POLITICAL.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3502, 14 June 1920, Page 5

POLITICAL.

FULL CABINET MEETING.

FORECAST‘ OF BUSINESS.

WELLINGTON, This Day.

The fix-st; full Cabinet meeting helsi for some considerable time will kake

place to-day.

One of the matters to be considered will be the death sentence or the murderer, Dennis Gunn. A. petition has been presenied for a_ reprieve of Gunn.

Nothing has yet, been dohe by tiltePrime Minister aboufi the appointment of another Minister. In the course of a few days Sir William Fraser will be retiring from the Ministry_, and this will leave his‘ portfolio to be‘allocat.eei.

No satisfactoly placing of the Defence ‘portfolio has yet been fixed, for although Mr Coates is acting, he‘ Eat‘ it be known that he does not coxlsidex: he can do justice to the big portfolio of Public Works and Defence as well. The appointment of the new Minister may not He made at once, but it is generally understood it Willhave to be made before the session is far advanced.

The presidency of the .BourJ. nf Trade ‘is to be fiaken over by Hon. E. P. Lee this‘ Week, probably'to«d:-Iy.

The Prime Minister may possibly be concerned with proposals already nounced for the reconstruction of ‘clxe. Boa_rd, but 5116. will no longer be its President. v .-

The coming session is generally expecfed to last. from five fto six months. Nearly every Department. is in need of an amencling Bill.‘ There is Time-licall-5' certain ‘to be -an Educatioen Bill, which is always a cliflicult 11ie:1.~ sure to pilot through in reasonable time. The Railways Amendment‘ Bill is also expecled. There-will be an important land Bill td",set.tle many matters which have created clifiicultios in zlclministl'ation. The most (lifi"lcult of all will be the Finar -:3 Bill. T: is being generally uI1(l€1':lu0d Mr I\l:i.~:scy' will endeavour to remove some of ghc rlncqualities in_i:axation. Though 125 is gnlikely to be able tb drop any revenue, thexrelief given in some «]}ro.c—tions may have to be COll‘lPCDS:ll£‘.d in otlmrs. § _

‘Mr Massey haé "agreed to recvive. ruwtlwr deput'zl\fion from the Post and 'l‘elcgl‘aph Confcren<?e, whic-,h wi§t probably \\'aft‘llpoil him ’m—du}:. Th Minister of’ E(111(::\f‘}0n is hm-in;;' regulations prepared to ‘pl-n\'i«lv L‘-:\" Hie f)‘aynxellt of tl'zl\'cllin-g bu;'s:ll'i(>s to prim-ax-y school teachers. For the pres--on"r.'i?he burszuios will only be four per annum. If is hoped the innovation Will ultimately lead to an intorczlxmlge of teachers between flhe Homeland, Canada, Australia, ‘and perhaps the United Staites and New Zealand.