PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1724, 1 December 1887, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

(rROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) Wellington, November 30. ABSENTEEISM. The energetic member for Timaru Is determined not to let the question of absenteeism drop through. He has given notice asking whether, having In view the large amount of land and personal property held by absentees, nearly onetenth of the whole taxable property of New Zaaland, the Ministry will make suoh provision In the Property Tax Bill | about to be submitted, or by other means, that absentees shall be made to contribute a fair share of the burdens of the colony. • OTAOO DOCK TRUST. For some timo past It baa been notorious that confers iv oonneotion with the Dunedin and Port Chalmers harbors were m an unsatisfactory state, and Irlr Allen, the member for Dunedin East, asked Government yesterday whethor they intended to take any aotion, and npon the Premier to-day giving an un* satisfactory answer, Mr Allen gave notice of motion for a Select Committee to enquire into all the matters connected with the floating of the reoent loan, especially that In reference to tho construction of a graving dook at Port Chalmers, the said Committee to consist of the Hon G, F. Richardson, Messrs Peaoock, Withey, Russell, Joyce, Buxton, MUIb, Loughrey, and the mover. I hear that if the motion were carried, -some very dirty linen wonld be washed ln publio, but It Is very Improbable that the motion will be agreed to. oi» soldiers' clahcs. A number of these recurring claims were brought up .from the Petitions' Committee to-day, with a strong recommendation to the favorable consideration of the Government. Government are now actively dealing with the whole question of these claims, and there is little doutt that they will ere long be definitely settled. BRIEF MENTION. The Hon H. J. Miller Is much Impressed by the courage of the Midland Railway Oompany ln undertaking to construct the line. One tuunel alone will be 3 miles long, and at another point there must be 6£ miles of tunnels. Government do not intend to renew the vote of £800 for a training college at Wellington. The Institution will olose m February next-. Mr Richardeon was juet 50 years of ago at 2.30 this morning, when his first publio Bill passed Ks second rending. As Bellamy'awas etill opon tho hon. gentleman's health was drunk with enthusiasm. Mr Tanner wants Government to give Instructions that grass seed bo sown on the forcat lands of tho Crown Immediately after fire has passed through ; also to sow grass B-ed ou rose's pausing through, forest land?. Mr T. Mcl£«-_ s 1 o la afaking for Go-em-mo»l to pnt on a apaclal carriage for ladles on Chrlatch arch-Dunedln-Invercarglll line and otber long lines In the oolony. Taranaki people keep on inundating the Bouse with petitions m favor of the diversion of the North Island trunk lino. A report on the Hlkut&la goldfields was laid on the table tc-day. No Mlnieter will be cent to represent this colony at the Postal Conference shortly to be hold In Melbourne. Government will Introduce a Bill early next session to consolidate and simplify the ChatWU Securities Act. • It is #c t n teotioij p'f Government to ,n -_Cutue a measure amalgamating edaoation boards. The relentless polioy of retrenchment now m force will pievent any subsidies to publio libraries being granted this year". The Premier has signified his intension of asking the House to allow rooming sittings a few daya from now. '-— » Holloway's Ointment and Pills.— Colds, Coughs, Shortness of Breath. — These maladies require early and unremitting attention, for if 1 negleoted they often end m aßtbma, bronchitis, or consumption. The ointment well rubbed upon the chests and back, penetrating 1 the ekinris absorbed and carried directly to i the lungs, whence- it expels &U impurities. All the blood m the body is perpetually paqa- . $g through tho lunga, and there all noiioup , particles tending to d^eaee can be quiokly, thoroughly, and permanently neutralised, \ ren.dored harmless, or/ ejeoted from the Bye tern. IJollpway's. Ointment and J. -Ha perk feptly accomplishes this purification ; and through the blood thus cleosed, the influence ol those wonderful mediqamens reaches the r remotest parts of tfoe buman body, and thus r cures ail diseased ao^iop, wjje.b ft iatewl or