POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1906, 23 September 1884, Page 2

POLITICAL NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]

All Quiet. Wixr.ixc roy, Monday Night. Theuk i-> le.illy nothing in the shape of political newi to foiw.ud to-night. The lobbies have bjoti unusually quiet all day, a Lugo numbei of menibeis being assay on the exclusion tn'p to Nei>on and Picton.

The Public Woris Statement. The ne\fc excitement will be the Public Woiks Statement, uliich pieiybody X now looking for. The precise date on u Inch it will be delivered will depend altogether on the dutatinti of the financial debate.

District Railways. Sir Julius Voxel's. District Railway*. Bill, tlie gi^t of which I pievimiMy sent you, also e\cite& considerable speculation, and its provisions will be \ cry keenly ci itici.sed. It is unlikely to pn^*> at all in its present .state without undergoing a \ery considerable alteration.

The Financial Debate. The debate on the Financial Statement, which is to bo resumed to-morrow, is likely to continue foi .some days, as several members have expressed their intention of speaking on it. The debate will be continued on Wednesday, which is a private members' d.iy, and probably Thursday. The Government in that case ■willgne up Friday for private business, s><> as to allow niembeis an opportunity of advancing their bills a fuither btages.

The Licensing Act. It appears to be the general opiiyun here that Mr Steward's Licencing Act^niendment Bill has little chance of getting through committee, chiefly in consequence of the lateness of the session. The bill is certain to be debated at great length, clause by clause. The second reading elicited a, long discussion, during the course of which .several members stated that they intended offering opposition to it in committee.

The Public Health Act. The Premier has introduced the Public Health Amendment Bill, which gives local boards of health further powers in restraint of offensive trades, and enacts that no blood boiling works shall be established within half a-milc of inhabited houses. Power is also given to local boards of health to lnake bye-laws for building regulations in the same way that borougn councils can.

Registration of Births. A bill has been brought into the Legislative Council by the Colonial Secretary, (Mr Buckley), the object of which is to extend the time during which the birth of ai\y child born in the colony may be regis* tered to 12 months after the bill is passed.