NEWS AND NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 662, 12 November 1909, Page 5

NEWS AND NOTES.

Magistrates': cqurts. amendment f ■'.'•'".'''' '-' : ■■'■'■'.'.- , -;-- ! , ! -'"-'.-'x'eiLL( ; '.'-i-'".'.- - ' ; ,:\V-iV i -' ■■". ■■■''■ ; v^';Magife^,;courts;amerid'm'ent: - ; Bii]' which/was circulatedyestorday,' providesr (stated posed pi-as,;undefende i d. i :Except-,in the'special.cases, referred to in xlause 5 ' ft-hich .subsSi .gly i re-ei,acts ; .the,e ? sl;ing,.law),;it:is not.S. ;fg^i^J the Mature :of Ms^ ■defence.- ';;To lg ive time.for the S£&. P >tv "o- ol W« 6, for the E te ,f' he summons,in nil, cases seven' days' before'the.darofßearing. 'The: a notice of intention to .defend afrcady- exists m the? w:.of actions for 'penalties underlie Tisiona.of this Bill, The Bill aUo B prWds a in actffior goods;sold ■and:.delivered;'\The:--present'i)ractice , requires a,full statement- of. all°date" and^a? ' K ?rw f^s .accounts;, have .already been.dufereuderediby the plaintiff, tol.'thedeW »; ~ ln ■ ■ th 2,- ca ?i Pf■'current' accounts this o.am.ount. of .unnecessary 'trouble.'The prqcednre-proposdd , by the Bill is in. accordance ..with English .law. :■ 7 ■ COUNCIL ADjqURNS ;^OR;T>VEL;yE;DAYS. IjP»e .legislative Council .decided yesterday r t» .adjpurn.-.nntll-iWednesdl.y, Novein&irU °- Dr Findlay explained-, that': previously ;ii had 'been :hoped,aat'the; State' Guarantee! loans'-ld-BaiywouW/feaclthe/ConncU-prier to I ™a>WWO^-;adjonrnrtent:;-.--The,--Prime.-Minig: : 'tor. l .,had, i ,howey i er; : intimated- to : him that the •meesure.-reiieUng ■ the- Council before a subsfegneut date was'very improbable Thejhnancia . debate, which would' sfert next ruesday, would displace for some time the consideration 'of.'other measures. - After the ad-there-.wonld.be work to keep the-Council, engaged-until' the end of tie session.; •;,':■.' ."'-■ •;.- .:■.,.\ : - .;.•,:-. ~-'■■ -:,y ;-.■ ■;'., ■; .-. "^'v^V-ciyXL'-sewicEVpEN^Vprtsr^V'-i'.vV''^ 7Sir;:joapfr,,WnM ; -;stated'':tb'!'-a reporter - fyes-terday-^that..after .emting. rights expire, no

'■^i: ;;';, :^'-:C,ABO.UT;Wusi^fANs;: v^: f;; -.;;.',' ;. tlie;-Tproposais' contained" in- the (NewvZealand. Society/of: UusicianflVßiU X pr e sled tne opinion-,that musicians:'as.''a' l rule: Ss? o,l^ ■%■ «jeV competenoy > of/Jotheni, but; no doubt; as; to-their ;o«*n a'bilib-4 : ' : jJ'- . &■ "pember; Are -you ,'a . Mr. .•Eussell::..Only' a -little"•• '-■ - ■ • What : do .-"'' f,SSpSSjS:SB : t ' :CQLpNEt;GUDGE()N!S:-SERVICEs: ■ ' : , Colonel,^. ; E^ Gudgeon;:C;M.G.;iate Govern-: : ment,.Eesident for.the' Cook Jslandsr-who has ,been;a.m^mb e r.rof ; &ore a i l^v^/ ea i rs ' t if'. petlt:oi 'i* 1 S -Parliament, for comp.ensala()n,.,b[) the', amount of 51666 -13s: : 4d; being at,the,rate..of one month's salary-for eaih: year ■ ot servico,: in -connection with his -'recent-' the inducements held, put to him' by the late when he.accepted the position at Rarotonga.,was that his salary- would be raised rom.isoo to £100, which.waS never done^d claim:tb compensation on retiremwt would be, favourably. considered.'.': , .;''.','

ADVANCES TO SETTLERS. A return submitted to* the House yesterday shows that the net profit made" by the Advances to Settlors Department Jast year was SI as against £iS,US for the previous year 'j"e sum ot .£209,218 has been written ofi in reVaid to loan flotation charges, .£50,000 has been transferred to the Reserve Fund and £UW to the Sinking Fund, the balance on the profit and loss account being ,£50,742. The total P™9 ;„? by tho Do P»rtment since 1899 is <£3d4,101. ' COST OF LICENSING POLLS. A retnrn presented fo the Bouse yesterday on the motion of Mr. Hordman shows that the cost of conducting the last'licensing polls in tho -chief contres was as follows .£455; Wellington, .£353; Christchurch, '.£260 : Dunedin, dC325. The cost for tho whole Dominion was £13,053 16s. W. QUESTIONS BY MR. HINE. Mr. Hinc (Stiatfo"d) is asking tho Minister for Public Works whether ho will give instructions'that bettoi jmvision be made in regard to the housing of c-cperalive workmen throughout tho Dominion, in tho direction of providing sawn limber ior tho flooring of the tents, and iu regard to tho improvement of tho sanitary ccjditions surrounding the camps. Mr. Ilino is also asking whether provision will bo made in this year's public works estimates for the erection of a bridge across tho Tangarakan River; Whangamomona County Life, he state?, has already been lost owing to the non-erection of this bridge; and, in view of increased settlement on blocks of land adjacent focently balloted for, it is considered to bo imperative that further risks should 'be obviated. - , /, ' JOTTINGS. . • Sir William Steward has been appointed chairman of the Eoports and Debates 'and Printing Committee. . , , "An jnsidjmis man, a dangerous mail," was Mr. 'T. £. Taylor's humorous .descriotion' oi

Mr. Sidoy (Dunedin South) yesterday. Mr bidey was a dangerous man, he explained, becttuw ho appeared to bo so harmless Ho looked so unlike an Anarchist that ho would bo allowed to carry a bomb into a children's hospital, and never bo suspected of any wrong design