The Lands for Settlements Bill.

Manawatu Herald, 21 August 1894, Page 2

The Lands for Settlements Bill.

» The Minister of Lands has succeeded in passing the above Bill intact through the House. This was not done without the preliminary caucus, |at Which Government^ Vuppdrters were lectured as to their behaviour in committee. . We consider all our objections to the BWb have been thoroughly endorsed by the action of the Minister, as so grasping has he been for the power to do his own sweet will with the holdings of the wealthier colonists, that not one amendment of minimising nature would he accept from friend or foe ; indeed he appeared to view every man a foe who could not swallow his views wholesale. The disadvantage of any member supporting the second reading of this Bill becomes manifest, he gives the Minister his first point, that gained, members get • split up upon the various amendments and are used against each other and for the support of the Bill as a whole. How has all this been managed ? Every member is a free man and vrtis "elected i to represent the views of his constituents. Have they done so ? By the report of the proceedings in Parliament we should gather that the Liberal party were anything but unanimous on their Minister's Bill, which, had a member dared to say and act as ho desired, would have been considerably altered. The only way obedience has been secured seems to have been by the bluster and threats of the Minister, and, when you come to reckon it up, a dissolution means a losing game to very many now acting as representatives. The Bill gives the Govern ment power to borrow a million and a quarter pounds to buy back .lands from settlers while hundreds of thousand of acres lie unoccupied, and interest on a part of this sum has to be borne by every colonist. Mr McEenzie uttered a very strongly expressed' wish, in the House a few days back to the effect that he wished he could leave the Ministry, but it will nob be near so strong as the one that will be uttered in a few years time when the effect of this peculiar land dealing comes to be known, with all its disadvantages and all its costs".. Yet*- the* Liberal party- have scored a victory, at present.

Mr HBgg speaking about the Board proposed in the Land for Settlements Bill. sail :— The member for the district is unfit: ";• His pdsilion will be lifce tHat. of a tiiaH making a fM-^idrUni examination of his own living carcase." The banquet tendered to Mr Rolleston was held on Saturday at Bellamy's, and •company-nnrrrtJCTed'tllirty. ~Captaln Russell was in the chair, and proposed the health.of the guest, to which Mr Rolleston. responded. The oilier speaker's were Mr BinCe., the Hem 0. C. fiowen, John Brycej H.- -Mitfihelsoti ami Mr t. ~ Mackenzie. Mr Rolleston pointed out that the Colony's safeguards were freedom of speeßh, the liberty of the press and an independent judiciary. T)ie fire ip the Mokihinui Coal company's mine is now practically out. VesseJsjte«!p ; brißginßgo!dto New Zealand; and his ter^aaWi wanted. >- A v J^h Md df%ld has been made near >#<*tflasi: ftf Espejance Bay, South Australia:;: yieldlfig 30 or 40 ounces to the ton. who has carried on business.jn the tramsheds left yesterday morning i for other parts. To save worry he walked to Motuiti and took train from there, but a creditor having learnt that the professpc was taking an unusual constitutional" walk so early m the morning, decided to take a trip by train from Foxton and so |'«ccid«nHy. J> met the walker at that station. Thj language that ensued was both . wJarm-and free, resulting in no advantage to. the creditor except as a relief to hta ■feelings, and Ihe journey was therefore discontinued at this point by the creditor, but resumed, in trains by the debton ; Messrs McMillan, Rhodes tfc Co. hold, an atletioii sale at tlieil 1 i'ooms on Saturday, Some of the more important lines are enumerated in the advertisement. The Manawatu Polo Club gave a ball at Palmerston on Friday. During the evening much consternation was caused by the disappearance of a case of whisky. Not that the dancers had too much for some rank outsiders appropriated the liquor ami only* left the case. Our prohibitionist friends would say that tea was quite as refreshing and not near so tempting to outsiders. To-night the concert and coffee supper at the Methodist Church takes place. The building shonM be crowded. We have to thank the publishers, for a copy of Stone's Wellington, Hfiwkes Bay and Taranaki Directory, a most, useful anil accurate compilation, which should be in the hands of all business people. It is handsomely and strongly bound, and contains 580 pages. The division of the work help the seeker after information very considerably. _ Messrs Loveday Bros, new advertisement will appear next issue. However as a piece of news we may mention it will have some reference to startling bargains as they have just concluded the purchase of the balance of the stock of the Sydney Drapery Company at a discount of fifty per cent. The goods will bo ready for sale on Saturday morning. Messrs Kember and Todd, accountants, JmviiiK been appointed by the Government, to examine the system of keeping accounts at the Public Trnst Office, commenced their work yesterday. '- A splendid slibw of silver ore, 3 '.t thick, lias been struck in the Comet mine, Tasmania Captain Johnson of the Marine Department, died at his residence, Wellington, on Sunday morning. He arrived in thecolouy in 1853, having brought out the srs. Ldfd Worsloy. He was in his 69 th year. On Saturda£afterhdon,a 1ad .15 years of age, named Ernest Arthur Coles, was accidently shot in the face by a lad named Haddon, at Wellington. The right half of the face was riddled with shot and the eye was so hurt that it had to be removed. The people's representatives ! Mr Willis gravely informed the House, open confession being good for the soul, that " AH the lunatics from Wanganui come to Wellington, sir." Peering- into the future about his single tax Mr O'ftegan assured the House last night that in 909 years, the term of the lease iu perpetuity, the eyes of the people would be opened. " No," corrected somebody at his elbow ; "they'll be closed." An interruption which upset the gravity of the House, and knocked the 6ingle tax apostle off the track for a second or two.— Times. With a slight enlargement of the powers and duties of Committees all the functions of the Education Boards should be performed very mnoh more efficiently and satisfactorily by the Minister and Department of Education.— Post. News has been received of an outbreak of fire at the Mokihinui Coal Company's mine. It appears that a quantity of small coal, fire clay, and iron pyrites stacked in one of the drives, technically known as "board," ignijed spontaneqasly. It i» not now anticipated that the result, will be serious. The manual fire engine will be sent from Westport to-morrow morning by train. Speaking on seotion 95 of the Licensing Aot 1881, Mr Martin, S.M. at Wellington, said: -The powers conferred by the seotion were in their effect very far reaching, for they enabled two committeemen, privately, without taking evidence on oatji, and without' any opportupity to. ajiy person to object, to oonfer- * Vight to serve, not until the next meejiag iql the Committee, bin for .)he remainder of the term for which the license waa granted, r upon a person who had paid no fees, had obtained no certificate as to his character, and who was under no obligation to cauae any entry of the matter to be made in the statutory records of the Committee. : Mr W. Phillips is_appointed a trustee of the Sandon Public Park', in place of George Phillips," resigned, ~ - It is reported in Paris that M. Ferdinand de Lesseps has resigned his position as P^identan^ Director of; the Suez Canal Company, s and thate' in "recognition at his great services a proposal will be made to confer au annual; pension: of CO.OOOfr. upon his children, and another of a similar aniouut upon Jklnje.-de Lesseps. ~ • % , CA-oarjoaVfiigifbf; the intense-4iotd wnrcli the cycling craze has in Paris, is afforded by the news that at the Arabign Theatre a " stable " has been fixed up for the reception of machines used by persons, who care to adopt this means of reaching the famous Boulevard house. A large number of cyclists, we are told* patronised the innovation the other night. In another column it is notified that Mr J. J. Calderweod, an experieneed maker, has purchased the aerated water business which has heen carried on by Mr Hamer. A writer in the Garden gives us a list of the best varieties of apples for planting and propagating, having especial reference to the British markets. For permanent ov» cbards on j^s^or ultimately intended fqf grass, he says': permanent "trees should include Blenheim Orange, Herefordshire Beefing, Tom |Putt, Bramley'a Seedling, Ecklinville Seedling, Dumelow's Swdling, and Warner's King.

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