THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN.

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DIARY.

Moon's Snn Sun Moon Moon ago at Juno Rises. Seta. Rieoe Beta, coon; a.m. p.m. 11 Monday .. 7.32 4;26 8.20 550 1 U Tuoflday .. 7.83 4.26 9.10 6.43 a 18 Wednesday . . 7.33 4.20 9.57 7.39 S 14 Thursday .. 7.34 4.25 10.37 841 • 4 15 Friday.. .. 7.34 4.26 11.18 945 8 16 Saturday ... 7.34 420 11.45 10.63 S p.m. • •>■ 17 Sunday .. 7.35 4.26 0.17 * * 7

Moonlight Evening.

The Moon at 3 days old [shines till about 8 o'olook. The Moon at 6 days old shines till about half-past 10 o'clock. - The Moon at 8 days old shines till nearly o'clock m the morning. * The Moon at 12 days old shines from sundown till about 4 m the morning. The Moon at 15 days old is full, and shines all night. The M9on at 18 days old rises abont'9 p.m. and shines till morning, The Moon at 21 days old rises about 11 a.m. and shineß till morning. The Moon at 24 days old rises about 2 a>m. and ehinesti 11 morning The Moon at 27 days old rises about_4 a.m. and shines till sunrise.

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

« The polios force now numbera 487 as againßt 602 last year. A roller-skate factory has been started m Adelaide. The new Bank of New Zealand notes are now being oiroulated. In New South Walea last April 27,000 kangaroos were killed. : ' There are 6000 aborigines end 7900 balf oastes m New South Wales, Miss Yon Finkelstein, the leoturess, has Created a great sensation m Adelaide. Some men and women m Sydney have been committed for trial for fortune telling. The Australian "rubies" are said to be a new mineral, a cross between rubies and garnets. ■ ■•■ The stock of 7,000,000 rounds of military ammunition m New South Wales is considered •: ample for all reasonable requirements. The dhinese at Port Darwin have subscribed over £600 towards a hospital, and now want' the Government to donate the requisite land and supplement the subscriptions. ; Mr Lanarch intends leaving the colony for' good m August, but, m deference to the wishes! of some of his constituents, he will keep his. seat, returning here next session. ' ' A whale about 25ft m length and 16ft girth,' was stranded on Sunday last on the Ocean; Beach, near the residence of the Hon.! William Itolloston, Geraldine. j Lovera of poultry are all agog about a breed' i of lowTb EQOV7Br*R?rtlfrTJ[ino¥o»^- The heßef are said to lay on an average 200 eggs annu-, ally A club has been formed to promote ' the spread of the breed m Scotland. j During the progress of a drioket match at Glen Innes, New South Wales, a boy, while watching the game, was struck on the head by the ball and received concussion of the) brain, from which he died the- following day. : Mr W. Zander, of Ashburton, was 4 pasßenger by the last Bteamer to Melbourne) where will make a short stay. He has reoeived an oiler to enter into a thriving business there, and has left with a view of, eeeiog whether the ohange will be a benefioiat one. • Out of fifteen witnesses examined on the subjeot of immorality, m Wellington, no fewer than thirteen, including several officers of the Salvation Army, recommended the adoption of the Goptagiouß Diseases Aot as a com pulsory measure m the larger towns of the colony, and many of them thought the pro* vision should apply to men as well as women. A comparison of the Tariff as originally brought down with that appended to tho I Customs Bill Bhows that several concessions have been made, and the Freetraders claim to have materially influenced the Premier m his alterations. In the original Tariff the duty on hollands and calicoes was 20 per oent, All under the value of 5d are now free. Cotton sheetings, corduroys, moleskins, and cheese cloths have also been added to the list of exemptions from the Tariff. The " Hawera Star " cays :—." If Mr Seddon, M.H.R., would refine and purify the gas with which, he is surcharged, all would be well. For he frequently contributes valuable matter io a debate ; but its good effect is wasted by its admixture with windy nothings poured forth apparently beoauee the refining and purifying apparatus within his gasometer is either out of order or was forgotten by the £ontraptpr who first launched Mr Seddon forth as a political light." Thero is on exhibition jn Mr Henry Zander's show windows m 2§ast street a silver tea and coffee set of four pieces intended for presentation to Mr Maclean Dunn, who, until recently, was a well-known and Respected resident m Aehbuiton. The service is a chaste and massive one of the Queen Anne pattern. It is expected that the presentation will take place early nest week, Mr Dunn nA-vjmg been asked to come specially from. Ohristchurah ion the purpose. The engraving sets forth that the service js presented to Mr and Mrs Dunn as a mark of esteem from tbei* Asbburton friends. — The •• Post " says :— The new Tariff affordß a strong argument m favor of abolishing the San Francisco-mail service. Commercially, that service nas never been a success. The interchange of produots between New Zealand and America has never assumed any large or important proportions; We have lent very Uttlo away, and we have reoeived very little by it. Th'o Jjttle that has been brought to us from San JL'rftnofcioo by the mail steamer has .consisted mainly of canned fish and fruit, the importation of which will now bp gftjatly decraajed by the imposition of the heavy new duties on Jthoss #rtioles. There will bo there' fore less reason tfrgq gyer for maintaining this expensive service.

At the R.M. Court this morning, before Mr A. Harrison, J.P., a female inebriate was cautioned and discharged. An impression is abroad that the esoaped oonviot Jonathan Roberts is at present m this district, and as is usual m suoh a case the rumors of meeting with him are many and various. Several detectives and members of the police force arrived m Ashburton yes terday and to-day, their objeot doubtless being to eoour the country for the esoaped Jonathan. The result is to hand of a trial made m Munßter to ascertain from what process the roost butter oan be made m twelve months with the same quantity of milk. The milk was allowed to stand on ioe before ohurning, it was ohurned immediately after being taken from the cow, and also after standing m pans for a certain time. None of these trials came up to the separator method, whioh yielded 401 b per cow per annum better than the other systems. The small bird nuisanoe should soon be a thing of the past if farmers took combined aotion m the manner Mr E. King and his son adopt. Eftoh provides himself with a lighted lantern after darkness sets m, taking opposite directions, and going alone the lee side of the gorse The birds are easily pioked from their perches and bagged, making no attempt to esoape. The oatoh averages 100 birds m two hours for eaoh man or lad employed. MrjKing thinks this average could soon be -greatly reduced if combined aotion were taken.— " Southland Times" oorres pondent. ' A ourious anresthetio used by the Chinese has recently been made known by Lambuth iri his third annual report of the Sooohow Hospital. It is obtained by plaoing a frog m ajar of flour, and by irritating it by prodding it. Under these circumstances it exudes a liquid whioh forms a paste with a portion of the flour. This paste, dissolved m water, was found to possess well-marked aniosthetio properties! After the finger had been im mersed m the liquid for, a few minutes it could be prioked with a needle without any pein being felt, and numbness of the lips and tongue was produoed by applying the liquid to them. — " Scientific News," The increased tea duty will fall with undue heaviness on the consumers of oheap tea. The prioe of tea varies bo much that the best sorts are worth five or six times as much ag the inferior kinds ; yet all are taxed alike. | This involves considerable inequality m the inoidonco of the tax, which falls moßl severely on those who oan least afford to pay it. It would be muoh fairer to have a graduated tax, either on the ad valorem prinoiple, or ranging from Id or 2d per lb for the cheapest classes to 9d or lOd for the best classes of tea. It is asserted that m this way a materially increased revenue could be obtained with muoh Igbs strain upon the consumers of tea. — "New Zealand Times " retrenchment party, who intend opposing the salaries of highly paid officials wnen the Estimates come on for considera tion, are likely to find that their intentions are misconceived. The Inspector of Lunatic Asylums iB one of those whose salary is to be attacked, but as he has an engagement till next year at the rate of £1200, no reduction can be made m his case: Under-Seoretary Cooper ; s another instance. Last year his salary was reduoed to £750, and, if he is further retrenohbd, he will doubtless leave the Service, as he is now entitled to a pension of £600 a year. Mr Gavin of the Treasury Department, is similarly situated ; while Mr Blaokett, of the Publio Works Department, is entitled to an even larger pension. The prob ability is that when the Works Department is abolished Mr O'Connor or Mr Blair will be retired. The Registrar of Friendly Societies is opposed to the investments of Booioties m buildings and other real property. He says New Zealand socioties have lost heavily by the building mania, as it has been rightly named, and yet their bitter experience does not seem to deter othora from risking a great portion, and sometimes the whole, of their accumulated funds m this mode of invest ment, trustees being found even foolish enough to become personally liable for sums advanced on mortgage of the property. Very few ex ceptions, chiefly m large townß, may be instanced where the value of the land and buildings have considerably increased, and produced, or helped to produce, a flourishing State of the finances : but this fact does not Afford any relief to those whose savings* have been recklessly frittered away. The •• Wellington Post " states that a reoent arrival from Home, who is an expert m butter making, and who has had some comparatively large transactions m England m New Zealand butter, has informed an exporter m that oity that his experience convinces him that until merchants at Home oan depend on reoeiving shipments of uniform quality, the Colonial trade will never assume large or profitable dimensions, and this he states, is only to be attained by the establishment of oreamerie3. Small shipments of butter, of varied quality, it iB asserted, go far to give a bad name to our butter m the London market. The gentle men alluded to maintains that the Danes are the best makers of butter intended for export ation, inasmuch as they possess the seoret of making butter so that it will keep for months, no matter what climatic ohanges it may have to experience. A very successful trial of the Juiien eleotrio tram motor, the rights of whidfc have been secured by Mr Edward Prifobard, took place at Sydney last week. The oar, which was a oar and motor combined, can seat 50 persons. The new motor was tried over a gradient of 1 m 18, although it is said to be capable of running up 1 m 10. The rate of speed was about 10 miles per hour, but it is claimed that whqn m order 15 miles oan be aooomplished. The accumulators are stored m lookers under, neath the seats. One oharging of the car is sufficient for 80 miles, or seven hours' actual running, and a similar time is occupied m storing a fresh supply of eleotrioity m the accumulators. To take out the exhausted cells and substitute new ones m the car is, however, the work of only a few minutes. No definite information as to cost was nsoer tainod, but m England it is said to be 6d per tram mile. The "New Zealand Herald" has obtained the following information respecting the rooks just taken possession of by France m the Channel : — Some of the best and finest fish taken on these coasts are caught at the If inquiers, the general name of a bed of rocks arid shoals lying on tho south-wost of Jersey, and more than five- leagues m length, east and west,' and nearly three leagues m breadth. On one of these, called Le Ityaitre'jle, whioh stands about dOftft above high water mark— a perfect oasia m the desert waste oftEboean— , there Btand about a dozen hutß for the shelter and protection of the fishermen who resort to this dangerous spot. The rook is not an acre m extent. This plaoa is about, halfway between Jersey and St. Malo. About 20 or 25. years ago prance wanted to build a light house on the Maitre-ilo, but the English j Government would not consent. Then the French placed a lighthouse outside of tho roef, m order to guide ships going to St. Malo or coming out, Tho aeoond meeting of the Ashburton Musical and Debating •* Sooiety was held last evening m tho Presbyterian Ohuroh. The Rev Mr Beattie presided. An original paper by Mr A. Orr was read with the quaint tittle " All Thumbs." The paper wbb a well written one, and contained many passages suitable for discussion, though what oonneo tionihore ,wa? between the heading and the subj'eot' matter was" not v e py apparent. A brief but rather irrelevant and then several musical items' were given, Miss Leggott sang, m rather a sweet manner, " You and I," but was unfortunate jn kinging to have a faulty aooompaniment. This was not due to the lady who presided at the piano forte, but to the instrument itself. The same fault was apparent when Mr Lamb sang "The Young Brigade." Mr Beattie'a un accompanied musioal contribution was very well' received, and the violin solo by a muo^Uly jnolined" youth— Master Cullum— was also a Vfell epauted piece, considering the yeab pi' the yioljniat. An jnsfcrutnfmtal duet— piano add yioiiri-i-by 1 Messrs Baxter and tyjfajro waq'go well received' that" a 'recall was given, to whjofc fhe gentlemen kindly responded. Next evening Will be fleyptod tp tho discussion of a paper by Mr Arthur on the old but ever fresh subjeofe of " Matrimony." A number of new members were proposed and admitted to membership, and the meeting dosed m the usual way. Skinh* Mail,--" WeHs 1 Health Renewer,* j restofe^ and vigor, ourefl Dyspepsia, impotence, SexualipebjiUty. At i^xerciets and druggists. Kempthoruej Prossipr, and. ' $q; flgoute, QUrifjtQbvmjli. c ' ' '~V

THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

♦ (per press association,) Berlin, June 14 The. alarming symptoms of the Emperor's illness reported yesterday are abating, and his Imperial Majesty is now able to take his food m the natural manner. He is a good deal stronger, and constantly discharges State duties. The King of Sweden, who is paying a Royal visit to the Emperor at Pots dam, has been cordially received. The physicians m attendance on the Emperor are of opinion that an abscess is forming between the trachea and the gullet, and that if it bursts upwards his Majesty may recover from the present attack ; if, however, the abscess should burst inwards they think suffocation would be the inevitable result.

(Received Jure 15, 11.5 am.)

SINKING FAST.

Bbrlin, Jane 14, 3.57 p m. The Emperor Frederick is suffering from lock jaw and is sinking fast. All his family are present at Potsdam,

THE MARKETS

— — * — — (per tress association.) London, Jane 13, New Zealand scrip is quoted at two and a quarter premium. Sydney, June 14. Potatoes, New Zealand, 65s to 70s | onions, 5s sd ; oats, heavy feed 23 id to 2s' 2d, light milling 2s 3d ; N.Z. bran 9j^d, local made iod; wheat, chick, as iod to 3s, milling 3s 4d to 3s 6dj butter, local best, is 3d to is 9d, best imported, up to is 3d, best of second-quality, nd to is id. The supplies are increasing. Cheese is easy at 7d ; New Zealand bacon, o,d ; local machine cured, 6d to 6J4» Melbourne Jcme 14. Wheat, 3s 4J^d ; oats, 2s iod ; flour, unchanged; barley, Californian, 5s 6d toss6^d. Brisbane, June 14. Onions, £6 7s 6d; potatoes, ios ; butter, is iod. Adelaide, Jane 14 Wheat, 3s 3d, farmers' lots; Port Adelaide, 3s id; outports, 2s iid ro 3s; superfine stonemade flour, Roller flour, £8 to £8 ss. The following private telegram was received m Christchiirch yesterday, dated Adelaide, June 13th : — The price of wheat is 33s 3d for June-July cargoes to United Kingdom for orders ; continent free.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

HOME AND FOREIGN.

j [Phe Pbess Association.]

THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL.

London. Jane 14 Members of the Conservative Party are protesting against the action of the Government m withdrawing the licens ing clause m the Local Government Bill. The publicans are making no attempt to have the clauses reinstated. The temperance party and Unionist Liberals hope to prevent the excision of Sunday trading clauses.

THE EMIGRATION SOCIETY.

London, June 13, The Emigration Society intend send ing Mr Payton to the colonies to inquire re the prospects of their co-operating with the society m dispatching immi grants,

THE ESSEX.

The fire on board the Essex at Aden has been subdued.

THE ADMIRALTY.

In the House of Commons Mr Jen nings moved that a re-organisation of the Admiralty wad necessary. He thought m the public interest it was injurious to have forced officials, who afterwards became a burden. Lord G. F. Hamilton's amendment suggest ing the employment of redundant officials of other branches was nega tived. The motion was carried by a majority of 13.

THE STANLEY EXPEDITION.

Letters have been received from Major Bartelot, commander of Stan ley's reserve stating they are short of provisions, and his followers are dying. He implores that relief be sent without delay.

N.Z, LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY.

The New Zealand Loan and Mer cantile Agency have declared a dividend for the year at the rate of 10 per cent.

BANQUET TO MR PARNELL.

At a banquet tendered to Mr Parnell ! members of the party claimed that they had the entire support and sympathy of Australia and America,

CRISIS IN BULGARIA.

Sofia, June 14 M. Stambouloff, Premier, has re signed owing to m the Cabinet. The cause of disagreement between Ministers is said to have arisen over a recent sentence imposed upon M. Popofjf, one of the ex : Regents, wbo was convicted of embezzling Govern ment moneys. Prince Ferdinand is not disposed to accept the resignation of the Premier.

AUSTRALIAN.

(Pkb Press Association.)

NEW SOUTH WALES.

Newcastle, Juno 14. steamer Newsea collided with the sfiip .Galatea* m the harbor last night. ' The bridge,' funnel, and life boat of the steamer were srrjashecj, and the hull was damaged and the main mast carried away. The stem of the ship was twisted and several plates were broken.

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES,

(From our own Correspondent.) Wellington, Jane 14 Considerable aatonlabmont has been manifested by tho Canterbury members at an expression of opinion by Me Bux'on In hla Bpaeoh hat night, to the effect that he thooght the endowment for secondary education m that Province should be given up for the purpoaea of primary eduoation. The Pablio Petitions Cotnmlfcoe to-day considered the petition of Mr John OUivior Provincial Government Auditor, who do olined to give up hia position. A decision has been anivedat, the result of which, I believe, ts that no report will be made ti the House, but that Government will probably glvo him a pension of £250 a ye»r» Mr Taylor, this afternooD, gave notice to aßk the Premier on Wednesday what wan the net amount received out of the last two million loan, aftar plying all expenses m connection with the raising of such loan. Mr Taylor informs me thst he believes that about £100,000 has been lost to tb.3 colony, made up of commission and depreciation, ■■ A meeting of members of both Houses was held to-day to consider the provisions of the Codlin Moth Bill, Eighteen were present, and Captain Baillie occupied the choir. The claasea of tho Bill were con sidered seriatim, and after full delibera tion the desirability was affirmed of leav ing out fhe provisions m regard to stone fruit, and of eliminating the whole of the clauses from five to twenty, thus retaining those clauses only which will be prevent I tive The general idea seemed to be that as the objectionable clauses had been removed, the Council would accept the Bill. An important question to leaseholders of Maori land is being brought pnder the notice of the Government by Mr Merchant, who is enquiring of the Government whether m the Native land legislation shortly to oome before the House they will oonßlder the question of compelling Native landowners whoße titles hare been in dividualised, to contribute towards the coot of dividing fences, whether their land is occupied by Europeans or not; From Mr Izird I learn that the first object of his Cemeteries Aot Amendment Bill is to empower the Government to close cemeteries without the necessity of first providing a new burial ground by the local governing body. . j Undoubtedly the best speech of to day's stage of the financial debate wbb that of Mr Ballanoe, who delivered a very effective Freetrade address. A portion of hia remarks were directed to Mr Ormond, whom he dressed down very warmly, especially m regad to the statement of the. latter that he would go back to the Government directly - the tariff question ia settled, on account of their Native land proposals, and their policy to sell lands, for cash He twitted the member for Napier with having objected to the late Governmant became they settled paupers on the land m small blocks, while Mr Ormond's policy was to let the lands (both Crown and Native) go to speculators m large blooks. These remarks were evidently appreciated by the House, who applauded loudly. On enquiry, I learn that the member for Manawatu la Buffaring from a bnd touch of gout, which has attacked a foot that was formerly in jared. . MrMaoarther regrets hie en forced retirement very muoh. The members of the Uppar House have been having good times during the past week or two. .On the p-inoiple that laziness Is nothing if not wall carried on*, some of them wish to take a holiday altogether for another week or two. All the Bills sent up from the House of Representatives have beon cleared off the Order Paper long ago, and one or two Bills introduced into the Upper Chamber dlreot have also been disposed of ; and as virtually there ia- nothing new to talk about, Sir G. 8. Whltmore has given notice to mova to-morrow — That the Council at is rising do adjourn for fourteen days. Mr Fish to-day presented a petition signed by 277 marine engineers, who complain that though the provisions of the Shipping and Seamen's. Act prohibit foreign engineers (unless properly certifi id) ■from serving on passenger steamers, there is no provision . against them being employed on foreign cargo boats, 'which they consider is a great Id justice to the British engineers m the colony, who have to procure certificates by serving their time ashore. The G vernment having today inti mated that they do not see their way to introduce a Bill to amend the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Aot this session, Major Steward has given notice to move for leave oriTuesday week" to bring m a BUI for that purpose. It will differ from the Bills at present before the Houao m the names of Mea?ra Maoarthur and Hutchison whioh provide for the specific cases of Manawatu, W*iaa%te, AehburtoD, etc, inasmuch as It will maka provision, for an automatic system by which, any dietrfofc having sufficient population, and having, or being willing to provide, hospital aooommodation, on obtain the formation of a separate Hospital and Charitable Aid district. Wellington, Juno 15. The great financial debate was brought to a close last night, after between sixty and seventy members had spoken During yesterday's debate some very- interesting speeches were delivered, notably those by Mr Ballance, Mr John Hall, and the address of the Premier after the division was taken, when he reviewed the position taken up by the Government m regard to the Tariff. Mr Barron was the last to speak, and after he had ooncluded a division was called for by Mr Beetharn. There was a pretty full -House, and as generally expected, Government had an overwhelming majority. The numbers wore 50, to 27. The Houaa wjll go into Qoramittee to day on the Bill, and it is anticipated tha"t the struggle over the items will continue over at least a week The following amendment was yesterday moved In the Oounoll by the Hon Mr McLean, to tho motion for adopting the report of the Midland Railway Committee, whloh was favorabje to the concession asked for, f'That In the opinion of this Oounoil Government having made very important onceaslonu to the Company m oontraots lately submitted to them for their signature, should now firmly declare that these concessions have reached the limit which under existiog circumstances the colony should not be ctlled upon to overstep; and that whilst they cannot now favourably entertain the Company's requßt, Government do not moan to shut out the consideration of an Incline line at Arthur's Pass on the Abt Hpstem or any other Byßtera that might bo found to be for the mutual advantage of the colony fend 'the cpmpany; It being clearly under, stood that In dealing with any' Woh proposals Government will be guided by the advice of their own engineers." The amendment, however, was lost by 19 to 5, and the report adopted. Now that the Caitoma Bill has got Into Committee It Is not anticipated that much time will be wasted m pushing it through Many Freetraders who have consistently opposed the B.IU so far, now recognise that a largo majority of the Hqnse being m f ivor of the tariff further aqtyon m Opposition is useless. " A vag-mqy }n tho " Efans<)*d " stiff has been ocfmicincd br the retirement of Mr Frederick I?oni r who has been, compelled by failing .hsalth to resign his position* and, aubjeot to modloal advloe, leaves for Ausplla almost immediately. Tho ftppoiofcment Is being filled temporarlljr by ijr |?3ppß, of (he " Mtntwata Times,"||g

PARLIAMENTARY.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Thursday, Jdnb 14, The Council met at 2.30 p m. MIDLAND RAILWAY. The report of tho Midland R»!l*»y 0. mmlttea was adopted, BILLS Several Bills were dealt with.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

AFTERNOON SITTING. The Houce met at 2.30 p.m. OUBXOMB DUTIES JIILIi. Mr O'Oallaghan resumed the debate oa the Customs Daties Bill, He oontended Proteotion would be a benefit to small farmers rather than an injury, es by it the farm'nj community would obtain a local market for their produce, and would get the highest prloea m. sUoh a market. He objected to the contlnuaotie of .the San Francisco service, and also to the tea doty proposed (or looal bodies' subsidies. He also objeoted to the primage duty. Mr Dodson. as an old Freetrader and supporter of Government, said that he was not at all Ukeo. by surprise at the Premler'a action, as they knew that he (the Premier) had for yean a growing tendency toward*- Protection as a means of raising revenue. He agreed with Mr Ormond that if his resolution for raising the Bohool age had been|f airly, putio the vote the Hnusa would have been m favor of It. He urged the olaims of the Gathollo portion of the community to some assistance, and hoped Government would take this question Into their earnest consideration, , ..'"'•: Mr Ballanoe welcomed Mr Dodson as % oonvert to Protection,' although the hon gentlenoan was still a Freetrader m ■ theory t He (Mr Billanoe) bad always been a Protectionist, and he waa of opinion that it waa absolutely necessary for the oonntry, and whether the present -BUI was perfect or no 1 , he felt that the tariff proposals would give hope and enoouragement to those people who were leaving the country. He held that the Treasurer was justified from a Freetrade point of view In propos ing the tariff, and from a 'Protectionist point of view he was also warranted la 00 adjusting the revenue so as to assist looal industries. .He disapproved of the Bohool age, and held thai no feasible argument had been advanced agalmt the San Franoisoo mail servioa a Mr Maokenzle (Olutha) was Butpriied to hear a member of Mr Ballanoe's experience defend the San Franoisoo service. : He held that if the tariff pasted it would mean an Inoreased cost of* production to farmers, as they would have to pay higher priom for everything they required. . . . Mr Mills Wftß not one of tha band of Freetradera who had renouno'ed their allegiance to Government over , ; this question, but be still felt m a very awkward position. . > • The debate was Interrupted by the 5.30 p,m. adjournment.' . ! '• •

EVENING SITTING

The Houße-.tesuaied at 7.30 p. nfi Mr Lawry deprecated the personal animosity that had been displayed on several ooqaslonß dating the debate. He looked on the tariff aa chiefly revenue producing. It It had been . purely protective be would not have support id It, but as it would help looal Industry while adding to the revenue, he wonld, with • few modifications, vote for It, Mr Talwhanga wanted to lee a Council established for the Maoris themselves, and also that the Natives should be allowed ti deal with their own lends as they liked. All the protection, ho understood was pro* teotion for Maori l»nd. Mr Carroll, wonld favor . Freetrade m Native Lando. Mr Ballinoe's Aot was nnworktble, and not* single transaction bad taken place onder it, As to the tariff he declared himself a Freetrader, and agreed with tLose he thought there were other avenues by which money could be raised than by. protective , tuxes. If we ouuld possibly;, get a good pripa,-for oar railways he wonld advocate selling them to relievo the people of their- bardeno aa much as possible, ; . Mr Marohant oonld not agree With the Government propoials, as the tariff seemed to him to be designed specially to bear heavily on the consumer and to be m the interests of manufacturers. Mr Reeves (Inangahua) did not think the tariff went far enough m the dlreotion ofj Protection. Sir John Hall disapproved of raising the school age. Even if it were done Ihe saving would be so email as to. be unappreciable; He could not apprqve of the aboltion of the San Francisco service. Speaking with coma knowledge of official retrenchment ho was boind t6 express his surprise that Government had bfen able to come down with amounting to nearly a quarter of a million. He baa had fa go through tho same painful ex perience, and felt that they ha.d done 49 much as could be expected of them m this respect, He could not support the amend* merit, whioh was really one of "no confi-* donee," He felt sure that the country en dorsed the Government policy, and would heartily approve it. Mr Ehrcon said that this cry for Pro too tion was merely the result of a diseased state of public mind. The House divided, and tho motion for going into committee was carried by 50 to 27. The Premier said there were not two of the Freetraders who agreed m their speeches as to what ought to hava been done m place of the Government pro posata. He reviewed the circumstances under which the Ministry had been formed, to Bhow that it was clearly, uuder etood he was to frame a policy, and thow who had made him Premier could support It or not as they chose. Thero waß no principle involved m - the matter, as the country already had high import duties; Would any of fyhem have courage to 'get up and propose a purely "Freotrade pojlcy? Much as he regretted losing old friends) still he must do his duty to the country irrespective of friends. He must also tell the Opposition, some of whom had tauoted the Government, that they, weird working for no party, but were pursuing their own convlotlon of whajt was Ef^essa/y for the country, Ips own opinion y&% that the feeling of the country was agataat giving np the services as anggested by some members. It was evident from the debate that the House would not agree to raising the school age nor abolishing sub sidies to local bodies. He had been twitted with bringing down taxation proposal* Identical with Sir J. Vogel's, but those who aald ao had altogether overlooked tho fact that, before asking for more revenue, they had. reduced expenditure by nearly a quarter of a million. He explained that the reason for imposing the primage duty was that they found the deficit would be 4128,000 more than e^psoted, and< they had no other means of paying it except by this means as the ordinary • revenue would not bear it. It was possible they might fiad next year that more revenue would be wanted, 'though be hoped not. Bat all he oauld say was that If it wera found neoeaaary he mast have It. It was of the utmost importanoa that the tariff sh,ou_ld remain fixed for some time {o com?, and that waej qnp of tho reasons why he had not ton^hdd 1 sugar, Ifnd othel articles, whioh, ijl neaessary, oou|d Qf taxed at a fqture tlma without disturbing trade. He hQpai thit now the battle. was over, all would Help to get the BUI through Committee, The Bill was ooasidered la Committee* Clause 1 was pisiad and progceas r«« ported. ggThe Uouae aijoqcqocl at laldaigot

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