POLITICAL NOTES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11392, 24 October 1904, Page 5

POLITICAL NOTES.

(From our Parliamentary Special) '*?■ '■ (By Telegraph). , v Mr Laurenso'n iritondV to* ait the Minister of Defence, (l>**'Bt>Sr the rate of pay. given >.by the*N«w Ze^lano^tffrerii? ment to men joiningHhe Royal Navy, and how the pay so given, is paid; "and (2) what is the rate of «p>y ;given i; by ■ 3 Kbe linr perial Government in "addition to the sum given by the Colonial Government. ' Mr Field is to ask the Minister of Justice, whether,, it is . correct,, , as . reported, that due steps are v rtot 'being taken to enforce .the ; p^6visij>ns;of "The Juvenilo Smoking Suppression Act, 1903," and that boys of tender age "are "able to purchase tobacco, cigars',' and cigarettes trom' Chinamen, and some other dealers, without let or hindrance; and whether',-.if , these reports are correct, directions will be given that the law must be rigidly enforced. - " * Mr Bennet has given notice, to- ask the Minister for. Railways, whether., he ; . will, during, tthe. recess, take, into- his fpvjourable consideration the. of. having 1 railway sheep-trucks roofed .over, as thera are. many deaths^ainong sheep in.- th« trucks during wet : weather; and besides, the sheep are c»ften-Bo^ dirty when. -taken out of the trucks at, the saleyards that they have on that account to be sold at less than their value, ' * Mr Bennet is 4o ask the Minister' for Agriculture, whether the. Government will amend -the law' this, .session with" a view to putting .the. fruit-growiiig industry on the same' footing? as the dairying industry, so that the fruitgrowers may be able to borrow .money at a .cheap - rate of ■ interest for the erection of factories for jam-mak-ing and otherwise preserving their fruit. (Note. — The r fruit-growers have suffered heavy loss in some .'districts for want of a suitable and speedier' means of transit than .is now available for getting their fruit to a market beforeit is tod ripe for preserving' purposes).' '•• '- - ' • • '