Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1894.

Manawatu Herald, 3 May 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1894.

It is amusing .fco notice the amount _of latHude_^ove^m_en.fc_.x^p- c - l'S--3'iS-willing to accord to Ministers when their jaudacity is phow« Ottljf to the Oppopi^j jc^gi;; qr(jtiyif\ wrong doing^ ensures a pleasant and profit,al?le.billet for ,one of the ; great argjy l.of/v'©bverrinien# liange'rs-dui 'No paper has been more ready to echo the : biassed r ßtalemehtaJ of the New Zealand limes as the.. Palmerston ■Standard, the editor of which is a Member of the House of Representatives and also a member of the Wellingtou-*Land» Board* He was .in.favqur.of t]ie:rjgh.t,of the-Minijster of Lands being. granted the power to the private property of a •colonist provided "he held land. It s is. plea^a^t,^:nojy pn^attev^ j ha-ve not ;.goQje'j&o ( sm,pojih.Qn Land , pqa.v.d-. 'tofind that are . Jbftciiniing^eß. to : tUe?-evi k-a b ticttisuf .Vof ■ at least OHe Minister,-•.■tv-hoiw-ihe'/has'-unliee^ingl^: non^ishe'd' in 5 his bjpso^,'' The Mi bister of 'Jjahd.s'. is' 'diepl^ase'd "nvith /tKe energy !of Mr^Pirani *and vhia.tellcw members on the Board and. has autocratically ordered' that as. the reghlatioris''a's; to &pec.ial se,ttleiivents''ahd village^ settlements .vested the power in the Crown. Land 'Oommissioners they alone are to .deal 1 iwith x them. ■ -^The • Siandk\U ' assevts' that thb only. ofFence the Board has been guilty of " has been to dare to. Tuirst the trammels of official obstruction and muddling " though 'thfrKPoh. John 1 : MeKehzie is head of the Departmeut ! The Minister of Lands' has '"outstepped the bounds prescribed by his own Land Act " and the Standard is astonished »l though' that pap&i" and .the few others which support the Ministry have ' been encouraging th'ejn -to* , muddle v their-:d/ut4es aqd outsliep the bounds prescribed by the ,laws of the la_nd; -^h^ Minister of Lands is evidently stupid, to put it rin a mild way, if the Standard is correct, as not only has his deparL- ; ment so, muddled, their business'^ as "to take the Board much . time to .iburst*. through these pbstrtfetions ; not only has 'ho putstepped the ''bounds- prescribed by the Act ; but " a cui'soj'v glaaca. at the new (^regulations will convince the most superftcM ' '6t>seriver i fchttt * fclie'y are ultra vires I" This is refreshing and we ; congratulate the member for Pahn'ei^otti^ b^ji?«^blf^o-(B^e one of bi&pi^m^»^^t^iib&assed_ .^io»*«T— kev-ro — rrennrctt- IHHT Tn lOllg prior" to this outburst.- To show thftoye; haye '.'.nQthi^g .extenuated, or set down aught in malice " we reprint the article fvoxar the Standard to which we have referred : — 13 At last meeting of the , Wellington Land Board a communication was read from the Minister of Lands-in -reference to village and special settlements, the effects of which, will be move far;reaching.than:co;uld possibly be 'imagined, should the views) Qojitai^ed -in -jt obtain legal cpofia-^iation--The ' letter' .\ye refer to hulcl tlmt as "flip reglila'tious' i'h refeVence"- to- s'pp'cfal^ettM/ men tSj r 'gazetted in. 188G; ve&tM -the-' fbwej of 1 dealing*' -with Uyti:j%fers and ,-othei' ques '•• lions' in regard to these settlements with -.tlie' -Commissioner, the Minister had given .:direclioii3, •accordingly, and in future the Laijflt..Board.-\vpuld have nothing to. do with thfise'.' matters'- Hac) the Wellington Land :^6ard : ' ; inf"fln'y "way neglected its duties in *egaid* fofj^^^t"''. ll l ll ,? there ..rnigfit Jie ;|^i^wSrr|r^i for. the intej-ests or'some 2500 settlers to the tender lifercies of the Commissioner ; but the contrary is the case, and no Board ;in the CQlohy has; ■fwM'.'Aore: respect •lfcoin'-ifb.Q> Bujjli^. 3tp,, (} g;ejieral and; the s^ttl^i'a jnipar. ' tfc^'ar' than, 'has/ 8 the .'Wellington.',,' I^-nd 'BsSt&"tof 'i« 'administration 'd'efrir/g the lasij twelve month|. JfrfUf ffenoe, pomv .mitted by-this Board nas^ijeen to- dare to butijt'Hli'eV .tifa^ihVe^s* of oifidiarl'bbstvnctidiit and- muddling, to deal with genuine sbttlers as '".men. deserving of the greatest consideration^ and even to-«ppose the Minister of • Land's when he has outstepped the bounds prescribed fe-h.i6.£t*n>Ltod;^Qt>,q Bjfl^the? c'o^s'ecilieppQ/of thas jntei-ferenpe .with the s'ta'tut&ry'pqwers dft'h'cLana^BoarS.hy the Mi^ShW^'lwinas^aoes'Jnot entl <vi^h-fhe questa6n ; lot '<■ Xvhethfir; -the 'Commiaeibner alone' or the Land Board should;4eftl wjth the , Tattlers in' question, but opens up a whole field of inquiry as to the legality of the "regulations made by the present Minifitet «f ,Laad» and ttiajpositipn of Jli^ •A. QVI^WJL glance, at the new willxog^{jE(V^lo^^upef^(}i£lXpi>Sßrrer ■th'a"£ dieyare ultra vires, while the fact is manifest that although the Minister ■wishficUJtiy-.the. A<^.Qj,f ( lßo3,/to abolish the riglifr "or purchase 'to' 'special settlers who took-up land before that date, no Court woul.diuphokl his contention that lie had done^.-foT/thqjjonly.- }eg{i^pgulati(>as.- w thgisje^f !^|6 giviog ;di^ri^it.t6]pfijfflHa.sfeJ ntm*ft*w>ifld be 'against i«ll pnVc^Sea <>$■ law and justice that an Act could be passed! nfterwards depriving settlers of that privilege without their consent. The Minister will shortly/hare to face the whole of this large question in a manner its importance and urgency deserves, and it is tQ:ibe- : toped itbaiiihe, will: Hfeal ..with- it mord rllting}y tl .tl|ftn- ; hiß r.eeenf, attitade towards the'Lancl Board of late would le'ad'one to I anticipate could possibly be the case.

The Secretary of the Otaki Maori Racing Club is to bfi congratulated on the Rplendid nominations Ap hasfi-epeiyeid, wliich appear elsewhere! 7^f' ". .' x ;", i : ! - <vl>i Messrs 'Abraham If Williams hold a sale of stock at Levin to-morrow. • There -will be no stock, sale, at >Otaki on T^^jae^U: ;;/;,., .^ r.f.j.,^' " Messrs Gorton and Son hold a large ; stock "Pale at Bulls pn Tuesday. j Notice is given by'the clerk of the Otaki j Licensing Committee th£t the,, quarterly ! meeting will- he held on Th"nrsc|ay', 7t& i jun B i"'.Zf *yt- /,.;„. '-'.■■ ;..:; i The. ; Kiflg of Servia has restored his mother (ma father to thojv full rights,

Messrs- Sp'elman and Speita have sue- ! ceedei iv getting a fairly good flow at the artesian well they have been putting down for the Messrs Bobinson at Wirokino this morning. The water was obtained at a depth of 182 feet. It is stated that there is as much difference as £20 a ton between spring and autumn butter. —The juryreturned a verdict to the effect that Herbert .t. Edmonds committed suicide/while in a state of temporary insanity. An European firm has succeeded in in-..corporating-with-steel a small quantity of. ferro platinum by a secret process. This alloy is quite easy to work, and it is said to stand a wonderful strain i The Mi'dp'edn'Mciirssiys : Messrs Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company (Limited) are issuing, in a pretty little folding-card form, a summary of frozen meat exported from ■New Zealand for the six months ending December. 31, 1893. The total is over onehundred and a quarter millions of pounds. This is a strikingjfac^ and in. really .wotfC -derful contrast fo'tte vfaotiihif ten yearo ago the attAUat%ipbrt J - amounted to, in.ragnd numjiefs,- only •9,8.00,000 lbs. ■ . In their fittal form the new sugar duties of the United States impose a tax of 40 per cent, oh all sugars, with one-eighth per cent, per lb additional on refined sorts. The new iipposts come irito operation in January. .',. ;■•■--•' The railway rates on bonedus.tiare: to,beH ajtered by iplaciiag .faxoete up 'to 30bw't"« under Class E. Workmen's " commutation " ticketßr \vili;jn;iature.-be-;.bli:tainable ' in parcels of I*2,.. avaUabl.Q.foA a iaitnight, ; iristea'd of only in" minimum parcels of 50, .'available foi 1 two months, '. ■; ' • < A'g'ood story (says "Truth) .is, going-vpnnd ■ •o-t a Lancashire parson. • The rev "gentlelnaiij on entering the pulpit, announced' that the.Jiishop of Manchester was making a tbur of his diocese, and might shortly be expected to visit this church. He then proceeded, without a pause, to deliver the text :—" Be sober, be vigileut ; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." . The Waipawn, ifq.il:iiep'ovis that the cost of the tangr over lire 'remains of the' Maori chief, Retimana, at Moawhanga, was £3000. Mr Astor, proprietor of the Pall Mall Gazette is said to have lost £40,000 over his newspaper last year. We referred some time ago, says the Hawera Star, to a new oat grown last season in this district and known as the Waterloo.. . It was imported by Mr W. Howe as a heavy cropper, but while it has this quality it has the further advantage of resisting caterpillars. Last year it did so and this., year again it did so. Mr Mastic sowed 20 acres and the yield was 376 four and. a quarter bushel bags. Mr, Mcßae, who had a little seed from Mr Hastie, sowed an acre und threshed out 85 ■ bushels. The caterpillars were watched at their work and were seen- to tackle the flag with usuabgveecliness, but the strong, hard ami wheat-like straw was too much for them, and they retired in disgust, The oat'is : not so plump as the ordinary kind, of oat, but is an excellent feeding grain. The bonus certificates for the past three years are being issued from the Government Insurance Office. The cash value distributed is £140,000,- or ..it applied as additions' to policies £277,0007 A cabman in Wellington named J. Mv WftsJpnfkpl 6 :r£<sth's' fcaMlafioY 3ofc- wife BeafWgr only married in February und according-ioihewifejie.hiid bea~TTiT6st at.oiipe .to. suc)i art extent tnaf hei-life wtis in 'danger. ■>••■- A'ne\v''St< h am hftmra'A', aaid"to be the largest in the world* recently put up in the Krupp gun- factory at Essen, is so delicately: adjusted that it Gould be made to beat out. a hait-spring. The Pullman cars on the American raihyays are all named by one of Mr | Puihrta'n^s daughters. She gets £250 a ! year for this service. ! We ( Wuimmpti Observer) are reliab'y informed that at no time has the Wairavapa ■ g n_3i:aily be^n more invested with rabbits i than it is aL present. Some holdings are ! simply "era wlingjtlive". with the rodents. ;.Tha]iasjfwo seasons have been so prolific of fodder of all kiuds, and so productive of I bad burns, that bunny, provided with | ample cover and an abundance and variety ] of food has multiplied his species at an j, astonishing rate. We hear of places where j a^fabbffe*' and v a" pack Hi dogs regulai'ly- ' socuiv upwards of 150 skins daily. - If i Premier, 'Spddon- would provide Boincof his ' Labour Bureau pupils, with canines from the lost dog pflice «ng can promise him that they would at least earn' tucker and 'baccy. M. Bavin»,.w.ell-kno\vn -, in : .. engineering circles, in' France, proposes" to build^n Afiafitiß liner ' ; 6h ; Toilers,' ' with ' the view of securing speech much higher than any thus far attained, -arguing that the \yheeler£ pr rollers., on which {he veeseti^ to resi'w'iii so greatly diminish thfc,relist| &\fbe offte're'd by ithe' waves that thirty knots' an hour will be easily withih:the boundsof .possibility, and will.eij'ablefthe paSsjafee from Southampton .p,r Liverppol; tj> iNTe.w York'fo be raa'de'in four days. ' '.' .-. *'''.' r Ths-maiexA-phavaUer. dfimhiatrit does ; not' "shrink jfrom" risking his life. A few, days ; ago- fcHe French, police : cnught a Tiian 1 and woman, for whom they' had long' been .searching aa^impdster's],.': .It;'. /seeni!?, the w,bman_ had" made, a, practice..of jumping, from different bridges into |he Seine, allowing herself to be l'escried by the nia'n, who, oni'laniMng the" tictfnibf- alleged s misery) started a «bHection for heiywhicl): she afterwards divided with the pretended rescue^ % p ;:.■: .;, ;■■;....;.;: ;'..!,: The Premier js.npt quite the lady's man we had expected? He objects to the Press obtaining'a «opy of some letters addressed to him more especially that one written by Colonel Fox, 'buYwheu a trusting woman details some family history for his private ear lie the. feporfcffr of the" N^Z. I repoi-t : "We nave seen a letter dated from a remote country hajnlet, addressed by a lady. tp. the ii^iuiex, ajinouncin&JthQ.,luilJi , oPW^andclnld^informrng-fte PrerhWr that the father and grandfather are but/off work, and prayiug him not only to find the,; old gentleman something tp do, but also to" •be 'the godfather oi the "ne'wly-boru. Can 'anybody say, that this is not a Democratic,, Ifimsarti-y^'V-i! '-..- >"v rr a *~- "?/"■• " i '**•">

Sixty-eight cases and packages of new and seasonable good for all departments have now been opened out for present season at the Bon Marche, and it is freely admitted that no such choice is obtainable in the district. Buyers are invited to make their selections early while first choice of this magnificent range of new goods Is still obtainable at The Bon Marche. Ross and Sandford.— Advt. " Our imports of new season's dresses, millinery and mantles are now fully completed. The choioe we are enabled^ to show, and the strictly moderate prices .charged, are much, appreciated by our country friends while visiting Te Aro House, Wellington. Our new dressmaker, Madame de Verney, from " Worth's," Paris, is the leading dressmaker in the colony. We guarantee perfect fit, and the latest styles and designs, as known only to French dressmakers. Oar. charges for making dresses are^oifi -22s 6d.at Te Aro House. .Ladiej;«an dp their 'shopping by post, att#*|ye -the inconvenience of coming to Our. order- department has been en■largedyancl is under most efficient management. Patterns of all our general drapery and presses will he sent post free on application at Te Aro House.