TIMARU.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 13 September 1880, Page 2

TIMARU.

(FIIOM OUR OWN COIUIESrONDKNT). September 9. Since last communication from this quarter the times have been exceedingly dull, as in other places. How the army of unemployed have succeeded in weathering the storm so far is a problem that might well engage tho attention of a Euclid ; for, although hundreds of persons have been literally without a penny for months, and have been positively refuse' credit, we havo not yet heard of auy deaths from starvation and exposure to cold. It appears now, however, that a change is coming—begun indeed; f° r > ; whereas men have been for many mon s parading tho streets with their hands l their pockets, or hanging about tho ba of public houses, the thoroughfares or almost free from loungers, and meGhani are buckling to work with a will, amount of labor required at the Convei » St. Mary's Church, and other. buildings serves to absorb a good num > to say nothing of the refuge found private enterprise, of which ther plenty. , Some lucky individuals have a few thousands locked up all the wini » but it is certain that daylight has ag begun to dawn. . iv, Town and country improvements, shape of roads and streets, are now background. In all directions , nu of laborers are at work. These IBI F ments, however, as a matter of c . ' follow the erection of lordly ma only, while the miserable lanes teaawi.. the dwellings of the poor remain for and untouched. Notably, . gullies round Sandie Town and • , Wood, are "still revelling in „ slush deposited there during the ■ of wet woather. The Levels Road —uufortunate creatures have , to spend on Sandie Town, wher f few houses containing more 0 i n ff small rooms, all their sparo CO PP j oW(3 r required to provide the re ?' ? ' orders with decent approache magnificent dens of vice,

""7 breakwater qnestion 13 productive ■ The Jo f amusement to non-interested cf 00 00 lea3t to those not immediin the work. In Timarn # elr an innumerable company ot * s " men who, probably, earned many laurels by the fir of the Thames ju#" 3 , 1 ' vers in the British islands in pother Theae pcr _ , w rneti away by conceit, are - {il jm extraordinary notion that jpibuea • j w ns those of nn educated <£££*»•, ÜbW«*i» the "" is I understand, a captain of the vur . nfur iu his own estimation. If nut titlw pleases «'«r Chief hi may a-«" me !t In P r,vatu tl> " ,s ■ content; but 1 fail to discover 3lr. ' s • vi"ht to take hi 3 place in the ff Ql Bowd as its leader, against the ; & n* of better taught men ihan him- , cP r W At a rtcftit meeting of the Hoard, i Tie" pardon, " Captain "—Sutter Jfr exactly tell Mr. Gooda.ll that he D ° liar but he openly accused the deception. And why t Simply e - V the superior learning of Mr. 6eCS " ii nrnved too much for the brains of f " cht>r - ii,deed ' if; ° ur fa not mend, and that right soon, . at of captains wilt have the harbor We r £ our of the Engineer's hands alto- , I r What if Mr. Goudall saw fit to 'lnlov- certain bags of concrete in tilling , vices J H ll3 not their successful use fie happy experience of many end- . t men! As a matter of course, the ne " Mnn-i of a professional marine en°ECr?r SonLh the bright intellect of < Sun Stitter and Co.. else we had no ?™f professional Skill- To avoid BC L.' into trouble, the captains, at the meeting of the Board, had better 111 their lips on engineering questions, s , o nly on matters of which they jj ve some little knowledge. Operations at the breakwater go on C e Another monolith will be com- _ Slid to-morrow, and ere long we may '•nn to see the corner doubled, when the f " r k of destruction, predicted by the 1 L'nuwned Mr. Blackett, will begin t A W ,nlin2 to the foresight of the Colonial c Jfrrine Engineer the whole coast line, fpllll Tiuuru to the vicinity of Lake J rosmere, will suffer. The railway, with " i,j' culverts and viaducts, will be

,wpt into the bosom of the mighty deep, riilu the noble lake itself mast be lost in the'embrace of the Pacific, and Banks Peninsula will be no more. So little talk goe3 on over the authority assumed by the Bench of Licensing Commissioners at the last sitting of that tribunal Mr. , in applying _ for a transfer of the Queen's Hotel license from Mr. T. B. Jones to himself, had his application granted on conditions that ie should keep hi 3 house open for a ertaia class of visitors only. Snch a jnubbish proceeding being totally nnheard of in the land of onr fathers, _ the people of Timaru are somewhat desirous of an esplanation. The Commissioners, we learn, informed Mr. that the Queen's had been built specially for the accommodation of a certain class, and that the original intention must be maintained. He has not, however, been publicly informed who or what that class are so that the unfortunate landlord will Save some little difficulty in drafting at the door. If I may be allowed to express an opinion, I wonld base it upon the fact that the Queen's Hotel has been hitherto frequented chiefly by a very second-rate lit of men, who, without the remottst right to a position among the genuine upper classes, have been through fortuitous circumstances pitchforked into positions too high for them, and bearing this fact in mind, I would draw my conclusions from it, and venture that gentlemen of the genuine stamp are prohibited from taking- up their quarters within the walls cf the Queen's, for fear of contamination. Having commented upon the licensing of this model hostelry, I now descend in the next place to say a few passing words relative to the festival in connection with St. Mary's Pariah Church. On Thursday Inst the foundation stone was laid by one of the building staff, the credit of which was s,'iven, as is usual, to the person who stood by looking on, to wit, t?ie Very Rev. Henry Jacobs, Dean of Christchurch. The tripod was fixed within a fence temporarily erected for the separation of the great majority of the congregation and visitors, including bakers, butchers, shoemakers, clerks, grocers, and others, from the clergy, the choir, and church officers, andasprinklingof the Messieurs and 3lesdames Would-be. All went a3 well as cmild have been expected. In the evenins; a tea-fight and concert took place in the Queen's Hall, at which there was an immense gathering. Ilomantst3, Presbyterians, Weslevans. and Primitive 3lethodiata were among the auditory, and I also noticed one or two Jews and a handsome Jewess. Of course the spirit of snobbery 3t«le in at the doors, probably in a teapot, or, maybe, concealed in a " cookie," and whea the tables were spread ic manifested itself unveiled. Two ladie3 presided at each table, and tried, I think, to make themselves as agreeable as fusible, but taking care, as I have already hinted, to conserve class distinctions, all co-operation at the tables exclusively with t: my own class." So the affair passed off, a thorough success Ha viewed through the spectacles of the ''higher" orders, but quite the reverse in the minds of ordinary people. Efforts are being made to hold a mas 3 tteetiag in Timaru, to consider the Political situation. It is intended to mane plain the way to elect as a representative one of the unassuming classes, that the interests of the majority may oe rejnirdecL A strong protest will be entered against the return of any extenaiVa landed proprietor, the experience of many years having taught us that we annnt believe the word of honor of the .'-' w i? s - The squatters, and others like Wem, have misgoverned the Colony for a considerable time, and as they have proved themselves unfit members, it is ? e "owed intention up here to turn j m *ll out if possible, and try another Pun. And possible it i 3, for there is BothiD? t' ia t the majority cannot do if Wey will only hold together. Timaru ®tenus taking the lead, and it is hoped ff centre 3 population will Our chief aim is to do away with a uniber of useless functionaries, such as commissioners of railways, and inJ of permitting one man to draw fV ° r oar 3a i»ries, for doing absolutely "nittg-, to open up billets for hundreds ti'h ¥** com P eten,: EH them, by dis- ' I'iag the various Government appointen.s among the population of the oyny. Xhe existing salaries in high t a ws. too, would not suffer much through aM ext( i na ' ,:e nse of the pruning-hook, ' P er »aps a little of the money thu3 tfm w «li expended on a cause eT(; niust the warm sympathies of or wy trn t e Briton, namely, the support, crnf- ar au PP°rt, of our widows and to-Lli" 13 -* unfortunate ones get a ttert lt l ance '' 3 true, from Govern- , ' an " Benevolent Societies, but at drill m °! ne ?' '^ e -' ma y " docked," and otfii'fl ?i P eia " on * While fat and lazy in" t "' e ed the country without showcar me " t3 > unfortunate widows and cfrpn llß ' 0 ® 5 ' n P rov ided-for daughters are roin ed in sonl and body through decr» ™t n '" e '* 03 then make haste to that r' a a P ec ' a i Act of Parliament, overnment officials shall enjoy ies3, 4- ? every respectable woman who iei-JL or any other cause loses »eet receive LI or more per sof public money. This is not advo-j-tS6xpenditare, bat merely a proper do no* °J Public money, for if we Wbt»mL er oor destitute women *°*WUl become of aociety.