Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1887. VOLUNTEER REORGANISATION.

Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 153, 29 December 1887, Page 2

Evening Post. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1887. VOLUNTEER REORGANISATION.

Major-General Sciiaw's reoommenda-, tions iv regard to the Volnnteor forco are so entiroly in accord with the views we expressed on tho subject some time ago, that it te almost needless to^ say wo thoroughly concur in them. In tho mo=>t decided and forciblo manner ho points out tho practically usolcss character ot country corps at a distanco from the coastal centres of popula. tion, and maintains that only those corps whioh could bo summoned quiokly to the coast Ehould bo maintained. He also dwells upon tho desirability of the volunteer forces at tho fortified ports being made thoroughly offioicnt and perfect by practice in tho_ duties which would bo roquired of them in tho event of a threatened attack, llocognising tho fact that this will require a good deal more time than mon now give to volunteering, he advises an increase of capitation. Of tho soundness of these views and recommendations, there can, we think, be no doubt. Tho port fortifications must be protected by a snfficiont and efficient land force, or they would beoome rather a tomptation than a safeguard. There are no internal troubles now which nocossitato or justify tho maintenance of a military force in the interior, or anywhoro except in a position whero it would be available to repel external attack. Even if tho volunteer oorps from distant country districts could reach the towns in time to assist in the defence, their services would bo of comparatively little value, for it is impossible for country corps to attain a very high state ot military efficiency, and they would neoessarily be ignorant of many of tho speoial duties with which the town corps would bo familiar. The colony can no longer afford to pay for flaying at soldiers. Volunteering must cease to be merely an amusement, and must become a sorious business, demanding a considerable degree of attention and sacrifice of timo on the part ot those who undertake the duties, For this attention and time the country must be prepared to mako some reasonable compensation. It is impossible to expect a force of upwards ot fiOO mon in each of the four centres of population to become as practically efficient as Major-General Scuaw insists it is necessary they should bocome , unless tho capitation is considerably increased. Already tho Volunteers make veiy large sa orifices of time for a very incommensurate allowance towards their expenses. By doing away with capitation allowance to country corps, abolishing, in faot, all corps useless for tho purposes for which alone a voluntoor force is necessary, more than enough money can bo saved to enable fair recompense to be given to the men from whom real work will bq oxpooted, and whose perfoct offioiency will be insisted on. The country corps will undoubtedly have to merge into Kiflo Clubs, and be content with the Government supplying them with rifles and oortain encouragements to good shooting in the way of prizes. Whether the volunteers at the unfortified coastal towns, Buoh as Napier andTimaru, will be patriotic onough to adopt Mnjor-Goneral Schaw's hint and become honorary corps, we do not know, but if they aro of any real nse, and he shows that in certain casos they might bo onablcd to do good service, it is only right that the colony should contribute in some dogree to the maintenance of tho military organisation which Major-Goneral Schaw points out they must retain in ordor to secure recognition as fair combatants in time of war. Their capitation, howover, need not be .by any moans as large as that of the garrison of the fortified ports, as much less service will bo demanded from them. It remains now to be seen whether tho Govornmont will have courage to fully carry out Major-General Schaw's recommendations. Even before tho session ended considerable pressure was brought to bear to secure tho continued maintenance of tho condemned country corps, not bocanse of their military value, but because of their political power. Volunteering is a favourite amusement in country dwtricts, and most of the volunteers have votes. They would look with little favour on tho member who for either military or financial reasons should assist in depriving them of the monoy the public treasury at present contributes towards keeping up. the show. Wo fear that the influences which will be brought to bear will be too powerful for tho Government to resist, and that they will starvo tho useful rather than abolish tho useless corps. Major-General Schaw has shown them what ought to bo dono, but in this, as in many other cases, it by no means follows that tho proper course will bo pursued. THE ADVANTAGES OF NAVAL DEFENCE. ♦ It is very absurd to troat tho subsidy which this colony has agreed to pay towards tho creation and maintenance of an Australasian naval squadron as monoy absolutely lost. As a matter of fact, nearly if not all of it will be put in circulation in the colony, and in all probability this will bo supplemented by a cortain amount of foreign capital. Tho continual presence of two men-of-war on the New Zealand coast will induce the circulation of a good deal of money one way or another. The crews will have to- be supplied with stores, mainly purchased in New Zealand, and a very large proportion of the men's wages will also, no doubt, be spent hern. Probably, vory few naval officers livo entirely on their pay. They have private means, and when stationed for three years on this coast, it is more than probable that many of them who aro married mon will bring their wivos aid families to tbo colony. It is well known that this is the case in Sydney. The Admiral has, indeed, set the examplo, and Mrs. Fairfax, being preoluded by the rules of the service from travelling in her husband's ship, actually enmo down to Now Zealand in a Union steamship, to meet tho Admiral on his arrival in Auckland. Pecuniarily, we fancy the colony will gain rather than lose under the new arrangement. The experience of the two vessels which will be provisioned here may not improbably lead to a demand for many descriptions of New Zealand produce for tho uso of the rest of her Majesty's fleet in Australasian waters, and possibly this market may also bo extended to the Pacific and China squadrons. Another advantage which will arise out of the crea'ion of an Australasian squadron will be the opening which it will afford of a career for a nnmbcr of colonial youths. It is understood that opportunities for entering tho nary will be afforded much more freoly under tho new arrangement than has hitherto been the case Thus practically and direotly the colony will benefit by the passing of tho Naval Defences Act, while the indirect gain will be enormous, in the additional protontion to commercial and maritime interests, the sense of greater security which will bo inspired in tho community should war brenk out, and tho reduced war premiums which will bo accepted by underwriters a.° compared with the rates which would bo demanded if our commerce was loft as unprotected as at present.

Sporting news and lottc-rs to tho Kditor will be found on the fourth pago of this issue We aro pleosod to learn that Mr. Ballance is to-day very much better, and that he is rapidly recovering strength. His Worship tho Mayor and Mrs. S. Brown left to-day on a holiday visit to the South. It is their intention to penetrate to the Hermitage at Mount Cook. Owing to mntilation in course of transmission, a cable mcasago which appeared in yesterday's issno relativo to a treaty just concluded by the British Government, was made to refer to tho authorities of Rarotonga, instead of Amatonga. Amatonga is an extensive territory on the east coast of Africi, situated to the north of Zulnland, and oast of tho Transvaal, and by the treaty in question the King agrees not to code his country to any other power than Great Britain. The specifications for the permanent lighting of tho city by electricity aro now complete, and copies will be forwarded by the outgoing San Francisco mail to Now York, London, and Paris, where tenders for tho work will be invited. The specifications provide for an installation of 450 incandescent lamps of 20 candle-power, or, if tho arc system is adopted, of 48 aro lamps of 2000 candle-powor_ each. The specifications will be accompanied by planß and photographs of the city.

The Secret ry of the General Post Office h)ff,rr.<: !><; 1' i' i! c A'amedc. with Fns?lir-h mail* ol 30th Nuvem>»<T, left 'Frisco for Auckland on tho 17th instant, one day late. The s.s. Maripo s a, with the colonial mnil* of the sth instant, arrived at 'Frisco from Auckland on the 24th iustant, one day in advance of contract time. "The X.M.S. Eimntaka, which arrived at Plymouth on Saturday last, made the yoyape i nder 37 days from Wellington, including all btoppages. Tho New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S. Tongariro arrived at Hobart yester. day, and, as she loft again the same day for Wellington, should arrive here on Saturday afternoon next. Having only loft Plymouth on the 19th November, it will be seen that she is making very good time. The Waihora's Australian mails were brought up by the steamer Takapuna this morning. Captain Bence, whose death is recorded by cable as having occurred soon after the departure of the Coptic last month, was well known in this port, as he had been ohief officer of that vessel on several trips, and had previously visited the colony as a passenger. His last trip was his first all-round one us commander of the Coptic. Ho was an old oflicer in tho service of tho Whito Star Line, to which the Coptic belongs, and h understood to have been transferred from the Atlantic to the New Zealand trade for the benefit of his health. When ho left hero ho i>eemed to be in good health, and hiH death must have been rather sudden. He was a mavriod man, his wife residing in England. His many New Zealand friends will much regret him. A deputation from the Masterton-Manga-mahoe Special Settlement Association, consisting of -Me6i-rs. A. W. Hogg and C. Holdaway, waited upon tho Ministor for Land* this morning, relativo to tho determination of tho Government to forfeit the town and suburban sections in tho block imlcsH tho prico of them was paid by tho Ist of next month. Tho deputation explained that tho settlers wore prepared to tako up tho sections, but as plans had not boon furnished by the Chief Surveyor, thoy wore -unable to complete tho pltrchaso. Mr. Richardson assured the deputation that Government had no desire to deal harshly with the settlers, and as an evidenco of this he promised to extend the period during whioh payment might be made until the end of next mouth. Tho Herotaunga Lieht Horse broke camp at tho Hntt Park yesterday, after having Bpont four days under canvas. Two competitions which wore necessarily postponed from Monday's sports meeting took place before the troop dispersed. In the head and ring practice) there wero 12 entries, tho ovont being won by Trooper Scholes, with Trooper Gardiner second. Trooper Scholes' win was a very popular one. Tho target practice match was contested by four halfsections, three of which tied for first place. Sergt.-Major Stratford and Trooper Soholes wero eventually the victore. Mr. James M'Coll's many friends will be glad to learn that the second operation, for tho performance of which he onterod tho Hospital last week, was successfully performed on Christmas Day by Dr. Collins. Mr. M'Coll is now in good sph its, and getting on well. Mr. W. Ward Baker, of the firm of Baker Bros., arrived in Auckland by the Eotomahana to-day, on his return trip from England. MrG. Edmonds, who met with an accident on board theb.s. Penguin when approaching Picton on Thursday last is reportod to be somewhat bettor, though not yot out of danger. A sensational "bolt" occurred in town yesterday afternoon, a horse owned by Mr. 11. Smith, chimney sweep, running away with the light trap to which it was attached. Tho animal received a fright in lngostrestreet, and made off at full speed down Taranaki-street. A lad of about 15 years was in charge, but finding himself unablo to pull the animal up, and that his position in tho trap was bocoming a decidedly unpleasant one, he managed to jump out without sustaining any injury. The horse continued its way along Courtonay-place and Manners-street, ran the whole length of Willis-street, and, turning into Grey-stroet, was brought to a full stop against a vorandah post on Lambton-quay, opposite tho New Zealand Insurance building. Sevoral persons had very narrow oscapes from being ruu over along the line of route, but tho horse and vehicle managed to go the wholo distance without doing any more sqrious damage- than loosening a few boards in the trap. Miss Carrie Swain made her first appearance in New Zealand on Boxing Night at the Princess Theatre, Dunedin, in '• Tho Miner's Daughter " before a erowdod house. Her porformauco was pronouncod a great success. The pionio which was held at Somes Island yesterday under the auspicos of tho Hibernian Socioty was a greater succcsb from a financial point of view than the promoters had anticipated. Tho picnic was tho only attraction advertised for tho day, and as tho majority of pooplo had nowhere elso to go, they went across to the island and enjoyed themselves for an hour or two. Tho Brunner Company's steamers Maori, St. Kilda, and Dispatch ran between the wharvos and tho island at frequent intervals, and it is estimated that about 2000 persons were taken over. Owing to tho want of suitable ground athletic sports could not bo indulged in, but a number of games were started, and wore carried on with spirit. The Hibernian Band, under Mr. F. L. Dean, was stationed near tho Quarantine Barracks, and performed a nice selection of innsio, to somo of which the yonng people da,uoed on tho green. Altogether, the picnic was a'great success, and Messrs J. Curry, E. Carrigan, M. Bohan, P. J. Moroney, E. Daley, J. McLoughlin, Bradley, Dean, Hayes, Somors, M. Mackay, J. Seanlon, and C. Hickey, who carried out tho arrangements, aro to be congratulated on the result. Tho Medical Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum desires to kindly acknowledge the receipt of tho following prosonts for tho patients:— Books and magazines from Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Fulton j cakes from Mr. Cato ; flowers from Mrs. Cook, tho Lower Hutt Band of Hope, and tho Baptist Churoh Sunday School. A live shoep tied by tho legs was lying on tho side of tho Hutt-road for several hours yesterday. The animal, after apparently suffering great pain, breathed its last during the afternoon. This is not the first time that sheop have boen ill-treated in the same manner in that locality lately, and it would be woll if the police or tho Society for the Provention of Cruelty to Animals could take proceedings against tho offenders. Richard Morgan, tho man who wa3_ reported missing from the Star Hotol since Christmas morning, turned up safely yesterday. His statement is that he was making a trip to Christchurch during the timo whon enquiries were being made for him. The attendance at the Columbia Skating Rink yosterday numbered about 1000 persons throughout tho day. A polo match will be played to-morrow evening, tho teams for which are as follow:— C. P. Luckio (captain), Godden (2), Rotherarn, Fisher, F. Lecjcio, C. Pearce, Davy, and C. J. Craig, against L. Dixon (captain), F. Young, L. King, Sullivan, Grove, W. Dixon, Corliss, O. Gillon, and G. Dnngan. The matoh will start at 8.45 sharp. On Thursday evening a mile handicap between press representatives of tho city will bo run. The Union Steamship Company announce several excursions during the New Year's holidays. Tho Grafton will leave for Nelson on Saturday, at 10 p.m., arriving back on Tuesday morning. Those who wish to go South can do io by the Wakatipn'on Friday, or tho Wanaka on Sunday, returning by tie Wanaka on Monday or tho Rotorua on Wednesday. If tho Mawhera arrives in timo, fiho will be despatched for Lyttelton on Saturday eveniog. On Monday tho Penguin will make an eionrsion to Pioton, leaving on the return journey at 4.30 p.m. The fares are very reasonable, and no doubt the various excursions will be woll patronised. The following notifications are from Lloyd's Weekly of 30th October :- John Williamson Clark, native of Hwt'epool, served his apprenticeship in tho ship Lanarkshire, and left at Wellington, New Zealand, in April, 1878. Ho. is believed to have boen in tho Taranaki provinco in 1881. His parents are very anxious for news. James Holmes left home thirteen years ago for New Zealand, and was last heard of seven years later at Milltown, Otago, Now Zealand. His sorrowing mother writes. John Hughes, son of Bryan and Mary Hughes, enlisted at Limeriok in tho 57th Regiment of foot about 1853 and when last hoard of, in 1864, was believed to have taken his discharge and settled in Auckland, New Zealand. His widowed mother yearns fot tidings of him. Thomas Christopher Nisbet. who was last heard of in July, 1878, at Ch6 Che, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, is enquired for by his father. Nisbet was a foreman builder, and was familiarly called "Chris." Andy Daw?on, of Auokland, and Harry Nioholls, of Wellington, advertise that thoy havo made a match to fight to a finish for .£lO a-side and all gate money. Dawson is tho mau who challenged Riohardson a few weeks ago, and the latter did not seem to care to meet him. The men aro very evenly matchod as regards weight, both weighing about 12 stone. There aro to be no fouls allowed. Both men have the reputation of being very hard hitters. The yacht Dream is to competo at the Lyttelton regatta on New Year's Day. She is to be taken down by the Penguin tomorrow. Mr. T. Osborno will sail her in the regatta. Tho quarterly session of tho Perseverance Tout, 1.0. R., took place last evening at tho Primitive Methodist Schoolroom, Sjdnoystrcet, when Bro. Haddon, Chiof Ruler, occupied tho chair. Tho following brethren wero elected to take charge of tho tent for thencxt term of six months :— P.C. It., Bro. D. Robertson ; C.R., Bro. Haddon ; D.R., Bro. J. King ; Treasurer. Bro. H. B. Parsonage ; Socrotary, Bro. D. Hall ; Book Steward, Bro. P. Callaghan; Cash Steward, Bro. H. lieale ; Levite, Bro. S. Grunnell; Auditors, Broi. F. Rogers and J. AY. Hall. Arrangements were made for the proposed picnic at M'Nab's gardens on New Year's Day. Tho usual session of tho Star of Newtown Lodge, No. 2t, 1.0. G.T., wos hold at the Tomperanoo Hall, Adelaide-road, on Tuesday evoning, Bro. Thompson, W.C.T., presiding. The minutes of last session having been read andconfirmed, Bro. W.J.Weston laid the business Bheot of the Grand Lodge session and the inles of the lodge on the table. Two candidates wore initiated, after which the usual fraternal greetings were given to the now members. On resuming, it wa3 resolved that it bo an instruction to the Grand Lodge representative to table a motion as to initiation fees at the Grand Lodge session. The Lodge Doputy arranged to confer degrees on Friday evening at 8.30. Tho lodge then went into harmony, and a very agreeable evening was spent until 9,30 o'clock, when the lodge was oloeed by the ohaplaia in the usual manner. The half-yearly meeting of the Southern Cross Lodge, 1.0.0. F., will be h«ld this evening.

Th°rn werp a pood nnmbor of excursionists on boih the Weilirg.ou-Manawatn Company's and Government railway lines yesterday. About 800 passengers were carried over the former, between 150 and 200 of whom were through passengers to Wanganui or New Pljmonth. 'Jho nnmber who travelled on tho Government line is officially given as 900. The train arrangements on both linos gave every satisfaction. We regret that at tho last moment several of the Wanganui bowlera have found it impossible to come to Wellington, as they designed, and in consequence tho match which was fixed for Thursday cannot bo played. Special arrangements had been made to give tho visitors a good reception, on the Green and othorn ise : but tho gamo will have to bo postponed until Easter, when probably a good team will muster on behalf of the West Coast City. The adjourned quarterly meeting of thfl Te Aro Licensing Committee was held at tho City Council Chamber this morninp. There were present : Messrs. A. Young (Chairman), Petherick, and F. H. Frasor. Inspector Thompson was present on behalf of the police. The application of Mr. J. Prosser for a licenso for the Panama Hotel , which was adjourned from the 7th December, was considered. Thepolice reported thatthohotel was still Unfinished, and the contractor had stated that he would bo unable to finish his work beforo the 19th of January. Mr. Anderson appeared on behalf of Messrs. Bell, Izard, and Gully (the applicant's solicitors), and asked that the application might bo further adjourned. Tho committee expressed its dissatisfaction at tho delay, but finally granted a further adjournment of the application to the 18th of January, tho chairman stating that if Mr. Prosser studied his own interests ho would have tho premises completed by that date. This was all the business. The members of the Horotannga Light Horse Troop aro to be complimented upon the success of tho new departure which they made this yoar in attaching a horse show to their annual cavalry sports. No oquino gathering of the kind has boon held in tho neighbourhood of the city for the last 15 or 16 years, but we understand that tho cavalrymen are so well satisfied with tho result of their effort that tho affair will probably be made an annual fixture in future. Competont judges declare that tho parado of horseflesh could not have been excelled anywhere in this part of the island, while tho number of entries, 75 of all classes, was most satisfactory. Silver medals woro awarded to tho winners of tho first prizes in oach class, and bronzo medals to those who won Eocond prizes. Due notice will bo given whon the winners' names have been engraved on tho medals. A rather painful accident happened on Saturday evening to Mr. W. P. James, Clerk of the Magistrate's Court, who was a passengor to Pioton by tho s.s. Grafton. As the steamor was putting off from the wharf Mr. James somehow got h'.s hand severely jammed against the bulwarks by a heavy ropo which was being hauled on board. The flesh was very much torn, and tho hand bruised. Tho wounded member was quickly bandaged by the ship's officers, and tho accidont did not prevent Mr. James from proceeding on his trip. An aocident happened to a woman named Elsie Vickers, living in John-stroet, yesterday. It appears that tho woman, in moving about tho house, accidentally caught her foot in something, and in falling struck her head on a broken jng. Medical assistance was called in, and the woundß, which were rather severe, were bandaged. The sufferer was ont of all danger this morning. Tno facts connected with the discovery of rubies at Ekctahuna havo been communicated to the Wairarapa Star. It appears that the discovery was mado by Mr. S. Bacon in a blind gully soven miles from Ekotahuna, following up the Makakahi. The formation of the gully on one eido is sandstone ; on tho other grey and white marble. Close to this is a patch of volcanic formation, which has greatly surprised the geological department, as thoy bolioved the formation through the bußh to bo green papa. The rubies diseoverod wero about the size of small pins heads, and wore found washed up in the gully, having como originally, Mr. Bacon thinks, from the volcanic formation. The marble will bo useful as a building material if a solid body is found. It contains 90 por cent, of carbonate of lime, and, it is said, would make hotter quick-limo than the Mauricoville limestone. The rubies are too small to be of any commercial value, and wo learn that better rubies wore found years ago washed from the Wangawa and Ruamahunga rivers. According to tho Taranaki Daily News thore is going to bo a noticeable family rounion. Many years ago, says our contemporary, a lady in the Old Country bocamo aware that ber husband had become " Lost to sight, to memory dear," and after a long period of anxious waiting, came to tho conclusion that he must have joinod tho majority. Lately she learned that he was alive, and in New Zealand, so she came here bringing with her a son. Owing to oircnmstanoes that need not be explained here, the re-union is likely to prove embarrassing, and how tho two ladies and their olivo branches will settle matters is yot an unsolved question. The Blenheim Corporation has reduced the prices of gas by 2s 6d per 1000 feet. The Rangitikei Adrooate considers Mr. W. J. Steward's constitutional proposal " a mad scheme." Two men were charged in the Lyttelton R.M. Court tho other day_ with a broach of tho Fisheries Act, in having in thoir possession three specimens of fi3h under the weight and size specified in the Aot. A point was raised by the lawyor for the defence that the constable- weighed the fish in a bntoher's shop and measured tho flounders with a carpenter's rule, instead of submitting the fish to a standard weight and measure. The Magistrate allowed tho objection. Tho Christchurch Telegraph, in delivering itself on the subjeot, says: — "Snch may bo the law, and there may bo decisions id support tho viow taken by the Magistrate) -at Lyttelton yesterday. If so, wo take leave to say that they are not in accordance with common sonso. A butcher's scales may bo quite unreliable, and represent a trevalli to be 2oz in weight when it is 4oz, and thero may bo carpenters' rules in use that err 2in in every 9in. If so, then the dofonoe should be called upon to provo tho fact, instead of tho prosecution being expected to establish the accuracy of foot-rules. Such decisions make law a laughing-stock." The soventeen-months-old daughter of Mr. Murdoch Brnce, farmer at Scafiold, was unfortunately (says tho Lyttelton Times of Saturday) left for a short time by herself on Thursday afternoon by her elder brothers and sistors, themsolves but children, while the father and mothor were at a pionio some miles off, with a fow neighbours' at the sea. Tho infant, while so unguarded, fell into the dipping trough in tho county water-race running through her father's property. While trying to recover a flower sho lost her balance and was thus drowned. Sho was soon missed by her young companions, but was found too late to save hor yonng life, and the feelings of her parents can well bo imagined whon, in tho midst of their enjoyment, tho sad intelligent of their loss was convoyed to thorn by one of the elder boys, who carried it to them on horaebaok. Tho London correspondent of the Otago Daily Titnos writes : — The Now Zealand Antimony Company makes steady progress. The private subscriptions amount to .£30,000, and in tho course of a fow days the company will be placed on the public market, when it is oxpeoted that all the sharos "ill be applied for. In tho now prospootus prepared for public issue occurs tho following extract from a letter addressod to the Chairman of tho company, Sir Walter Buller, by tho ominont mineralogy professor Sir Warington Smythe :—" Looking to the facts brought into view by your reports, you would appear to havo before you the most remarkable lode of antimonito, in horizontal extent and in continuous bearing, ever yet known in mining history." Tho j reports referred to are by Sir James Hector and other compotont experts. Since tho incorporation of the company the markot value of the manafactured metal has advanced from £28 to .£35 par ton, and the last portion of tho New Zealand stock in the hands of Messrs. James & Shakespeare, metalbrokers, has been quitted at the lastnamod price. The American Wool Roporter of 18th August strongly opposes the protoctive tariff which is imposed in tho United States on imported wool. It states that the high import tax on raw wool has not served to help tho growers, or to indues them to keep np to other countries in production, and it has certainly been the death of many of the manufactories of tho United States. In nearly overy other agricultural product that cannot claim the least benefit from a protpotive tariff, the States competo with other countries in tho markets of the world, bnt the woolgrowors claim that their business is unprofitable, and want the tax increased. The Reporter adds:— "We must romembor that there are a hundrod peoplo of tho country interested in gotting their clothing cheap where there is one wanting worsted goods to cost more, and thoy will want the law construed to give them ohoap olothing. It is the opinion of many who have given this whole subject a practical study that the only help for the wool and woollen business must come by putting our manufacturers upon equal terms with those of other countries in getting raw materials." It would be of great advantage to the wool-growers of New Zealand if the duty were to be removed, and it is satisfactory to see the Americans themsolvos awakening to the "true meaning and real consequences of a protective tariff.