TIMARU.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 28, 2 November 1888, Page 7

TIMARU.

(From our own Correspondent.) lv 1 8 ?' { ° ni , k Captaia Scott ' left here on the 17tb Scott has a ln" lkS ° n the le " Or may not be amiss. Captain 2Ss dli h g - eXper f c ' Cc aS ma9ter manner and has Vlsit <* d »«"' consider^ \LI afa " DXD X career. His letter, therefore, must be while in T?m I md a thorou K hl y reliable one. He states that ot th« J«tJ? T be . cx P enenc ed some very bad weather, including one ol the heaviest nor -westers known in New Zealand for years "vet would 8 hav r o° d r Uttbe v Rale With a 8 much ease and dfon'as he would have done m England and otber places." He cam- here about ?Jt Ce bnt g i Inßt tb t P ° rt ' hßVing heard "•"* di«par4in7repor would™*™ k ™ n l *T7T 7 With ver ? opinions, and he 7u°ck diSSh Jl^J 1^ 3 S^ P h6re a 8 t0 aQy P ° rt he haß vUlt^- The ?urDrisedCm « ? i™ 96 ' "T 1111 ™ 1 de9 P' teth e bad weather agreeably regard to tbe^i k ?f C ° nßldcrs tbe P ort been much mahgned in as the »« tf ° f °u admg YeßSels - WheD the mastera of B«ch ihips selves ful'v 1 fi^ the ,l\ md^^ and the Cairnsore expres, th««£the'nor? th« f v lhe Bafet y- accommodation and despatch of tne port, they do much to remove tbe slanders which interested Perß M; WilF,a» i 8r tly %T% T % Q]£haS ab ° Ut Tlmaru «dS SOT" sloners to^hTir IT' °{ Tim&m ' one cf New Zealand Commisfet?er to thi. m • tlOn ' haß ]ÜBt returD ed from Melbourne, I Q a thecubhc XT gPapCr he haa P' a^some of his views before rosy davl ; ff . Vh nS Waß aD ° ld rPBI(IeDt cf Melbourne during the £Mt ce ° PemnKof the Victorian diggings, from 1851 to lfomQte\l^ me^ COliat&iatßtieamoi PopnlSio?was flowing m of MODle "ow *r£?' rr ° Pe> aDd merica > yethQ insiders the influx pentTofrZ ,!? D ;! TaßT a 8 then - There is ** present in Melbourne ereatraLTtv t^K J edI fboUrf bOUr ' a 9 the bouseß are g° in g ™P with fn advance W J ? ncky " d8 Ibei1 bein g ul or»gaged wi.horders six Ln.hs areSni. fJ 8 thlnkp ' how ever. that this cannot last ; that misery will 11J P Tvf' wbea !t does come mocb wa^ and bourne Tnd ,Z 1 '' boom '" he is confiued te Melina from fil ?o S'" 80me f land tw^'ty miles from Melbourne bringbooantTn a flw^ P f Z - He cx PreSßeaP reSBea opinion that it can be piven in hS v- u Pnce with bui 'd>ngs, improvements, etc., shore, for Me»! bel !f veß that hundreds of .hose who have left these lest Detween will be an exciting one, as both are eentl<»a)en of laree bnsuieas experience and have numerous eupporterl 8

Father Begnault paid a visit here from the West Coast The rev. gentleman is travelling for the good of his health, which is not ▼cry robust. He preached on Sunday, the 14th ult. As it was in T.maru Father Regnault made his first essay at a sermon ia the English language, ;his many admirers here were glad to see that he has made himself master of the language— his sermon on the Blessed Virgin on the date mentioned being an exceptionally good one The Rev. Father, after staying a week, left on Wednesday last, his health I am glad to state, being much improved. ' The Albury freetrader has bested his oppressors. On the apnlf. °n ??f >-u T '- J ° ynt) ia Chriatcbu rch, the conviction in the recent illicit distillation cisc was quashed, on the ground that the Mailstrute had no power to commit for a longer oenod than six months I have not heard whether the lioerated distiller has yet applied for his " plant. It would be mean to deprive him of it. A summoned meeting of St. Mary's branch of the Hibernian Society was held oa Thursday, 18.h ult.; Mr. T. Sheehy in the chair The balance-sheet was read, and showel tbe bianch to be steaoily increasing in fands. It was deciJed to take steps to form a juvenile contiagent in connection with the branch This is a very wiae step on the part of the promoters. A juvenile branch will bi a grand iccruitiug ground for tne older one, and in transacting tbe business of their branch, the boys will receive that special training which will make them desirable and efficient mem beri of the Society The He y. Father Foley on Sunday last requested parents to get their' boys to join, and it 1r to be hopad he will meet with a generous response, ana that we will soon see a flourishiog juvenile branch in

The cattle show and races are close at hand, and business people seem to be a .little less morose. These events make things a little brisk, and give the townspeople a " show." Toe Timaru Herald of October 20ih has a leader on' Mr Parnell and the limes Commission. It comments on a cablegram " that Mr Farnell having issued an English writ on the day before the Scotch action was commenced tha case must be tried in England " and after remarking that Mr. Parnell's » chances " would have been as good in London as in Edinburgh, concludes by quoting an article from the Scottish Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine " The cablegram in the first instance is wrong. It was Mr. Jno B Kedmond and another Irish member that issued the Knelish writs' Mr. Parnell took action in Edio burgh only. In reference to the amount of pstica Mr. Parnell would receive in London, we can iudtre of that by the amount of that commodity be has already received there. Twtce he applied for a Select Committed in the House of Commons to enquire into tbe charges and forgeries brought forward by the Times, and twice he was refused Mr. Parnell knew that had cis request been graoted th« majority of the Committee would b 3 hostile to him jet h» was willing to accept it. Then, as he was de'ermiupd something should be done, the Government promised him a Commission of Judges, the names and leanings of which are kaowa to all The Tiviez secured tbe Attorney -General as counsel, and though not a Cabinet Minister he was summoned ti the Cabinet meeting at which the Bill was framed. Mr. W. H. Smith had also a seciet conference with the proprietors of the Times ■ and, everything bavine beea arranged to their mutual satisfaction, the next day tbe terms or the Charges and Allegations Bill w -re published; an express clause being inserted to protect the Times from any action-ai-law All admendmenis proposed by the Irish or Liberal members were negatived The Government carried the Bill by brute force, and Mr Parnell and his colleagues found that they were in the peculiar position of being charge! with everything in general but nothing in particular. No definne charges were to be made, only a general fishine enquiry extending over an indefinite period, during which the Times would be recouping ita expenses by publishing iho reports of tne Commission, while Mr. Parnell would have the privilee- of having eminent counsel at his own expense. Tqib is the justice and equality he has alreidy received in London a rv » { ler ? Id ls Baptised it does not agree wiih him The •' Buzruz ' of the bcotch law journal thiaks « the action in ihe couit is mtenJed to defeat or disoiedit the Commisaon eoquiry " lhe ' bergeant "is particularly wise In his generation. Yet, when we see a powerful Tory Government in league with anewapap-r witb a 'mine of wealth" at its back, and both combined against Mr. Parnell and bis colleagues, Members of the Impeiial Parliament it seem, strange that Mr. Parnell should be anxious to blacken with disci e hi such a h,mogeneous combination. I doubt very much if he could It would be difficult to find a white spot in them. No Mr Parnell has a much more important object than that. He intends to sheet home to the Times its fabrications and forgeries, and show the people of England to what a plot the Government has lent itself Ihen we may reasonably expect the overthrow of Salisbury, Balfour and Co., and the accession to power of a party who now recognise the ngh s and wants of Ireland and who will cause a real union between England and Ireland by doing the latter justice