POLITICAL NOTES.

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1254, 6 August 1910, Page 4

POLITICAL NOTES.

SOME SESSIONAL SITTINGS

The Government pi\>X)ose in CDinietition with the new museum builTling ■to make suitable provision for accommodation for a National Art Gallery.

The Prime Minister bus been asKed by T. E. Taylor whether he will, this year, arrange to abolish the marriage foes —both, registration and Registrars' officiating lees — now charged by the various Registrars of -Vlarriages. Mr Arnold is satisfied that yooct Jius resulted to the police turte through the sitting of the Commission, of which lie was ttio cause. It is expected that the Hon. Dr. Eindlay's scheme of prison reform will be fully outlined in the Legislative Council next week. •'1 shall be glad when tho time arrives when the whole of the Financial Debate shall be conducted by two or three experts on each side ot the House." —Mr Arnold. "The European, like the heathen Chinee, is lairly wily-"—Dr. Te Raugiliiroa on prospective European lessees of Native lands. Mr Okoy is asking the Minster for Agriculture whether, in selling" tho male progeny of the different breeds ■of cattle imported by the Government tor the purpose .of imp-roving the breed of the dairy herds of the Dominion, lie will see that due consideration is given to fairly distributing the cattle throughoxit' the dairying dstricts so that the best results may bo obtained for the expenditure. "A mind based like an adamantine pavement," is tho unique possessino of the Hon. It. Mclvenzie, accordant!; to Mr Liiwry, member for Parnell. "'lie is so enmeshed in the party toils, so choked with the Ministerial •octopus, that he has no control over himself- so tar us his opinions are concerned."—Mr lasher on Mr Ell. "I am not going to lament like this for every member of this Council who • dies." —Frank statement by the Hon. Wi Pore, in his tribute to the Hon. ti. Scotland. '•It is all nonsense to talk of New :Zealand for the isew Zealandors. \Yu want population—and at once.' —Milliard. • ''What we want in this country is less religion and more Christianity."

—Mr Lawry. . Mi- Arnold (Dunedin Central) stated in tho House that though he bad been in the House eleven or twelve .sessions he had never known the Financial Debate in which there were so many unpleasant interjections during members' speeches, so much party bickering and contradiction, as had taken place in the present debate.