POLITICAL NEWS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 5290, 26 August 1905, Page 2

POLITICAL NEWS.

! (Frosa own correspowdctol). -■i- • •>■' * ;,, (By Telegraph*. WELLINGTON, Aug. 25. During ithe discussion'-on"'the Elec- ; r toral Bill in committee at an oarly hour this 'morning. Mr Massey moved an'-amendment 'to "'fclanse with the object 61 enabling persons unable to attend the pollihjj' Ibooth by reason of sicknvs's' to r'e«6rd their ' votes. ." He did not explain or sugges,t how this was to be aceonipiiihM. *' Mr, Flatman' pointed' out that if "he gave effect to-this idoa «Vory hospital would have .to be declared n polling" booth,' and in ithat ease he asked liow about the sick in private-houaee ?' The p'roposal" was the most nonsensical thing he had ever heard of in his life. Mr Massey stated that Mr Flatman had been talking rubbish, whereupon tho member for ■Gc«ildine - asked the chairman to request Mr Massey to withdraw the remark. Mr Massey reluctantly ' complied .with the request. Later on he called for a division on his amendment, and was dofeated by on'e/vwte. "Thatjf" indignantly exclaimed the leader";of the Opposition, "is tho result .of Native yotjng again." Mr Heke, Natixe member, rose and said Maori members,.had as much, right to Vote, aociprdinggtp: their convictions as the hon. or any other mem . ber. ,'.:_ f . -./;;...

Flatman is asking the Minister for Railways whether he will consider thcexpeSieney -of allowing' fruit growers to 1 -retail "fruit on board the ex-press-trains hetwfeeri-• Christohurch and Dunedin ori the'sS*Tie-condition as was granted -by yeats^'^j'!i<-^':'''

, ContTaTy'to-'expectations'the report of the Auditor-General upon the Fish, er hot 'brOughts down today. It to coine befoso on'lliesd'ay rieit: ;; Jit is an open ••"se , crt?€"l : h'at' : the result" of' ah exhaustive *%* tncro i? no evidence tKat" any voucher .' evef existed t(pr; ; any; paymenf..to Captain. Sed<lpnfor, jeorganising defence. stor.cs, : ov'x^ h (made j?(Kwi' foi; :disehargmg ,*uch jvv ,«■■• «-,■;■ -: . n ' ■•'

: The Welimgtpn correspondent,, of the lytteUw, '&m* ..telegraphed.:— l>o ,. inquiry -; into,-Mr -Fi«li.er'g. l^lifti'ires4 : has, been -.concluded,. Willis,, .ojfe'of iW sig'naWiea to. Mr w >° ;^« e top. searfil^ .fqr /r .the,,.v.queher l ~-has concluded. 2h unsJlcce'ssful search, and returns' -to to-day. v No trace tia's of. a'voucher a nd''"the''AudripV,-General will report,. probabtY to>iriorr.ow.; 'thftt if such ,youcherever .e^i.**d,^t : m 4 st ' ha^, b ? e . n . thus . being, ,ccwplet;e|y ■ Tho Wellinfttpn. cprreapondent of the Past tcleffraplfj? cau-nii'Vtoi'H'eld'{nis.'(Friday)."m-ornmg in .connection" the land quisstipn, Absblutq'*eerecy *"aßout v ' i the attitude of the pa'r'tv is maintained. A lobby rumour has U that a- question'is t 6 be; aslied ; in the"Hoflse, next .'week for; a return'' the number of hours wost'ed;with the cost tc? the "countrj', .on the-Fisher charges against the Premier and his - "family. - '