TOWN EDITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10967, 9 May 1907, Page 3

TOWN EDITION

The s.s. Tarawera, from Gisborne, reached Auckland at noon to-day. 0. G. Macartney was the champion allround player m Sydney first grade club cricket during the season just closed, with a batthiT average of 112, bowling 10.61. Trumper had a batting average of 85, S. J. Redgrave 77, Hopkins 69, Noble 66. A peculiar accident happened last week at Ballarat (Vie). A large dog snapped a string of sausages from a butchering establishment and ran on to the road between the legs of a draught horse, which was attached to a farmer's dray. Tlie horse was thrown heavily, and ou examination its neck was found to liave been broken. Dr Croker, who arrived m the colony about a year ago to join the Government staff, and who, as part of his duty, performed a post-mortem on the body of an Indian, doubtless having forgotten that .he had a small scratch on hie hand, was blood poisoned, and died from the effects m the Suva hospital. He was a young man of 28 years of age, and liad made many friends during his short residence m the colony. The editor of a Marathi newspaper published m Bombay was charged a couple of months ago under Section 124a of the Penal Code, m consequence of the publication of an article headed "What Territory Forms Hell 'on Earth— The Empire of the Firinghis." One passage m the article rap:— "There have heen many oppressive and cruel rulers up to now, but the English have surpassed them all m cruel inhumanity and baseness, such as can nowhere be found. Nadir Shah, Tamerlane, and Nero,. who claimed the topmost place m point of, cruelty, have been put to shame _y these Firinghi Nerps. The doings of the English have surpassed even those of Satan. But, oh God ! what avails the wrath of a disarmed people?" The Presidency magistrate, before whom the case was tried, bound the accused to find security that he would he of good behaviour for six months. Tlie^liui^e^^6^L^_u_i^Jn_^^ 'oT^n^SSdress under the auspices of the Waihi Liberal and Labor Federation- lasi' Thursday night, m referring to- the labor laws, combated the contention that- labor legislation had-been the cause of the increased price of living, and held that it was due almost entirely to the enhanced value of land created by the increase of population, which was naturailly followed by increased rent. He held that the Conciliation and Arbitration Act had been one of the greatest boons the colony liad ever known. Tlie W or k €rs> Compensation Act had done- a lot of good, but wanted improvement. The , Old Country was ahead of New Zealand m this matter, m that provision was made for compensation when disablement or death occurred under wJiat were known as dangerous' trades. Tlie clause would, if applied to New Zealand, benefit the mining community, m that miners suffering from what Avas known as miners' phthisis would, if disabled as a result of working m a mine, be m a position to claim, compensation. In the Bankruptcy Court at Wellington On Monday Daniel . Jobber ns, formerly a commercial travelelr'iivNewy Zealand, but now of Sydney, applied for his discharge. It was stated that many years had elapsed since Jobberns had fijed, and Mr Justice Button said he had for a long time past held very strong opinions about bank, rupts' discbarges being delayed for a considerable length of time. He made these remarks because he thought.it was necessary that something should be done m the matter. Wh ere there were undischarged bankrupts m "a community, whose bankrupticies took place some time ago, there was always a chnnce v that their bank* ruptcies would be forgotten. His Honor's opinion was that if a bankrupt was not entitled to an early discharge, he should be punished m some way, but his discharge should be granted without delay, so that the public would not be penalised by liaving an undischarged bankrupt cast among them. In this particular case Uie matter had been standing y for over 16 years. His Honor did not know what the bankrupt, had been doing m the meantime, but lie saw ho reason for refusing tlie application, which was made on _ the bankrupt's behalf by his son. The sooner the bankruptcy was brought Jto an end the better. The discharge was granted. Mr Waaka Te Huia, Maori Health, officer, of the Dargavilie district, has been doing some travelling recently, and thus gives bis impressions. In all his travels throughout the! North, he was much impressed with the "strides the Natives are making m their"' general conditions- of living. The old Native dwelling-house, constructed: without heed to sanitation, is a thing of the past, every family being how domioilea iv wooden buildings, and Euro- j pean customs adopted. '.' The tohunga saL most unknown, and when he does, appear it is generally m the-:guise of; a pakeha quack who endeavors to exploit the most gullible, Europeans as well as Maoris. Tlie cultivations everywhere are well attended to, and with the exception of potatoes, the crops have been good. The benefits of education are readily grasped, and the average Maori child is as well educated as his white brother. The birthrate throughout is good, and everything points to a prosperous future for the race; the drawback beiug community of interest which still! exists is regard to land. Allocate to each individual his rightful share of the soil (says Mr Tc Buai) and the Natives will -not be one Whit behind the pakena m tilling the earth and following up agricultural pursuits. * Some criticism of the. Ministry was made by Mr G: H. Poole, M.H.R. for. Auckland West, m his pre-sessional address, last week. He said he had examin : ed closely the intentions of the various Ministers, and he had been greatly impressed with the honest endeavor they had made m their respective responsible positions to give the people more satisfaction,. He instanced, m the first place, the Hon. G. Fowlds^ wliQ, he said/ was a man who for liis moral and square dealings was to be admired. Then there was the Hon. Mr McNab, who was intelligent, industrious, honest, sober, and fearless. With "that nightmare" out of the way, tlie farmers would discover that tliey had never had a stronger man occupying the position of Minister for Lands and Agriculture than Mr McNab, "the big, Sturdy, Scotch-colonial." They also had the .Hon; Hall-J ones playing lus part as Acting-Premier, and, though it was possible to lay a finger on faults here and there, - he believed each Minister was individually doing his best to keep, his department up to the highest mark, and to give the best possible account to Parliament and the country, v. "I know of no better party m the House to trust," the speaker said, with emphasis, "than the present Administration, take it' as you like." (Applause.) -