Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1893. Home Rule.

Manawatu Herald, 11 May 1893, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1893. Home Rule.

■ — ♦» — Home Rule for Ireland is not a subject for much discussion in the j Colony, but the great excitement the j Bill, now before the British Parlia- i ment, is creating in Great Britain compels us to explain the point at issue as shown by one who has for i many years worked hard to secure the success of the movement. Mr j Stead, in the Review of Reviews says j " We are all for Home Eule in Ireland, if it can be established without destroying the Imperial Parliament. But if that is impossible then we must e'en get along in the future as we have done in the past as best we can without Hcme Rule." The important clause in the Bill is clause 9 which sets out " a member of the House of Commons for an Irish constituency shall not be entitled to deliberate or vote on (a). Any Bill or motion in relation thereto, the operation of which Bill, or motion, is confined to Great Britain or some part thereof." Mr Stead asserts that Mr Gladstone has taken leave of his wits and taken counsel of his folly, in proposing such a' clause, and looks upon his great career as marred by such a suicidal fatuity as this. Suppose the Bill is carried as it stands " the House of Commons would then consist of 648 members when dealing with Imperial questions, and of 567 members when dealing with legislation for England, Scotland, and Wales. On the Queen's Speech in the larger House Mr Gladstone would have a working majority of 20. The moment he began to legislate, he would be confronted by a solid majority of 30The larger Imperial House would approve of his legislative programme on a vote of confidence by a majority of 20, and then the smaller British House would throw out, one after the other, every measure in that programme which could not by hook or by crook be labelled Imperial by a majority of 80. Here would be, not one House, but two Houses ; not majority, but two majorities, and these on opposite sides. Everything •would be in a condition of unstable equilibrium. The two Houses would be inextricably intermixed, until, as in a dissolving view, no one could tell 'tother from which. And this is the latest outcome— the mature fruits of the constructive statesmanship of our age.

Messrs Gorton Sc Sioii's Stock sale at Awahuri is advertised for Tuesfld^ tf&*ti To-night the Rev. G. Aitkens will hold service in Foxton, it baing Ascension Day; i'lie service r,ill commence at 7 o'clock.) Next WedHfis^iy Messrs. Abraham & Williams hold a sale ori Mf ifettotfefrer's farm, Fcilding, of dairy stock. Railways seem to be out of place in Palestine, and to hear of the completion of a line from Yafa Soffa or Joppa to Jerusalem grates harshly on the ear. The kild i'Ueo ihim the port to Jerusalem some 8800 feet. We, at adfctari<fej are!. apt to think of Palestine as a (JOUHtr^ deserted and given over to the history of the past* but, Yafa lias a population of 10,000 and Jerusalem of 8U Bftli it took two and a half years to build the railway atkt it cost £400,000. Four dollars will buy a foflnd ticket-, first class, good for two days from Jerusalem to Yafa: A MtfU itf tile MUIIA livery comical,representing Sir Henry Hm* «W8 reading some "light and entertaiiiiiig literature" being the schedule of Sir George Dibbs debts. He has one eye closed and his nose a little twisted an though he " twigged it all." There is nc reason for Sir Henry to laugh at Sir George as both " know what it is to be there, 11 many times and oft. Dr Newman describes the Hon. Mi Seddon's position as having got the freehold of the Premiership, and he believed he would keep it. One of the effects of the ovy about boy labout is, according to Dr Newmafli the decrease is birth-rate. Anyhow he proved that 1600 few children wefe born in" tlie country last year thad there Wefe Hint years ago. A pontoon in Spain was not bouyanl enough to hold up a religions procession, and, unfortunatelg, by its sinking drowned 20 persons, A resident at Alfredfcon has traced th« seam of coal found at Tiraumea tot si* miles. It is 8 feet in thickness; Babbage's great grievance Was his unfortunate calculating maohine. Upon Count Straelechi observing that the Chinese were greatly interested in it* and wiahed to know if it could be put in the pocket: "Tell them," replied Babbagej " that it is in every respeet an out ot : pocket machine-." At the BUhiifelm Borough Council meeting on Friday (says the Express) a nice surprise was sprung on the Council. The Bank of New Zealand has stopped its credit, and last month's wages cheques are still unpaid. It seems that the overdraft is nearly £ 2500, but there are credits to the extent of £700 which the bank refuses to deduct from the total. A deputation has been appointed to wait on the banker, and see if the wages cheques cannot be paid. The Standard reports that the ticket office at the Ashurst Railway Station was broken into during Friday night. Mr E, A. Davis, stationmaster, at Ashurst, states that he left the railway station at 10 p.m. on the sth inst., and everything was a!] right then. At 7.30 next morning he was informed by Mr Dillon, who is ganger or the railway, that the window of the office was open, and on examining it, found thai the ticket window had been forced oper with some kind of an iron instrument, and entrance had been effected by that means, The window is only 11 inches wide by IE inches long. There were footprints inside the office, apparently those of a child, There was nothing stolen, and Mr Davis suspects no person in particular. Tin police are enquiring into the matter. An American journal has given an original and suggestive definition of the word "news". "Any heretofore unprinted occurrence which involves the violation ol any of the Ten Commandments." This appears to be the opinion entertained b) some of our contemporaries also. Typo says:— Mr H. H. Jackson, J.P., of Stonestead, near Greytown, disputes the late Mr Parnell's claim to have founded the eight hours' system in New Zealand, He says that the men of the New Zealand Company's surveying staff, on board tin Cuba, which left St. Kathevine's docks or 29th July, 1839, and arrived at Pori Nioholson ou Ist January, 1840, discussed the matter on the voyage, and decided or an eight hours' day. Ten hours was ai first proposed, but one Arthur Heywood. who had been a member of a socialist com munity in Cambridge, said that eight hour! was the time worked there, and was quit* BuHicient. When the Aurora arrived, ok 22nd of the same month, with more work men, they were notified that eight hours was the working day. So with the Oriental on the 31st, and the Duke of Roxburgh (ir which Mr S. D. Parnell arrived) on the 19th February. This seems to dispose of Mi Parnell's claim. Of the twenty men whe inaugurated the system, four are now living : Charles F. Webb, Wellington ; Roberl Wyatt, Masterton ; Charles William Keys : Wellington; and H. H. Jaokson, Greytown. The French police are arranging a curious exhibition to be held within the larger exhibition of Chicago this year. II will take the form of curiosities relating tc criminals in France. Burglars' implements and weapons that have been used in the commission of notorious murders will form an important part. An Apergu of French criminal procedure will be given, in a series of waxwork tableaux, depicting the " his tory of a crime," somewhat in the same manner as at the Grevin Museum in Paris. Then the Morgue will be represented in facsimile, curious, documents will be exhibited, and M. Bertillon, the chief of the anthropometrie service, who laughs ai aliases, will furnish a complete set of the accessories by which the identity of criminals is established. Four detectives and four policemen will accompany the whole collection at Chioago, where it will remain under their charge while tho Exhibition is open. In one of Hans Anderson's tales, is told of an excellent wife who despite the follj of the commercial transactions of her stupid husband, always kept declaring " what the old man does is always right." It is s grand institution to secure approval from one's better half, but things are so sadlj altered in these latter days that such i state of affairs is hardly ever chronicled i It becomes a real pleasure to find reported ! in the N.Z. limes, in an account of a firsl bush-felling party that there is still one woman who thinks as we would liave all women think. It says— As the weathei was so threatening and the track little better than a morass, the solitary womar of the party was strongly urged to remair behind. She had true grit, however, foi she was determined to push on with the rest, taking her share of the hardships. Ir her own words, ' What is good enough foi my old man will do equally for me." Fob Winter Wear we have a nice 10l of Boys Navy Reefers, very neat and comfortable and in all sizes from ss. 6d each al Te Aro House, Wellington. Fob the. Cold Weather we can confidently recommend our Boys and Youths Overcoats with fashionable Cape from 9( 1 6d each, at Te Arc- Houses

Really Tempting are our Boys Navy Serge Sailor Suits trimmed with gold braid fitoffl fa »d each, at To Aro House. SpecTAMA' LMjPortbd this Season — Men's Blue Nap Overcoats with fashionable Cape, a really comfortable garment and wonderful value for 12s, at Te Aro House. Titei Best Vaiaje Eveii Offered— So evei'yOMc B»yS of our Men's Black Worsted Sac Suits, bound and made expressly for Te Aro House. Price only 29s 6d each. Try one. It would be a good investment, i Extra Value.— All wool Kaiapoi Tweed ! Sac Suits for men's wear in nice, assorted, 1 dark checks, without exception the best ■ value in New Zealand, 32s Gd each, at Te [ Aro House. ' For Rainy Days our Men's Waterproof - Coats in assorted Greys with Capes and '• Sleeves, and all Sown Seams are imcoml - parable. The price, 32s 6d, makes them i irresistible at Te Aro House, Wellington. The s.s. Ruahine has brought our third ; direct shipment for the present, season I comprising seasonable goods for most dell tWitoents. We respectfully invite the ' early inspection of buyers of Mantles, > Jackets, Ulsters, Millinery and Dress goods. The stocks in these departments at present ' 'ii i "lellent choice, and customers ) afford an-*— •- in making satisfac--3 need have no oimfltn., -"vchG Ross 1 tory selections at The fiott jh*.- ' & Saudford.— Advt.