Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1894. The Liberty of the Press.

Manawatu Herald, 16 August 1894, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1894. The Liberty of the Press.

It was nofc our intention to have entered into any discussion upon the misnamed Libel Bill introduced into Parliament by the Hon. John McEenzie, as even the iNew Zealand Times belabours it as an absurdity and as an "elephantine" joke of that Minister. However ie is all important that the position should be put right before the public and we take this opportunity of putting on record the obligations all those connected with the press are under to the editor of the Evening Post for the very able leader under the above title appearing in Monday's issue. The whole of the best authorities are quoted which show " the liberty of the press — the right to print what men have a right to say, to think, and to believe — embraces and embodies all the other liberties which are essential to the freedom of man." For a Liberal Government to introduce such a measure as the Minister of Lands has brought in is an unfortunate exhibition of the power they would like to obtain, as the Post points out " no such law as that with which Mr McKenzie wishes to fetter the press with has ever been known before." In the leader referred to it is shown that the Premier gave a pledge in writing that he would endeavour to effect the necessary reform in the law of libel, but instead " a stone has been hurled at the press with all the force of malice which a narrow-minded and vindictive Minister could give it." The leader is a long one but well worth the perusal of all, as it utters many words of warning which appear most needed at the present time. It concludes with the statement that Mr McKt-nzie " fears the press as the fearless exponent of public thought, the ever, watchful guardian of public liberty, and the bulwark of civil and religious freedom. Hence he seeks to sap its influence and destroy its power." To-morrow Messrs Gorton & Son hold a I stock sale at Campbelltown.

At the meeting of the Wanganui Eduea- 1 tion Board held on Monday Miss Ecclesfield was appointed to Carnarvon School. Miss Carter, of the Foxton School, is to be informed that her application for a transfer will be considered when a suitable vacancy occurs. There is a rumour in Wellington of an amalgamation between the Bank of New Zealand and the Colonial Bank. The experiences of an old pioneer cominenoed in this issue will be read with much interest from the facts mentioned* and also that the narrator is Still a resident ill this town i Laery & Co. report on flax : — Our recent advices from London and America point to the probability of an early recovery in values, but in the meantime there is no disposition to speculate. We quote — "Fine" Wellington, £11 15s; "g.f.a.q," £10s 15s per ton. Planting all crops should now be going on. It would be as well to note that Messrs Hennessy & Co. have not only Yates 1 garden seeds but several varieties of early seed potatoes. The direct mail closes at Foxton on Monday, 201 h August, and is due in London on October 3rd. The next English and European mail via San Francisco will close at the local office on Tuesday, the 4th Sept., at 8 p.m. It is reported that under the new arrangement with Colonel Fox, he will rank as an ordinary military officer advising the Government, his salary to be £700 a year, and that he will receive £1000 expense's for a visit to England. Comgan, who was seriously injured through Waiter falling in the Caulfield Steeplechase, is dead. The shearers on the Murray Downs station refused to sign the Pastoralists' Union agreement, and left m a body. A number of free men proceeding to a shearing shed in the Cobar district found the roads blocked by unionists, who harassed them and removed the liuch pins from the drays. The majority of the men eventually reached their destination. Fourteen of their number, however, are missing, and at present it is not known whether they have become converts to unionism or have been taken prisoners by the obstructionists. Certainly the most effective medicine in the world is Sanders and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently powerful effect in Coughs, Colds, Influenza ; the relief instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldiugs, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy — no swellings — no inflammation. Like surprising effects produced in Croup, Diphtheria, Bronchitis, Inflammation of the Lungs, Swellings, &c, Diarrhcea, Dysentery, Disease of the Kidneys and Urinary Organs. In use at all hospitals and medical clinics ; patronised by His Majesty the King of Italy ; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this approved article and eject all others. — [atht.] With all these advantages in purchasing, it would be strange indeed if the sale was not one to be remembered. Any attempt to enumerate even a tithe of the cheap lines now at the disposal of customers, would be worse than useless in the space at our command, but a price list which has been printed will be sent, post free, to the address of any person applying to the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. With a view of making this sale the event of the year, two special buyers were despatched from Te Aro House, one to attend the great sale of Edwards, Bennett & Cos. wholesale stock, and the other to pick out bargains from the manufactures of the well-known Kaiapoi Woollen Co. Both these gentlemen have returned after a most successful trip, and the total result of their efforts is to be seen in the astonishing bargains now being fold at the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Sixty-eight case 3 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. Bu3'ers are invited to make their selections early while first choice of this magnificent range of new goods is still obtainable at The Bon Marohe. Ross and Sandford.— Advt. " It's an ill wind that blows nobody good " is a very old saying but none the less true. Whilst the great depression ex- j isting at Sydney at the present time, has caused a deplorable amount of misery, yet the people of Wellington and the surrounding districts will reap a gigantic benefit. During his visit to Sydney recently, Mr James Smith purchased at absurdly low prices a large stock which is now being sold at the Wholesale Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington.