THE CHANGING SCENE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 8

THE CHANGING SCENE.

sequel.to th^' discovery that.the |vi ■:.: i tand/Bill is' called tho 'J'Land Act for :...: ■': v 190.9,'.':" a inistake: duo' to the ■ fact that £ V;/■ beginning, of", it .'has. been in. typo for ifj;^ 1 : years, .the': substance 'of ; ;it • being it is how,;an-„ ///.V aiqunced'/that. tho/yital /clause; of ; Part /■/ ; -31 was; omitted; .through;/ 'an oversight." ;/; • V oThevcntics/have, ' gJyen/so : ,muph,'.atten-' ;<?. /,"; .tiori to;. these''facts. that they. have oyer-i;-;v /'dobked. another: fact, which' we;print' oh /;;:)'behalf,'ofthe .Government/withoiit'.be- ,/■:;;/ Shg;asked;/ For .it -is"; only'-.'fair ■ to; tlie i/Z/yiGoverrimeht/ to;admit- that,-:; the;; Bill |//;:;V/;dpes;deali with,land; 'and not,'.as might, fe-'/rilnWei been the.:case:with : [///'/.orririient/ with:,the- divorce' question..:;..

■;/./'/;//In ;'future,";byy ;;to /avoid, all ///:■; trouble/ the 7 Govefnnieht;.will bring in 'R /-oacli' Land Bill as "The'Land : Act 'for'- /; ; v;J; VP ' ':.;/-/;/'/ ■/ ;■ ' : /. 'J' -- ■' : ;;■• • :'.: ■; It/is .generally; allowed .that". bis /Exy},li;:.cellency..:the ' Governor :liad all; the -best ?;|:i/;;6f/it-in ;the.fspeechinakirig 'competition; /&/;,/last; 'yteei'. <■ Sir;,Rbbert'; Stout's backers ;//'///are/growing:"anxious.;; ;';;'/ :;:";;^The£students ! ' : ;;at/ the'.';'Australian' .'u;;;,/:Military; College.'-; will hot;be;;aljbwed:to; /;;;-^ /v;//'jthe; rand-Jthe;' sm'ok-; .//'/-/ will,.'require'' permission'to enter /;;/i/a/tioteTor ! place'of amusement.?'7rCable' ///:;;/iiein/;/;:;/;/://y'/^ A;/;/",; Jf;i:may;'l'd; like 'to'give/you; a'suggesr &?//-'/'. jtiori;' GenerabKsheivJ:-;:; //';■' '^'&' " v^ o ? improving;, your, militia;;;.;; ;-;i;;vv i;';;vv In; a/slighti particular./;,;;;,:;// ;/,'•■:";;.;X^ f ; y;;.;i;7 ; -inJtrim : ;for; slau'ghtib. ,;;>','..'' ';:; ■-;'.-. •'"!'..; to water M;ft; //.;//;;'/ i; And; ■ av6id;;the; f ell- "cigar.; /;" y'' ■; stains; 1 on;; Britain's;,'scutcheon. ffii : ;; ;: ;;;;;;j;yvThat; : :rd[jifo'tc. .briefly; &\& Ms%h ;;^Such,;;for:;instahce';.;'as : .tteway, ;• '■■&?. .ffh'at ;her-;;ancieht. ;(aptaihsVoftehi;were;,(r call,,it)' vtshickeied,";; '■■/, ■ Aj&- '■■) ':;;;;i;;rWhich;was; K&ft^'i'.v/yK; 1 ;-^ ? 'sir? wine .;ah^ tti; \thrpugii})Pfussia;' ::Ci?V?',;l ; : -p'vSpainjand -Africa;:ahd^Russia,,';; :s;^i;*;,;And}flbe.;g'6ry;^ fi: ;^in^;wb;;topw/;thW,.;qui^ 8;;;;;? \ ;i^tl)b;temble v i 'V'"':-.-^ psS*^;,o;;^.;j o ;t]j^ |K;-K;;'; v (RTiat;; pleasure in ■■ an ;Efc p's: 1 ;/ ' : -Sinners, ( -v;;^;;i';; : :;;,;'V;;' f)':h;? ; ; ;-'3o¥?^;'* o^ it's*.; practicaUyJ; certain;; i/;i-;;J : ;;:;;;';;;;; Siirtin'; ■": |;;;.fffi : ''?/M:'£itiW^ l«?;S;;;i6ni;iibw pleasantVtb; fiif':'j' : \ '-'i ""■i'-yo'utll": ';;with.;a;;; c6irimissipri : 'r;vv ;•;;;;; $&$. -" IV rt 'Always'; .writeS; : tp;.get;'p;ermissipn';;' ;upbn;;;a;maid ) ,;;; ; ,,; p:jii 11 ; ';wiir te;v;f^;;y:-{nbt;;;stT^}upqnV^hei; ; qm l^^wfeX'Sv^^ lo ¥pn;SundaysiV;lempiiade).. ; pi&;W ; Sit; ;I; thank^^ |s:.i?!''-;i';™y^ r y'-'h^^ K;':;v;v;;A;3s';;^s;t l ;be-*rea^ r r.l-^"-,i;i\viHv\ \fiS4l Ari'd?pfo^ec"t;'ypur;; &eii;; frpm;.. warfare ) on;; |j';s .(; ; ;;^!the ,^imd;aiad ; on;;tho'},water;;; j; ; ;.;;;;!;; fc; S '-'S;;;; J; ; ;''!Lest;;'the ;cbarse ; ;and;?cla;mbrpus j£^' ! ;';;';o';i';;;''; ? slatighter;;;r l;-; v ?;cnr:;;yfi;fcAnd;;the; : ibiopd;'shb^

<oCi{i -'•'•? £ here;':•« ; : an in/the/ >Sp://Ho:use*vfc^ j^ft'^inrusic^^^ g-;/1-pEverybpdy ;:knp'wsVthat.;| But: everybody Wax; ;'j3bes;,not knbw^atSthe^ewis-jsoin^talk S;S?;'^imo^stynembers\concerning- tbe;;necesr-, ?>!vf-'r' "sityj-for/appointing i '.a \ ;suWnte^reter;^to 'Kil/^translate/tM^ S;-|;J:i rotund;': JEnglisli' intoAParliatneiitese^/In^ ;bo'ok;;EnglisK;:was W^^imenta'ry^languagegbut:,^ y'yi'.yi i-'jinoved; rapidly,' under..the Liberal'regime,.. >;;,S>;;/; ; ;ahd';book:;Englishi: Kl^Menta':^;^ '">' ':;:-,- :■': iCfreek -'to: :■ ; Kero ; . §?y;-vis ; ; a'.siriaU; ! faction.v.\vHicnV^''6ppo^ed--;';t6^ i.;t:J'^'priDgress:in ; th:is - as in- all: other .'matters',; if:.'■ ;/-j;think /thai/the-;difficulty:' : by, iS;;;;: ;TCquirmg;membefs ; fe^peakf;bdqk^ng-;: Joseph', Millar/ '.nofr:.; abandon: if.'M /'the /hew- dialect; instead;' of :. putting? tho; :S!oj ;;;;'public'./in'vthe>>?galleries Vand;/.thb/;'press ;;/-;/ ;!y and/'Hansard! reporters 'tb/Vthp "trouble KjjKiVof/masterihg^/sM^ K/;;//; "Buckley's/;chance,";/;''Nbt;;a/ >: : v hbpe,'' 50/!/:/'!Gb;;bung,";ahd;"Keep'ypur/hair on"?■ ;;..\:';.)-- Little-, sympathy,jlumev&i^w'iiil&Xfori ./;'/;- : ; these :reactidha'riesi/and\it:ls\pra'cticalry/ ' : \'}\:}i • /certain 1 ; that ■ '&?. sub-interpreter /.will; : - be' Ji^;"-appointed sub-interpret'-, theft in-feßf-. /;-;;';;/; rpreter'srFrngJish;;,/;As;;a\nrsV;;;st^'' : a : A ■■}■ f is /being', pre;';;:';V pared;f or /the ; use ,membersi''ih: order, J//;/; that;:when ; Englis.h' is' spoken; thbysmay, i <£''■/;:■ know/what -the-., speaker/,; means'; KThp. y;f,j ';•','; f DHowing: extracts .jwilli shbw.''tne': scope ;//;;/\*of dictionary: /T-f-y./?/.;/'';-^v/?:://,:/. ft/ : '■■'- /.' : ' *■■%■?!' IS ;;BEALBD--iSentivfbr; Routed;/j :/;'/; jl '.flattcnecl. out; ft down/ arid; ■'■ oui;/-/i /:- /, t^/Hi^SHAWrEXK^^ ;«-;/;" //fey's; : Buckley's-'charice ;-■ not : a'/• hope/ .;3ot;a;'r#ss. :^ ■'Mi- ■ .smalj/cspectatipm. ofi'/sucbess".;' means site; .'"This proposal -hasn't .-'a Buckley's;"),' v <;/i?S\- '■Tb;?ALL;iNT6..BC'iN.--(verb /intrans.)—• % ;«'.: Tp/gq/burig'j'.'to;go.-,up;',tb...go/through ; ;/;f f ;;ffche,:inill;/to/go on^the/rbcks;!tq,;go;as' ; ;/^;SJrigh : ; as/Baldwin.; ;^^^ '/;/: ''.R'ESTBArN/ , : TOTO /;.iOTATIBNCE.^(Verb $.].■{■;. ft hair; on. ,V'.' ///f./ -VrSisAGHEB/wrni/Tp-t?.—(iriterjec.tip&) :/i !.;■//:piffle !j::-tripe!:; 1 V bunkum I.; ;;./;; bbsh!:;;rats!.; : in;,yer 'air!; get/yef'ead •:// : ./ readl (e.g.— ''l'disagree/with) the hou; ;/;./.;' member" -means/'/Tripe.!"),./ ' ;' : ;,'.-,.--■ 'Complaining.;of ;,the/Prime Ministers ././' /'phrases, Mr/..Wright.said.on.vThu'rsday '■';■ that such expressionslmight '. bb'expected y. -J-'■■. in a,;third-rate hotel or tap-room,/or ; in vj '■/:'•.'•'• ;thei.pit. of a. theatre/.^lnquiries:at ; 'tlie .'-'.'/.hotels: and: theatres' go' .'tb. show-/that ■'..-.. Mr. ; Wright/is /quite'-right./i/ As one //.-'.; hotel-proprietpr,'.said':'.."Yes;"'We 'expect: " / to hear expressions. liko' that, occasion- ,:. . '-.:ally. ■ 'You/can't escape;.'em altogbther.' ,;, '■■'»' / But we .try' to,put!' down .-the'.uso /of ./ . .';. them,/ and )'we- are succeeding.'/ How, ■;. can you blame us? A man'.comes, in,' d j .'.'.•.'■• looking respectable':enough,; -.but.. ' one i.r / - drink - sets .'him off/ And/then he be'.haves as "if the/bar were the House of '■■'■ Representatives, ■.and /he 'himself'. the ~.;/ 'Prime Minister. 'Buti,we .empty him : out quick-'and lively. We have to keep "•', : jthe. place ■ respectable." ■/' ,-;

Sir Roberto Stent's thoroughness has jiflfer-' been ; better - 'exhibited than in bis appeal to tho young men to go on the;land,'where they.will be "happier in: the'fresh air and amongst the flowers and birds ..and. trees and., insects." One need not know' much -about the land,' of bourse,:to know' the delicate' freshness of the air at 6 a.m. on tho sweet June mornings ■ when the' melodious, cow-bell is; softly playing an accompaniment to the closing movement of the nightingale's symphony. . Any-

body, even an agricultural expert like, say, .'Mr. Poole,, M.P., ■ knows that., tho greatest".charm of '■' back-blocks"-life 'is the novel in the; hammock of tho fino old; oaks on, the .immemorial, lawn, from after-breakfast' to the' cool, of the-.eveh-ing. It. is tho allusion to. "insects" that-shbws' .the .touch of .tho. expert. Sir Robert -has not merely read about country life* ho has obviously lived it. He and; 1. know: all about it; we know of those fascinating 'games with insects that tho farmers play—games that' you unfortunate city, people : never heard of. Ypit; .poor wretches/; .play >. bridge, or watch football.; -y Many, a, time and oft, I:doubt''not, .has Sir Robert, when . a, far.mer,' come home, weary but. ', happy with; nineteen new butterflies for "one day's; search.: HP', cannot "forget, in his .new, sphere, the .old delight of deciding whether',the.insects, on the.turnipsvwere;; le'pidoptera or' coleoptera. Perhaps,'.'however/; his thoughts'turn most .often //to the;,bees.;;.you .never know. what.it is' to be alive' until you have got amongst the,bees. ; And feeding the ants in tlie .'morning—the sacred duty..'that the "farmer'';'rieVor. omits. The whistle/ the scurry: of. the: little feet, -arid ; the softness of'; their furry coats, .when they,cliinb.on your knee, and; .'thrust 'their little.. muzzles into your-hand.'--■ Ah,' me!. Thosedear old. days.. It will' not. surprise me if Sir Robert, suddenly resigns l aid-goes back : to^the.'.pld.vgame'.?.V^';■■';,,>;-..'•/•'' </ - : ■ .;' ,

'■■,i':",\Yell; v; . Jawni"■•!, said ;, Mr:; .Dooloy, 'fwhat d'yo -'ttink -Lan' Bill, now ?"';;...; ;H;"!':'; is *.-■;'• ;;.'..;'■' I: "Has asked.Mr., Henriessy.' 1 '"';; '.'".;';'■ . '• V;''Ye're ;thinki'n', '. Jawh,".' iv- th' Lan' Bill ; iv; 1935; ;Lan' Bill iv 1881; ; just,' inthroduced, ; tliiV' beih', iv i ebbrse; th' ".yeaf.ll973,;: : thati',we're '■ all talkin'';iy; : .; > ::'Tis;;-:no ./sniall; labour ;dbraftin' : ;'a ;Lah' : . •':Bill; i/ ',these;.; day ;!Well;' ;boys",says';'me.'frind;, Joe, .'what abbiit' wan'; lmbw: aniiythin',' : abbut' : :'it ?; ■; I;sup•;pbse'':itwud v .b6V''a.' goodl:'idee,,'.au' !a safe warijvt' make' it"'dalq' with-: lah';' : What .title?l;i'"had;'an^idee^iv ■ cailin' iit.th' ;Policemeri's .Overcoats' Bill,'v he. says, 'f.'r?Wo; must'put I *'me-''fnnH;M4issey;bff th';; 'bev/ho goodi!,;says) hisi ;coll'agucs,;'nbshufflin? :■ : - Let-us)? rthey says; t'wanoo; niore nail up, th' old '.flag,', same nail rajs;': bef urei'/'they'says; be ■"' it,' ■ 'saysimb'frmd'Joe";;!"an';';s,Q.7t,w; a s.'.: ; \Vhin' they,'.finished" to-' th';;hat/V jpe' liad; elim'na'ted;; maker-reie'ntijm-VplaUse;*;' th': stohfr 1 /quarries. clausb.'.th'at.yMillar' an'.'.'.;.me fripd'Roddy; slipped iri; /th'ilAttor-, hey-Gm'rai; chips' /in!;".''';; vHere's] a little thing,';'-he, says,';;'has-. : occurred,"t!.. me;. or.tiwo,'; ho;<says',>;tbut'+l.'thihk v; 'twud; luk:;well 'iri; , dalin';'-withViah'i, be;;}a';sthrikin';,,coincir dence,':i'saysvne;;^^^^e , liked' it,Vbut,';heisays^.'d'yfr.thmk^tis 1 ■ what ~th|;;public; ■ want ?'-:he; says,, |f' r; if '. npt; v a; lifelong-,, opppser ;iyiit:l;-;lt;se'ems(a;;iit;harrd'pn;:th'i;big ;landpwn'ersj;'' but/'iV^PS^'^^! B iaulttf'r3crt;be^ he-says;;; an' ■ a'wayowihtj'th' ;Bill-t';. .mbnths;;an';years:;'iy' thought ;'f'r,th';:gopd; ! iv<;tW v pebple;we havo';' brought;; in; a' Lan' '■ .-Bill' by/; which ;vre' ; shall; stah! ; 'or'faji;'}^^?he, : ;'nv.th' v isual |,rhan^r,'V);:hp!;sayfc/:y'!We;;;:haW lavished 1 !oii; it; 'th(.|. care; iy ;a;nibther; oh; : her'nineteenth^ ,eighteen,iari';/tis-;'a;%iust,;anV: gen'rous; ■rqeaisufe,'. .hei.says.';;:..:■'Ho;'--';says .Vine ;f^nd;Bill;Massey,-';tliat's: : all 1 say; at present.' the';; public '.read ;it;Vit;fbund; that; it was} ac'; iy A'.Tis :so,?;"he";says;y 'but'lVshu'd.explainthat iwb- devoted Ithreo; months (t'- V.thjs yjery;;.point, : --van?:.; we ;had ; .-;a;:,clause; dhrafi'ed,/.which -was.-tli'/ster.;clause, iy th';Bili.;;/;Wli9re;'is : :th'/claus'e? Th/v-'f ac' ■ isysimpje;; ; : L:W.uz v.so .pleased, with;it;l;tukVit ;horhe ;:t>;read;, an'■it ;blew;,put iv; : -meippcketi';li6/.says.' ; :'But ;it !aigain-^aiiv,'tli'/'Bill; ;will ;; Ai'vwhmrihva^day out; that.; th', : 'whole ;'thiiig's ■£ robbery', 'arinywaj^ 'most, /ohfprtunate, but ; be ; ,ari .oversightj' /.says he, ,put'in-isbmething he Hearrd ;at /Aladdin,' ;says he;: ,;pr ; sometiing;;iy/,th'/'soort;}but/anhyway.,'' says gran! ;;;i democratic,/BillTT-a';' just/ianK-geh'rous - ;BiU.'': ; ' ;;jffinisthries;/ ifawn/have/.t'/be pyer" on,/their .guarrd. ,agin;oyersiglrtsv;,i:;":An';. Joe I .; has:.V;oyeri ,lboked.his;;'greatest'; iv; a 11?',.;, ; ! '■fAVhat's/ithat?" ;;.;aa.ked-;;/;/Mr.:;:.Hen-;' ■ nc'ssy.;/; : ;';.;"/;; : , : ':.v-;■};'; •■•;>.■ '^v;';'-;;,;,'; ■:•;/;:; ;;:■'!Bf iri'gin', ;dbwri ,'.th' /Bill'at;'all. ; ; ; But' ■ he'll;explain; tiiat;be /an;Joyersight;he forgot;that jwhat'^lib meant;;t'..bring;'iu' was; a ;Lohster Protectipii •■ ; just ;;;:;.'/'!':/;;;■