The Daily News. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1902. BRITISH AND FOREIGN

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 19 June 1902, Page 2

The Daily News. THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1902. BRITISH AND FOREIGN

TRADE. ♦ When Mr Fs'ier, the ssm'oi member for Wellington City, addresses his constituents, h : s tpeeches are always worth listeiing to and reading. Few colonial politicians h»vo a bet'ei grasp of public hffairs than Mr Fisher, and there is gen rally a fi eshness and a robustness abou', his utterances tha' lift them above the dead level of the average pre-ssssional address. Speaking in Wellington tha other evening, Mr Fisher spoke very strongly regaining the injury to British trade due to German and American competition. Dealing with the question of pref«r*ntial duties, " they were," Mr Fisher i» reported to have urged, " not proposed to be imposed with the desire to increase the price of products in England, but were designed to protect the vary commercial existence of the natien as a cation. That commercid existence, that commercial supremacy, was rapidly being sapped by both Germany and the United States; and other nations were coming in behind these, though at a glower pace. It behoved England to maintain Iter commercial supremacy by imposing, as in the caw of beetroot sugar, what were known as countervailing dutifs, that was to say, tha*; England herself must protect her colonics. Ia his last budget, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach proposed to impose a duty on grain. The United States and Buesia were the two great grain-producing countries, and England had to protect herself by imposing a duty bo as to foster the industry of herself aad her colonies. There was this further fact to be considered: He had not the least doubt that, coupled with the duty on grain, thfre would have been imposed a duty on frozen meat but for the patriotic attitude taken up by New Zeahnd in connection with the war in South Africa. That, at least, was one benefit New Zealand had derived from its patriotic attitude in connection with the war. Few Zealand had not looked for any reward, but it was the natural response of one heart bea*ing to another. He had taken out from the colonial statistics figures showing how New Zealand and New South Wales were suffering fnotn American and German competition. The imports to New Zealand from Germany during the past three years were—lß99, £160,605 ; 1900, £182,074 ; 1901, £198,521. From America tho imports were—lß99, £775,309 ; 1900, £l,061,873; 1901,£1,415,260. Theto'al imports from the United Kingdom during tbe sime period were—lß99, £5,526,123; 1900, £6,453,784 ; 1901, £6,878,122. These fi.ures showed that during last year we imported from Germany and the United States nearly a quarter of our total imports. Tho : imports from the Uni'ei Sra'es into New Zealand increased during the i three years by £415,000,0r toabout the ■lame ext«nt as the imports from the | Ui.ited Kingdom, which went to show, if I figures would prove anything, that ] America was coming unpleasantly close ' nto compe'ition with England. Then, ' wke the case of JSesv South Wales. In , 1901, the imports from Germany were | 'nlued at £1,206,000, and from -the i U -ited S'ates £2,803,000. The tot.l f mports into -he colony wpre ' 626,928,000 so that Germany and the Jnited State* supplied neaily one- •. nxfch of the imports uf New Sou'h < kVale*. Was it he asked, tha: j he Utoi'ftd states pir icu'arly, being ' uoh a formidable competi'or with ' ( Huglnd in the impoit trade, should be i

for i\d by a subsidy from New Zea-1 llind 'o the 'Frisco ra dl eervica. (Dries I of "No.") The question was fought 1 out by Parliament very strongly last session, and t trough the s'.upidi'yof ore muraber the outrnet was nndefor two years, instead of only oue year. The present 'Frisco service was not of my material commercial benefit to tha colony, and as a mail service it was net required, for we had the Federal and I Vancouver sat vices. Also, it was not reliable. The contiact, he urged, ought to be put an end to as speedily as possible, because it compeaed with the Euglish maritime service, and shut ou'i the only English boat which was running in the service before the las>. contract." There is no doubt many will agree that Mr Fisher bit the nail on the head. What the Government ought to do is to subordise the Union Company, a New Zealand owned line, to run boats to conn, ct with the Aus-tralian-Vancouver service at Suva. The TJn : oa Uouipany is now doing I this ooe way, and a sraill subsidy *ould enabla tbe company to run fast ste'mars between Auckland and Suva to c n> ect niih b >th tha iuward and outward Vancouver iniil steamers. Further 'h>iu this a passenger tax Suou'd ba pus on all passengers travelling by foreign stiamars, and foreign fcteam rs should he prohibited . from carrying cargo b tween New Zetland ports. There is no doub\ but that public e pinion in tbe past has been i i favour of treating British and foreign vessels alike, but when we fiad Aineric i refusing to allo>v British vessels to > trtdt between Honolulu acd 'Frisco, ' a»d at tie earn tjjtirne doing all in her power to undermina Bri ish trade, «veu gevting subsidissd by the colony to compete with rurown stetmers, it ' is -mie, as Mr Fisher urges, tbatsomathiug w*s done to poiiCi our own sliippisig. ______^____^

At the last meeting of the Grey r>is« rict [ I Licensing Comaiiitee, nineteen applications! for reaewal of licenses wera held over until i such times as the applicants find guarantees ' that their premises "will either be properly , repaired or rebuilt. The proposed boundaries for the new hospital district, decided on at Hawera on Wednesday, are: All t : at are* in the colony being the county of Hawera, that p irtion of the coußty of Kgmont situated to tho east of the Arawhata-rnad, in tha count/ of Kgmont, and including all boroughs in the dej fined area, lEltham lays the foundation stone ol Muni-1 cipal Buildings on Coronation Day.

Mr I. Fans, of the Railway Department,' who has been stationed at Inyercargill for the past three years, has received an apointraentas Audit lospector for Wording Kailways, aad will leave for Wellington in about a fortnight. Mr Faris was formerly station-master at Stratford, and has many friends there. He is alsa brother-in-law to Mr A J. Mcintosh, manager of the Bank of Australasia. Messrs Carthew, Bdttain an! Oompiny repnrt havieg disposed of the following properties for the month of May :—Mr Weston's half acre and six ro»med house, Devon-line, to Mw I. Penny, of Fitzroy ; Mr P. Martin's S4 acre suburban land to local investor; Mr J. Boon's qua-ter acre and six rooced residence, corner of Oourtenay and Hobaonstreet, to Mr F. Carrington; Messrs Mills and Speuce's quarter acre, cottage and work-, shop, Oourtenay-street, to Mr Wm. Courte- j nav ; Mr B. S. Riggall's superior residence, ; Dev.in-line, and three acres land, to Mr Avery; Mr Morpeth's corner section, Te He>iui, to Mr G. Sole; alsi leased Mr O'Oonnur's 180 acre farm to Mr Hanover; and sold Mr Parson's freehold farm, 180 acres to Mr R Dixon of Bell Block, and Mr (!. 0 llios fine 200 acies freehold farm to Mr F. Gilbert, of Ornata. I Mr r. Ronayne, general manager of the Goveroment Railways, denies the reports thatth 1 ) recently imported Baldwin (American) locoinotivss are not powerful enough for the work they were put on. The engines sant to Dunodin were 'aid up pending the strengthening of two or three bridges on tha line. AFTER THE ROYAL VISIT. Aptkr exciting times the health of children requires very spesial looking after. That 'the child is father to the man,'physically as well a mentally, is one of those truths that can never be too often insisted upon,: and the thoughtful parent will be careful above all to see tlut her child has the proper nourishment to sMblUh its constitution. A good constitution i a rock on which alone success and strength can bs built. Among the various foods that science comiiends in these days for this purpose, none holds a higher place than Neave's Fooo fou InF»RTB AND INVALIDS, \ccording to tne 'rest meiioal testimony, aai, what is perhaps better still, the grateful testimony of thousands of happy mothers, this food contains all thenis al elements of strength, and while it is pleasant to the taste and eagerly taken by children, it may also ba used by persons of all ages with decided benefit. It is a bone-building, healtb-sus tainiog proiuct that cannot be t n o warmly recommended and we gladly adt oar words of praise to that of the numerous medical journals and experts that have recommendel it Nkavk's Food should have a prominent place in tho dietary of every house wher,: there are childron or invalids.—Advt.