Parliamentary Notes.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2764, 5 July 1894, Page 2

Parliamentary Notes.

'''^y\>, Qct;tom»bai?h.)'', /vh< *• , (FBOM 0% SPECIAL BEPOBTEK.)! : '^ ,WEJIiLINGTON,;JaI||t. Th«^>emier;l».day informed thtfSbuse tbat'WlonehFox bad tertnin*ted hla engagement of \Colonel on May Btb.V There had been' a most positive ari^|B distinct severance. Colonel Fox Jiad stated he would neither perform the duties ot his office nor reoeive his salary. Influenza is playing havoc with members: The- latest vietim-ir-Hon.- J. Oa.rroll. , ; . ; . . Mr tAllett alleges iba't'/the Gpverhoient candidate in the recent Waitemata election - jwas"*giyeu~a" pull over htarupponent-by " being allowed to frank ? letters ani\ teleIgrams.., v , „ t',., * *'\ Mr Meredith desires to know what the Government will do in oases where ,the deputy' returning officers are kept out of \ their moneys because election ' expense's: are disputed by local bodies. ! !t i y -rl Wellington's claims for a ÜBiveraity arebeing urged hyJDr Newman. r ,. .,,, „, v .v,* * ! The Minister; for. Landß ; -sio^ ..Jfr '- ■ Buchanan, that o,'Har* - Smith, wb.om t 'Bte - Patrick Buckley had characterised W. incompetent, was the, same 'gentleman 1 whom' he (MoKenzie) .had 'defedribed »s a zealous and able officer: : The speikef ' had seen no reason to change his opinion, ' The Abbatoirs' and Slatitsbte'r; Houaes Bill passed its seoond reading laet evening after ai brief debat#<- ijfiembers . being general ly,' favorably f inclined to giving much more, sinngect powers with' respect to the inspeotion t of meat. , „ . n,THE-iiBALE ./OF INTOXICANTS , -FORBIDDEN AT .BE^uLAIIiY'S. V~- - Ther ,%Tf ?K oowiderabiy ,feelfi« f e^noed amongst members last nyjht 'over' the motion' proposed 1 by Major Harrts'ihat in . future tbe sale of intoxicaQts in Billamf ■ be dißc6htinuea.' 'To this an was moved by Mr Rv Thomson, that the '. matter bo referred to, a; joint oommittet of > both Houfses. . After , a brief discussion the division was taJ^anl ziralt* ing in the defeat of the umindmenVfiy 81 to -25. The Premier and other nfcmberi spoke at' length, evidently ineenied at euch a resolution being passed, argniti| that it was quite unnecessary, andthat it would inferentially b« taken aa m ttigtoM upon tbe House. On the original qneotion being put it was carried by 27 to 21. - , -THE FACTORIES ACT. n The Factories Act, which is a measure to consolidate thtf law fbir supervising glad regulation of v workrooms, pompriief 86 . clauses. The principal' alterations m toe existin^^law ®arcf^ that '%nere work 1 i# given by the- ooaapier.of.algetory or workroom to be done in, private dwelling or unregistered workshop a printed label, as proscribed in tbeflbhedul*, w io be affixed to the samj. Safegaarda for machinery are to be provided; also fire escapee, arid- all doors a¥e to be huog so as, to open outwards.^ Power to inspeot accommodation ' for "shearers is given. Persons under 16 are not to bo employed unless', they have : passed ;thef jfowth standard. Wa^es are to be paid to woman and young i persona "when, a. faotoryor workroom, is olosed on holidaya: ' tx ' "