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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1666, 24 March 1886, Page 2

• In addressing the Invercargill people tKe other day, Sir jSJebrge Grey said {hft the famous Torrnns' Act; was a e'opy'of : i the Land Act which; had ...been hi ; v f dree m Africa"for two capturies;;; tfnde^ it. the great Boer, population had grown up to greatness,' with a sense .b£ : . J inanh|ooti" and freedpnV which, though ;it. might make u& angry with thara we could jnot tail to admire. Their perfectVf ireedom from- want ; .perfect_f reedpin f rom servitude, created such a feeling m the Boers as no oriV who. had witneaaed its effects would b'elieye.; : ..v^-. . f ADvArasridat^f^aa-inyapted and patented a /portlble^idbihi^.pj^ I^' Cup, whichhe alleges Isjnqt^bnly invaluable forjthepurpose 'for .which it is intended, iVutiTmjiy' .wso beicpVvenfe^ntifor the clergyman's use while travelllpg^ In •wTards,at-rinayll9.e : eit€er »3 Coinraunion Cup or a pocket pistol.. Speaking otjthe Coraiiriiinion Oupj the ' Lancet/- 9 ever? oh the look-out for something sensational^ nasj &und 'm the'uee'of f that -veswlj for_ congregational 'purposes a source- of danger: "O^Bpaßsingof th'e^Gupi'from) jip to : lip iii large assenibliesl 'may be active it ; thinks, ins'preadinjg 3 «ontagioagi dis--eases^ \*_^:' :^ ; : 4 ; ><% J.".^'';^ I ■ "■; At Leitii, wce'nt^thsi.EJxGi'Be i bfiicers ] seized ftp 'eujormoaaiffVMif ity '6f Whiskey |' joii the. group 4.': tKaiiiit'V *f«*iwith^ methyiatißd:^ '? able iituff hi^d been sole! /at' cheap' rates tp^'and drunk' by, poor people.. ! The "authorities decided ; that' 'ill -the' whiskey, shbuidbe poured ,4 own ,, "i9 l »,?'r <^;^?!M? u k" lie drains; of the city.' This was ~ dpne, and. immediately the-rati cleared .put of; theiii- :habitation» m „ the., iand houses ;all along ite( route. The rats i.had.more' seiiae th'ah.hWd.many^ pf the.pe.ppU..; r ... . ._ ; r. „ <:...:'/ i*c -

:A hov'eLerent occured the : others d*y at Oamaru. The Borough; .Council iwhile m Bession waa surprised, kby it ha ientranceanto their ohamhe'r of c a ;: pir% of. ladj«B.V:it. was first; thought that- they had vniisfeaken itheir way,.faMts it -a yr&n speedily ascertained that; lh«y fotoje'd a , (deputation. : They, wanted^ .a in ce,rtain street put to rightg, and it :is oeedless to aaytljat a resolution was immediately tio*rßied^hat;their matoto shojil^be ! attended tO^U •■'•.,■ ; " v-'.^. ,;■•:«. fa;-, ; ..f., li ( i "LTh'r- Watikman gays':— A^^'law top project workraeu from fraudulent or 1 .'iDßol- j vent cont^actorfpreVaUsthroug-hout the United Stjftteswhich might"bi9 Adopted m this country to vcryigreat adyantajge, .Whwneyer, m that country., a contractor throws up a job.or becomes an insolvent, the sereral i*ojkme.n and sub-contractors send the amouuta due : : to f theni to ,'the official ;atßignee or to the R.M. JThe accounts,, are tested, . and jf v prowf dj por-? rec.t, copies ot them are, posted up^atjthii' vwori: - „ -This, signed :by \ th»r - ieyer%L patties, is: considered equivalent to" 'a* sttabitibnt ofvclairo. .... Before any j «ciion p>in jbe t?tken byi owner, " mortgagee} or lagantiall .these claims mnsl. be ; Bati«sed.