Parliamentary.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3247, 4 July 1889, Page 2

Parliamentary.

In the Legislative Council a Special Committee was appointed to report upon each of the several harbours in New Zealand which is under the management of a Board, A Committee was appointed to consider all matters pertaining to live stock and to rabbits. Tbe Medical Praotitioners Bill was read a second time. House of Representatives.

lu, answer to questions it was stated that Mr Blaoketfc had been appointed to perform the duties of consulting engineer in London, formerly performed by other officers. He received no retiring allowance, and was paid a salary of LBOO per annum. Previously between L9OO and LIOOO per annum was paid for the Baino office, and as Mr Blaobett, if ho retired was entitled to a pension of over LSOO per annum, the Government were practically getting the work dono for L3OO a year, The cost of inspection in England would probably amount to about L2OO a year. It was intended to introduce this session a'Bill limiting or abolishing tho totalisator, I The Government would consider whether they should bring in a Bill this session " compelling every benefit society to put themselves into a financial position that tho inducements held out to working men to join may be assured to them in their timo of necessity." Tho Government hopod the time would soon arrive when chcsse and butter exported could be classified, so that they could command their legitimate values in European markets,

The following Bills wero introduced, and read a first time:—Mr Fisb, a Bill to amend the Licensing Act, 1881; Sir George Grey, a Bill to prohibit the introduction of labourers other than Europeans into New Zealand; Mr Keeyes, a Bill to repeal tho Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1881, and amendments thereto; SirG. Grey, a Bill to provide for the limitation of votes at any election of inemborsofthe Houso "of Eepresoutatives; Mr Hislop, the Destitute Persons Bill.

Mr baunders moved, That, in the opinion of this House, the vaccination laws of this colony are not adapted to the condition of a country in which small-pox does not exist, and which is completely and widely isolated from any affected community; that such lawß should be so altered as to prevent _ the present unnecessary distribution of various virulent diseases by the .practice of general infant vaccination with human lymph, whilstgreater seourity against small-pox should be provided by the the careful and systematic cultivation of calf lymph, under circumstances that would make it possible to protect tho whole community effectively by recent vaccination incase that destructive disease should ever be permitted to reach the shores of Now Zealand, The Divorce Extension Bill was read a second time,

The Fisher correspondence was placed on the table by the Premier, and on the motion of Mr Fislior, seconded by Mr Feldwick, reforred to tho Printing Committee by 89 to 36 votes.

Gamblers and Gambling Clubs.

(South Australian Advertiser). A correspondent, who has recently arrived from England, supplies us with the following interesting infor-

mation respecting tho telegram reporting the raid'of the London police on the field-flkb in Park lane. Our correspondent bad in London an intimate .connection with the sportingfraternity associated with the club, and tho information he gives will probably interest turfites and sports-

men in the Colony. " The arrest of two Peers of the Eealm and a dozen of the most prominent turfites of England at the Field Club may attract comparatively little interest here, but in London and throughout sporting circles jhijlngland it will be tho gossip of the day between now and the Derby. Only five of the fifteen gentlemen arrested are mentioned by name in the tele-

grams, but I can easily guess at most of the others, though in view of the libel law, I will not mention any other names. Lord Lurgan is not only a leading turfite, but he has the honor of being the sporting advisor of the Prince of Wales and in this posi-

tion he has before now come into prominence before tho Jockey Club. The Earl of Dudley is one of the new flats of tho English turf, and though he bid the proverbial luck of new comers last year he may be classed among the rank of' wasters' so far as the turf is concerned, The Henry Bonlett, the third capture inafci tne gang, counts ior nothing at all. He has neither money or brains, and lives on the "honourable title," which is so valuable in all English . matters. Mr Merry, mother, of the prisoners, is in all respects a solid man; he and his family having won either one or two Derbies in their time, and they are recognised as leading owners on the British turf.

Mr Arthur Murray himself is a man who would be considered good for > £lo,ooo' on the nod' by any English ' bookmaker. Of Mr Benzon, tin aft fifth delinquent on the list, it is necessary to say much. He is \ twenty-five voars of age, and his • losses, discounting all the exaggerated reports that have been printed, were not less than £90,000 so far as turf transactions wore concerned within a period of about fifteen months, daliug from the time ho entered the magic circle of the turf. " In regard to the Field Club, which has now been suppressed, tbe facts are very interesting.

Under the name of the Park Club u*A was carried on from 1882 to 1885 byW a Jew moneylender, who did all his business at the club, meeting the necessities of needy clieuts. This speculation terminated in a great raid (similar to that which has now occurred), which resulted in tho worthy Hebrew paying a heavy penalty for infringement of the law and an order far the closing of the club. Hereupon an institution known as tho Backdoor Club was established, but it had a temporary and unprofitable career, and finally tho field Club was established in tli'tfe same premises that were occupiod* formerly by the Park Club. The proprietors of this concern were in reality Charles Wood (then the leading English jockey, who is reokoned to be worth a oouple of hundred thousand) and a gentleman who need not be mentioned, but who is worth £20,000 a year, and who owned forty-eight racehorses in England at the time when tho Jockey Club warned him off the turf fat malpractices, The club as stituted secured tho support of all the leading sportsmen and cardplayerß in London, and amazing stories have been published in Loudon sooiety papers concerning the amounts lost and won by gentlemen connected with tho club, Mr Benzon, to mention a safe case, certainly lost £15,000 between midnight on Satur-

day and noon Sunday, when lie gavo iup the gams. Lord Dudley was, according to popular report, a loser of £50,000 during about six months' transactions at the club. The profits of the concern were mainly made up by tho betting books ot the managers / as for instance in ono case, whoro aplfL outsider won a big race, theOlu* profited about L4OOO on two book

The Field Club was n most hospitable institution; nothing was charged for refreshments, and you could lofio your money without any charge in the way of extras. The revelations in the London Police Courts will, perhaps give more information than I am inclined to (We at present. This affair however, will be the eveut of tho year in sporting circles at homo, Taking only the nameß mentioned, Lord Dudley, Lord Lurgan, Mr Merry, and Mr Bonzon (with his new fortune) will bo leaeing men in the present turf season, and it would be an exciting occurrence if they were locked up (they may he locked up under the law just as easily as Irish M.P.'a are incaroaroted,) but it is to bo presumed that thoy will not come under the charge of tho gambling law, whioh proscribes imprisohmencto' frequent offenders.' A t the Bame time Eadioal

feeling is strong in London at and possibly a gentleman who bets/iP hundreds of sovereigns may be ished as severely as the scoundrel who engages in tho psstimoofpitoh and toss or shilling lotteries,

Mr Kerr and the "Shammies." ,• The Wellington of a Southern contemporary ffrvjr:— The chamois incident, about which I sent you a few linos last night, turns out to have been oven more wildly comic than was generally wpposod at the time, It is now declared that Mr Kerr was entirely unconscious that Mark Twain was not a very reliable authority upon " Shammies" Mr Kerr is said to be as sensible a man as any in the House, but literature is not his strong point, and. this probably accounts for his little mistake, It was Mr Turnbull who took advantage of his innocence, It happened in ',uis way-When the <■'• vote of £l5O for the induction of the chamois came under consideration Mr Kerr proteatod against the introT duction of moro pets into the colonjlfc ' " What are these shammies ?" he ' asked." A species of goat," someone answered. " Well, if it was a goat he would remind thri Government that they had already plenty of wild i?oals here. Ho was informed that thisanimalwasaorossbetwißito66U'v.and a pig, and that it bred scan?' A membor here interposed that the shammy was a species of " small (leer." "If the hon. gentleman will wait for a minute," Mr Turnbull said," I'll send to tho library for a book by a well-known author called | Samuel Clement,' who gives a very interesting description of the animal and ite habits. The hook m brought, and a certain passage pointed out to Mr Kerr, who proceeded quite unsuspectingly to read, it- to the House. Don't read jt, don't read it," excitedly whispered Mr Turafalli Nvh'o ttoflrt

. " ■!. .-.,",r rr —;i — joko wan going too far. " But I will read it, I'm going to sco what tlicso things are," was the reply, Ami ho did. 'fho Houso was now in roars of laughter, and as tho lion, member proceeded to read that the "shammy" was not shy and so forth, members weut into tho wildest fits of merriment, and convulsive shrieks and yells of laughtor caino from all parts of tho House. When ho came to tho assertion that the" shammy" '- was a microscopic object smaller than a gram of mustard seed ho began to seo that something was wrong, but it was not till lie read that "shammies "ran about peoples clothes that the truth dawned on him. He looked round the house in a dazed way, and then, collecting his wits, he determined to brazen it oi»!f*"No bigger than a mustard seed," he said, " what do we want with animals like that? Besides

thoy might bo worse than rabbits. I )• propose that tho voto for the introjf -duction of 'shammies' be struck out." 6ries of " Order, order," were now heard, and tho House began to resume its gravity. " Wbat's the book?" someone asked. "It's by Clement," ho replied, looking at the back. " But what's its title ?" sPi'oamed sevoral members, "Its 1 Die Tramp Abroad,' sir," and, with a final shriek of laughter at this announcement the incident ended.

Supposed Wreck. <tf rNVEncABGiLi,, Thursday. A plank has been found on the beach botween Riverton and Colac Bay, bearing the name Annie Bow. It appears to havo come off the starboard bow, and tho nails in it have been broken'off. In the same locality a quantity of timber partly rotten and cbarred by fire have also been dißcoveied, Annie is now about 27 days out from Newcastle to Timaru, and tho vessel is well known from the fact that some members of the ~ orew refused to ship on tho ground •"\ of unseaworthiness and went lo gaol. Since then she has made a number of trips. An Interesting Late irom a Veteran, As this is Jubileo year it tends t makoono lo"k back and think of tho flight of timo, and in this «ay I am reminded that I ain onoof tho veterans in tho sale of your valuablo and successful medicine. I havo S'Jd it from tho very first, and have sent it into » ovory county in Eng'nnd, and many parts of Scotland. Well do 1 remombor the farst circular you cent out snmn nine or ten years ago. You hud anno 10 England from America to introduce Mother Scigei's Curative Syrup, and 1 was struck with a paragraph in which you used these words:-" Doing a stranger in astrango land, I do not wish the peoplo to feel that I want to take tho least advantage over them. I feel that I havo a romedv that will cure disease, and I have so much confidence in it that 1 authorise niy omenta to relund tho monoy if people shuuld say that they havo not benefitted by its naey 1 felt at onco that you would nover sa, that unless tho molicinc had a merit \ and I applied for the Agency, a Btep which 1 now look back nponwith pride and satisfaction Ever sinco that timo 1 havo found Ji by far the best romedy for Indigestion and Dyspepsia I havo mot with, and I have sold thousands of bottles. It has novor failed'in anycaso whero there wore any of tho following symptoms : Nervous or aick headache, Boumess of tho stomach, rising of food a'ter eating, a some of fullness and heaviness, dizziness, bad breath, slime and mucus on tho gums and teeth, constipation and At. yellowness of the eyes and skiu, dull and sleepy sentations, ringing in the cars, heartburn, loss of appetite, and, in short whether there aro signs that the system ia clogged and the blood is out of ordor. Upon repeated enquiries, covoring a rest variety.of ailments, my customers havo always answered," lam better, or "lam perfectly well,' 1 What 1 havo seldom or never seen hoforo in tho case of any medicino is that people tell oach other of its virtues, aim those who have been cured Bay to tho suffering; "Go and get Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, it will nuko you well." Out of hundreds ef cures I will namo ono or two hat happen to come to my mind. Two old gentlemen, whoso names they would not like mo to givo you, had been martys to Indigestion an<l Dyspepsia for many years, They had tried all kinds of medicino without relief. Ono of them cas so bad ho cmild not bear a glass o tea. Both wore advised to use tho Syrup and both recovered, and were a hale and hearty as men in the prime o life