A CHAMPION BISHOP.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2815, 1 April 1882, Page 2

A CHAMPION BISHOP.

The Bishop of Melbourne is taking a stand that very few bishops at Home would dare to tike. He; is a- farmers friend and an agitatdr, as the Otago “ Daily Times” Melbourne correspondent saysDr Moorhouse, Bishop of Melbourne, has been endeavoring to ■awaken the Victorian farmers to a sense of their power in the state. In a lecture delivered at Kerang on the necessity of water conservation, he told the hncolics some home troth in Unusually vigorous language. “ Don’t yon see,” said Dr Moorhouse, “ that the productions of our farms lie at,the basis pf oqr national prosperity. ... . . . Victoria succeeds in your success, and will decline,.with, your adversity.”: farmers,’* said the Bishop, " are a dumb, plodding, set of people, who are ready to suffer almost anything before you l ' lift; up yonr voices.” He made a large variety of suggestions indicating how the farmers might,: help, in but his last words are those which will probably hear most fruit. They were these“ Organise, agitate, cry put, send up deputations .press your members, give none of us any rest till we have utilised our last drop of water, and do all man can do to improve the blessings of God.’* The South Australian Government have been compelled to make largo concessions to selectors who are almost ruined by drought. They will remit liabilities to the extent of £120,000, and make water conversation an important feature in their policy next session.