Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4499, 17 August 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1893.

Tee little difference between Mr deddon »D(1 Sir Robert Stout oa the Hocusing-question in the rift within tire liberal lute which will breed discord throughout the Colony. Both affirm one aoi the same principle, but in tbe practical application of it they cru at dagger*! drawo. Sir Robert Stout that tbe direct veto carrot shall be within the reach of tbe prohibitij/i donkey, but llr Se'ldoa declares -oat tbe &<ud carrot, all till be placed l'a such a position that the said donlsey can see and smell it, but cannot bits it. Will tbe prohibition donkey be content -jrith Mr Seddon's arrangement ? We feat not, for he is obstinate and has sufficient intelligence to perceive that Mr Seddon offers tbe shadow instend of the substance. Sir Robert Stout demand* that a bare majority within a certain am shall decide the fate of the publican, but Mr Bed don sajs a two thuds majority must be polled. How, %» parties must be somewhat evenly balanced, this means that the Diiect Veto is to be handicapped bo that Prohibitionists cannot possibly win. We do not believe in either Sir Robert's or Mr Seddoa'a proposal j the former is the more honest, the latter being something amorphous, patched up in a hurry by st panic-struck Cabinet. The view we take ie that if Prohibition be good for New Zealand, Parliament ought to proclaim it without any noabenae about polU and local-option. No one pretends that Prohibition is good 3or N one. pt-rt of the Colony and bud {or another. It is either good or bad for the Golony ut a whole, and should be settled on this bp.sia, Politicians ate too cowardly to face this issue, and so they relegate the dispute to a hundred different localities where It must be fought out at the coat of setting neighbour against neighbour, of dividing friend from friend, and even in some instances separating brother from brother. It is mean and con temp table that the representative men of the Colony hare not the coarage to faoa this question but sneek into corners,saying if the people I want it we will give it them. As far as we can judge tha people are well | aware that they can help themselves and that even stubborn Mr Seddon by ] evading thia question has placed himself a« their mercy. Mr Seddoa, mnst, we belie*?, give way or go out of office, The country is more in earnest on tbe Direct Veto than in any oiherqupstion, and it is going to decide it—probably in a wrong manner—and Mr Seddon has to give way or to go packing-

Poring a football match at Melbourne <• quarrel took place between two of the players. The eombatants continued to fight after the conclusion oi the matoh, and one of them, named Hehnessy, was killed. ■ The exodus from Melbourne to Lhr> new gold fields in Western Australia continues.

; Intense heat is being experienced in The new Liberal Cabinet is being named. ' Sir Hubert Stout, Oaptan Buarell and Mr Mituhelson are already placed, but the four other fellows required to complete it ace still kept in the iwskground. . Astory of the. late Adara Black, tbs founder of the well known publishing house, and M.P. for Edinburgh,. is told by Mr Piyde ill his " Plessiwt Memories of • Boiy l>ifp." One dajr shortly after Mr Black commenced busineM a* a bookseller, a suspicious-looking man came .stealthily . into the. shop, and, leaning over the counter, whispered into his ear, '' I've got some Gee struggled whisky, wbjeb 111 let yon have a great bargain." I' Mo. no." said: Mr Blaotf indignantly, t" J. .wantliotEiflg of the fcind";go away." The man, avidcutly not' believing In the sincariiy of this righteous outburst, leant over the counter again and whispered, ■aUl tak'Bibles fqisV'

A gentleman of Uts BwasnjiiKtypeMUd. at ths door of ona ttfHlta vkMchU U (he tubtixbe of Gnytowii yeaterciry and intimated that his system required refreshment. Une af th» women feik ltad put the dinaer'of a <iM(nber of the feujlly into the. oven; as he wa» aiw»»b, and thia was supplied to the togrS«!'lti .the saalbiy, tiome further ntfmjißMttt kabeen w|iplied the waodetiag of»« d«pwt«4,. but before ddeg w> i>s "«Ma«»d" ft tar of soap for fstt}»r ess, sbam that m ii' .te'ksnjf ,k «b« b«Uia jt tne c{«mh, but 1. ut ,taiM booed that • mm)« siMabaf of lite 1 I wul bm «)t it <* n, I*WW" Ji* 3SSBt 4 «9518,kMfMU* « urjsar &we ja 4 U? I

A iniWaiMt^ iU> Mn»k *n&»«V*S» aUs* %«f» ato SssgakM.M&k Bssi &* MW h» wh adttttodffcttiiliiMiWMM?*K4kor." :' A *lUhttHtf JMI" takM >fe* at the fototftt tkk ®¥®ygjfe frufce«r K!«S;aNl,M."M.,aitw his Snal «aUirUiti>n«tilitt Naatattou thkavstsing. j/ the iYeaeiAtnge of i|all*»r and tim importation of toman ifcilrtttoUMk .

Xha WvodvttU Holiday Asaoriatiou | bus NaMi it t**oltiUMi in r «ro«r of s»kilig tboOovaruaMt to fit Uw fcliop Hour* Bill, a uaivanat dayoawhioh the shall ta observed.

Kotids <<f IstentiUß to strikaa rale t>f «m hilf'psaij'f -lis tlw £, is given by iba Oaallepoiaft BMd Baard. Mr G. wrndt* th« rate of iutereat on Q.iveniiit&tt Department advances of and over rcdueed from th» present rate of 7 per centum.

, The nember of people who are now in the Wellington Benevolent Hume has increased to 62—49 m*le and 23 female.

The Oommiaiianer of the Zand and lnoome Tax bee summoned severs! t>ereons in WcUingtontor jaegUoting to furniah returns as directed by law. ; At New Norfolk, Tasmania, on July 17th. Mr Vorgan, who was the oldest ifeiident in the dntriet, passed awsy at remarkable aga of 101 years.

The Frenuh Government intends to Hive 6,000,000 francs (£300,000) to help farmers suffering from the drought. Lord Onslow's committee expects tint qompultnry branding will cause some temporary tneonvenienee in th» meat trade, but that when imported me&t beonmes better known, ita popularity Will lucre is*.

The debenture holders in the 'New Zealand Loan and MerotoUle Afceaoj Cuinpan;', have appointed a etiuamltieo to watoh their interosts, Tha new Knglith, Pruttish, and Australian ohartere4 Bank haa been rftfietmd witli • ospitai of £1,675,000. In erimplUnoe with » request from the Preinler nf New Zealand, tite New Booth w#lea Ooyeri.me'it has despatched » ateatner to Notfotk Island to bring on the ahl (wrecked crew of theGlrvaii.

While them Js hunger In Haw South Wales (says 'BuUutln') sheep t-y the thousand are being boiled down fur u>lluw w|>Jiin a mile of Sydney, At plaeea like Inmell, Hour is going at 15s a bsg, and prime mutton it Id per JO. Food abounds, the difficulty flee in keeping l opun a line of communication between the food and the hungry mouths. A good story oooira iroai Ohristehureb, wluoii will be appreciated by racing folk. At a tvoetit trotting meeting there, a horse, which was unbacked on the total. Isator, in wblohabout£lSO wss Invested, won a race. A sport had invested a pound on the winner with a " walking toUlbator," ut the bookmaker who lays totalise tor rddson theeoarao tsde*orib<ul. lie went for his dividend, and tha book, maker, remarking that he paid out the eame as tho totaliaator, handed him eighteen shillings. Tbe backer will probably look at the machine before he interviews 6 bookmaker with tbe same inient sgaiu.

The proßratuma for the next annual shOK of the Maatsrton A. and i*. Association, is substantially the same at last yeir. The principal alterations ase the curtailing of fche -number of sections in the fat sheep and sbeep for frefsing purposes c'tsses. Bough and smooth sheep dogs will be separate sections, and rough and smooth cattle dogs also. The sections in the pig class haye been curtailed, the Chinese section being struck out altogetbei. The shoein#! competition bag beea omitted tilting at the ring added.

Srotnineafc amongst tbe fat sheep penned fur the carkct at tbe Addiugton Tarda last week (Bays a Southern coatenipurary) wa» a 3iao 01 cross-bred WBthera aeot forward by Mr 8. Al Bristol,! of South Canterbury. They were bred from merino ewes by JCngluh Leicester ratris, and though barely nineteen mouthy old were eatimatud to turd the scale at over 1001 ba. On beitis; submitted to auction by Messrs J. T. Ford, and Co., tbe aheep came io for animated cfltnpptitian, being sold at up to 25s a head.

Ic Liverpool (according to the local Mercury) the penny-inthe-«!ot ges meter has come into popular favour with almost phauonienal speed. In 1800 oven 100 metsn were at work. In 1891 the Liverpool Gas Company fixed 1975 : meters, in 1892 they fixed4o3B, and now in Liverpool alone there are between tiQOOj and 9000 automatic meters in the house* of tho*a who huherto hive bad to dependupon caudle or uU fur tha illumination i*f of their home*. Hie Company receive on an average over ICO applications pec weak for repayment meters from peojilo who live in homes sod cottages of small weekly rents j and it-appears that# rapidly increasing demand for tha maters has srisen m London, Leedi, Bristol, Mancheatar, Birmingham, Blackburn, Eolton and other town*. On the meter in iti latest form there: are three dials marked " £ a. and d," the hands of which record the sums dropped until L2O worth of gna is paid for. ;'Xhe hands can only more one way. bo that the householder practically gets en iudtspntab'a receipt for Ilia am. An indicator shows hovr many feetpf gas are iai the meter " paid for but unconaumed." The meter automatically warns the householder 'hat the aupplyia nearly ejhanated by gradually lowering tha flame at least one hour before turning the gaa off.

A gnort stray appears in the Licensing World aboot an English qonjatvr, who waa performing before a rough-and-ready audienoo in one of the *' Prohibition " States of America. "I am about to undertake a feat," he atid, in -which Z shall require the use of ut pint flask of i whisky." There was a dead silenoe. "Will Eonrn kind friend 111 the audience favor me with a pint flask of whisky 1 " There was no response, and the conjuror began to look blank. " Surely," he said, in a South-eastern "Prohibitiontown Zought uot to have to ask a second time for such a thingl Z give yon toy word I will return it to you unin j ured, is there no " " Stranger," said a tall, gaunt man, as he rosealawly from a front seat, wouldn't a quart flask do just aa well?" " Why, certainJy; I mere'y ■ ■■ But, before he could finish, the generous, open--1 handed audiesee had risen like ona man, and waa i)B its way to the platform in a bo'dj. 1 Ve«y aucceasful experiment* in the ap« I plication of electricity towards increasing the growth of plants, eto., are being made by horticulturist*,in £ng]«ud, who find that the use of the entrant largely increases the erop. Jest recently tor Kemp, [who has - charge of Dr Bow's garden Ist the hospital:.'(**y* the Colon iit) employed 'the electric current j (obtained by liainsr a very simple {apparatus) towards assisting in the germination of swa© seeds of the flannel flower,: of Kpw South Wales, HitJwto there fin! been many failure* K. xalsidg ptatita from theia seeds, but ic Mr ' Kemp's experiment scarcely a wagla seed missed, and the young plants are now >tMag well, | -:

A craze for taffgaina let in tbta jnofm*>£ at the Boh Marobe. tcat ii Coicy-usy, have, started .(dewing, out She bulanee rJ our winter atoakoO'sr bargain® : are always Kenuina. Wi; d*»'i**y we aetf i at ooet price, beeatue no «ee;i» - vwy few oould teat it not knowing what iheoest I price is. Weion't e£er Ottrgooda at 23! pgr oent dfewaaS beemae M ime oau ebeek I Sba oaloulatlou, not ii.natring im what is is j awed. We r«3y v.fxx iht - prims-: which 1 we pffer of; berauni a»4 fc njne eaeac oat i of nine nwa-balf both lot the PaUla aUt 'tint Xrade. 0 j course, wraregjlilgto hsi atoney over ibtil job I HuV CJulil Xu sJ ttQfl ■vhjiiot? V l2y -n w«J #r glider * gfirfbotk? s s&sa»> •w-f-* daya. Ail twi iwir aasirs jtitsi W mit s,,al ?, 3 , Im T V ,**•' *■* toe# sha "aUSflt '•aj v>j ~ & [Boeilfareba «tj

*S» W&m#| Igjali? telaa ft*®*- ait tShMjTwi fMuuwUp) *««&*, r ~ = Mr BUara it aakii>ir tfcak » hub of ; M»ri«~ MMIM ft* ptkM »t tW X«* gMWid lufie AaaoeUtWa.? teM&nft ; feh® iifWKsdiWi t& i*te» StmiK Wataa, wktet kaii gfsmteil f&t RiteAtoecliiifoa priaM,

Last Alanday(**yaU)a WaikatoTUaea) i a wesso! was eaug&t by a eat at Mr i Scesley's Harden *t Cambridge West, i We thought ut wuwtd take aomeyears fee I these llUla aoiauU to meli WaJlcato i fftna th®: squtWa and at titk:ieiaßd, 1 where * number intra libeeaWf but appanntly (bay are better travellers { than «a gave t»eai credit for. Tina eat Ima at h%ve been "a eolonial," for ara ' uayer ltsiaw an acglisli osis io iat&Lß a ' j weasel. Pethape this feti»e qen4rtiped i flowed tbe- InrtroetiiMi eouUined in ' the proverb : ' Uatch a weeeel aileepj'" A ino»t important discovery (ih« Daily 1 ii«w e»ya) appears to ham neea auuie ' by Froleswr Hudolf JSmaorldL at 1 Munich and Or Zi«i Tsaboi, s Japanese 1 cjHesgoe living there. They state in the medical paper* that they have fuuad cholera A*Htica to be a uitrie arid puUonißK oinaad by tbu Kooh ooiaaia baciUus. Tbadoeturt, by nukiiiK ex- : perimentc on guinea pijja, rabbit*, sod - 4og», fiiusd that p>Ht»itiiig witb niuic acid touk the witb tliieta aitlculi, and ahuwed thaMuiu aymptoma >8 inoculated chulara with guinea They further _ point <iat that tho kymptoroi exhibited by purcuua poiwined with, nitriu acid aia exxetly tbo aun» ut tliuM ath-ndina ohutera. Profeatoc Von Stain, a vrell-known Mo«e»w [ibyaioan, olaima tn hafe dia* covered a naar care for rhaumatina by manna of tha elaotrio light. Tha light unad iaa »m»li inoandasesnt lump, wltosc r*ya areappllad to tba afliofttd put through a funnel. The latMtik of tha traatment depend* on tha ability of tha piitiant to at and the haat. A piaoaot Ranilna Japanese Sacauer oc«t» tha native wrtlit almost a lfr«Uiiia to pecfuot, and in praduoed by buodrada of thin eoati oflacquar laid on at «on> tidarablu intarral* of tints, t[>a value oonsUtiua rather ia the labour beatowed than in the quality oi the u«ed. Firtt.elju work mb ieaioi<3y be scratched by a needle. An Italian engineer haa conettaoted * new aub<Marioe bust named tbe'Audaoe,' with Mr filch it it hiUaded to faellitaU tliu etaniuation of ttio natural •rotfueta oF the tM-botton. Tbeoreileally it wil] «le«orud to a d«{>lh of mare than 800 ft, At the trial reeeotljr, hawevor, owing tu an aecident wbteh belell the inventor'a •uu, ita descent was atovped at 60ft. ia provided with electric light, whloh eaa ■ bo projected Into the water through eix Khzoi aperturea. Ad arrangement of water tight doors penult* a divqr to leave the boat iu order to gather : BpecimMuot sponge*, oorjl, pearlihelli, ■ or other product* of the bed. The ' Audnco it oonttruoted of such Btren^th as to resist great pressure*, mm is navi--1 gited by meant of & duplex ateerin# apcaratus at any depth. The boat ap. i proache* to a (ish sha(e, and is 28ft in ' length, Dnder ordioaiy cirCßiDstsoees ' the crow will number Sve men, _ | There has (saye the Army sod Kavy ; oa£3tte) beun some doubt expre<Hed as to j the value of aiaokeleu powder; but from ! what Sir Bvelyo Wood ssye in his obsertiODo on a recent " Fox iLll l>ay," there ■ on be little qoestion as to its great > superiority over black powder. At a distance of 2,060 yavds, over a, rails and i a hflf. Sir Krelya Wood tells as that one particular battery coold not see ita enemy sren sftsr the guns bad bean firing i enrdite for some minutes, and he actually . had to make the invisible battery tire some ordinary powder befjre the euemy could make out ita real position. The reason why the battery could not be i seen by its enemy was, according to Sir » Evelyn Wood, due to atmospheric cou- ' aitiona and to low woods screening it. I Tie inrisible battery, however, could see ' its opponent plainly enough, ' There u_a curious stone futmdio | Finland which acts as a perfect barometer, foretelling the changes in the | weather with great accuracy. " Sema- ! kuir " a the native name for it. On the ; approach oF raia it turna black, aud when fine weather may be expected it ! becomes matted with spots of white.

An English Parliamentary paper shuwa that daring the years ISSi-92, inclusive, two hand fed sod fifty sis petßous vera acntoDcftd to death for murder in England and Walen, 01 these cna hundred and forty-five were executed ; ona waa patdoned; ia ninetyfive caeea the sentence was commuted to one of penal servitude for life; eight were removed to Broadmoor.having been certified to be inaane; sod seven priBoners were let off with minor terms of penal servitude, or bard labour or imprisonment, Thirty of the murderers were of or under the aga of twenty-one yesrs. In forty-nine cues the victims | were children under the age of twelve. ! Thfra were twenty-two c*ses in which ynung worntta murdered their illegitimate children.

The following cable mesasge, dated London, July 25th, appears in the Melbourne Argus:—"Aft Victor Buston.of the'well-known firm of Truman, Banbury, Buxton, and Co, Limited, brewers, has decided to Retire from the firm becauae he is a teetotaller. By thia atep he forfeits asumamcmriting to £1,000,000."

Tito Australian N&tivee' Association have pesaed a resolution that it is the imperative duty of the Crown to bring Sir Mathews Davies and F. Millidge to trial in order to assure the that the adrainitratiou of justice is not effected by tbe position or £bfinance of the allied offender,

A farmer writing to the Southland Times recommends "strychnine and apple jau poison " to kill rabbits. He haa found it most successful. The strychnine is mixed in roughly mads apple jam, a Bod turned and a. teaspoonfnt of the deadly jim put on it. Patches where rabbits mostly frequent are thus sown, and there is one grant advantage in using the jam, namely, that the rabbits die on the spot, and every skin can be saved.

; There waa very little pomp and circumstance in the simulation of the yolowun Islands (sity* the Buntiaberg Mail). _ A naked «avs«o handed the pro. clatustion to the commandarof the labour schooner Lochia!, and tie Sag thatjiad braved tb.o battle and the breeze floating proudly f loft explained tha reet. By-fcha-oye, the S»K waa uot allowed to Sent proudly continuously,- for when one of the officials belonging to tha LoaMel went on shore one evening he found the flag lowered. On enquiriag of the chief where it ww, thM WOTtby took him into ■ hut, where it wa* seen that the fiu; had been oooverted into a ouyerlit, being tiged to enwrap the atumbetiog mmm of two chieftaineeeee.

Two hundred sad fifty-*is; applioatiooa for Kifiatratipn on the Maetertoo Bleetaial roll,, have bees made ainoa the provisional roll was printed.

L A Pood X vj( at the preouiit to buy liana' J3®y 1 8, and Youih'c Clofi'ipg tlsaaaly. You I cau g".t thorn At tUc lowoat Sale and K*l\age ! prices, with a dtscomt ol 1» la the £ lefurued in cash the next IS dan only &t To Aro Hoim, TiiEl>t;i;i Cboice fiver yet offered. uook to U men. Heavy Scotch Tweed Suits at 33s Gd for 23s CJ, Colonial Tweed Cults at 87a Cd tor i<k 6d, with an extra etah gift ol la In the 2,

One Suiujho is nur Sfaa'a TmtoS. Veeta at 3t lid and IH. lid, Heavy (!r«dle Xweod Trobwns a,* 10a 6d for lis ad. Jin# purcei tj thoas and <seKT«.«-«m& eo»m of Is in i&e ?irri!CK Dawi On.. Hen's Iwnj Overooate 3&s for 10s Gd, Yoath'a Troassr Slultii 31b fur 13s Sd, and to trwm&ewkotz a dineottnl of le it. Itus £. Tlii* U whrtc :ht fov~« WMiiK'---"'Zweedt KuiO.' ian«Bs Qu for £4 3d, ik'nee" -it ■ teCd 10l is lid Hea\y £i^«s Sdu) auS (id forba 6d. in,y yta , ty SfM ..Otß, > Softi-tinsTssu. iil IrtSh fcala aajl s'jo utrs "so X. !n fori. <Uya atily, cua o< j-§Ba worth nud 37,« i'a cJtf Hii&a,

["[Jfaign «U>&» M t st'efosk to-Hntaw |(jKUa»> afutftnett, l«r tepairt to th« U#hi Sfeuetat Sasna, lit <§*6m atasei

1W -&&4 teg ttimkssr ef the House kits a ewMutau «HW» vmw »rf tW taaHiflnrle, Md katrtM Uta nplUwt ' rwim " it a«tiw In erdesr ut appltMi la i m Hwwurebi* | : Tfc» •peoUlily at the WellJnittott i YHoni#* M*m« to be that ita iiinutua tttuwwtihiMtly i(uMi|r down town for a [ vUt&S4t«

! Ifc h ttitad that there am now In Stuatkati able bodied men in Wtllicfttoa, Out ot i»tt)pk<ya*iit.flt baa taken a Jot of toQratng, eixJdHug and . titttsiidif to jyet tmaaplonilid ematw togather ana the Uovernmeut daaarrea to be eongratui latsd on their auoewt, ! f Money ig hardening. liitiDiinjgmtlt< . men behind tfa» financial curtain iw aujpposed to b« giring the aarer- »* eitra lariat ehu time.

! Boeia# operatiooe for uiertnr water ! are being triad m. th> Lower "Vallfty.

A yottt* wan uaimd KrneaS Dew waa charged in the Maatertou U.M. Ouart i™' morning with failing io contribute towardi the rappgrt of hi? mother, in accordance with an order made by the Court in 3893, Defendant had-only Made aix pay mania, Mid waa in arrsara to tlis amount of £C 16s. In answer to . MrT. Hutchuon, tho dafeadaaE »tid ha wa» a buoiUatler, and owing to lack of work and bad irgather had been unable to contribute. Us had not j>as ihe money and therefore could not jijf. iti Mra Daw, who was in Utmrt. s<»id she had aix children to rapport, and only rtweiynd £2 64 per month from her h«i»baud {;i|»o through th« Cuurt) and Me ! per month frum auochar son at Hawera. ; She should sc«t £3 iSa io all if her eon Ernest paid h«t. Bis Worship mid h& could nut «snd the defendant to gaol I nnlesa it waa ahown that he amid p»y, i i Mra Dew said alw did uot wish to send j b« son to gaol, but thought he ought to be made to help her. It waa finally de ■ eided to adjourn the natter for oo« J roiinth to giva the defendant an opportunity of piyingaomething off cite arreaia.

A setller near MsurlcetJlla iha other I day rsiitwed that wall meaning bet wuUken philanthropist. tits Bsr H, Van 8»«er«i, of mm of hit waifs. Ihi »ei tUr t<iok Ihs lid up hums to triin ! htin thi way be should fjo (eow-milV* iiig) bought him a duw pair 0! boot* and air»yed him in warm clothing. 'l'haa iha MttlM sailed the recruit to ths stjwk yard but th»r* wat no response. The Van btayeren protige hid disappear #d, vanithed off the scans, ranying with bim tba itsw boots and tha wartn clothing. Ho haa not since baan heard of.

u«A skeleton has beenjonnd with clothes on At When«ar«l Heads. Thara Vara two watnhes in tha waistcoat poefcet. Tha skeleton ia supposed to ba that oi Flank BaniMy, nephew of Mr Uantsay, piano-tuner, of iuekiand, who - was drowned at tha Una tha yacht Minerva capsized is \Yhauj<wei Harbour on Ueto ®f* 2 - A party of a toe were ia the ymohl, Pearson being tba only survivor.

After all the ojokla made orer the Cheviot Estate by the 'Joventisent rooster, it turns out that lha' Native name for the place is " Paoptrsn " that tha literal tnml%tba of the lams ia " rpttin egg." It is reported that W tVeir.has ?cild his: interest in the dub Botel, Pahlatria, to - SSx Seymour vf Wellington, Mr Wair Ukes over the hotel at Makakaht, the present licensee of the Makakahi (Mr D. Milne) going bun. to Hswke's Bay if here he owns some property. liiare it on telerafcje good authority ((rates a London correspondent) that the Queen with h«r own fair itand cnti down the birthday honours, list onita ouo-third The Michael and Gtorge decorations wete specially curtailed, owing it is said to Her Majesty's dia«ust (1) at an ex-Speaker like Sir Matthew Davies di.icrcdiub y involved in the Victcrian' fiamcial crisis, - and (2) at-the Premier of New South Wilu beoonsins bankrupt within a few wee'ti of his knighthood. Kyidently Her Majesty decided greater discretion wss desirable is the distribution of these honours. Messrs T. H. Thompson and G-, ll* Welch have been re inrtated as atnsteats Ihy the Kew Zealand Amateur Athletic Association. TheywUl now join tbe Vyaiarapa Club. Messrs J. and N. J. Owen, are. requested to again make applicatinna in January 1894. Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their sst*c Mutnrton slock sale for Wednesday next 45 young cattle (cattle and heifers) and 6 cows in ciif.

Ia the House of Representatives yesterday, the Satimate* were farther ctmardored, <hoae for the Postal and Telegraph - Department, Stamps, Land and Peeda "Efgiacry, Education, and the reuiatndeir of the Cul'imul Secretary's ExEimatM were paaeed The Wellington Oity Empowering Bill was read a second time in the Legislative Council.