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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11195, 18 August 1898, Page 6

1•! ' A number of'students'*, from tlie Dunedm j Technical .School arid, Otago College of Phar- . j '\ m'acy"'accompanied..' Mr" Kidston-J-luiitei' on a t!] visit to '.'Messrs Keinpihorne, Prosser's works i ' at B«r'nside,. and were cordially received by. Mr •■' Snath,, the manager,, who.*conducted the visi-. ' -1 ; tors through 'the works- arid: showed the various j. '." methods of manufacture* of different products, ,- ; * chief amongst which are sulphuric acid, am- ' j i ihoiiia, acetic acid, linseed oil and meal, and 0 ':• ai'titi'c.a1. manures' and superphosphates^ -Mr - ' K.idston-Hunter complimented .Mr Smith upon * v ' the great advance the'firm had made in recent ' , years in their various ' manufactures, and es- o 1 pecially on the up-to-date plant and method a of production of superphosphates, which com- ■ 1* pared favourably.with anything of its kind in £ the old country.* Such an industry was of the greatest importance to 'the' fanning community, * , and great credit was. due to the firm in their ; endeavour to be abreast ..of the times in this ? > connection; / The Bunedin. City Abbatoir.s was d '. next"'visited, and Mr.' Snowball, M.R.C.V.S., d kindly showed the visitors' round "and, <*x- y • plained the -working generally. As the butchers ■ were very busy, the operations of killing, etc., - were been; -. The institution is one of* the finest , . l in,"the colonies, 'and-the inhabitants* of Dunf | -*' * edin .and* suhurbs* have aJlotto be'thankful':dr| p , , in.'that.,the City-Council .have :bo' successfully t. ',- provi^.ed,.a means .by* wliich they-are assured I \ ' gocd ..and heaitliy ,feed: „.,'*;.' i i.. *.•■■.*.'-, .-.:■■ •■-••■'•'. v . THE TITLE''OE!''"HbMOUIt- l" P ; -- '"' '*' ''ABLE."-- ' : jfc ; ■;; •-,,:., _»_^_|_,-, lfi The correspondence between the South'Aub- ' ?( '- tralian Gevernnient and the Secretary of State i for the Colonieß with regard to the title of . _ i■ •' Honourable" has just been [published. On j ' November 14, 1896, Mr .Chamberlain, .wrote g stating that the Queen bnd been pleased on hia p - recommendation to approve of a proposal from a \ the Governor of Cape Colony that members of " the' Lsgislative Council of -that colony should, n on retirement or resignation after a continuous c. '■ service of nol) less than 10 years, be eligible to * be recommended by the Governor for permiision Cl to retain the title of "Honourable." Mr Cham- ci 1 berlain wired whether the South Australian ft Government desired that, a (similar privilege c: sh-juld be accorded to gentlemen who had h '. vacated their seats in the Legislative Council of , g j thrit colony after the like period of service. In ; reply to this, Mr Kingston, the Premier, ,said j -, that his Government strongly deprecatnd effect ) j , being given to this proposal, as it would taod to. - s • make the most invidious distinctions between .'; ; membership of Legislative Councils snd of the popular branches, of colonial Legislatures. Mr. f Kingston also pointed .out tbat at a conference | -11 of the seven Premiers ~of Australasia a ° majority; ca*rried.",a resolution against'the pro- rf ppsal.. Mr Chamberlain's answer, was to the! r< , effect that the Governments of Oa-pe Colony ; n [' Natal,/Newfoundland,/Queensland,, and* New.- *n: Zealand desired fhis privilege. He also pointed *r( out.that the arrangement,was merely permif-* ,tl dive, arid it would re«t,w;th the Gov*rntne_fc of ; 'ft any particular colony to'fecomruend, or uofc, . C( any, qualified persou for. thp privilege.. The'; j~ correspondence closes on November 9, 1897, j with a minute by Mr -Kingston, in which he ! t says the course which has been adopted must I seriously detract from" the value of the title of I v> "Honourable." In South Australia, where ;a! both Houses are elective, it unduly emphasises I "' the r very invidious and unjustifiable dissiuctioD i "•* between Legislative Councillors, returned by a •" certain propertied section of the community, oi and members of the Assembly, elected by the i p entire adult population. If the extension were I r>( applied to South" Australia,- it would involve au ! le increase of nearly 50 .per ciiufc. to the number ; to of permouenfc " hon'ourables," and in New **, v South Wales "out of 6i. present members of jj, the nominee Legislative Council, 35 will under *g the proposed rule be entitled.to the dignity.of c 'honourable,'either immediately or within the .7 next few months." .'. In South Australia, one ; ' re-election to the Legislative Council would J . 1 secure the desired dignity, whereas the longest J? j and most honourable service in the House pf , ■i*l ■ Assembly; say, over a score of years, and necss- : st j sitating eight or ten renewed expression s of j "' electoral confidence, would be fruitless for the to same purpose. *■—? ns

! —The new "Victoria " .postal scale is a great improvement on the old method of weighing letters and parcels. There are no calculations or references to postage rates to make, as the machine indicates both the weight of the letter or parcel and the postage which it requires. Another great advantage of the machine is that there are no weights I to lie about and get Igsfc. '