Notes by the Way.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume X, Issue 963, 25 November 1891, Page 2

Notes by the Way.

1 Our latest literary visitation, ., Mm I Rudyard Kipling, has at any ra'e the wisdom of the serpent He took very, good care to be well out of New Zealand before he expressed- his opinion lof it. Despite the urgent entreaties or the interviewers, he was deaf to their blandishments, and sternly refused' -to say what he thought of put institutions < and ourselves. But when he reached, Melbourne he was less inaccessible. Possibly he did not say much about Victoria, but he relieved his mind about New Zealand, '' ■-■]'■ .'. Of course he admitted that New Zea

'<nd was everything that is leyely Jrj tb|f iotarepqiie line. Thft&Wnr-. worst enW •ties bare to alloty. But while eyerjfe„ urospect pleased jjim, h" was eob-pelled to add that man corkirtly was vile. He •onsiders that wt« are like ,orie <o! Ihe; crocs o^htkwjs W^Arip A 4 goverhej| ' >o much,* and he doubtl ss a^etl-.Jft is o*n mm I, ' and by su.h a Govern u>nt*o»!' H.siy. th frinNew Z •*- - _.l * th« c is more iiuchinery for tun ing thir little bandfuLof p-ople thai •*e have fr r- ? Hie-* whole ; of the tbrea -unlred million f eople of Inlia.' But th-h he does riot remember th.it hi In Ha~ here are no f labour. hiombys,' .-, ; w,fth hosts of supporters each d.m m lin.» a Government billet. On the labour question -Ma Kipling is specially severe.. He says be ,t never,, was m a place where they talk-d more- > about \york and did less of ,U|*''^hjd.. we., fancy ftf n Kipling's powers of observation are! fairly keen. The working nian , 'o#* noVkhow when he is well off. -Jr. \ country m the world to»day is there; i easier lyork, shorter boors, or betler pay, than m these islands, and if the people »■ would only recognise those facts, and listen less .to the vapouring-, of the mercenary agitators, they wduld be both J wealthier and 1 wiser. As JJIr KipliW' s \yfy the strict eight hours 'system .can, ne\'er last m a young cou try like this, and: the reaction which must'inevit-Ujr follow will only make tbiags far :wbrse' in.the future. " ~ " "■"-""' The Wizard of Menlo Park has invented yet rariother '"inarv-l^ *He ha. J apparently forsaken for:a :while ;hi_ii peti. telegraphic, telephonic,. «n?c|" "Other, tele-, wonders and turned! bis?. afWrition; to! tn&< transmission of matter instead of sound ' and sight. . The new invention is . arj, ,. electric locomotive, with which a pouhd' or two of coal will develop one horse power; The speed of this : new- engine H is estimated at about one hundred miles' ; ' an hour, and this coupled with the small supply of fuel required, should make travelling popular as well as cheap. The mere 1 idea of suc_ a Speed nios. le l gall and wormwood to the unfortunate^ railway; traveller in New Zealacid.