THE PREMIER.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 12866, 26 May 1905, Page 5

THE PREMIER.

(Per Press Association.) Dimcdin, l\lay 25.

The 'Premier told a deputation from the Society for tlie Protection of tWomeii and ' Ch'H'dran that he wus fiiimly "of opinion thai aur .laws sh'duld ha fought up ' to date witib re^pelct to the period during which ati" itolEoli^majtion ccwl'd.-be laid, and. at least" it should be; three months as -ins England ; and, he Would consider the propriety of making iii ev«n longer. In the meantime, he" wa's against the dppukation's proposition that a girlotarc-gisterin-g an illegitirniate 1 chiHd state the name of the father Ho ilhe Registrar, becaaise. some girls might oise it as a means of reiveng'e., Wut he Uiolugjht-a g*irl might disclose the 'name to the Registrar, leatvirtg tJie latter befpre-t jetting the name on ifoo recorfd to call on .ilia pei'soti to mfect the charge.i' ' ■Uu^nedin, May 25. The Premier told' an University deputatioii thai the payineorfc.of the £750 grant to tlie School of Mines wox; ld only be coutin'ued foi' three years, bwt the Government \voxdd coiitintoe to assist one sjuch s'ebiool in tihe North and anoiher in. the South ,Islan(d. ,Mr Sodclon tolid iho Schools Af?ociation that tdie 'actuaries' i*op-.u-t on superannuation, garvc Only £Y0 after paying increased cemiribtutiefns I^Gtweein 55 and f65f 65 years. He dikl not think, howelver, ,that t-ho difficulty was insuperable, ( and ,he f intemdad t<o convene a conference jof te'Edliers ank\ stJiool manag-ers to thresh o,ut .tjlie qjuestion, with a view of legislation this vsessiotx. He approved of Education Boards being elcctod on a more pppular basis. an.d favouretl the a/doi?tion of the Parliamentary fra'nichise. The Premier told the Ajcqoiuiitia'nts' liistitute to got a private member to introduce a bill to make ipjulylic aocoaVnts subject to audit 'b>- cert'ifioatcd account-airis, with a view to influencing public opinion thcrc v o>n at the g-eneral eJet'tio'n.

Tlio Premier si})caks to-morrow nigilit at Naseby, on Saturday at Ojjhir, on iVlonday at Roxburgh, on Tuostlay at Lawronco, alul on WrJdnc.^day al Kai-taivg-ata.