CHRISTCHURCH DEBATING SOCIETY.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1936, 8 May 1880, Page 3

CHRISTCHURCH DEBATING SOCIETY.

The second meeting for tho session of the above was held last night at Geo’s schoolroom. There was a fair attendance of members, tho president, Mr E. C. J. Btovous, being in the chair. Mr Spackman introduced the subject for debate, viz., “ Is manhood suffrage applicable to New Zealand ?’ He argued that manhood suffrage was not applicable, and supported his argument by references to England. Mr Whyte supported the opener. Messrs Stevens, Dobson, Townsend, Beeves, Stanley Edwards, and J. 0. Edwards spoke in favor of manhood suffrage being applicable to Now Zealand. The motion was then put in the following form, viz,, “That manhood suffrage is cot applicable to New Zealand.” An amendment to strike out the word “ not ” was proposed. On the votes being taken the amendment was declared to bo carried, and tho original motion, as amended, was then put, and carried by a largo majority.

NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY JOURNAL. T;-o contents of the current number of this useful licile organ of the agricultural and pastoral interest will bo found as varied and useful as any of its predecessors. Without going through the various items seriatim, the farmers’ attention may bo drawn to a capital paper in which the question of whether the existence of small birds of the finch tribe may be regarded as an unmixed evil is fairly argued from both sides of the question. It would appear that the advantages and disadvantages are pretty fairly balanced. The continuous papers on “ The Chemistry of Manures,” by Mr George Gray, and “ Out in the Open,” hy Mr Potts, are, as usual, solid and

• valuable standing contributions, the last - being more lengthy than usual, and devoted e to the discussion of “ Eels and Eel Fishing/’ • Mr Armstrong’s serial paper on “ Grasses ” 1 will be found interesting and instructive v reading, and some very valuable results of a i searching investigation by Professor Symonda a are given on the subject of “ Pleuro-Pnou- ? monia in Cattle.” Notes on racing, cricket, s and aquatics furnish interesting reading for , the lovers of manly sports, and the remainder i of the number is devoted to the usual reports, - reviews, queries, and gleanings, not forgetting i a short useful extract from an article on “ Bee 1 Keeping,” taken from the British “Bee j Journal.”