UNKNOWN. REFORM.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2138, 23 March 1886, Page 4

UNKNOWN. REFORM.

A MtETiX'. of tln> council and vico-piesi-dont-. i>f tli > Fu"s Lmd Ijm;'iic was held :i1 thuNitioml Liberal Club on January 21th, All .\itl. ,r Irnold, the president, m the cluli. Tin than mm «.i:d tlut already no ilv 70 m.'iii Win «'f (.lie league belonged t►t! • L-^i-liMu.- lie fltti,t tV leal 1> ilt 1 • mi t'l ■ 1 1 .id question would not Ik* on tlu> nnttti »t .'ildtiM'iiU ni small holdings, but i.i nbt irini', r thi 1 ab iliti'in of the heredit u y s^ -,tt i.i, and in dealing with tenant's' itn|''o\oiiii'iit>. Jfo moved : "That in the opinion of tliis lv igw*, the law-, which ','nvein tin* acquisition and distubution of 1 !■•!.! in Ile United Kingdom are unjust and lnghly injuiious to the interests of the country ; th tt the al^iMw nf any prom we of refill in hoin the Queen's speech renders her Majesty-, (ioveinment unweuthy of the confidence of 1' lrli.iinent ; that the depression <>f trade and aglic iltute, together with the incnv.^iug depopulation of rnial dis triets, gives gieat uigency to the objects of the Fiee Land League ; and that thi.s league will hail with satisfaction tiny well-devised which may be taken to replace any of her Majesty's Ministers by others who ■are prepared upon this important subject to do justice to the inteiests of the people at large." Mr -J. , Howard seconded the motion, which was supported by Mr Johns. M.P. Mr l Joseph Arch, M.P., said land reformers must insist upon their proposals being carried rmt. Ho had no faith in a Conservative Government bunging in a measure on thd land question that would be worth the paper it was printed on. He had now very great hope for agriculture, for the reason that he bad never known in Parliament before so many gentlemen determined to have practical land reform. Whatever stood between workmen willing to till tho soil and tho earth that God had given them to till, nmst be removed out of the way, by strong legislation if required, and plenty of capital would be invested in the cultivation of the land if the investment werjß only secure. The price land would fetch in the market, if it was only five shillings an acre, it would have to go at ; for the land could not be wasted, and the peonla driven to the towns, while the food production was lessened to tho amount of about GO millions a year, because landlords c.uild U"t acquire high rents. He knew of land'lying idle, paying no rent, and producing nothing for the wealth ■of the community. The land quebtion affected the whole community in its relation- to -pauperism" and the labour lnarke^. plumbers of men were driven into: Lontjoft and other large towns who otignt to i>o working on the land. If 40 ye xt-, ago he could have been secured in the holding of two or three acres of land he would not be in Parliament now. Pauperism would be considerably decreased if the_ people' were given a fair chance on the land," and by getting the population back to "the soil they would get rid of much of the poveity of the towns (cheers). Replying to a question, Mr Arch &aye his experience of allotment"!. In a case' of his own village the working men were given a bad piece of land, for which they had to pay three times more than the tenant farmer, and after 'they had cleared it and made it productive, they weie relegated to more bad lnnd, and then similarly to more. He knew, however, of a, village in Gloucestershire v. Inch some yeara ago was in winter the hceno of poverty and poaching. Here some land uas> bought and let m small" lots t < labourer-. ; the result being now pio pei'ity and no mure poaching. Mr tfytfo, Mr 11. Law.-,on, M.P., Mr T. Chatm Id Clrakc, Mr Ifcniiques, Viscount Wolmer, 11. P., and other* addressed the meeting, and the resolution was adopted.

The Ohio man who sold his wife for five cents positively declines to throw in a clnouio. Tm:'wiclow't> might is never so fully realized ,as uh.su she is looking for a sceor.it husband. Unpopular Appoj.vtms.xt.— lt is probable (s-ays "Atlas" in the World) that Prince Henry of Batteuburg will shortly be'gazetted to the Ist Life Guards, and the officers of that distinguished repi- ' nient are by no means delighted at the prospect. I hear that the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cambridge have made stienuous efforts to prevent the project fioni being canied out. A Sad Story. — A man has been condemned at the Assize Comt, Finisterre, to perpetual iniprionment for having incited his young wife to commit suicide, and with her help to drown their three younjj childicu. Hi-- defence was that he did thi-i because he was unable to support thorn or to witness their death by hunger. The circumstances under which they died wereNis follows: -Last November, finding themselves in absolute penury, the accused, and at his instigation his wife, took their, children to thu seashore, and, holding two by the hand-", advanced to mpet au incoming hi<rh tide. The youngest child was in his wife's arms. The fir<.t fhock of (he waves made her swoon, and she and the babo in her arms and infant that held on her were at once diowurd. The father bei/ed the surviving boy, who eluiitf to him by tho shoulder-:, and thiew him out a^ far as hq could flins'' him. He then knelt down on tho thiugle to be imraereed himself, but, getting frightened, rose and lushed back from tne iidv.trcin;? tide. Some fisher-, mm fuuiid him beneath a cliff in a prostiate condition, and he said he was waiting for the four bodies to be washed up io him. He said ho had at firbt meant in pciLih with them, but finally le^olved to enivire thtm, i» oider to bury them to consecrated ground.

The I.\Dtp. xuf.nck or Irelaxd. — Here is the opinion of the Home News : — There could be no question, however, that if independence were followed by sppaiation, the consequences would be disastrous to the whole Empire. Something like complete disintegration must inevitably follow. The gi eat masses of Colonial lush men would at once repudiate the idea of owning allegiance to the Butish Crown. They would soon clamour to shake off the ties, however slight, that bound them, and would accept, without hesitation, the loss of British citizenship that ijt might, entail. The growth of a spit-it hostile to tl)c Mother Country would be one of -the first consequences of tiie separation of Ii eland. Faiewell then to the rosy drcini3 of Imperial Federation in \\ Inch so many hopt'fnl statesmen still indulge. How far this separatist idea would find" favour in the Colonies remains to be determined. But it is conceivable that the so-called Irish party would not bo entirely fipe to act e\en in community where Irish settlers have made the Irish vote a considerable power. What Canada is likely to feel, wo have just bee"n told by its Premier. At the banquet given to Sir John Macdonald, he Bilid plainly that Canadians would never sever their connection with England, because while tiny weic part of the British Ei^pue, they knew thpy belonged to' .the "sycatest nation, the supreme nafion, the soveuign nation of the world."

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