The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1882. THE LAND BILL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1140, 1 August 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1882. THE LAND BILL.

We published Mr W. 0; Buchanans speech on the Land Bill, as reported in Hansard, yesterday because it was within ouy,knowledge that .some of hlis political opponents in had carefully misrepresented .this tenor of his remarks with a view to-injured him among the working clasSesfof stituency. While w;e not / agree with the conclusion to,.which the member for arrived on . the leasehold proposals of the Government, we recognise the intelligence and fairness with which lie •has' stated the general' questwri'of the Settlement of land, and do not for one moment doubt that he. is sincerely anxious to place land at the disposal of working settlers on the roost favorable terms. In Mr Buchanan's speech'four methods of settling land ;are either directly or. indirectly referred! to, Ist, cash sales, 2nd, deferred payment sales'; --3rd,' leasing with' purchasing clauses ;; and 4 th leasing without purchasing clauses. The first method is mistakably 0 the. one which, is most profitable' both to the colony the purchaser. The second is; one that has been so far a partiaHucccss, 'but its drawbacks have, on the whole, been more than compensated for by its advantages. With a careful an'djuHi cious administration, under a Minister like Mr Rolleston, it can be made profitable, but under More reckless management it might result-in-verjr grave, complications. .There :is'a,demand; forknd on deferred paymeh ; cs, and we are altogether'iri favor J of meeting it, care being; the conditions under .which settlement of this character takes place, dance with the : teaching which., years experience, is bringing to'bear upon the system. The third method of settling, land'to which we have referred, viz.—leasing with clause—has been suggested rather, that proposed. It is, 'however, in/our opinion, a more, desirable; alternative than the fourth, which is_ embodied iti the tutes'ti tenure,'J6v : i which, tliere ; / ip always an active and'we fail to see why,. without prejudice to ll this other schemes of land settlement," ft Should not he tried! -Ooining lastly tb the' present leasehold' proposals,,, favor them foiv, t\vo reasons. ; ; lhe Inauguration ,ofa system would practically-test tlie valu'e I '6f : thfe. nationalisation of land scheme, which a isetitibriiof .Jiberal. partly U strongly faith in this : particular ■have not the slightest objeia^>Qto se^ lib (ij dyira!/; - •'•••

: a moderate aml of its* merits. In the secoraP! ing a great; mistaire, you v %iirj)riv r 6 l much better if you purchase for cash or fthis is an/errpp. in,! judged ■ment.*" It'is (jeUefio'r tfi/p6wers s tii'ai' their ow'n < busme : s3"best, arid especially in,the matter of land, and allow tjiem to procure it for genuine settlement jn' any way that they may seek to obUin' it. We do not see why the Land Oißce should not be permitted to dispos i of its surplus acres by all four of the ; > methods to which we have alluded, a|(T by as many more if additional m ides' can be proposed which will ip'ove acceptable to customers, Every n easlire which tends to increase the ft ci!i- f ties for working men to settle on and is in our opinion a step in advance. The present Land Bill will not do very much in this direction, but it will do a little. It will also assift in bringing into the land market the vast Educational and Municipal .Reserves wliichj have been so unwisely scattered about' the colony and from this point of ijiew; alone, it will accomplish a consider ible' amount of good.

The Masterton Borough Council meets this evening. j Mr Richmond Beetham R.M. of Christehurch, is now staying in Masterton. j

£1 given away for 2s at Rapp & Hares on Saturday August sth, 1882. ; —Adyt. j Tomorrow afternoon Messrs Lowes and lorns sell by auction at their rooms, jMr Pulley's household furniture,

T'his evening Mr Coleman Phillips gives, a free public lecture at the Institute joif the history of party in England. I S k

At a meeting oi St. Matthew's Vestry last evening, Messrs J. V. Pmith, |G.' Fannin, and E, Meredith, werfl elected pariah nominators. j £2,000 worth of goods to be sold At dost price, commencing August sth 18&2. Rapp & Hare's,—Advt, j j-, The usual fortnightly meeting of Ihe Stonehenge Lodge of Druids was held last evening at the Empire Lodge rooms. Two new members were initiated, the rest] of the business being purely formal. ! At the sitting in bankruptcy which His Honor Judge Hardcastle held yesterday at Masterfcon, it was found that it was tor a wonder not quite a matter! of' course that a bankrupt should obtain bisdischarge by merely asking"for it. In the", case of the application of Mr W. E. Cross 1 the Court asked for the trustee's report on the estate. It appeared that the trp>tee had not made a report and that .the ' AcUiinot absolutely, require f that .'he shouldJo|;sl Mr Biintiyl offered the ' Court "a'peraonal siateinent frbm the debtor. The Court replied that it was dot its praotice a discharge without some testimony from a person who was less partial than the debtor himself, lather . was discovered 111 the application and the Court adjourned it to the next session ,thse mou tli.Brheucß.Oli , 1 Bunry>><sug'gested tha(-it4'hMs 'be' he;M,ijr%fl. ington at an earlier date, but His Honor pointed out that removing the proceedißftfSOM aYdisTaSieXwfiuld be unfair fco local'creditoft, A second application' for an order for costs in the estate of'J. Peters Jun. of~oarterton made by Mr Sandilands succeeded in crossing tlie'l shoals and quiolcpa.nds. of jhe Oourto j », )f.M Y9- A(i IW2OW i Ourabi Faalia (says the European Mail),. 1 whose name-is now on every lip, was uh-ij arid' .Buoceaaful speculator'oii»the'Bku'se'and J 'S& Ek-ii oliange, He ma'do a fortune from tne'i Suez Canal shares alono, and prior jto-j 'hat was for a period a clerk in the busi-t jess office in Cairo. He studied, hut did lot Moslem Um-'l wsity El Azhar, aad„afterwardß passed! "8 M'l'tary School at Cairo, Hjs am-' 'i f * le is an Egyptian of thlrpureßt blood,, nd bears the destinctive mark of the race n his countenance; '*

. Th o following is the full text of tile j udymentl elven -,yeaterdW.*i n the case Limes and Idrna Vv\MoL!ir'en. " In this use two questions arose, Ist was ihe re'., latiouof seller and buyer between tie defendant and the purchaser of his property, brought about by what the defendant had done, 2nd it so was that done ljy the plaintiffs during the subsistence o'f then, authority as agents. Whore moi'e agents than one are employed the conlmission is ordinarily only payable to one 1 , and that oue the-successful one, and it is immaterial whether aome of the agents acts gratuitously.or no. In this oase it is not denied that the property was put infe plaintiffs hands for sale and at the coni-i mission sued for, and that it was sold at tlfa. reserved price but it is denied that th'e sale was brought about by the plaintiffs/ It was proved on the one hand that Mr Lowes was the first to mention the matter both to the buyer and to his nephew, and that the buyer made some inquiry next morning, but failed to see Mr Lowes Also that the buyer and his nephew had previously seen advertisements inserte'd by Mr Lowes, and pointing obscurely to the property, Either of these introductions would enable the plaintiffs to auccee'd if in fact the sals had resulted from them and then priority would raise a strong presumption that the sale which took place within about a fortnight did so re. suit. But this presumption ia open to be rebutted by evidence, aud for this defend;'ant's evidence is culled to rebut it Tk 6 buyer swears positively that he did ndt buy from what Mr Lowes said, and Is s*ppoi'ted by the fuct that he returned to his home at some distance, made no further inquiries, and took no further trouble until the matter was brought to his notice again some days after from a diffeif-1 ent quarter. His nephew swears that .he i returned to his home in a different direoj tion, and took no thought or action ai to what Mr Lowes had said, and did not communicate with his uncle until the piOpurty WAS spontaneously reconiiuea* ded to him by a friend of his, Mr Vail lance," who had inspeoted it himself, with a viow of buying, and knew it well. Thai then he got the particulars from a third person, arid wrote to his uncle a letter', that resulted in the purchase. Mr Valj lance swears that he made the recommendation and got his information without any reference to plaintiffs or howledj of what they had done. On this evidence I must hold that Mr Vallance brought about the sale, It is not the broker who first mentions the matter, but the broker who actually causes the relation of buyer, and seller who earns the commission and' I think Mr Vallari'ce would have been' entitled to. it if he had not been eus aeerit. I may add.thafc the plaintiffs! ' M& (strong prima facie case and nothi mg less thau the dear trustworthy and! disinterested evidence for the defenoq could have rebutted it. This conclusion! renders it unnecessary to consider the eeoond question.: - i

Society diaouiw 1 |fe?T given of the quarterly i n 8 . c " ur ji)p Master'Disfipfefbr : tKe| K'lf Weriiher, and applications to iff 14th of Auguat. fFor ttf iWairMMjaEast County on t&e|#ofS® the Alfredton Dialriot for 'September" the 2nd. L summoned meeting of Court- Loyal J3 ft terp ri A ,O;TV —Kelff Thursday next to receive medical committod's report, and to deoideje. surgaon and. 'cGemißVr'^'^ ' Howe's ! rooml tomorrow the - household furniture land effects, rei&vedlrbm'JMr Pugsley'o house {t3 the, of swe. "The' inolude'iome firat-blass-wtintureiaaMdi atkT'raahy ÜBeful j«i-] cles. The saleis.atiS o,'olook „.,| '" lf > 6 ? (.|ii U&.hsJjdvU.'l't T // I tjhej .»yesterd^y,jpefpreYMeßai^.]Jv ; Tuliy and i?'. : rHveWood,a.JjE.4ai»Oharles' ®i6ehawk i and John Ryan were fined 10s andfitf'respec-, tively foiQt«iag''dfurik Ml disorderly; and.fighting -j <■ Mr and Mrrßrowft,,.the newly ap-i pointed OModia4^.^airon' l( take charge qf thb Greytown, on b?luidky liext.' l'iiere are at present four in the SXO'ti i . WeHin^n anOieri losirig.acase.'wan experience aiiati.hpa titlbe. that one unsuccessful suitor aMhe jlate '■Dis'iriotWodri'h® of fifty lo'bia'fimpive'Cit.V* adV66ate,f . . , .ll«'l»Fln I ine programme for the entertainment nest .duets by Mwes Paige, 'and Misses Best, Moiviaon, and Gorbett. Mason, jWta« Keith, Jek'o, 'Silrner, Lofes,. R&pp, reoitations and ■ reading by Mr. Dal- 3 rvm'ple l: cußtomasjglee£i }}S (> '/\ a -j

A ineetingofithe directors of the Greytown Butter and Cheese Paotory was lield at'tbiJ Company's' office'WSaturday last, 'Present—MesM' l chair). !S.' : fl^ll^G;»ai ; an# Judd.4he miSfofeil'Af ® wfere'rea'd and confirmed. • A letter was reatl'from I W » absence^ f^njac^ouQt the Welliligton Tinware Manufacturing Companyjfor jiff K&uifed ••jfafi was !iaj>se[j{f9i; l pyitil) l ri,,oi'feudera w'ere received lrorn .Messrs Trotman And JSujnphues apd ings. It was resolved that, the tender of [indllfilinphries for n'o w • 1287 /aicepte'd j A. Wakelin{be'ire(|ue9ved to superintend .tjieoariyingout.of.theoontract. .j \ The wdinarjf weekljjr''thb'dting of ihe ''Phrehir %odge • war • wdll%tended last Bro f Trent ice. ng.. ,iwo i rfq',l Pi',seij, .officers., l, then proceeded; vrith „ Ttio foiiowing t was< Prentice? W.Y.T. Bro. Dagg, W. ..Secretary Bro?' ; ,Cf rpenter, Bro, Adarak-Phapliiiti,' Bro, W,M. Bro. Peacock, 1G,.8r0. Bvernden, O.'G. Bro; Banmber,R. H .gt. Sister 'Marshall,, L H.S. Sijter rAuld, W.D.M. r Sjjsteyi Evfetnden;j

The i,Greyfown Recreation Ground Con> mittee met at Mt' BnnKldson'B office, lftsl e voning, account & jyere passed for payment and some routine, buaineaa got through;-- SubafiriDMon lists Fere compared, when the total araouut prov 'raised was'found to be £|JO;' 2 'TWwhole of the re'Be^B|'to"'bßi n^loilghedUd 1 o|ear'ed, is noty ready for croppingr* —-The inspection parade of the Maaterton' School.Oadeta whiol^fell through on Friday last owing to wet weather was held jeaMiiy; afternoon, no leSs than? .fifty, ;80ye^,ifank--& n jj. file, .being on-.the fi/oundJ v drill f^u,given : 4 bySe ; fg£. anderatanil iutenas t ifei fM-fctore •to'', spare..- ,twoafternoons» a week whpio .practicable, .-to , this iveiy - ptomiaipg corps.^-.':-m'f -..V107, I ■ St ..)W H't.-y-ij- !