General News.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3840, 20 April 1881, Page 2

General News.

In. consequence of the report of the Poverty Bay Herald, written by Snyder Brown, censuring the management and conduct of the volunteers at the Easter encampment, the members, of the corps determined to make an example of him. To day at the camp they formed an oii^sS^ not unlike the original, and all the preparations being made, a squad of the men fell in and proceeded to the tiiue of "The Rogue's March " to the site of the flagstaff two men bearing the effigy, and depositing it thereunder. While the disgraceful act was proceeding, the British ensign was lowered half ''mask Next the effigy was suspended, a copy of the Herald in on« hand and a pint pewter in the other, and the following inscription fastened ion its breast:-—" Snyder on Temperance;" and " This man was hung for;libel.;' , r After this blank cartridges were served out to «the platoon of men, and three ivoUeys were fired at the suspended object; There were not many spectators present. The officers present viewed the whole proceedings with evident satisfaction. The portion of the article taken offence at, was that of permitting a canteen and indiscriminate drinking at the camp, which latter the officers and men denounce as untrue.

A writer in the Poverty Bay Standard, says:—Should the Deceased' Wife's Sister Bill become law; it may be of interest to some of our readers to know in what a peculiar fashion relationship will be confused. Thus B and C are sisters; Bis married to A, they hare a son, D; B dies, and A espouses 0; A and C have a daughter E. It will be obvious that A was C's brother-in-law, and that her daughter Eis his niece. Dis A'sson and C's nephew, and is also nephew to his aunt's husband. The most awkward positions are those held by D and E, who are brother and sister, and also cousins, and are, therefore, legally (?) able to marry. - -

As many persona here run away with with the idea that the Land League and the Fenians are closely -allied, Mr Labouchere's observations in this connection may be, instructive and interesting. This is what lie says on the subject:—"lt is somewhat strange that the Government refuses to understand the position between the Fenians and the Land League. Before the existence of the latter body, the Fenians in America used to draw large sums of money from Ireland. Fenianism however, and the American subscriptions to it, have been killed by .the Land League, to which all subscription are now sent. Its bitterest opponents are therefore the. Fenians. la-order to injure it, they hooked themselves on to it, and committed "ouTragem—The. difference~betireen—ttre —

two organisations is this: the Fenians seek to establish, by overt acts of rebellion, an Irish Republic ; the Land League seek to obtain a revision of the land laws and and local Grovernment by passive resistance and by " exclusive trading." The Land League consequently stands between the Fenians and the Government, and if suppressed the danger is the Fenians will again come to the front, for -they ..will be able to say'that events have proved Hhat passive resistance has had no effect."— Saturday Advertiser. . -„'■ \