CADETS AT THE EXHIBITION.

Colonist, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11737, 20 September 1906, Page 2

CADETS AT THE EXHIBITION.

Judging by a statement made to the House to-day, it is a good thing for the Colony that the proposal to send the school cadets to the Christchurch Exhibition was abandoned. The Hon. Mr Fowlds Baid the total number of cadets and officers who could possibly attend is 9170. The cost of_conveying them to and from the camp is: — Steamer fares, etc., £6190; railway fares (at reduced rates charged to cadets), £3666; total cose of conveyance, £9856. Rations, at 5s 3d each, £2407; fencing of camp, £137; total, £2544. Total coat, £12,400. The estimated recoveries are.— Prom dry canteen, £350; admission to camp to witness displays, £500; advertising on camp fence, ! £400 f payments, by cadets at 10s 1 each, £4585; total recoveries, £5835; ; total net cost of the camp, £6565. ' This must be regarded as a moderate estimate. The cost might be between ; £7000 and £8000. Of the Dumber named above (9170) about 4200 , officers and cadets have signified ! their desire to attend. i ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS. | In reply to a question to-day, the | Minister for Justice stated that in the case of the majority of the immi- ' grants who received "assisted pas--1 sages" at reduced rates, the head of each family was required to be possessed of not less Chan £50 in cash for himself, his wife and children, 1 after payment of their fares. The sum "in each case is deposited with the '■■ High Commissioner in London who transmits it to the Government in New Zealand, and the money is then handed over to tne emigrant on i arrival at his destination by the Collector of Customs. THE LAND BILL. ; The second day's sitting of the i Land's Committee to consider the Uovernment's Land Bill occupied some three hours to-day, and witnesses were examined. The impresi sion is gaining ground that before the bill returns to the House the ' option of the freehold will hiive been inserted in some form. i HABITUAL DRUNKARDS. The Habitual Drunkards' Bill, introduced by the .Minister for Justice, de tines a habitual drunkard as "a person who has been three times 1 convicted of drunkenness within the six months immediately preceding any conviction for drunkenness" or | a "prohibited peraon who has been convicted of a breach of any such order." A person who becomes a ' habitual drunkard within the mean--1 ing of the Act is liable to be committed on conviction before a magistrate "to any Institution willing to 1 receive him, and to make proper provision for his care or detention. Such ' order shall specify, the period not being less than twelve months, during which the person so committed shall be detained in the Institution. Powers are given to the Governor under the bill to discbarge persons detained under such an Act and to make regulations for their employment. Any persons who escape from an authorised Institution under the Act may be dealt with in the same way as escaped prisoners.