Political Notes.

Manawatu Herald, 25 July 1903, Page 3

Political Notes.

THE FEMALE CLERK. It has been decided by the Government that for the future no female clerk, oadette, or female temporarily emjjlpyad in the Departmental Buildings shall romail in the buildings after 6 o’clock in the evening, or return to the buildings after that hour. This step is understood to have been taken to stop the talk of scandalmongers and in recognition of the fact that the Government ought not to set a had example by Overworking girls and women employed In the public service. A NEW ASYLUM. It is understood that Jthe Government intend to reserve several thousand acres of the Tamaki block, Hawke’s Bay, for an asylum for the insane, and Mr Hall is asking the Minister for Lands if he does not consider that to occupy such an area is out of all proportion to the actual requirements of such an institution. MR SEDDON’S MEAT SCHEME. It seems likely that the inquiry into the frozen meat industry and the opening of shops in Great Britain will assume larger proportions than at first contemplated. Several members of the committee wish to call other expert evidence beyond that of Mr Cameron, and it is probable that the frozen meat companies managers will be asked to give evidence re garding their mode of distributing in the Home Country. MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE. Mr T, Mackenzie says that though ho called for a division on Mr Kirkbride’s Insurance Bill, and bad in consequence to vote “ No,” he is really strongly in favour of the measure, and wished to show the great majority in favor of the bill, so that the Government might take'it as a direction that Parliament wished the measure pushed on. The result —B2 votes to 2—justified that course.