PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS.

Motueka Star, Volume I, Issue 6, 30 August 1901, Page 4

PARLIAMENTARY JOTTINGS.

A question was pnt to the Premier the other day by Mr Fisher, as to wether any sped 1 - r separate report will be presented t ■ It;. da incut reletive to the management of the Stoke Orphanage under the new regime. The Premier said the Stoke Orphanage had quite ei ough special- consideration last sesfion, and lie was happy to say there was no necessity for any special report Reforms had been m.-tltuted, and it was working very setbfact ally. It would he < T■.. 1 1, wth int-he Education Report, which he iiml no doubt w; uld he j-at-i-lact a V.. There are 40,000 less women in this country than' there are men. The que tion is, not how can a woman get a husband, bufrdfow can a husband get a wife ? A bull by Mr Meredith, which* gieutly amused ilie Souse last week. Tl le Hon. Jas. Carre 11 explains that the delay in 1 ringing t..c Native Land Administrate)i Act into force is due to the fact that suitable men for appointment t > t e Beard: cannot lie di-.-covered in a day. An amending Rill, which is intended to make the Act more workable, is t-» be introduced this sessi hi, and the ArnLte ■ Apei t drive the Hoards app anted and t-ise Act in f .-rco atm e.r. ly d..Ua Inspector Cullen, of .Auckland, h-LL that there is u ge n necessity fur an act to pr,vVe ini- tte licensing ef second ha -.id dc a levs, and c impelling them to keep p.i jpe’- hooks, which, should. open to t! e inspection of the police at any tin e within i eamrakie hours. Many ;.f the second hand dealers, he says, are receivers of st den goods. Mr Cullen’s rcmarks are endorsed by ijmn--iji‘,.-.-,i-.»nev Tui.b .-idgv, 3Li- Bud do : B Miner or later th.e Qoyoi . mout wdi *(- -’la An.- ti-.:>eh/--hl. The Pr. n-i'-u- : V u w 3 1 av. to pvt ;A ie-\u-nation h. I .re you gel the free a • hi. The O remtjHiut ho ,es 1 o brh'g in a P-iVun at f . , iiilioi-r Bill th s SOS 7 si--tu It is ge eer.dly understood that tire prop >..;•! m ui • to members will he t ; i iCrea •.* A.ri • ~wn salaries to £390 i a, year. Air E. A i<. Ken.-'le, io the House, expressed uuisp"•hen Ivosi lilty to the 110.--.-]dt el Nursos R-egi-tratlim Bilk which ; -■ 'add wan Id <ie a. 11 in in -tire t > lua ;y nurses in minntry h> -ratals, ami -aid he | would d > ids i-e.-t t > prevent its going any further. i