POLITICAL QUESTIONS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10505, 13 July 1910, Page 6

POLITICAL QUESTIONS.

By Telegraph > (Special Oamaru Mail.) Wellington,: July; 12. Mr J. Duncan has moved for a retiir.i of tlie money spent on scenery preservation. -Mr J. A. Hauan has asked whether the Minister of Lauds will give School Commissioners power to limit the holdings under their jurisdiction for educational' endowments to one man one lease. Mr Ross has asked what steps are being taken to inspect and analyse liquors sold on licensed premises in accordance with the Licensing Act. Mr J. B. Bine is urging a trial of the eradication of blackberries by the American method. Mr R. A. Wright is asking for the repeal of the law protecting, stoats, weasels, and ferrets. Mr T. Buxton ' states that fire clay of splendid quality is reported in abundance in the Kakalm and Runcliffe districts, and that the development of the industry would absorb a large amount of labor. _ He asks, therefore, for> a report by Dr Bell on all the mineral deposits of the districts. Mr A. M. Myers has asked the Prime Minister to establish a definite legislative policy of town planning, especially for the larger cities in the matter of a. standard width of streets, the height of buildings and sites for schools and churches. - Mr J. P'. Luke asks for a Commission to ascertain the trend of the young people after leaving the, primary and secondary schools and report on the inducement offered by industrial concerns to youths; on the effect of special legislation on industrial concerns, and the question of whether the Dominion's industries should be further assisted by an increased tariff.