POLITICAL JOTTINGS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4182, 3 August 1892, Page 3

POLITICAL JOTTINGS.

[mil THE N,Z. TIMES).

Yet another petition was presented by Sir John Hall yesterday, signed by adult women praying for the franchise,

MrE, M, Smith is asking tbo Government to briug dowu their proposals with regard to acknowledging tbo sorvices rendered to the Colony by the late Sir Harry Atkinson as soon as possible. Enquiries aro going to be made by the Minister fur Public Works as to starting the early morning train from Eketahuna in time to enable passengers to continue their journey to Wellington without being detained at .Masteflouforhalfaday. The Hon, Air Aliichelson is moving for a return showing in detail how the £404 was expended in the Shelly Bay explosion. A message whs received from His Excellency the Governor in the House yesterday, stating thai he was unable to comply with the request of tho Howe for copies of the correspondence which had puss d between himself and the Secretmy of State for the Colonies on the subject of appointments to the Legislative Council, such correspondence being of a confidential nature, as was also the correspondence between the late Governor and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, On Thursday Mr Auckland will ask the Premier:—(l) If the Government propose to make any allowance to the Agent-General on account of expenses incurred by him in the entertainment of distinguished guests in London ? (2J Have the Government had this matter brought under their notice in any way whatever ?

11 r Wilson is about to ask the Government if they will put a suffioi» ent sum of money on the Estimates to complete the road from Pahiatua to Pulmerston North,

The amount of foreign timber imported into New Zealand for railway purposes since the 25th December, 1891, is 66,782 ft,

The junior member for Wellington yesterday presented two petitionsone from Ann Nioholl, of Wellington, praying for a grant for services rendered by her late husband, Edward Penfold, in the Maori war; and another from John Leslie, of Wellington, for compensation for injuries received to his foot while working on a co-opprative contract at Pahiatua, The question of appointing a sheep inspector for the Palraerston North district is being considered by the Minister for Agriculture,

The Premier stated yesterday that he thought the Government should be prepared to deal liberally with the promoters of an exhibition at Auckland, and he saw no reason why a similar subsidy should not be made as was granted in the case of the Dunedin Exhibition,