PARLIAMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4228, 27 September 1892, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

House of Representatives. MONDAY, sIpTEMBER 27. NAVAL AND MIUTAEY SETTLERS BILL, The debate on the second reading of this Bill was resumed by Messrs Buckland, McGuire, T, McKenzie, Buchanan, T. Thompson, Shera, Fish, andlike. The Minister for Defence, replying to a question, said there would be no further sohedule this session, but the Government would not object to a reasonable extension of time. He further staled that no favouritism had been shown by Ministers in tbe. payment of this scrip, and he would, he said, lay upon the table of the House the recommendations of Resident Magistrates on which these payments were made. : The second. reading was then carried on the voices,' and the Bill was referred to tho Naval and Military : Settler? Cumßiittee,-."TimeE l "

[ Rabbiting to a very remunerativeeiirployment for some of the. Southern i people. AccbrdiiiEc to the Cromwell argna : a party of-five rabbiters oamo down country last w«ek with a cheque of £220, clear of all expenses, for three months work.:

A bußineea card from Mr H. Beale, who recently took over Mr T. W, old established plumbing and ?aa fittios; business, appears in our advertising columns. A miner named Frederick Stodden returning ta Newcastle from the Southern CroBS goldfields, Western Auitralin, lost himself in tho bush, and was. without food or water for seven days. Tho police found him after Bix days' tracking in a dyingstate. He had attempted suicide by tabbing himsolf in sevonteon places and cutting his throat. A pool of dotted blood was found forty miles from whore tho man was discovered,

_ We remind our readers of tho attract tivo entertainment to be given in the Temperance Hall, Masterton, to-night, in aid of tho Wosleyan Church Painting Fund It combines the intellectual element-" An evening with Dr Guthrie," by the Rev. J. Dukes- with the musical. and besides a conversational essay, there' is included an admirable programme of vocal and instrumental music by accomplished amateurs. The entertainment commences at night o'clock, and Mr James McGregor will occupy the chair. We afo also asked to say that the orchestra will play " La Conronne d'or." Not the least interesting experience at Mr Kolly's exhibition of the wonders of the phonograph in tho Masterton Theatre last night, was the hearing of reproduced records nt closo quarters, "through tho tubes," which a number of the audience underwent at the close of the evening. The marvellous lifelike chowder of tho tones, the faithfulness ot expression and accuracy of modulation, nro heard to singular advantago in this way and it is tho final endornement of a series of astonishing impressions, alone required to give a thoroughly adequate idoa ot the marvellous character ot Edison's wonderful invention.