POLITICAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 148, 15 August 1911, Page 6

POLITICAL.

NOTES BY THE WAY. Mr Wright a ill ask the ActingMinister of Defence wh,4her he is prepared in any way to assist memours r.f rifle clubs Irani New Zealand who desire to attend the Now Bm, ih V, airs eiifimpioms.'iip meeting. A deputation of about forty incnibcis of the Executive Council ol the Amalgamated Soci.’ty of Railway Sort suits waited upon moinbcrs et i ariiameut at tne House or. haurda.', anti explained the principal gi no am t of the second division er fhe •-trv.ct. The interview, watch was a pi mate ouo, lasted over two ami a half hours. Mr Luke will ask the Acting-Prime Minister ,whether the Go vermu-mc will w non . dealing with the claims of branches of the public service for improved financial conditions that have uceii advocated by way < f portion to the House and supported by mgam.-a-tion, consider at 'Tie .same time the claims of -tno clerical side .vh muncut and temporary) of the pulhic service for better conditions. Tim ounday jjahour Bill, introduced by Mr. Eisner, is identical with his weekly Day of Rest Bill <4 last year. It mto make it unlawful for any employer to require an employee to do on Sunday the iis ii.il vvoik ol iiis-calling unless during me next six days ho allows him 24 i oiii s eema entirely without labour. ‘‘Sunday’” for most of the. purposes uf +.lu Bill is tlio period from noon mi Satuidav to upon tiie following nay. Hie penalty is five pounds in the case of an individual cmplov ,t and £2e in the case of a con.-m* tiion.. li cm aic exemptions hir “walks of ueeess'ty or mercy," mcl i iiug dn me wa>nip, relief or sickness, work cornua tea with trains ; i vessels in transit, milk-delivery, care of animals, and perishable products, nowsoaper podiiction, and works of emergency, Air. McLaren has given notice to ly' asserted by' tlie Government’s supporters in New Zealand that tue Commonwealth Labour Party of Australia .is’’similar in character to the Liberal ’Party' here, he will take steps to initiate reforms on the lines being taken by the said Commonwealth Labour Party.in respect to the following matters: (1) The, establishment of a .State Rote issue and a State Bank (the Australian Labour Government has issued -some £7,000,000 in Commonwealth notes as a commencement); (2) the establishment of a State factory for the production of harness and saddlery required in connection with oar military defence system (the Commonwealth Government opens such a factory for Australia); (3) the estab- • Australia this mouth); (3) the establishment of a State clothing factory to provide clothing and uniforms for those employed or engaged in the defence ana other public services of the Dominion, and which-clothing the Dominion has to provide and pay for (tiro labour bodies of New Zealand have urged the necessity of cslablishdiig such factories for many years, and the Commonwealth Government is ■ •now preparing to establish a factory in which some tinec hundred persons shall be employed) ; (4) the establishment of State cordite and small arms factories necessary in connection with our defence system; and (5) -the establishment ol lime miming and Ln ink making establishments uuucr the ownership’ and control of the State.”

J'lio following telegram came to hand just before going to press, says yesterday's Inglewood “Record’’:— “Au revoir, but not good-huyt, to Inglewood triends. 1 have no tdenco that the additional country uni emulate what the Junction Road did so effectively last time. —3. B. 11 hie.” Row tnat Tamil electorate is cut out, is pretty certain, that the Hon. T. McKenzie will accede to the request of an influential and numerous section of the I.’a tea electors to offer in’s services for that seat, says the “News.” in this case, Mr. P. O’Dea, tho. Liberal candidate, it is understood, will retire in his favour. A peculiarity of tile position is that prominent Oppositionists are supporting tho candidature of the Minister. from another source we learn that .Mr. (Ki)ea is not at all likely to stand down for any one, and fully intends to go to the noil.