POLITICAL JOTTINGS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2229, 7 October 1898, Page 6

POLITICAL JOTTINGS.

Dnricg the discussion on the Prnsions Pill on Monday night Mr P.ollestnn asked—ls there any provision in this bill to prevent those who spend their pe; sinus reekhs-dv becoming a charge on the charitable institutions of the colony ? Ti.e oily reply vouchsafed by the Premier was that the ijii- stioo would be dealt with Liter on. Several members pointed out that the 1■ i! 1 made no prevision for the kind of pensioner cite i by Mr Roneston, a J Mr R. Thomson remarked that the pensions scheme ol the Pietnier was a means of subsiili-shig the criminal clas'-ea and Deerdowf lis. Valuations of New 7.f •land's four chief cities:—Auckland, £'.},(] rH,!;f).-> ; Wellington, £3,055,512; Chri-tchurch, f3.3fi4.V21; Dunedin, £4,339,744. Improvements in the borotu'hs are thtH valued : Auckland, £2.695,835 : Wellington, £3,237.83-"): Christchnreh, £1,755,764; Dum-dm, £2,2ti5,196. Mr Fla'man's bill to amend the Auctioneer's Act provil.s that an auctioneer is to name the vendor and !a*t Udder, a* d tli it the vendor shall not bid or employ an ayent to do so. 1 litre is a provis ', however, which states that if at the beginning of the sile the auctioneer publicly announces th.-.t the vendor reserves the right to mike one l.i!, the vendor or his agent may make sudi Lid accordingly.