Political Pellets.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 32, 13 October 1911, Page 8

Political Pellets.

Representation aud Effective.Voting Bill, which the Hon. G. FofAvlds had circulated... mi -the : -HouseVjofi^Repipseiitatives,--provides for. tho division ?t>,the Dominion into nine-, The as fcqt.'.voting--'arc as I'oUoavs :—"Each. vote?? shall l\ave one vote only, but., may Vj. vote,in,the alternative ior as »ian^ : :,Qther candidates as he pleases ; not ..#x,©c.eding-., four ; . and his ballotfaper.. shall .b>- deemed to bo given to he candidate opposite Avhose nameYis -placed thoJiguro 'I.; but it .shall be transferable, to, the other candidates m wuooessioh, ih.the order of priority designated. Jiy ; the figure set. opposite , theii-,r.espcctiivp'namos, in the event of its not being required to be used for the Sreturn of s any prior candidate." Tlies>voter is .to place opposite the names-of the candidates* for Avhom he. •wishes te vote, the figures 1," 2„ 3, 4, in the order of his preference, but is aiot to place the same figure opposite more than one name. He is not to erase from the ballot paper the t names of any candidate. Full details are given as rto-the.counting of the votes... In .replvi.to a .question, Mr. F. Cooke. -(Socialist*'candidate Christchurch. East) • said-he. certainly thought that .it. would be consistent.- for a Sbcalist to sit m. Parliament if ■elected. The Socialist, would havo.te take an oath of allegi-j "anee -. to the -; ; Ki ng,- eerta i n ly, but the King; at Coronation, took an oath ©f allegiance ,to Parliament. Tlie- Minister of Public Health states -■that-a'scheme ol\ medical inspection of seho»h children-has been prepared by. the'. department, and Avas; considered at the. recent; conference of Hospital Boards. It is intended that dental ■examination shall be. ..embodied as a pfominent feature of any system of inspection Avhich may be*put into operation. ,'.•'■' * * * "I. want to know from the Ministor." "said ..Mr. James Allen last AA-eek, during . the consideration of tlie Estimates, "Avhat this item &100 for collection of - Ncav Zealand fossils isr""' "I -object te that item," said Mr. L. •M. Isitt, amidst laughter, "it's a direct reflection, upon the Opposition." ('Lo.itd laughter.) "'*.'."- * * The Acting-Minister of Education said, the endoAvment revenue Avas allocated 'as follows : —Primary education 60 per cent., secondary education 25 per. cent., manual and technical 15 per cent..,; native schools 5 per cent., special schools 5 per:-c^n-t-v--r- ---.-. - In replying, to questions, at the conclusion, of his Parnell meeting, Mr.' Mack stated thrft he Avas in favour of the bare majority on the liquor question ; he was" in favour of encouraging local industry eveu te the extent of accepting a local tender in preference to a loAvcr outside tender; he aa'zjs m favour of prefereiree to unionists; he thought that -the. question of compulsory military training should haA r e been decided by a referendum; if electee?, he would..* come to the constituency during.;.the recess and undertake Labor propaganda, work, and also make periodical visits to the schools; lie was opposed to the totalisator as well-as the bookmaker, and he Avoiild place the Stock Exchange in the same street as both. .-;•:• * * * In the Federal House.. Mr. Fosters motion- in favour of nationalisting the means of production Avas talked out. ." X X * Wairarapa has x>lay«&d the game of "ins" .and "oftts" since 1899.- Messrs. Hornsby and Buchanan being alternatively rejected. It's Hornsbv's "turn" this time. - 3 4 . ..* * * West Australia has declared for Labor. The Government's majority lias shrunk to microscopic proportions as a result of tho election. The figures are: ■'."Labor, 31 ;—Fat, 15. Four"" seats hate . still..te bo decided. •«- " * * -P. C. Webb's tour of Grey electorate is proving a highly successful one. .. Everywhere..greatest enthusiasm, exists and 'every-thing points to that enthusiasm being carried to the polls. •;"" " ' •_• * * Mr. Byron Brown, Independent Op-positiaiv-T?,-ndridate for the ...Otaki elee- ; torafe, during the course of an address criticised the Premier's Budget figures, and contended that the assets were inflated. He asserted that the actual position of Ncav Zealand Avas: — Liabilities, '£93,1100,000; assets.. £81,----000,000,-..thus-.showing a discrepancy of tAvelvo millions between the. Premier's tigllres and the facts. if * * Tho GoA r e.ra'm.ont's land settlement scheme lias, cost.tho country £1500 per settlor'placed on the laud. Thus do we "settle the land problem. * * « When Sir joe took office in 1906 the public debt avuS' eqifaPto" £67 0s lid, and iioav stands at £78 18s per head. In five years the liability-of each person in-4ne Ddminiion has increased. £11 17s Id. "High, finance, eh? John DoAvgray has been nominated by the Granity Miners' and Westport Wtaersido.Unions as- candidate at the forthcoming election. * A - ■' •' ■ '■■■■•'• "E. Dye writes - from Waihi: We are' shoving -Comrade Hickey's. candidature for all we ar© worth, and intend to leave no stone unturned to get him in. C. Smith has been appointed organiser for him, and C. McMillan j)Uid self ar© joint secretaries.

Canada's export of butter are decreasing". Last year they amounted to only about 1,000,000 dollars. : . He is a thief that has the will of killing and slaying,, before his hand is dipped in blood.—--Senfeca--The Goldfields/and. Mines Committee reported to the House last..week that they had...no amendments to make to the mining .regulatioais, .' They reconlr mended that the regulations be approved.. The regulations were printed in the Ncav Gazette of- Sep_g_______i_____________i_________i