A FEW QUESTIONS FOR MINISTERS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 532, 12 June 1909, Page 6

A FEW QUESTIONS FOR MINISTERS.

. Sir, —I had the honour and ploasuro of bey mg one of the first hundred subscribers to p. pa P er - sinol! *h° fir st issue 1 bavo beea .; adding to my heretofore scanty knowledge. I s am anxious, lileo Oliver Twist, for more. Will r .you opon a column to answer questions much recommend themselves to yoa as deserving, and after the question simply state j ' tho reason why" ? For instance: ■" Why ajv' members of Portoamcrofc who are 4 placed on a Boyal Commission paid anything boyond their expenses? On what ground are members'chosen for a j commission? i Why should young men be allowed to spoil themselves in tho Government Buildings unr til they have served'fivo years on tho land? . Wliy are tSio Departments of tho Government left in'the hands of one man, called a Minister, when on comparatively small affairs a- committee of several experienced members is arranged? / Why should not Parliament sit all the year with the exception of a three months' vacation? Why, this boing admitted, should not tiie , honorarium bo £500 per annum and reduce the number to 40 instead of 80? 3 I have several wore "whys," hut I bsra - some respect for your space.—l am, etc., } OLIVER.