POLITICAL INOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7231, 18 October 1901, Page 3

POLITICAL INOTES.

-<^ — [FRO!! OCR C'OERKSrON'niiXT.] AVELLL\inOX, Ooi. 18. _\I K.M UKHS* HOXUR Alt I U-MS. 'J'hf (.iovonmiuut. \vi!L i;c:t. he i'«b!o- to fitiiub on ii.- jire-ciii majority c,i eight fur tl:o next of the 'i'aynitut <if Momber.s Jiill. l\h- Millar voted with ir in the jneliniiiKiiy division because- he lioid.s that it would not be rig-lit -to refuse' leave li> dntvod-uco a Bill sent down liy (4,ovcinor".< messnije. in ful-ure ho will be " agin the (iov(M\n»ient : " on lh\* qiu.-iioi). Then Air Ell, who is {in out a.nd cut opponenl of thi Bill, mi?->ed the preliminary division. Tihe i!ivisi<:»n on the s-cc-oiul rending is likely to show a, very small majcri;y in favumof the Government. XKW BILLS. The Hospital and Charitable Aid [{..aid':Election liill jnovides Uiat citciioiis are to be. hcid on the same <by. and in t tie s-inii" inaiuuT, us the eUotii,,:* of manbtrs ui local bodies. The .mmial meeunir is n> i»c htld on the thiid Wed;:t^d:iy in May each year. Tim Hi'Miiies Ptn-sii'-n Hill, introduced by the Premier, is i.o |;roinnto the revision 'of the. statute Jaw by lvpealiii.y; the enactments Avliidi have uu.-cd to <>u in ioice or have decline unnecv.^^ai'y. THE LICKXSIXU ACT. The- Lieaiuing Act Aincr.diutnt Bill i-: for the most part iu the direction of amending ilie maciiinery clauses of the exbting law. The. proposal to- replace local option by ,i, piovineiai. option l;a.s ht en iliscaixud. Tiie (hum urn <> ii licensing committees I'.i'.M been reduced from live to four. The tn-tiorsemt-nt of licenses is left to the discu Ition of the Court, and the endorsement i>: wiped out if no further uidorsemynt is ma<k' within a year. Any person wrongfully representing liimself its a traveller is liable to a small penalty. A lken*_ v c;iiinct lie transfer! ed to other premises mote than a quarter of a mile distant from theformer licensed premises. The use of materials deleterious to health, including antilernients in wine, i.s prohibited. The transferee- of a 'house must l>? the holder of a lease for it, term of noL Icp.s than lour years. Provisii.-n ■is made for the i:->:u.-j by the Colonial Secretary of licenses in tourist disiiicls, but nob in the King Country. Licenses ;U'e Id be .subject to condition^ impoi-ed l>y the regulations. Chins are brought under th« Jjioeii.sing Act reliitiug' i\> inspect ion ;ui>l 1o the «de of liquors. -\uy pt j i-*-<m cori-vk-ied of (►ffenco under Licensing Acis may aj>peal, in'cspe-i-live of the aniount t»F tho penalty. T'kd Ihhi.-cs are dealt with, and an en-eleavoiif is made to give crt'tci. to Section 35 of Ike- amended; Act. '.if 1895.