PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 July 1901, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS.

“R.J.B. always coming out on top and country a little bit below.”—Captain Russell’s description of the Premier’s methods. “The hon. gentleman who is the Solomon of this august body.”—The Hon. William Jennings on the Hon. J, M. Twomey.

“ Any Act of Parliament that is permissive in its character in my opinion not worth the paper it is written on.”— Hon. William Jennings. “Truancy is increasing very much throughout the colony, I am sorry to say,” remarked the Hon, C. C. Bowen recently. It was, however, pointed out to the hon. gentleman that the Council Bill, but the Protection of Young Persons.

The Premier of the colony, says Mr. Meredith, is paid £IBOO a year, plus £250 from the Land Board, making up a total of £2050. Another member—- “ That’s not all. ” Mr Meredith—" lam not going into extras.”

Mr M’Guire drew a fanciful picture the other night of what electricity is going to do for the country settler. By that power and a small turbine wheel the settler would be able, to cut his timber and his chaff—and be did not mean any “chaff” about it either. The settler would even have the electric in the cowshed. (Laughter.)

Mr Ell stated last evening, amid much contradiction, that we were on the verge of a land boom. He added that the blocks of 25 to 30 acres, six miles from Christchurch, were selling for £6O to £65 an acre.

“As long as the government of the country is carried out in a satisfactory way I care not who is on the Treasury Benches.—Mr M’Guire.

Dirty newspaper wrappers, such as are used for parcels of meat and other food, should, in the opinion of the Hon William Jennings, be dealt with under the new Public Health Bill. Such papers often contains defeterioue matter, and often white paper is aimost, if not quite as cheap.