Political Jottings.

Thames Star, Volume XXXXI, Issue 10456, 3 November 1904, Page 2

Political Jottings.

Stated in the House that the Ure. werai Comitry will be opened to pros pc<otors- Reported also tJiat- gold exists- there.

Measure innsoliclaling Harbor JJo-ardl and hospital legislation will he introduced next, session-

Government will noti grant members of friendly su'eiietiw free outdoor treatment at l?,otorua or Te AroJia..

So mo of the Hansard reports received of recent debatesi -made deadly reading and 1 should haunt; the guilty members: right through; the recess-

The usual bickering over tlie Public Works Esfcimates has taken place, but the votes were passed after a stormy passageMr Massey thinks that the Government spend' the money unfairlySouthern: rnenibors! state that tho Nortihenr votes are too 1 heavy, and vide versa- Mr Seddon therefore think® that a fair comproniiso has 'Ween. made.

The West Coast votes were severely criticised in the House, but M!r HallJ.onesi speaks' of it as the most isolated district in New Zealand- ''

Eeigreiti was expressed that, the railway vote has been out down, and that the reduction would interfere with the Main Trunk railway-

M!r Alison waxedl very w'rothlful \t|he (loaves andi fishes- The "miserable non-productive province (of -WestlantH" received .£106,709 more in four years than Waiteniata, which, he declared, was "public; robbery, a disgrace, and a. scandal." lie had asked for roads and bridges, for a, post office, and for -a subsidiy for a doctor; and he had got none of these because ho would not servilely go on his 'knees and knuckle tv Ministers-

My Lang compains of the difficulty of obtaining, loans under the Loans to Loral Bodies Act, and urges an alteration in the system of subsidies to local bodies. lie wants the Ministor fo authorise grants- so thiiit the money could Ie spent in the -siuinnicr month'Si, and to fornn roads when d.istricts were cut up for closer settlement. •