter citizens and soldiers of cadets, is to be asked for monetary assistance. Mr Coates said possibly the Government could assist iu the case of a pageant, but it would be a dangerous tiling for New Zealand to adopt the idea that sport should be subsidised by the State. The Minister of Defence had a definite proposal to make in regard to a pageant. Unemployed Metal Workers.

The Engineers and Sheet Metal Workers’ Union staled there were 156 members unemployed, including 18 new arrivals, and asked if tiie Government could do anything in connection with the installation of new machinery at the railway workshops. Mr Coales promised to look into the matter at once.