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PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

BIFOBMTNQ THX TJNIMPLOTID. Mr. J. W. Kelly bas oome to the oonolusion that so legislative reform will solve thn unemployed question till there is roform amongst the workers themselves. Government has done mpoh to teaoh farmers the value of co-operation and improvement, and it would pay well for Government to send round a competent teacher to inform the working men of the value of 00-operation. Iheee men, he oonaiders, have fallen into a state of coma, from which nothing bat a sooial earthquake will arouse them. 1 THK JUBICIABY AND HAOIBTBACT. Mr. G. Hutohison intends to move — 1. That, in the opinion of this House, it is essential to the well-being of the colony that all olasses of the community should have implicit confidence in the impartial and fearless administration of justice in the Conrts of the colony. 2. That, apart from the personal character of the Judges, it is essential, in order to inspire the community with that oonfidenoe, that the Judges should be independent and absolutely free from any possible Executive or political influence. 3. That the tenure of offioe of District Court Judges and Magistrates with extended jurisdiction should be during ability and good behaviour, and not, as at present, during the pleasure of the Eieoutive. 4. That the salaries of such Judges and Magistrate! should be fixed by Act of Parliament. TH* SHIIP BKTURNB. An approximate sheep return laid on th,e table yesterday, states that there were 19,787,308 sheep in the colony on 30th April last, a. deoreaae of 171,340 for the North, and 292,181 for the South Island as compared with the previons year. It i» estimated that 433,000 were boiled down or preserved during the 12 months. The figures for the various distriots in 1894 and 1395 respectively were as follows : — Auckland, 858,295-842,847; Hawkes Bay, 4,286,9864,209,943; Wellington-West Coast, 4.024.071 —3,945,222; Mariborough-Nelson. 837,582— 896,609; Canterbury-Kaikoura. 5.744,668— 5,539,035; Otago, 4,429,227— 4,313,652. BAILWAT PLANT. Mr. Earasbaw considers the Government action in sending round Messrs. Hales and Napier Bell to report on the railways in three months was a faroe. -But even they did not bring up the report the Government wanted, for they showed that the lines and plant were in good order. This was emphasised by the Government keeping the workshops during the year on shorter time than for some years previously. MINIBTIBIAi JOKIB. Does the present Ministry keep a " court fool ?" In olden days snoh a personage was oommon to a* oourt. It will be remembered that the Hon. Mr. M'Kenzie in his Budget speech made an elaborate joke about a new Ministry. It was not his own production, and the question in the lobbies and in the press gallery was asked— Who prepared the joke for him? Last night the Hon. Mr. Ward disinterred a " Passing Note " that appeared some years ago in the Otago Witness. The note was supposed to have been written by Mr. Thomas Mackenzie's companion on travel— Dr. Fitohett-rand the Treasurer had so little to say about tariff, treaties, &0., that he quoted at length—mispronouncing his Frenoh as he went along — this old, stale joke. Whoreoalledittohimf Who, in faot, is the "court fool?" BUMOUBS. The latest rumour is that the Judgeship is to be kept open till the end of the session, when it will probably provide for a Minister, and that the Premier may then see his way to transferring the field for his talents to England, in the oapaoity oE Agent-General, while the Colonial Treasurer takes his place out here with a somewhat modified team. LOCAL QOVEBNMINT. The Local Government Bill, whioh is to be introduced by Governor's Message tonight, will provide for the sweeping away of the existing local bodie3, charitable aid boards, *0., leaving County Councils, and City and Borough Connoils. The members of all County and Borough Councils are to retire every other ytar. The Chairmen of County Councils are to be elected by direct vote, instead of by the councillors, as at present. Commissioners are to be proTided for the purpose of sub-dividing the provincial districts, with a view to still further reducing the number of local bodies. JOTTINGS. Thomas Jones, of Palmerston North, has been petitioning that the Public Trustee should take .over and wind np his catate, but the Petitions Committee has no recommendation to make. The Native Affairs Committee repeats its reoommendation of last year as to compensation to the natives for the Williams frauds in the Kaitangiwhenua case. The Petitions Committee reoommends that the fines imposed upon Thomas Clarkson, of Palmerston North, for breaches of the Stamp Act, be refunded, with the exception of those on one oharge, as it does-not believe there was any intention to defraud the revenue. W. J. Hunt, of Wellington, is again bringing his grievance in oonneotion with the Ngarara Blook at Waikanae before the House. Mr. Joyce's Inebriates Homes Bill provides for the establishment by private persons, under Government inspection and license, of ourative institutions to whioh Magistrates may oommit inebriates on the application of themselves or their friends.

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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 45, 21 August 1895, Page 3

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PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 45, 21 August 1895, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 45, 21 August 1895, Page 3