Our Wellington Letter

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 49, 11 October 1890, Page 3

Our Wellington Letter

f OTIB OWN COKRKSPOTTDEira :}, Wellington. O«ioherß That was a terribly sad affair of poo * 3>eans. What with getting heavily into I debt ; borrowing money at high interest without any possibility of paying it bad ■again; atid tben,<on the top of that, thi strike came, when as a matter of duty t< his fellow workmen, he ceased work, am the horse was eating its head off day afte; •day. ifo wonder the poor fellow becan* insane when he felt that those whom h< Jovedso dearly were reaching the verg< of starvation, and he could not conscien tiously do anything to help them. In hei great trouble on the death of her child, and her husband being In the Asylum Mrs Dean must feel extremely grateful tc the good Samaritans of Wellington whc are how showering forth their guineas aud modes*, half-crowns to help her in her time of need. Already over _80 has been subscribed, of which £16 was collected at the door of Wesley Church last Sabbath •eveniu* after the service, and £2 10s was contributed": by the local Telegraph operators. ' , , • •' As was prognosticated at the beginning, the Labor Conference has ended in a Jiaseo. Capital has said, "You must do so and so." Labour has responded that It will "do nothing of the kind." The Hon. Goorge McLean was as courteous •and as firm as ever ; whilst tne labour -delegates did their best to get the upper hand of him. It was a big game, but it •did not come off; and now for a while the _re will be; allowed, to smoulder until some terrible scheme is propounded, and then the struggle will commence again in -earnest. Both parties say they have right upon their side, and that they can afford to prolong the struggle to any length of time ; but lam afraid there is being too much bravado being shown by one of the 'Combatants. It is a most unfortunate thing for -everyone. Even your humble servant «ries out, " Why should I have to pay £3 10s a.tbn for coal just because someone in Australia wants something or other ? Touching -XJnionists and boycotting, the anost unique ease on record occurred here -a few nights ago at a ball that was being held to assist the strike fund. During the evening it got whispered around that j two "blacklegs" were dancing in the jroom, and the ladies, who of course believe in "Unions "(especially the _yxaeneal one), at once "struck " and dejnanded that the obnoxious intruders .should be expelled, as they did not wish be contaminated by ' associating with «uch gentry. Tiie result was that the _iusic ceased until the "free laborers " thought discretion the better part of valour, and retired gracefully from the gay /and festive scene, and ; then every thing -went as merry as a marriage bell. Profiting by the success of the Dunedin Savings Bank robbery, some smart indi--viduals of the light -fingered crew tried on the same liMe game here a few days ago. They managed to get the cash-box with some £16 in it from a store; but the police were too much for them, and two men named Haruian and Sorry are now cawaitihg iheir trial for the offence. It is .said that _c latter is " sorry " in feeling as well as in name. The police are following up a third man who is said to Lave ha*d a, finger in the pie. The "little ga_e" is for one of the party to enter a shop and -ask for change of a note, and just as the till .is opened, or the cash-box jjlaced on "the coun,ter,tHe accomplice itnoeks ait the back door, and whilst the the knock is being -answered the ..till is scooped. Readers beware ! .. The experience of the boy Barlow, who .tried to run off wifchthe cash-box from the Petone Post Office, should serve as a lesson to any other young New ZeaJ.mders ..who may be similarly tempted. .It dearjyihows that it- is almost impos■sible for any law breaker to escape from the hands , of justice; in the present day. yen. ike old and experienced gaol birds dind that ; the police are too many for -them. , >. " •