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Fix this textTHE LANTERN.
Fix this textConducted by H. Congreve Evans and Alfred T. Chandler.
Fix this textVol. 1.-—No. 44.
Fix this textADELAIDE, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1890.
Fix this textGUARANTEED CIRCULATION-4,300.
Fix this textPrice Threepence.
Fix this textCOALS. COKE. FIREWOOD. Best New South AVales Household, Steam, or Smith COALS, COKE, and MALLEE FIREWOOD
Fix this textdelivered anywhere at Lowest Current Rates. HENRY SIMPSON & SONS, 27, Currie Street, Adelaide, and Maclaren Wharf Port
Fix this textTELEPHONE No. 250.
Fix this textOUR OPINIONS.
Fix this textTHAT BIG OFFER AGAIN.
Fix this textLast week Quiz announced that Melbourne
Fix this textcapitalists were prepared to purchase the rights
Fix this textand plants of the various Tramway Companies in
Fix this textAdelaide and to substitute for the present ricketty
Fix this textsystem the splendid cable roads which have been
Fix this textsuch a success in Melbourne. As soon as the infor-
Fix this textmation was given to the public Mr. W. C. Buik, one
Fix this textof the Directors of the Adelaide and Suburban
Fix this textTramway Company, waited upon a publication
Fix this textprinted in this city and caused a denial to be
Fix this textinserted. No doubt the shareholders in the
Fix this textCompany and its travelling patrons arrived at the
Fix this textconclusion that Quiz had been misinformed, and
Fix this textthat the ingenuous Directors knew nothing of any
Fix this textsuch offer. They will therefore be surprised
Fix this textperhaps when Quiz repeats that the offer was
Fix this textmade, and that it was declined on behalf of the
Fix this textAdelaide and Suburban Company.
Fix this textLet us see how the refutation is put. Mr. Buik
Fix this textsays that “ within his knowledge ” there was no
Fix this textfoundation for the statement. If that is so,
Fix this textthen his colleagues on the Board do not take
Fix this texthim into their confidence. As a matter of fact,
Fix this textthere was nothing in writing, but Mr. James
Fix this textDuncan, of the firm of Duncan & Fraser, inter-
Fix this textviewed two Directors of the Adelaide and Sub-
Fix this texturban Company and asked whether they would
Fix this textentertain any proposal for the purchase of the
Fix this textCompany’s property. There was no question
Fix this textabout the matter. What he offered would be done
Fix this textif they were agreeable. He received a distinct and
Fix this textfirm negative—they were satisfied as things were,
Fix this textand declined to consider any offer of the kind.
Fix this textOf course when Mr. Duncan discovered that there
Fix this textwas such hostility to the idea he did not think
Fix this textthere would be much good in writing a formal
Fix this textoffer to the Board, and he wrote to his principals
Fix this textto that effect. That Mr. Duncan was prepared to
Fix this textdo business is shown by the fact that he waited
Fix this textupon the Chairmen of the other Tramway Com-
Fix this textpanies and met with sufficient encouragement to
Fix this textwarrant him in going on with the negotiations if
Fix this textthe Directors of the largest Company had been
Fix this textfavorable. Without their co-operation nothing
Fix this textcould be done.
Fix this textThen Mr. Buik explains that the only offer he
Fix this textever heard of was made some time ago on behalf
Fix this textof an English Syndicate. As he confesses to that
Fix this textoffer the public will see that there were two. The
Fix this textlatest one emanates from the Cable Company of
Fix this textMelbourne, and if they can secure the acquiescence
Fix this textof the Directors, Quiz understands that they are
Fix this textstill ready to purchase the Adelaide lines and to
Fix this textput down the cable service. Indeed, Mr. Duncan,
Fix this textwho was authorised to act for them, does not even
Fix this textnow despair of eventually succeeding in concluding
Fix this textsome agreement —more particularly since the
Fix this textshareholders and the public are in possession of
Fix this textthe facts. Those facts might have been made
Fix this textknown on Friday or Saturday last if the publication
Fix this textwhich printed Mr. Buik’s contradiction had printed
Fix this textall the conductors of it knew. They sent a reporter
Fix this textto Mr. Duncan, who disclosed the circumstances
Fix this textfully and allowed him to see the correspondence
Fix this textin the matter. Why the information was sup-
Fix this textpressed is hard to say.
Fix this textNow, it is clearly the duty of the shareholders to
Fix this textask the two Directors referred to why they refused
Fix this textto consider the proposal at all. The question is
Fix this texttoo great and important a one to be treated so
Fix this textcavalierly. It is so important that the Directors
Fix this textshould not have dared to attempt to smother it
Fix this textwithout consulting the shareholders. As it stands,
Fix this textthe purchasers are ready to give Adelaide a perfect
Fix this textsystem for conducting its street traffic; they are
Fix this textready to spend a quarter of a million of money to
Fix this textdo this; and they are ready to guarantee the
Fix this textdividends at present paid by the Tram Companies.
Fix this textAre two individuals who draw Directors’ fees to be
Fix this textallowed to frustrate so grand a scheme that will
Fix this textgreatly benefit the city ?
Fix this textFEDERATION AND INTER-AUSTRALIAN
Fix this textFREE TRADE.
Fix this textAs the question of Australian federation becomes
Fix this textfurther ventilated it is plain that the key to the
Fix this textsolution of the difficulty is the satisfactory settle-
Fix this textment of the interests of local trade. At first sight
Fix this textthis might appear to be rather a pettifogging
Fix this textobstacle. As applied to each centre it is, but in
Fix this textthe concrete it is not. Whatever is done the fair
Fix this textand reasonable rights of each detached com-
Fix this textmunity must be taken into consideration. If it
Fix this textmeans that those industries which have been
Fix this textcreated under the wise fostering policy adopted
Fix this textwithin the past few years by South Australia are
Fix this textto be swept clean away then we must pause
Fix this textbefore we consent to federation with its inevitable
Fix this textcondition of inter-Australian free trade.
Fix this textBut if it can be shown that, although we may
Fix this textsacrifice a few of our factories, we shall obtain a
Fix this textmore than compensating advantage, it is surely
Fix this textworth our while to make that sacrifice. Several
Fix this textmonths ago Quiz pointed out what we should gain
Fix this textby dismissing the Customs sentries now posted
Fix this textalong the frontiers of each of our States. The
Fix this textgreatest benefit of all would be secured to South
Fix this textAustralia by her untrammelled possession of the
Fix this textBarrier trade. It belongs to her geographically,
Fix this textit was given to her by nature, and it was only the
Fix this textignorant determination of an imaginary line that
Fix this textever deprived her of what by the simplest and
Fix this texttherefore the truest of laws belongs to her. But
Fix this textNew South Wales has the legal right to warn and
Fix this textkeep South Australia off the Barrier country, and
Fix this textif our politicians are so blind as to precipitate any
Fix this textsuch attitude on the part of the mother State they
Fix this textwill live to experience the pleasant sensation of
Fix this textbeing politically cursed by the whole community.
Fix this textWith this serious possibility of losing the Barrier
Fix this texttrade before her, South Australia ought not to be too
Fix this textrigid on the question of protection. Quiz does not
Fix this textmean to “go back” on his protective principles. He
Fix this textonly wishes to point out the immense value of the
Fix this textBroken Hill business to our people generally. If
Fix this textit were only this one great interior province that we
Fix this textshould annex commercially, he believes it would
Fix this textjustify South Australia in advocating Australian
Fix this textfederation at once. No doubt the unification of
Fix this textAustralia cannot be consummated under three
Fix this textyears. Those of our manufactories that have not
Fix this textbecome firmly established will have that additional
Fix this textperiod to gain strength, and by agreeing to inter-
Fix this textAustralian free trade, with protection from the
Fix this textworld, they will have a large market opened to
Fix this textthem which might otherwise be shut against
Fix this textthem.
Fix this textTherefore at this juncture it is opportune that a
Fix this textSelect Committee should be appointed to enquire
Fix this textinto the probable effect of unrestricted trade upon
Fix this textSouth Australia, and whatever investigation is
Fix this textmade as to the loss likely to be sustained, the
Fix this textgain by free communication with the Barrier,
Fix this textWestern Queensland, Western Victoria, and the
Fix this textabolition of a war of rates on the railway lines
Fix this textmust be set up on the contra side.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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