THE COMING SESSION.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2116, 26 June 1907, Page 3

THE COMING SESSION.

MEMBERS ARRIVING

(Special to Times). WELLINGTON, last night. • Members and officers of.l arhamont are beginning to arrive in Wellu gton The Speaker is already in his rooms Several of the Lords are also in evidence. Messrs. Cnllau and laid arrived o from the south tins morning The Speaker,' who was m ill-health for a time during the r,mess, appears to bo now in his normal health. Mi, Banmo is also sufficiently recovered to tn'ko up his Parliamentary duties ngaUl ' TARIFF REVISION. A number of members who are already here anticipate a prolonged discussion on the thrift' bill especially over the cry of town versus country. It- is confidently expected that very substantial reductions from tho “break fast- table” point of view will be m ado in tlio tariff. IFIRE BRIGADES. Tho Fire Brigades Act, as passed last session, is a hopeless, muddle and will have to bo practically ro-dr&fte<l. Quito n number of defects have been found in it. HOSPITAL MATTERS. Mr. Fowlds scarcely expects to get his Hospital and Charitable Aid Bill through the House this session. Mr. Fowlds is desirous of giving the new Inspector-General the opportunity of more fully investigating existing conditions. It has boon ascertained that some of the Boards have no power to rniso money for the building of such adjuncts ns homes for chronic invalids. It is lipped eventually to give this power, and also to ennblo two or more .contiguous Boards I'd band together for the carrying outof such objects. EDUCATION BILL.

An amendment in tho Education Bill will be largely on the lines of last year’s measure. An attempt will be made to deal with many anomalies existing in regard to scholarships. The bill will also provide that the holder of a National Scholarsliip who has to travel more than four miles daily each way. to prosecute his studies -shall receive an additional allowance up to £10; that secondary schools must provide absolutely free places for pupils who have qualified tor them; and that private schools shall be subjected to Government Inspection. ADVANCES TO WORKERS.

Under the Advance to Workers Act, passed last session, the Government granted 255 applications for loans aggregating £65,970. This amount •was distributed as follows:—Auckland £20,000, Taranaki £275, Hawkes Bay £3855, Wellington, £19,625, Marlborough £1455, Nelson, £225, Westland £1330, Canterbury £14,275, Otago £2915, Southland £1945. Applications for loans are continuing to come -in freely.