POLITICAL NOTE,

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3665, 19 October 1897, Page 2

POLITICAL NOTE,

(From various eouroes ) The Old Soldiers’ Commission has not only affordel Mr MtKerrow a pleasant trip round thn colony but it has coat the taxpayers £SOO, It will doubtlpsß astoDieh many people to know that tbe Services of Colonel Peuton, the Commander of our Forces, cost tho colony £IB6O per annum. “ Every third man yon meet is a Gorerum"Dt officer.”—Mr Rolleston, protesting against school teachers being brought under tbe finger of the Govern cm nt The Royal Commission to inquire into rb; working of privute heurfii societies vhß j an ther pieo-v of extravagance ae as*, G *••orumhnt so iportirs ii t p> lio funds Itc'st£sso h P i iot-n s m -ving t .at after h 'i .<• mm■ ui sh-’ l have pro > W o s ; °r the remainder o mV set'sioh Tne innovation is looked upon with disfavour by many members.

Mr Monk ia to atk tha Po>' m B Ganeral if ho will ro arrange ih# Oj] rates in this colony so that they more equitable than at present, s,. ”B iSF BOw charged the eame rote hit,lied ooe mile os tor a tbooioad JJB■ .Mr G. Hotohinion’s Edocsti o rß 1877 Amendment proposes that J 8 .ohools may be provided when .“W anna of 10 children is ft that the Edacatioo Boards shall idLW_.nl qniform aeries ofaehool books. \ Sptskiog on Mr Fisher’s Pablio tu. B side 6111 Csptaih Russell said hs hoped sab l tbe day when by a proper iy„“W.{jsDi acholorshipa ohildrsn may bo able their wsy from the primary ‘FititliifWßo“ secondary sehools, and from tho aeeondZlth*J •ohools to the oniversities. _ Iha scope of the new Jw*' 1 will be to declare that the whole Innda in qaeation shall he native I Mj WH'.? that ia to asy, that, any iodgmsot of law, or Act of Parliament nowSW"^' 1 or on isoord notwithatandiog, lb. i ** •hall'be in preciaely Ihs same poijiJSW!* l to right, title, andintsreat si the; V prior to any Eiropean dealingi i 0 JW* P* of any kind whatsoever; provided th.FW. 111 rights of ths Crown to snch sf ths iLB_ es have been aoqsired by tho shall be maintained. It need h«i|L|K'| pointed ont that snch a measure ...!W“ , not only be of the most dang )t revolntionary kind, hot that it strike at tbe freehold title of „ estate in the North liiand. . Tho New Zealand Timet says :_i t WiV nosy quite dear that onr eatisasta ol V M, p took pleoe in oonnsotion with the la.iXfcwr “ breaking of pairs ” on Friday night IlKt inacourate. Therefore it is due to Fraser and Lethbridge that an sipjl, c i tion should bo given of the reel cuiqKet their voting after they were enppoi«iW,f have been paired with Meesra II UtKiWrh zie and P. O'Regan. Those who ths two Opposition members will nkgKjj enongh acquit them of any desire t t ~ unworthily in their position as mmbsKiio of a political party, and we regret Ihiiißjif should have been made to appear ttaKei they bad any personal knowledge oithKn making or breaking of pain. Bat .FjXji we, id the light of the our diepoeal, moat readily admit that ntXii even the smallest blame rest! with 2i»Xs Fraser and Lethbridge, ws mutt poigK. out that a blunder of a very ivicnK ; nature has oocurred for whioh (n/K whipping must bu held responsible. «iEfar us tbe House ie oonoerned, the mittuKi cannot be left where it ie, end betmEi business ie commenced to morrow ...m effort must be made to make the onoiKli honourable to those who, through t|V t fault of their owu, have been iicpropo.Bjc ft-iniß-i of r political four pas K,