ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 270, 14 November 1910, Page 11

ANGLO-COLONIAL NOTES.

mm Our Special Correspondent.)

. • LONDON, Octolwr 7. 'jib. REEVES IN CAUSTIC VEEN. nC Hon. W. P. Reeves, late High hSfaSoner for Nw Zealand, had very uncomplimentary and caustic TL to say about the Second Chamber • m tfe dominions overseas in a lecture Such he delivered a iew nights ago at t London School of Economies, of Sch he is now principal. His remarks tovo caused something of a star in Con•Ervative circles. Tifr , Beeres gave it as his opuiion n\nt to a large extent the Second Houses ,the dominions were obstructionist to 1 ■ Jnseive legislation; they had re•Ted cut, and tomahaiwked large numI !•« of .progressive and democratic meaiZs and had kept a fairly steady eye • n the protection oi property, especially •hen it t° ok the form of landIt ivas commonly supposed, said Mr. Beeves that the British Houee of Lords « the fflost conservative, aristocratic *nd hWi-handed of the Second Chambers o/the British Empire. Nothing of L kind was the case. Some Upper Houses in the colonies had 'been more wh-haiided in many of tlieir acts than ~° English House of Lords, as -would meedil/ihe gathered by a study of the measures rejected in Victoria since 18G0. ' Continuing, Mr, Reeves said he conjiderod the' South African Upper Cham--to the most hopeful yet seen. It had «je special feature -which, was absolutely rood, and that was its election by system, hereby mirioritics would be represented. i THE ROTOKUA'S TRIALS, trials were Tun on the Firth of Cljde on Wednesday of a new passenger rteamer for the New Zealand Shipping Company of -> € w iiealand. She is named fte Kotorua, and will be placed on the Au3 trali_ service. The 'builders are Messrs. William Denny and Brothers, of DJimbaTton. Her machinery is a cornlioation of turbine and reciprocating amines, and a speed of 15.77 knots was developed. The Kotorua, -which is 454 feet long, and has a tonnage of 11,500, mil carry first, second, and third-class , Msjengera. She has insulated holds, and (jill carry 105,000 eareaees of mutton, gome guests of the builders joined the efttp for' her trials, the builders being represented by Mr. Peter Denny, and' tte <roners by Mr. George Mill, a New Zealander. The latter said that the slipping companies had done everything for, New Zealand. Before they took up fie frozen , .meat trade, New Zealand farmers had'to sell their sheep at 2/6 mt head, and their butter at 4Jd. per ft.. Kow the prices were 20/- and 1/2, respectively. LONDON LADS FOR NEW ZEAL—ND. Mr. T. -E. Sedgwi«k's schema for the emigtitioa of English town lads to N©w '-Zealand farms ihas been, approved by the -Emigration Conuntbtee of the Central (Unemployed) Body ■in London. The. ' scheme provides for a trial shipment of 601ad3,tmdTrnlbe controlled by the New Ze&knd Government, the passage money Being, however, provided in London. • With the aseistajice of the Dominion Qavemmaii tie lads -would be appren- .. tj'ced iriih selected employers. Tie earnaccunmlated for /them, and. ■■'tt''tHeen£ of five yeais, -wi_ the usual ' GoFennkent advance of £400, they would h able to' acquire their own land for de- ' vebpnent and settlement. The commitfceijipw preparing the first party of Wβ, whom it is proposed to send out at en early date. It 13 estimated that if the scheme is a success, 1000 farmers will require lads next ye&T. m W. HALL- JOISTBS IN VIENNA. In Vienna, where there is a serious meat famine at present, for which the prohibitive duties on imported meat are Warned, '■'the Refrigeration Congress ie lolding its meetings this week. Sir "Wm. Hall Jones is attending on behalf of New Zealand; and the Australian. States are represented by their Agents-General. A Beuttt message from Vienna 6ta.tes that they are carrying on an active propaganda mth the object ° f gaining a discuslion on the entrance of frozen meat into the Austrian market The proceedings of this Erozen.'Meat Congress, assembled in Vienna at such a critical moment in the Austrian meat famine, promise to be rausually^interesting. —OTHER IMPERIAL EXHEBITIOJS. The iJominions overseas axe to lie invited to take part next year in two Imperial Exhibitions in London. The Festival of Empire-was first in the field wth its announcement of a great Imperial Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. This week the.Wlite City authorities, lot to be outdone, announce' that the Japan-British Exhibition will be followed next year by. " an exhibition which will ™w the dominion, power,' and. ■ infinite Nsources of the British Empire." We art promised goldminera and backTCodsmen, Australian Macks ' and Red Indiana,.Maoris, Fijians j Esquimaux, Hindoos, African, tribes and natives from There will be, in short, "representatives of all (races and nationalities wo own allegiance to our King," and tteir industries and surroundings will be Mownias in .their native countries. ■ ihe rivalry between these two Imperial I *™itatiq_ i 3 likely to be intense, and 1 am doubtful whether eyen London can m Hwrt two similar shows on su_ a Kue at the same time.

- lEACHERS FOE OVERSEAS. n . c league of the Empire is endeav-•°*"l»-find , S l situations for London's unWoyed, school teachers, an d already a havo found places in £"*«»' New Zealand and Australia «»ve facilities for the training of «Bttffiaput numl)er of tileir Qwn teacherßj .« weir Govommentß have promised to 00 TVnat they can -to liel-p the Lea<me in m work.

. KEAS AT. THE ZOO. the recent additio-ns to bird ~e at the London Zoo are four kea par"eitom New Zealand.

■ GONE TO NEW ZEAIAND. risiw' 3 < " oun t r y dairy farmer named tolJ v Smith > whose wife said he had business and gone to New Zealeaving h w only £10, was senat Bristol, on Friday, to three Jr is i imprisonment for seUing watered Uic Bench said there was a long rd of previous convictions and heav>- **« against the defendant.