Telegraphic.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 22, 18 July 1899, Page 3

Telegraphic.

The Queen Regent of Spain lias presented 1,000,000 pesetas to the national exchequer, News from Sierra Leone states that the new West African regiment has been disarmed owm;* to a conflict wiih the police. The Marquis o£ Tweedale, the chairman, states that the Eastern r l>logi'ciph Companies are prepared to negotiate for a reduction of the cable rates to India. Lady Salisbury is suffering from blight paralytic seizure, but is now recovering. The Czarewitch met with a bad accident while cycling in hilly country, and died on the spot. At the Bisley rifle meeting the English team won the Kolapor* Cnp with a score of 768. The British India Company have purchased the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamers l»iinutaka, Kaikoura, Ruapehu,. and Tongariro. A trust has been formed in Mew York to control the glue trade in England and America. One hundred and fifty Seagal-' cse troops, .who accompanied 1 Major Marchand on the march, to Fasbaila, participated in .the national fete at Parts. The fete wxs observed quietly. Major Marchand received an ovation afc the review at Loagchamps. An earthquake in Webtohalia, Germany, has entombed a number of miners.

A Bad Mark. — Teacher; N^tt, Johnny Wiilowe, if vom mother .jong'un biUi<,h o£ numpsfor iW, apumnki r i f(X a l.tntuorA>>ba^es a*/ 2d e-i-oh, .a.i i a melon iur <><!, liowr macn wonkl she h,i\e to pa)?" Yoanf Bill (who knows Mia Wiliov/e vhtj v%eii) ; "Please, sn, ohe'd pay noihiii' ; 'the Chow'd get lot in !" Upon careful examination it will be found that tins year's resolutions broka in about the same place as last jre,£*» did.

policies of assurance upon human| may be registered under "The 0 pauies Act," 1882," as & Com| with limited liability, but no f company shall commence to do $ ness in New Zealand unless and | it has a paid-up capital of at 1 £10,000. ,'

LIBEL. j Mr Geo. Fisher has given notid move the following new clause, wj the Libel Bill is in committee, vug " That in any action against a prop] tor, editor, or publisher lor the pu cation of a libel contained in w purports to be a letter from a cd| spondent to a newspaper, the defel ant, or each of the defendants it til be more than one, shall, on applical to the Court in that behalf, disclose aflidav it the true name and addresi such correspondent.

MAORI ASSESSORS. I Mr Parata, the Southern Ma member, is asking the Native Minis whether he will introduce a Bill U session restoring to Maori Assess the right which they formerly had sitting vnth the Stipendiary and Pol Magistrates in cases in which Mao were pari'ies Jbefore the Court ? \

PEIVATE BILLS. 3 On Wednesday (private memb'g clay), thu following Bills passed tig, second reading ;— Contempt of Goi Bill, pro toruia, (Mi- Pirani), Absojj Majority Bill (Mr McNab), Oouipaa Act, 1832. Amendment (Mr Milla and Weights 'and Measures £ Amendment (Mr O'Regan). W\ discussing the latter Bill, Mr Le^ the senior member for Christchuni created a hearty laugh by remark! that publicans pints, etc., . shouldi included in the Bill, so that when man paid his money for a drink] could be sure of getting a good libel measure. -

THE PRICE OF COAL. J The Government intends to set v] Select Committee this session, to 't quire into and report on the prices West Coast coal. This is a uiati which Mr O'Regan advocated IS session, urging as a reason that peoj weie chaiged too much Whan the pij given at the pit, freight, etc., w^ considered. 1

PREFERENTIAL VOTING.^ Last night Mr O'Began's Prefer tiai Voting and Proportional Repres| tation Bill was discussed at considi able. Mr Mills condemned the id oi turning the colony into only M * electorates and held that in the cas§ a bye election such as the one cpuii off at Wellington shortly the expel of woiking such large electorates | anything but desirable or expediS Mr Fisher condemned the conipl nature of the measure and said t] even with the present simple systj many cases of informal voting te place. With such a measure as!' } o' Regan's in force it would be netj sary to send many of the work class to college in order to stud| intricacies. The Bill passed its secC reading oh the voices. The Libel 1 was bitterly opposed by Mr Fiscl and the debate on its second read \va3 adjourned. It is anticipated i this measure will not become lavvi session. Mr Mill's Property Law 6 solidation Bill was referred to , Statutes Revision Committee. — "i other Abortive Committee" is** allusion of the Evening Post to-> late enquiry into the Rakaia raih disaster. — A small debate arose in? House yesterday over tha question setting up sessional committees. § tain Russell contended that th,ey tcq large and some members wei| so many committees- that they £<j not attend them all. Mr Rollef thought committees should be no'tjj ated by a committee- of selectiop| he would move in that direction. -4 a lot of discussion the amendm,eiiw negatiyed and several committees! up. Tha Miner-s Right Reduction| passed its second reading pro fornM order to be referred to the gold| committee. , -|