THE CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 443, 27 February 1909, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE

A 1 BIRD'S-EYE VIEW. '

: '\Ri; : %:^ ;,;i;;/^. Ajolbgy, '[ is." dtovin«Nthla-/colunin /to/the ;-.;> \'k. Miriister.iforßoads:-;;andv rßridges.// Last; &>;-; /we6kJit;;wasVtaslily. : observed 'ofMr;;T,;Mac4' ;f;://%r^e;; : iha^;h6;;y'nas/'a''po^ ,'.';s;,;histmore{materiaiistib /colleague [Mr./Hogg].; //';/, has /taken- > the/earliest SK%PPi*rturuty/'|o./disprpv^ .K.;Opem^'za/bridge^ •l/v'K fbr^;taking^pride: in:. s^.theopubiiqv^ fe /-/but V he^ : msistedSthatv/' -thV. object /:cf /that: r! vr/ 'pridV;sh'6uld:be^a : wbrthy.;6ne',''.; and ihe then. •i&i'^Bnrst/^^ /'The:tree .that, they trained'and iendeavoured ,'t> ;(t6;-make;syrim6trioiui.;the : iahip;,with, sails .full //EBt^;limned;on,;.the.,horizon,.,the ,yery/.embodir !;':;'v;'C : /,;/?.:theVmagnificeht;;paintingj-;evorytHhg;',that ai>- * :■:/^pealed;to.;;the;.eye, and.awakened-th'e'imafination .:; /'.'V;was" the'-'object■:likem6'eV.of':-pHde..'-iri\i{S"pd»-' ~:-, /sessors;/ ;TMs'artistio.'sense; lie:took> it;; ■U?^VWorksvDepMfaent',.should;-:.witHn-. ; ieasonv mia;'»'>/ister;,tp and ;pultivate."-: :: ''' ':v//:'';'.-. '-'-V'/v t; ;y;ft'--/-It : ' , .&Vfiniss.;:.the' - :^. : ;f the'jfactVtfiat Hogg:'Baid this;//Th'e/bfc: :K'./: : yiqusj ■ reflection/is,/of ;V»ursei; thai '■■ inf. some •v; ; ::;: future :'ageJ: ; '//;vjHpgg,/aro/being/BtudieH, ; /',/ •'■'Shak&jieafe,-:"t&o';'-silliest;.'conjectures-will/ he: ■<;;>;'inadey.by/7professprsV;;;;Somebpdy/will, write / r qu'otatiohY will/be; 'discussed «////ani;;th'eprisied/ about.// Thp Writer'/roil sayj; /'; /,/'The. /reference/ is":to;■■ a local //vK -iattempts/"#>•■: -make ; the- piiblib/ accounts; ; ,/A|/symmetrical.)/- This/, l'sifPy%'ffiffisJifs-l %t "^.political" litera's;;/', tore ;.pf / that' age ■ abounded' in; referenpes:. to : - ; ' '-'H;■■'s&. ,St?te.-'.' ;■; /EHrrther,;; s6me;:.:iiewsi/;?/iapors:of.;;(^:;day: :i-isSM jthevohieftaitfs; enthusiastib in the %S ; Gts / ??s' ; figures^- ; .that /nwakened; - as' : they: that,:the-hard,. '££$t? V i£ Less i %giMt^;>ijeople';wiilvbe : ;;set i/i:/ ; ;: ; :/ ■£ great/iutuie;;b6f^/the;;!Publio; : /c; . // ft ! b flag-stations;' buried' ''in'v'iyyi ; 5 // / i; I art >'to 'the ;/ railways;: aid;cuttings" that%isit; l S % Morris % as v ::.:/;. i /cver/in;.the/Minis^ry//;/;.;-/';';^ ¥J; ; .ptn;:?:sadness^-is; the^fac't 1 : ¥ : i ca S:; a ': -bridge;;;;; a 'ha'.':the' ; ;:i //^nd^facti/that;;a J ;g¥ea'fc''poet^ '/;!,:?.;I , armssus.'« < '.'/::';:;.:///H:/'.>/;; :^^ ; '>>:/;"^,-^

£angs "iftheadV'and'Wheart ; :.;:-. r 4-;:; : ";-;;:>,'.. 1 s/(^pwn.,:'as;lead;,:^; l : ,;u^;r;.;^ W"S;;;;;'l?$?,™:ass.of■ 86 : aa in U.''i->: : S:t';:-^ : '.:'-;-'X r &i$ 'v:;'; Now ;; nis^&avy^mental'if6g:isiaisieiied-'byMr *;Syg ;;■::-> .fl6gg;jj:'v;;^'; v ,V ; ';;S : ;;*; v;;-; ' SSv ??• '£$&&■ brWiftvip; trim :and;'taut?in : its' ;'*'§Ww -*•■;.'.>■ ?:,'nevier:- caught v-i'^'-L';;';;^'.:;.;;;&■;;';:■; SS ; -ffv;;^:'WY^:^9f : K";; ;^^^;* H^J^e-of;^ ; ; -;:;; S:;;-.'- :^!: ? I Wana; : trMingAthem^.'&; -.>. ";.^i<ti' ■■ "ffi; fi. :": ''< simply• ;presttdigitali' ; i^-'V a ßil? e y?P^ tK e;Qruoial:test,-^iioh;may; : thus : •' &-or>' W—J'V? ! ;Btatei;bestp:':' : ;, V?:~-'?"% y '?:' r '''' , • WMo.^^^ Einlses;^ r ;tinlls"at"abridge' at-' ;v;';; : ;;,Y^:.;:f;;"all?:,;: ? ;:tj ; : -^^'^"^'.''i^H-: "?'-':;-:: ; ;v ; ; ; ¥ S|;>> : te^;;^i?^? , expects to' , i^s^y-^^^t^^^.^'Kop^o*,^^ i; : fj !*;v* > -x^ ; ■ ' ~: jfc,;c;v»;,'';;'Pr';te;;g^ -eyeSj/whein- a ■* itdviit".!^'." ot-^^;.Se»> nbthingi^ut^horrid : waite;bf-cash'ih"it;' s W s Ss' : - -?But/I^a^pdvert^always■'filis;^r: 7 Hdk'K;'with'' ;ife;^: :: 7H P?; I™o^^;?^1 ™ o^^;?^ ' poetically;,passionate. : \ u ": ;' ; W-;M\i 'S?S?^.y^PW l "';''.^W-ii*; i^J-iog-; • to, ;S«K: : : v^^a^ewly-metaUediroadsmaies; a /'Minis'-' :K/-.>:'■ '.v^ivi'.fenalsi6deJ:ol;»:Vf.hj/'-c>; : :^-::-:':-i"'':^'■';. !■,■:'«' ■■ '■B'l/ o£f:upon' : : ;rfi;./r\':«We;;aamire;;;thig;"lordroft < W??': V',^i ! vi'^;■^P^^hg";■ve^x;\vr6hg: ; : , ?A-:?- v f> i .'?.'-;^"^-;.' •'■ ; '• £(.?■&'■ -The'factjthat; all'-obnjecture 'simply heggais is;' feS;ftS^^vC^ftf sowWy"i;; hasn't ; : ;fouM : .Hhat;-the ''&0"-/;iyix departmental: &y^y's\'^'c\ : ?;~\-->*3;'' y ' /|:;;;;:-s :;; - ;r;;S:;i ; ;'%&^*o^!^^^**! ,e ''^' :^l :i:goes i ;up; ; '■■ :[; , ;?;:?;' v:;.l;that;;.suph; possibly .; SJ&fe;: ;B oientists'i:to;ariticipate/;dreaffid , ;;S:s£/j im- . A pendihgytrpat; :;.;■;:' ;V;;:.; ■;.{(;-?i \'-^}: ! /fir-::':y:<^.::: ;t^;S:M;l^?^ su ffra^etteS|.':who; ; hoped ;;Ithat,;: : by , 4;'; ;;;;/■ t themselves /fas ./to.;Mr./;As--,H;;'.:ivquith,:jthey}TTOnJd;be : : .^^iijyy/fastvtabhsijaro/nptVqast/^o^^ :>;■' - 'Hf'y:f. ;;'-It v.is /.mpst, ■ satisfabtbry".to.; note: 'that the /;S; v : : i;are' not /Si/iKS'tp'/be/zendattgefed;by; precipitate '}. j//; A: ;;local -journal - concludes ;. its; com- ;■ v;/"/"'?': ments': pn" the ;.;:;/>"/'; i B ttriDute3^ : %'{'■ '-■ ■''2' Aohservation;:".! •''We -/ prefer ;--fe;- suspend '£'-.i : /V/^ndgmbnii;:!!].;;the/meantime.^yThere-is' now Bourses. '/;>;■ ■'■ : - : -l .:-..' ■ '■'■£: •-'"'«•'i-'-.''.'J*iS-'iffS!? 6^? sa ;,;.-,'-/;'■; ;;:.,"how3th':'.rbun'd"pegs,, always'gets ,into square ;i;i,:;Ki'j:';/fvlWiaf: does /;;;f/E';;; : ; : h'."',;;-/, ~"'f.;: ; bejpra ;;; : J ./ii/vif ;locture.on. th 'xomotsanstead/iv iwarrnin'. th-• ;K;;-,;;;/pbnrighteous.t' como,in ; r Su-'f: eihs.;/ ; 'But whatfrne-hparrt longs'f'ris/t'see : > th' ;"pulpit.?:/!Twud .be; v'/V; ; :':;'i a;happier.wurrld:; c Yownd not/needt''worry. ;;-^'//,;'; : :';;;over: ; th'^llection'ipla'ter/^ : iV.':•;;;;, an'; weaTy;';it ; 'jy %ft -K jiht/ th! ,pathetio,ysight tnat; a \ plate; presints; ''{:% .';;-:! whin^there;afe.ohly;two;prrphan ; 'threepbnces ir'g'"'-: : ' ':"'in: it.}-iThe;Rey\' Mr.:.Warrd wud say: ; ' I ami, ;;;'/:;?;:>:;glad;t';ahnouuce:that;th'; ; plate.to-day shows )}"li:".}.. a/remaTrkable;:buoy'noy inj,th',/ money marr 7 ; ;^'V.':;£;.\^ gj; /f:; ; : ; ;ficont;'f'r/th' amount '■:■. ';: -an Advance ;6f ;^aJv;'hu^TeS;r^:cmt..;"^An , , : '?/ \ "vi ■; ■.• instid.;iv;.being;infcimedwith'/hopelessness ..;;/;;;; '".;% iv-:doom;fye \ wud'.be;teld;that "all is : ;;well;' ;;';.vi.y:-;.;;?V;.?.Beware l ?..;v;he^ v.; ;;; > pess'mists. : ;;i have'; no:, patienoe,';/ he says, 'with th' croakers who deny that th' credit iv this commun'ty is low in th' Hereafthcr. As f'r thoso who talk iv a day iv' reck'nin', I have information t' show that our credit nivor stud higher.' An' instead iv comin 1 oiit.iv churrch with a feelin', that y' ought t' gi T ® yerself up t'- th' police, yo wud feel

as,if, Bomewanoiight t' presint yo with an addhress./ 'Twud'be a happier wurrld."

■Ours is a'graduated. Ministry. At.one 'end of tho scalo'you.havo Sir Joseph "Ward, who .cah.paoify.'even.a. deputation of Socialists. At tho other you have Mr. "Roddy" M'Kenzie;: .'whose; ordinary; ;niaun6r would deter a.garrotter,.and,whoso very geniality is of ,such-a-quality, as.tpniake even an insurance/, canvasser' : retire hurriedly . to.' keep a- forgotten -engagement Elsewhere.' A' telegram, on Thursday reported .that Mr. Mander, ,M.P,,;..saw in' ascertain, decision of Mr. .M'Konzie's evidence of "weakness.",- Weaknes'sl./Jn- "Roddy,' 7 who is tho'only; human heihgwhooyer terrified "the late Mr, Seddon! The- Minister,'; the..telegram.-reported, ;made ..'.'a spirited reply, " .hut'the substance, of the -reply is;not: given,. owing,. no doubt, to the interference'; of; the' Government Electrician, :who:.khoTO,th6*.f,using: point of the telegraph .wires. ' Mr. Ma'nder, it was further ..stated, apologised for accusing the Minister of weak;ricss7',:/,We■ /know' .'now'/why■ "Roddy" -was' .taken.into;,the .Ministry, and,, incidentally; 1 why^Mr^Ell ■';.was kept out. It;'.was; his' .ability, to' terrify people that appealed to Sir Joseph./.'.'Roddy".: has since declared.- that Ihe is going .to travel just as much as; he chooses;. and alreadythe people in the. north are ■hearing, whizzing 'sounds.at: night.. : The phenomenon'.is ..caused ;by. Oppositionists retiring;:'with'great velocity, to the.;bush,- : out. of .the;tracK' of/the' M'Kenzie. /" We "shall shortly hear, ho.doubt,,ofi:surprise yisitto Ma'ngere,. and'; the will learn, without, surprise'that ..Mr.Massey, suddenly ,-meeting .the.' Minister, . has announced, his intention' :of. resigning /and .contesting the Franklin seat .in;tho : .'6overnment' ; interest.' Properly .haniied,L-" ; Roddy',' 'should/he/able to wipe out ,the: Opposition,in a .month.- ■ Sir Joseph wasmore astute.than;we .thought.- "