LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 743, 16 February 1910, Page 4

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

THE HIRJNG OUT OF;CITY COUNCIL -:>^v, ; v . v v ;° fp, P'.als. :.;vy;';.-^, fthat":'arosb ''lnst lightens to .thb' action"of Councillor' Jl ?.'..'.Luke.; .consenting'., on .'behalf of. the. :oit'tfcilpt6'vlcridiugf,MT; v Gleii, lv supDriiaferi-'. lent;of'reserves;'to,;tke ". Government, Jfr. Luke ;is; reported; in:- a paragraph ;in.vthis nprjiin"'?: issite: of i'yo'ur; [cpritemporaryi' ieaded';l''Le'ndiiig .Officers," .to.' havo'said:hat "Ms .action:-'in;'tibt .consulting the/Kb-' idrvcs Committee was on account.of urg»cy. .'Now, this.seems funny,' to say the" east. :.Surely ; :the Government must haveinpwn; that thb.grpundV were,,to .lid laid; rat some, iirae ; ago;?a'nu;'it:;ivqs itsj duty:. :o the council,' if 'itirequared tho-assistance if • one■- of its officers',''to ;havb formally■. applied: to:;tho''-council' for : such.' 'It rpuld-be'interestiugi to .knoir'-whoi^i' th'e' r wrt:of '.the .Government," mado -tho •'. ap-' >lication. -to ,-Mr. 'Luke,; and ; why'■'". Mr. juke .was.; asked,: instead: of'.the 'councils Ithinkiitistimetnat .tho ."lending" : of ifficers by ~th'e;..Goyeir.mc»t 'and.'corpora'; 10ns should; cease.' -Thbre.-'are,: as -a- rule, ilonty .'of -men-quite r>s' qualified who ?oula.bß'only.\too glad'.td.tdoithe.work—'. !utside,,df .Government : ; or. corporations. ri.;,view;jof.',the,;p'!}pleasantness 4hat, has ■ insen in .tho'Tbwn Council,of Napier, in iohsequpnce'-'of: sdmeVpf.-fthertcouncillors-iaving ;entered'"'intb:'c6hwacts''with": the" ipuncil^lN-call-attention-vtovptparagraph'; n yojirV'issub' 'of'.this' morning; giving the lames-and:, amoujits-'pf ...the. ;s,ucce£s£ul - and, J.aV.supplies.,- 1.;,d0;.;.n0t.;fpr,-. : one .minute rish-;:tb: reflect-on; :.xnel successful';'*tenderirs.;.'!, believe; the, firm^tin,question'!to.bo: ; fact.ofVtheir ; >eing, the.; successful; tenderer '• leaves the lopt; { or^tfaJnasty3houghis>;.iI r :bolieve--he'jawinllbwsVaJ'councillpr.v.either as,an: ndividual jor.;as - one.'qf "a, firm; :td; teiiiler or;,, contra;jts.;.under * 5200,:. and'., to., c'arry; int. Buclv;c!)ntract if :'accepWd.tkWhy..this: ihould-.3Be':ls6;l'.fajl-ftajunderstantt'. ' If Ue ampurifc.should'ibo'jei99.-19s: lljd. it is: it .it" S: illegal... Surely it would'pay.:those/Tvh'o' ire '[inehjbjrsro'f: firnja: to retrain' fjJonV be/ i6mlhg.;;councillors;^;'Suppoging.f- i a'dozon ; ieparate :.teaders; J for.;:priced" just, under 1 ; he'leg'al :limit,- af; ; intervals;"of a.'mPnth rere;.accepted,'-would,: thb; councillor'/nbt' ie';subject ..to}the pehaltj',—l: am? Ptbr^-.'.' THE:. GOVERNM ENT AN Di/rfc jl NH :. (; " \ COME:-T AX 't EP A jSir|4mf 'Joseph :\J 7 ard>was .most indig-:. riuSf/THsVfßfi usually .'is; -■'. wheri<**askedy.any [uesti%gb|ardirig, sny thing iwr'ojgjin;. his/ idminfefeaWnj:,-:'pr'?.tnat;'pf;:.!Ms\ - 'offl&r'!i ) ' ind-when, asked "about' ind :! thb'«e'ult'bf..th ; iuprenie';Cburt;Judges;.informed the'pubic .;that;.:Coitrti'proceedings .were' :being iiß(Stut*df'?Ht^ , .is ; viyell'-: ; knoTO---iinnt :! "-tlie.' aw, has:';its 'delays, land?where-ithew' is "ft :iesy to.-'initiate ; .:,ahjr'',proceedings -against ibmb/'bf .-.their;.' political;, friends, isnwi,: deay., is; inbreased,, i&'the'hopeothat '"out if.,raind::out-of;sight.-";. Had the unfor--Oppositionist,-".the;': terror's \'ot::-'> the;;''law. fould''-'havei.bb3n-''--ihvoM mdv.vig'ordusly. ' :r; ; db;. hot see'.:amongst, ;ho..bases';,|e't *n^,^ttin^of;\the>/Siipyem«'.'X!our^T , any. !a's»:N]M'ayng'.'pn^ ierhng • that ..there. is. a, Jaw;,for Vine f ich ind one:fpT;rthe-pbor—it:is■ quite true;--.. ['Amiu:et«'.frr:.y ; tTi'-v.'' ■■•"-.» v.»'>t«s-v.:', V '■'. [We-bblievp; that..proceJediJ^gs , : have now : »en -instituted;,intone';balse*at;"least.! '■-;'.''< 'iTO': ;VETERfINSV:: ; ■ i^' : Mj! 'fiASStfCIATI ON i$i&&i&*::: '•^Sir^Seeing , purpose-Tof'.'T)bing',ipresefit' ioti eceive, mo^dishnguished.officer^qftrdr^tchenei l -,-- ihe'.citizen's ;pf^. Wellinstbn' ; to : taiceVimm&:: iiateA.abtirthj.to -give certainlj'.-: srete: tho' pioneers: of : our. .'great'Dbminionr • [t.inighbbesaidvthafe.-the.local-.Veterans-'; isso'ciationv-w'ould- .bovable; to.;look: pro-1 iei-Jy: af ter;'t'h'e' comforts; of .'their ■ old. com-1 :ades, ; v;Ti : at ; idea;;'would:,bovper'fe:ctly:;cor-;: rebti; ; >but ! :it"niay ,be 'mbntipned; that;. najority. of, 'its jmembers'are,tunfbrt'un-delyfenot-jblessed ."withj-Dame'.-Fortune's'; icpiles;v'and; it would*: of r cours&: be'. a'!rather'' ,arge4"undertaßng;fbr; : .their;;'assbciatibh > ;, reTy. : ,time,;an'd.' kept' ;hrnk;',this>;ybiild "or! 'sPm'e'.'bf ''our!mbrb,,fo'ftiinate ladibs iblp'and: : givb "the veterans.-a-Eobd".social: iveningviluring.'i'lieir,. stayv.in. iWellingtonv: )f."spending;an hour'with' tho.old soldiers irid-sailprs;?.an(li thaj;.. our.'.citi-:' sins.'.jrill 'have! an of paying: i.:compliment,:,.tp:sb : ,large :a. number -of ;heir; old: pioneers.".-::.. !-;... : .','.^'".-' ■.' '-'■'■ &,■•!;' j I'Trusting;.' thatV; this .suggestion ; will , ybo, :ak'en;.;Up -ih., av.hearty ':mannerj:as : it,cer-": -am;' btci;V;.-'V.'".'.■'}'..:'- ; -.;- : ;;. CprTURCH. piSEST^BLJSHMENT/;; : ; to iyour, this Jay's:issue;,it'-may.-bo.interesting to men-, tion sbnie,of.thb.ichanges', in Ireland 1 un-ler,/-'disbstablishme'nf, in. 1870., The Statb becaiue-ryespohsible; to; all -clergym.en-;and. laymen on'.,the.establishment roilsjitho:Act : ainpb'wereiir the- State'to tike ..over,'all-.','in-' 3ome";'.;ffdm'- every source, ■ including V-all privafe'-Jbeh'eJtactions, feven i thbugii' ;-such'. nad'-beenA bestowed by .private -individuals', fo^sp'ecial.'bbjebts.::: Conimissionejs'<,.were' lppbinted (called; "the', Church 'i'empot'ali-'! ties Commissioners") :tbl: administer'.'- the: Bnancial-'nffairs df'the' Church.:'! believe ill'jChurch:Jiands,'other.than"glebb, lands. - ivpre.-.'soldas jnost' convenient.'; A r : small dumber of. clergy-' electedr,torctir'e,'.receiv; ing sum'of money..y.Soine'did' ■o. on receiving,appointments.inHhe'Engiishi Church..'.. Eacn,-,'diocese-created a japital- at oncb to'; provide:' for • all : ■ cbnj tingencies;;:;lt took:ttoee years or:so to settipiall, these .matters, and 'many: of the ilefgy .'commuted, putting .' their.- capital into ■ the "funds .of' the. diocese, and' stood' by.;:their"pld ship."*,: : f. This brought, -the: clergy .'and: laity,; into such- blbse'; touch,as;.weH'. ai. the aristocratS ,< 'a'n'd'*thb''sPhs iof-the-.soil,,,factory. and».workshop/'with. one., another,;'all.^undtr■-a'-sense of, a :call;to. their, highest ..duty—the; service f 'of.: Godthat,, much hbart-seaTching-;:'.wa's';'the;ire-' stilt;; arid.a>new interest ■in Church, mat-, ters '.sprang .'up;' :;The • people; began'j fto realise '.their;.responsibilities, so;'.that!agefleral: forward■■ movement. took'..place. Curates'' began; with" iEI3O '.yearly/'stipend?. a--; great'-. advance 'on'.' former .;, conditions." Promotipn ;• movedi.'rapidly,';, an;l. A 'l, may 6ay;.',a, now. life; came '.to - the. ChtlrcKA dor ; ,-thb,':State system,:bishbps'.'werb -.appointed ; by; ; the Government. of :■'tha •" day, whjch',is' ; a;, fruitful '-in'ischief in the'.English Church .to-day,; two-, distinct; schools (as they "are; called) in'.the.Church,' and ; the:names submitted. to,'tho .'Crown for Mhe : higher Church appointments will bb: according to the choice; of.-the Prime Minister,'wh'6-,' ! l 'in,..turiiV'has' ttiwaysjcertain: pressure' brought 'to ■'■ beaf on him :in .'favour of some man..withistrong claims,''etc.*-'.-.£.,- . ..From -this .'miscHief; the .Church *of Ire-'. Iriitd. (heryiiew' title); is A., few. vejy isolated little chnrb.hes, s had to" b'd drpp'ped as: paj-ish.: churches, . - ih';' Ire-' j lahd;: ; l>ul ; arb ,used.-about once- a■ month,pri'liiofe^frefiubntly,'; as Bhtwvl'her'o.is anothcr'gaini.fe.the-jOhurchv bf'lf bland, through disestablishment. 'It from those sir puhd'.'Keiv' who' r iii"' p'ist "y?ars""a'cbuscdherUclergy;.of;- l b,eing.::;pampered,,':.aiid the. laity Tv'itli"being'-prefeftjiitially :'uenltj with by; the .State,'as compared with. them,, which was true, though Churchmen -.were, hot.:to blame. \ : Under thtr'hbwi''cdn'ditioris: nll'-'tlio clergy must bo working clergy;; aMHlro''-Dioc'csaTr'BbaTd"T'bf' i 'Nbmrnnti exercises: great care in selecting, ministers, so as;.; to secure-, the best' results. Speaking generally, I believe I am w ; ar-, ranted Ritualism. cannpt -be es-,' tablislied 'jihji'ilrclandii thouj}K"it';!has ;ap- ; pbared, "but. was met with-! determined hostility: v There was..-a priyafqi'lndytpi', fortune '%■;'' Bubliri " "(Grtogegbr'Mah, .1 think) who supported a small church that.-:!.'-remember..had,, to..'make.;'certain, alterations*;tV comply i.withy tlie.- : ;revised. Clnifch laws'." -A small iron'clnirch'in-tlib outskirts'of Belfast had to be.abandoned or removed—tho ■• clergyman going far beyond what'the. people would submit to; It is; not Ritualism, but sincerity that is

necueu io unng oiessing 10 people in matters of public, worship. That is the Irish Church layman's-view of tho 'mat-; tor,'-at least. -. ■ : v 'Among, a host, of faithful sens of ./the Church of Ireland, during the trying period of transition, the name of Lord Plunket, who, later, was elevated to the Archbishopric of Dublin, occupies', a' position of, great honour/ I; believeZ.hq was one. of' the' 1 joint secretaries of the . several synods (I think four) which had protracted sittings, rearranging almost every-. thing, or at least "matters thought to'.-be open, to revision or adjustment.-Men/of great .distinction, clear vieivs, clear - expression, and/all-round good ' common sense: could alone-be sure of ~a patient hearing.' Lord, Plu'jiket commanded■ the. Tespect -of all-'sides-, of the: synod.'-by his;graceful and dignified manner of expressing himself, securing the confidence even of those with-'whom he'might differ; and I-,Temembef;he was;one of a small;com. mitteo/to whom was,left some .'very l knotty matters' to. settle.; ii "am- riot:'certain! but think the; Chufeh /Hyarial'Zwas '.:one, though I know ,from; one 'who sat, beside him on many occasions that the liberated Church qf Ireland owed much to her (afterwards);; Metropolitan ,-." r Aithbfehdp; ; During his occupancy of the archbishopric the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church met, iri ■Dublin, about 700.strong. The .'Archbishop invited the members to his beautiful : home near Bray, and in a -'entertained,;his guests on .the lawn. The address of welcome by the Archbishop, and, the/reply -by; ;the Moderator; were , entirely ■ worthy'.of .-.the. men/ and the 'occasion, :-and;.are among the.,choicest .matter-I have' ever read in 60 yeafs' general;reading.—l;..am,-.etc.,>■,{". ■ii:':': -;;//. ; ,' "iz/;.',/. t v ,,to]3El?JAN.'.'::'. /; Wellington,'Pebfuary iO.// 1 / : "'.- ,: .'':*-"- Z, ;,/P.S.-rlt : 'is. generallyrknown'.-, the Archbishop Plunket. was~ tho father of: his' Excellency .Lord , Plunket,, bur-Zesteeme'd Governor. ■'/',' '■■'■~:-*-'i::: X :> ■'■;:;;•-/ ' : ''-'. '/:/;; ~ : Q: TH E. fCO R N I'S if; P\ XIE ■ . ?? . Sir,—ln-to-day's .issuofbt.Tjiß.;DoiaNioK,, Monsieur,Malaquin.(Ch'ristchu^ch),;is. re-'; ported :'as having stated'-'that thß. Cornish Pixie;, has a "strong ; objectioh*,. to /'being: handled,-:except-;by a few, to .whom he may' take a.fancy.. It is unfbrtunate.thatmany, :of;the people' who;havb visited''him.iiv Christchurehv have : failed .'to realise that, ihe is, (inhuman being. Now, siri,l ; ."have seen: the/Pixie; and.Svhilo'l do:not deny .that/it/isZa/humanibeing, so far as I was able/to .'observe, still. I, found that; there wasastrong 'suspicion in the minds - ;bf .somo'ibf; the audience'that it'.wasnbt whblly; human. / .Although • supposed ; to ;6peak■■; niore' than'' one ■: language, IZ never heard'theZ Pixie do so. He did'not even., staridZ bh;,his;legs,,..''hiiich.; : less. walk. 'One ;bf-..the; audience.iwarited:'to . sep his' leg,' the Vequest, on th'e-.ground.that,hoVoftlyi:undertook to.exhibit.. tb,o-; portions ;pf.; him .which -..cbhld then-bb' 'seeri;: viK/'Kfs/'head; iface;:/und ha'nds.:-; i Now,Z.why;,sliould there be Zany,,' objection/to; satisfy Z the; pubiio| that /this; sbange;'beings isHw'holly/.huniariP./p; arid, niany.oth'ers would-like/the; mauagerherit- " to-submit '.tho/Pixie/for: examination by- . BorneZwellrlchowh.'local.;dqctbr, the;result: to be ..published in/Tini- DpJinaoN fpf-thb, satisfaction i Z,oi.,;youi; numerous, -.readers. ■ Surely.'.the'management'will''n'ot-'object to . so Reasonable'a request? If: so, 1 why?— ; l - anii-;etc.,-' :: . : Zi-:: .'*i'Z-...,Zi;;: •; ■:'.:.■■.'.'-:;;.:-,-,:V'Z. ;,.. :- v w/-,v,ft;Z:ZZ;Z ' : Z,;Z';;/Z,Z .;'':'Z'.s':-i:;/Z; zz;:;arithm^ / writer ibbing;. one. 'of ."iri'ariy. ' dbaling;wiHi; a;firm :of.-'milk' suppliers: in/ the';oity;is'ask«d : 'by pirculav. to: say.:what' - milk :bari..:be' supplied ; each.'riionth;-;:for - the";'u'eit ; six ; months,; commencing March. 11'_"• NpWj-sir',: on, my. farm■;,we ; are: niilking;3C/cows.- ■ Somb/'have/beeri -in- : eight;.niontlis,' some less.Zarid VabH'/cbw: has:: its'-'■• variance,'.as: ;regaj;ds , ;qua'nl'iivj: - yielded. at'each ; milking.' IfjT give "ari.es'- : timate of;' say/.M'Z'or, 30 .gallons/daily,:, j or/varying; the; quantity each; month,'"and at .the/.end'of/.eaoli month'.-\it;is : found : that/thequantity is -short,' I receive 2d.: per gallon less; than; the'stipulatedprice. ,; Now, sir,, having heard that tlieichair-! - man of the : Education ■' Board' is" a- great' ' mathernatlcian, -1 [ should like to' know :•. if, • he/cbiild-.*ell;m'e; the:-'exact.quantities to- - : five in,-, t also.;say'vhow, mucli-I: niay.lo'sb , yZgivirig ,iri--a'/wrpng ' months ago" the; cowsZweroZyielding'. 1050 gallons .pbr/day;:and .now ~700, ■; AsZ L ,we ; iarmers'. are very .-dense bur. clear-headed ■! chairman;/will confer, a.grcat boon bn'the ' inilking'"fraternityZ of ',the|.district. :',.VI-. may.-alsii''-'inentiori for -his'assistance :thaf '• some;,'are j young .'cows, and some- are "bid. Awaiting; an.early reply,':l-/am,', etc.,..,•: / - .- Zi^aikanae,:February,/li,: 1910.'///:;; / -:. niust, l>e: taken into consider'a- . tibn; that .the meteorological .'circumstances during, the. period affect the yield,;:. ■;]';] :-,[o'urZ cbfrespondeiit/might: with advariZ tago'submife-his bonundrun'i to -the firhi,:-. of millt. suppliers'against.whom his griev-: . ance\apparently,.lies.'. It' sjould at least "afford:aem'fobd'for/thouglit.r: ;'•:. Z.r:~;? ;i;\^;Sz./-/;'PARENTLEss,'';'/;;;;VJ : '/;/z ; /-Sir,—lti's deaf 4;lie-couritry-.in.;whichZwe: ;■ Were:born;:.and when;told-tbZgo and/give our lives-for iit.Zwb; tnkoas our great ,duty. to respond to her call. :But : is-:it not dis-: Z appointing .when we' set;, that our parents'. ', are'-,not'.;truo -to, us, and/tliat :they. rieglpqt. .' our/path' of: life .which.' gets.more obstables- .-■ in-:-:it;, daily P.:. What would '/some children" - say .when ■ their;.parents neglect them? Would theyfnofgoi.-and- take .ail.,theirt ' hope, and-go in'.search of.a.more hbspit- / able home?;, Wheferoads and bridges are built to: open every possibility'of progress in:; trading; life;. I; am., born , in.,an -ad- ■ vanced. couiitry, so" I' amZ-tbld,- but.\l. see - its ■ parents (politicians) are neglecting us.Z What/would the ; .,Ministe'r for./Eoads and Bridges ...say,..-when he .will.p'ass over, the Rimutaka; not in-a.mbtor-ear; .but: jri a- - gig.iarid .where many, the'; horse;..'shysi ; :over• i th'ev-hill : .''willr/we::' gatlier;the romnant¥. r 6f..-hia;b6£(S.'.'SuEit; : seems;thnt'< he.nejer ;hea.rd/of .-tho-actual, •"' position of- the road'ori.lhe/Eiin'ut'alcai "arid'J Bspecially: the part'that, is /in/Peat h'erstori '-; county,: v wher'oZthere is? no: bridge 'overZ'a v ■'. river , arid nq; fence' ZalbhgZ.th'eZ dangerous' ; topZrbad," where': the wind spmetiines' can . : Mowovera horse and cart—oveii'a'riiofbr:'(lr. /Arid Winder; these cbriditibusflies/oiif' Z beautiful, country'. in," .'which- .many -'riieiii ' ivpmen,;and children are;,dfowned) aii'd J bhrown out of carts: on; the. dangerous road , io neglected. 'Is money deafer than souls? ' Our .-.Ministry; is.,asleep, neglecting, to/pro- . tcct./their own;people J .. woul-I.like :to know what' is the'. nest'euro .to awaken them and the Peatherstori county to their luty.—l am.'etc.,-,,.;:..';■:.,,: ;:...-.;•;.■, , ZZ:,.' ',:■'./': J ? LIT A ZELINA;/; j .:• Kaitoki,...Pebruary/:!^, 4910,ri.,^.,;:,;,;;,, i