WELLINGTON NOTES.

White Ribbon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 1 October 1895, Page 5

WELLINGTON NOTES.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) At last our tariff is settled. Members, as well as business men, are no doubt thankful, hut ihe discussions on the proposals have certainly been bewildering to simple-minded women folk, and will continue to be so, I fear, until our tariffs fata a little less complex. The Licensing Bill has t>een killed in the Legislative Chamber —not at all a surprise to thoughtful members of the Temperance Party, who had noted that during its passage in the House of Representatives there were no liquor men or brewers to be seen in the lobbies—an ominous sign that there was no danger f The Divorce Bill is to meet the same fate. Rumour has it that pressure from the clergy has done this. But the darkest hour is just liefore the dawn ; we can wait—right must prevail, General Booth's meetings have thrown politics into the shade for the last few days. His reception has been grand.