OUR POLITICAL SPECIAL.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 3667, 23 October 1897, Page 3

OUR POLITICAL SPECIAL.

(Feom oor Parliamentary Reporter.) (BY TELEGRAPH) Wellington, This diy Boms of the despatches laid on the table of the Hoese yesterday, show that there was some little friction between Mr Seddon and our late Governor over tbe recent appointments to the Legislative Council and other matters. The Financial Debate still continues and is somewhat dreary and uninteresting. I had an interview with the new Com mistioner of Police yesterday. He seems a very keen and pleasant man, still hand some, and mncb younger than I expected I should say lie has all his best work still in him, and as near as one may judge from a cursory conversation, be will, if left free from political control, make a considerable change iu our police administration. The question of whether Mr Ward oan ait in the House, for the Awarna seat, comes op betore the Appeal Court Judges oo Monday. There was a vague rumor in tbe air last night to the tff-ct that Mr Ward could ait, but on probing it to tne bottom 1 found that nobody could say for certain how it originated. Tbe rumor no doubt arose from the faot that some solicitors say Mr Ward cau sit. The Statement regarding the purchase of native lands in the North Island, states that those lands acquired in Hawke’s Bay are tuitable and muoh needed for aottle ment. Mr George Hunter, who moved tbe adjoornment of the financial debate yesterday, will speak on Tuesday after ■oou, when the discussion will be resumed. Mr Hunter intends to ask the Premier why tbe Eight Hours Bill does not apply to tba New Zealand railway employees. Tbe Government will introduce the Native Land Coort Bill and tbe Contagious Diseases Act Amendment Bill on Tuesday. Yeaterday Captain Russell asked the Premier when he intended to announce tbe personnel of tbe Royal Commission to enquire into the police administration. He said there were rumors afloat that the appointments had already boon made and a number of namoa were mentioned. The Premier replied that he bad heard some of these rumours. Ooe of them was that, the Rev Mr laitt was to he appointed to the commission. That was not true. Nothing had yet been decided. He intended to make such a selection as would inspire confidence. He did not intend to do anything hastily, bat he did iotend to aot wisely. Captain Rnsaell said the Right Honourable gentle man aaid be was going to appoint some body to tbe commission. He appealed to him not to leavo the Minister of Justice ont of his confidence in this matter. Surely he was entitled to have a voioe in tbe appointment, a remark which after the Premier’s frequent repetition of the peraonal pronoun caused considerable merriment.