WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1903. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12290, 24 June 1903, Page 4

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1903. MR CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH.

The English^ mail" which arrived on Tuesdays br6ug¥ti ms a verbatim report of the great speech •iejlvered by Mr Chamberlain^ at Birmingham on May^Jtliiaiid in another column of this* issue will 'be. /ound a portion of it. It was a very remarkable §d^esg^^*id may tnark the inauguration of a new epoch in the history of ' the British, Empire.' (fD&ti^lvv^n-committal in 1 tone for one who has earned ior himself a character for pushfulness, it .was rather o|3j.th<f nature- of a feeler, for with axlHfris" pushfulness Mr Chamberlain is not one of ithose ;' 'fools" who *|msli^fi|where atagels fear to tread***? -!$o *>ne knows, be t-

ji.er than he, no one is more jready Xp admit, the enormous benefits', England has.*^^Lvfe 33 d > ?ifiom her, 'fiscal policy, and no doubt expected a^ storm of dissent frqm *the views he expressed. His,' address was- in the naturlLof a warning, to the people of EteglancL, oi what may happen unless step's are takeij to still closer the" bonds", of, sentiment and mutual interest which bind the. colonies, to the Mother Country,.and an appeal to them, .to grant some further indulgence than those, already given to the colonies to induce them to do their share, in bringing about a closer commercial relationship . than already exists. Looking forward to t the time — before the end of the present century i — when the^population v oi the self-, governing colonies will probably be equal to that o£ the Mother ■ Country, instead of only a fourth as at* present— 4ie r asked his audience; and through thetn. the people of- England,- whether (they desired that the forty millions of people then in the colonies shall still be Iclosely, „. intimately^ * and affectionately united with those in #ie Motherland. To that there can- be, but one answer, whether , given in England, in Canada, in '" South J Africa, or in Australasia. Whereever the British flag flies to-day, < those living under it hope that it ; may still fly and have the game, significance for their children that it has to-day and that it will .continue to carry with it the civilising influence it now exerts. Let othfercolonies speak for themselves. In New Zealand we know that this,

sentiment is warmly felt, and if we v do not realise, as Mr Chamberlain; appears, to realise, that there is any danger of our gradually drifting apart, it is because no such idea has " ever entered our heads. Kvefr if it were suggested bly anyone els,e, it would" only be indignantly re*-, pudiated and dismissed as unworthy of a moment's , thought.. Mr Chamberlain's words must set us thinking.-- they, were: intended so to" do— arid it is quite possible thjat under cover of. warning to the people of England he meant to convey to the people of the colonies^ a; hint, that they" are not doing their share in the promption of the well- 5 being of the Empire ; particularly, in bearing the burdens; . With \a 1 generous , appreciation of the great services the colonies rendered in the; Boer war, in the matter of persoifal sacrifice in the field of battle, he" yet had the' courage to tell thepr ;that they might have done nioredn*. the way of helping /to bear the pecuniary burden of the war whichfell almost entirely upon the MotKer t , Country. Then he described how; N"atal and the Trac.svaariiave responded- 1 to his appeal for help an? bearing the burden, of the. Empire.. Passing Jon. to Canada, .he show,ed' how the people of the Dominion^thoughj the iho&t backward' in con-,, tributing ,to coxamop. defence, Jbad} given, a very practical proof of ,their> desire to draw the ;v Empire closer; together ( . by voluntarily and' substantially differentiating in favo^' of British trade without asking any,, return I The result had. been encouraging in that the steady deciine: of ' British trade with Canada had been" arrested and an upward' movement started, and then Can--ada intimated her . willingness togive still. .further, preference if Eng-' land iwouldieqiprqcate by" giving, a

drawback on the tax of one shilling a quarter on Canadian corn. While personally inclined as a Colonial Secretary to grant the concession .Mr Chamberlain was unable to depart from the fiscal policy of England to that extent, but ne now Holds up the action of Canada as an example to Australia and New Zealand, and as an inducement to the. people of Isngland to modify their policy in some degree. Whether they do so or not is for them to decide, and it is for us to decide whether 1 we will make a similar advance to that of our" Canadian fellowsubjects. As we love f the Motherland, as we value ther moral and .material protection she gives r tis, as we appreciate the blessings of the liberty and freedom : her flag secures to us", as we hope for the future of ourselves and of. the Empire of which we form a' part, : fet our answer be decisive and unanimous.- I/et, New Zealand dasher, ■ shaire towards cementing * the Hnipjre together, not so" much l>y the .negative process of .discouraging commercial relations with foreign countries, as by the pbsi- , tive . process i of* encouraging trade with the Motherland. We are lusty and. strong and our resources are great and as yet "almost uhdeveloped> We ought. no£, to. look for favours from the country which has! given us birth without offering at. : . least some equal favours in return.' I£ the Premier .will listen 'to the voice of the country, of those who are 1 doing the mpst to q*eyelop the: resources, of the land and.who^are' producing- the wealth of the colony," he can have no doubt as to what the reply of New. Zealand should be to Mr- Chamberlain^ appeal, as it applied to us. He ! will 'follow, , Canada* example and ; fulfil the ; ; promise he made at the .Colonial' Conference last year, even at the; cost of the- sacrifice- of a. little I revenue, whicn^ -in any case, would be speedily, made good. ' J "' The Gas Company's last day for , discount will, be Friday, 26th June. '' Mr T. W. Forster is 'at present in' New 'Plymouth with his Chinese Laundry Glaze. The Waimate Road. Board wishes to purchase a portable' engine. Particu- -. iars are advertised. '- l '. -'-- " Captain , Edwin telegraphed to-iday:— Expect heavy , gale frpin ; between . north and west and south-west ; glass » fall; very high tides i much rain.; heavy rain. . - ' • , ■ r Mr T. A. Eaveir announcps' hef.h'as; . commenced a i grocery business -in premises dt corner of Courtenay; and' ; Gover-streets. Mr Kigali has an. up*; to-date stock of groceries of all*. ' binds. ■ ; , r ' The Auckland Harbour :Boaird.; has? : resolved .that immediate steps be-iakW . to secure a share of the., work of re-, fitting the warships Katoomba,/ Wal-i laroo, and Mildura .which is estimated Jo cost £20,000; in;view of large expenditure on the Calliope dock to do such wor£. V ! : .In. this issue Mrs Jacobs, " Devon-^ ' street, announces she has. been ap-' poinied agent for Barber's-. "Wfellington^ ; Steam Dj^e Works. This firm. has been, established since 1863, and. nas a re- ! putation throughout New Zeal^id for^ . the . best work. . Particulars of prides.' ; and catalogues can. be obtained from," Mrs Jacobs - ' '„ '.•"- : -, Adcorpling to the Eketahuna "E-x--. "Pr-ess," Mr Martin Johnston, weil-j known in that district; has been enL gaged by a firm, of auctioneers in the North Island to proceed to Denmark * and- other, dairying parts of tha ,Con- : tinent, to purchase, stud dairying stock for this colony. " * ' t Tens into six won't go. Therefore.* the Palmerston -people will have 'to"' * considerably modify their ideas of a municipal theatre or -, else - borrdw £4000 more than intended for the purpose. The money - available is. £6000 and the lowest tender is" £10,500. " ' -■.".*: A terrific gale prevailed at Carterton on Tuesday night,, h^avy rain fal- . ; ling and a violent thUnddrstorni. rag^= : [ing. The fivers ifpyerfLo. wed; and, merged the low, ' Fence? and' , barns - were blown . dowri, and it is feared that stock has been drowned. A corner of the Salvation Army bar- - racks wag struck by lightning^ but "was . not much damaged. His Worship the Mayor received' ; from St. Louis by the mail a;copy of, the Dedication Number of Campbell's; Illustrated Journal, describing the de1 dication of the St. Louis Exposition. ' It is a handsome number, and by ; ' "Weans of pictures r and ■. letterpress gives a good idea of .what a gigantic' * affair the r Exposition is going to .be. '- The bazaar recently held at Eahotu; * in aid of the Church of England;, funds, was a great success, about £50 * being cleared during two days- In 'ad-, dition to this returns* are still to-come' b in,, from Okatoi Warea, and- Pungarehu>' - whicl^ are expected to Increase the total considerably. This result should. ? ibe'verj? gratifying to Mrs Dougherty; fc -Svhc? was responsible ' for : a great deal .of the management. s ':■"-,' • , ■ ' The quarterly meeting bf theExcel-^ : soir Lodged tO.O.F., Mvp., was.held- ? '^ c^'T,ueSd'ay' nig?ht; following^ \ 'b'fficefs ,were elected, an^i installed by* , the' Provincial CorresjpiOnding' Se'cretarv P.G.'Bro. ' C. '& Belkinger :-^ f .. k""G., Bro. E. M. Carthew; V.G., \' Bro. C. Brown (P.G.)'; Elective- Secretary, Bro. A. L. Roberts. The following officers afterwards' were appoint-, ed :— R.S. supporter of N.G., Bro. W,j J. Cleland; Warden, Bro. P. Dolan;, Guardian, Bro'. T. F.. West ,(£.G.). The Ambulance Brigade meets to : "night at'J.3o.* • , ;' ' Lafcl'ie^ felt boot", Special line, job, lot a true- bairgain 5/6. A;B.C. Boot. and. Shoe* Co,*"

Tfhe Premier was entertained at a sujjper on Monday night by friends i arid -political supporters .in >\ elkngtoji soft presented nvit-h an illuminated address which had been adopted at the record Premiership 'deunonsrtration on May 2. The apeeehes -were -of a persoaally congratulatory dharacter. I Mr j Dinnie, the new Commissioner of \ Police, will not take ,u;p ihis /duties until the ezta of the month. Mr Tuai- | bricJjre, tlie present Commissioner, is to be presented, on behalf of the police force throughput' the colony, wwa purse of sovereigns 1 ' '* and an illuminated address. -.' . ~ Recently an English tanner hati. enquiries «na'de in the co,ony/as, to we Suitability of colonial pigskins for ocwa1 version into saddlery, etd. £% is foHmd that the skins produari in t£e colony do not give satisfaction, being for' the most ]6art too coarse to' siuit the requirements of this particular branch of the leather trade. . • We have received by, the mail a "Souvenir, of the Grand Tour of the New Zealand^ Band - in aid of the Funds i'of ' the "Onion Jack Club." It is most attractively got up and con-tains-the words of the sqngs now being sung at the Band concerts in; England, as well as. a photographic group ol the band and portraits .of Princess Te .Bang! Pai, and the performers. . . . , " Two settlers' in the Pohangina- tiistri'et, between whose places the road was, fcotv<vf the best, fiM the creeik "at tim-es -impassable, conceived the. idea . of pleasant^ and' profitable in'tercdurse by telephone along' tlie wife 'fence, .'.flhey Tverer BqjppHetl by. the Telegraph I)^partment with two telephones of tjie olid type at. 10s: each, and now ~Kave v excellent and Ttafaiimg ineah's-fof GbmniMnication by; nig-Kt or day, - the cost of which .was :a nTßre trifle!. Many setr tiers - might .fTofit . by their experi- , meat! - . •<■ • "'.'"- " [At a, farewell hmrfkeon at In*vercar"gill ;op -Mbriday gih'en to ihe '^eye. MacDdokl,4 anH Ray.nes,' rej^resen-iirtg) #e"'Bntiah;and Foreign Edible Society, Mr B'aynes said tliey desired to tnank Hlhe Grovdrjaitient'for granting ,them free railway r passes.' and ..especially Sir - JT. /Ward for Ibis ldudaess and, cofurtesiy in .granting ticket^. "They further ; Me- - srtreH .to .adtnowlejdge the great assistance tlie^ Press of the loJony hod gi yenv en > theW-andthe kiiiiines^. of many" Hosts who had made their jo^axtney- ap pleasant by their foret'hoiught, add' atten--tio^s;' / ''. * ' r ■ •" , r vHargreayej „the professional - bowler, - playing-, for, ■ Warwickshire against -> Lancashire took 11 -wickets, While ;the " total 'runs ' scored ■ by ' Lancashire ill' both innings were only 215, so ' that his average' 'must, have been.; a good one. Against Leicestershjire he Secured 12 -, wickets, also at a small cpst.Playing for the Gentlemen, of England against -Oxford University,- Bos- ' anquet made 108 and 30 runs and - took six wickets for 3L runs. "v" v . Tte Windsor Magazine ' , for May, - which Mr T. ; A very forwards us, completes the 17th volume, of the popiilar monihly.. --The principal contributors •are lan " Maclaren, S.. R. . Crockett, Phillips 'Oppenheim, Fletcher JJobin-" son, anjl^Malcqim Fraser, and Ernest ■Williams.;,, There are als^ interesting Articles by Charlotte Eccles- on .Child- 1 ren's Libraries^, in ' -America> and.-: The Cheese Industry' hi the Lowlands, >5. R. Lewiscto: The illustrations; as usual,' are "excellent. . - At' 1 tne~ s Magistrate's! Court on Tuesday, the Mandevilleaiid 'Rahgiora Road Board claimed £2 6/10 from Charles • Fhitey," this suni- being; . dve 1 for wi^h 10' per cent, 'adfied'"'-. for non-payment of rates. .' Defendant cl aimed that .. as-> Jhewas a. native bc"cupying rural lan^l belonging himself,, he . was liable' for only half' the ordinary 'rates. MJr .H. W. Bishoj), 5.M.,, ruled that according to the proviso ;at, the "-end' of subsectidn^li' section 2 of " the' .Rating Act, defendant' was /liable for £L 1/3* •with; 6/ - costs, but "would not allow the, 10 per , cent, addition. The ■ Masterton^ Finance Committee has recommended. k,tax of £ as against ' 2d' last year. ,The^ net oyerdraft .61 the -Council was, £I^7l19/10, J the , rates .outstanding beingdE390 T B/7i Petitions were 1 presented* to the , Council - for, verification and forwarding to the , Minister of- Labour, Cne praying that it be made ' compulr sorj' for, _ ; shops in the Borough \l<y close at •9 . o'clock oh Saturday nights, and , the .other , for compulsory" elbfjing at 4 10' o'clock. : Each petition • alleged to have' .sigaatures "'o|- 'three-fifths- of the, shopkeepers in , the borough. " . Entries will 'close on Saturday, 27th irist-, for ' the Poultry Society's show to be held i: on July 10th and 11th. The committee have- engaged (then ser■yicesi.of Mr Macintosh,- of Wellington, as judge of the poultry section/" aiid Mr Chris Johns6n, J of Leppertbn/'as judge, of the pigeon and canary sections. At the. show there will be c. Golden Wyndo^tes, • for under the rule's of the .affiliated societies of the Jforth Island $he championship ot the North Island .will be awarded "in those classes and also in the magpie pigeon class At this show, so that all breeders desiring to compete for th€ championshiß^will be represented. , ' , • ,\ .., „ A contributor to the Railway H!efald writes : —^There is gocti reason ? to belieVe that ihe oW yexecL'q.tfestiort of automatia couplings is solved at last, and by a British engineer, too. 'M* Allison Smith, who was formerly ciiief meohfinical engineer to the Government railways of IS'ew Zealand, and who gubsetiUehtly held the same important . position on the more extensive State railways of Victoria, has for twenty years ; past devoted his attention vto this diffioult problem. The resittlt- is that he has devised anfcl patented, a ■plan wliicjh • appears to combine ex-treni-e cheajpness with great simplicity; and Complete efficiency, so far as : tho last point can. judgeii from full{Hzefcl moilals. ,*I/i&iy<f'hiwl i>h& ktipp*- - tunity oi m«bking~ experiments with it, eu)B : the ofuteome, uxider the tests far more crucial than wowld occur ( , in orHmary practice, was in all respects satisfactory. The Allisoi^Smitli Ajutomiatio Blivffer Co.u'plin^s nafye now been gent to the competitive trial now proceeding at: St Petersburg, and are^ I beHev.e, jfche only ones sent by, Britaiin. They kre bein^ tested by several British railway companies, and Ihear that so far the repo. -"is highly fay- ! orable. ; ,If these' bright p.J:>mises are •realised in~ experience tl. •» Allison.-, 5 Sinitli Coiiplings will be epoch -making id the history oi British railway engineering. ' ,

The Trocadero, in Egmont-stuvet, is now almost completed, and In hnether week will be ready for the reuopMon oft patrons. T Jho CoWnitee of . the Kisihneff Eeiief Fund ia Wellington- has cabled the |ffst instalment of £170 to the Loud Mayor oi London for the assistance of persecuted compatriots in Jtfussia. , -Three youths named Hawkins, Bountree, and' McNiven were to-day (Wednesday)- charged at< Hawera with burglarious entry. On the suggestion of counsel, v the charge/was altered to one, of scctfsed .then-^pleaded jguilty andt werej commuted if oi" trial. ;to the Ul Wellington (Supreme - Court Jor^ sentence.!:^ „-•• v<s "J~h' f ' '■■> •"' - <-^ v . It having " been *7ro|?.or'tedt ;that 'Mr* Garnegie'"«Jde^. '10 per cent jto' 'the, wages qf'his J absffaining w.or'km&i; v The] ■New .Yofjk. Voice 7 ' 'lncpiired as" ti> *;the ! truth of theistat^n>ent. Mr OarpeW;ie wrote in reply r"Jif en ate not Teqwie^f "to be total:^absteutoors , b-atixll '•- >^io are can ohtain from'-me a' gift etjfiiat to 10 per cent of tiheir wages, '■ withmy best wishes^* i.ip.on stating.^fcbat they haye abstained the'vyear^ I consider total abstainers \wpr.th ,'..10 per cent more than ot-heus, especially, if coachmen, watph'men, or. -men' charge of .machinery/ lai'dccd; 1 <■ prefer .tihem for all situations." , ; ; An AuQklanjd; writer .says. : — A great; . inahy . peoplg wil >be , sorry, at parting witih the ; - tFiuled ( Spates r- gunboat aiiji"-. w her crew. •. Dhe.-Amefi-. cans" , became " poplar because |hey - |aujd.no,t help it. '■They 'never miade •a* -bid forpopularity; they were siniply of that kin!d, whii&h cannot heip liking. Few' who were privileged to : come inlo closse, contact, with the officers of the Wtheelmg co^uld elude the' conviction thafc they are Britisjl at the core. -They seemed to have carried on unbroken traditions that ceas-, od to be generally worsfa^pfped in the Mother Country several " geherfations, aigo, bkxi in. other respects t^iey- aye wonderfully 'Ulnglisfe. - They- are more tactful,. I thinfc, than /we. -Captain: Minett, for instance.' never sjpolce c bf *'Britis4iers" &xid "Americans. '■* a&one might have Opposed he woukl.-He in-i variably xisesi t»Ke phrase "We Atiglo-'j Saxons.","- Alid> he is no seeiker after fine terms either, but. ju^t as - blfoiff ariid outspoken as- any sea-dog of JTel- x son's- Hays.- We" shall all ' Jove the" Stars anH Stripes- bettei? for havingknown tie Reeling- boys. •On TuesH-ay afternoon (the ' BDawera* Star reports) the police arres^ted thiree 1 youthsf-€ecil • BOawkins, ArtsKur ©!;; Rountree, and William . MlcMvea— <>n . a' charge' of having burgtariofu'sly entereid the 'business' premises .of_lMCr_ P. < S. Cooper, and stolen therefro*m cigars, cigarettes, tobacco pouches, and, other articles. The " robbery too"k v place -some weejks-' ago r "ankl it" was then thought to be the woitic of "birds of • passage,* 1 niian.y '. 'of whoait had been, attractefel to the West Coast! by the" several racing fixtures. -,On ; Saturday ' evening, 1 howj&ver; .. certaiai information came" to ' the ears of the , police, with, the ' resiilt" that arrests" were made as staied. A large quan--." tity of stolen goods; covered - with '. &~ heavy tanp^iulin, Ayore found, planted, on the, Tucu-tpru road, some distance j from the town. The accused,' it. iss stated, gave every, assistance to tfcei pofice ii^ recoyeriog a •' coiisidpralble . portion of . the . articles. At the Po-- > lice Court on Wedne3clay",inorning, fche^ accused were chargeki with stealing various articles from" the premises pi P. S. Cooper, tobacemi&fc. on>or a-

bout the 26th of May," the value being £2S 6/6. Sergeant 1 ap— \ plied foi^, a reoiand, - 1 Mr ->x A^elsh ajp- 1 -*^ jieared for the defendants'. an:d asiked for bail, which ■ was allo;\ved» in the; ' following amounts— two £25 and one.;. £50 for each. Mr ; W^ Ad,amson stood', surety for . SfoNiven, and Mr Bjughf' Rodger for the iwo otfcer 'defenttants.