NEWS AND NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1222, 2 September 1911, Page 6

NEWS AND NOTES.

MR. H. KAIHAU. Mr. Kaihan, M.P., has not yet taken his seat in tho House this session. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Ell asked for fourteen days' leave of absence for Mr. 11. Kailiau, on account of illness. Mr. Massey: llave you got a medical certificate? Mr. Ell: No Leave was granted. COAL MINES AMENDMENT. Two amendments have been tnado by tho Mines Committee in tho lion. It. M'lvenzic's Coal Mines Amendment Bill. It has retained the provision of (ho principal Act, that a charge which has missed fire shall not be visited until thrco hours-after tho lighting of the fuse, ilio Bill proposed to reduce the period to one hour. Tho conuiiillee has ulso rejected tho proposal that coal should bo obtained from mines oilier tlian the State colhenoe for sale" through the State depots. Tho proposal that coke and firewood may bo wild by the depots has been approved by tho committee. SALE OF POISONS BILL AMENDED. Tho Bill introduced by tho I'.on. U. Fowlds to regulate the solo and uso of poisons was read n sccciul time pro forma this »iVniioii. and referred to tho Agricultural and P'isforal Committee. The Minister lias proposed a number ot amendments of his original measure. A wholesale dealer is now defined as a percnh business include* wholesale dealing in drugs or chemicals. Tho personnel of the'Palo of Poisons Board lias bean increased from four to six, and it now comprises the Registrar (tho Chief Health Officer), (ho Dominion Analyst, the president of tho Pharmacy Board of New Zealand, (ho Secretary of Customs, and a representative of the wholesale dealers and of tho storekeepers. The preparations of_ arsenic. and tobacco intended for agricultural, pastoral, or horticultural purposes, are exempted from tho provisions of the Act.