MR. FOWLDS DEPARTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 926, 20 September 1910, Page 7

MR. FOWLDS DEPARTS.

■••j.: : '. : v' ■-TJHE.-.'SBNI) : OFP.',,;'' ' •; v. - iißy 4 , sl«Bfwh,^-Prepß,issoolatiori.).. : .; ' .;; ;: iV^v/- : y: ;; : v . Auoklgnci,,;September. 19. .;is a farewell ,tP tUa. HohiMinister for' Education, who is to, represent the Dbmjnioh/at the opening of the first Parliament, of United; South Africa, and'.who left! by; the Sydney boat to-night, :a,:;humbe'rV.pf roitisens, entertained' 'him 'tO-day: : at, Junch'ft.;the 1 ' Pacific.-.Club. Among the guests was the'Hon:'Dr.'Findlay, who represented the Cabinet in wish- ; ing Mr,. Fowlds'.bon, voyage. ;■; ',• /Mr. T. W; 'Leys proposed the health, of .lW.:.Fpwlds.V'-:' •:,- . •■' -,<;.''';".-" ; Mr.; I'owlds;; in V'--'rtply,j'said ,-thatv he' went to South; Africa, .with' .a unanimous message'of : friendship.\ It was appropriate that .Auckland .should be' sending; off 'the m'iaaipner ,'oi' •Pesce' to , take'. 1 part-in'.'the-celebration, of the Union of South Africa'.' Auckland had beehi for many years, the hpme.pf the-great prp-C'onsu}. -Sir:Geo,. L<3re T y.v> If Hhe great 'statesman ; had Teceive'd- encourage"meht, inste^4' ; '°f' rebuff,- -South'- Africa'• :would have beeri:united 'nrnjiy'-yeav's ago.. 'He (Sir'Geo; , 'Gvey).'wi(s''pmonßst- , thß first' to conceive, the ujeav'ot a'united >South". ;Africa,-' but ;: hisv' efforts' to secure. .that! end' only.'earned:forV hi© tlie\censure of the .powers that then' were in Downing. Street;' What''chapters of blood and; sor 7 row: and suffering;would have remained unwritten if the faT-seeing: visions of Sir Geo,' Grey had been realised:' : ' Fortunately for the Empire' and tile .world, 'wiser counsels : controlled, the destinies, of. the Empire: after the South African'war than in the days when Sir" Geo, Grey v was em-' pire-building.-at.-the Cape,;.:Tho.granting of a free. Constitution to the people oij South Africa,, many, of whom had been in arms against us.only a-few short ycai's before, was; one of the most courageous acts .of statesmanship- in "the whole histpry pf-:tae ; act-worthy of the. intrepid Grey '':'■ himself. The. action 'of New Zealandvin'.'sending contingents to South Africa"was' '-npt' prompted by any feeling;of' hostility ;towards the-Dutch residents of. that' country, and he believed : the.. leading . Dutchmen of-.- South Africa'recognised; that' fact- as clearly, 'as i we did ourselves.- The geographical posi- : ■ tion of' the -'Cape made it a central pivot, in-the .world-wide British Empire, and: -it was vital Ho, New. Zealand, as it was; vital to the Empire, that such a strategical position ebould be held by a friendly .Power, ,-;'-. '.'."■ :• , - :/ . -:..-. ■',''■•-.'. .;',/ In proposing the-toast of "The Parlia-'. -ment. of.the new South African Union". Dr.- Findlay - remarked that. jlr. -Fowlds had a deep.sympathetic interest;in, and; knowledge of, the -South African people. • This' sympathy 'and .knowledge, were not. bred from a book, or a newspaper,, but were.engendered -by living contact with, the-people themselves.: There, was- a kindj ol poetic picturesqueness in this mission; .of his. .He''-left South. Africa oyer &■ quarter of a century ago—a. inan unknown and poor in goods, and every honest man.rejoiced in the success'since attained, byJvjm,. There was -something, that stirred' their hearts'- in the - coiiteinr plation ofthe unknown young Scotchman,, whq loft Cape' Town- twenty-sis. years ago,returning there how with all his - wellwon honours—a ; Cabinet Minister, and. '•the > Dominion's i chosen representative. Should they'blame him. /if . .ho felt, amid' old.;scenes' pf- former trials,, tho. reception .that awaited him in '-,: South as -. the" crowning .incident of-his. life? The best hopes and wishes of all vi ould aecompany him on his voyage, and. would be with him in his performance of, the duties that now. lay' before b jni., A 'Hawke's' Bay landowner,. who . has ; already disposed of' two-thirds of his estate to his neighbours, is how prepared to soil the balance,.comprising 1060 acres freehold,'as a going concern, at J-G.per acre. This decision.is not a result of the Government's' Land Bill,;but is"-due to the" imperative orders of a medical adr - viser. !The agents who" have' the disposal of the Messrs. A, I*. Marett and Co., of Napier, state in'an advertisement, in this ißsue; that the sheep of this run' have topped tho. market'. : for years The property "on offer comprises 1000 acres ana j«lO,big : sheep, including;7so owes (Rom- 1 "ney-Lincoln cross),'"2s' head cattle,' and 7 horses, together ■ with all 'necessary implements, buggy,-gig, and household furniture* C-roomed' house, woolshcd, and other buildings! divided into 12 paddocks, running water; in all, two orchards," and homestead, particularly well sheltered by large plantations. : Tho owner will be satisfied with J-2000 in cash, tho balance to remain on mortgage for five years at 5 per cont. -It is pointed out that this practically means that the purchaser has only to' pay ,for the stock, and in' two months' time get the wool clip and surplus estimated to realise .£750. The stock and implements are estimated to be worth ■£1400. ■ The property is 25 miles from Napier by a spocl metalled road. The offer should attract the'attention of men with limited capital. ' . To prevent the devastation of the beautiful valleys among the mountains near Vienna,' the City Council has forbidden the sale in the streets of tho rarer wild ftowers, such as wood anomone, wild cyclamtn, all kinds of gentian, narcissus, iris, orchids, lilies, and hart's tongue fern. Var lnfl« t :i7.i lake. \Toeuls' (Jreat Fepperminl Cure. Never fails. Is. Od., ■H. 6i -Advt. . . - ■ Tho vision of most serpents is poor, tho boa-constrictor, for. instanco, being able to see no. further than one-third of its own length,- Some snakes see no further than oue-oighth of their own length.