PREPARING FOR THE FRAY

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3543, 6 July 1905, Page 2

PREPARING FOR THE FRAY

The approach of the triennial political battle is rendered doubly apparent by the reported actions of Government agents in various parts of the colony, house-to house canvassing being in progress for placing names on the roll. Despite the much-quoted worries of parliamentary life members' seem to consider the game well worth the candle, and appeared prepared to undergo more anxiety, and to devote greater attention to constituencies during the pre-election session than at any other period of their political existence. They display much concern that every one should lie on the roll, but we agree with the protest a Taranaki paper that to spend money on sending agents round to secure this result is wasteful. If people are so indifferent to the manner in which they are governed that they will not voluntarily see that they are enrolled they should be allowed to remain disfranchised. House -to - house canvassing will cost £3OOO or £4OOO, but of course, as our contemporary dryly remarks, that is a small imt'er when 1 there is a surplus of /700,000 to be spent somehow or other.

An impounding notice is inserted in this issue.

The Borough Council will meet on Morklay next to consider general business.

At Misferton a prohibited man was fined £s.i'l default 14 days’ imprisonment, for aruttlteniiesS..

In Taranaki lilt! pride df hotter at the factories lias gone up 2d per lb, and now sells in the towns at is 2d. Mr Elliott L. Hill, who has been tor the past six months in partnership witl\ Mv W> Hi Poole, as dentist has now taken ovbr the biidide?s on .his own account. A notice to that tlfiect appears in another column.

Attention is directed to the announcement ot Mr G. H. Stiles’ halfyearly reduction sale, which commenced to-dayi and lasts for two weeks, during Which time special bargains are offered in every line. Speaking in the House on Friday on the education cjuestian Mr McLachbm said hcdidiiOt thiilk the. country was languishing for higher education. Proper technical instruction and a judicious leavening of sound commonsense would give us all we required. The Dorothy Dance at the Masonic Hall last night was largely attended, and was a distinct success socially. About forty or fifty Couples danced till the early hours of the iilorniilg to the timely and tuneful strains of music provided by Mrs F. Walls. Thesupper was of the best, whilst numerous M.’sC. carried out their duties efficiently.

At Dunedin on Tuesday several prosecufions by the Dunedin Jockey Club for trespass on the race course were withdrawn, the club’s solicitor stating that defendants had paid all costs and made a declaration that they would not go on the course again without the permission of the club. Mr Widdowson, S.M., remarked that recent fines seemed to have had good effect.

According to the Hunterville “ Express ” there is a general concensus of opinion that no-license will be carried in the Rangitikei electorate at the next poll. Among those who are in a position to judge it is felt that Manawatn will dock its liquor at the same time, if the voluntarily expressed intentions of many among the " moderates;” are carried oat.

“ This talk about medicine amuses me,” Mrs Harrison Lee told her audience at Newtown. You will hear liquor advocates argue that liquor is necessary as a medicine,” she added, “ and that may be so ; but I must say it is the only medicine the men are willing to pour down their throats in pints and quarts, at the rate of barrels a year.” ; At a public meeting at Greytown last week the acquisition of some of the large holdings surrounding the town for closer settlement was urged. It was decided to form a chamber of commerce, the mover of the motion remarking that it was about time the place “ got a move on.” A committee was set up to collect particulars of costs etc., of a combined high pressure water supply and electric light installation. In a discussion on local industries the suitability of the district for the production of fruit and honey, and the establishment of saap and candle works creosote, fishmonger ing, and oatmeal mills was debited. The various ideas are still in the air.

The festivities at Parihaka had .not ended no to last Sunday, says the “Opuuake Times.” On that day poi dances were given followed bv a royal feed. Pork has been plentiful in the native city during the present gala times, which materially assisted the prolongation of the programme, and the stay of the visitors. When the bill-of-fare runs out the festivities will cease. There is a decrease in the at-, tendance of the natives at these periodical aftairs to what there has been in former years and this is considered as a welcome sign by manv who look upon the native village as a local “ Sodom and Gomorrah,” But why, asks the “ Times,” should not the natives have their mode and place of enjoyment, as well as the Europeans, who seek diversion in diverse ways in the city, at the racecourse, or in the dance room.

One of the most successful of practical jokes was played not long ago bv a London commedian. On the notice hoard of his club this intimation appealed—“ On Thursday at half past eleven p.m., Messrs Roberts and Dawson will as a compliment to the club play an exhibition game of billiards.” On that evening the club was crowded, every seat in the billiard room was occupied and they waited patiently for the champions to arrive. Just then Mr Arthur Roberts came in, greeted the members cordially, and turning to. the marker said, “Is this table engaged ? ” “ Not yet sir," was the reply. The comedian turned to his friend Forbes Dawson who was amongst the audience, and called out “ I’ll give you a game, i Dawson.” There was a deadly silence for a minute. Then the members of that club rose up as a man, and threw the comedian out in the cheerless streets

The moth-eaten superstition that Magistrates are ignorant of slang, and are not able to recognise any word that is not fit for the drawing room, received a severe blow in the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington, when Dr. McArthur, addressing a ‘crook’said that it seemed to him that accused met a mug in Hobart, and struck a snag in Wellington. Obviously, says a writer in the “ Post ” the Bench is getting up-to-date, and the time is not far distant, when a respectable and awestricken population will read something like this in the Police Court reports : “ , . . Addressing defendant, the Magistrate said : Bli’ me, but you’re pure. You fair take the bun, take it from one in the trade. You not only collar the old woman’s boodle, but you her one on the peeper, put the furniture up the spout, go on a razzle, come home paralytic, and deal out stouch to the: kids. Is that fair dinkum ? You’s the hottest member I struck. Five quid or a month’s quod. Next bloke.” i

At tt meeting at Otaki a-resolution was carficVt protesting rtgainSt the Wellington HosjJiM Boa-f'd’s 1 establishment of a consumptive’:? sanatorium within two miles of the post otikg.

The Convicts’ Forfeiture Act Amendment fflfl provides that the expression “ convict ” shall! be' deemed to include every person sentfc’ih&d under the Criminal Code Act,- 1893', to imprisonment fof a term' of three years or upwards, with dr without hard labour. It validates the act of the - Public Trustee as general administrator of convicts’ property, and gives power to appoint a general administrator of the property of a convict. The Dilnediri Presbytery has passed the following resolution regarding Bible reading in schools:—"The Presbytery heartily approves the introduction of selections from the word of God to our State schools, endorses the platform of the Bible in Schools Referendum League, promises to support the League financially by recommending all (he congregations within their bounds to give a retiring collection tor this purpose or otherwise* to give the people encouragement, and opportunity to stlppoff the" League.''

The petition preserve*? t6* fhe HouSft of Commons by Mr Ellis Griffith in favour of the passing of the Dog'S* Brotection Bill, although it 180,000 signatures and was two and a quarter miles in length, and weighed a hundredweight,- does not break the record as the bulkiest of most numerously signed of these expressions of public opinion. The great Chartist petition presented by Feargus O’Con* nor to the House of Commons in April, 11848, was stated by him to bear 5,706,000 signatures; a strict scrutiny, however, reduced these figures to 1,900,000.

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