DAILY MEMORANDA.

MEETINGS, AMUSEMENTS Exo. Thursday, August 5 D.O.L. —Meeting in the Orange Hall at 8 o’clock Dramatic Society—Meeting in the Town Hall at 8 o’clock Batata Town Hall—lcriga'ion Meeting at 8 o'clock Friday, August 6. Ashburton County Council—At Council Chambers, 11 a.m. Orange Hall—Quadrille Assembly at 8 o'clock Paiukdat, August 7 Town Hall—Entertainment at 8 o’clock Monday, August 9 Borough Council, at Borough Oonnoil Chambers at 7.30

RAILWAY TIME TABLE.

Trains Arrive at Ashburton— From Chnst •fanrch and the North, at 10.15 a.m. (express), 4.35 p.m., and 7.10 p.m. From Timaru. 10*45 a.m. From Dunedin and South, 5.27 p.m. (express). .From Mount Somers, 10.5 Leave Ashburton— For Christ church and North, at 7.10 a.m., 10.55 a.m., and 5.37 p.m. (express). For Dunedin and Bonth, 10.25 a.m. (express). For Timaru, 4*45 p.m. For Mount Somers. 5.5 p.m

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at the Ashburton Post Office follows: — For Christchurch and North at 6a.ni 0.30 a.m., and 5 p.m., daUy. For Chertsey Rakaia, &0., at 10.30 a.m and 6 p.m. daily. For Dunedin, Tinwald, Winslow, Hinds, Coldstream, Rangitata, Orari, Winchester, «nd Geraldine, at 10 a. m. daily. For Temuka, at 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m Timaro and South, at 10 a.in., and 4.30 p.m., daily. For Greonatroet, on Wednesdays and turdays, at 10.45 a. m. For Wakanui, Elgin, Seaviow, Seafield, ndKylo, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and -turdays, at 6.30 a.m. For Mount Somers, daily at 4.30 p.m For Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Mon days and Thursdays, at 4.30 p.m. For Ashton, Waterton and Longbeach, 4.30 p.m. daily. For Flemingtou, on Mondays, Wednos iays, and Fridays, at 4.30 p.m. For Newlands, on Tuesdays and i*n at 10.30 a-m. Mails arrive at the. Ashburton Post Christchurch and Rakaia at 10.15 ;.m., 4.35 p.m., and 7.20 p.m. From Chertsey, &c. at 10.15 c. and .35 p.m. daily. ~ , ' From Dunedin »nd mtermeaiate places daily. pVraui Temuka and Timaru at 10.40 a.m a 5 30 p. m daily. , From Graenstreet, Wednesdays and Saturdays, at 10 ».m. From Mount Somers, daily at XU.o * From Mayfield and Ruapuna, on Wed aesdays and Saturdays, at 10.5 a.m. From Ashton, Waterton, and Long each at 10 a.m. daily. From Newlands, on Tuesdays and J?r) ays. at 2.30 p.m. From Flemington on Tuesdays, Thun> (tvs. and Saturdays, at 10a.m.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas Et Prevalbit. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1886. Government Life Insurance.

i ne tjovernmem i-iie insurance jdui introduced by Sir Julius Vogel, and read a second time in the House last evening, is to a large extent framed on the recommendations made by the Committee appointed to enquire into the position and management of the Government Life Insurance business. The Bill proposes that on October 13 next the Government Insurance and Annuities Act 1884, with the exception of clauses 14 to 19 inclusive, 21, 22, 23 and 25 and 28 to 3! inclusive, shall be revived, and that the Association as at present incorporated shall be dis solved. All persons in the per manent employ of the Association are without further appointment to be officers in the Civil Service of the colony and are to be paid such salaries as the General Assembly may from time to time determine and approve; provided that until otherwise determined their salaries are to be the same as those paid at the date of the Act coming into

force. As regards the division of sur plus profits, it is provided that if the Assembly be not in session at the date of any quinquennial report as to surplus available for distribution, the Governor may, by Order-in-Council, direct that such surplus profits be divided in accordance with the report. As regards the investment of fund, it is prescribed that not less than one-half shall be invested in securities of the Government of New Zealand, or upon loans to the local authority of any county, borough, road district, town district, river district, or drainage district of New Zealand, and subject to the approval of the Governor-in-Council, and that the remaining half may be invested in loans to policyholders and in first mortgages upon land within the colony. In the case of mortgage, no moneys lent are to exceed one-half of the value of the property as deter mined by a valuator or valuators to be appointed by the Board. No one loan on mortgage is to exceed an amount to be fixed in the Act. and as far as

IU UC 11ACU ill Ulv uiiU da ini cia practicable applications for loans not exceeding are to have priority over applications for larger sums. For the purpose of controlling and managing investments upon mort gage of land, a Board is con stituted, consisting of the Colonial Treasurer, the Surveyor-General, the Property Tax Commissioner, the Public Trustee, and the Commissioner of the Association, and it is lastly pro vided' that no loan upon mortgage shall be made except upon the unani mous vote of all the members of the Board present at the meeting at which such loan is considered, and in no case shall the same be made or agreed to unless at least three members of the Board are present and voting for such

loan. There is very little doubt that the Bill will pass both Houses during the present session and become law upon the date specified. There can be little doubt, either, that ,lhe proposed alteration in management will be a most beneficial one, but we are not prepared to say that the change will leave nothing to be desired. We hope, both in the interests of the insured and of the colony, that at no distant date some scheme will be devised and adopted by whicl\ lhe entire control of the institution may rest with the policy holders. Possibly such a scheme would involve the withholding of the Govern ment guarantee from future policies, but we believe this would have a less serious effect than some people are disposed to think. At least one of the large life insurance societies doing business in Zealand inspires every bit as much confidence as the Govern ment institution. While the Govern ment guarantee is continued the

Government must have a predominating voice in the management of the insti tution, and experience goes to show that governmental management of com mercial affairs is not always a success. However, the Bill before the House promises a distinct improvement upon the present state of affairs, and we trust it may be followed by legislation on the same subject which will make the New Zealand Government Life Insur ance a social boon and commercial success.

- ( Dr Charles James Russell, the gentle man referred to in a Christchurch telegram published in this issue, has attained a notoriety which none of his professional brethren are likely to envy. This bene fioient practitioner, who rose from com parative obscurity to th«* pinnacle of fame in a single day, has made what we believe to be an entirely new departure in the medical profession. At six o’clock yester day the doctor was called to see a child reported to be dying, but, after making enquiries from (he messenger as to the financial stability of those connected with the unfortunate sufferer, declined to render any assistance. The child died,

and at the inquest Dr Russell said;— “I have been called to scores and scores of cases and never got paid for them. I was sent for to a esse of drawing the other day. I restored the child, and no one ever thanked me—not even the parents. Had he offered to pay me I would have gone. It is usual to ask all the questions I put. People would come with a case line,',the {resent one gener ally offer to pay. If a little boy had come, I should have sent him home fo r the fee. If the patient died in the mean time, it was the parents’ look ont, not mice, j, These people let a child get ill, and when death stares them in the face send fur a medical man. 1 did not, in this

aavw, vuio Instance, ask for my fee. It is usual for medical men to ask for their fee before going to a cas ." With regard to Dr Russell's conduct we need say no more than the jury has already said, but It is due to other members of the profession, particulary to the medical gentlemen of this district, to say that the case, so far as our knowledge goes,—and wo have some experience—is an entirely exceptional one. Times without number doctors render services to the poor and suffering without expecting fee or thanks, and, to their honor be It said, we have seen the practi tioners of this district rendering such ser vices as cheerfully and as punctiliously as theyattend their most wealthy patient. It is to be regretted that even one member, however obscure, of this glorious profes sion has allowed mercenary considerations to overpower his more generous impulse.

We notice that our local contemporary, in its issue this morning, takes the Ashburton police to task for not having been available when required in East street last night. It appears that shortly after 0 o’clock an intoxi cated female, well known in the polioe local court, was conducting herself in a most infam -0 is manner near the ToVn Hall. It is, however, satisfactory to record that half an hour later the offender was arrested by Constable Smart, and removed to the lock-up. A monsrrosity in the shape of a lamb with one large eye in the centre of the forehead and the upper jaw missing, was dropped by a ewa a day or two ago on Mr Graham’s farm at Sumner. We remind owners at a distance that nomi naitons for the Ashburton Hunt Club Steeple chases, to be held on August 18, must be in the hands of the Secretary, Mr S. Saunders, by 0 p.m. on Saturday next. At the meeting of the Christchurch Hospital Board yesterday, the action of the House Committee with respect to the inebriate lunatic who was recently sent to the Hospital by the Resident Magistrate’s Court, was unanimously approved. The steamer Stella, which is to be des patched to the Chatham Islands to search for the missing brigantine Omaha, will carry a good supply of provisions in case the stocks of the residents in the islands have become low, on account of the want of means of com munication. g|At the B.M. Court this morning, before Mr R. Alcorn, J.P., and Mr H. Friedlander, J.P., an elderly man was brougt up on a charge of stealing coal to the value of Is from the rail way reserve. Mr Cuthbertson appeared for the accused, who had been caught in the act of taking the coal by Constable Remer last night, but owing to his having previously

uigui, um uwiug tu ms naviug previously borne a good character a conviction was entered against him, and he was discharged. Ellen l)anby, charged with drunkenness, was ordered to be imprisoned for 48 hours. A shocking fatality ooorred at Hamilton, Central Otago, on Tuesday, resulting In the death of Thomas Newton and John Ogilvie. They were starting on a journey in a spring cart when the horse bolted. Newton was thrown at once, falling on his head and break ing his neck, death being instantaneous. Ogilvie stuck to the cart for some time, but he was jerked out also, and when examined it was found the bones of the chest were fractured and some of the blood vessels ruptured, He died in a few minutes. Newton had been married only a few weeks. The Lyttelton. Timet says—Mr F. W. Cook, commission agent and Secretary to the S.C. Jockey [Club, is non, ent, and an investigation into the accounts of the Jockey Club show that he has misappropriated some of the Club’s money. It is stated, however, that the Club is covered by a fiduciary bond in the Victoria Insurance office. At the annual meeting of the Dunedin Refrigerating Company the Chairman (Mr J. Roberts), in moving the adoption of the report, went over the various items in the balance-sheet. Dealing with the question of freight and charges, he said the Haslam com pact was a most iniquitous affair, and the : Shaw, Savill people should be ashamed of the imrfc thev tnnlc in ife. TTa rAftmvad a. Innc rt*

pan iney took in it. ue received a long re. 1 port from Messrs Murray and Davidson as to negotiations, which had resulted in Kelson appointed agents.l These gentle men in their report stated that it only required continued good management in the colony with regard to the quality, in conjunction with proper and extensive control over the supplies placed in the Home Markets, to ensure a better price to the growers. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, has received the following cablegram from London, dated 3rd August, 1886 :—Wool—Since {close of the sales there has been considerable business by private treaty, at an average advance of five per cent on last sales’ closing rates for merinos. For crossbreds the market is unchanged. River Plate wools at the Antwerp sales are brisk. The sale opened at an average advance of fully Id to IJd per lb aq last Antwerp gales prices.

Wa understand that Mr Dailey haa with drawn hia candidature for a seat on the Hakatere Town Board. The formation of the Ashburton Dramatic and Musical Association will be celebrated by a supper in the upper room, Town Hall, this evening. The quarterly meeting of the members of the Ashburton Club and M.S.A., called for last evening, lapsed, there being no quorum present. Druid anniversary August 25th. Dramatic entertainment —Race for a Widow.—(Advt.)

A stage rehearsal of the “Race for a Widow,” the piece to be performed in con nection withthe Druids’ Anniversary, took place at the Town Hall last evening, and passed oil very satisfactorily. At a meeting of the Auckland Presbytery on Tuesday, Mr Alexander Thomson, an East Tamaki Elder, was seized with a fit of apoplexy, and died in two minutes. The Presbytery at once adjourned. Deceased’s golden wedding was celebrated a week or two

igo. There was a good attendance of members and a large number of lady visitors at the fortnightly meeting of the Ashburton Debat ing Society, held in the Arcade Chambers last evening. The President, Mr J. A. Caygill, occupied the chair, and “ Social Absurdities” formed the subjects of debate. Hffhe Assistant Surveyor-General intends to revisit the summit of Ruawahia, and as the volcanic action is dying out he purposes descending the great rift in Tarawera, the only danger anticipated being from stifling fumes coming through the crevices. He will endeavour to locate the spot on which the White Terrace stood, as this has'not y

been decidedly determined. A number of the Auckland unemployed hare accepted free railway passes to try their luck on the northern gum fields, and the un employed, save agitators, hare resumed work at Mount Eden works at the old rates. The barque Kentish Lass left Wellington for Cambridge Gulf on Tuesday evening, taking eighty passengers bound for Kimberley. Mr Alex. Smith, Managing Director of the United Importing Company, was a passenger by the vessel, taking with him a large con signment of general merchandise for Wynd ham as a speculative venture. A disgraceful pugilistic encounter between two women, apparently factory hands, took place recently in East Melbourne. Accord ing to an eyewitness the affair was a regular prize fight, with “ pickers-up ” and all the necessary accessories, and the combatants were surrounded by some hundreds of male and female spectators. They fought until they fell senseless to the ground. It is further stated that the fight was apparently pre-arranged, as the crowd came swarming to the spot from Collingwood, and saw the two girls fighting for nearly an hour. That agriculture, under favourable circum stances, is a self-sustaining industry is de monstrated by the fact that, though in 1885 one-tenth of the entire income of the Govern ment of Newfoundland was spent in relieving the distress of a portion of its people, in no . portion of the island where agriculture was carried on was relief wanted; the distress was confined to the fishermen. This fact has set the Government of the island thinking vpon the best methods of encouraging farm ing, and how to get the French shore question settled, so that the fertile lands situated there may be opened for settlement. Old playgoers (says the Argm) will regret to learn that Mr William Hoskins, the veteran actor, is so seriously ill as to occasion great uneasiness to his numerous friends in and out of the profession of which he has been such a distinguished ornament. He has been con fined to bis bed for the last seven weeks, and bat little expectation is entertained that he will ever be able to rise from it again. His connection with the English stage dates back for something like half a century, and when he came out to Australia 30 years ago he was very nearly bringing his pupil, Mr Henry Irving, with him; and it was only, as Mr Austin Bereton tells ns in his “ biographical sketch” of the latter, the reluctance of Mrs Irving to part with her son that prevented his accompanying bis instructor, to whose lessons the actor-manager has always expressed him self as much indebted for his professional success. Some time ago there appeared a paragraph in The World to the effect that the Hon. W, W. Dundas was slowly dying, &a., and generally making allusions that were not complimentary. Mr Dundas intends taking proceedings against the proprietors of The World in the shape of a libel action in order to convince them that he; is not dead, and resents the remarks which were made about him. The first Intercolonial Council of the officers of the Salvation Army Tn Australia com menced in Melbourne on the 30th ult. under the presidency of Major Barker.

SHIPPING.

The Doric. [rEOTEK’s TELEGitAMS COPYRIGHT.] London. August 4. Arrived at Plymoutn this morning Shaw, Savill, and Co.’s steamship Doric, from Lyttelton (June 2G). Her cargo of meat is in good condition.

COLONISTS AT HOME.

Banquet at York. [eeuter’s tkleora.vs—copyright ] London, August 4. A parly of a hundred Colonists were entertained at a banquet at York last night.

UNSETTLED STATE OF IRELAND.

Precautionary Measures. |REVTER’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] London, August 4. In consequence of the state of fer ment which exists in Belfast, the authorities have ordered a strong rein forcement of militia to proceed to that town.

COMMERCIAL.

London Markets. [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS —COPYRIGHT.] London, August 3. Consols and New Zealand securities are unchanged. The market rate has advanced to and is now -vs'below the Bank rate. Tallow—Beef, fair average quality, 24s 6d per cwt ; mutton, 26s 6d. The stock of tallow in London is 14,400 casks.

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

The Alameda. [REUTER’S TELEGRAMS—COPYRIGHT.] San Francisco, August 2. The Union Company’s R.M.S. Ala meda left for Auckland at midnight on Saturday Ust,|

CHRISTCHURCH ITEMS

[Pan Press Association], Chbistchuboh, August 4 At an inquest on an infant seven months old, named Florence Elizabeth Cook, it appeared that the child had died from suffocation induced by a bad cold. Drs Russell and Deamar were sent for about five o'clock in the morning, and both declined to attend. The latter was an old man, and said he was nearly dead himself. Dr Russell gave as his reason for not attending that he had been called up scores of times for such cases and never paid his fee. He had lately re stored a child from drowning, and had not even been thanked. Had the fee been offered he would have attended, though ha did not in this instance ask for

bUUUgU UO UIU UUv 1U VUIB AUBLtftUOU iiaik iUi his fee, ss i‘ was usual for medical men to do. The jury ceturned a verdict of death from natural causes, and added as a rider —“That if Dr Russell had attended, in allfprobablltty tbe life of the child might have been saved, and Dr Bussell's conduct Is deserving of the severest censure.” One juryman dissented from the rider An effort has recently been made to npaet tbe regulations for fishing for trout, etc., and the matter formed the subject of an appeal to the Supreme Court. The question hss excited considerable interest among anglers here, and to-day Mr Justice Johnson gave judgment upholding ihe regulations.

POLITICAL NEWS.

[from ode OWN CORRESPONDENT 1 Wellington, August 4. There has been but little progress made in the House this afternoon, but signs of the approaching end are now manifest. The Magistrates’ Court Biil, Alienation of Land Bill, Stock.oriving Bill, Codlin Moth Bill, and Woikmen’a Wages Act Extension Bill were discharged from tha Order Paper. Mr O’Callaghan, as a member of tha Waste Lands Board, moved to discharge the Waimate Village Settlement Bill with the rest of the private members’ Bills shelved for tbia session, in order to enable the mutter to bo brought forward by motion, bat permission was refused. The Rabbit Act Amendment Bill was read a second time, and at tha 5.30 p.m. adjournment the House was debating the Bill to authorise the purchase of the Waimea Plains Rail way. The second reading waa moved for by the Hon Mr Richardson, and Mr Montgomery followed opposing the Bili. Mr Cowan, member for the district, is now (8 p.m ) speaking in support. When this Bill is disposed of, it is intended to proceed with the Estimates, ani there will probably bo a late sitting. The Hon the Premier is still unable to attend in bis place, but is reported to be better.

THE TASMANIAN RAILWAY DISASTER.

■» Melbourne, July 27- News from Hobart, dated July 23rd, states:—lntense excitement prevails I last night when the news came that aao ! her fatal railway disaster bad happened on the main line. The express due at 8.43 did not arrive to time. After a while rumours spread that a very serious accilent had happened. Telegraphic messages were received, and soon it became known that the np express from Laurcaatou had met with a disaster on the Bridgewater Viaduct, but nothing farther had been elicited, except that the stoker was miss ing and one or more of the passengers. Shortly after came a telegram to say that all the passengers were right, with the ex ception of one man named Daniel Turner, and the fireman, Wm Shaw, who had been thrown into the water and drowned. The passenger, Daniel Turner only arrived in the colony a few days ago by the a.s. Elderalie. Hia occupation was that of a stoker, aud it is said he had a father residing in Tormby, whom he had not seen for twenty or twenty-five years, and had gone up to pay him a visit. A relief train was sent up with all possible speed, and it returned to town about 10 30 p.m, bringing the passengers by the train on to town. Mr T. Stevens, Director of Education, who was a passenger on the train, states that everything went well until the vladupt at Bridgewater was actually reached, but when the train was passing over the large iron swing bridge which spans the steamer channel in the Derwent several very heavy jolts were felt by the passengers, as if each carriage was passing over a gap in the rails. Not moch was thought of the matter, except that the bumping was heavier than usual, and no one imagined that anything was the matter until sad-

denly the whole train came jto a standstill with a crash and the carnages left the rails The passengers knew nothing of the cause until the noise of escaping steam tcld them that the engine was in jeopardy. A rush was then made to get out of the carriages, and several of the passengers, unaware of the formation of the line, fell through the gaps of the sleepers into the water beneath, and were for a time in much peril, though they were eventually res cued through the prompt action of the Bridgewater people. The night was in tensely dark, and the track could hardly be seen at all. The crash, however, alarmed the people at North Bridgewater, which is only 200yds distant, and lights were speedily brought, and it was found

that the engine had gone over the end of the awing bridge, wh ch by some means, at preseqt unknown, bad been left open,leav ing a gap of nearly a yard between the ends of the rails. The engine in going over fortunately struck one of the “ dolphins,” or pier heads, on the oppo site side, and thus fell on its side, stuck fast between the end of the swing bridge and the piers on the opposite side, and J to this circumstance must be attributed the eacipe from a more dire calamity. The engine went off on the down stream or eastern side of the bridge, and had it not been held in a miraculous fashion, and prevented from going right into the water, its weight would have dragged all the carriages over after It, and a fearful loss of life wonld have been the result. The first thing done upon the arrival of assis tance was to get up the passengers who had fallen into the water, which was quickly effected with ropes and other ap pliances, and also to rescue the engine-

driver John Malcolm Robertson, who was found clinging to the top of the “ cab ” or shelter which is erected over that part of the engine upon which the driver and stoker stand. He was found to be very much out about ihe head also much shaken. The stoker, named Shaw, must have been shot out into the river with frightful force, for he was never seen b> any one after the engine struck. The passenger, Daniel Turner, it is said, had been speaking after the accident, but he suddenly disappeared, and it is feared I that he mast have fallen down one of the gaps between the sleepers and been 1 drowned. The nnfortnnate fireman had a i wife and children dependent upon him I for support, and a melancholy scene at ' the station was his father, an aged man, i waiting for news. One of the passengers - named Tapsell is reported to have been 1 very mnch cat aboat the hips from falling i upon one of the sleepers. The only i conclusion that can be arrived at is that < the bridge had been unfastened mail* i olously, and that the weight and vibration I of the train going upon it caused it to ( move out. At the inquest a verdict of accidental death was returned, I

PARLIAMENTARY

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Wednesday, August 4. The House met at 2.30. p.m. The Otago Harbor Leasing Bill was considered in Committee* progress was reported, and leave given to sit again. Mr Robinson objected to the manner in which he had been reported in Hansard, s'copy of which he had init received. Mr Buckley ea'd be had noticed In accuracies in the Hansard report* of the Council this session, and but for the lateness of the session shonld have called attention to the fact. : Mr McLean, Mr Holmes and Mr Chamberlain bore testimony generally to the Hansard reports. y I The Speaker promised to give attention •

to the allegations. The North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Bill, Beer Duty Bill, and Registra tion of Deeds Bill were road a first time. The Mining Bill was farther considered in Committee, ( and several amendments agreed to. , The Council adjourned at 5 p.m. The Council resumed in Committee on the Minins Bill at 7.33. Further dla- i oussion ensued, progress was reported and leave given to sit again. The second reading of the Loan Bill was postponed, and made an order for to morrow.

Mr Whitaker, in connection with this subject, gave notice to move the following motion :—That the Bill be referred to a select Committee to ascertain whether the several railways specified in the schedule have been authorised by special Act as rtt quired by the law, to report fully thereon -j to the Council, the Committee to consist of Messrs Holmes, Pollen. Johnateap* Miller, Mercies, Reynolds, Shepherd, Wilson, and the mover, to report before Monday next. The Council adjourned at 9i33 p.m.

HOUSE Olf REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 2.30. QUESTIONS. Replying to questions it was stated that It had been the practice for soma time to obtain the consent of natives interested- ia leasing reserves on the West Coast before such leases were made ; that there were • large number of areas cf land yet to be let on that Coast; that copies of the Education Statement weald be circulated in the various education districts and amongst the school committees in the ' colony, also the Mines Statement to '■ schools of mines in the colony. - BILLS Mr Billance iutrodocad the Special Powers and Contracts Bill. Mr Larnach moved that a Committee be - appointed to inspect the journals of the Legislative Council, w«th relation to any proceedings up .u Bills tj repeal and re duce the export duty on gold, and to make a report to this House; the Ooir- ■ mittee to consist of Mr Fyke, Mr Beddon, Mr Gnmness, and the mover. ' Sir Julius Vogel moved that the. following Bills be discharged from -the Order Paper :—Magistrates’ Court Bill, Alienation of Land Bill, Codlin Moth Act Amendment Bill, Workmen’s Wages Act Extension Bill, and Stock Driving Bill. The motion was agreed to. Mr O'Callaghan moved that tbe Waimtte Village settlement Bill which stood in Mr Steward’s name, be discharged He aaid his objection in doing so was to enable him, in going into Committee of Supply, to move a motion to a similar effect as that contained in the Bill. After considerable diacu sion the motlcjp was lost on the voices. THE RABBIT NUIS USCS f Mr Tola moved the second reading eS the Rabbit Act Amendment Bill, which he explained, was to give effict to the re port of the Rabb t Committee recently presented to the House, Me Cowan supported the BUI and said that if it ware given effect to, they would have more prospect of combatting thirl evils from whkh the country had bean suffering from rabbits. Mr Buchanan supported the Bill. I Mr Lake thought the saction providing i for levying a rate was unfair. 1 Mr Lance pointed out that this pur— l ticular clause was optional at tbe request' of residents of localities. | Sir Julias Vogel coaid not held think-1

Wii u w«4ua w vgvi vumu liUb uoip bUIIUI* I irg that the committee had failed to deal} wi'h the question of eradicating the pest. j He was not sure whether the introduction • of atoata and weasels would not be e greater peat than the rabbits themselves, and he cousidered, from a scientific point' of view, that the natural enemy of rabbite was the fox. Ha thought the best coons was to get some capable parson to go into the' question scientifically to ascertain whether rabbits coaid net be destroyed by disease. He felt sure they should not ton hastily Introduce what the report called the natural enemies of rabbits, but he was not at all opposing the Bill in the remarks he had made. Mr .Lance as a member of the committee, agreed with what the Treasurer had said. Since recommending the importation of ' stoats and weasels, the committee bad; found there were many objections to tho| Introduction of those animals, and they! thought Government should not import' them tuo hastily, bat rather that ferrets should be introduced as they ware not destructive to lambs. He would ask Go* vernment to encourage the introduction of j tho.iO animals, and for the time to abandon f stoats end weasels, which might hereafter prove very destructive to the country. Mr J. McKenzie ihongbt that the Bill did not carry oat the recommendations of the committee, and unless it were altered!! it would be opposed by the committee.

Mr J. Richardson said that the Bill In | its present form was very objectionable*' Mr Hurethoure considered that the Bill would pat enormous power into the hands of large blocks. Me Kicbar laoa moved the second reed- f ing of the District Railways Purchasing j Act 1885 Extension and Amendment BilL \ Papers had been laid on the table show- i ing what correspondence bad taken pi see regarding the purchase by Government * of the Waimea Plains Railway. The i matter had this session been referred to | the Public Accounts Committee, which j reported in favor of the purchase. The 9 line was constructed by a private com* pany to open np a large block of land j well fitted for cultivation. He said the * line had cost the company altogether about .. £IOB,OOO, and he explained at soma | length the position of the line. The Bill. }| was drawn upon the lines of last year’s i Bill. |. Mr Tole said he wonld revise the beftre going into Committee, and ho\ would be glad to receive any suggestions. The motion was agreed to. * r Mr Montgomery said it was shown in || tvManoa fKnf. fha r»nmmop<t!al «raln A A | the i

evidence that the commercial value of the || line to the country was £97,000, and the & total coat to the colony was £IO2,COOL || He spoke at some length on the qnec— Hon. The House rose at 5.30. The House resumed at 7.30 pm. 1 Mr Cowan appealed to the Honsa to ! ■ favorably consider the provisions of the H Bill. He spoke on boha'f of 350 of Ui constituents, who were interested in this I railway as taxpayers. Evidence had been given that the commercial value of the line was £97,C03, and with m rates due to the company £112,0001 He thought that the Waunea Plains Railway was one which it was to tha advantage of Government to and be asked] the House to look at' the * question from a general point of view, and do that justice to the ratepayers in bis part of the country that had been done to the ratepayers in other district* j Captain Sutter said that in Committee A ha would move to suike oat olkm

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1886



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