Political Notes.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XVIII, Issue 3107, 2 August 1894, Page 3

Political Notes.

(From, various sources.)

Mr O’Regan has given notice of a Referendum Bill.

The sanitary condition of the Te Ante Native College Mr Pirani wants inquired into.

Sir Robert Stout decluresthat under the present regime the Civil servants have not Bonis they can call their own. Conscience money in the shape of a postal note for £1 has been received by the Treasurer for unpaid Customs duty. If Mr G. Hutchinson’s Law Praotitioners Bill becomes law women will be allowed to practice on the same footing as men. The Hon. Mr Steward is asking whether it is intended to make provision for the further importation of stoats and weasels When the Income Tax Bill is beforo the House provision will be mane for amending the Act to meet cases of evasion of the tax.

Mr George Hutchison is moving for a return showing the transactions in Trea sury biils between March 31 and July 1 last.

Mr G. J. Smith is inviting the Government to ask the House to vote a sum of money to assist various local bodies to deal with the nnemployod difficulty. Mr Hogg is evidently himself “ ancient history.” He said last night that in his district he bad Been families grow up “generation after generation.” “He hits hard and straight, bat he never hits below the belt,” is Mr Graham’s estimate of Captain Russell. He admires the Captain muchly, though he is on the other side.

It is rumoured that Messrs Reeves and Ward are by no means enamoured of the Land for Settlement Bill and would not have been particularly sorry had Mr McKenzie carried ont his threat of leaving the benches.

Several members, in the courso of the debate on a Middle Island college, c-x pressed the opinion that before many years were over the central giol in Wellington mast be removed from its present Bite. Sir Patrick Buckley hopes to sea the day when there will be no district judges. Ho would extend tho powers of magistrates so soon as there are sufficient competent men to fill tho places, which he hoped to have ere long.

Captain Hannah find 3 it a very profitable thing to be a relation of the Premier for from January Ist to Jane 30th he received £l9O for inspecting fire nppli ances. For attending tho Fire Brigade’s demonstration at Napier he was paid five days’ salary at 20s, five days’ house allowance at 15s, and a return fare to Napier, a total of £ll 10s 9d. Mr Hee Hem Smith on the fiscal question i “ The Hon. tho Leader of the Opposition is anxious to let the country know that he is a Freetiader to tho backbone, and I want this house to know that I am a Protectionist for the good of tho country.”—Mr Duthio : “And no backbone.”—Mr Smith : “ I admit I have no backbone. I have left my backbone in the political dustbins of tho colony.”