POLITICAL NOTES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14238, 2 July 1910, Page 6

POLITICAL NOTES.

North and South are to be separate teams, each with its own driver. Mr Ell has been appointed Government Whip for the South Island, Mr Macdonald for the North. For the first division of a session they whipped in 40 out of 64 present. The question was only a local dispute about an Auckland railway route.

The Prime Minister promises to tell presently why Mr Peter Heyes waa retired from the Tax Department—not everything, but enough to show why. Private members are giving notice of Bills on social matters. —Mr Newman to abolish bookmakers (Mr T. Taylor would add, "and the totalisator")- —'Mr Massey says the Opposition will support Mr Newman. Mr Ell to abolish barmaids by gradual extinction—no new ones to he employed; Mr Fisher a Sabbath or one-ful'l-day-a-week-rest Bill. He asks also that the "Workers' Homes Fund may be made useful to owners of houses already built, but not paid for. .Mr Jennings (Taumaranui) thinks time-saving as good as labour-saving. Multiplying the number of divisions last session by the number of minutes each occupies, he found that between five and six days were spent in dividing. He proposed to divide by calling the roll and counting the uttered or muttered "ayea" and "noes,'? as a Quicker and more comfortable way. Mr Seddon suggests that the coaching business between the railways over Arthur's Pasa should be taken over by the Government. It is reported that the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. T. Mackenzie) ia considering the introduction of a Seed Purity Bill. Mr "Witty (Riccarton), will introduce a Sale of Goods Bill, to compel auctioneers to sell to any person, providing he is prepared to pay cash, and is the highest bidder, and provide that on the demand of the vendor the name of the purchaser shall he disclosed.