PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 939, 5 October 1910, Page 7

PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

,; : " LORD TENNYSON'S ; VIEWS.^ : ' By l'eleeraph-Press Association—Cop JTign't,.'' ■•■■■ \ London, October \S. :V Lord Tennyson, formerly .Governor-; General- of "Australia..' ; 'in ajetter-'iio, "The -Times," says.that while there are' 'several.'{.reason's why -the Government could nott be carried on in Australia without 'payment -of members, : - he be-' Ueves that; payment of.'members-of the Imperial Parliament fatal-.- to. Imperial,' unity,. involving local'.struggles, with, inditt'erehce to the'-broad ; in-. terestsof the Empire: ■;• ''■ •:}■: : ; v ,v;, : y..;,'.'.;■■;. ;' The writer, advocates.: national, 'payment of candidates' .'election expenses. ■•; ~

•■■\ "It seems ,to' me," remarked' the' chairman at the meeting yesterday of. the. Society ', for the". Prevention';' of,. Cruelty to "that, we'get.all the'/old and- decrepit horses -in. Welling-! ton to. destroy." '"It. is.the. only way/ to carry-,on;the. work,", replied .'the' in-: . specter;"lf the; old horses, are.-not,';de< stfoyed, they are sent,by their .owners, into the country, .and set to. some'sort: of-work." ':■ ■;• -;-' : !'- "■:,/... Shortly, after 7 o'clock-, last evening the/Fire Brigade received a call..to No.. 97. Courtenay Place, to suppress/ an' outbreak of fire. The building; is owned by Mrs. Swede, and occupied by Mr. John Elliott, as a boardinghouse. It appears that a boarder had been pursuing the practice of smoking in .bed. when some ash dropped from his ; pipe'' on the bedclothes, which caught on. Arc.' The bedding, .however, was the only thing damaged.' .'•';..:,

. The Minister for Defence is being 'asked by Mr. Jen-nigs whether volunteers who have nearly/completed .the qualifying service .which'/entitles them to the colonial/auxiliary forces..'longservice medal' will ; . be .-debarred-,' from' obtaining same if the'new Defence Act comes into force at the .'end of February, 1911? It is pointed'out that.a large number of volunteers will complete the qualifying service in 1911, and-jf they havo to go out in February, they will lose a well-earned and coveted distinction. ' .-

. Among the passengers who are coming out from England by the Ruahine, duo here about October "17, are Mr: and Mrs. J.-H. P. Strang.and Mr. A. R. Strang. Dingo Eucalyptus deprives a'cold, of its chief assistance—germs- All chamists aud storekeepers.—Acftt,