THE CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE

A BIRD'S EYE VIEW. , (Bi a Casual . Cuboniclee.), ' ,"A ;! Dowion'paragraph-a day or two ago mado reference to a seaside place in the Hawke's Bay district called; by ...the charming - Maori name : Tamatoukakatangihangaltoauau. 1 Mr. C. R. Parata. says this is an abbreviated form" of the 'name. In 'full it is Taniatauwhakatangihangakoauaot'anemiiarangikitanatahu," With reference to this paragraph';a'Native linguist has called to say. that Mr. Parata deserved credit for his zeal; for accuracy, but has only given the summary of the. name which can be accommodated on the largost post for which thore are; funds available at present, It is understood that onco tho .Post Office is built the Government will gradually lengthen its frontage,. and ;it : is,'anticipated .that, by the year 1950 there Will be built accommodation for sufficient of. the nnmo. to secure that it will not bo' mistaken for Kaiwarra. The Premier 'is, cmfident'.that : the resources "of tho-country, will'merit, the cost of this great ijndertaking.s , The ; Native,; linguist, referred to expects to finish telling our reporter -tho, full details-of tho calamity in a few days.

WALKING ON AIR ' "Thanks to wireless . telegraphy, six bundred; passengers, including many women .and ohiidren,.: /were,., safely ~ transferred;, from • n burning steamer, to anothor < oil City Island, v.-jn the vicinity/ of the scene ■of the General . Slocuih ,disaster."—Cable' item. V.'riting to The Dominion on Thursday, "Christian made the . following distressing ;statement': "I' hcar that thebest •' Domestic' Workers' ( Union . members have got -married,'and .things; are . hanging lire , until a ;nevf. executive ; is, elcctbd.". : ' that .ohco'rose; in the; pantry and kitchen,. r... " Tho outlook .-so rich in v ; A promise of bliss, . ' > The'. dreams of' tho :thrilling. inauguralmuster Of. maids' of the duster— i ' ' . They've all; corao to this: ' '■■■ ' ■ That .the stalwarts in; whom" wo; have.' placed . bur reliance. A ''' ■ '■.■'■ ■' • i .'^Arad^in''hymeneal alliance! '. ;.' No more they bid missuses deadly defiance: ' . They'vo hastened to wed , ... Instead. . N'.'" False Clara has got her own servants, or may:be . , .. She's nursing a baby—. .In:short, sho.ij gonjj, •. She. has beaten .retreat in'V maimer. ungallaht, She's:, wasting .the talent .; y, ' ...We buildcd upon. : . " - ; ,; And; Jane, who'.for long; was the' iUnion's sheet-. . anchor— ~' ■ We V: had, .fancied \no President ever . was fr.anker— "-.'j.' j " her' heart, all' the • time ' ' was a '.■■■; 'canker: - . .. She's wearing a ringi, . '■" : ;v.< The thing. '.. Can it ba that this fever in country and city v: To wed our Committee ■ Is Capital's trick? ; Or,is genius amongst the domestics confined, to. The girl:who's inclined .to .' •■ ■ .Wed some Tom or Dick? : . . \db6med'. ; . : -'^The.:, v i!o'ntagion ' is ■ spreading...; ■. • We .hear at each meeting—a sound we are ... dreading- • . • ■ ;-.i , The 'rattle' of; cabs; oii - the way to a wedding. ' 'An^nussuses''smile .•."'.'■"'''i The .while;''' - ' ..■ 1: ■'

It' is possible that- we may shortly witness in -any- of chose—notably, tho: Denuiston and' Blackball affairs—which, owing .to the - Arbitration ■Act, did not take place; So at least one might , suppose, from an incident which took place during: the hearing of a case before the Arbitration Court on Tuesday, and which is thus reported in ■ th'e Press:' "Meantime Mr. Kellow had-quietly insinuated a loaf of 'bermaline' on tho'Judgo's desk; ,'Try it, your Honour,' ho pleaded,; 'I would liko you to .-'try..that loa'f;'; 'Try it?'.-responded Mr. Justicc Sim in absolute bewilderment. 'What way?' i-'Eat it!' Mr: Kellow/'patheti-. cally requested. Mr.- Samuel Brown, the employers' representative on the Court, was

. . not , averse 'to experimenting with the' , • maline loaf. He modestly broke a piece | off, smelt it and tasted it, without discover- • ing a solution of the difficulty." - When tho Court is next called upon to hear a charge against a master, bootmaker- of having paid .-, a manpower wages than the minimum ;Withrout . the' authority of an under-rate, permit, defendant will : request Mr. Justice! Sim ' to", .try .on a pair of boots : mado by the employee in question. The boots will be -triangular'in .-shape, with tho, hails protruding .on the in-, side,- but His Honour . will try them on and walk across. the Court. He will then fine 1 defendant, for; employing: such, a man. at all. When, the • wharf labourers', dispute is in . course of' hearing it ' will become necessary ■for-the Court, in order to clear up tho grain-bag question, to go down to the wharf,' and put in.a day's lumping.: The Court;'will ; . become- a regular place of attendance for the upper: classes: of schools, in order that the children may bo given ;,v object- jlessons in . modern industry. But it will surely no? bo r long before the three .weary: old'gentlemen form themselves into a Union,'and fix an ; award regulating: their duties. Parliament willtheiiinteryene, : and the Court will go pn strike, '•' In a letter to tho editor this week a , . Socialistic correspondent contributed this . »ew a'nd unusual ' view of the present-day •conditions of Society: "Organise, that this • soulless, degrading, inhuman.' scramble for bread may cease, and Justice—sweet Justice .—be tho everlasting reward of a deserving -working people.!' As Comrade Fitzgerald - might-put':it,,-if. he we're asked to explain the cause of the unhappiness in tho world : ! - . Some sez it'e crime, some sez ifs''cause -Folks.:stays; away- so much from church, Some sez it's doo tar Labour laws, . K : . : But .after, long profound research , . I've 1 , put me , finger .on the. spot, , An', sparin'-ye, all; lengthy. gab, it... Perceeds from 'ungerj 'ence we've got-. ' , Ter work—a most degradin':'abit. . W'y should .the .wucker 'avb ter wuek? W'y should Vbrutalise/'isself? W'y don't 'e up an' 'are tho pluck f V ■: ; Ter-lay them theories on the shelf? i Too long, I tell yer, mate, too long' t 'Ab wuckers toiled' through all the hage« I' - . , Without a kick agen' : the wrorip ' Of bein' forced ter hearn their wages! ' "Poor slaves," I 6ayß, "of theory I" ( Me bosom swells with 'igh disgUßt '. W!eri, leanin' on a post, 'I see- -.. . This 'ideous 'scramble fer a .crust. Oh!-would I-'-'ad-V learned ter spell! Oh! would I was a stirrin' poick! y • ■ Ow I would make their bosom swell With 'igher thoughts an' dreams 'eroic. • Farholr, a brightor day I see— , 1 - The day of Truth, an' Brother'ood, '• Wen bread will grow on hevery tree, ( i. An' beer an' other 'olesome food. But close at 'and the 'appy end Of 'ustling fer a bloomin' crust is; An' fat an leisured we'll depend f Fer meals upon thename of Justice.