POLITICAL NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 946, 13 October 1910, Page 6

POLITICAL NOTES.

OTAKI COUNTY. BILL. The Local Bills Committee, to whom the Otaki County Bill was referred, reported on Tuesday that tho Bill, being a stronglyopposed Bill, and the Committee having considered.it, recommends that it be.not allowed to proceed. .. .'.-.' ..." • Mr. Luke said the' : object'of .the. Bill was to enable' a new country to be formed out'of portions-of the Horowhenua and Hutt counties. . He.was sorry the Committee had had to report as it .did, but he expressed : the. hope-that, provision, would be made later-to enable' the aims of .the Bill.tb.be>.effected. ..The Bill was discharged from the Order Paper.

A KAIWARRAiPETITION. ; Reporting : on the '. petition;• of.'. Patrick Cavanagh, of'Kaiwarra, for compensation for. loss of horses rhired; to the Railways Department in connection'with the Hutt' rail-way work, the Railways Committee , of the ■ House. stated that ■ it=had no ■ recommendation, to : make.■■'..!•■•■;'."■;■•■•.:.'.'■' '.-'.'■ '. "•■

JOHNSONVILLE. SCHOOL', RESERVE. Eeporting on' the Johnsonville School, Reserve. ..Amendment "--Bill . the Loc*l ■Bills, Committee' .'"stated"; that, i. 'hay-; ing been advised by the member-in charge' ;of.the Bill: that he' desires to. withdraw, it, it recommends the House to permit the Bill to ■be 'withdrawn;. Mr., LukeJ'iwhb was in charge of the. Bill, remarked: that the. Bill provided to amend the' Johnson-'ville-'School Reserve'.Act; 1898, and'..tb au-: thorise the 'Johnsonville: Town Board' , to. borrow; money.f.upon the> security:: of; a" lease of .the school'reserve': and; to .erect bnildiiigs thereon. A difference had arisen; between- the '.Town Board-and the'Educa-:-tion 'Department • the ■■ latter, body; insist-', ing ..on .nominating;, the -trust, ■;"and; ,-. the" Town l Board.' thought, the .best: plan .was. to- ask that the Bill should-be withdrawn: ■ The:- Bill was. consequently, discharged. .';-.'.';'', .;;":;; ANOTHER;'OPPOSITION; CANDIDATE/ '"; The Mastertpn 'seat .is to, be contested; at .the general-electioh.-byMf.vD.. M'Gre-',' gor, who ,wiir:,sta , nd;inthe..Oppbsitionin-: terests.. -.'Mr.'-:' .'is i.a'.'ybun'g »nd very, popular^farmer,'and is president;.of the:Masterton:,branch of the Agricultural and . ; He- rendered yeoman;service : to,the 'A.vand P." -Association in . |t0.. : the..transfer ■of ■ .the. : association's":futurevbp'erations'-.from ithe old. show , grounds to the new- grounds':at Solway;-',';:.,..-,' '■-';. •■; .-:'.-. 1 " : .'.-> ',■".•'; - ■;; .•;'.: i,'.:.';.. '■ 51 r- :