Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DEC. 81, 1892. "A Happy New Year."

Manawatu Herald, 31 December 1892, Page 2

Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, DEC. 81, 1892. "A Happy New Year."

» " The ' gx>tl old time I—all1 — all times when oM arf good — Are gon • ; the present might bo if the) wou:d ; Great things have been, and aye, and gr> a t-r still Want litile of mere mortals but their will." Within a few hours after tlr^s.- ! lines are printed that space of time i known as the year 1892 will have pa^ed away, and the new period, 1893, will have been welcomed in its stead. "We know not what's before in " bat ib appears exceeding y probable that the new year may witness some marked changes in he way of noting timj. Delegates of iwunty live uatious huve lately m -tat Washington aud unauimo .sly adopted what is known as the " Zone Hour System " which divides the world into 24 hour sections and also numbers the hours from 1 to 24. Thus some time this year we may have to riae at 6" o'clock, dine at 13 o'clock and go to bed at 22 o'clock. If the system comes into f >rce it will illustrate most powerfully how mutual interests " doth bestride the narrow world " and though inconvenient at the first it will probably be found of much value in the long run. We trust that this may be the greatest inconvenience that our readers may experience during the coming twelvemonths but, as Tom Hood has put it, there are other trifles ahead that have also to be considered, such as " Mr Budge has not called, but be will- - For his Rates, Church, and Highway, and Poor ; And the butcher has brought in his bill — Twice as much as the quarter before. Little Charles is come home with the mumps, And Matilda with measlps, I fear ; And I've takt-n two sovVigns like dump 9 — But I wish you a happy New Year." A very good wish which we d«siro to one and all. A happy Ndw Year! Why not s >, it depends chiefly upon ourselves, •• Always endeavour to b really what you wo.ild wish to appear," a maxim i Granvill* Sharp.* well worth keeping continually in mind- L t the man make himself, lt*t the commencement of a new <>ear i laugurate th^ adherence to a better principle of living. The world is full of bright examples of how men from the lowliest of positions hive, by industry and integrity, raised themselves t> the highest positions in the land. Examples are around m, locally, of m<n who have had the moral courage to avoid temptation " and leave sack, and live cl anly." Very few but sufferer* like unto themselves understand the tenible struggle fought bcf>re victory was obtained, but if it can be fought for one reward surely »uch g -it cai be made usa of tor further advantages. Economy is the stepping stone to success, a noted writer has ie " Whil.st I wish you to be comf rtable in every respect, I cannot too strong y inculcate economy. It is a necessary virtue to al! ; and howev r the shallow part of mankind may despise it, itcertamly leads to^4rd3pend- i nee. which is a grand obj 'f-t to eve y iv iv .fa high spirit." A Russian writer a'so »v>nwV*s, " HubUs are a neck/"' |^«of pearU ; uutio ihw s kuot, and

' fV e whil.? nn f hrnadp." Carefulness! wi; h mont-y means no hoarding, a? iit is pool' economy to he mean. j '* Narrowmindedness in living and in d 'ftJing " we are to d "is g-n 'rally shortsighted, p.nd leads to failure. The "penny soul, ifc is said, never caitie to twopence. Generosity nnd liberality, like honesty, prove the ! bast p.)licy after all." Have we n:>t j had a startling example of this in i the comments of the American press fin the death of the millionaire Jay G.)uld to which thc>y refer with " contemptuous pity, and rej >ico that his sinister influence has ended ? Why should we make such remarks ? — Simply that it is convenient and customary to have fixed dates from which to start an enterprise, whatever its nature, and as to morrow ushers in a New Year it appears to be most appropriate that it should be marked with the white stone of good intentions for the year to come. 11 Whoe'er amidst the aon9 Of reason, valour, liberty and virtue, Displays disiinguish'd merit, is a nobla Of nature's own creating." The year now closing witnesses I the end of the fourth year that this journal has been under the control of the present management. It also commemorates the thirteenth and a half year of its establishment. We have very much reason to wish our subscribers and advertisers A HAPPY NEW YEAR, for from their kind support we have been able to pass many such. When we took over this journal, on the first of January 1889, we made no promises, we entered upon our duties without outward parade but with a private determination to do the best we could for the town and district. Owing to the wry gratifying support our eliort- mefc with we have been ■nabl-d to party return the kindness •showu us, by publishing an issuf three thn-s a week m place of twice, as it had bien customary f r years pre\io;i«, aud that at thesama subscription as formerly paid. We are personally so w^ll known to our o'd subscribers that what we are about to say may appears pjrfiuous, but as' th i number of our settlers have increased, and still continue to do so, such circumstances appear to justify a little p rsonal explanation. We can honestly affi m that there is no one more clos.ly associated with the progress and interest*? of the district than ourselves. We first ariv.id in the Manawatu in the year 1888, aud have ever since been variously oc-mpied within it, having | taken our lair share in the work of every local b-.xly having tor its object the opening up and forwarding the interests of thu 'district. We have establish /c our home within it. our ! near relatives surround us and our whole possessions v fort,unat,< ly none too large, are conlainpd within it; therefore apart from loyal and business p ompcings to do what we can for thu prom >tion of all that is bene ficial for ih; town and district our personal int-reste are so bmnd up with it that no better assurance of . our using our very best endeavours to secure its advancement could ! possibly be given, whilst we have j power, but i " Wars following years steal something , every day ; At last they steal us from ourselves away." There has been a marked change for the better in the immediate neighbourhood, and as far as we can see every likelihood not only of. such prosperity being retained, hut of its increasing. Settlement in our close neiuhbonrnood is going on rapidly, and population once fixed on the soil soon developes, causing openings for business enterprises unthonght of before. We have around us that moit valuable hemp industry, butter making is growing by '• leaps and hounds" and the day ia not far di* tant when the trade with England will be conducted direct with ocean g ing st *am*»ra off ths bar of the Manawatu, and wb>n ni at freezing works will ano !>•■■» in full operation. We further t'ust that a great advancera nfc will be made in the improvement of nur connection 5 * north, south and east, and that all our public nvm wll w >rk hand in hand to open up our town to the country s ttl n*s. W? hod that with en j rgy and unity a large amrnnt of useful and valuable work may be accom plished during the coming twelve months We Hv« in d -cd*. not years ; in thoughts, | not breaths ; - \ | In feelings, not in figures on a dial We should count time by heart throbs. j Hn most lives Who thinks mo9t, feels the noblest acts the final