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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3037, 25 October 1888, Page 2

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* Oct. 28. ■ The Committee'of: tho Legislative CpunoiMiavehad uiider consideration lb-Chinese Restriction Bill. The ionriago limitation of Chinese emi-

gratton to'tlie Novtliern Territory lias been reducod to one Chinaman for. evejry fifty'tons;, The olause preventChinese travelling from one, colony to another without a permit was struck \ out. : ' ; ' : --' ; '- : ' : "• :/•' \' ■ ''\"i

lii his report ori : the defences of the colony; Majbr-Ge'rier'al-pbwnes, com ; mandant of military volunteer forces, says that; owing td the low condition of tho ! reserve, they are : ;quite. mire-i liible, He; Recommends that; the compulsory clauses compelling men between the;age of 20 and Mto serve iri thb'aotivci militiafor three years, should be rigidly enforced, andafteiv ward tbey-should be compelled to remain in the reserve corps until attainiug the age of thirty. ; V; .. :In .consequence df.severe droughts iii'.the Northern .districts the crops are failing, anddisjieartemng accounts astb';ha^ ;thia'. agricultimstsi.'; i It, is v isa.id:v tliat ruin stares many farmers in the face, . Melbourne, October 24., Arrived.—Kotorua," from 1 Preymouth. Vi j,- ,• ~ j. Seiletl—itotoraaliaufti for'BMj,- ~'. \' v,w