NOTES OF THE DAY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2181, 20 June 1914, Page 4

NOTES OF THE DAY.

-Mb. P. C, Webb, 31,' P, lot Orejv iti a speech at Westipori on. Sata:day last, declared that ''tbcre ; was one jiarty alone,' tic .Social $Wtch: eraMe ffttbjv that; stood 1$ the fiji?-: in6v." fhe'Bp.eial pexfjocratie.fafty !?■, ef. #ti.rse. r the. Wolf of fslic Had! Fedepatipii in the sheep's" clothing-in. whieh it u&ks outsiders to cg;i>ie &nd assist it, v 'Most larm.Grs will have a- vary dis'tlnet ; of the w&y', ; |[3?. Webb- and his Wends. by*' them |.n Getobiir afed last; : He. Webb feste liife. appeal to the : farmer, on the- gmvnd; tlai.his party . desires to .smash tte" :b;ig> cs'tates* Closet settlement is a highly d : eli> :.aMe thi;n& but the ftriftfei!, we in>, BstiM>, w'fll hesitate to 'accept .M'jt,; Webb unreservedly as his saviour iii this mafrtftv. The smashing prMcasi--. ties of M'r. Webb arid his 'frie.ftd.srarV ;' ovct-dcvel-ojjed, ihey . Game < pear smashing qu* national trade last 3W, we d& not doubt that 'tiiey wsuld smash the 1% estates.' The traubfo is: What w.o«:td riot he smashed by the -time" they got through? . Qihi fiomnjcitts on the inaccurate and luMeadjiig ■■demerits ■appear* inf. in atf article concerning the- late strike written % Mr* %. ;TregeAr; ' for The Sens Statesman ..have led & a reply from that gentleman thmugh: the sdliirnfls oi the M&oififajiii;' ' i'Forfe-. - It is really tod ch&fee ai' eontribitt&m to tlie gaiety of a- dull world to permit it to contiiitte in the columns «t mix' obscure con*! temporary. The Worker reporter is : ■a.ss.titticd ; to have .interviewed' Mr, ' fai;Gi;Ai?_ regarding our aHicfe, and tW : s is his- reply: I haVo not; rcnd s 'hot shall I re-nd, &«■ ariipio. ift qtiestitfu, lu ii world fivU si' : tt.ieteli.ve.ss, wlij? nveed iiiijrpn'e liccdlgssly Soil. their sotife % *M<uUg capitalistic' papers'? 111 eji.re noijwiii; for the opiftions : M tiljo' rwrty arMtocpaßy, tha vciial pal.i-, ti*iiai*i tli'e venal ta'y.crs, th.e 'vciial -cdir. tars; 1!% should I i'-ftpo for the »Jr,tise ■ a..nd eeurrilib* of their camp4ol : Jow:ers.?: I have witlißraßn' ijt measu.rete'?!; .qons ; teiupt from jtny T>flrt i : ji .K'Av 25ss>]ao.<5; .pfiH'tics, but tiis'Karaite of £roe peoples; iivM sfill bo opeti to iue, I triiat, Tmiv'svej tirflfe tlii : s ,eploi).y has taeTOts 4S ft dweji.; .' for tjioss imwiHiiiß io, licli tifo) , of th'O vulgar, rich. J shall dp as] I please, eSteciirinij the oiftn-tty.ofld abjisiii ■of f itß Dqminios as ifly 'hikliest priVj* .lege, and its frenzy as t'ho exaet jveasiare. : of this truth of lily liierWy a'.rtiiles. Mb. TRBfIEAR Sot having, read out'. artMe natui-ally feels tJwrowghlyqualifted to express an aathorltati'S-e optoion on it. It was fliis same^ lofty-; s&ttied 'conteniffc for facts which. ..ho displayed in his coiitribntion to the] New Statesman that fiia.de it tiefless&vy for .»s to cxpaie his inacQura,■etes. Lu'ingj, as he fes, in "a #orld full of wicßodrifiss," and. in a eouiitry with a Frcssi where the polities fill hm with ''WeasUre'lessj contempt," and which he finds; itttSfc as a dwelllrtg'-p.lace (for surely heWfiivld ntye.'r lick ths boefe Vtt'lgnr ti&h):, ciiife is not Stttprised that M.E. tSEGfato shQ.uld te'fuie to worry h.r-mself aboivt snen .iijsi#n.'ifieafit'tfi'fes a$ ftvete, The -wejiM l is that he I'on.dcs'flefttls. so far is, to Iwftmu" the jpontftwii h.v df.awilig a. Hi Btate pension hfim it, atid hy continuing to dwell upon its unlvai* lowed slioi v i3S-

The decision .of, the Go-voreineftt to supplc-mcnt the iMiidefi'tiato subiH'ban service on (lie ManS*atu line is a step in iio right direction. THo uste of the oew pefcral-aJedrie car for this purplish will lis wgidwd with great throughout the !Dolaiuioa, The&c cars 'have been k

operatkn in Araerica, for some yea:i:s past, and hare provud tlwntSßlvos | useful auxiliaries on the railways, j The run to slohnsonville and back will give the car as severe a trying-] ,put as it could have in aay jjtti't ol { the Dominion, and ii it pj'ovos sue; cessful there from the nwchanical and I financial poiivt of view tlwsre shouid: Ibe a wide flold for this type of vehicb tlironghoufc tlie Dsriiiniurt. The district betWien 1 Wcljifvgton and' | Packakdi'iki hits been heavily Jjaiia;*'-' capped throijgh the lack of a fito*'-veiiiei-jii gubuj'ban $eyvice. Oiveji' that,.there will rapidly develop along' the line some of the wast po:pnliMi.s ; and atti'fl,ctive i-csi-dontial di.fitricts. in the aeigkbottrhoo-ol of tho City.

Ko cither human beings in the world pi'otoWy pay such a price to. live as'ihc.fsAE and TsaMna of lius*' sia and• their five children. That' unhappy itijjjiaufih earoiot "tvust Ihs ; peaplb;' ij»4 he oranot tnist fats' ' If he yields too mtiG'h.ta. the people he rales he will be .'.p.o!> ■■ siwetl, and jf ho does -hot : g?ran.t aft' ■ oeoasi-aual .papiila.r doflmftfj he.and \ ■his family will be Hewn up.. W)ie'n ; the fsAts. travels, the .most extraosy dinnry preeatttions, are taken for his' safety. Soldiers g'iiii'rd the whole: railway route to be traversed itqiAl cad to end, a pi!.;* train precedes tWRoyal train, and an 31'iiiy o| ■and dfeteetiyes: Jwep the efesest siu:-; vejiiance rata everyone to who.iri the: ■least suspicion attaches. ■ Kirs niorn>. : iflg the cables tell us that §a'ffie o| : the faithful subjects of NichoiAs, ; II put a homh oft a 'fa.H'Wfty otfer; which hewasto pAs's, and suc:ee4de'ct' in wrecking the pilot fcfljfn. 'When sin &t%nmt is made on the life of ■ Bafisjftn, Royalty it -is generally j.e,-. gsafded as aft even chance wibtifchsi? ifc.' is dine to & plot ov the: lWqlviuatioasof the Tsab''S own rela-?; tivgs. In this ease it i,s TcMpftabiV to give the tfeapticniatfy Wait-d ©Wkfes ■thes teefrt of the doiii&t as Stfraetliingj fttoi'B. subtle would be q'xpecjed frorn: them. ■ Tip: waterside labeu.* proble-rii .fe. ■;4cfmittedly>o(ie of eons'idcf.a'bk: ■cliffi-; ■cutty, but 'a big i»dv«. been nia-dfe 'by the eonietonec which' yesterday (?o. : ncluded its sittings.. $$■■ the ag.redrMnt now ajfiyfid at: by. : t.h<< ; eni:|ii6yfefsj the; who'lti of the .w.dr-jje..r.s.' : otf the wharvcSy with thp ■exesp'tiog g.i those engaged by &,. S.arjb.our Board, will he bf ought* ijtti?: d(sr one cgntiQl. This %vi|l : ridt,. : pf : '; course, 'SOiye the pvob'leiji. of piip'vid-'. |ng enough tabflui' to cope ■'ftatli.'tfe rush of work at the busy seasons, of. -th.ip : - year, awd. then iid.frig oAier .tM,§laek : Hiojitljs without lia-ving a fringe jf: ' unemployed' y.aiply Peking fer j<jbs;. jli.e ohasiige will., how.eVei'.i enable; the: . wl to fc june'li more equitably .par-'; celled: otit .ELniqEfg the iiie'ft: thiirt lias btm the case' in the ;*h|s;\yiir ■be- a great .improvement in its.elfj. ahtl'■ it wl .b,a.i}g' iviih it 'life jjjrioth'ise ; fif '■ hatixit thirrgs, .as the'WQrk.ing...pf tlie> new gehcirie eaiinet fail to )p,tpyi:do.'. ■valuable data |dr ■effecting. a..'gtijl;. '■■ eloscF b.aiattce tetw'eeu 'dehiah^^aiici 1 ' ■ supply in the Waterside lakQW ittaiVket. . : ' ■ ' .'i It is regrettable, that &trii(sai&i of C^iterJjivr^;' Colfegii :shsiu|(j : lia^d ' hfieii ettiiif ellel, its' on' '.jhursdajv t<j'j ;: atriitige' M:m feripal fu;n<?|at>ri '(*f;tJien: : ; owm./w. i v c'pi tt.ee the- 'official cap pi ha,' eflrfiriidsy.,. B ; ivt tlio u#dpj;g^ttuittp>' ■ haye, Onty thqrnselye;i;. to., think for fhe : this ijtatteV, fhere^i'd. jce'rfelm :tMii;gß'' ■ that it'H .only ...right .proper should bo ssid 6.n Ca.ppijiig; Dsp ■[ •s■: cwtsijii csiiberaneo of gpiftfe by :t&p '. studeftts oil these occasions is tra* : ditioMl and par dutiable, :jjut sonie. ■ of tho displays to wbie'h the jyutelio has been tTcated haA-e been .raa'Kk.tfil by rtqi'tihei: wij ao.r good tastci.. f f he' ■sole sbje.c't e|tc,n .to. .'h^.tp.', ; liowl ftbwn 'the fe:pe:akets a;h:d' J ".iii'ake,: ' ehM ; i:'e .&'r-ee,<'.T.h§'; revolt 'o| 'the stu;d.e : ii;fo. Ws .rid. d.ci.®i;| ' jJttrfcfe to a ■'■ that tjife Senate 'desii&djo-. insist im'i the niairite.ii'a'hee o'f .a tuneleal. ,de-; : GQi;Um. It. fe t<i., : be hoped that'the': ' ;an.f'; '.ttua! ee.Eenton'ies' : .. : i Jifitter, «a'dcrsta.Hding onj'bg'th sift??... :