DEATH OF THE LICENSING BILL.

Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 35, 10 August 1893, Page 2

DEATH OF THE LICENSING BILL.

The defeat inflicted on Sir liobert Stout in connection with the second reading of his Licensing Bill, when tho Hon Mr Seddon's motion was carried by a majority of two, practically kills the Bill The supporters of the Government could do nothing else in face of the intimation given by tho Premier that the Cabinet had a Licensing Bill 1 , now nearly completed, to lay before the House. It would seem that the victory gained by Sir Robert Stout a few days ago had alarmed the Premier, and therefore caused him to be more careful in marshalling his followers to defeat a meas urc which would, if it became law, be almost ruinous to the party of which he is tho head. From time to time we have heard that tho relationship between the Premier »nd Sir ]tobert Stout was somewhat strained, and tho result of this morning's work will bo to increase the tension. However, it shows the public distinctly enough that there are two men aiiaiiie nt tho leadership of tho Liberal

tar ly . _^_________ It will be seen by our Parliamentary report in another column that the second reading of the Women Suffrage Bill was carried in the House this morning by y0 to 3 votes. It now remains to be sueu what reception tho Bill will meet with iv the Upper Hoii6e.

| Local and ttenerai News I • The Pohangina Road Board will meet next Saturday. 'The Farmers' Alliance will hold their usual monthly stock sale m their Feilding yards to-morrow. We regret to announce that another child of Mr Bradford b was taken ill last night with diphtheria, j Mr John Saxon will shortly be buildI mg a housn in Denbigh Square fronting ! the Kirn bolt >n road. Members of the Manchester Rifles are reminded of the Government parade this evening in the Assembly Rooms. Captain Edwin wired to-day :— Strong west to south nnd south-east winds, and much colder weather. Glass rising. Mr Robert White, phrenologist, was a visitor to Feildinj; to»dny. It is pro* bablc that he will give one or more lectures during his stay. Since tho attempt to escape of Wallath, tho great and only highwayman, of Taranaki, tho demand for revolvers in that district has gone up again. The members of the Manchester Cricket Club are requested to attend a meeting on Monday evening at eight o'clock at the Manchester Hotel. The secretary of the Auckland Cricket Association is endeavouring to arrange for a yisit of nn Australian cricket team to New Zeainnd. Tho installation of tho Worshipful Master and officers of the Ashurst Lodge ' of Freemasons will tako place on Tuesday tho 22nd instant, at 4 o'clock in tho af tor noon. The settlors m tbo Colyton district are losing a good many of their early lambs owing to the wot and cold weather which has recently beon experienced. The Colonists' Land and Loan Corporation report the sale of two sections to Mr J. W. Burlaco. Ono section is fronting Stafford stroot and tbo other faces tho railway lino. It has beon decided to carry out tho Arbor Day celebration at Bunnythorpe to-morrow, wbon tho school children will I>o given a holiday. An oxtensive prograromo has bcou arrauged. Mr Wilson, of the Colonial Bank, ono of the New Zealand team of footballers i who visited Australia, is now in Feilding, ' where he will reside for a fortnight, or I until Mr Wakelin regains his strength. 1 Mr Melville, at the conclusion of his > address last night, referred to the New Zealand scenery as a perfect panorama, ! and stated that there was no comparison 1 between this colony and New South Wales on that point, although one beard such a lot about the scenery over there. Tho usual weekly meoting of tho Mutual Improvement Society will be hold this evening in the vostry of the Pnmi- . two Methodist Church at 7.45. Im« . promptu speeches will bo tho programme for this evening. The Pohangina Road Board invites tondorn for bush felling and clearing on . road line through the Totara Rosorve 1 Pohangina Main Road North, in three 1 contracts Touders to bo scut to tho » Board's engineer, at Palmerston North, i on or before Saturday the I9th inst. ' Mr Cadman, now one ot the members i forjAucklaod City, was sworn last night, ' and took his place in the House behind , the Government benches. Some mem* . bers went down to the Takapuna to meet him on the arrival of that vessel. [ Mr Cadman was applauded on both ' sides of the House. The Christchurch Press says .-—The snowfall in the back country has been the heaviest known for years. It ex« tended as far as the Otira, and has done a lot of dauiago to the telegraph lines. 1 Sheop in many places aro snowed in, and 1 it is feared that loss will result if a thaw ' does not take place soon. This, again, • will cause floods, the snow being general over such a large expanse of country. Tho applicants for the pout of Librarian at the Wellington Freo Public Library includes 13 teachers, 9 clerks, 6 librarians , 4 publishers and booksellers, 3 journalists ■ 3 ministers, and one each of the follow- ] ing occupations: — Rotirod inspector of schools, retired army officer, newspaper proprietor, barrister and solicitor, author, 1 draughtsman, grocer, warehouseman, jailer, and eight with no present occupation. Six of the applicants woro M.A.'s, i and there woro three B.A.s and one L.L.B.— Post. The great sea.serpent has at last, according to the latest report, not only been caught, but killed by some American fishermen, who shot a bomb-lance from a whale»gun into the back of its neck. When towed ashore it was found to bo shaped like an eel. It was 29ft Bin long, and 4ft 6?in round the body. Its mouth contained five rows of saw-like teoth, two in the upper and three in the lower jaw. A serrated fin , extended the entire length of its back, which was a muddy green in colour. It had no scales and a very tough skin. Dr Hacon was called as a witness in a case in the Resident Magistrate's Court, , Chrifitchurch, recently, but declined to kiss the book. Ho said he did not object to taking the oath, but to the coremony attached to it. What ho objected to was putting to his mouth au article which 1 has boon subjected to promiscuous oscui lation and was filthy, uot to say charged , with infectious matter. He objected to , kissing any book aftnr others had used it . in tho same manner, The doctor was al* ' lowed to swear in the Scottish manner ' with his hand hold up. Tho most expert theives in both the old world and the new have beon attracted to Chicago by the World's Fair, ' where they are being watched by the most experienced detectives to be pro- '■ cured on either aide of the Atlantic, and : their vigilance has frustrated a daring , attempt to plunder the Swi»s section of ; the Hall of Manufactures. It had been • skilfully undermined, and the marauders wore actually boring through the floor when their operations were discovered. Had they been successful, their booty would have included £60,000 worth of diamonds and other precious stones. The latest discovery about cancer is that it is an organic growth, and almost certainly liable to the attacks of another parasite. A Paris telegram on May 31st reported that Dr Patscheff, a well -known medical .man at Moscow, who claims to have discovered a cure for cancer, will visit Paris at an early date. He is to read a paper on the subject of his cure before tho French Medical Academy. His mode of treatment is said to be very simple, and to consist mainly of baths of sulphur vapours. Dr Patscheff has asserted that he bus cured several pati« cuts with a course of tea baths each. Tho following report of tho Public Works Committeo was adopted at the last meeting of the Borough Council :—(l). With reforeuco to Mr Retemoyor's letter, tho Committeo recommend that the road bo widoued at tho placa complained of, a few feet, and that a guide fonco be erected leading to tho cornor of Mr Retomoyer's land. (2). With regard to Mr HictiardHoii'n complaint, tho Committeo rocom* mond that wood carters bo not permitted to deposit firewood in Port etroot. (S). Tho Committeo do not rocommend that tho approach a«ked for by Mr Brady to his promises bo mado by the Council. (A). With reference to the petition from residents of upper Manchester street askiu^ that the drain be filled in beyond Fitzroy streot, the Commilteo rocommund that the work bo dune at v coat not exuoodujtr £5. b