WELLINGTON TOPICS.

Hokitika Guardian, 7 September 1921, Page 4

WELLINGTON TOPICS.

MORE I.O R D•. I*OI. ITR AI. i’EN:- lO.’xS. \ ; i 1 1: r Sjeei'l f'( I r.-i pmiiil, in. M F!.i INGTDN. Sep:. 11 i- (i lit Ile nni'oi t;11 ’i • hi. i l ,■ (; vet 1 1 luel 1 1 Ihr i lb" Uppolill limlil of a new batch oi 1.1 gi-lat I', " ( "iimilh I • sf Hi!! Ii I bile 1 1; ■< - 11 ami.nil e.-d 'i'be time doe- inn siein nppor! title loi milling some CIO or L'Vt a 'we k to the public cxpeudil iik in loi aiding ib, «ei vice.- 0! polilit a| friend- old r nisilig tlie worili ol |>11 1 iI i• ;<l opponents. Niimei leaily tin- tiuun il is above iis !,e.-ess;"y sliiiagili. il d'.es not 1 <-.| ii i r«I .0 lepiV'.'iiialiiiii nl anx new interests ami its labours seldom extend l.eyund a (■' 1 tlpie m hours a day. except at a sitting or two at the end ol :!: ■ session xx linn they may he prolonged to i! re ■ or even to tour limn s. Tu o ihi.ii'O! the members rarely speak and the mil ( nulled never votes. Each ( uiiiii-i 1!• >r receives f-'d-IO a year as a sill I\, travels by rail at the cost ol the (olllltry and at sea by the grnre ol the Union Shipping Company, and enjoys, among oilier penpiisdi's. the flee run of III!' host ('lull ill tin |b, minion. The labourer roipiirex to be a man of some parts in he xxiirtliv' ol hihire. A { AN'HID i'i’IUML To the ci-edii r! I lie lie,, ( b.i■ 11, -i 1 h>r;~ ii has to be -aid Unit exception is being taken to nolle of them mi personal grounds. As a body they will he a distin"! aeqni-i<ion in 1 he worth and abiiitv oi I’ai lia'iieni. But wh.it <the oaptj. us ,-i iiies of the Govei'iunenl are sax ing niimt: lln a opniut meats ma x In' ji,'dg"il I':.nil ’be ;: " 111 !" [e o test wilt! wliieh one of its 1 euusisdi nt t'lnimpions greeted thei: pubiit til 1011. 1 raeh ol' Hiese new Legislative Councillor-." the " 1 ImniiHo’i" r'marked on Satiirilax moniing. "will cost tie. coenliy Ca xe" '■ |.m: b■'i' A. ami alt ‘10:1 h L'd ,1 1 1; >; (| large sum in these days ol mit|j, 11- and billions ol pttpei money, such a- it is it could have liven pm to ileehledlx more immediatelx tisehll cm plot'l ent. The I’.tblie Service Gmu mi'sionei' has hung up a number ni proposed appointments, the A'-ting-Briine Minister tells us there 1- little (hiveritnietil money availttble tor tl"' unemployed, ami yet one iiinls this i'Spemliuire w liieh calllni! he de-ci died aa relief of any urgent r.eee"ilx on Hie pail ol auymie." Tin- leaxes niiimug to mill to the "h'l Hilly t.f i! e (b'XelU--11:,'Ill's good r. *.' I■ 1 1 i" ii - ia : gat'd l.egi sin live t'mimil telnnn. COMPANY TAXATION. Mr T. K. Shlex's r. : iti'it Am

I>;i I ill wit!: pai licuhil's m tin I v( altb's sxstein of loinpaii;. taxation i • pr.ix I,led a : i 111 el x r- ,dx to 'll lb: in Bell's assi-i'limi Hcf ih- I'..ltsfe- 1,■ Ihe 1111 im’.e tax ,t >' " ''< *'"•“ panics the slid lelmMei's is Ijllite i 111 puss i ble." Apparently ixlnil tie Ael ilia . ' lie '. ■ ansi'et XI old.i !>,■ il and. ni In- •.pinion . iiiadi i-abb . ;l !I ■ dip" all to ■■d. -I ■ _ : ■ sol ills ea lenlat inns ot ' invested money x.iih t<•,- p . p., m mem her tor 1 1 :in < 1 1 ,: s r' ■ '• ' " mg v. iml I- being done n; ' '.-I • brushes these ohje"l iolis a-ide. ii: cost 01 1 11 1 lee; io 11 -wliieh presumably e ;l.e dillieiilly alarming l''e Ministei no gicater in .Vii'tinlia llian it i- 111 New Zealand, and an investor's abilu;. to estimate the amouiH ol hi- income would not be lessened by paying Inineoine lax !1v . 11 ■ 1 m! ■ ■ .c, •n ;

it deducted from lus dividend, 'i! e net income of the small s!iai"!inhli r xxiiiil,! lie illeieased and ibis "Xpei'ielle ’ uii ii 1 1 1 1 lass w 011 ii I rei'oiieil" I in' ! ■ 11 ehll’ge ill Hie ineideme. Mi Si ia. lias l.iroughl back with him a large amount of i nini'inn t ini) oil the siiiijiel. XX hi ■!: be tarns to be able to pin.-,, bel'i>n■ I’arliaineiii. THE BURMA tt.'LS'i MN.

Ait increasing number of people 111 Wellington are measuring the passage nl time by the approach of tlie date fixed for Ihe Ihilil tot b, tween the South \fiieaii and tlie New Zealand footballers. The expert- and professing ex pi Is are he •i 11 nin : 1 1 realise lliat the Hnmininii is in ..■raxc 1 1:1 n:: 1 •!' of losing the lumbal! ".ishos" and a.e lb Hiding the au i Inc i; 1 s x'illi sugg.slioiis for averting that eatastroplui lo the euiiiit I'.v’s status mid pride. Some ol I hem are bird in ; at I lie -I nriew'li'h a: e living about to the elicit tha; the New Zealand lean in t' see. nnl ii—t. oxxing to avoidable causes, did nut nearly repiesent the lull -! e! 1 gI! 1 of Ibe Ihiminiun's rep 1 e-enta - live loolball. M hat tnu'i there may be in tiie stones no one discusses aloud but very radical changes have been made in the sttpei vision of tlie team, and i I 1 he: e xx ere et ri a ill Inches a I

Auckland ibex me ml likel v to reeiu at Wellington. The general opinion among plovers here is that l ame will be a greet' game mi Satin day week and lliat a little link innv turn x’ielor.x eilbei way.