The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, SEPT. 26 1905. “THE SHADOW.”

Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1568, 26 September 1905, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, SEPT. 26 1905. “THE SHADOW.”

There most be a foeling of deep sorrow in the hearts of all who read of Lionel Terry, the self-confessed murderer of a poor, old Chinaman at Wellington. Tbe booklet, entitled “ The ShadoWi” must oommand the attention of all who read, though they may • not agree with the opinions expressed. Terry’s braui seems to have given way from overstrain on the very point on whioh he had been able to speak with the strongest conviction ; for surely no one could believe a man to be sane who would go out and shoot down an old and crippled • Chinaman—a poor, inoffensive fellow who bad in no wise offended. “ The Shadow 1 ’ (dedicated to "My Brother Britons”) begins with a prayer in three verses, the concluding one being—

I When our land shall seek defenders 'midst an alien kith and kin, AnT shall writhe'beneath- a scourge of civil strife ; When a mighty hybrid nation ; shall have won the wage of sin; Spar* us, O God, tbe bitter corse of life 1 I In the course of the introdnotion to the mam poem, described as a 11 condemnation and a prophecy;” the writer states: “It is only when the veneer of seeming prosperity and respectability is penotrated, and when one enters the ranks of labor, that the terrible ravages oreated by tbe alien can be properly appreciated.”' Farther on bo states:"Tbe British Empire is violating the laws of nature, and unless swiit measures be taken to exclude and eradicate the alien element the British Empire mußt die, and the task of saving the Empire devolve upon the laboring classes as the natural representatives of the Empire.” He compared the British Empire as at present oonduoted to a Jabez Balfour or a Whitaker Wright Company on a co'oseal soale. He stat 3»: “ The conditions obtaining in the United Kingdom well known to require more than passing comment here; its splendid traditions have been sacri6eed to the'usurer, Its agricultural element has beon driven out, its ancient homes are rapidly passing into the poßsessioh of the peacock psstoralist from foreign lands ; its cities are overdowing with seething corruption, luxurious vice, and fearfal poverty; and: in short, its position is practically that of a plague-stricken loafer upon tbe laboring classes of tbe world. . . Moreover, let it be remembered by some, and stated for the benefit of others, tba| the alleged desire for Chinese labor in the South African gold mines was nothing but a concoction of the most brazen and disgraceful character put forward by the gold-worshipping olass, assisted by their slavish satellites, who, beiDg mostly of tbe alien olass themselves, had therefore no compunotion in cheating the Briton of his birthright. The Chinese slavery outrage was perpetrated by means of gross misrepresentation of faots, combided with wholesale bribery and corruption." , After the poem comes an exhortation to tbe King, in whioh be is asked to rise and purge the oountry by driving the alien from the shores. ;Tbe verses cooolude:

God and Parity thy watojjword, all thy Bubjeots’prayera’thy'laws; Strike I and be tby nation's Saviour, King of Britain evermore 1 Strike 1 and reign in all the ages 1 Strike, if'tis thy latest-breath 1 Strike! OKingl 'tin God or Mammon! Strike 1 0 King l ’tis life or death 2

Tondors aro invited for foundation and bricking in boiler at tho Alpha sawmills. | Tho auxiliary schooner ICaco sails for Eubl Coast porta nDd Auokland to-day. A vory successful card party was hold in St. Mary’s schoolroom last ovonlng, Tho fortnightly meeting Borough Council will bo hold this evening. An impounding notice in connection with tho Gisborne pound appoars in this issue.

Mo3ers Euro and Aflabrtdgo, of tho Econotnio, require good bodice and skirt bauds, a'so improvers and apprentices.

A msoting of tho Gisborne Ccioket Club will be bold in tho Royal Hotel to night.

Messrs Bain Bros, will soli at their mart, Lowo street, to-morrow, a lot of useful household furniture.

A first-olass assortment of drapery, electro-plato goods, and jewellory, will bo offered by Messrs Baiu Bros, after their furoituro sale to-morrow afternoon.

All persons having claims against the late Annie Harris, of Kaiti, are requested to send particulars of the same in duplicate to Mossrs Nolan aud Bkeet before the Brd Ootober.

Tho Union Steamship Co.’s idea l summor excursion to the West Ooasl Sounds will be made by tbo s.s. Waikare from Dunedin ou Saturday, January 6tb. Eaily application for berths should be made at the looal office. The Gisborne Harmonio Society will give the first oonoert oi tbe season on Wednesday, Ootober 4tb, when Barnett's cantata, “TboAnoient Mariner,” will be rendered. Elaborate preparations have been made by the Society, and the performance should be a most successful one. Messrs Williams and KeSt'e announoe their annual spring land sale for Saturday, Ootober 28th, when some exceedingly cboioe town and suburban properties will be.submitted, particulars of which are advertised iu another column. This sale offers a special opportunity to holders of first class properties desirous of disposing of the same, and early application should be made to the firm.

The question of the acquisition of lands along the To Karaka-Motu railway came befote the Haibor Board at their mooting yesterday, when the Liberal Association’s resolution on the question wos received. The Chairman said the blocks of. land it was thought by the Liberal Association should be aoquired should be mentioned, j Mr Sievwright said the idea apparently was to get the Crown to purohaae the lands bsfore the railway put additional value on them. Mr Mattbewson considered that the Native lands lying in an unproductive Btate should be first aoquired. Mr Harding was in accord with the proposal, but considered more information was required. At the Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Mr Barton, S.M., delivered judgment in the case of Jas. McKee v. Kennedy and Evans, claim £& Is 7d, being value of one box of tobaooo, and oharges thereon. Defendants admitted receiving the box from the steamer and placing it in the Harbor Board shed. They held that if thore were any liability it lay with the Board. It was clear that defendants were oommon oarriers, and as suoh reoeived the goods in question, and there was an impliod contract on the part of defendants to make a safe and right delivery of those goods to plaintiff. Defendants were therefore liable for any loss or damage happening to them while in their custody, no matter by what cause. The liability continued up to the time of the goods being delivered. His Worship held that there was not unreasonable delay on the part of plaintiff in taking delivery of the goods. He thought that plaintiff was entitled to succeed, and entered judgment accordingly for the amonnt claimed with £<s 10s costs. Leave to appeal was granted on Mr Cbrisp’s application, His Worship stating that he would like to see the matter carried further. He had found as a matter of law that defendants were liable, but, in equity, considering all .the oiroumstanoes, was of opinion that the offer made by defendants with a view of settlement, viz., that the loss should be borne equally by plaintiffs, defendants, and the Harbor Board, was a reasonable one.