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NZ Truth, Issue 119, 28 September 1907, Page 6

By an advertisement on page 2 W. '.Millar, the local penciller, ' notifies that lie is ?n airing a specialty of double-books and has also a straightout book on the N.Z. Cup. Clients are reouested to carefully note his specialities.

The widow of the late E. M. Smith" M.H.R. for Taranaki. who asserts' that she has been Mt practically destitute, is petitioning; Parliament for compensation m respect to the services rendered to the colony by her late husband. This kind of petitioning is becoming quite an epidemic. Why should politician's families? be pensioned off. anyhow. M en v?lm go m for politics should think ' erf these things before hand- The aver-r age politician is generally a bird without a feather, and lives e n ihe Political game. They should keep outof the hurly-burly of legislation If the country is to fork W pensions for every dead politician's family thj vusn for the .£3OO a year will be worse than t'le present" demand for seats at .the '-'Mother Goose panto.