POLITICAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10518, 28 July 1910, Page 1

POLITICAL NEWS.

2 By Telegraph. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Welington, July 28. —Ministerial Replies.— ' Legislation dealing with the indetm mutate sentence is promised and a Gc 2 vernment Hill is now ready. It is not intended to revise the 'taril ? this year. . : The provision, of State cold storag. ; for fruit in fmit-growing districts i - said to be a matter of policy, and wil I be so considered. Sir William Steward has been in formed' that it is- hoped to submit de . finite proposals soon for the periodica. • medical and dental inspection of sehoo ■ .children. i Iv/ery effort is ' being made by the . Government to preserve, the sooner} along the Wanganui.River. The necessary surveys are being "vigorously prosecuted, and legislation is being promoted to give extended powers to acquire areas of scenic value and protect them. ■ _. . | - ' ' .. Regulations for the compulsory grading of meat for export, says the Minister for Agriculture, arc inadvisable, but the.Slaughtering and Inspection Act already gives the power referred to. —Steadily in View. The following matters are said in reply to questions to be under the consideration of the Government:' The calling of competitive designs for the new Parliamentary Buildings; providing the same area as regards native lands purehaseable, and as to the law respecting Crown lands, or in the alternative, providing for fuller classification of land. ! —The Accession Oath.— Mr A. M. Myers has asked the Prime Minister to bring down a motion to present a respect hi 1 address to the Governor conveying the wish of the House that representations should be made for an alteration in the Accession Declaration to expunge the words reflecting on the Roman Catholic religion. —Maori Nomenclature.— Mr Field has asked the Government whether-any steps are being taken to carry out tht' recommendation of the Nomenclature Committee of this House in I!, ; :)S, and when it is proposed to get rid of such monstrosities as Kaiwarra,_ Ngahanranga, Pctone, Pahautaiiui, J-Likorangi, and other similar disfigurements r.f railway stations, timetable directories, and so on.