SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2357, 17 May 1892, Page 1

SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.

Sydney, May 14. In answer to a question put by the Commission which is enquiring into charges against Mr Eddy, Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr Achey, M.L.A., said that a ring was responsible for the appointment of Mr Eddy, who, according to this witness, had insured the engines and given orders to certain firms instead of calling for tenders. The ring was composed of Sir H. Parkes, Sir Saul Samuel, Sir John Fowler, Messrs Whitton, Burnett, How, Beyer, and Peacock. London, May 14. Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, when interviewed regarding Mr Achey’s charges against Chief Railway Commissioner Eddy, that the the latter had ordered £500,000 worth of engines of an English ring, said that it was a gross calumny, and a tissue of lies, and would be easily refuted, labour. London, May 13, Lord Rosebery declares that unless the Liberals institute experimental legislation in favour of the working classes they will find that they will be divorced from the great .mass of the people. Parleying between the Durham miners and the colliery proprietors has failed to make a satisfactory arrangement. It is thought that the Forest of Dean miners are likely to strike against a reduction in wages. Mr Ben Tillett considers that Mr Gladstone’s reply to the Labour Council concerning the eight hours was evasive, and that of Mr Morley insulting. It was much preferable 1 o have Lord Salisbury’s undisguised opposition to the scheme. Mr Boulton, chairman of the Conciliation Board of the London Chamber of Commerce, intends to advocate that Boards of Conciliation and Arbitration for the settlement of labour disputes be established in all centres of industry and commerce throughout the Empire. Great arrangements are being made to entertain 1 the visiting delegates,

In the north-east portion of the city 100,000 people are subsisting on charity, this result being brought about by the strike of the Durham miners. In Middlesborough, Yorkshire, 1400 people are receiving relief, against 2000 last year. Lord Rosebery supported the claims of the labour party, and advised them not to be content with the crumbs that fell from the table, but to demand a seat at it. He asserted that the Premier’s recent speech on Home Rule was the most dangerous and reckless uttered by a Prime Minister of Great Britain for two centuries. Several railway employes refuse to give testimony before a Parliamentary Committee, as they fear that they may be subjected to the same treatment as Mr Hood, who gave evidence and was subsequently dismissed by the company. _THE ANARCHISTS. I . Paris, May 12. It is reported that a vendetta committee has been formed in Paris to take vengeance on individual dynamiters. May 16. The President of the Muncipal Council and the Premier made speeches at M. Yery’s funeral. Both denounced the Anarehists, to whom was attributed the outrage at deceased’s restraurant. The Government have introduced a Bill to provide a pension of 2000 francs to M. Very’s widow and daughter. Brussels, May 12. Dynamite cartridges are constantly being found in Liege. Vienna, May 12, In Buda Pesth a tram car was partly demolished by a charge of dynamite, but no one was injured. IMPERIAL POLITICS. London, May 14. In consequence of the undue influence of the Irish priests a motion was carried in the House of Commons, by 115 to 15, favouring the repeal of the special privileges granted to illiterate voters under the Ballot Act. Mr A. J. Balfour, late Chief Secretary for Ireland, but now leader of the House of Commons, declared that it was impossible to give effect to the terms of the motion this session. In the House of Commons Baron de Worms announced that he had received a cablegram from Sir S. Griffith, stating that the Queensland Government fully recognised the necessity of stringent regulations regarding the employment of Kanaka labor, and were determined to prevent infringement of the law. The Imperial Government entertained no doubt as to the efficiency of the safeguards proposed by the Queensland Government. Mr J. G. Duffy will, prior to the General Election, make a final effort to heal the breach between the Irish factions. THE ARMY AND* NEW ZEALAND. London, May 12. General Booth is in treaty with the Shaw, Savill and Albion Shipping Company to convey a band of his over-sea colonists to New Zealand, instead of Cape Colony. May 13. General Booth will probably limit the first batch of immigrants to five hundred. He asserts that the condition of the Army finances will not delay the prosecution of his scheme. General Booth intends asking the Government of New Zealand to pay the cost of conveying “ the submerged tenth ” to that colony. Wellington, May 14. About the rumoured intention of General Booth to send the “ submerged tenth ” to New Zealand, enquiry at the local Salvation Army headquarters elicited the fact that when the last mail left England General Booth was disposed to consider New Zealand the mostsuitable place in which to try the experiment of his over-sea colony, and the statements contained in the month iy official publication of the Salvation Army seemed to indicate that two colonies would be planted, one at the Cape, and one of 5000 acres somewhere in the Taranaki district, offered to General Booth by the Government on the occasion of his visit to Wellington. It is also understood that General Booth was promised 3000 acres north of Auckland by a private individual for the purposes of his experiment. The Government believe there must be some mistake about the announcement that General Booth intends despatching his first batch of Salvation Army settlers to New Zealand. They have received no information on the subject, and no land has been allotted in Taranaki or elsewhere. Land was promised on condition that no criminals should be exported, and the first batch was to be selected from the New Zealand contingent of the Army It was also understood that the English draft were to be placed on a Homo Colony first, to get agricultural experience, * and there has not been time to do this. The Premier has cabled to Mr Perceval for further information. It is possible the draft mentioned in the cable is intended for land privately offered.