ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

Greymouth Evening Star, 8 October 1908, Page 4

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.

VIEWS OE THE GOVERNMENT. fI'EU ri!E3b ASSOCIATION.J WELLING'. This Day. 11l the iluiiso of Representatives ycslerday afternoon, Ministers in reply to questions i luted — . That a. suitable memorial would be (•reeled over the grave of Edward Gibbon Wakefield (first Premier of New Zealand), and proposals, in this direction will bo submitted next session. That .the House will bo asked to drop ■the police clauses out of the Public Service Superannuation Dill, so that they may be maturely considered hereafter. ' That with regard to the reported hoytotting by the .British Medical Association of members of their own profession who have been serving the Friendly Societies at a fair and reasonable cost, it is difficult to see how the Government could interfere in such a dispute,, but inquiry will be made into the position with the view ol securing’, if possible, the rights of the societies in their laudable efforts ou behalf of the .side and distressed. That it is not proposed to have a close season for imported or native game throughout the dominion in 1909, though p. ssibiy there might he a close season in some districts. That the matter of including within the siope of the Public Service Superannuation Acts the staffs employed in hospitals, museums and universities other than those already included in some pension scheme, is one that calls for careful consideration. That a committee will he set up to search the journals of the Legislative Council to report on the position of the Agricultural Produce Sale and Importation Bill. Replying to Mr A liken, the Premier said that he hoped in a. day or fwo to ho able to announce that the Government had completed negotiations for a connection with Tahiti and Raratonga, which would give, us allot her connection with the Old Laud, cud an inexpensive one from our point of view.