Telegraphic News.

Temuka Leader, Issue 3469, 22 July 1899, Page 3

Telegraphic News.

[From Our Own Correspondent],

Wellington, July 21. A deputation consistingof Chartres, Kirk, and Smith, representing tho Canterbury Industrial Association, arrived in Wellington on Thursday and were received by most of the Canterbury members of both Houses. At a meeting Mr Eolleston was elected chairman, and it was decided to interview the Premier and present Canterbury's claim to some financial assistance to au exhibition which will be held in Christchurch next year i o celebrate tho Jubilee of the Province. Iu the ovoiiing the whole of the Canterbury members accompanied tho deputation to the Premier, and tho result was a promise that ,£IOOO would be placed on the estimates. There is reason to hope that the Geraldine Racing Club will get a totalizator permit year. Mr Tvvomey has intsrviewed several m«mbers of conference, and urged Gernldine's claims. He found Mr Guinness doing his best, and likely to succeed. The last I heard of it is that Geraldine and eome other place has been put on the list, and left to Sir G-io Clifford and the Colonial Secretary to allocate permits between them. Some time ago die Colonial Secretary told m<3 he saw no reason why Geraldine should not have a per .-nit this year, and from this I concluded that it ia bound to get it. I have made enquiries about Tuinuka Boroug!-, and find alt papers ready for tho Minister's signature I was also given to understand it would be gazetted this week, but it is not. I suppose it will be all right next week. In reply to Mr Flatman this afternoon, the Premier sail the Government 1 a I already moved in thn matter of establiauinsr a direct communication between this colony aud Manchester, so as to secure a market for New Zealand produce. The responsibility rested with Chambers of Commerce, which ought to exert themselves with producers to get a line of steamers established. Evidently prohibitionists only obj-jet to Ministerial interference when it docs notsuitthem. A deputation of them waited on the Premier on Wednesday evening 'filing his attention to tho Megistrate at Balclutha on the ground that fines inflicted on sly prog-sellers was not sufficient. Tno Premier"" declined to interfere with Magistrates or Judges. Mr Taylor is taking the matter into Parliament, and a lively debate is anticipated. There is a Bill introduced by Mr Gilfedder now before the House dealing with the Clutha district. The position of Olutha is that Fome years ago it carried prohibition. In the redistribution of seats one public hou-e come into the district, and the law does not provide for such cases, and in any district which has not complete prohibition restoration of licenses cannot be got while one license remains. Mr Gilfedcer's Bill provides for this, and an accrimonious debate took place, in the course of which Messrs Thomson and Taylor spo<c very plainly to each other. lam toll these two gentlemen are likely to renew plain talking again to-night, but Mr Gilfedder's Bill is done. The debate is adjourned, and wll not come on again. The Legislative Council was a scene of a good deal of excitement last Thursday afternoon. The trouble arose over tie election of the Chairman of Committees. Mr W. 0. Smith was proposed by the Government, but the Government supporters in the Council would not have him at any price. Shortly after Parliament a-jsetnbltd Mr Smith began canvassing, and this members resented. He represented that Captain Baillie, who had been chairmau for twenty years, had voluntarily retired, but this was found to be incorrect. The result was that although Captain Baillie is very old, and his tight defective, the Liberals detsrmined to put him back in the chair. On the motion of the lion. Mr George Jones, the Council resolved to elect the chairman by ballot. This was taken by Mr Smith as giving himself no chance, and immediately it was carried he made a personal attack on the Minister for Education. He accused Mr Walker of having proposed, and at the sarna time, worked and canvasfed against him and charged him with treachery to his ccllengnes. Immediately that he sat down about a dczen Councillors were on their feet all ready to rep<l the charges made against the Minister Oi;e after anottur denied that the Minister had attempted to influence them except in favor of Mr Smith, and indiguantly protested against the attack on the Minister. The result was that Mr Smith had a b:ui time of it, and Captain Baillie was re-elected unanimously.