THE GLOBE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1879.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1712, 15 August 1879, Page 2

THE GLOBE. FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1879.

The continued success attendant upon the operations of the New Zealand Shipping Company must he satisfactory not »nly to tho shareholders, hut to the public generally. It is so essentially a colonial—wo may almost say local—institution that its success is a matter for congratulation outside its ranks. There is one point in which its usefulness to the colony is, wo think, strikingly developed. It is that referred to by the chairman in his address, viz., tho formation in their fleet of ships of a colonial mercantile marine. The operations of the company and the decision arrived at as to the employment of colonial youths opens the door to a career of usefulness for our lads. It places within their reach a profession to which Englishmen take naturally, and gives an opportunity for colonial youths to show what metal they are made of. In these days of fierce competition in the general battle of life it is hard for fathers of boys to launch them forth with a prospect of success. Every profession, every trade is full almost to overflowing, and therefore it is that such an outlet as this, where there must bo constant demand, is a great boon to tho community. By joining this service, in which the determination of tho directors is to advance all those who show aptitude for tho profession, youths have tho best chance they could obtain of making for themselves a position in life. Tho career of those who are now sailing undor the company's flag and who are now gradually but surely winning their way upwards, should act as an incentive to our youths who may desiro to follow the sea as a profession. It opens to them a careor both honorable and lucrative, and therefore we feel certain that the community in general will join with the shareholders of the company in expressing a very deep interest in the furtherance of the scheme. A colonially owned fleet, officered by colonial bred men, seems to us to be a desideratum, and the system started by the New Zealand Shipping Company is just the ono to attain the end. Wo hope next year to hear that the number of apprentices has been largely increased, and that the conduct of those who are being advanced to positions of responsibility iu the company's fleet will be such as to givo tho promoters of the scheme still further encouragement to proceed with their work.

As leader of the new Association Dr. Turnbull is quite in his element. He is displaying all the energy and feverish restlossness of a child with a now toy. The organisation of tho Groyites is apparently perfect from a certain point of view. The shooting gallery in Colombo street is to bo occupied by tho Association on Monday and will evidently hereafter be a historical building. It will rank with tho Riding School at Versailles and other gymnastic institutions which have been turned to political uses. The old woodon edifice will probably, in after days, bo preserved as a valuable relic, much as is Shakespeare's house at Stratford-on-Avon, and tho Groyito of the future—should such a boiug exist—may make many a pilgrimago to a place whore so much fervid oratory will have illustrated tho peculiarities of his tenets. The socresy with which the .Association carries on its operations is absolutely electrifying. A short paragraph now and then creeps into tho local columns of tho papers, and it ekes out that a decree has gono forth, but a mysterious twilight hangs over tho main part of their sayings and doings. But if the proceedings at head quarters are as much wrapt in gloom as woro those of the Westphalian Vohmgerichte, and if Dr. Turnbull imitates the "Old man of tho mountains" in tho perfect secrecy in which he has organised his bands, tho general bent of the instructions that are issued are becoming appa-

rent to tho outside world as event develop. Fully primed delegates apparently sit booted and spurred in the committee room —as did the troopers in Branksome tower—ready to rush off to the suburbs or neighboring towns, and astonish the residents by the largeness of their sentiments and the rotundity of their periods. A library fully stocked with tho latest works on moral philosophy and the rights of man would, we should imagine, be found by tho curious to line the walls of tho committee room, and the said delegates are presumably busy for many hours of the day searching for sentiments and synonyms. But another branch of the operations of tho Association apparently consists in deputing bodies of mon to interrupt meetings convenod by their opponents; not gentlemen who go to such meetings with a view of gaining information, asking questions or oxpi - ossing views—all of them perfectly legitimate objects—but individuals whose solo object is "a shindy," and who arrive on the field of action with perfectly foregone conclusions, and propared to do or die when any but their own views are propounded. Seeing that the meeting last night was called on behalf of those favorable to the re-election of Messrs. Stevens, Richardson, and Moorhouso, the unseemly interruptions that occurred did not do credit to tho conduct of tho Greyites present in the Hall. That the meeting was so successful in spite of this determined attempt, is a strong proof of tho hold that the doctrines of true Liberalism, as distinguished from Groyism, has over the minds of tho electors. Wo trust that, when the Premier favors us with his presence, those who hold political views contrary to his, will not imitate his followers in thoir ideas on tho manner in which electioneering matters should be conducted.