Mr Cadman's Resignation.

Manawatu Herald, 1 July 1893, Page 2

Mr Cadman's Resignation.

It appear quite rbht that Mr Cadmatt should v-fisfgb From the Ministry, after tile l'esulfc of the libel case. We are quite ready to believe, with the Hon. Caph'n Russell, that he has been guilty of no crime, except that of grave inconcistency. The libel suit showed that n member' of a Ministry ttliicli pretends to abhor landgrabbers, and views them as " Social pests " was hard at work on the quiet, in partnership with an influential supporter of the Ministry, in securing from the natives a valuable property in Hawkes Bay. It is argued that a Mirtistiei' has as iHUdh right to secure Maori land as well as " any other man " and so he undoubtedly has, but then if he so loves property he should not, through the Government, proclaim such an earnest desire to secure the land for the people, whilst he is working so hard to get it for himself. This is the reason why most people think he has been rightly bowled out, and why the other members of the Ministry think he does right to resign. It was not the wickedness of his deeds which shocked them but his'foolishness in being tbund out.

To-day writs from the Supreme Court were served upun the members of the Poxton Licensing Committee Informing thelh that counsel would be heard on Friday next for an order in terms of plaintiff's statement of claim or for such other order as the Court shall consider him entitled to, The plaintiff has claimed a mandamus to compel the defendants to issue a certificate, or to hear and determine his application and in the further alternative a writ of certiorari to bring up and quash the defendants' certificate (if any) refusing a license to the plaintiff and a writ of prohibition to restrain the defendants from exercising the powers of a Licensing Committee for the Licensing District of Foxton on the ground of the defendant's bias and abuse of authority.

The Uev. G. Aitkens will hold Divine .Service at Shannon in the morning and at Foxton in the evening on Sunday next.

The Borough Council meets for business, &c, on Monday afternoon. Apparently the Mayor will take the chair despite the threats he held out to the Council last meeting. We hope he will come with a vigorous determination to maintain order. Willow Grove, a handy little farm near the cemetery, has changed hands within the last few days, Mr T. Easton, owner of an adjoining property, ,being the purchaser. In the following paragraph, . which we take from the N.Z. Times, there is a wonderful deal of force in the last sentence : — During the hearing of the charge of vagrancy in the Eesident Magistrate's Court, Mr Jellicoe remarked that if the interpretation of a vagrant by the police be accepted, a man to prove that he had visible means of support might buy a pound of sausages and parade the streets with them tied around his head. To whioh His Worship replied that the man would probably either be arrested as a lunatic or for stealing the sausages. In speaking of his client's solvency Mr Jelliooe said, • My being here to defend him is proof that he has sufficient means of support.'

"Beraember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plots." English history has not been studied in vain in Spain, as from Madrid a cablegram says :— A dynamite scare has seized the authorities in Madrid, and the vaults under the Parliament buildings are being searched for deposits and explosives.

Constable Gillespie has in his possession a small silver coin, dated 1860, with the Queen's head and titles thereon, and marked 1£ on the reverse face to the head. It appears genuine, but though we have the " Maundy money," the silver penny, two-penny, three-penny, and fourpenny bits, we have no recollection of having seen penny half-penny pieces, nor do we find any account of their having been minted. Whence cometh this extraordinary coin ?

We congratulate Mr Snelson on his client of live syllable name, for whom he holds an auction sale on Wednesday. If he has much correspondence with him it would only be fair to make an increase in his commission to pay for the time and trouble entailed in addressing so exalted a personage. As the goods are said to equal the owners name Mr Snelson may expect a capital sale.

Next Tuesday Messrs Gorton & Son hold their regular sale at Sandon.

Bad roads ! At this time of the year everybody grumbles about the roads, and, of course, they might be muoh better for a little attention and thought. Seeing Mr Bartholomew on Thursday brought to mind the bad roads of the old days, when the district engineer loved to dig deep clay pits on each side of a track and throw the output on to the centre and call it a road. Four miles this side of Falmerston the road was lovely just when he had finished with it, no person could walk upon it without sinking up to his knees in it. Up this road Messrs Tawse and Bartholomew had to take an engine to start the first sawmill in Palmerston, and this piece of the road look as though it would stop them. Men in those day, however, did not run to the Government to do thing 3 for them, and very lucky to, as they were far better able to tackle a difficulty than any of the public men we were then blest with. These gentlemen found the engine would not go through the mud onwards, though it would very readily do so downwards, so they set to work and built a sledge upon which they placed the engine, and with sixteen bullocks and the use of a large quantity of forcible language the engine got to its site, almost on the opposite side of the road to where the gasworks stand.

The case of the Otaki police versus the Salvation Army for "incumbering the road" was settled the other day by Mr Brabant, R.M., and Messrs Kebbell and Stuclcey, Js.P. , by recording a conviction against the Army, but ordering no punishment. The decision may be appealed against.

The London correspondent of a contemporary wrote last month :— Mr and Mrs F. W. Frankland leave on the 24th inst., by the White Star steamer Germanic, for New York, where Mr JFrankland will enter upon the duties of his new and lucrative appointment in that city. He made it one of the terras of his acceptance of the post that, he should be allowed a month's holiday in England every year, and so I shall hope to see him occasionally. He and his wife are sorry to leave England and their pretty home at Norwood, but the inducement was too great to be ignored. There is a proposal that eacfh of the actuaries of the New York offloa ahull attend Bl* AngQtbi to Saftßf tsntjajk T)i!s

The world moves and so must boots, Messrs Ramsey & Co. to accelerate the movettlent ftttnottpces elsewhere that in fwnaectidn With tlic CtJiflirig: Week's sale they have opened a bean and pea competition in which the winner can secure the choice of a pair of boots free of cost. The Foxton State School re-opens on Monday next. Some enquiries having been made as to the flfite tlie sHqotlrig Season' closes we have deferred to the Gazette and find that it AoeH not close till the 31st July. Mr J. Huntly Allan invites tenders for alterations to Aberdeen House. Tenders close on Saturday next. On Wednesday Messrs Abraham and Williams hold a sale in Foxton. The way demands for contributions are made by public bodies upon one another Heed looking into; Mr Kebbell, Chairman of the Horowheiiila Cdutftjr Council, has discovered that the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards assessed tne 1 County's contributions on the value of all the lands in the County, including Crown and Native lands, from which the County receives no rates. This is, of course, a very unfair way of arriving at a conclusion, when the wfiole of the property in the city is only taken, and is all rate producing.

the hearing of a milk case in Wellington* this week, One witness swore he assisted in the manufacture of milk. The method was to take one quarter oflt of a five gallon can of pure milk, and fill the can up with a mixture of water, saltpetre, common salt, and a drug called arnatto.

In the Legislative Council the Hon. E. Oliver presented a petition from the Christian Women's Temperance Union, praying that the age of consent should be raised to 18 years. This would be more useful work for wottied to look into than a great many public matters they worry themselves about. At present, in this colony the age is fixed at 12 years, in Eng' land it haH been raised to 16 years. A little reflection will bliow how much our law wants improving.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received from their London oflice the following cable message, dated 27th Jute : — Wool — Since close of last sales, greaßy and scoured merino super, scoured merino medium and inferior are £d to Id per lb lower ; greasy merino medium and inferior, fine and medium greasy crossbred, medium and coarse washed and scoured crossbred are id per lb lower, coarse greasy crossbred, super and medium and inferior greasy merino lambs are par to $d per lb lower ; and greasy crossbred lambs has declined Ad per lb. Home buyers are purchasing freely, but continental demand is limited. There is much irregularity in the bidding. The total quantity catalogued to date is 81,000 bales. Wheat — Market is depressed. Spot quotations have declined 6d per 4901 b since last report. Other quotations unchanged sidce last telegram. From Sydney we learn that the medical evidence shows that the man alleged to have been kicked to death by larrikins died of fracture of the spine. The body bears no traces of kicking, though two witnesses swear to it.