Parliamentary Notes.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4791, 4 August 1894, Page 3

Parliamentary Notes.

The question of old soldiers' claims tis to bo considered by Cabinot immediately. Latin, Greek, Gaelic audFronch aro now frequently quoted in the House. 'I I accept that statomont in globo," exclaimed a'mpmbor yesterday. 1 '_'■.•'■ ;. ' \> " He is by nature a borrower and a plunger." Mr Allen on the Colonial Treasurer, Mr J3utton thinks that if the financial position of the colony wero in as sound a condition as that of the Auckland Savings Bank, it would bo very satisfactory, Mr McLachlan s conception of the millenium is the time when money will be so plentiful that it can find no profitable investment. The Minister for Education cannot see his way to treat as privileged, communications between School Committees and Education Boards,'

The Bunnythorpe Good Templars aro petitioning through Mr Pirani for liquor law reform. Mr McLachlan considers tho lato Bailway Commissioners did extremely well. He does not believe ill Government control.

Sir Koberfc Stout,"says Mr Miliar, describes mombcrs as dumb dogs, and tho Premier says they would havo to do certain things. \Voll, ho (Mr Millar) was neither going to bo led or driven.

" Whother the mortgage is 3| por cent or 12 per cent the principle is tho same."—Mr Allen on the cheap money scheme. "But the interest isn't" mildly suggested Mr Boeves, Mr Morrison saya that if Sir Robert Stout does not" wheel back into the Liberal line," as ho (Mr Morrison) and other "genuine" Liberals considered he should, ho will find that tho " dumb dogs" can bark and bite as well.

"He has whispered soft nothings to the wholo of the community."— Dr. Newman on the Colonial Treasurer.

Mr Allen says the Premior tho other night so stamped and ranted that he did serious injury to the flooring and ventilating, shafts beneath his feet.

Three old New Zoaland pressmen each of whom have made their mark in New South Wales, spent last evening in revisiting their old haunts iu the Press Gallery—Mr G. M, Eeed, of the Sydney Morning Herald, and Mr Whiteley King, and MrEpps.

Mr Meredith is one of those guileless youths who believe that the wicked player wallows iu ill-gotten gold, and wastes his substance iu riotous liviug. To chasten the spirit of this plutocratic satyr ho proposes to ask the Premier " If tho Government intends bringing in a measure this session of Parliament by which theatrical and opera companies, itinerant lecturers, and others catering to the public taste, and taking large sums of money out of the colony, shall he called upon to contribute a percentage of their takings, to go towards charitablo aid, or homes for the poor and needy?" Might not some of it go to that locality known by bitter experience to the out-at-elbows "pro. 1 ' as''Poverty Point ?" —Post.

The Premier said yesterday (Friday), in answer to Sir Robt. Stout, that he hoped to have the Licensing Bill circulated soon after the financial debate had terminated. He hoped, he added, that like the Bill of last year, it would give every satisfaction to the countrv,

Mrs Yates, the Lady Mayor, was in the Speaker's Ladies' Gallery yesterday, and heard part of the financial debate, She lias come down on behalf of the Onehnnga Cemetery Bill. Mrs Tates is accompanied by her niece, Miss Henshaw.

The report of the Prisons Department for the year was laid upon the table yesterday. Colonel Humo states that the management of the various prisons is effectivo and economical, nncl the system of discipline creditablo to the gaolers and other officers. The A to L Petitions Committee have considered the petition of Messrs Cleghora, Forrest, and Mngee, Auckland, who were the contractors for the Manganoho section of the North Island Main Trnnk line. Tho petitioners stated that in carrying out the contract they were subjected to reductions which were not provided for in the contract and not contemplated by thorn when tendering, and that they were required to do wor> outside tho specifications which had' not been paid for as extras. Tho comniittetfreported yestewlajJiiit. in their opinion the petitioners were entitled to £278 4s in full settlement of all claims.

During tho year, says Colonel Hume, only six children under ten years of age have been in the prisons of the Colony—exactly half the number of the previous year, He demands that tho practice of sending children to prison should cease, In the majority of cases the parents and not the children are the guilty parlies, Colonel Hume says the First Offenders Probation Act is working satisfactorily. It is, he adds, one of the most useful Acts ever passed, and Ims saved many from becoming confirmed criminals. The amount of-costs ordered to be paid in the cases of first offendors was £266145, of which £155 2s had been paid, tho greater portion of the remaining sum. being paid by 'instalments. The cost of keeping these offenders had they been sent to prison would have been £1425, and the Act has, he estimates, saved £1587 to the Colony,— Tims,