THE PREMIER'S NATIVE TOUR.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 50, 27 August 1895, Page 3

THE PREMIER'S NATIVE TOUR.

-. ♦ TO THS KCITOR. Sib— How comes it that the " Pakeha and the Maori" bas not reached the Public Library? The people cannot afford the 2s aaked for. the aooount of a tour the expenses of which they have had to defray. The pablid libraries throughout the colony Bbonld each receive a eopr, for the reason that the book his been published at the national coat. If thia coarse is not taken, the Pre* mler -frill have afforded to the pnblio no evidence in support of his contention that this tour has been the means of settling the native difficulty. In conclusion, let me add that an intimation to the following effect would have a gratifying effeot upon many people : — " The Premier has been pleased to nesont the Fubho Library with a oopy of lis famous pamphlet descriptive of his Urewera hardships." I am, *0., Postbmtt. There are it applications for the vaoant assistant teacherahip at Kilbirnie, and 18 for the Mangatainoka position. A stump oration from Patrick Toohcy on the corruptness of existing Governments and the inequality of woalth and power, &0., was delivered to a small meeting of unemployed on the reclaimed land this afternoon. As, however, the speaker had no proposals to make to relieve the present congestion, though he oondemned the relief works as being as repulsive as the darkest dungeon, he was not taken seriously, and the meeting dispersed when he had said his say. Ihe Wairarapa Star, a warm Ministerial supporter, professing ultra-Demooratio principles, writes as follows s— The Minister for | Labour, if he has any-respeot for the cause which he pretends to ohampion, should hesitate before inflicting further Labour legisla- ! tion upon ths country. He has not yet had an opportunity of judging the effects of hie | past legislation in this direction, and if he only knew how thankless are those whose prospects he has Bought to improve he would allow Labour measures to drop for a season. 'There are so many national problems to be solved by the Legislature at the present time that it is only fooling the people to endearonr to satisfy them with legislation of a olasis nature. ; An action is being heard in the Supreme Court to-day in wbioh J. Thompson, solicitor, claims from Grace Harper and T. M. Wilford, solioitor, the execution of a mortgage, and payment of charges and interest. Plaintiff, in his statement of olaim, alleges that in May, 1895, the defendant Harper I owed bis firm .£163 115, secured by lien over property at Porirun and Palmerston North, she agreed to pay the .£IQO on condition that he abandoned the lien over the property, and delivered np the deeds and documents, when a legal mortgage would be exeouted, •übjeot to a mortgage to William Dimook of .£3OO. The defendant Wilford at the same time guaranteed the performance of the agreement. The defendants -paid JBIOO, and received the documents, but sub* sequently the defendant Harper refused to execute the mortgage or pay the balance owing. The plaintiff olaim* from the Court a declaration that the lands are charged with the payment to him of JS6S 11s and interest, the exeoution' of a legal mortgage, judgment for JSlilla, and interest on that sum at the rate of £& per cent, per annum. The defendant Harper's defence is that Mr. Wilford had no authority to enter into an agreement on her behalf, and the defendant Wilford olaima that he had the necessary authority. Mr. Jelliooe appear* on behalf of the plaintiff, Mr. Gray for the defendant Harper, and Sir Koberfc Stoat for Mr. Wilford. The case was proceeding at the time of going to press. The annual aooial gathering of the Civil j Servants is fixed to take place in Thomas' Hall on Friday evening. Amongst the travellers' samples that C. Smith, the Cash Draper, Cuba-street, is selling at Glasgow, prices for this week only will be found some very choice blouses, some very pretty mantles, and a lot of very useful jackets and golf and other- capes, besides umbrellas, parasols, ladies' aprons, children's pinafores, corsets, nnderolothiotr, children's grannie hats and bonnets, stockings, gloves, and a lot of other very useful lines, at Glasgow prioesfor this week only.— Advt. for eonttouotton oj noomg matt** mjourth