OUR POLITICAL SPECIAL.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 9527, 20 July 1899, Page 3

OUR POLITICAL SPECIAL.

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Wbuuhotost, tant night,

THE LABOR REPORT.

The annual report of the Deipswt'uiant of Labor states that the lat»os market of the oolony has kept paoa In its reoords of employment with the general expansion of industry, even though this expansion may be due to improved maohinery, jncreasod facilities o? transit, and eSfentfsd markets. The department a?sis'ied 2115 men to obtain work, os Tvitii temporary advanoea of paesape?, ate , to enable them to resch smpioymont. 02 these 937 wsro single and 1178 married tnon, the latter having 4769 pereone dependent on them. The women's branch of the department haa found employment for 42S woman and giils. "She total number of men for whom employment has been found einoe the formation o! tho Labor Vβpartment is 21,6(.>7 men, with 52,430 persona dependent on them. Speaking generally the report niatea that there has been fall en&ploytpeat lor all o'aseea of worhmen during the year exoapt in two trades, nasaely, printers and bootroabei?, who are feeling the effects cf improved machinery. The factories nnmfcer 55286, arsd the emplojea 45,30?, an icoirease cf 685f ;c----toriee Bed 5633 werhars therein ; f gielation is suggoeted to prevent Chinese from working all hoars (Knropean Isutdty woikers being restricted], and to do awp.y with (he evil o£ employing young persoua as dressmakers without any payment whatever. 'Ihu J iuoreaf-s of tho hours worked in fp.otorie , ! is 8 ! ill coroplaiaod of, ».nfi a roexitn>',ni time limit of forty-five houra ia sSviasd. Ihia should apply to Ktii mo a and women, sod those employed in ships thould a'so have a titno limit, In oonnooiion wi'.h the Ooncili.atJon and Arbitration & eta consolidating measure ia wanted. >bo total coat acdor the /lot last yo&r was £1350 She Domestic Ssrvants' Kegiatry .'.othes worked tmciothlj' duting the year, but power to annually roview licenses is ooaaidevad desirable, b:> sometitnea there ig dctccioEauon of character. The necessity of preventing employors meking dedac.iona frcft\ tho f;age-.! ef is agaia \srp;e<H.

THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.

Tho following are extraots from the annual zepott of tho secretary tf tbo K-irioa Department:— Ponfliag further experience with tha fog eigaalling apparatus at Penoarrow Head, it is proponed to supply tho principal lighthouses with rooketa lo* ssgnalliag in foggy weathor. It having been fouad that the UDreßtif.n'Qcl export cf oysters in the Koith Isluud was having sn iujutiouti effect, upon the beds, the export of i<o;»h island oyetora has been prohibited Tho 'Jovatnia'jut liavo under ooft&'.oiiraiion ft recommendation eoDoernnv-j \hn eiza ot tho rsoshefl of "!)sd in eea trawling, na a nvstnber o? ema , .! fish r:o beinp; licßlroyed, Uco hnndro'l uart ffevsnty perßoae parnei their txaminatioQa for Otrtifioatsß of o&mpetency as cuaetern, m»tes, and engineira, and 57 failed, 'i'weivo oartificatea ol Bervioe weto iseaed. Iha wreok? and on the coast o! \bs> colony laet year numbered 40, jll 650 tons, a3 against ■Jβ, representing 20,357 tons, Iα tho previous year, lln total wreoks within tho colony were 6 of ! 36? tone, us against 6 of 3302 tone in tho previous year. 'C'ho number of lives lost waa 8 as against 28. Three vessels wero detained for survey during the year as being uueafa. MISCELLANEOUS. Oa tho Hon Mr Kolleaton to-day asking when the Fir.nnoln! (statement wonld ba brough? down, the Premier raissd a laugh by aajing that in tha ft!?f3aoo o? tho leader ol tho Opposition (Utift;>ia ihiesell wus fiwny at tho ra?ui<), hi-i lieuesant ftlwnys steppei into iho breach, Bud aimed at Urn leaderfchip of tho party, i'o proffi'aod, howuvuf, that ihoßndgot Rfdlhfl oOGfiolidated atos should bti brought clown somstiiow next votk. My prediction is that tho btiitemoat will bo delivered on Friday, tha 'iSth, ■\ lhtor o'kblo from l>ondon status tb.<= t tho iyjjeradon oa the Hoe. '•. Molloe/Io hw beer. tuooe«Bfullv n^rformed.

Ilu) i-ion J, M>i'j!irc~?or is ugain posing Qβ a iaw rfiformo?. hh Law Amo&dmr,r.t Mil, jus: introduced in the Oonniii, pr;;posi!S to fix jGoOu as tho tr>asimum amount of dumigod reooTorablo for broach of promise of marriiige, oxoept in oasfln whore tba wrong has been Dggrayated by neduotion. Aaotcer olauao biiords relief to a oiaes of men who havo be';n very linrshly dealt with by Oonsts o? i.quhy. It providee that if ia any ease it appeara to the Court that a trustee is peruoually liable for a b«Kob of tiust, but has voted honestly end reaeoaably, and ought lairly toba oxoubbc! for the bieuoh of irnnt, tho Court may relieve him from liability. A Leotion which will bo aiore popular with tho public than with thq legiil pjofuKßiou, to whioh Hγ MaoGrcgor tjolongH, in one v-Srioa proponee to curtail tho powers vi thu Uoutt to nW'trr oubttf out of tho e;i?alo ia uflrnioihtta'.ii. v i;uitj

}.-:epijiug t,c Mt KoLeuo, ii£ H..M i.c Kapioi", thia aftomoon the Ssiniato- foi . Public* Works Hiiid it v/-iH exjv.:st"d that thu bridge over tho river ut Upper Mohafca, on tho Mapicr-Xaupo road, «ould by completed wall within ccmiraui; tirao, thu 20th. Juno, lOiiO.

'?. ho <:x\: "■:.■<B-.h oJ tho Aibttrafcion Court lor Ui3 yoftt indir.g Slat Mitruli lust were £(js'j I'iu ;'cl, and for tho Oonoilintion Bo«trd £734 10s.