HONOURING THE PREMIER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2509, 16 April 1902, Page 54

HONOURING THE PREMIER.

BAXQTTT VT \\ KLLIXGTOX. V. KLLIXC2TOX, Apnl 11. The Right Hon. Mr Seddoji, in replying to t!u- toast of "'i'lis- (Jue-t of the E\einng," at. tlif- banciii'-t ptivoii n hi* honour last evening, after r ."Jim, a cable announcing the completion of the living of the cable between Xew Zealand and Fiji, said: — Telegraphic connection with Fiji was only the forrrunno'.' of a < 10-<er connection with Fiji. It wa- the keynote of (ireater Xew Zealand He declared expansion to be a blessing-. The Hand.- wc-ro important as a base of offensive and defensive operations over 'nine flags which other nations fly. If those at Home had had the foresight of -ome of our lead'ng itatcamen 111 the colonies, the danger which now threatened us wo\ild ue\er ha\o thieatened. Mr Sei'don next d< alt at length with .South Africa, cpiotuis hi- 1111 moiandiiin with refer. -lire to tl,r> «t itleiiienl or rl-e 'ir.U'-vmJ cjji a lrilitary I>j-i» Regarding t!ic imic u'lrajjcmciii which had be"ii giwii to the Ho r . by tho speeches ol -ome Homi' state-men, Mr >3cddon said tlial if the nec-o-Mty aro^e and the opportunity ollered, he. .is the representative of New Zealand, would -peak hi< mmd. Only that day he had rireived a coiainniiiciition from tht Secretary <>i State expre s.ng the hope that the Premier of New Zealand would arrange to *-tay at Home until the various lonfei-euces w ( re completed. It was of the greatest moment, lie said, that our opinion- should be e\prcs.-ed ; not thai we hliould bind our c-oloiue:-, or ask for representation in the Parliaine'ir of the Mother Country, but that tln-ro .-houui be a council f s<abli.-hed to dkp! periodically and discuss ijuettions dec mcd to be in thr. btbt interests of the Kmpirc. He denied tliat the Houiu manufacturer-* were not losing ground, and declared that Home e\porti pro\'od that British tr.ule was not following the flag-. Thera ought to hi- more capital inve-ted and greater energy displayed Then our kinsmen would not have to leave the Mother Country in °carch of woik Reform- would lia\o to come: "and we,'' he added. " asadvisers knowing the facN as th»y evicted, would have a great mfluein c in bringing .ibout the iiew order of thingt " The Premier wa-j loudly thtered on concluding. AX ADDRKSS FROM THE WORKERS. The Premier attended a meeting of worker-, to night, and was pre-ented with an addrefe 3 . In the course ot a «peecli he declared that employers in the colony were better off to-day than e\er. and he believed the workers were better off here than anywhere in the Empire. He went on to f-ay that conciliation and arbitration were so intimately a-cociated that there could never be any separation. He knew that workers m the Old Country required to be educated in '■omr' matters but when he reached Eng1 md he would be plea->cd to a--ist in lifting them to the le\el of then Xew Zealand brethren.

— A most interesting cominuijit.'i'ifiu Jias born rnude by a colonial doctor on the colours most favoured by "anopheles," the malarial mosquito. From his researches it would appear that tins mo=quito prefers daik ultramarine blue to any other colour, while it likes yellow least. Die, therefore, draws the inference, not merely that khaki fhould bo the best colour for apparel in mosquito countries, but aho that the insects might be trapped with tho aid of a dark) blue material. You can ward off All Dan?or3 which may arise from a bad Cold by taking TUSSI* qrjlU,