POLITICAL NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7806, 10 September 1903, Page 3

POLITICAL NOTES.

* [FmOK OUX OORftESrOHDBNT.] v . WELLINGTON, September 10. T^E SINGLE ELECTORATES BILL. It would appear from legal advice obtained that the- clause inserted in. the City Single Seats Electoral Bill does not meet the purpose for which it was designed, and that tie, licensing polls will require to be taken in, each sepaa-ate electorate. When tie measure is bsiore the Legislative Council a. new clauss- will be substituted for that added to the BiH In the House, making provision far one licensing poll for ea«h city, despite tie carving up of the centres into single electorates. . FISHERIES CONSERVATION. The Fisheries Conservation Act Amendment- Bill, introduced by the Colonial Secretaay, .provides that the ■Governor may make regulations prescribing for the "issue of a uniform license, availablei throughout New .Zealand, to fish for trout and; .percli at tine following rates : — Licenses for, men, £1 for tfh® whole season, 5s for one. Month 1 , or 2s 6d for one week ; licenses for women aaid boys attending school, or under tie age of "sixteen, 10s for< tie whole season, 3s for one month, or Is 6d for one week. The regulations may also*- provide for regulating the export of trout, and preventing the pollution of streams in which trout and salmon exist or "have been liiberated'. THE VACANT JUDGESHIP. Mr Chapman, the favourite candidate for the judgeship, readied Wellington this morning, , and prophets are accepting his presence as a significant indication of coming events.