Political Notes.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7889, 3 August 1905, Page 2

Political Notes.

IJt is staWi jn Parliamentary circles that the uttack made on the Government of Friday night by the new Liacral Party tiie outcome of un arrangement agreed to by the Party as a whole. Soiuo numbers of tho Party, in fl.ict, knew nothing of it till it tyas 'well under way, and at once dw/idied that they would have nothing to do with it. • • • 1

Mr Seddon's personal opponent.** havo been loud-vdiced in tlheir denunciation of his "corruption" in travelling about electioneering at the colony's expanse. It is interesting to note .how far these political purists put their principles !'n/io practice. Messrs Taylor, Hawkins, [Jcdl'ord and Fisher have be-on, and'intend to travel here unci there about the country del ivering lVobliljfi't ion speeches—t ha t have absolutely nothing to do with their political work or the interests of constiitaients.. Do they imposo upon the country by using their railway passes for this purpose?, Jt is a nicu <juestioh ty ask theuy.at the hustings.—Argus.

Thero is a growing opinion in Parliamentary circles that the Fire Brigades Bill will not get past its committee sltago. There is a great diversity of opinio?) among members, as to tho dilUeulty or otherwise of constituting the Fire 'Hoard, and tnat is the rock on which the Hill wll be wrockeVi, Unless a great change of opinion om thia sulbjcet takes phuv thero will be no Fire Brigades Hill' thfci session. I

| Til.' Heview (New York) stales t'iiiat a syndicate of. Lloyd's underwriters ill London agreed to re-insure the surplus tines of the New Zealand .Statu Fire ncpni'tincnt at 10 per cjent. upider the tarift' rate of the regular oliiccis. yi'his 'wasjf tVlowt'rt by thoso odiccH reducing: their tarift )>y MliJ per cent., ami the Lloyd's indicate found theni.sehcs saddled with this heavy cut In rates, plus their 1(1 per cent. Hence had risen nn unpleasant lnvdieanß'nt.- 'ijhu co'niinent of T*ie Ht-viow is that' this attempt 'to furnish re-insurance facilities to the State Fire Depnijtfm-nt seems to have had lio&murang characterist icjs."