NEW ZEALAND: GENERAL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 21, 12 June 1902, Page 20

NEW ZEALAND: GENERAL.

# Pabliament opens on Tuesday, July 1. July 16 will be observed as Arbor Day in this Colony. Oh • II * T i! B al . le f ed .^ °}? hors^ are used in certain districts in Chnstchurch for the feeding of pigs. tn fl^f E l?*h?%?l ?* h ?%? ° T f .^ c i Un r tun have Awarded £30 as a donation to the funds of the Tn«h Parliamentary Party IT is currently reported (*ays ths Mw Zealand 7W,) that Mr T. Dwim, jun will be a candidate for parlinuH-ra.y 1,.,,,J* aL n' coming general election, and will st and for Wellington Oity in the Liberal interest. ■> me In consequence of the holidays in connection with the Coronation we wi be obliged to go to press on Tuesday, Jnne 24 and SoTda7june°2T POnaenCe Uld ™° h offic^ot later than An important discovery of hitherto unknown hot opring-, pos . seeing properties equal to those of Itotorua, has been male at Lower Rapara. within 33 mile, of Greymou h. Samples of the water have been forwarded to the Government for ana?L 8 and effort, are being made to get a direct road to the springs phries, and David Barron (Chief Surveyor, Otago) HUm " Oivixg evidence at the Arbitration Court at Wellington the local manager of the Union Company gave some figures fa to he falling away in the trade between New Zealand and Australian poit. caused by the operation of the Federal tariff He state hS for the HixmunchH prior to tha co-mng into force of the tar s 2 ),>_»<) tons of cargo were carried between Wellington and Sydney th" »,* ff X n* lU ° nths fullowin * t>'ere were only C 383 tons In the Kluff-Melbourne trade 18 294 ton, were carried during the Mx months prior to and !»10ti ton. during the six months after the com mg into operation of the tnnff From Auckland to Sydney 50GHo^ were carried wuhm one period and 2.-,00 within the other Sin Joskph Ward was interviewed at Christchurch last week with r gard to the pre-ent portion in connection with the contact entered into by the Government and the Blue Star line for a monthly .team service between New Zealand and South Africa Mr Joseyh said that the delay in inaugurating the service was not due to either the Government or to the Agent General Thl agreement to gwe effect to the contract had been in the hands of the Rucuwaful tenderer*' solicitor for some time, but at latest advice! had not be -n returned to the Agent-General, who was puB S matters forward with all possible despatch. Sir Joseph ventured the opinion that probably the successful tenderer was being 'delayed arran^entt company of the "nJSj We have to think Messrs. Gny and Co., of Cork for the lat^f number of the Journal of the Cork H.stoi'ical and Arch^ogic Society. The contt-nia are varied and inter, sting. There is an tence during the period mentioned In the editorial notes are menannqLdTr 7 matte ' 8 W' h Wlll be f ° Und ° f mUch interesfc the t,, f .nf« lR V 1 ll Gl ? irE T DEll 'i?n I - R f ° r Walla^ addressed his constituentsatOUutaa rownHall on Saturday evening, and was afterwards banqueted by the peop'e of the district. The AoUng-PremiL Chir J. (x \> ard was present at, both functions, as were also Mr. J A. llanan, member for Invercargill, Hon. H. Feldwick, and a num^ her o' luvercargill people. The Town Hall was packed, and Mr G. tedder got a ve.y attentive he mug and was frequently applauded H,, speech was a general defence of the Government and eulogy of the Preoner and the Minister of Railways Dealing with the 10 million increase m the Colony's debt under the Seddon Administration, he showed that mo^t of it had been used for reprodactive works, and that for all of it the Colony held good security the rail waj s revenue meeting all expend.ture and nhowing ane profit of nearly .-4 per cent , while in other departments the borrowed money made a handsome profit over and above interest Mr Graham S.M., speaking at the Dunedin Police Court last week, commented on the increase of drunkenness among youne men borne years a-o, he .aid, it was a matter for congratulation that diunkenness was not the vice of New Zealand, and the youth of the Colony, their vices, did not include drunkenness among hem. Of late yea.s, h wever, he regretted to ,cc that the Ktate O f affa.rfl ha 1 become totally alter, d, and it was becoming q.i.to a-cn.ial to see the number of young men going about in a nru, ken state upon any pubhc occ-a5,0,,. During the peace rejdongs it wa< remarked that th. only oih-h who were making themselves con.pK.uou-, for being under the influence of liquor, at alUvTntT were youth-, whose art.om were accompanied by a conHiderable amount urowdmess and lamkinism which was mo.tTegrettoble and would have to be pun dawn with a strong hand le&reLtaWe >