Political Porridge.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 19, 13 August 1895, Page 2

Political Porridge.

Mr Lang wants the Minister for Bail- . ways to make the same redaction in freights on cream and milk carried on the railways for the purpose of being made into batter as bas been made on - the freight of milk for cheesemaking purposes. Mr Maslin is to ask the Minister of Education how it in, seeing that the education system of New Zealand is free and compulsory, that in some district! the people are called upon direotly to partly pay for the education of their children when, the average attendance is less than 25. _ The Joint Committee on Statutes Ee. vision have no recommendation to make -- on the temperance party's licensing bill as it deals with a matter of public policy, Mr G. W. Russell's ohief objection to the Budget is what he calls the Govern, meat's shameful failuro to deal with the unemployed. He thinks that a million should bo borrowed to' develop Stateowned coal mines and establish village settlements. The Government's Local Government Bill is now ready to be placed in the' hands of members ; the Premier, however, is determined to hold it baok till the financial debate is over, on the prin- '■ ciple that one bone of contention at • ' time is sufficient for the House. Mr Meredith says that during the five years he has been a member of Parliament he has recommended thirteen persons for Government employment. Of these only one had been taken on, and he was the son of parents, who had bitterly opposed the Government party at the last elections. Sir Patriot: Buckley is still most spoken of in connection with the vacant radgeship, in which case either Messrs Guinness or Joyce would probably become At- : torney-General. The Premier says that the LoearGovernment Bill may possibly be circulated '- oa Thuriday, but not earlier, It is a voluminous measure of 300 pages, and it is understood that as regards both ad- - ministration and finance it places local .government on a greatly improved footing. In some quatters preparations are already been made for the General . Election next year. The Mayor of Inver. cargill ( Mr W. B. Ssandrettj is announced * as a candidate for Invercargtl), and it it . probable tbat the Treasurer will not be allowed a walk-over for Awarua n«kt time. Mr G. G. Stead will present himself to ono of the Chriatchurch City electorates, and it is an open secret that for whatever seat the Minister of Labor goes— whether an undivided Christchuroh or his old constituency of St. Albans— he will have to encounter the opposition nt^. . Mr T. E. Taylor, of Prohibition fame. tA rumor does not lie there will be mor9^^ than a dozen new men brought oat for Danedin and suburbs. Evidently' the L 240 a year is hungered after. — 'Star.'