PARLIAMENT.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 233, 25 June 1915, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

The Statue of the late Hon R. T. Seddon, which has been erected in Parliament HouSe grounds, null be ueveiled to-morrow (Saturday) afternoon by his Excellency the Governor. Mr. T. ]N T . Broderick, Commissioner of Crown Lands at Wellington, has been appointed under-Secretary for Crown Lands, fs>' succeed Mr. James Mackenzie,' who retires on suyerun nuation. The appointment is made by the Public Service Commissioners. The appointment of Sir Walter Bccchanan and the Hon. J. A. Millar to the Legislative Council brings the strength of the Council up to 39 members, the number on last session r g roll. During the recess the term of the Hour. Chas. Louisson (Canterbury) expired, and the Hon. E. C. J. Stevens diedThere were thus two vacancies which have now been filled. The present Council consists- of 33 appointed for terms of seven years, and six life members. The latter are the Hon. Captain Baillie (Marlborough),. Sir Charles Bowen (Canterbury), the Hon. C. J. Johnston (Wellington), Sfr George McLean (Otago), Sir Henry Miller (Otago), and the Horn Ji D. Orthe Council will expire early fh'Jnly mond (Hawke’s Bay). The second retm of Sir Charles Bowen as Speaker of the Council will’expire early in July.

A Land Bill is on the list'of'Bills to come before the new session of'Parlia : ment, but the proposas arc >of a IcinxT to win the goodwill’of all'parties:. TheGovernment intends to submit an.

amendment to enable solders to take port in land ballots during th'eir absence from New Zealand. Mr. Massey, as Minister for Lands, is also taking a keen interest in the selection of * land's . suitable for settlement by returned, soldiers. This enterprise was exprafncd recently by the Prime Minister; The Commissioners of Crown Lands in the various districts arc supplying reports on the quality and areas of' lamT available for pasture, agriculture; or fruit. It may be necessary, says Mr. Massey, to buy some land under the Land for Settlements Act. Altogether; it. te expected that the area s-tb be‘reserved for soldiers will total not less than a hundred thousand acres;.

GERMANS' SHATTERED. .NERVES The “Medizinsche, W cciieusebriff,” in its happy German: way,. calls attention to a new disease-, "Hervenlahmung,” which,, in: plain English, is simply "funk.” It says.: “Cases of eatreme nervous prostration are becoming alarmingly frequent among our troops. After a short stay m hospital the more acute symptoms such as paralysis, convulsions, deafness, less cf speech, delirium, or usually disappear only to reappear, how-ever, in- even more aggravated form , when even the mere mention is made of a return to the front. In the vast majority cf cases these nervous affections are not th e {result of any violent terror. They originate either from a fear of the horrors of war, or trem the lack of wall to resist the physical and moral 1 hardships of military * serI vice, or very often, they are- caused by a total absence of patriotism, and aa ! inability to comprehend the sanctity | of the cause for which they are called ■ on to fight. It is to be hoped that such lamentable conditions as-these dp not. [ prevail largely in the German armies. In any event, more than enough*has been said to justify the miltiary leaders in devising the promptest measures for dealing with this terrible cancer which threatens the very existence of cur armed hosts, and '.ivitk that of onr Empire.” ,<■)

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