GENERAL NEWS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 14326, 17 October 1910, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

HON. C. u, SMITH. Tic OJiristcliureJi South. branoli Ot the Labour Party, states a Press At.-ociaiion at a Inriroly ittended mooting on Friday." agreed unanimously to a motion urging "ipon the Government, in view of the result or the recent pic: ecutions of JJohtou tsr:< for evading land and income to request the Hon. G. J. Smith to hand in iiis resignation of iiis seat in tiie Legislative Council. BOY SCOUTS' PERFORMANCE. Ail official invitation to the Governor to visit bedding on December 7th for the Boy Scouts' field day is bein<£ sent by relay of boy scouts through tho \\ airarapa (states a Press Association message). The despatch leit \" eiklin«r at lj o clock on Saturday morning, and will <ro through Woodville. Paiiiatuji, Eketahima, Carterton C* ivy town, Foatliorston, Jvaitoke, Mutt. and Petone to Wellington, u distance oi L"HJ miles. n COWARDS' CASTLE. I} Dr Hen ry, American evangelist, .speaking at AVaihi, said that, '-in proportion to the population' he had never seen so many occupants oi \v -*i^ r rr ast^e .' a - s bad seen in Wniin. 1 hey had not the courage of ' honest convictions, nor the courage oi' a- Chinaman, and were spiritual skunks. The mission had been the hardest one in Xew Zealand. His voice and strength had and his brain was m a whirl. He had pleaded his best, li he thought- lie would have such a diiiiculfc time aijain with its burden and strain hj& would turn his back upon it, for it would break his heart, lie would not stand in their places tor the \\ aihi mino itself." A VITAL MISPRINT. In the course of a leading article pn fhe Land Bill .the "New Zealand Jones' states rliat the capitalisation tliv.ro is misprinted in the Hill. "When the -owner of an estate taken on base demands that it be purchased by the Crown, the sum to be paid him s.'j.h:.' be equivalent to the capitalised culue of the rent,'' states the Times. M lus capitalisation appeared in the ciiculated copies ol the liill a.s 5 uer •\-rnt.. but since this bore error on i(s face, the annual rent paid by the Crown being 4 J per cent., and a "> per cent .capitalisation being less ihan tli? declared capital value, we made inquiry, and lound that , r > per cent, was a mistake -for 4 per cent." SLAUCHTER OF THE INNOCENTS. Tin.; slaughter ol the innocents coinmeneed on Thursday, states "The • oluinum," when the 1 lou.se agreed to J !>" removal oi a number til private 'i l .' 1 roin the order paper. Mention of t lie Gaming Bill —the ol'lieial b\Vt.rnnieut. Bill—re nimled Mr Newman am: Sii William Steward that the tiills ei titled Coaming Amendment a:>d lb ills makers' Abolition Bill and Booknrl. 'ei> jiill respeetivelv might as Hell discharged. I'lien' il'r 1011 as'icl Ui.it the Itegistrai ion <d : .Barm u 1-; H ■ . the principle of wljielt is embodied in tbo Leensing Bill, should oo : f is cb.i. Red. Mr Fisher then mov nl l.ir th- quietus of hi* Legislature Act /..nicndmcnt and State Guaranteed Advances Act Amendment Bills. Mr Si ttey asked that Ins Sneietv ol Alusieiar.s Bill should 1> ( sacrificed, but Mr Miioolm took pity on this innocent, and asiicd that it should h«> retained, lvi'iting that lie wanted to say some.' thing about it. later on. Aeuordlnnly this Hill was retained.

OPPOSED TO " STONEWALLING." Mr T. Buxton, moinher for Gera!uine, told a "Herald" re-porter in TiDiaru on Saturday, in .speaking on »'.e recent "stouuwali" in tho House, i 1 i:il being a new member he had experienced teelings of revulsion at such a oour.so being taken up. Tho position wa*» not touching a. larg( v policy measure in -which both sides of (he House were divided, hut simply on {he (juesiion whether work was to De done at that pai4icnlar hour or at .some time later, and Jie did not consider that reason .sufficient- to waste tho largo amount of time that was wasted by the "stonewall." ((,. would go further and .say that he did not think ho should find any reason sufficient to waste the time of the country in talking such "piffle," and preventing a measure -being put through. If ho had been called upon by the side of the Mouse to which he wa.s allied he, would certainly havo objected to going on in such a fashion, or to taking part in such a disgraceful waste of time.