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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1492, 28 June 1905, Page 4

The Imperfection: of the law, and its ijiadofiiu'acy, to protect young girls lias recently been .demonstrated, and an. ainendinciit in Hie Criminal Co.de extending. the time under, which an information may be laid against offenders demands your early, attention"’ .In the opinion of my Ministers, the injurious anil excessive rates of interest charged for moneys lanit in soma instances render it necessary that a maximum of interest anil charges, differentiative in respect to the several classes of security upon which moneys arc • advanced, should, be fiixcd by law. Proposals to this end will be submitted. A further endeavor lias been made to establish a mail sor.vicc between this colony an|d Vancouver. The Government of Queensland was iagrceaiblc to forego its caiuncctions, Pint other, diffieju 115. es have arisen, and a further, contract has been entered into between ‘ the Comimon.weaitli of Australia and Canada. My advisers will continue their efforts to establish a mail service between Vancouver and New Zealand. The laws relating to local government rcqiuirc amending. This) important matter has had the attention or my adyisers, and pro|p,osats will be submitted having lor their abject the relieving of the Parliament and Government of certain ipublic works, thus enabling more time to bo deviled to larger qluoslions ; reduction, in the \ number of local a’liithoritics; conferring extended powers in those remaining and putting them in ' a better financial position. Am alteration in the laws respecting valmatiou my advisers doom adjviaabSlOj andi that valuations made by the Valuation DoDartment sihojulid in • future atfplyi only to State departments, leaving local authorities to. make their own. valuations, the State to have the right, in case of disputed Valuations, to acq.uire. the properties, on payment therefor ton per cent, over the owners’ value. The delays that have taken! place in dealing, with matters un|der the Conciliation and Arbitration Act have cau.sed considerable inconvenience... Ministers are of opinion, that an amendment of the ' law is necessary, and that a second court should be established. Amendments are also necessary in the ■Workmen’s Compensation Act. Bills providing for the control of electric lines, for the consolidation of the electoral' laws, for the suppression of gambling, for the more complete inspection of hospitals and private •hospitals iand nursing homes, for making better provision for protection from fire, for placing fire brigades on an improved footing, for repealing clause 3 or the Shoo Act, an'd for the referring of matters direct to" a referendum of the ncople will be submitted. Goods manufactured in the colony should be stamped, f‘ Made in New. Zealand-’’ •It is proposed to abolish the stamp •duties op. Native land transfers.. You will, I feel confident, give the position of the colony ’ an'd .the several matters that I have brought under your notice, .together with the measures that are to be submitted, ’your earnest and careful consideration, and I trust that your labors and decisions may, with God’s blessing, result in materially promoting the prosperity, happiness, well-being an’d lasting benefit of tlic ipeople of this fair. land. I