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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 144, 20 June 1877, Page 2

At ttye Napier sittings of the Supreme ; Court Judge Kichmond said he had.ff noticed a tendency in this colony to have recourse to that rqugh aud ready mode of asserting rights which has probably grpwn up in imitationlof Maori practice in that respect." An encounter took place at Albury, N.J3 W between two bricklayers, on the scaffold of » two-storey building. One man was knocked down by his mate with a boa, but pioking himself up, rushed on his aggressor, and a rough hand-to-hand combat raged, both men being, of course, in imminent danger of falling at any moment headlong into the street below, a termination which the fight assuredly would have come to had it not been for the timely intervention of the other workmen.

■— —~~— — — — — — — — —___—_ v * ■ ..^eSo^Canterbury Time* ukerstanda that \the HonJE. will in4W coarse, of a. jfi w daya '£§ in fceWnf/tiP a requ'sitiou asking hith, to address the Ifa££ tors of $he Timarit diafcrM "ok [politick matters appertaining to »the vrdtU of thfi^ Assembly.'? X,-! ;-j ! \\ ' • v * ■*•' ■- A Local QpMohJßiYt (saya the Talbet). But there are things which legislation can do and ought to do It could prevent, if not altogether," at least almost altogether, adulteration, which is the greatest cause of the many miseries v ao eloquently;: ' depforedT by ~\theT yarjous; Speakers at M[me&fingjifclcaliht! punish drunkenness in a more" rational "man-" ncr than it doea at present ; it could so puniih the drunkard .as^ stamp .on Jkisn the brand of infamy," audit could easily' reduce" the .number of licensed houses, which all admit is very much too large at present. If it were possible to frame an Act of Parliament that would certainly .pai.a^stop . to drunkenness, we should without hesitation advocate such an Act ; but as this cannot be, we hold that care should be taken lest in endeavoring to remedy the evil, the only .effect produced should be and aggravation of it. r r We entertain a" profound distrust of all proposals to effect Moral and social reformation by -inajoritiei resulting from the the ballot-box/ )Such a result is gepetSHy nothing more than: the outcome of multiplied ignoratfcg and \.widespread inexperietfcelof "passion and unreason, of prejudice and religipus antipathy,- .Some people look 4pon| a majority, no mastter how obtained, asTsomethiiig heavily, but only,- hd^eve^ when it -happeris^tojbe on their own aide. I. .-The •regulation df tho liquorr trade igja sttbject I thatj shoflldf be^discussed amd settled by, men competent Co undertake the.task, andyaofcby i chance maforitiies in localities J It 1 should 'be I settled Ton {well general principles, and] not in fcccor(ia.nce vrkh the ever-varying caprice of dn unstable multitude, i V r JJhe,uon^cessary indignation displayed by some jgurnals,. iv contradicting the rumor tha6 there had Been misunder3tand}ngs.in.thQ Xabinet: has feilled forth si sarcasiically written ;article.:from the ! tyttelton (finie*, -from t|if^ following is' an extractj--"How can a statement regarding Ministerial differences be clever, when all' the cleverness is required to^prove thatVtfio Ministryfcan .remainrjong a' happy family? Is aiftnis wrath pjjured out simply [because journalists |9 see in the prqaSnfc&uthoritatively describea agreement of Ministers, any guarantee for the continuance of their cohesion under the pressure of Parliamentary opposition. These and many similar questions grow out of the wonderful conclusion to the Tessay under discussion. They arc too deeg ;for tho .-ordinary understanding; ire give jthera up: It seems ,that the frienda/Jof the Ministry are under the impression that some , dreadful slarider has been sefe on fooe. ' They appear,,, to. think • that Mimstera ~haye : ' been j accused of committing some J crime J or ' fallen i into delightfuUy .scandalous peccadillo. ; w What's a' the 1 steer, ktmraer^" * % %' i% : s0 I very disgraceful for a body of men to fell out about BqUti^.pnftffeTtyfitrary, we ; cannot see anything morelikeTy,'or less open jto a charge of dishonor.. |A mlib in the ; Cabinet would simply mean a! retlfru jof some! of Us members to the political opinions ' hone3tly r .heldahd acted upon for years. The' rumor of oannotj- therefore'; be iany re-i i flection on their political characters ; but,' judging from tße; fierceness with which suchi a rumorc -has been- received,! it would aeemi, (Otherwise. - Moreover^ when! Mr Whitafceril : jomed^he Cabidet; fedeqlared that! ia'theii , event of jcertain questions chopping; upv, he' i ' would consider himself free to secede. "We i cannot see that\any rumor wtich imputes to ■ him, a determination to act afccording to hia . announced intention, can be in any way to his discredit; especially whejn we learn, on ! • tne authority of people who ivrite essays on the use and abuse of fiction, that'one of the very subjects on which this liberty of acton ! was , reserved, viz,, Separation., is to ba brought forward by_-.ae Opposition aa soon i •as Parliament meets. ; : • !