MAIL NOTICES,

Mails close for the following places as under subject to the necessary alterations : — TUE-DAY, November 14. For United Kingdom, and Continent of Kurops, via Brindisi, and also for Northern Ports and Australian Colonies, except Tas mania, per Hiuroto, at 0.30 a.nv Due London December 26

Ashburton Guardian Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1893. RED TAPA.

Something happened last week in con nection with the removal of a lunatic man from Ashburton to the Asylum at Gbristchurch which, in these days of sixth standard education, civil service exams to ascertain the perfect fitness of civil servants, and the forward march of intellect generally, would hardly be believed. On Friday morning last, Constable Jackson brought down from Mount Somers an unfortunate man suffering from lunacy. As everybody knows, the law so safeguards the liberty of the British subject that no person can be suddenly whipped away and shut up in a lunatic asylum, whether he be sane or insane, at the instance of some body else whose selfish interests would be served by such a proceeding. Be fore a person can be removed to the keeping of an Asylum, certaiii forms have to be gone through, and very proper and right it is that these forms are provided. Two duly qualified medical practitioners must examine the alleged lunatic,satisfy themselves of his lunacy, and report to the Court on an official form provided for the purpose. The alleged lunatic is charged before a Resident Magistrate, in open Court, with being insane, and on the evidence of insanity being satisfactory to the Court, the lunatic is committed to the : Asy'uni by warrant. If the Resident Magistrate is ten or more miles away from the place where the Court usually sits, two Justices of the Peace may taite his pace, and discharge his func tions, but the fact of the Resident Magistrate being ten miles away at the time must be "so nominated in the bond," or warrant given to the con stable who takes charge of the lunatic. All this was gone through last Friday in the case of the unfortuate man re ferred to, who was very violent, and proved himself a very awkward prisoner ' indeed to handle. All this was gone through we say; except one little punctillio —the officer who drew the warrant omitted to state upon the face of it, that the Resident Magistrate was ten miles away, and therefore two ordinary men of the Great Unpaid had to be used in his stead. A.\vay went the constable with his demented prisoner, and the afternoon train made its tedious journey to the city—-a journey about as uncomfortable and dangerous for the poor constable as could be imagined, as his charge was anything but lamblike in his behavior. Seven o'clock, however, saw the end of the journey, and the two men on their way to the asylum. But at that in stitution trouble began. The trifling omission from the warrant was noticed, and then a huge ball of red tape bad to be unwound. The lunatic could not be received within the walls of the institution on such a, warrant, and there was nothing for the constable to do but get back to Ashburton with all speed, and have the error rectified. Fortunately an excursion train, carry ing the visitors to the Christchurch Show back to their homes was leaving that night, and by it the constable with his struggling, raving charge came back to Ashburton, arriving at two in the morning. Thanks to a pair of strong handcuffs, and such help as the constable could recruit by the way the lunatic was restrained and prevented from duing injury to himself or any ;body else on the train. Then the whole thing had to be done over again, and with the first train on Saturday morning the weary deary journey had to be started on again, and the poor man, after travelling another hundred miles was admitted to the asylum. Is any comment needed on such a piece of gross stupidity and mulish adherence to trumpery formula in the face of the man's palpable insanity and the cvi dence of the medical men ? We think not, but a strict and searching enquiry is necessary so that a repetition of such tomfoolery as we have described cartnot possibly occur again. It was perhaps the esrrcet thing to do to refuse the warrant, but the refusal of the lunatic and sending him to cover another hun dred miles of railway, and that too overnight and in a crowded excursion train, was a gross blunder, and a blunder that was worse than a crime.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The " Huwke's Bay Heiald" gets one in on the "New Zealand Times" as follows: -r-'"lhus the • Times':—'Some laughing jackasses are to be liberated in Napier. Is this necessary 1' We regret to have to reply in the affirmative. In this, as in stencbe? and high winds, we must admit our inferio rity to Wellington. But our laughing jack ass a won't be employed on the preas. Is this satisfactory ?"

The Ameer of Afghanistan and Sir H. Durand, British envoy, have settled the Oxus frontier. Ifc is stated that a large syndicate has decided not to purchase Victorian debentures unless the principal and interest are made payable in London. The Columbian sealers claim a million dollars from the United States Government ' for being excluded from following their calling in Behring Sea during the last two seasons. Six halfbrecl Shropshire merino sheep exhibited by Mr H. F. Gray at the Northern Society's Show, when shorn yielded 721b weight of wool, and six Shropshire halfbrecl ewes returned a like quantity of wool. These were not the bast of the sheep, but only an average. A man entered a Melbourne house one day lately while the woman of the house was out taking some dinner to her husband. He appropriated all the valuables in the place, cut open a feather bed, put the booty in the mattress, and carried it off. Oa the way down stairs ho met the woman on her way back. "Does Mrs Smith live here?" he asked her. "No," she replied. "Well," sa d the thief, "I've carried thin matress up and down the steps of noarly every house in the block, and I'm getting tired of it. 1 didn't know there were so few Smiths in Melbourne." The woman laughed, and ten minutes later found that the man had run away with all the portable articles of any value in the flat. Thepoliceof Amsterdam (Hol'and)arregted on September 20 a man named Hendrick De Jong, and charged him with wife murder. It is alleged ho has committed a eeriea of homicidal crimes similar to those of Deeming. List June he married Sarah Jewitt, a young English girl, who soon disappeared. In August he married tho pretty daughter of a local innkeeper, who also was soon among ' the missing. This coming finally to the aars of the police, led to an investigation and the arrest of De Jong. Searches for remains of the victims have begun bo h in Holland and England, without result, however, bo far. It was believed on the 26th that the body of the woman Jewitt was found in the woods forty miles from Amsterdam, but this proved without foundation. A general seirch o\ both countries is to be renewed as the im pression is that De Jong murdered wholesalei An ex-Highland gillie, recounting in the columns of the " Newcastle Chronicle," his experiences when at Balmoral, mentions that it was when her Majesty rode across the Grampian Hills and afterwards past the Castle of Fasque, the residence of Sir Thomas Gladstone, that a halt was made, and the Queen being thirsty, she stooped and drank from a spring of crystal water which bubbled from a grassy spot among the heather. The well is now covered by a beautiful fountain oi granite, which bears the following inscrip tion :— Rest, stranger, on this lovely scene, And drink and pray for Scotland's Queen- Victoria. The fountain stands in the glen of Invermark, A good deal of amusement has been created by the following couplet pencilled below the above, and supposed to have been written by an Eogl'sh tourist : — We'll pray for Queen Victoria here, Bat go au:l drink her health in beer. Wanganui papers record the death of Mr Henry Nathan, one of the old identities oi tho provincial district. He arrived in Wel lington on January 22, 1841 (the first anni versary of the colony), in the Slams Castle. No work being obtainable an his trade" (that ot a goldsmith), he joined the Police Force, and was sent to Wanganui, as Sergeant under Sub-Inspector Garner. After serving some time in that capacity he went limber cutting and farming, and having done well at these occupations, settled in the town, where he became a member of the Town I Board, and remained one until Boards were abolished. He was in the first Municipal i Council, and continued to be a member until he was elected May r of Wanganui, but after his Mayoral term hid expired he retired from public life. In the early days Mr Nathan saw some rough times with the Maoris. He took a great interest in Masonic matters, having been several times Master of both the local lodges; in fact, one of them almost owes its existence to him Until lately he enjoyed the best of health. He leaves a widow, five sons, and five daughters. On Colonel Btiley's letter to the Milton Borough Council being read on Wednesday night, Cr Moore expressed the opinion that the Council should speak out and let " Colonel" Buley kno'v what they thought. They were there for the purpose of main taining law and order, and it was their duty to do their utmost to uphold the by laws. The Colonel evidently forgot that in addressing the Council he was dealing with men who, at least, were his equals. The whole tone of the letter simply looked as it he were sitting on his throne and command ing those beneath him. He moved—"That the following reply be sent to Colonel Bailpy :—" Your letter to the Mayor and councillors, dated 6th inst., was considered at a meeting held this evening. In reply I am instructed to inform you that the action of the mayor and town clerk in endeavour ing to preserve law and order within the borough is endorsed by the Council. It is quite unnecessary that you should feel con cerned about the expense the Council may have to incur in the discharge of its duty. Even in the suppression of nuisances the expenses will be kept within the narrowest limit. Persistent, wilfil, and defiant breaches of ths by-laws must be taken notice of ; but in all proceedings the Council must be allowed to exercise its own judg ment as to the form it shall take. The Council disputes your right to find fault with the action or conduct of it* officers, and resents your uncalled for inter ference with the conduct of its own busi ness." Cr Walker seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously.

The Anarchists

Mai»eid, November 10. The Govern merit has suspended the Habeas Corpus Act in order to cope more effectually with the Anarchists. November 11. It is believed that the outrage com mitted at the Barcelona Theatre was planned in England. (Received November 13, 10 a m.) Madrid, November 12. Ihe constitution of Catalonia has been suspended to enable the authori ties to deal summarily with the Anar chists.

Amateur Athletics.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING

Melbourne, Novembar 11, I The weather for the Athletic Meeting I wag beautifully fine and calm. The« following are results :— Long Jump Championship—CMc, Syd ney, 19ft sin, 1; Moir, Uhristchurch, 19ffc 2in, 2 ; Musgrave, Victoria, 19ft l£in, 3. Three-Mile Flab Championship—Her bert, Ballarat, 1 ; Blake, Victoria, 2; Calder, Victoria, 3. Herbert led the whole way, doing the first mile in 4min 59sec, the second in lOmin lOaec. Dal rymple, the New South Wales champion, aave up at a mile and a half. No New Zealand competitor took part in the event. Herbert won by 150 yds in 15min 33 2-sth sec. 100 Yards Championship—W. Mac- Pheraon, New South Walts, 1 ; Green wood, Victoria, 2 ; Hill, Sydney, 3. The other starters were C. Macpherson, Davies, and Corte. The New Zealandera, Low and Balch, lost their respective heats. If anything Greenwood had the best of the start, the others moving simultaneously. The New South Wales crack promptly asserted himself, winning a capital race by two yards, in 9 9-10ch sec. 440 Yards Hurdles Championship-— Matson, Christchurch, 1 ; Mcßae, New South Wales, 2 ; Davis, Victoria, 3. Mat aon, jumping in fine style, took the lead shortly after the start, but was hardly pressed by Mcßae and Moir. Matson, however, was not to be denied, and won by two yards, Davis beating Moit for third placfi. Time~6l l-sth sec. One Mile Walking Championship— Bullock, Sydney, 1; Galloway, Dunedin, 2 ; Challinoir, fcydney, 3. The New Zea linder made the pace for three parts of the distance, when Bullock headed by a great spurt, although the public rather disapproved of his etyle. There was great dissatisfaction at the result, bub Galloway declined to enter a protest. Bullock won by twenty yards. Tima— 7min 13 2-5 th sec. Throwing the Hammer — O'Connor, Auckland, 86ft Bin, 1; Moir, Christchurch, 70ft 6in, 2 ; Thurgood, 69ft 7Mn, 3. 440 Yards Championship—W. Mc- Pherson, Sydney, 1; Greenwood, Vic toria, 2; Marsden, Sydney, 3. Balch made the running for the first half, when Mcßae, of Sydney, challenged him. Greenwood in turn dispossessed Mcßae, but when MsPherson c*me he made a '* holy show " of the field, putting up an Austrahsian record, 50 l-sth sec. Balch finished fourth, but Low was nowhere. Pole Jump—Gleeson, Victoria, 10ft 3|in, equalling the Colonial record. Th 6 High Jump caused great excite ment, being the deciding event as to wh'ch would be the champion colony. Victorii wanted a point to tie New South Wal.s, \vh»n her second places would have given her the coveted title, but Cole, of Sydney, defeated hi-} opponent Doyle, of Victoria, jumping oft Biia. This concluded he meeting, the points being—New South Wales 8 points, Vic toria 5, New Zealand 3. [Via'son's tim \ in the 410 Yards Hurdles is a world's record, being one fifih of a second less than th*t put up by I3atger, 61 2-sth eec, at the New Zealand Athletic Association's «hampionship meeting in Auckland in 1891.] (Received November J3, 12.10 p.m.) Melbourne, November 13. The Victorian Amateur Athletic isso cia'ion is entertaining the visitors during the ensuing week. Although the atten dance wa» only moderate there was great enthusiasm over the victory of New South Wales for the title of champion of the colony, which was only won after a tough fight, Saturday's sport was much superior to that of the first day, the competitors showing great improvement in form. With the exception of Matson and O'Con nor, the New Zealand team could not be looked upon as possessing the champion form. Coles' high jump of sft 9Jin estab lishes the Australasian record, and Mat son, by his win in the 440 yds hurdles, pufc up a world's record. The result of the meeting shows great progress has been made in athleticism. The Victorians and New Zealanders return on Saturday.

SUICIDE OF A YOUNG WOMAN.

PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION. Wellington, November 11. A young woman named Mrs Clark, living in Tinakori road, was found dead in bed this morning with a shot through her heart, and a revolver by her side. j She had be^n living apart from her husband. An inquest will be held this afternoon. Later. Mrs Clark was housekeeper to Mr Wm. Winter Jacks, warehouseman in Abbott and Go's. Mr Jacks, who was in the house, states that he never heard the report of a revolver. Only one chamber w«s discharged and death must have been [ almost instantaneous as the missile passed through the heart. The only theory for ■ha acb is that Mr Jacks informed de ceased that he would shortly sell off, as business engagements would take him out of town for a time. The deceased loft a | letter, but the contents have not yet been divulged. November 12. Very little light has as yet been shed on tho reason which caused Mrs Clark to take her life during Friday night, but it is understood the police bave information which may clear up the matter. This, however, will not be divulged until the irquest, which has been adjourned until Wednesday r.ext. The deceased was about twenty-five years of age, is said to be a native of Naw South Wales, and has a sister residing in Dunedin, Mrs Clark's husband left her some time ago, and a warrant was issued for his arrest, but it is believed he has left the colony. A letter left by Mrs Clarke leaves no doubb that it is a case of suicide.

THE WHETHER.

ALFORD STATION.

The following ia tho Meteorological report for the week onding November 12 1893 :—

THE GENERAL ELECTION.

THE RANGCTATA SEAT. MRI.R.C.CUiNNINfGUAMK-GRAHAM AT TINWcVLD. There was a £i;r attendance at the Templar Hall, Tinwald, on Saturday night to bear Mr I. R. C. Cunninglvune-Gra harn, a candidate for the Rangit*ta seat, address the electors. Mr Redraayne oc cupied the chair and introduce! the speaker. I Mr Graham, after alluding to the fact i that until recently he was one of the oldest inhabitants i-f Tinwald, said: — Owing to the recent large accaasion to our voting power, in consequence of the adoption tf the female franchise, ifc be hoves U8 to go over our political land mark-, and ascertain correctly, if we can, the different aims of the Conservative and Liberal parties in our colonial Parliament, especially as the Conservatives, both in side and outside of the House, have been applying the coarsest) of invectives to Liberals, and have besides been imputing all manner of sinister motives to them. In a general way. thase two parties, Con servatives and Liberals, represent two fundamental principles which lie at the roob of all progress in politics. These principles are Komewhab differently de fined by two distinguished men. For in stance, the late Professor Darwin defined the law of the progress of society to be a constant struggle for ex-stence, and the survival of the fittest, whereas Professor Huxley, on the other hand, affirms that the struggle for existence, etc., is the rule of progress for the brute creation only, and thafc the real law of progress for man kind is the practice of self-sacrifice. Now in my opinion the Conservatives favor Darwin's theory, whereas the Liberals adopt Huxley's. For instance, the Con servatives have believed in the free and unlimited acquisition of land, whereas the Liberals s»ya Ko, and that there must be restriction in the area which any one man is allowed to take up, in order that all may have a share. Let us, however, take a more general tiew of THE LAND QUESTION and go back forty-three years. When the eaily settlero arrived here the authorities let out the land in grazing leases, follow ing the practice of the Australian Colo nies, and allowed thq lessees certain pre emptive rights for the better working of their runs, In addition to these, how ever, they invented certain other pre emptive rights, such as the practice com monly known as gridironing, buying up all the water and river frontages, thereby securing for themselves the country be hind. In the early seventies, after the finish of the Franco-Prussian war, wool and grain rose rapidly in price ; and at the same time Sir Julius Vogel started his Public Works and Immigration Policy. Under these combined influences money became plentiful in the colony, and the runholders bought up very large quanti ties of land, hence the origin of the great estates. There were, however, a few honest and prudent men in Parliament, real Liberal, who wished to reserve the lands lying adjacent to the railways being constructed, but their voices were entirely overpowered by the greedy m joriiy, who were either landowners themselves, 01 in some way connected with the land All these men saw it was a ca^e of now or nsver to acquire the best of the land, and accordingly did so- Sir George Grey saw all this evil and injustice, but unfortunately, when ho cattn iato power, the finances became disordered by the fallirjgoffof the sale of land, and on ihe cry of retrench ment Sir Harry Atkins< n again took the reins of office. His Government, com moaly called the Continuous Ministiy, was in existence until about four years ago, when the industrial strike began in England, and gradually extended t> this colony. TLe strikes, perhaps, were in dustrially unsuccessful, but politically they were of some benefit, because thej opened the eyes of the workers, and clearly showed them tbafc if they wan'tx tiny amelioration of their condi'ion, il must come from the Liberals, and noi from the Conservatives ; consequently tht present Liberal Ministry was formed by i hrgi majority of members returned ir that interest. As soon as they got Int< office they immediately tought to remedj the great evil of land monopoly; and, with this end in view, they repeated the old property tax, and instituted the pro gressive land tax, which really is the cause of all the bitterness, and the rude language indulged in from time to time by many of the leading men in the Con servative party. This tax cannot, how ever, be termed excessive, because il scarcely amounts to one-aighlh part of the general taxation of the colony, whicl amounts to £2,339,511, of which tha Lane Tax only forms a portion to the extent o! £297,181. But, really in point of fact, this tax is only what at Home is no* called a Betterment Tax, because the large estates have derived so munh benefil from the fifteen, millions of money ex pended in railways and immigration, What would be their value if the railways were taken up and removed, and tin immigrants and their families shipped themselves off to South America or else^ where, the same as certain Australian colonists have recently done 1 Why it is questionable whether the land would be worth more than its original price of £2 per acre, The principle of Betterment Taxation is now quite understood and acknowledged at Home, although at first ifc was looked upon as Socialistic, and has been assented to by both Houses of Parliament, in respect of certain exten sive improvements, carried out by the London County Council, notwithstanding the strong opposition of certain titled and wealthy ground landlords. From this betterment point of view this tax just about pays two per cent interest on the capital cost of the railways, leaving the remaining 2j per cent of interest to be drawn out of the public in the shape of freightage of goods &nd passenger traffic. It is really a reminder to the large land owners that they have been too greedy in the past. John Stuart Mill has been quoted to show that an increased propor tion of taxation on larger estates is a tax on industry ani thrift, but these large estates in Sew Zealand have been ac quired not by industry and thrift, but by bank loans. I was offered money in the early days to take up land but refused, as I would not take the responsibility of more than I could do with (laughter.) RAILWAY MANAGEMENT. In point of fact the Railway Commie sioners endeavour to screw as much profit out of the general public as possible, but if the foregoing views of taxation is ac cepted, it will be seen that it is full time for the goods and passenger rates to ba re duced. Henca it follows, as a matter of course, that the Government should have a voice in the management of the railways, in the interest of country settlers especi ally. Besides which there are many anomalies in the rates, all in favor cf the rich man ; for instance, the conveyance of coals to the Hinds station from Timaru costs only 7s 61 per ton by the truck, whereas the cost of conveying from one to four tons coats 13s 6d pc/ ton. IMPROVEMENT IN LEGISLATION. The first step towards improvement, I consider should be the election of the Uppar House for six years only. The times of holding the election might be tmido the same as for the election of n,em bers for the Lower House, only the dis tricts should be made double the size. An Upper House so elected should have the power of veto for one session only, and in cases when the two Houses should not be able to agree a second time, then an appeal to th§ electors §ho,uld be made by means

of the .Referendum to settle the point in | dispute. Another improvement would , be if the loquacity of members were cur-1 tailed by means of the " closure " system, I irreverently called the gag, as much tims is wasted in recrimination and useless stonewvil ing. If this were accomplished, tbe session iniahb be shortened, the hono rarium dunin shod, and also the cost of printing and Hansard- The Conserva tiveo aro raising a great cry just now aghinsl P-irty Government, but ihey are satisfied with ie at Home, where it has bean in practice hundreds of years, and no , serious o- jection h<s been raised against it, 1 have known intimately several mem bers of the British Parliament, and, al though occasionally defeated, they nevr complained of Party Government, the only trouble there seems to b8 to get in (Laughter;. One especially I remember ; —he passed one of the moat successful Temperance Acts of the century, being an Act for closing up the publ c-houses on Sundays, known as the Forbes-Mackenz^' Act—this man was very silent, both in Parliament and privately, exemplifying the fact that loquacity is not always a sign of usefulness. LAND I'OR SETTLEMENT BILL. Speaking on the Land for Settlement Bill, Mr Graham said that the terms on which small farmers could obtain good land from large owners were practically prohibitory, and for their benefit the Government had introduced the Land for Settlement Bill and he hoped it would pass next session. He also referred to the proposed graduated tax on succession duties which he said he had suggested to the Hon. John McKenzie. BIBLE READING JN SCHOOLS. This subject has lately caused con siderable discussion in all the principal centres of the colony; at least, amongst the ministers, clergy, and certain of the laity who propose to adopt the Irish National School Book, containing scrip tural extracts, and thus I understand, they would sink the Bible into an ordinary pasa subject. Now, although in sympathy with them to a certain extent only, still I think they are wrong in their mode of procedure, and would recommend instead, that ib should be an entirely optional matter, and that school committees should be authorised, if they think fit aad deem the schoolmaster in sympathy with the book, to empower him to have a few verses read daily, and to give a few words of kindly explanation and applica tion of the religious truth to be conveyed. If the school committees in any electorate availed themselves of this privilege, to the extent of one-third of the total number of schools, then I consider the Catholics would be entitled to a small grant, say £1 per head, toward.? their school in the principal centre of popula tion of that electorate. I do not, how ever, think that any protestant sect would be entitled to a grant, because they could be well served by Bible-reading, as pre viously explained. The giving of these grants would not be all loss to the State, however, because i*- would be saved the cost of enlarging exist-! ing schools, which is sure to j become nece3sary sooner or later. The Bible is an excellent manual of political economy, of true Liberalism, teaching equ^ity of sacrifice. Its land laws effectually prevent the aggregation of large estates, the drink problem is also dealt with. Miny object to Bible-read ing on the plea that parents should teach their own children, but it should be re merrbered that the struggle for a liveli hood often compels the poor man to be days and weeks absent from his home in country districts, and ho is consequently unVole to do his duty in -this respect. The mother, also, is generally over burdened with the toil of looking after her family and the little home-farm, and has little time for, even if she possesses the gift of, imparting religious instruction. THE GOVERNM 1 NT LICENSING BILL. In common with many others, when first I perused This Bill I deemed it a satisfactory one, but when one comes to work it, and by working it I mean to try and remove from the roll the names of those who are there by reason of their holding property in any electorate, then its faults and injustice become evident, Perhap » ifc is not generally known that the rolls are full of dummies, such as absentees, dead men, and others who have parted with their property, and it in only by the clearest legal proof in most instances that the registrar can be induced to remove them off. Hence T have come to the conclusion that those clauses of the Bill miking it necessary for one half of ihe electors on the roll to vote before a poll becomes valid is most unjust ia principle. The same applies to the stipulation that a three-fifths majority is necessary before abolishing licenses, as a b*re majority of those resident in the electorate should be deemed sufficient. My own impression is that the Bill was meant to guarantee a fuither three years' extension of license, in lieu of compen sation, hence it was fenced about with these peculiar clauses, which, however, cannot now be repealed, I believe, for another three years, unless conpensation is U3id, which would be exceedingly in judicious. Th6re is no analogy between the slave and the liquor trade. Mr Graham then when on to say that he himself was quite neutral. He was neither a Prohibitionist nor a publican's nominee. His expenses were not paid by the publicans, as he believed those of one of the candidates were. He did not think that compensation should be given, When he was asked to sign a petition tor the hotel at Tinwald, he did so, but there was nothing about compensation there. MAOEI LANDS. There was a debt of £10,000,000 incurred on account of the Maori wars. Ho thought the Maori lands should be acquired and that the Maoris should accept a fair price for their lands, a 9 they had been increased in value by the expenditure of public money. Mr Grah&m concluded his address by stating that the present Government had done more for the country than any Government for thirty years. (Applause.) The Chairman than intimated Mr Graham's willingness to answer questions. In answer to questions Mr Graham said that if the Land for Settlement Bill were passed, he did not think the Government would take away person's homesteads, They would use a wise discretion. It was not homesteads they wanted, but l?nd i suitable for small farmers. He had never yet known the Government take land or do anything in that respect unjustly. He quite believed in the principle of a bare majority, he presumed his questioner re ferred to the Licensing Bill. He thought the Prohibitionists should have a fair show. Mr Stone here reminded the speaker that when referring to absentees and others who as non-voters would count against prohibition, he had ommitted to mention that immediately after the coming general election by the Electoral Law Amendment Act, the roll would be thoroughly purged of all non voters whose names would thus not count at the licensing elections in March. Mr Graham—l here were fome persons belonging to an association known as the (Voice— Prohibitionists) Licensed Victuallers' Association, with a very active secretary who would soon get them oh again, In answer to other questions he said the question of a bare majority at County Councils for the purpose of raising loans was a different subject altogether, and plural voting was introduced. He thought that the Government to acquire land should pay the full enhanced value to its owners. With regard to the Cheviot purchase it was not a case of wise or un wise, it was a case of necessity. It was a challenge to the Government and they had to accept it or place, themselves, at the.

mercy of landowners. He could have n objection to the introduction of the Irish text book into schools, but as with the Bible ho was not in favor of ifc being com pulsory, it should be optional with th* committees. Ho thought there was gooi reason for taxing land diffeie itly to mer chandise or stocks as in the graduated [ 'and tax. Land was b.»und to inceaae in value in a new country, and it wisalway3 thtT'-, but mcrcl andise and stocks were subject to all lands of fluctuatioßS. Every child born in Tinwald increased the value of the Laghmor estate If a pel sou found it a hardship to pay the increased scale of taxation on his large estate, ho could sell part and fchus have the benefit of the lower scale. Tha public works po'icyhad jj/ssn £15,000,000 aa an en hanced value to the land, and each owner of land had benefited more or less. He would support any leguhtion which would tond to remedy the present state of things by which small farmers who paid a deposit on land, improved it for some time and then through bad luck or no fault of their own could not keep up their payments, were in consequence turned out without a penny, A vote of thanks i o Mr Graham moved by Mr Stone was carried unanimously, and the usual compliment to the chair closed the meeting.

SPORTING.

V.R.C. SPRING MEETING.

Melbourne, November 11. Beautiful summer weather was again enjoyed, and there was a large attendance. Following are the results : — Spring Stakes, of 500 soys. One mile and a quarter.—Carnage, 1; Patron, 2 ; The Sailor Prince, 3. Time -2.10£. V.R.U. Handicap, of 500 soys. One mile and three-quarters.—Donation, 1; Portsea, 2; Lauaceston, 3. Time-3 3. Cantkebtjey Pijstb, of 500 sevs. Weight for age. Two miles.—Patron, 1; Loyalry, 2 ; Portsea, 3. Time—3.42.

C.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

OAKS DAY. Riccarton, November Jl. Following are the concluding results : — * Jockey Club Handicap, of 3 soya each \ with 300 added, One mile— The Wbi-k- h man, B*t 81b, 1; Aldershot, Gst 71b, 2 j f ■ Thame, 3. Time—l.4l£. Dividends— * £3 18s and £4 9s 6di Cukragh Steeplechase, of 200 so vs. Aboat three miles. — Norton, 13st, and Waterbury, list 81b, dead heat. Time— 6.36. The owners agreed to divide. Dividends—Norton, £118s and £1 8s ; Waterbury, £18s 9d and £1 16s 6d. Electric Plate, of 100 soys. Four furlongs.—The Workman, 9st lib, 1 j Roseguard, 83t91b, 2 ; Rebellion, 9st lib, 3. Time—49s. Dividends—£2 3s 6i and £2 10s 6d. Tattersall's Pxate, of 100 sore. Six furlongs.—Rothamstead, 7sfc 13ib, 1; Int z, Bst 4lb, 2; Melusina, Bst 31b, 3. Time-1.15|. Dividends—£s 9a 6d and £3 16s 6i, A protest on the ground of inconsistent running was dismissed. Farewell Handicap, of 100 soys. One mile.—VVarrington. Bat 71b, 1; Rangiatea, 7st 81b, 2 ; Vogen^ang, Bst sib, 3. Time -1.41|. Dividends—£6 16a and £6 5s 6i.

The Trouble in South Africa.

Capetown, November 10. Later details show tbat the fight at Dr. Jamieson's laager lasted three hours. Seeing the British advance the Matabele emerged from their cover, firing wildly, but the Maxims which the Company's forces held in an en trenched position played terrible havoc amongst the crowded ranks of the natives, their dead being piled up four deep. The Matabele, who were 7000 strong, were completely vanquished, and re treated in disorder. Lobenguela, with his leading chiefs, has taken up a position near the Gawai river. November 11. The British South African Company propose raising their capital to one million sterling. All the columns operating against Lobenguela have now reached Bui awayo. Mr Cecil Rhodes, in response to a telegram from the Marquis of Ripon, has gone to Palapye. London, November 10. In the course of the debate in the House of Commons, Mr Gladstone said the Government had sanctioned the war. They refused to order the Chartered Company to cease hostilities, as it was necessary to allow the colonists full control of the matter. Mr Hogan said the colonists ap proved of tbe forward policy pursued by Mr Cecil Rhodes. (Received November 18, 10 a.m.} Capetown, November 13. The rumor that Khama and his men had deserted the British is not con firmed.

BRAZIL.

[PEK PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Rio de Janeiro, November 10. Sixteen insurgents were killed by the explosion of a mine on the shore of the harbor, Four magazines have been exploded in Niohteroy, the former capital of Brazil, destroying two towns' forts occupied by the insurgents.

THE SANTANDER DISASTER.

[per press association.] Madrid, November 10. The remainder of the dynamite has been removed from the sunken steamer at Santander. The population fled while the work of removing the explo sive was proceedingi twenty thousand camping in the open air in the country districts. m^m^

LABOR ITEMS.

Sydney, November 11. The Labor Conference has closed, A resolution was carried declaring un dying hostility against Messrs Sharp, Kelly, Fitzgerald, and Johnston, mem bers of Parliament, for the independent action taken by them, ' A fighting platform was adopted, the planks of which include free railway carriage; that no Civil servant receive mere than £1000 per annum nor less than £100; members of Parliament to be paid for attendance only. The Conference also favored the establishment of a National Bank. Sydney, November 13. A number of shearers created a dis turbance on Saturday at Daydale, near Corowa, and took possession of a hotel. They defied the landlord and helped themselves to liquor and eatables in the house. Some shots were fire during the fray. Only meagre par ticulars are to hand, and police hi\v been despatched to the tywnsuip.

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« .—^ ■ -• ' Wanted r rpHE'Liboral Association meets To- JL Night, opposite Templar Hall, at, 7 30. A. Cai hon, decrec-ary. J±Zi B" "~^»A RD -inTßcsidence, for two gen lie men, Mbs Th ma^ Totty, W».lm nni Road, house lately occupied by Mr i Charhs Biker. __ ll _8 * \ FOWL?, 2-»6l"per pair. Strawberry und Goosbt-rry Jan, Marmalade, Oranges, B»nan*R, Lemons, Smoked itun, Plants, etc, at Wiuthngton's. B' OOKS in great~variety to suit alt classes of readers, at the Ra^ay Book Stall. _2Jzi BAILWAY~Boc¥StiiU.— A very large and choice lot of fcooks to select rom. \jy 6. WANTED Known—That A. J. Walkbb repairs Bi^yclw, Sewing •fachtnes Lawn Mowers, Mfdic4 Coils, and all descriptions of_lis_Ut machinery .__ j'IOUCHMKNS Fanner's Diary, New V J Z-*a!a-.d Hiaries, Aim nacs for 1594 now in. Book lw-jpiiu? simplified for Farmers.-11. M.Jones "X TEW "Stock in Glass waie, Ornaments, JN Plioto Frames, Albums, Leather Writing Case-". Work Boxes, Debks, Basketware. —H. M• _£^ff_____l__i ■ DIARIE3 for 1894.—L. F. Andkbwk." 'and Co. /^HR^ST.MAS Catds for your friends in V> the Old Country at L F, Akdktswer AND CO. 11 V DONT Forcrec to send your Bicycles alon^ to the Old Kindergarten to oe repaired, at moderate rate^. W" ANTKlTKnovrn^wT H. Coixub'.* noted four clasp Kid Glovas, 2 -Bd, have just arrived in all awes. S~ OMER3ET Meat Mart. The oldest the largest, the best, and the cheaj i^fc. Small «3oods a sptjcialty. Fu weights guaranteed. A trial solicited -W. J. SILCOOK. _i!H T IF ror» want fi s l- class fruit %o ti Ao.vjw 1 for Fiji, Tahiti, Auckknr and Sydney Orange?, Citrons, Lemons. etc. TTT ANTED Known.—To make roon VV for Spring Boots I will give te> per ctnt for ca*h. Repairs done at one cheaper than ever to stay bad times ove* abJ. MotsoN, Promier.Bootmaker. 8 Vt f r UK Bos'; Nickel Watch ii the M.iike J for 15s». Usually sold by Jeweller. at from 20<t«j25i each. Specialv made In England to our order — Jons Orb anp TT7 UO is your Piamher ? Why W . yV Habdley, who is a Manufacture of Spouting Ridging, Steel Gutters' Baths, Sinks, Tanks, etc., and who ha> on hand the largest stock of Pump 3 ano Pipe in town. WANTED Known—Spectacles, eye protectors. Obggles, Folders-. and overythintr in th.) optij»l Jiuo at S. SAtEic'a, Optician. 'rTTANTED—Buyers oi drapery and yV clothiriii, to .see tho value we art are ctferina.—Mitchkll & Fuhskk. ClilCKETaud La w.i Tennis ftUtnrw just unpacked at reduced pr cor New Books, Gamed and Fancy Goods All unouD reduced in price for cash thu month. —L. F. Anokewes and Co, StationtW Hall. tt ITrlJLJtfk do /«»» «<-■["• yur lruim.oD VV gery? &b Hahdlky sof courac, where we gp-t the bt*t value in Sheet Lead, Hhua, Locus, Hinges, Plough Ghains, Rop«, Wire Knetting, Gorse Knives Spades md Forks, Lamps, Fender and Fire Iron 9, and aaything you roquirp . _^ [m .in. im mm. in j .-.«..jij ■■jjm — *"? " Cot.Kst.-\XK~ANU S')K s Kvv.MArw, KSj'bACT in tho only .u-enmi.-io m tlic market, uutl was ii-vardal uiclii's mrl irjploMa-! at t-ylncy, Muloourno, and A'ielaidu beating aU .cotapotitnrs. foi" a" ulYootioris of Uc CheaS "an i Luu,'.i, C'l!mi"M>t' '"> -i-sWimi, C^iwl'f O-fnvol, an 5 Kiilnuv C •m,)i;ii if.s. it Ii f ,w nwl



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