The Hon. J. Rigg, M.L.C., though not given to rigid consistency, i& one of the far-seeing members of the Upper House. Yesterday he gave notice to move —"That the Government be recommended to introduce a bill to provide efficient means for utilising the credit of the dominion in times of panic, so as to restore public confidence." It is somewhat too late in f,he session for anything to be done in this direction, but in any case the [Premier is so optimistic that it would probably be im possible to convince him that a time could ever arise when a financial panic would overtake "God's Own Country."
Some of the Chinese of the dominion are petitioning Parliament for full rights and privileges as British subjects, and are also entering a protest against the provisions contained in the Factories Act Amendment Biil. They point out thac a great quantity of the laundry work of the dominion is done by Chinese, and that 'f it were not for the members of that race such work would be carried out at a great deal higher cost. They state that the now Bill, if adopted, will "materially prejudice and injure them," and they pray that it be not enacted.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8876, 9 November 1907, Page 4
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