THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1881.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 5 September 1881, Page 2

THE The Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED EVERY WEEKLY. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1881.

We learn from Wellington by telegram last night that the third reading of. the Representnlion Bill is adjourned till Monday. It is further said that a rumour was current in Wellington last night that sn important qnestion of privilege will be raised before the debate is resumed, which, if successful, will shelve' the measure*

Tbe " stoneWalliiig "on the Bepresentation Act was brought to a rather abrupt and somewhat ludicrous termination in the House on Friday night last. A full account of ir tie', "affray bas been forwarded by our Wellington agent, and will be found in an« ther column.

Dr Clarke' announcea4bat be h»» received rii supply of vacc ; ne lymph from tbe Government, and will perform vaccination daily at Mi* G-ießirig's, Broadway. MrW. Cochrane announces another bil« Hard tournament, nominations for which will close on Wednesday next. The drawing in Jacques art«union took place on Saturday evening laet Mt George Edwards being the fortunate winner. Mr Theodore Brown of 19 Grey-street, Aucklard, announces his fifth Monster Consultation on the Melbourne Cup. The present sweep will be drawn for £10,000 in 10,000 subscribers of £1 each. Tbe advantage which Mr Brown's coußultation presents is that it offers no less than 240 winning tickets. Mr Brown's name is well established throughout the colony, ttiid investors may therefore safely rely tbat the" sweep wi'l be duly filled up by the appointed time, and the drawing in this as dn all former occasions will give, the fullest satisfaction to all participators. Mr R. GL Roulston of this town has been .appointed the local agent for the distribution of tickets. Tbe advertisement will be eeen in another column.

A very pleasant social gathering was held in Eater's Oddfellows' Hall on Friday even« ing last. A very numerous nnd select company assembled, and dancing was kept up till midnight to tbe enspiriting streams of Herr Schmidt's incomparable; musio, It is, we believe, the intention to hold the assemblies regularly.

Mr Cosmo Newbery read, be'ore the Royal Society on the 11th. a paper on Dixon's gas, in which he examined and discussed the specification on which the patent wa9 granted. Mr Newb?ry states tbat the only material mentioned iv the specification from which tbe gas can be made is kerosene ; also that the other Fubstancee specified in no way contributed to tbe production, of light. A resolution to that effect waa unanimously passed by tbe meeting. Other members of tbe. society present confirmed Mt Newbery's opinions, and Dr. Dobson. tbe SolicitorGeneral, said if be bad" known that he could have received information from the Eoyal Society, be would not Lave fronted tbe patent. The shares yesterday declined considerably, and tho name of Dixon's gas is remoytd jrom the Stock Exchange official list.

Tbe Diocesan Sj nod have re&olvcd— ' That it ia desirable Unit the cost of a marriage licenßP. for a marriage to be solemnised in tbe Christi hiuch Cathedral be £10/ the Bishop bsing asked \o give effect to this resolution.

No Thursday night about thirty residents of Lytteltou met in the Church of England eclioolooora, nt Port, and formed an accociation called ' Land Ho ! Association; No. 1» Mr Alex. Joyce, the author oi a pamphlet, recently published, entitled 'Land LIoT addressed the meeting, being .introduced by Mr F. C. lirown, p the chairman. .13 r icily frlatid, the subject of the association 13 to sco cue the return lo raviiara'.-'it of c> mini

pledged to advocate the nationalisation of the whole of the land in the colony ; that is, that the Government shall purchase every inch of ground which f is nov 1 held., by private individuals, tlrUs abolishing altogehtcr every tenure kuown as 'freehold. in land, whether town or country In other wot'ds every person occupying lands would have the same landlord — namely, the Government, from whom they would rent or lease. Sub-letting by individuals is prohibited. Mr H. J. Sealey, the author of a pamphlet on the land question, was present, at, the meeting, and gave a doleful account of the state of[bu3iness down about Oainaru and Timaru, staling that the shop? in those towns were shutting up for want of trade, and the people leavingby hundreds. The alleged exodus of the population and the'dfipi\?sßion"in business in the place named, he considered was somehow due to the existence of Jilarge estates held by private landowners, lie said a similar condition of affairs existed? in Hawke's Bay, Nelson, and Marl borough* provinces.

Is it a libel to say in a^jnewspaper •he kissed the cook ? ' The Bristol magistrates think so, and in a case which was before them

raising the question, they refused to allow the proseedtion to be withdrawn, although the proprietor of |[the* offending journal had apologised, given up the M.S., and given a donation to the Infirmary.

The Melbourne Age says : — It is.highly cliaracteristic of the inverted relations which facts occasionally bear to precepts that at the moment Bishop Moorhouse wus pleading for toleration and forbearance in religious matters, and framing the churches of the divisions which arc caused within the limits of the communions to which we severely belong by the encouragement of the quarrelsome spirit of controversy, the Rev. Mr Strong should have announced bis intentiou of severing his connection with Presbyterianism in Victoria. No event has occurred in our short religious history which is better calculated to make the sturdiest Conservative among us reflect upon the brittleness^of the tie ° that £ links* the men of the present generation to'the thoughts and traditions of the past.

This is the way a very irreverent Sydney production talks about the Eoyal Middies dancing at the Mayor 'a ball at that city, given to their Royal Highnesses is peculiarly their own. We considered we knew something about dancing before we saw tbe Princea'performj but ' now we own that we have all tbe'time been cruelly up on Terpsichore. One thing necessary to the Royal middies is plenty ofsf room, for their action is high, and they fly off at sharp ancles nnd trust to "tbe girl to eteer. Prince Albert Victor keep's his back very straight, and elevates his cbin so high tbat it is a wonder be does not; knock bis partner's teeth out ; while Prince George gets up a good spin, then clutches his partner's 'i' waistband, and leaves tha issue to Providence. The whole thing viewed comfortably from a distance waß very novel and very instructive, and we think if we had the option any day of paying a crown to see either a cirous horse eat an appl9 pie with a clown, or the Royal Princes dance the trios tetapa, we would unbesttetingly choice tbe performance of the latter.

The whole night; up to 1 30 waa spent over

Clause 2 of the .Representation Bill, the Nelson members, Seddon. Bastings, and others stonewalling the Bill, and the bell having to be rung every few minutes to get a quorum. The nominal question'was the substitution of 60 for 91 as the number of members. Se'd* don spoke for two hours. After 1.30 Levistam spoke for half an "hour, andj then the Chairman llete f t the chair for half an hour. On resuming, Levistam continued reading long extracts. Getting tired, he said something about bribery, whereupon, to give him breathing time,]FUt called attention to the unparliamentary language. Bastings, to help further, moved tbe^ words be taken down. Speight made a long seriocomic speech as to the danger to the noble cau?e by the use of strong language, After some discussion the Chairman called upon Levistum to withdraw the expression, which he did ; and having recovered breath, he went on speaking till Seddon came to the rescue, complaining ' of the discourtesy of ministers reading instead of at« tending to what was said. Levistam then called for a ruling as to whether sleeping members could be counted to make up a quorum. The Chairman' ruled in the affimative. Bastings raised some otle." p^int of order, and Lenstom, leaving the Chamber, returned speedily with a fresh pile of books. After further speaking, he moved the Chairman leave the chair, which was lost on a division of 23 to 10. Bastings ,then made a Ion? speech on the beauties and capabilities of Waikaia. which <theJßill .proposed to wipe out. His constituents desired him to resist this in every possible way. He proceeded for a long time, when a rest was afforded by attention baiogllcallecl "to the f^ate of the House. A quorum being rung in, he pro* ceeded to reari page on pane from a treatise on politicial economy, making explanations and comments as he went on. Another diversion having been made by laising some point of order, Bastings went on again. Atkinson raised the question whether the discussion sliould not be limited to Clause 2. The Chairman ruled against him. Atkinson then objected that Bastings was reading what purported to be his speech. Bastings de* fended himself, when his voice falling, Seddon took him to task for lisping put his words like a lady, tbu9 giving him a rest. Basting went on till 4.20, when Pitt moved thatlprogress be reported. Seddoi supported it. Bistings raised a point of order about a member snoring, which be said affected his sensitive organ satijn. Atkinson said Government would not consent to progress being reported. He appealed to the miuority, now that they had entered their protest, not to persist in the hopeless obstruction. Pitt replied that they were determined not to allow a clause to jas3 that ei'Mir)£. If an adjournment was granted Ihey would consult arid possibly conio to Kouii! arrangement. Atkinson re» joined lliat Ciou'vntuent; could not allow a muioriiy to work the House. Huvßihouje

urged Government to consentn to a adjournment. They yrete fighting their own best friends. On a division the motion to report progress was lost by 22 to 8 Gibbs said their request for a truce being refused, they must keep up the fight. At 5.10 Atkins -n moved that Seym6ur be relieved from the chair, and .that Hamlin take it. Agreed to. Pitt said be would not have made tbe overtures if ho had been aware, as he was now informed that Government had threatened that the action of the Nelson members would weigh when the Estimates came on. Atkinson denied any such threat waa ever made. Wakefield said the Nelson members had his sympathy in the bold stand made in defence of what they deemed their rights. He saw no good to be obtained by adjourning, but 03 they seemed determined, he would go on with the debate till they had|time^to refresh themselves.' He: epoke till 6 o'clock, when another motion to report progress wat rejected by 22 7. Seddon and Pitt kept things up till 6.30, when Bastings suggested there should be a half hour's adjournment, which the Chairman declined. Another motion to report progress was then lost by 22 to 7. A quotum had several times to be rung up, for tbe talking was kept up by > Shepherd and Levistam, and at 8.30 CSedcTon^appealed to Seymour, who was again in the chair, to adjourn for half an hour i or, breakfast. There wr r^loud cries of ' noXaP^fa' Chairman refused to do «o.