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P overt y Bay Herald.

PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING, •ISBORNE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1892. MINISTERIAL DIFFERENCES. Our Wellington . correspondent telegraphed yesterday that there was a serious difference between Messrs Cadmfin and Carroll on the Native policy of the Government, and that there is a general impression on both sides of the House that no legislation on the subject will be effected this session. From the first we had an uneasy suspicion that the inclusion ef Mr Carroll in the Cabinet would not further but retard the work of Native land law reform. For a considerable time previously to his taking office, it was notorious that he was very much under the influence of Mr Rees ; but on his joining the Ministry it was hoped that in Native matters the two had parted company, and that Mr Carroll would loyally support the efforts of his colleague, Mr Oadman, to carry out reform. We would not now bo surprised to learn that Mr Carroll has gone back to his allegiance to Mr Rees, who all along has made no secret of his hostility to the proposed remedial legislation of the Government. Although the action of tho junior member for Auckland City is diametrically opposed to the interests of this district, one must give him the credit for consistency. His election to the House was a bad thing for the pr spects of reform in Native affairs. No one but himself seriously believes that there is the slightest chance of his ideas being carried into effect. If he succeeded in getting; his views endorsed by the House of Representatives, which is not likely, they would to a certainty be rejected by the Council, and the question could not be twisted into a party issue. Tho East Coast is deeply concerned in the Validation of Titles Bill. Ihe measure would stand a far better chance ot becoming law if Mr Carroll and Mr Rees were on the Opposition side of the House, but the chances would be greatly improved if they were not in the House at all. Mr Rues is still a strong advocate for Native Committees to decide all land matters affecting the race. It is hard to say what Mr Carroll believes in. Ho talks a lot of sentiment about placing the two races on an equal footing, but his actions publicly and privately belie his words. If he has really turned round at this late period of the session against the Validation Bill, he has behaved in a most unfair manner towards his colleagues. Mr Carroll was admitted to the Cabinet owing to his special knowledge of Native affairs. He should have taken a firm stand against the measure at the outset. But that, course would probably have involved the retirement from the Cabinet of eithur Mr Cadman or Mr Carroll, and tho Government coultl better spare the latter. The Native land question is of immense importance to tho country. Then* is a fundamental difference of opinion between the two members of tho Government specially entrusted with the work of framing fresh legislation. On all sides, it is admitted that reform is urgently require:!. Looking at the importance of the question and tho necessity for dealing with it, surely it must be recognised that one or other of the two Ministers should retire from the Cabinet. The Wellington correspondent of the New Zealand Herald twlegraphed at the begin uing of this week that fresh rumors were afloat of the strained relations in the Cabinet. Lobby gossip had noted the fact that certain membera who used to address one another familiarly without using tho " handle " to the name, are now most particu'ar in invariably employing the formal " Mr " and, in fact, " are quite too elaborately polite for anything." Perhaps at the Cabinet meetings in addressing each other, Ministers employ the title " Honorable." with an emphasis, Mark Anthony fashion, on the word The correspondent also states that there is said to have been a sharp little row the other clay in the Ministerial room, in consequence of the Estimates being rushed on to the exclusion of a Bill which one Minister was particularly anxious to go on with. The disappointed Minister expressed his feelings on the subject very openly and vigorously.

It is hardly necessary to remind our readers of the entertainment to be held in tho Theatre Royal this evening, in aid of the widow and family of the late J. W. Smith. The programme, which is published in another column, is a choice and varied one, and the object of the entertainment being forj so laudable a purpose should be the means of well filling the building. At the R.M. Court this morning Mr Booth, R.M., was occupied in hearing two adjourned civil cases. T. TV. Porter v. Watene Toromata and Winiata Tirito claim £71 7s ; judgment for £f>o and costs £5 3s 6d. Mr Chrisp appeared for plaintiff and Mr Day for defendants. R. R. Henderson v. John Thompson, claim £")S 2a 9d for work and labor done and moneys paid for defendant. Mr DeLautour for plaintiff", and Air Chrisp for defendant. This case was ultimately settled out of Court. A pleasing ceremony took place yesterday afternoon at the Taruheru Freezing Works, when the employees of Messrs Nelson Bros, met together in their spacious library room for the purpose of presenting to Mr G. L. Sunderland, previous to his leaving for Napier, a handsome marble time-piece. Mr James Brown, engineer, in a few well chosen remarks, made the presentation on behalf of his fellow workmen. They regretted they were shortly to lose Mr Sunderland as their manager, aud they felt it would not be fitting if they allowed him to go without a slight recognition of the high esteem in which ho was held by them all. They wished Mr Sunderland every success and happiness in his new home. Mr Sunderland, in reply, thanked them all for their handsome gift. He was pleased at the kindly feelings expressed towards him, which, he need hardly say, he fully reciprocated. The clock, which is a very choice design, is constructed of black marble and polished granito, relieved by gold lines. It has a visible escapement and goes for 14 days, striking the hours and half-hours on a cathedral gong, and was selected from Mr \V. Good ' 3 stock. On the bevelled portion of the plinth is a silver plate, tastefully chased, bearing the following inscription : — " Presented to G. L. Sunderland, Esq. , by the employees of the Taruheru Freezing Works on the occasion of his leaving for Hawke's Bay. — Gisborne, Qe'ptem.ber3otb,|lß92."

We are informed that Mr Thompson, of the Motu, has been missing since Monday last. He went into the bush without a gun, but with doga, and had not been seen or heard of up to last night. Search parties have been sent out, but up to the preseut without discovering any trail. During last year the balance to the credit of depositors in the Post Office Savings Banks of the colony increased from .£2,441,876 to £2,695,447. Tho increase in the number of sheep in the Poverty Bay district during the past year totals 73,749, bringing up the total to 753,000. The Timaru Herald says :— " We hear of one large farmer on the downs behind Timaru who is now even buying water. The weather is phenomenally fine and dry. There has been an increase of over 7000 in the number of telegraph messages sent in New Zealand during the past year as compared with the number in 1890, 1,961,161. Colonel Boyle, private secretary to his Excellency Lord Glasgow, is to leave Wellington to-day for Auckland. He intends to go to the Hot Lake district for a course of treatment for rheumatic gout. There are in this colony some 167.000 male adults. Of these, between 26,000 and 27,000 paid property tax, and about the same number pay land and income tax. Sir Robert Stout is expected in Auckland shortly en route for Samoa in connection with tlie land case of Mr Cornwall versus Messrs Wm. McArthur and Co. The pigeon-flying match from Wanganui to Wellington, in connection with the local flying club, was won by Mr Fitzgerald's John Forbes, 3£ hours. Mr Mowatt's Flotsam was second. The Otago Workman is inquiring after the name of the Dunedin Justice "who always sits on the Bench when his own children are brought up by the police." A number of settlers in the Forty-mile Bush have of late been losing their cattle and sheep, and it is rumored that they have been driven out of the district by some unscrupu- ' lous person. The sad spectacle of a seven-year-old lad imploring his father (who was helplessly drunk) to come home as his mother and brothers were starving, was witnessed in Masterton the other day. The condition of the bulk of the wheat exported this season from Canterbury has been on the whole so unsatisfactory, owing to the bad weather at harvesting time, as to warrant the most careful inspection, and a good deal has of necessity been rejected. Sheep-worrying dogs killed about forty lambs in the Balcairn (Canterbury) district last week. The lambs seem to have been killed outright, as those examined have a tooth puncture right through the skull into the brain. A corerspondent states : — The Westport excursionists returned on Wednesday morning, all but one member, who is reported to have lost his teeth overboard on the voyage down, in consequence of the roughness of the weather, and to have stayed behind to get another set. The lady who has charge of the domestic corner of the Illustrated London News counsels all her housekeeping sisters to order New Zealand lamb from their tradesmen, and describes it as the most delicious lamb imaginable, and perfectly undistinguishable from the finest English. Complaints have been made of the damage caused to the sheep on the bush farms of Sandon and Carnarvon by weasels and stoats, which, in that neighborhood, are becoming very prevalent. Fears are entertained for the safety of the young lambs. The Auckland Star of Friday last states : No wonder that settlement is being pushed ahead all over the North Island, as from the price realised for cattle lately farmers are apparently having a good time. At Buckland's yesterday, the market reached as high as 27s 6d per lOOlbs for prime beef, and the majority of the bullocks offering were a credit to the province. One pen of bullocks reached as high as £13 each. It is rumored that the butchers intend raising the price of beef next week. The musical people of Napier on Monday night organised a grand public reception in connection with the arrival of Signora Cuttica and the Royal Italian Opera Company. They seianaded the Signora in front of tho Masonic Hotel, where she is staying. The vocal portion of the seranade was rendered by the members of the Musical Society, and the City Band played several selections in the street. Upwards of ,">OOD people were present, and the event was novel, and characterised by great enthusiasm. The Wkatiier. — Weather forecast f or 2-1 hours from 9 a.m. to-day : Wind between north-west and west and south at all places. Barometer further rise everywhere, but falling at places southward of Lyttelton and Hokitika after 12 hours. Sea moderate on both coasts. Telegrams to expect frost or very cold night have been sent to all places. Synopsis of last 24 hours : Throughout the country the barometer has risen slowly with strong southerly gales and snow has fallen on the high country of Canterbury and Otago. — R. A. Kdwin. The whole machinery of the Supreme Court (says the Auckland Hera/M) was recently employed for days over a case of disputed boundaries, the value of the land being put at less than .£O. Yesterday, in the vicinity of the Municipal Buildings, a party of men were engaged in making surveys, the cause being an allegation that some valuable buildings in the process of erection j had encroached upon adjoining land. Coburg street itself, which the Municipal Buildings front, is said to be incorrectly laid out. One of our oldest surveyors states that it is well ■that, tho Aucklanders let "sleeping dogs lie," as, if a mania for testing boundaries arose, and a litigious spirit supervened, there would bo enough cases to hand to make the lawyers of Auckland happy for the next ten years. It is said that half the allotments in Queen street are out, and many of the buildings built over the street line. A story is told of an Aucklander who went away to the Californian gold-diggings, in 184S, who had' an allotment in Shortland street, and what with the general encroachments of his neighbors on each other, and defective surveys, when he returned he could not find his allotment — it was clean gone ?

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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6479, 23 September 1892, Page 2

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Poverty Bay Herald. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6479, 23 September 1892, Page 2

Poverty Bay Herald. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6479, 23 September 1892, Page 2