The Manawatu Daily Times. SATURDAY MARCH 31, 1883.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 224, 31 March 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY MARCH 31, 1883.

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In onr ady.rtisinsr columns appears a iintice from the Uea^y Monoy. store, announcing the -arrival of a splendid sample' bf Canterbury flake potatoes, oafs, and cbeeee. Tfc is somewhat surprising to see this class of goods iim-or« ted to.PalmersUm. What are. our farmers^cJoing that they ;illq\v cpnipcH.ti'>nto follow them so clos?cly. TMc pricesshow thegoods are bong sold cheap. Wp asrain " remind the ra^ei ayei^s of T-Imcrston that legal proceedings will bi; taken for the recovery of all rates remaining unpaid after to'daj'. The colloctor, Mr Keeling, wishes us to iii'iraate that be will he m the Public 1 ibrarj from 7.30 to 10 p m; this evinirjff, for the convenience of those whp'

desire ii> avoid the oxpen-e* ot'ii'i^-'ition, and at the same time qua! fy 'hem-el res for v ting nt any election which may occur during the yt-ar. Mr.. Parker, of Eangitikei Line, thi> morning presented tis with the finest bunch of Muscadine grapes we ever saw m Manawatu. The bunch weighed 2ibf=, and was grown on . a fence m the open air. ' A sample of ea-"h of the Northern Spy blight proof appie, and the Garibaldi apple were equally good. v Mr Parker evidently has first class tieesand gets »he greatest possible amount- from them.b.y good cultivation. Mr Montgomery addressed his constiN ucn'9 at Akaroa on Wednesday." He referred to M^jor Atkinson's speeches at Christchurcb, and went on to state his objections tQ the Hare system, under which- he sai-1 a good local man would be kept out of Parliament by a stump orator put- forward by a. moneyed ring. The'L egislative Council required reform* ation, and the soon«r tho people had a, voice in.returning members to the'tJppfcr House the boater. He did not think taxation ,at present w.-»s fair and just* He denounced J tfie Property Tax and cx» pressed himself m favor of a tax on lands that bencfittcd by. the expenditure of borrowed raoney.A Napier telegram says ; — T.twhiao and followers' Inve left for I'aupo. At I the 'Maori pahs here- no intoxicating ! drink was allowed: Tawhiao appeared to i advantage when seen there. When he I came lo 'town;- ho irevor, he invariably became blind drunk, and on the whole he ,did not create a Very favorable irapressian.- It is snid that Tawhiao has netted £3000, by his tour. We .direct attention to Mr F. Mowlem's business notice which appears to this issue. As rate collector &c. for the County Ouuncil, Mr Mowlem has been enabled to gain extensive information "as to value of properties, &c., and his acquain'anco with the who'e County should stand him iD good stead. In 'iis speech at Akaroa; on Wodaesd ».y, Mr Mnntgomorv slid ho was convinced that the ' National Insurance ti.hrme could never be adopted. In rciLty th«- proposils meant a'.poU tax or a million a .year. "Would employes like thi>ir employers to stop their m>>ney, or would employers like, to . take the trouhli. ? ' How was the money to be collected fro:n those who traveled about tlie country shearing ? Who vein to collect from the idle and vicious, and the 10-ifers ? There w.-u'd he great d In»:uitiisln tho way of' administering the sick pay,.- and an .expensive department m Wflllngtou w-uld be inquired. The re;il way to prevent powrty was to prevent men from spcn-Hng thur money fciolishh'", an«i to give them a chance of getting on m life by giving the people easy accpss to the- land. He wished to see the law so altered that a working man who hail saved £100 could get a piece of land to live on. The colony had 25,000,000 acres <>f land, including Maori land, and be a-lc d why it should bo ob~ t;iin.<ble only at such, a price th-t a man of amal means could not go on it. T ! o History of New Z-aland hy G. VV. lluskin, just issu( d by Messrs Cliapman and Hall is m three heavy volumes and costs £2 10s. It is not iik- ly to have a very txfceu.-ive circulation at thit figure.