ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 105, 3 September 1873, Page 3

ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

THE r> t ) V I’U s - I j' s .8 \c\UV. I’HS llo.me war.l. info on toe" for the purpoao ot considering a turns*,*? i~.m the Governor, an( | . 'T. xv.., ••ivon to brm- in a bill increasIn- a.,*. Ivnv.;." salary to £5.000, the salary of l.rst-c.usa columns. _ entitling him to pension accord, t.m CohO tuctcuso to be taken from the liilowancots

TAriUKOA AXt> CAMr.TJIDrtR 150ATX In the House Mr Kiehnr.rnm, on behalf of tbs Government, told Mr W K,Cy that, of the road »ro„. • aumnga to C«mbn.i r ci s hfc miles had already been made, and tint the native trouble from Hauhaua and others was likely to lapse.

, NATITB BKPBISJtt.TtYirRS, Mr Fox has «mm notice „f a Bill to enable native districts to elect Maori representatives in t rovmeial Councils,

mayor or atpki,aki> klectivk. Mr Bhc®hau gave notice to bring i„ a Bill io amend she Corporation Act so as to make tho Mayor of Auckland elected by the body of rate* pavers.

.. FESTAI.K TKI,KaU.U'!UBT3. Laatcs will be admitted into the Telegraph Department, under the following conditions; ■ Caudidut.es will require to bo conversant elementary branches of an ordinary Emdish education, and will bo examined iu orthography and writing from dictation, KngUsh grammar and composts ion, and the first four rules of arithmetic. A good legible hand h also indispensable. They wid enter tho service on probation, ami will uJt, have appointment continued, unless, after a reasonable period of tuition they, on examination, arc capable of becoming good operators. Tbo rate Ol pay vhil be as follows ; —At the date of entry £tju per annum ; at the expiration of six mouths’, if iavourably reported un, JL7O per annum; und allor twelve mouths’«.rvi.-c, it reported competent as operators, i'7s per annum, with an annual increase of C 5 up to CiO'J, which sum D Jkod ua t he maximum.

Mil 3TAFI'OTUI. We regret to learn this gentleman is atilt in bad health His wght is beginning to fail him, and hib medical advisers have ordered him to leave oil' reading at night, a habit to which ho haft lona been prone.