Political Paroxysms.

Observer, Volume XVI, Issue 922, 12 September 1896, Page 20

Political Paroxysms.

Special to the Obsekveb,

Dick got his right in on the Opposition when he pointed ont that no objection was made when loanß were raised at the rate of £5,000,000 at a time to rnn railways through the private estates of great landowners, bu' the same landholders are now quite shocked at the idea of borrowing a million. Hogg says the hon member for Elles mere is like the little boy of Pear's soap fame, who ' will never be happy till he gets it.' How much did Masterton get for this little ad. ? ' What on earth attracts so many people to the public galleries to listen to twaddle and bickering which would disgrace a country debating club ? It is what McLachlan styles hogwash. ' Flapdoodle ' was the name towed man applied to the loan debate. The phrase was first used by Macandrew in an attack on Vogel'e finance, and I believe it means a ' thin, watery species of grnel. ' Were it not for the respect I entertain for this House, I wonld call this discussion mere "hogwaah." ' McLachlan on the P. W. and Land Settlement Bill. But where does the respect comes in, Mac ? Lands : ' The hon. gentleman addressing an audience in " Ackland," expressed himself in favour of a loan.' Hawke's Bay : ' You're another. ' Tanner is a very nice young man of decidedly gingery complexion, with a peculiarly shaped head. But be does not shine in logic. Thus, while he admitted that the best lands in Canterbury were locked up for the Midland Railway Company, and with the approval of the people, he declared that the .North Island was being built up at the expense of the South through the lands being thrown open. We have heard something of the same kind of ancient gag before. The Premier : ' Every public man should be prepared for adverse criticism. I have had my share of it in my time.' 'Because a public servaut commits a fanlt, that is no reason why he should be condemmed for all time.' Bravo the Premier. Larnach's bonnet of blue, with its red top-not, knocks spots off Waiapu's plebeian canbeen. When the Ballance Government were carried into power, nearly six years ago, there reigned throughout the colony a strong anti borrowing sentiment ; it is also true that this feeling had lo3t little of its force at the period of the last election, while it is equally certain that at the present day the electors are just as firmly opposed to a return of the old system, with its unsavoury surroundings. — Waikato Times. The Chairman of the Banking Committee and the Minister of Lands were girding at each other the other day, when the former remarked, ' I hope the Minister of Lands will stand on his dignity and sit down.' Mr Millar : 'If all members occupied as much of the time of this House as the member for Clutha, the House would adjourn about the time the last trumpet sounded.' If the Prohibitionists adhere to their present unreasonable demand for the immediate adoption of the whole of their programme, they will probably retard the realisation of their wishes by half a century. It is to be hoped that the more temperate counsels of the moderate section of the party will prevail, and that divisions on mere matters ef detail will not be allowed to imperil the fruits of six years of Liberal government. — Lyttelton Times. If Masterton had his own sweet way, New Zealand wonld soon borrow all the capital in the world, and then go for the spoons and plate. He thinks the present Government have been put on short commons in regard to loans granted by Parliament, and that if the colony borrowed a million a year for the next 30 years, ' it wonld amount to nothing.' Certainly, New Zealand would amount to nothing in particular, except mountains of insolvent schedules and I O U's and unpaid debentures and cemeteries, and instead of the New Zealander sitting on London bridge sketching the ruins of St. Paul's, we should have a lonely bondholder sitting on the steps and weeping over the wreck of unpaid billions, notwithstanding that the said bondholder and his fellow skindy-flints would have received back in interest much more than the principal sum originally advanced.

I THE undersigned, hereby make appli- ? cation to register THE UNION JACK as a No-liability Company, under the pro. visions of the Mining Companies Act, 1894. 1. The name of the Company is to be THE UNION JACK. {3. The place of operations [or intended operations] is at Karangahajcq. 3. The Registered Office of the Company will be situated %t "Auckland. 4. The value of the Company's property, including Ola- m [or lease. -ground] and Machinery is Two Thousand Founds. 5. The number of Shares in the Company ia Nicety Thousand of Two Shilling each. 6. The number of bhares subscribed for is Eighty Thousand. 7. The name of the Manager is William Gray. 8. The names and addresses and occupations of the Shareholders, and the number of Shares held by each at this date, are as below : — Rainger, William, Auckland, Sharebroker .. ... ... 1,000 Williamson, Charles, Auckland, Land Agent ... .. ... 3,250 Brett, Arthur X., Auckland, Printer .. 1,000 Moon, Mark, Auckland, Engineer ... 1,000 Fenwick, George, Dunedin, Journalist . . 1,00 J Wood, Wolcott, Cbristchurch, Settler . . 500 Wood, Derisley, Christchurch, Settler . . 500 Mitchell, WilliairfT Auckland, Accountant 500 Mitchell, William (in trust), Auckland, Accountant .. .. ... 6,767 Beaumont, William, Auckland, Accountant ... • .. .. 500 Ley>, William C, Auckland, Keporter ... 1,000 Brett, Henry, Auckland, Journalist ... 10,000 Choyce, H. C, Auckland, Merchant ... 1,5i0 Gray, William (in trust), Auckland, Legal Manager .. .. .. 500 Gray, William, And- land, Legal Manager ... .. ... 1,000 Anderson, ti. F., Auckland, Merchant . . 1,000 Truscott,G., Kuaotuuu, Mine Manager... 3,000 Stackpole, X, junr., Karungahake, Mine Manager ... .. .. 2,000 Stackpole, B, senr., Auckland, Mine r . . 2,000 Stackpole, J, Karangahake, Miner ... 1,000 Lockwood JL, Waihou, h armer ... 3,733 Whytehead, W W D, Karangahake, Mintr .. ... . ... 1,000 Hackett, James, Paeroa, Settler ... 250 Corney, J, Karangahake, Miner ... 500 Wells, J, Auckland, Domestic JDuties . . 250 Guthrie, H, Karangahake, Miner .. 150 Carroll, Michael, Karangahake, Miner ... 100 Walters, George, Karangahake, Miner. . 100 Boyle, Harrj, Thanieß, Miner „ 150 Parker, Jamea H, Christchurch, Gentleman ... ... ... .. 1,000 Fisher, Kate, Cbristcllnrch, Domestic Duties . . " . . . . 1,000 Clark, Charles R, Chyistchurch Gentleman... .. ... .. 1,000 March, Lil, , Christchurch, Domestic Duties .. ... ... ... 500 Cotterile, William J, Christchurcli Gentlemau ... .. ... 500 Tomlmaon, Thomas, Christchurch bentleiuan .. .. ... 500 Thomas, Lewis, Christchurch, Gentleman .. .. ... ..500 Mills, William, hristchurch, Gentleman 500 Pavitt, Arthur E., Christchurch, Gentleman .. .. .. ... 500 MacCarthy, Charles W., Christchurch, Gentlemau ... ... .. fcCO Lowry, Ale.\and< r, Christchurch, Gentleman ... .. .. ... 1,000 Smith, A. L., Christchurch, Gentleman 1,000 Goodson, bertha, Httwera, Domestic Duties ... ... .. 1,(00 Goodson, M. J., Hawera, Domestic Duties ... .. ... 1,00 1 Goodson, J. A., Hawera, Settler ... I.UOO Lloyd, G., Parnell, Commercial Traveller 500 Johnston, William, Parnell, Gentleman 1,000 Ross, Domld, Auckland, Gentlemau .. 1,01)0 Armstrong, X., Karangahake, Miner ... 1,000 Burnyard, Mrs X., Karangahake, Domestic Duties ... . . ... r.OOO Barrett, James, Karangahake, Miner ... 1,000 Guthrie, H., Karangahake, Miner ... 500 Connelly, Miss, Karangahake, Domestic Duties . .. ..100 Carrol, Miss, Karangahake, Domestic Duties .. ... .. 100 Reed, James, Auckland, Sharebroker . . 1,000 Wright, Arthur, Auckland, Merchant . . 500 Skeliy, P, Karangahake, Miner . . 500 Mitchell, John, Dunedin, Merchant . . 1,000 Middlemas, J, Karangahake, Miner . . l.Ot'O Grayden, Jas., Kara gohake, Miner ... 1,000 Bunting, Jabez, Auckland, Merchant . . 500 Payne, Wm. E, Auckland, Accountant. . 1,000 Gray, Wm. (in trust), Auckland, Legal Manager . . ... ... 1,000 Chatneld, A, Auckland, Dentist " . . 1,000 Kelso, John, Auckland, Grocer ... 500 Blair, M, Karangahake, Miner - ... 260 Lennox, JM, Auckland, Sharebroker ... I,< 00 Parr, C J, Auckland, Solicitor . . 500 Brewin, Jas., Auckland, Brewer . . 250 Gray, Wm. (in trust), Auckland, Legal Manager .. .. .. 6,040 Gray, Wm. (in trnst foe company, Auckland, Legal Manager ... ... 10.000 90,000 WILLIAM GRAY, Manager. Dated this 4th day of September 1896. I, William Gray, do solemnly and sincerely declare that— 1. I am the Manager of the said intended Company. 2. The above statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular. And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same t > be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled the Justices of the Peace Act, 1882. WM. GRAY. Taken before me, etc. H. M. Shephekd, J.P.

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