The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1887.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7389, 7 June 1887, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED DAILY. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1887.

Tub Honse met on Monday and proceeded to consider the schedule of the Publio Revenues Bill in Committee. The Nillage Settlement scheme caused a delay ia tbe work prooeeding,' several of 'the .Opposition objecting to rote an amonnt without knowing more about it. In this instance we "certainly think the members were right, for we do not see «hv the publio money should be' voted to aid the present party in power I* help their favorite candidates. The Village Settlement idea -is an exponsive failurd. Already £50 ; 000 has been^wasted in tryiag to pat men on the land who are> unsuitable for the work, and who.jthe indtaat the supplies stop, will be found making their way to s the large centres to add to the aumber' ot the un"employed. Theivillftge settlement scheme is only onto, par with the military Bet tier project Btarted years ago? and which did harm to colony, for it gridironed tho country with unoccupied aoctioas of land all |over the district.- Thesa absentee sectionsioould not be Bold or used, und interrupted me settlement of the land for years afterwards. A -village settlement was started in Nelson 'years ago, wuich only proved succeesfuleo long a» "supplies were foand to keep {theV-f amiliei on their land. The members vere therefore quite right td^ef use the ' Government supplies for the r village settlements; and the consideration of the item' was accordingly adjourned'nntil Mr. BaU'ance had supplied the House with a return giving fuller information on the matter. To receive and not to give is Her Majesty's motto. Five Chiefs of tho Arawa tribe, we gather from the despatches to the Governor from the Seoretary for the Colonies, nave petitioned Her Majesty to present them with a bell for their church — "a bell for the use of all Maori Cburch of-Englarid residents in'thedistrict-of Te Arawa " The bell asked for is a large one, for tbe natives state the size they wish it to be is about 24 feet round and 7 feet high. The natives ask this gift of the Queen in order that she may show her love, as well as the love of her son, the Prince of Walec, to the Arawa people, who have always been loyal and true to Her Majesty. The letter concludes, "We hope' Your Majesty may grant our request. May God preserve and keep Your Majesty." Lord Granville, in a letter to the ' Governor, asks him to " obtain for him a report upon the subject, showing particularly what sized bell would be suitable." Other despatches passed between His Excellency and the Secretary of State, the last one from tbe latter being in effect, " that the' Queen was usable to accede to the prayer of the petition in consequence of the precedent'which it would create;" a very' mean way. of getting out of spending a few pounds. The Arawas will not after this think^the Queen the powerful, generous lady they had previously looked npon her to beJ ' Onptain Edwin .telegraphed -at 1.25 p.m. to-day :—": — " Same as wired yesterday ; every indication of more rain." . The s.s. Penguin crossed . Manukau bar at 1 p.m. to-day, is-due early to-morrow morning, and sails for Nelepn at 9 30 a.m. The s.s. Wanaka leaves Wellington this evening, is due at 2_ p.m. to.-morrow, and sails for Manukau at 6 p.m. Dr. Gordon Stableß will start shortly for a trip of -a" thousand miles in his land yacht, the'" Wunderer," which is at present stationary among "'the' tree-clad j plains of bird-haunted Berks," undergoing repairs, -and being to a great extent refitted. # '[ The bearing of the affiliation case in the Police Court was continued after' we jwent to press on Monday.) ending in the Bench dismissing the information without cOstß. At the Police; Coart on Monday after.noon Thomas Wolfpbsar appeared upon a charge ' which set oat that be was in arrears -£7'ss in the contributions to the maintenance of his child, an inmnto cf the Nelson Industrial School. Evidence ■proving defendant's indebtedness was offered, and the,. Court adjourned tbe case to the next day '(Tuesday), to enable ,Wolfsbaur to make an arrangement to pay. The Central \^ard Lioensing Committee at their annual meeting resolved tliut 11 o'clock licenses should be granted instead of 12 {o'clock, as heretofore. Renewals were granted to the licensees' of the Criterion, White Hart, Imperial, Taranaki, and Terminus JJotels. Occasionally ebullitions of temper ocour in our Courts. An instance, of this kind arose in the sale of game case to-day which occupied the attention of ,the Resident Magistrate's Court for some time last week. counsel, after weighing the possibilities of a prosecution for selling hen pbeuooptß ; wisely eleoted to withdraw. The solicitor on the other side had eet up the defence that the plaintiff having first broken tho law, plaintiff was mora 1/ unable to succeed with his case, so costs bliould be awarded his client. In the acrimonious argument that erißUod consultation as;between client and attorney wa& sought to be introduced, and indond it hecdine so warm that remarks Buoh as " uiOst unprofessional," "most ungentlemanJy," &v., were inude by a member of tbe bar to liis follow professional. However, tho Bend), after listening patiently to tho " lethal axioms" laid down, dismissed tho case with costH, and considurod that it should novur have beon brought iato Court. Wo leiun that Mr. H. Humrmnd, who hufl beon so long and favourably known io connection with the White Hurt Hotel, bas bold out his interest in the house to Mr. W. Walker, late of the Impcriul liotol. Mr. Walker (who takes possession to-duy) in au experienced boftifacc, aud tho White Uart should continue to be a popular hoßtlery under his nmnagemenb. .Members (says tho Lyttelton Times) have cheaply earned their houorariuin of two hundred guineas — something nt t'g rate of iwontypounda a-weeek; and are quite ready to repeat the process.