THE NEW REGIE.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1491, 13 July 1912, Page 6

THE NEW REGIE.

>JINISTESS AND THEIR DUTIES.

» THE SESSION'S WORK.

NEWS AND NOTES.

/.To.judge from impressions,gained in a tquV of Pailiameat Buildings yestorday, thQ' members of Mr. rMassey'a Cabinet oro Bettling;down comfortably into their ne,w ipojifcions. They hav.o had a busy time during the pasir couple'of days. I'irst of Jail they were called upon to. clear off 'some slight arrearsiof Departmental business, which had accumulated during the Itrsnsf ormation period, and. then came in'teraiews with heads.of Departments and: tther tasks incidental to taking up Minis.; iteiial responsibilities. So far as an outeider can judge, everything eeeins to be Sjforking-.TOry emoothly.■■; ;...',

/;*•,- THE NEW GOVERNMENT."'. '•' . FOB' THE SESSION. , , A short' programme of-legislation will submitted to Parliament this session, [and the Government has determined that ftt'will be completed before the final ai. tiournmenj;. . . . ' :, "Wβ do. not propose a heavy,legislative Wogramme' this eession,-' said the Primo ytfrnister. yesterday afternoon. '"A numibei!off Bills are now being drafted, and Svill be submitted to the House when , members assemble again. Our intention is jto'.:make next session the legislative ees''Bidfr of this Parliament;'-' •■■'•■'■ I';ilr. Massey.. declined to give any inforpnotion regardiii'g* •„ jtlib nature.. of ■' the )inensures .to ..boj formulated.lbis session!. i ■Lα reply, to tt.'quostiony he'eaid that a -will was being drafted to alter theelecto-lial-system, but ho could not txplain : its character at preseiit. , . . . : .

. -i JUNIOR.CADETS. "■•'■ . " : :; : r NEW"ORGINISATI6N FiBE- ' .: j ~-■.- shadowed.•• ■:■■■•■■ : , •■ The Minister tor Defence;.(the Hon. Jas. 'Allen)has not .yet hady-tinio: to go fully into the . questioa';M"s&t>ioxißg the present' organisation■..'bfjjfreyjjihior Cadets, ..but ho told a reporfer.T.y'esterday. that, he favoured some'radicaL< amendments'to the ■; existing regulations; l : j.ln great part these' :haye, never :'been enforced, and ■are never, likely- 1 to .be. They, provide-for. camps, thojformation;,of ambulance corps; and- other.iniatteys:.'.. The regulations.-sis,- ■ si Minister considers, make the Junior Cadet, organisation too military.l Some o'l itho!, regulations, ho. .re'marfiedi' were ridiqiilojis};' aiub'vould undoubtedly , , have to be amended. -A certain amount tof .military 'drill should but fliis 3>wn ■ opinion-' -was- : ttait some, of the •best- features of the boy. scout, movement should b&engraf ted.'dn the junior- Cadet organisation. '•; .• iT hese, the-Minister remarked finally, were his present opinions. The'y might be modified to some extent nfter he had-gone'more fully into the mat•ter,'-.. . -. ■v '. .'■ '.

■."■■;' CADETS FOR CANADA. CONTINGENT-'irNl/IKBLT'TO , BE X ; ";;; . EEDTJCED. . . Tjie : misnmderstaEding, whJoh , arose .in:. -Connection with the sendtng-of a contiug-; enti'of New. Zealand Senior Cadets to Can'fldi"has been considered by the , Hon. Jas.' Allen (llinister for Defence), and after consultation with the Prime Minister, he. [ha3;.decided;tp;reoommend .Cabinet to- send: fthe'full rontingeirt "of twenty cadets', and on;jifficer. u ''theVNeW, Government Ipaying tt»,- the- six cadets in .'excess of tne.iiuiriber invited by the Cani Wliaij; Government. The Minister for De|fenfle explained to a Tqportor yesterday: misunderstanding arose in 'the' ifirst-place as a. result of the original invi'tatiou (dated;'Npvember 13, 1911) being in'definitelr woTded. . It epoke of "a.com-'i pa.ny ot i-or possibly twenty ■cacfpts." ./'Jt.Tfas not untila letfercaine on"Apnl«29 ) "7said;-:Mr. :Allen> "that we realised" fhafc-'they'libnly: iwa'nted -'■ twelve raujc jieiitouant,' and one .cap-; cadets/, ,'. "It was .not/until a letter came Minister is to make' to thV Cabinet is" adopted, the contingent will now consist of , .twenty cadets and ono adult ■ ofiicer (Captain Fnlleiton).

-''; PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS. ' THe work now in progress of regrading theijferbufflids'bf Parliainerit Buildings 'and altering' neighbouring streets is , to continue meantime .without . interruption. Cabinet.fwill reviejv' the-plans of- the.pro■posed bnildings, d.nd consider -a. comprehensive report iipon'-the-,whble work, iwhiph has oefin called for, before any: furXhpi' seotion of. it is put in hand.

COUNCIL. ■[■ The Prime Minister stated yesterday .Wiat.the matter" of making additional apjpbintments to the Legislative Council had ittot-'yet teen considered -in any way by Cabinet. , ■•.■•■ ,'■>.'.

". .; . K '. is'.; ■unlikely that ■ ail appointment to Comraissionership will be made 'Tfor'.'aome time.. . The matter.has not yet 'conife before Cabinet,,and the selection of 'β-successor- to Sir William- Hall-Jones will iiw>t;be made before the end of next week. I Itvje .understood that the claims of two *eeritJemeii 'will be considered when the time arrives for a decision, "on the matter.

'//.CHAIRMAN; OF.: COMMITTEES. - Several suggestions have been made pubJiely; regarding the.member who is to be nominated by tho Government for the of Committees in me/House of ■Representatives. "There is •novscarcitypof. , suitable men in the party .who are willing to take . the position, paid,' the. Prime last evening. '^Vβ 1 have not considered the matter; and •BO selection hagvbceii niado." ./;. .... .;

V,;MRV MYERS INTERVIEWED.'"'■%i.i- MASSEY TO BE. GIVEN .EVERY ;; a ~ OPPORTUNITY. . ''(By Telesraph.—Press Association,) . "- !'". •'' : Auckland, July 12. ;, Mr. A.'M. Myers,}'M.P.,. this morning .retarnedto Auckland. Seek by'a' ,: Star" representative ■Qα'.his:;ai!rival, Mr. Myers said that, speaking from a personal .point of view, he-was pleased to be relieved from . his/pnerbus duties as administrator of the Departments of Railways, Finance, and 1 • Deiehce'. ' 'He had r'nbt had many idle' moiiients during his ;tenuro' of office. On the'other hand, he would naturally have been'glad to' have had, a little longer •period to carry out many .important innovations which he had already commenced ; to establish iff connection-with ; tho Bail--.way Department. Tho foundations of these, however, had been. ; lai.d,,a.ml he/was pleased that the administration of • that .Department had now passed into the hands of a capablo successor, as ho believ■ed that the Hon. W. H. Hemes would 'prove himself to be. " ■ Speaking of the future, Mr. Myers said lie thought the. new -Ministry should bo alldwcd evefy opportunity at the ■ hands of the Opposition to formulate its policy. If that policy was such as was likely, im tho./C>pinioi'o£ Liberals, to be;.of benefit to the country.) no obstacles.would be;put in flvo way,"!and so long-as no reactio-nary measures'vrere introduced,'. would bo given every latitude to ehow his constructive ability. . .'. . Questioned in regard to last Saturday's critical division, Mr. Myers Teplied that 1 he could only express 'his regret that cer-tain-members-o£ the .Liberal party, who had; long boen, attached to it, and who had , actually been largely'responsible for, culling the Mackenzie Administration into being, had 7iot-continued fo give the party, their support and allegiance. ...The Tesult oi' their jvctions would, of course, be a matter between themselves and their constituents, i..-,,; ... ... .■ ■■'-. • .. Asked who would mow lead the Opposition, in view .of current rumours upon, thi.i subject, ;• Mr.:. Myers answered that in the meantime Mr. T. Mackenzie would continue to lead.the party, , andhe.did not fhiijk there- were any-other aspirants for tlie position. '■■■...■ .;■-:. . . _. „ ../-.',