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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXII, Issue 7414, 3 December 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)

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{*<'■l.l7l cat.-. . ; r. vihuh ooncludeit oaily lx** .-t.dtbno months »'f tb*-^ « *>ae WA* devott'd , ntir«'ly '•* , ■ « ii» ti-’y ?’-<■ lii’vt'fv, ■*; Tf-.1l i° ‘ , > worth; <-f Ib<- a; i k'!’ of P* p * *i* Major Alt*.nff.*n ifs-sil, whrnl** | rt rt ?!.<-. r.tirinmi’f unp.it»';it .;«•! an impsl u rsl juibbc. il i» *hr , • • ~i !ba‘ ~-.r, U- wl t-’ ft tvpro>.<;.- | l>;v. In a ivnn.lry wh<-s < o | ■ -,%■ admit* thrre Are no party line*. I wh.uh. '.v=i-»M>-fn*lly at Itwl-. I - ■ ft ■ ■- f.-'b-r an < ! .-n, wl-cn 1 i.i’re arc j , » ro(Vi<’’•*. ««■* when a ‘k*nfa- 3 h»* !'■■■’*-i > many y fan, j r-d -it*if *-v-mj'*e»Sni| to rv'Bgo. j • >, i, l-3y nut .-a Augmt t <»a , • •. ib< firrt Mmt-V<igel «b>v««- | .. . i-« »r. ;n Tbs; n* | jK li.y bs Ir-fi- tJ.c o«n-.iilry on I ; ':> :n the t■t.-ivfrnor’s B{siicb, j , f, at,n At '-V \ y a majo- I J* t, • > ar. a week *"U®oed Mr j - %nd S;r !i>v>rg>(* Grey to relinquish, > tun. the task of forming * ■ v - , - v 11«, \«eust 2* tho Atkinson- i i iT(-rrmerit. *» swiwn in, and \ - \ -- •• mx* dcfoatol l>y a majority 1 • - •> r ft-h ; .-viag thodutinctjtvn of Iwang S ••.■i . *‘ll nwrd. 4> n | - ■ iiir.r-.ir.t wa* p*,«m j - ■! 3 i “ **-< < .mduct the | ■. uvAi'x in .:***-! j . . i ;• md» .f the session | v f ;.. *1 .r. i the Gowrament. I a‘. ti * . Vw. l’. sJn nt ha.' l**’CH | -i.! i i*. ry ■ ! *.’.>• tn. r* i.-;in;ng ; • f tliO -.‘.-I- .> 'll. T>, iartc-ry ‘ f thr-of tvo m--nthi l*. to * , , i*. r.i. il < j .f ;h- <»ovettit,; T;.. ;>*•: 3-V. v -.; C. •..rauient • la tJ ;• 1 ; f -* :l < H •->■» which the >{ .:sw- r. w‘oi IT<- w->-(Bd Stout-Vogel , s.rT.rr-r.! :< i "h< Mif'pert of the - „.«■ rnr. ■ '*’.'.viyc tiio House . f,. r.vi, .:■'Tvti.-O, that it had t 1 / ~.-to.k- ■ i Ta'hiy oondvmniag the . ; ; by the firvt. Time had to digest the new prin-< ; !«• , . xtieriiare had taught the I t. n- l.r- ss.-ce expUdl in their j : ■ *l*. »s well os to decide vusl vT vhc.r pro -rarome they would com-1 ■ at*, and whit they w.-uldpostpmc j . r-oftt of Parliament. The! . • wav itsduot-d tf* got through the j . ;■ .--f on the usderstaading j .. f,«,7 -T • Financial Stotomcat would lv j ir!iM r--i nxm. When the oodewtaading | tiw found the State- ; rs-ry tcsch to if** UkLtg. It went -. h t.v< t the ground of the Go-’..-r's -!. of Acsrujti ii*. it w;ji hopeful .r. Jo", it wi* practical iu <. barawTter, • was pro den*, in aim, and it divided work sat,* lw.* part*; that which *! l*e at cnee attended to. and wiuth w mid be postponed for a year. . r. .ur.does* of it* finance wju* denied by ‘ <j*rit.;< ri, but the di'mal faih-d, aftei ii * j but not long debate, to ■ tt* ’Ujijsut of the H<>use. T"L<- 1 1 ' . . i ■'* • j? Hiicur.t tiome on ;r. due j 4 : o-isd fill'd is the details | ■ . : i; ■»•. had bo-n treated is the j ■ *-totem*nt, with Kecessary gea- j \ :,u3.l«*r -i fviht-y Bills had) ■•■ f -rt ."Uid bn's jsafe.—'d j •-.,•*■■ It wo* their saocew*. in I ■ u . :,jibJ<-d the Public Works | ' *. js.fe?3< a sth effect. The | •i e.ie'i from tret to hut, make ; tsph V list. They are the j i; i-_ai}a*y Bill, the two West j .*-. - Bill*, the tVßUfvlidated I ; v* I'r-'je-rty T-is Bill, the! - . -j L 11. the B:!s, the . t S’.iuranre H:U. the . ■ . t..< Itadwayc Aatls j - , «jth th<- dwisioU of th<* I Trunk itoilway v’-aamiUe*', I ■ * j.njaitu made in tho original f hjf Juhmt pdicy, afc ■.vj, ( publ.e Porks, and »id« to • * ,* ,md other industries of the .< -■ uc*-»-U*-d. If tile measure of ■ 1 *. it eetSswra ift ft* good, CeSl ■ . *■ . t«- a* great a ■;n-dit to the ■i jiTi-seOt ofc** has been, 1 ■ * - ; ■ hi- marked by tlw* saus*■arc**- H.:.:.i T3bt» quaitiWM p>:with are W>l <» .■ ruvt.’., i . . Itifurm, the Native 1-vd * ■ <■..) Ntrviwf Reform, ' will pro*.•!. **.,,■*. en**ugb and to 'pit-. The GoV. r: ... view of ttk« *'Ht of the.r . ..-*. ,} yAurf ■ ncesl not t- j. i., f) tj*>acb defeat of the Jurtr. I Jtiilwi-yo , the South fh-» Bill, .n.i <U- civil : Bill. The first >mj at..,;., i <.■ .m..tor, , .•ij.v uwiiioii; th«' other* t> - *-i* <--3 ti.-.ft r *• Aft & set-ofi to theft-e fallthe • .-r.u*)i*nt tffui claim that they ! >.i. . <-d the House to give an jinp.-tii! t*. - ftoatu, that they have effectually *1 the unemployed qtif-atios, and that • iv«* left alsatraet quodiom aloa.-, to.- whole, the Govemiie-.'.t ha-» reason - -;<.!:sfied with Parliam.nt; and tho • •*,. n-a. reason to be satoiie l with the ■ m.m-hI for it* ample fulfilment of iu jiromuie#. A grand y ha* e,guraud and placed OB a t Hind <» s’-hjn the epacc of two moati.s. Two -• • h.iTe seldom H*CB bettor in '*• *» '/.*-ftlai}d I'&ritamont, ;* n 'iiUtt<*b has not be<!a ocglvctcd, ■ a- tivity of member* ha* not been The first U reprewmted by tho • i iVoiueu’,. pr-.jftTiy BUI, the Police - Bill, Workmen** Wages BIU, the B-.rd. Bill, the Court* Bin, *Li ptograrmne of reform *{* by the Kuy.U Commisrion «wr • • the Bankruptcy Bill, th* 1 : " ' Bill, the Alienation of Land Will, • number of other*. I**.-*! Bill* have ■“,}• rtoat. such a* the 'I uator FKtttwhich affects tor tb*- twiter an -’•? d:toiv»iag annually a Mim of ‘ m the Auckland Proviare ; and -*<■ .r- \iAtf had careful ath-ntt.«— ... ’’ Napier. «>Ukeo. WvUingbm. *• “ ’-s. ■ *’< i». 'lli-3*+e are . »- . ...i*,- wh;ch ferea *h - subte.’

lof tin* *i> ' I'lltHM Jit I't'H T SillN. Ih*, i-cvn* b.’tiefirtcd. At U*l, after many |;< Ar«" V’. an ir.> n-A«<- of 14W }H'r I .-rr/. in )'*•' . in'iiUti. n. {>;*■ remit of oh rapI n.-»* IT- - r . u-Mi ut ha* l»njn | ably >iii. 5. «; }.s» tlto iuqv.rtonl qucflI tom <4 (nip-.tted iv.iiaay work. Question;* • Jsvk' Jiof-r; fairly numerous, and if there I hu Iwi! hard ev h»u;;<> of pomes sUliost I there iiA#- r.ol be. n nay waste of tlmv, nor i ha» {bore H,>r-a any faoti-m* uppedUon. !n HLe roi.lrt <>( their tj»)Uif«riom duli>’. \ tacmK'r-' f.ufid firm' for an excursion | to Kawhis and Now Plymouth, to their

I great rtri-.yment and th«* ejvning of th**ir | tr.-.ndj kllheQgh h'.it tvtro months of th«* j three w5,; ( -.h the rotsien lasted won* givoss II * h«iMisop». few jn-f. r.oa* of the Now Zo.iland ■ Ijegidat ure hare *tene iw much grwl work : n.e the , »'v nd se«*!«n of IBS4.

1 Tl.o expiring days of tho iwwdon were , talon ;;p «,th a enhp-cl which, though it | has hardly Kv-m te> live, i* the object of a j rapidly expiring attention. Wo moon i Federation The H«»w oaring ns little I about st a* the peddle. the Government | wo«> ohl;g.-d to withdraw their resolution ! concern mg it. la loyalty to their predo--1 oofwtnt. they brought i* forward, and stuck ■l. it ,vi manfully as they could. All thh : t -.ihor re solutions of the Sydney Conference | «,*ro agreed to, .'.« a matter of course. ' Federation we ran all allow to stand over ; until we can federate with the Empire in ] general. To federate with Australia in i particular decs net suit the Britain of the | South by any means. | TJie Session will be always remarkable | for the ..nanimity displayed by the Canter* | bury members, a* a mie. Canterbury has j never bad a phalanx I* fore, hut, consider* | lag the advantages gained by the first on r-.-ivrd, Canterbury will probably take care never to W without one again. The mail contract with the New Zealand Shippi c g Company mill divideaboutX! 3,000 a year between the two purveyor* of direct fleam, and perhaps ft.xufthing more by way of l-cnn# for quick trij*. The rise in the Suva rate*, gazetted to take place from tlu* 15th ef thepnsent month, will provide lente <i the nit my by diverting it from that hnr. Some of the will also no doobt l-e diverted from the 'Frisco route, I but that will not be a so ring to the Colony, for the Colony pays the Frisco Company a fixed sidy, net a p ;tal rate. It is very i satisfa*. t-jiy. or ought to be so, to the whole I Colony, that a tiesvmmeot has at last > induced the tf> grant the direct | steam .-s.-rvice a substantial consideration I in aid. j The district railways have, after mu'-h I <Lu>curi!-j< n. anxiety, and criticism got ba«.k by stress of resolution proposed by the Premier, to a position very much like what they started from. The Houm has re* que#Vd the House to enter into negotia* tiss* f< r their purchase, subject to the approval of Parliament. As this only en* Mires ite fair treatment of each case of purchasi- on its merits it is the best thing that cculi liave happened. Government could always negotiate on these terms, but the request of the Lower House to initiate m-KOtiatioas in a manner binds that House ! to insii-t on purchase on sane terms. That : will ! e f:und to lead to the l*cst way out of

- t Le of a complicated subject. Nfw that the Beet Bill bos paosed ta#f< ly both Houses of Assembly, it f.rJy remains to congratulate Sir Julius a a the suttees which his project, Lejj-jiii :a 1575, has attained. It was in that year that bir J alius present’d to Parliament ok-- of the most valuable industrial paper?! that Uu- Blue Books contain. At thi time no one would have anything to isay to the question of the l»eet augar industry. Public opinion, hwever, ha# steadily projri'eHtd, in h degree .■win t; t j the information contained in Sir J. Vogel'* paper, which—unlike most Parliamentary paper* —was extcnaively circulated at the time. The progress of public

opinem Laving found Sir Julius Vogel coneifttent, the natural result a that the Beet Sugar Bill has Ucn drawn up and pjw*,-i. A# encouraging a valuable addition to tin* new’fcunry variety of our agricult -:.', the Bill is not tlie least useful of th*- i'-iuv Bills of the Government.

Hvr.mrd ha# Justified it# admirers and OTfcjtuxJwl the tbwip popularity liuuU'rs by increasing it* circulation from 100 to 1405—About 14D0 per cent, The result of cheapness (the publication now coat# 2d per iMtu;. i t., the price of ink, paper, and machinery). is an increase of 1400 per cent. Who can say after this that no. one ever yewli li-jnmrd ? If the members’ free distribution of tiatuard among their constituents were to lx* put an end to, 1500 more subscribers would wheel into lineWahanoi'# appearance at the Bars of the House of Beprosentatires and of the Legula* HveConseilisa credit to that famous chief. A* oneol Nature'snoWmm-n, hornet, capable and trustworthy from Urn crown J his head to «h* sole of his foot, largwbmined and big-hearted, shrewd, genial, and courteous, WahMui ha# a better right to bo accepted and followed a# an authority on the Native Land question than any man of cither race who ha# ever spoken within the wall# of the Representativ# Chamber. He is in favour of management of Native Lands by Native Committees, according to the proposal which Mr Wi Fere ha# embodied in bis Land Bill. That BUI prop*** to graft this principle on to the present Act for the establishment and constitution of Native Committees. It preserves the right# of the Native minorities without any injury to those of majorities. It provides for cheap ascertainment of title, for cheapness of sale, for certainty of good management. It deserve* a place m the Statute Book. Wahamu probably prefers to make the Native Land# iaalmn4ble j but a# it must he evident that any msch system Is necessarily, like abstinence from liquor, dependent on the public opinion of those who pmctlce It. Wl Fere's proposal wonhl give him all be wants. Wahamu'# did not produce any laud policy 3SL kind- But It has redumd the Native Load Settlement Bill to simply p»t*«tteg the km*» along the route of the Northern Grand Trim* U»« Irom the rapacity of I speculators. , i 'Hie House chewed the old chad when

ho demanded that th« Native* should hi* proteited from the danger* of the UqUnr trade. Wo h«‘jv>, in loiiitnon with all men of grod mi!, that thi* ehe. ring will not ho fruitless.

Now that the Holgian Consul-Oeneral in AuAtr.ila*in, Mr Itcekx, and the repre* sentarive of the Helgtan Syndicate, M. do Harvejj are in New Zealand, we hojn* they will receive every encouragement and w.1.-uue from all clasws. Population is }hi' groat need for this country. Voluntary iumiigratien ii the mod likely, for its own take, to l*e prepi'fly selected, so as to l*e a source of gain, its id'ji'i't is to place lelf.reliaul, capable, industrious!, settle* j!i*-nts in the country. That being the obje»t of M. de Harveu's Syndicate, we wbh bim every «ncc«ss. An English Syn* dirat<> prefixing to bring out jH'ople of the Anglo-Saxon race on the same terms would naturally W preferable to the AnghvSaxon cub-iiistM of New Zealand. Hut. as there is no English Syndicate, the Belgian is entitled to approval unqualified with regret. M. de Harven has not yet got to Canterbury, but in expected to arrive this morning. t„VN!> H.U.KS. The {last month lias witnessed the exchange of a goodly number of town, suburban, and country properties. Those offered and sold hv public auction in the illy include land In High street, opposite the Borough H<*tel at JtHO p**r foot frontage (SljfU doll m Lichileta street, east of High street, at {* r foot; and “ The Pnnw of Wales" projwrty in Colombo street south,for jC3645. A blookof ijnereson the Fendalton road, known as “ Whale’s," including the garden and orchard, sold for XI l“T, or JE3OS per acre; land in Wilson’s Nurscrv. Ferry road, has changed hands at XI2O and Xl4O per i-iure; a block, not .put*' 5-acre m extent, iuljoining the Show Grounds on the south side, with no huSrovvmcnts. sold for X 33 0; and 88 acres at pawa, well known as tho residence of the late Hr Earle, has changed ownership at X3BOO. There has been a large amount of speculation in New Brighton Beach sections, but the average price per 1-acre has not exceeded Government township prices, via., X»2 IDs. The Sumner sections still maintain their high price, and private sales there are reported at X 7O and X 165 per i-acre. 'lhere have not been many auctions of country properties, but the following sales have been made, viz.;—2s2 acres near Peel Forest, South Canterbury, at X 4 per acre j several blocks near Southbridge at X 24 and X 25 per acre j mid a block of HI acres at Kaituna (Mr Fleming’s) at X 33 per acre. Money is plentiful at 74 and 7 per cent, for good security.

«Bims«. Tho arrivals and departures at and from the Port, of Lyttelton have been during tho Ixit month les-i important than during any # ike jv»r;od for some time past. Thera has been cne arrival only from London, that of the N-w Zealand Shipping Company’s fine Ateamer Ruapehu, via Port Clialmera, on. Nov. 15, and one fronf '®)s£6n~direct—the barque Charles E. Lewla; and in neither case do thesu event# call for any ipwi#] comment. The Ruapehu, after colling at Wellington, Nov. 20, and returning to Lyttelton, Nov. 23, left lor London on the 36th of the same month with a full cargo of wool, meal, and sundries, and about GO poeeengers. She was in nice trim, and will keep up her reputation as a fast and comfortable ship on the trip home. The same Company’s clipper Otaki, Captain Worcester, sailed for London on Nov. 29, after a lengthy stay in Lyttelton, with a full cargo of wheat and wool: she should be heard of in the channel in 90 days from tiie date of sailing. Of the other vessels which were in Lyttelton last mail date, the New Zealand Shipping Company’s Wairoa left for Napier on Nov. 15 to load there for London. The barque Lochnagar also left for Gisborne two days later. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s clipper Fareora also left for the Bluff on Nov. 19, taking part of the original cargo for that port, and to take the homo berth there. Two vessels now on the way out are the Waipa. of the New Zealand Shipping Company's line, 89 days out (Dec. 2) and the Wave Queen, Cl days, on the same day. The New Zealand Shipping Company’s as. Kaikoura. the first of th * two larger steamers built for them by John Elder and Company, i» to-day (Dec. 2) 35 days out from Plymouth, and as she made the host run to the Capo done by the direct steamers, she should lie due next week at Wellington, her first port of call. She is advertised to load during December. The Shaw-Savill and Albion Company’s e.». Coptic arrived at Port Chalmers on Nov. 29, after a not very brilliant run of 49 days, blie is advor-< tUed to leave Lyttelton for London, vifi Napier and Wellington, about Dec. 4.