NEWS OF THE DAY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 5011, 20 May 1889, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

At the Waimafo Resident Magistrates Court on Saturday, before His Worship the Mayor, Mr F. Sice, Francis Henry was charged with being drunk whilst in charge of a horse on the 17tb inst. Ho was fined 10s, or in default 24 hours’ imprisonment. Messrs A. Grant, R. Smith, W. Snell, and P. Wareing, were on Saturday nominated as candidates for the Temuka Road Board. A poll for the election of two of the candidates named is to be held on the 28th inst.

The following cablegram appeared in the Australian papers ;—“The trial of the Zulu chiefs, Undubaku and Dinizulu was concluded to-day, when the former was sentenced to fifteen years’ and the latter to ten years’ imprisonment, without hard labour, for treason against the British Government.” The usual weekly session of the Lifeboat Lodge was held at the Oddfellows’ Hall, Barnard street, on Friday evening, when, in the absence of the 0.T., Brother A. D. Bloomfield, L.D., took the chair. There was a good attendance of members. After all the business had been finished, the lodge went into harmony, when some very good songs, readings, and recitations were'given by members. It was also moved by the lodge that a juvenile lodge be started in Timaru, and Brother Mills, D.T)., was instructed to apply for a charter, after which the lodge was closed by the C.T. at 9.30. Amongst the more important Bills to be brought before Parliament this session will be the new Bankruptcy Bill, which aims at assimilating to a great extent the New Zealand bankruptcy laws with those of England. It is proposed to give Resident Magistrates jurisdiction in bankruptcy cases uptto £IOO, which will not only I’elieve the Supreme Court of tho duty of dealing with small estates, but will enable them to be more cheaply and expeditiously wound up, to the groat relief of creditors. It is considered .that the present system is too cumbrous and costly, and to obviate this is one of the chief objects of tho proposed new Act.

The funeral of the late second officer of the barque Kinclune, Mr G. W. Robertson, who met his death by drowning in the harbour on April 27th, and whose body was found floating near the main wharf on Saturday, took place yesterday afternoon, and was attended by a very large number of people, the majority being those hailing from the East Coast of Scotland. The unfortunate officer had made many friends during his brief stay in Timaru, and much sympathy is extended to his friends at his sudden death. The service at the grave was read by the Rev. Mr Austin, Congregational minister, and was most impressive.

Mr R. Thompson, the member for Marsdcn, when addressing his constituents at Dargavillo said: —"Abuses existed among the village settlers, great favouritism was shown, and the truck system was carried on. The Government settlers dared not make complaints for fear of the officials. The settlements were kept going for the benefit of the Queen street (Auckland) merchants. The lute Government had paid £IO,OOO to toadies and crawlers after Ministers. He complained that the Property Tax Commissioner can reduce the properly tax at will. The District Railways Bill was passed for the benefit of capitalists and speculators. He charged an Auckland ring with being the cause of the stoppage of the North of Auckland railway, so as not to bring the kauri forest into the market against the timber monopoly. Writing to the New Zealand Herald Mr S. Vuille says “ Dover Express ” wants to know what, in my opinion, is the reason that, while there were 1133 applicants for the position of Queensland Railway Commissioner, there was no application for a similar post in this colony, even at a salary of £3OOO per annum. Well, my opinion is this, which I wish to j state clearly, distinctly, emphatically—that it never w r as intended to import a Commissioner. The wonderful “experts ” who wore to make our railways a success, had already been discovered in Now Zealand. It is my honest, deliberate opinion, that the whole aim, object, and intention of the Government Railways Act of 1387 Mas to provide per-

manent billots for certain people, to prevent any real reformation in the system of working our railways being carried out, and to throw the control of the trade, commerce, and land values of the colony into the hands of a certain ring. And snob will undoubtedly be its effects. lam acquainted with a good deal of railway legislation, and I have no doubt whatever that the New Zealand Act is the only railway Act in the world that does not contain one clause, one subsection, one lino, one word, to protect public interests. It is impossible to imagine that such a piece of legislation was intended for the general good. It is simply a disgraceful handing over of all public rights to servo the interests of a few. If allowed to continue in operation its effect will be to build up a few immense fortunes and reduce multitudes to the verge of starvation.” We need scarcely say that we do not endorse all Mr Vaile’s remarks, but he may possibly be right in thinking that the Government bad no intention of getting an expert from Home. At the football match on Saturday between the Waihi and Timaru Clubs, the attendance was fair and weather fine. The game was played nnder the new rules, and resulted in a draw. Some very fair individual play was shown, bnt as a whole the game was not so inters sting as usual. On Friday next the Sydenham team will arrive in Timaru from Christchurch by the excursion train, and try conclusions with the local men.

One of the Home papers refers to the recent Te Kooti trouble in the following extraordinary terms:—“No more abominably ill-treated and abused man than poor To Kooti exists, and all this trouble, this expenditure, and this shedding of blood, is the result of the cruel way in which that most noblo-heartod savage has been treated by the pettifogging and unscrupulous colonial underlings who have made the name of Englishmen detested bv the Maoris.”

r J he Kaitangala correspondent of the Chitha Leader reports that in their new drive the Kaitangala Coal Company have struck a new seam of coal, into which they had then driven Bft. He says the quality is superior to any coal previously discovered in the district. The seam is 150 ft below that at present being worked by the company. Its existence was not previously known, and its thickness has not yet been ascertained, but the discovery is undoubtedly a very important one, both for tho company and the public generally. An ordinary meeting of tho committee of the Geraldine Literary Institute was hold on Thursday evening last, there being present Messrs A. White, A. E. Hawkins, F. W. Smith, H. W. Moore. Tho secretary and treasurer were also in attendance. Mr Hawkins was voted to the chair. Tho secretary stated that since tho reduction from £1 to Ids in tho animal subscription to the Institute had been decided upon by tho committee, it had proved a most satisfactory atop, as the number of subscribers bad increased from twenty-five to forty-?even, and six or seven more individuals had promised ito become members. The liabilities at present amounted to about £lB, The subscriptions were being more regularly paid, and the proceeds of the lectures enabled the committee to have a credit balance of £l2 13s lOd. He had also to state that twenty subscriptions had now fallen due for the year. This state of the Institute’s finances was considered very satisfactory. Accounts amounting to £lO 8s 3d were passed for payment. It was also decided to purchase about £3 worth of new books, and Major Moore was requested to obtain them. It was resolved that Mr J. Aitken he requested to give a lecture on chemistry, accompanying it with practical illustrations, during the next fortnight, for the benefit of the Institute, and Messrs H. W. Moore and A. B. Hawkins were appointed a committee to carry out the necessary arrangements. The question of adding a room to the Institute was revived, for young men to meet in for the purpose of conversation, smoking, &c. The matter was held over for tho present for tho committee to ascertain what support will be given. Tho secretary was instructed to get in the subscriptions still outstanding as quickly as possible. The meeting then terminated,

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