POLITICAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10561, 16 September 1910, Page 1

POLITICAL NEWS.

By Telegraph. (Fiom Our Own Correspondent.) —Troubles of the .Engineering Trade. — 'L'ho protest made to the Minister of Labor by representatives of the ironmasters against legislative restrictions is to be followed by a more representative deputation' which Mr 1). AI'La ro», M.l'., has been asked to introduce to the Prime Minister on Monday. It will .include representatives of ironworkers and employers ill the engineering industry from Dunedin, Ciiristchureh, Auckland, and Wellington, and will bring before the Government's notice a number of anomalies in the Customs tariff, the necessity for increased duties on imported machinery, and of Government contractors being required to obtain all iron and steel work in the Domini .n if possible. It will also lie suggested that local bodies carrying out works on loan money should encourage New" Zealand industry in the. same wav.

—Photographers' Grievances.—

A number of professional photographers throughout New Zealand lmve petitioned Parliament to secure an amendment of the Copyright Act. so as' to grant to the author or producer of any photograph the copyright during his lifetime and thirty years after and forbidding numbers of firms making a speciality of copying and reproducing the regular photographers' artistic work. The petitioners believe that not less than £20,00!) worth of orders for enlargements are obtained annually through the copying and piracy of their work, and unless they obtain protection they i'ear that it will be impossible to experiment with or take advantage of improved methods of production. —Sidelight on Gaming Legislation.—

Horse trainers throughout New Zealand have petitioned tin; House that their position he taken into consideration when the sport of racing is dealt with as promised by the Government this session. They state: (1) A large sum of money is in the aggregate invested in the Dominion in provision to accommodate horses for training; (2) we tiie licensed trainers of such horses have spent our youth in acquiring the necessary knowledge and have invested our capital in the requisite stabling and appurtenances; (3) for the most part wo should be completely ruined if the ancient sport of racing were seriously curtailed and in any case our continued means of earning a livelihood would bo withdrawn from us. The Government's amendment of the Gaming Act has not yet been circulated.