The Ellesmere Guardian. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1891. Notes by the Way.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 925, 8 July 1891, Page 2

The Ellesmere Guardian. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1891. Notes by the Way.

The Wellington Press has the courage of its opinions. It does not think much of Mn Jackpon Pai.mri'. — and says so^ Unfortunately, Mi_ Jackson Palmer does not. aoroe with tho Jlress, and aftt r a futile endeavour to carry ou^ tho ancient mummery of haling the publisher to the bar of the House for breach of pr.vilegc, he has, it. is said, determined to sue him for damage* for libel. He estimates the injury done to him at £2000. Thu breach of privilege incident naturally brought several members to their feet. Those pestilential newspapers are the bane of the existence of some of our legislators. It is awkward, for instance, when a newspaper proves that a man has publicly styled his father a "social pest," or shows that a minister of the Crown " conveyed " a Salvation Army

scheme for Iho relic.' of tho destitute; To men ol' this stamp, nn omniscicHt pi ops is a thing nT evil. Ber by Iho ninrc onlightcncd, tin press is looked upon very differently. Snn.c ton or twelve yonrs ngo, tho ptvfpmon cngn«c(l m the Canadian G cillery were excluded from the use o the 1.0,.ks m the Parliamentary Lihnry. They repented thc insult and left the Gal lory m a body. For two days the House met and talked big and apparently did not caro. On tho third day Sin Jons MAODONAr.p, then Premier, who had all along objected to thc cx. elusion, moved that the order be rescinded, It was done unanimously, and t.he triumphant reporters returned fo the Gallery. " It is absurd," said Sir John, "to sit here and spealc iE we arc not reportedNo member speaks with the hope or view of convening an}' member ; our minds are made up m the lobbies. But it. is advantageous to us that our constilnenls should know what we are doing, and the only way m which they can learn, is through tho public prints." The heathen Chinee is no less peculiar m New Zealand thau m the States. 1.10 has turned np now m Wellington* where he imported what he called " still vine." Thc custom house people called it " Chinese spirits," and fined Mit Fi so Kiwi a liundre I pounds, as a gen tip hint to study the niceties of thc English language before importing any more potables. A BiiAziLiAM tourist has been rivalling KirpEiiocLEs, and diving into ihe crater of Vesuvius. Lass fu.tnnatr than the heathen, he did not even send back bin boots to show that he had reached the bottom. As Vesuvius was m eruption at tho time, the Brazilian f gentleman must have found quite a homelike flavour abont the interior o{ the volcano. Adelaide has a sensation. A young gentleman has been walking into the affections and the banking accounts of the. South Australians m tho most approved form. lie bee an by the time honoured •' valueless cheque " trick, and when pulled up short, managed to raise enough to square things, Tnen he succeeded m winning the affections of the daughter of a big gun m Government officialdom, and married her secretly. A month or two after the marriage he' persuaded his wife's younger sister that she was the only one he had ever loved, and they fled together by Europe bound steamer. He will probably be arrested at Colombo. ■ ■ =_= I