POLITICAL NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1217, 28 August 1911, Page 5

POLITICAL NOTES.

HEREDITARY TITLES. Tlio sccond raiding of i;ho Hereditary Titles Prevention Bil), which Wie House lifts alio (vod Mr, Newman to repeatedly post-pono in. order that Sir Joseph Ward might ho present at tlio discussion, now appears! as No. 4 of tlio orders of the day for next Wednesday, "iho places above it aro occupied by tiro Civil Sorvico Itefjoren Bill (second reading— Mr. ITcrdmar.), Duties on. Food Abolition Mill (adjourned debaOa on sccon'i reading—Mr. Hcgg), and Land Ager.ts Bill (to lx> com,'milted—M.t. Witty). All theso measures have already been, debated, at considerable length, hut it would ho rash to say tliat •either subject is oxliaust- ! ed. Before tlio. Houso on reach tliem next Wednesday, there will presumably bo tlio usual two hours' discussion of Ministers' replies to questions, and in 'addition to that thero i:; always the ijossibility of much of tb.o afternoon lyiing spent in some unexpected debate 'occasioned by tho laying 011 of a papi/r or the report of a Select Committee. It follows that the prospects of the tary Titles Prevention Bill coming before the House are ivit very bright. No doubt tlio Prime MiirYster could do mMcli to enablo it to bo brought on, sb.ould ho elect to take that course, but in any easo the questions ivhich are suggests! by tlio creation of >',ow Zealand's fir.'.t baronet are sure to come up for discission in some form or other, and probably -at an early ,dale. LEADER OF THE REFORM PARTY. Mr. Massey is out of .town. Ho left for the north 011 Friday afternoon, to. spend tlio week-end at his home at, Mangcre, on account of the illness of Mrs.. Massey. Tlio Leader of tho , Opposition is expected back to-m.orrow afternoon, KAPITI BIRD SANCTUARY. Kapit.i Island is to bo the subject; of a return for which Mr. Field will move. The member for Otnki wants information as to the ownership of different /parts of the .island, the areas of grass, br ish, and scrub, the expenditure ot the tic .'criinieu t on, the island, the revenue, if any, received, and a list of all birds and other 'Animals placed 011 tho island hy the Government, and the results so fiu'as known. I THE TERRY PETITION. ( Tlio petition of J. L. Jw.dlv and others praying for the release <jl Lionel Terry proved 011 examination have been addressed to bis Kxw.ller,ev the Governor and the members of Executive. Oil ascertaining this, the Speaker directed that it be returned to. Sir James Carroll, who had presented it- to the llousc. TONTINE POLICIES. Mr. Jennings will ask the Prime Minister whether lira expressed wish of a majority of the members of this lIou«e, in tho direction that ilie methods of tho Colonial Mutual As-urance Company, re tontine p:ilicies, should be inquired ' into by (.lovcrnment, has bc3n tarried out; and, if so, what report is to bo submitted to tho House. MR. HOGG AND HIS SEAT. 11l his h»->. public address in Masterton, Mr. A. \V 4 Hogg, M.P., mado it abundantly clear thai in his opinion the presont Government has forfeited all claims to tlio confidence of_ the country. Having mado that declaration (comments tile "Wairarapa A «■<>") there is only 0110 honourable course open to Mr. Hogg, and that is .to adopt every legitimate means to relegate j tlio uovernment to political obscurity. It nif.y be tlial h-e prefers tile Government ! to tlio Opposition. That point does not enter into tho discussion. The Opposition jis not ui>on its trial—the Government is. if tlio Government cannot claim tlio confidence of the. country, Mr, Hogg stultifies and humiliates himself every time he votes to keep it in power. THE HIGH COMMISSI ONERSH IP, It is regarded as a significant fact that Sir Jaittp'n Ward, when he denied the suggestion that either himself or Sir Hubert Sto.nt, or Sir John FindUiv would Ik- High Commissioner, did not go on to deny tlio even more persistent rumour that tho anpointme'nt would fall to the Hon. T. Mackenzie. It is also remarked that Mr. Mackenzie has not yet authorised any an-' liouncement touching his candidature at Iho general election. THE CABINET. The "Otago Daily Times" says:—"Sir J. G. Findla\, we. ;.re interested to learn, proposes to offer himself as a candidate for election to tho House. What makes this announcement of special importance is tho circumstance that it plainly foreshadows reconstruction of the Cabinet, if the Government should bo so fortunate (although this seems doubtful) as to bo honoured with the continued confidence of tlio people." HINE COMMITTEE'S FINDINGS. Mr. Iline has given notico to ask: "Whether the Government intend to bring m legislation this session for tho purpose of carrying into efTeet the recommendation of the Special Committee relating to the allegations of the member for Stratford." Last week, as already reported, Mr. Massey asked a similar quest ion, and was ' not satisfied with tho answer. Mr. Massey's question was;/'Whether tho Government intend this session to give effect to tlio recommendation of lire commilteo on tho allegations made by tlio honourable member for Stratford, as follow:— : 'The committee is of opinion that legislation should l)e passed making it. illegal for a member of Parliament to n' l 011 his own behalf or on behalf of other person in negotiating the sale _ estate ■ to the Crown.'" Sir James Carroll rc- , plied:—"Tho intentions of tho Government regarding the legislation of this ; session, will bo made known in due course." Mr. Massey declared that this reply was discourteous to tho House, as . well as very unsatisfactory. EX-INSPECTOR GILLIES. The case of ex-Police Inspector Gillies, 1 of Christchnrcli, lias been brought before 1 tho Hon. G. Fowlds, Acting-Minister for Justice, by Mr. J. M'Combs, o( Christ- 1 church. Writing to the Minister, Mr. i M'Combs stated that it was the late Mr, 1 T. E. Taylor's intention to urgo that Mr. i Gillies should bo placed in tho position I that 110 would have occupied in regard to ] his' pension if 110 had been permitted to < completo his forty years of service. II« : was' award that the difference between 1 Mr. Gillies's present pension and the full ] pension—about .£3G per annum—could not ] be paid out of the superannuation fund. 1 but 110 believed that Parliament would ( readily agree to a special grant being ( placed 011 the Estimates. Mr. Fowlds has ( replied that tlio matter will receive con- \ sideTatioii. t ' i HIS MAJESTY'S FORCES. 1 Mr. Fisher will ask the Acting-Minister r for Defence whether his attention has j been drawn to tho insult offered to tlio c men of his Majesty's .Navy at tho skating j rinks in Auckland, rnd if the Govern- , ent intend! to take any steps towards in- s sisting upon a proper recognition of his J. Majesty's i'orccs. f SOME RECENT LOANS. £ A paper presented to Parliament by tho {; Hon. Mr. Millar, Acting-Minister for J Finance, gives particulars of the loans raised during tho financial year ended " March 31, 1907. { Of tho million loan for Public Works J: and Land Settlement, ,£0.59,500 was raised ~ in Now Zealand, and, .£.'110,500 in Austvalia. Tha charges and expenses amount- ( ed to i£27GB, and the premium received 1 was ,£GSIO. Tho loan of .£530,010 tmilor 1, tho Lanl for Settlements Consolidation Act was ulso raisad in Arstralia and „ New Zealand in almost equal proportions. J] The oxponscs wnre_.ei37S and tho pre- j, miunrreceiveil .£5115. j. In 11)08, of the million loan, .£771,500 was v raised in Australia, and .£228,500 in Now ~ Zealand. Tho charges and expenses in '( this case were .£5771, and the premium „ received ~£l 5,1110. . c In 1009 there was a loan of a million „ and a quarter for public works and land ~ settlement, and i£l,'joo,ofto of this was {j raised in London and .£50,000 in New 6 Zealand, from tlio Post Ofiice, In this caso the charges and expenses are stated ( at X 1270, and tho premium received was n .£SOO. c In 1007 tho total loan 9 we.ro 0C2,022,015; tl in 1008 .£3,339,160, Mid in UXW £4,208,195. r ,