Political Notes.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7874, 17 July 1905, Page 4

Political Notes.

The Government does not think it necessary to set up a Parliamnelarj Committee to inquire into the advisablcncss of establishing a system 01 light railways. The Minister of Public Works says that , the weight ol rail at present used in New Zealand is considered the 'least weight available for ordinary traffic purposes, experience having shown that lighter rails have had to be removed,

There seems to lie good reason for Ihe fear that ere long the Government will be compelled to set about the provision of more gaol accommodation throughout the colony. The Wellington Gaol now contains 5u per cent, more prisoners than it did a few years ago, and the authorities at the penal establishments in Dum"in. Lyttelton, ami Auckland find their gaols similarly overcrowded Questions recently asked ui the House of Commons eliejled replies showing that much the same slate of llmigs Mists in Ureal Britain

A side-light on tlie conditions which prevail in the back blocks is aflordcd b> a question pin, |, y Mr Jennings winch was answered the other day Mr Jennings suggested thai provision should be made for utilising one the Government houses at (hvhanfi», Noi Hi Island Main Trunk Railway works as a maiemitv hospital staffed With two registered nurses' MT7 0r Puh,ic Wurk * ropl'i- ... Government had been ontuljuting to the cost of a medical man upon Ihese works, a cotiLh?' of K S '' 1 ,0! '''N l a«-oiiimodation men I. S '' S aiu ""S ll,c WOT,; - "ii n. He understood that the Work ™ C "i 'ick i!," | IU " d U,C lalll ' s, '"U'nt at:Bsift- '» launiaianui and wait I here for u».il the train came alo'e' '"'Vr! rum-lil Slid ill,- T '•"■'■t'-il»uies t;2siVa v ' , women llirei. J, i'r " ln ' ''.lined b\ ;l, r ,-iilw- V • , '»•■ referred |„ a ■ , 5s '* 1,1 " rin "'. Wi"i power t„ , y . , C ' m| - M'niNt,.,- ■„ Kaii;i^%';;f!';ris a IN.II 1,1- up,,,, whjHi - . - us in ( lhe gn , , i H ,, , sj ", ss / Krai,, hw'ts "f'K it §£s decision had ''"x i« T ,p u ' Kiv '' A"!.: oi all concerned. " s| '