NEWS AND NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1515, 10 August 1912, Page 7

NEWS AND NOTES.

NO LEADER YET. '■ .. ! AN OPPOSITION CAUCUS. • \ 'A caucus of tho Opposition party was field' yesterday- afternoon. -Afterwards a rumour was circulated industriously in tho lobbies. that Sir Joseph Ward had Jxsen appointed leader, with Mr. G. W. / Kusjell as first liontenant. Subsequent inquiries, proved.-that the rumour was cltogethcT without foundation, .and tho question of who shall be leader is still to !>d settled. The four Labour members "svero invited to attend tho caucus, but awne of them were present at it. "Thflt is a long story," said an Opposition member in reply to a query as to how it came about that Mr. G. W. EnsMil .opened' the Financial debate for the , Opposition. He was careful to add, "It ■doesn t-mean anything, you know." AFTER THE BATTLE. "Last evening, after the rising of tho ■House ■■ of Representatives, members ol both branches-of tho legislature were the ffuests of Sir , Joseph Ward afan oyster supper in Bellamy's. ' The health of the Prune Minister (the Hon..W. F. Jlassey), Bit. Joseph Ward, Sir Arthur Guinness (bpea-k-er of the House of Representatives , the Hon. T. , Mackenzie (High CommisBioner), and: Mr. P. W. Lang (Chairman - of Committee) we.ro honoured enthusiastically. , Legislators were invited to foreBather og.iinnext Friday evening by Sir Arthur Guinness, whilst the Hon. T. •Mackenzie asked members to keep the. Evening of the 21st free, the night prior w ins departure for the Old Country. ■■■. STATE FIRE INSURANCE. la-Ti 1 " 1 ?^ 8 ■ Fire Instu 'ance Amendment Will, which was road a first time yester•Y'. pl ?, vldes that ,v- neu the board conmders that the reserve fund exceeds a swn sufficient to nieofc all the actual and fcontingant"liabilities of .the office, itshall tiirect the excess or part of it to be applied, to tho payment of bonuses to actual ' -insurers in the .office. No poison will he entitled to a bonus •if he- has made a $. aUr L du ff ng i tho ihree rear* preceding the. board s direction.