POLITICAL NOTES. *

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 951, 19 October 1910, Page 9

POLITICAL NOTES.

KAIAPOI RESERVE BILL,

lhe Kaiapoi Reserve Bill,, which has oeen introduced by the Hon. J. Carroll, provides that actions . in which, the cause of action depends on the invalidity of .wills disposing of laud in Hie Kaiapoi Reserve shall be stayed, iho Governor-in-Council may appoint 'a commission to inquire into such wills, and subsequent dealings . with lands "afrected thereby. The Act, it is proposed, should remain in force until December oij lyll , . -■ ■";...'■ ■" . -. :

RAILWAY SERVANTS.

Complaint .was mado by Mr. T. E. Taylor yesterday- that-railway servants employed in ascertain grade were taken , and: employed for weeks 'and ; months together, in shunting, ..without receiving tho higher rate of wages that thart work should carry.. ■ Mr.' Taylor submitted that while it--might be necessary'occasionally to; employ' men at. inpre" highlypaid work than they were actually paid tor,. this 'should ' not' be continued over any jxiriod without the ' men receiving '. the jhigher rate. .'Mr. Taylor' -also, urged- that railwaymen: should bo allowed..to .take a reasonable part in public life,'that, they' should" have air absolute/righ',s .to annual, .leave,' and that surfaoomDn should, have a weekly half-holiday:; j;: ,; ' ; ;' ■"\ . , ; '•.■"

OAMARU HARBOUR BOARD BILL

Tho Committee on the'Oamaru.Harbour Board Enabling Bill presented its report to. the:Legislative Council yes.terday. The 'lonly .'amendment of,'any consequence iii in .Clause 15, .dealing, with tho raisiiig of-the £225,000. loan. A .neir.iSiib-clause is -added) setting out .trfat provision- 'shall be- made ibr the; creation of:, a jisinking-fund by .annual payments'/'of.-not'- less" than "lOs:" per cent .-.'';-^'..; : : , -.V:;/ -.:.'.'.: ".."';'..-''"■ ■...'■.'■ NATIVE BIRDS PROTECTION "BILL; I, ..The '.Native Lands. Protection Sill; of which the'Hon.,'SirvW. J.. Steward' is the author, has:. been / circulated.. It provides that the term', "native birds" ■shall mean andi'iuelude' all birds which .are indigenous".to New .Zealand,-, o/r which:-periodically visit New, Zealand;, and _''molest' -; shall mean and include the.injuriiig or capturing of. any native bird and. v *the robbine/.or destruction'of the ;nest ,of: .aaiy,.. such bird. .It is prpr ;'t>oso'd. that any- 'person who destroys or molests any native bird not excepted under the Act shall be:'. , liable- to a pehaliy of not exceeding £20, or, in default of payment , of fino, - to imprisonment.; for- a. term not exceodin'g three months. ■ ■ Notwithstanding .' anything provided, the Governor may, by Order-iri-Council, :■ from time. to -time declare that any native bird specified in such' order may -bo taken or killed, and such' order may from time;" to"-' , time/ bo''. revoked. .--. ..• ~ ~■■ .;,,' ..... \