POLITICAL NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, 27 September 1905, Page 1

POLITICAL NOTES.

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(Our Parliamentary Reporter.)

THE DENTISTS' ACT. WELLINGTON, This Day

Tlio Public Petitions Committee (if (lie House, reporting on (lie petition of several Wellington dentists, recommend the Government to pass tin's session an amendment of the Dentists Act, 190-1, removing the disabilities imposed by that Act on dentists' assistants, who, though having long experience, may not lie registered unless they have boon principals for three months.

The Commit fee stated thai the disabilities have evidently entailed serious injustice, on many persons. A DISINTERESTED DOUSE. The debate on the second reading of the Workers Dwellings Bill was of an exceedingly dull and ragged order. The Douse appreciated its own dreariness to such an extcnl that there was seldom a quorum present, while when tlio Douse resumed after stumer there were hut two members in the Chamber- Mr Willis, who had the floor, and Mr Aitken, who called the Speaker's attention to the slate of the Douse, this formality being uccesssary before the bell may be rung as n signal for members to "' make a Douse." CIVIL SERVICE STATISTICS.

Returns were presented to Parliament to-day giving particulars of (lie total lumber of Civil Servants, temporary clerks and persons other than Civil Servants, temporary clerks and school teachers, hut including men employed on Hie public works during the year ending -5 J si. March, 10(J 1, together with the salaries and wages paid to lliein. The total nun, her of Civil Servants, exclusive of those in the Poxi and Telegraph Department, was 2100 and their salaries £.''7(i,977. The temporary clerks numbered GUI, and drew ,£9(i,85-l. The persons permanently employed in the Railway Department numbered Sfi.")l-, and their salaries amounted to £1,109,7-19. The Civil Servants in the Post and Telegraph Department, numbering 20.59, were paid .£24)0,57(5. All persons other than Civil Servants, temporary clerks and school teachers, but including persons employed in the Public Works are given as numbering 9295, and the sums paid to them aggregate £950,512.