PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8055, 2 November 1897, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

(Parliamentary Reporter. )] Wellington, to-day. EDUCATIONAL MATTERS. The scholastic profession will be interested in the Public School Teachers Incorporation and Court of Appeal Act Amendment Bill, which provides for the registration of the New Zealand Educational Institute, and also enacts that a teacher shall be deemed to be dismissed where his engagement is determined by notice of the Board ; provided that the Court of Appeal wider the Act of 1895 is satisfied with the determination of the engagement, having regard to j,ny of the following circumstances : (1) Efficient and economical administration of .the Board's affairs ; (2) fitness of the teacher; (3) his conduct; (4) any other special circumstances irrespective of the Board's mere legal right to determine the engagement by notice. Provision is made under the Education Board's Election Act, brought in by the Minister of Education, for all elections taking place on the fourth Monday in May, and in the case of an extraordinary vacancy the election is to be held not sooner than the 28th November or later than the 35th day. If a vacancy occurs candidates must be nominated in writing by two members of school committees at least 14 days before the date of election. Members of the Board retiring fin March 31st next are to be continued in office till the second Monday in Juno, when those elected in May next take office. POLITICAL GOSSIP.

Asked as to the rumor that he intends to succeed Mr Reeves as Agent-General the Premier said to me : "From what I saw in London I have no great desire to take up my permanent residence there. I would rather live in the colony at any time." He added that it was his intention to remain as leader of the Liberal party while he can be of any use to this country ant! can command a majority in the House. Signs of further disintegration in the Government ranks are not wanting. Mr Seddon claims that in the event of defeat on a question of policy in the Council lie would be entitled to a- dissolution, as a large majority of the House was returned pledged to support liis policy, and as no policy measures have yet come before Parliament their rejection would show that the members did not represent the views of the country. Some of the leading Oppositionists, however, would rather harass the Government than defeat them on vital questions, recognising that the time is hardly ripe for a change of administration. Mr Pirani waited on the Speaker this afternoon to consult him relative to the raising of the question of privilege as to the excision of Mr Lewis' bogus letter from Hansard No. 9. The Speaker stated that he had authorised the step taken by the Government Printer in excluding the page containing the letter, but asked Mr Pirani to bring the question before the House as a matter of form.