POLITICAL NOTES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10582, 11 October 1910, Page 1

POLITICAL NOTES.

By Telegraph. ; - r- —' —'v ■■ .. , •; (From Our Own Correspondent.)

Wellington. October 10.—The Land Bill.—, ,1 ' fv The- Land •• Laws'' Amendment * Bill, 'which was referred',to the LandsCom-ifiifbee-after ■ a proforma second reading. ■'about a-month 'ago, is having its'chance : lbst: it-was the only item'oh-the 'Coififmittec's agenda paper at ,the end jof 'last' week, and • occupies a - -similar,, (position aganr for this : morning'sameetr ; mg ' ' ! 1 —Last Yeai's Act The Shipping' and Seamen Act'which vps passed i.ist session ns still Jaefoie the throne authorities a.w'aitmg the Royal assent;■ The,vMinistar;' of:''■ Marine mentioned to-dayitthat~ communiqations respecting it ha&been .passing'for; sortib; time, and he had reason to behove that two ot its clausps were - almost certain to be iejected-, one >of -these clauses dealt with waybills; andi-trenched'Joiner what on international law. The.Minister added:'that-]ie'.,expected' aj..decision upon, the. Act pthina^verysjiorjirtime. —Neyv ; Parliament .;- i The reduction- bt- a-vote in'the Estimates on-Eriday.as an indication,of",opiinion -'bv»members . that the Govewameiit: should; not- ■'det■: woijk out • to; fpriyaifce architects without .'.calling.'.'for?-compete tive • bearing- oii'the desigiiv ofv-the' proprosednew Houses:.ot Parliamento-if -thiJi'Work cannot be -undertaken-vbyr the tGovernment architects: "The ;matter- -will be discussed in-the; Legislative; Council. on. Thursday, when; the v Hon.; -T-. :. K'. M'Donald- yvill ; move "."that in the best iintorests of the JDomimon it is advisable' that competitive -designs - for . the cerec-. tion of the-suggested;' tneW"Houses-of Parliament should > . be. ' unvited' -from architects . resident ins the/Dominion:'!; .

—Ambulance DA'y Collections.— ; A deputatioYi'of -Canterbury members representing the claims of the St.; John Ambulance. Association- iwaitfed on. ■ the .Prime Mmist'er on ■ Saturday witli'ja quest that subsidy,; eve'n 1 it'only asmall-subSidv, should be granted on Ambulance Dav colltections' in-the

various'.centres.; . . The- . Prime r Minister said that. ; his ( sympathies:-were with the Association, ;and he "would ;like-to see the matter on ■a,- satisfactory -basis. ■- The subside had, ;been -withdrawn because requests. lor it had become so numerous.'. . He would dortk; into the -matter to' see if • a limited . amount could' be given; on the collec;tions. - ■ i Compensation."— ! ■ .-"Vi'e • will "gazette a-notice'this, week i fextending'■ the' reciprocal -provisions ' of jthe"' Workers ; Compensation ; for ;Acci'dents 'Actxto Queensland, Western: Australia, and Great ' Britain," ' remarked the Minister tor Labor, the Hon. J. A. , Millar last'evening'.' " In- reply to a re- | quest made by a; deputation, for ,gene T ■ral reciprocity ; withthe Australian States in the 'matter -of compensation to dependants of injured or killed workmen, 'Mr'Millar reriiarked. "that the request could' not, be'complied with in its ■entirety; for the simple reason that all tbfe' Statesi of ;• the; Commonwealth-.-,iv ould. ;itot; " reciprocate -with' New -Zealand. iLast we'edc, I 'for;, instance; he had':'re-, jceived" af Tefusal from, the .New-, South (Wales; Government; > 1 >. It swould ceuta mly jn'ot. be- 1 f aw? to;! have! * ar-h?a'ngenient-,iaiid! grant/, ooncessipns;, to. -.a-;cotuiti-y=. which -would not -.reciprocate. 'lt' thiSA-were' done. ;at would- mean; that : New' r Zealanders' would .be paying -for •the'-suppoVt 'of 'people. ot other countries iwiichigave l nothing-in return. -• How'ever,' ■ -the ;; Commonwealth Government iwas rconsidering ■the -advisahilitj. ot-takr ang ;tlie matter up, and if it brought ;ans-a^Goropensation Act-it;would-ncover 'the i wllola of -Australia, and;-make ; a re'ciprocal 'arrangement easy;(to\come to. —The Sixteenth Week. — >j ■■■■■■ A" long ' session - is ■ one - of tn enty iweeks- - The :i present ■. session - is- .certain be particularly long; To-moirow it ;will enter on its sixteenth ■ week with 'diibngh lynsnvess ahead-to occupy-it loi a not lift M\teen but Prfiliamont 'Ti-' now the -movements of •a' machine -which, will work autpmaticalh for foui''or fhe weeks more and itlien run icompletely down. To-daj ?s nj\ismes9 ■••is no'fc nllocntecl >ct, nufc nip'oii the : order pilper are the Liinnsing iiiid "Gaming Bills for second leading. 'PossiblYivthe Committee stage of . the lu'hoi's Bill will, -be- reached-,- but.-therc are' manv;.othei measuies of importiiilice '• The House will; tnlce-a half-holi-'daV ! '(Lnhoi- Bayjl, but will ■ probablv--debide after that -to sit on Mondays and Satuidays until the end "comes , " , The Legislative Council will meet on to <hscuss the Defence BilL