Rotes by the Way.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 939, 29 August 1891, Page 2

Notes by the Way.

After so many cases wherein the ♦* Picturesque Atlas " people have been p'amtififs, it is refreshina; to lieur of one inwbich they are defendants. Hitherto, the difficulty has been that they have wanted people to take too much. Oilman m South Australia complains that they have not given hiu enough. H has the forty two parts and yet he is no happy. He wants a title page and an index, and he has inaile.them give him those necessary appendages, or has recovered twenty five shilling? damages iustuad. This is turiiingtufe tableg with a vengeance! •. - ; : .-; -"<j, ; Twelve months a^o the Hon M;u Shrimski asked the then Attorney General when it was likely that the Insuiancj Deparim nt would issuj its long promised Bonus to the policy holders. The answer was that, the Bonus would be declared most probably m the following December. Since then policy holders have at intervals anxiously inquired m the public prints when tbe expected Bonus was corning alon ;. No very e'ecided answer has been given by any body, and Mr Surimski did not succeed m eliding rau eh more frpm tlie present Attorney General tbo other, day when he repeated his question of ' a year ago. The utmost satisfaction he could obtain was that, all the necessary documents were m England, and the actaar ies were busily engaged m working out the position of the Department. When this result is aohieved, the Bonds will be i diclared. ■ , : - r j ;' ; A3iER|fCAN taste 'iiV theatrical.V^ia^ters cannot be of « very elevated nature, or else, the success of,M^ Jph,N:L^\vrencb Sullivan a3 an actbr rausfr have bet-n grossly over9,tatg^ There is another alternative ; the taste of the Melbourne public may be too denraTf^ a.to appreciate the beauties of dramatic Art 'a's exeiaplinqd by the,, chajnpion; ?/ , braggart. Whichever may be the trne'feason bvu [,ivan is not popular witU the Molbouroe gods. In his most toiicßingly pathetic scenes, they guyed bun' unmercifully, and finally the great fistic hero lost hi* temper and the thread of his part. Ho interpolated a few original remarks into the drama as written by tht author — remarks' purely Sullivahic. Even then be failed to terrify into admiration the Victorian larrikin wboin he could not awe nor charm into sympathy, an 1 tue ex- pugilist's Australian ' debut was a , miserable fiasco. ! ; One cannot but sympathise with; Mr Bryce, however one may regret bis action. In a nutshell, the facts are these. The Minister of Lauds made a very grave cbarge against Mr Rich - aedson on the authority of a gentleman deceased- Mr Richardson promptly denied it and demanded an inquiry. This the Premier refused, taking refuge behind a technical objection . To this naturally the leader of the oppositio" demurred and m the heat of his anger at the uncalled for burking of the inquiry, m effect told the Premier that he should be ashamed of himself. Whaxbye* Mr Bbyck and others may have thought o£ Government tactics, of course be bad no right according to Parliamentary etiquette, to make use ot such an expression. He was promptly called to order by the Speaker, and ordered to withdraw it*. Tins he.refusea to do, and he left the House apparently inclined to send m his resignation. The urgent entreaties of his I friends may induce him to change his mind ; tbey are not wanting, if only thpy can prevail. But Mr Bryce is verj firm. If be once makes up bis jaind, it is next to impossible to persuade him to reconsider. We cordially hope that this instance may be the exception, ajid that he will not deprive the Opposition of their leader.