Interprovincial

New Zealand Tablet, 15 November 1906, Page 24

Interprovincial

. ir i: .^ ;i i.., „ > y-.-j- ..-t:v ', <y .\, -v^-ahr' - r . "Jl J?l Amqng^the" p'asserigers^b'y •"the- Oriiba-;' which^ ar-> rt^ed in Me'lbourri&oni •OOctober-31,r r-31,r-31,r -31, was" the'"Rev. r'-:Ur '- : U- I^ .S-illiains for "the 1 dioc'pse of ' Auckland. ' ", ■" ----- '■* n'£ ■ ■ ' ■" v ' " ,•"' ', ' ,-%{i Nine of the 25 workers' homes erected by the Gov-ernment;.-at,, Petoiie have beeii' taken, and- others ■ have, hp&tr applied for. ' ' ' • '.- -*;"'-! '\ \! The/3lanawatu A. and P. Association has received* .s^bscrijitionsfroin IJ6O members for .the current rear. This Vniimb'er does- not * include 110- financial Ufe> ,yt s - •.- - - ' '.•••'■, -'-•■'\- The Dunedin- New Railway Station was officially opened, on /Monday by Sir; Jo'sepli, 'Ward," ?K'.C.'M.G l . : -in : > the presence of • a .large' and representative gathering. Sir Joseph Ward delivered an important address on - railway progress in the-Culony. ■•••*• -"-: X '•■■;- ?, -\ A sheep-shearing record was established on the Rau-' kawa"_ station,- near Hastings; last ,weelc, nine men," working nine hours, sliearing a total of -2394' Isheep • The highest individual tally was 332,"- which beats "the" ]>revious .record in the Colony by ten. Tfie -other tal- f lies ranged from 223 to 275. . ' /-, \ : „ A Christchuroh telegram-, states' that the Hon. A. Pitt, Attorney-general, -who has been" in -indifferent, health for some time-,.past, has -.been -removed -to * aprivate hospital in ChristChurch. •It is understood' th-at when there is an .improvement -in Ms health he ; will take a trip to " the Hot" takes district. • ' - ' - A painfully distressing accident occurred at- the. Kai-'-> tan-gata coal mine on Thursday '"morning, " hereby?'"' William Lee, engi-ncer, .a son of Mr. Robert Lee, m n- a--a'ffing director of the cgmjiauy,: aged ,24' years, and' " Fretlerick Olive Andersen; aged 1 .^6 years, deputy-man-ager, lost their jiives., .^ s „ , The 'New .Zealand M:imes : '; v states'* thatt'ihS ' Executive Committee for the colonial memorial to the late Premier is to be_ called' , together , in a few days' time' to further consider the proposal. Now that the Gov-' eminent has, voted "a* subs'tdy' "up" to £lS»;'OOOr it is^ lii<elv that efforts will be renewed to make a success of the movement. The.ieplies from local bodies and societies as to what form the memorial • should take will be before the committee at -the forthcoming meeting. ' '" ' " " b The latest publicalions' : l)y 'the Australian Catholic Truth Society are ' The .Lost Child ; or, ' The Story of' " Heinnoh ■ von Eichenfels,' and ' Religion and HumanJ/iberty. in, the-fir-s^-nanipd we have • a very interest--ing story of a child who "was stolen by gipsies, and 1 was eventually returned to: it's parents 'in a most dramatic manner. The second publication is a reprint of a' lecture* by Rev. "James O'Dwyef, S. JS : After" v dealing with the condition of Ihe great bulk^o'f.-the people in pre-Christian times and comparing it 'with? their state' a^ the present day Father O'Dwyer goes on to shoAv" that the real • cause -of this- moral revolution is -dw " to Christianity: " -. -1 - At a meeting. -oL, the, .Cabinet 'held on Thursday^ the resignation of A:"Kinsella, dairy commisi sjoner, was consideredr"tt was' decided to appoint td the- pQsitiou "Mr..-«D. Cuddie, who 1 -^ has- been next i-ii : commaiKl to Mr. ivinsella. -The^ : appointment is one tha.t will, meet with, very general "approval, Mr. Cud-did' having in the past years won golden opinions by rea^- • .son of his,.courtesy-*and''^intellie:ence'fram the -- 'factory ' and dairy people throughout the Colony. At the same meeting 6i* the Cabinet Mr. J. A, Gilruth, chief ' veterinarian, was granted six months' leave of absence 1 ' 1o enable -him to take a course in pathology at Paris. During Mr. Gilruth J s absence Mir: C: J. Reaves 1 ' ,the -first. iieu.teqjß.nl of the- department, will be'in com^' - maim. • -,- . • _„ ,w - •••" 'I- .>. . > *■■ i- " r S°." I p^ c " lic^.'^Pa^wfc^%« the bpening of the" Dune- . (tin Kailway; .Station on- , Monday, said': Notwithstandi- ' ing .anything vtiu-'- have Tieai'd 1 to the. contrary the ■ Umstphurch Exhibition is well worth going to see 1\ « is the first- concentration of . what. our people can ' do v in this country \i\ the way; of "exhibits that has ever ■ ' place- in • New ' Zealand. A*s 'an educational in^ -■■•slitfltion^it ha's~ exceeded' 'a^ything'-that the f :,m O sVs^nV-;' -Vine 'supporter ;of /it ', could, }\&Yf contemplated V and, I' do- that ;wi% r cheap rraihyay ; and steamship facill!ties you' will "the opportunity of "seeing "vw-hat in I ifte future.wi ll *be as a great move forward » —^..^rSß^Sewpn; with- .our r . industrial,' s&riotiltural ' "anl' romirtercial pursuits. . I . invi.te you all to go there antti -see -rt: - ' ' " t '. ■>' L ' , ' ' '. ~ ' " ~- *■"■ ~ .! -

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X Z- severe, frost was experienced t -at Balclutha pn^alurday-lniorning. ;In ' many , places-"- (sa'ys-the deader ) the potato crops were considerably "tilack5 -^--;^f ..v -„^ c ,};>'' .--, I£~ V- 'W^f^ve-.-.iecei.vea'rfitiir thei> Government Insurance sDepartmi2nt:j.a>:c.opy *>Fi the>--current-/issue-- 'of '--.Tfoe-'&ov- ' .ernmeni^lnsurance--E,ecjorder^./.wluoli contains a "gSod e &h r of information to' those " about tovjiu'sure?.'or who*vhaTe' already; done so.;" 1 iA> perusal 6f~ ; -a copy of the annual rfepoi't,' JwXiibfc accompanies the current issue, .gives' a good" idea of the :W6stantialipi6--which -the; department ' is making.' v i'~-'? s " K»s. ■ Ir -; Rate, the' Canadian Commissioner; -" ihat- t the • L/xhibition is .a - magnificent . *aiid wonderful .'display", of- the', Cplony> industries and resources. ;?He states "that his Government is* not' anxious' to - "encourage settlers to leave- 'this *, Colony for~ the^Dbminjon, <and-, 'therefore «hV is- not pushing %S&%L\A .question at -"the" Exhibition. thinks that people inV-a grand country like New, Zealand would Hardly better themselves, by emigrating- to Canada to ,taice~%) land. He "Would not leave it,- Wsays, if he were a settler here. ' . ■ " ;-; '■ S-, f^iy^B a deputation from the Cluiha Closer Settlement League on the' question of lhe J-Clydeyale ■ Estate, the Minister of Lands (the Hon. R.r MiNabV'laid he .regretted that a deal, had /not been .effected. ..The :Land Purchase .Board had, however, - ofteireti. ?a price which was the highest its valuers said it? should .give , Further than • that the Board did hot feel', justified-, in going? -and: , it did no;t- look with ;confid'ence. on having the "price fixed by ,the court. ,'ln. many cases in:.:. the past ,• it ' had not proved very * satisfactory. The difference between the - highest the Government was s prepared to ;7give;± and. what the company would take^-as practically 15s He had, however, not '-given up hopes that the purchase might eventuate yet. r~-•-•rir^the course; of; his "speech at the opening pfV<bbe •Duned-m-- -Railway Station^ on Monday, the Premier fSir -J.- £b )Kard) said; . The business _of New.Zea-lamU-cbntinues- to v maintain "a- remarkable -^>übyancy>\ For the-six months' ended September iast there -have""" been substantial increases in all classes of business, with one exception, - and the indications are ' that this satisfactory condition -of- affairs will- continue to the end of the financial year, which has every appearance at present of providing Va record ~ "-'revenue.'- "'When- delivering . the railways statement' this, 'yeaivin the "forecast I estimated" that the revenue would toe £2,450^000— an estimate altogether unprecedented in our' Colony's railway history— and- 1 am .-pleased to,- say-- that, .notwithstanding that liberal estimate,- -the railway revenue, " up to October 13 :r last; is; .£109,306 - more* than" for ' the corresponding period of 1905. The total revenue up to October 13 was £1,290,972, as against £1,187,665~<f0r the same period last year.' I feel confident, therefore, that by the en/d of the financial year we shall find that notwithstanding ffie^lflferafHy- of the^'estimate which it was my business to forecast' during the ' session,, the actual earnings of the Railway Department for the year will exceed the" estimate* I "gave by a very considerable amount. concessions given on the railways "since' 18 95^amounfr to the enormous sum of three quar-ters-of- a million, 'in round figures, and -•thfe increase ol wages to the railway staff amounts to .the. very, large An . ox-New Zealander now in China- has. been writ- - ing to a friend "in Wellington, givirig-~so p me very interesting [information relative' to presentrcoadiitions" in China. In the course of his communications' this gentleman sounds a* further- note of - warning on the subiect of the " Yellow Peril. 1 lie states that he knows perfectly well, from ,close observations; that the Chinese will in- tile-- riot' dis"taht 'future insist' 'upon'tjie restrictions now in force .against their countrymen coming into British -dominions and colonies being removed They - threaten, if 5 "- these restrictions are' not abolished* to take' steps to make all- Europeans -get out of. China' The same • says.^alsri; that; it is well known amongst -those who' have an -insi-giif into these' affairs --that Japan is^backirig-~up the ' Chinese,' ; - tliouerh cleverly veiling the fact: 7 He regards the situation -as fijajighk with^greair inenafce tOv^Axrst"falasia:>.-In,'6<>ri*6rs^-tio'n«fewith "a ""'Chinese' 'mandarin "of ihe r ~very highest ranfcr^onepf.y the? most intelligent" of --his^ class,:" and - one who is intimate with the Imperial Court— the ex-New' Zealander was .told .by him that the Chinese soldier ,-o-f- H-he^-future '.would be -a- far-difier&rb -being -'to-^e' one the people..of. ! .otlier.x'o3intfies^hMbeen accustomed threading abodt inMlie p"ast.\\ tie; was* ..also- told by/the same authority that facilities were now "being" placed in the way .6f the ' Chinese Gb,vernmenl- for the proper •drUhng-. and ■ - 'equipment- of --- it;s J ori a standard which would bear comparison with the best European armies. \ch z,.~ j»fc..-:- -r' tcr \% \<-. vi'^i ',".^."^o',"