POLITICAL JOTTINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 June 1926, Page 4

POLITICAL JOTTINGS

WELLINGTON, June «S.

While Mr Vciteh, AY aiiganui, lias threatened to introduce a Bill dealing with tlie proposal to exercise compulsion over the control of exported dairy produce, Air Nash, a Government- mem. bar. is also antagonistic to the hoard's policy. He tabled a question to the Prime Alinister urging the Government to introduce legislation providing for the repeal of the compulsory clause of the Dairy Export Control Act, which bo declared takes away from producers the right they now enjoy to sell their own produce.

NEW APP()INTATENTS. The Prime .Minister announces the following appointments to his Department:— Mr C. A. Berendsen, I.L.Af., to the Imperial AfiJ.iirs department. Air R. Al. Campbell, AI.A., LL.IL, to the secretarial staff. It is also announced that Air C. A. Jeffery, at present a member of the Premier’s secretarial staff, assumes the position of chief secretary recently vacated by ATr F. D. Thomson, now head of the department. Afr Berendsen was appointed chief clerk of industrial unions on his iefurn from active service in 1917, and has a sound knowledge of international !hw. Air Campbell was born in North Auckland, and is statistical clerk in the Education Department. Leave of absence was granted Ali-s A. Hargreaves, Ahaura, three months j owing to illness; Aliss AI. "Xoreross, ! Dunganville. a week owing to nervous : debility. j Mrs ■Graham, teacher at Lower , Kokatahi lias resigned, and the committee at next meeting will make w i fresh appointment. j

HATS OFF! \ Tt must have been a new messenger in the House who saw with horror a gentleman in the corridor actually wearing hi? hat. A peremptory ardor \ to remove the headgear produced a positives refusal. There was a police- , man handy, and an appeal to him re-

suited in a smile, from the representative of the law, who recognised in the offender, an old member of the Lower House, who., has recently been translated to -the Legislative Council. “I have never removed my hat in the Parliamentary corridors for twen-ty-three years, and 1 am not going io do it now,” remarked the legislator, as lie walked away. SOUTHERN - SEATS. The Government’s attention was celled by .Mr Sidey to the suggestions made by a Representation Commissioner for dealing with the difficult position due to the constant changes in South Island electoral boundaries, and the loss of scats leading to unduly large electorates. .Air Sidey remarked that some of the southern electorates were already unworkable, and he hoped the Government would bring down legislation to amend the electoral law, in one of two ways which he indicated. One is to settle a (junta upon the basis of the South island population in relation to tho present number of Seals, and to give the North Island a sufficient mini her of scats to represent each quota in that island, the southern constituencies to remain at thirty, while North Isytiul seats ill. increase in number as required. The only alternative is to adopt another suggestion from the Representation Commissioner, that the number of European members of ‘he House bp imreused Io eighty, providing foi'ty-eigki lor the North Island and thirty-six far the South, and that ibis alloce.tion be* not changed for ten years, when the position would he again reviewed.