Rangitikei Advocate. SATURDAY, SEPT. 21. 1907. EDITORIAL NOTES

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8930, 21 September 1907, Page 2

Rangitikei Advocate. SATURDAY, SEPT. 21. 1907. EDITORIAL NOTES

WRITING on the subject of arbitration the Sydney Daily Telegraph says:— The Arbitration Act has failed for two reasons—one i hoing that its inevitable ouc--1 sidoducss lias alienated public I sympathy, and the other that the j unionised wage-earners have emphasised that defect by pleasing themselves whether they obeyed or disregarded the Court. The indifference which the workers have shown toward the system from the first culminated typically in recent street processions of men who were so dissatisfied with the Court’s award that they would not return to wo k until new labour conditions had been agreed upon independently

of it. Nor are the breakdowns and its causes peculiar to New South Wales. Has there not been a serious strike in New Zealand against Court conditions within the last few mouths, and has not the system proved so unsatisfactory there that a Government with strong Labour sympathies is proposing to institute ■■-•mes boards methods? In West Australia, as in the colony, the wage-earnersi Ipycigh against arbitration. In’Victoria, niter years of experience of wages board*, the labour loader states that ho is convrtod to that principle from arbitration. as enabling wording con- . di cions to be settled more quickly v a testimony which is luridly siguiiicant by comparison with that which the Now South Wales w-oilvei* attitude towards arbitration supplies. Tne truth is that arbitration proves to have been greatly over-estimated. It is clow, and far from sure. And by introducing a judicial'tribunal it promotes friction and litigiousuess, thereby departing from ilie true principles of expert consultation and conciliation pppu which wages boards are based.

THE tlmmigration Department had intimated that the demand for domestics aud farm labourers exceeds the supply. This, oi ccprse, is because there are too many women ' aud gijrls puiploycd iu the protected factories, and too many men have been withdrawn (from .vim natural industries to work in tho factories, making boots, etc., at» cost far iu excess of what similar articles could be obtained for from otliers who proffer their services so willingly and so cheaply that our politicians erect a high tariff wall to prevent 1 them from confer] mg benefit on tho largo majority ot the population. But now that the immigration Department realises that t-iiere in a shortage of supply of domestics and farm labourers, why does it not sot to work msd induce immigration of the right kind,'

A very stiff suuiK westerly gale, aceomunnied at intervals by rain, raged throughout Inst night in Palmerston N. In coaccti nence of the recent railway accident on the Aueklancl-Eotorua line the drivers of the two engines that were detached from the train have been reduced m rank for twelve months to tUe]j)o3iUou of liremon.

Very apropos. The first issue of tho Tirw Wellington morning paper “The 'Dominion,” will be published on Thursday next, Dominion Day. A meeting of the Wellington Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union will be * held at Palmerston North on Thursday, 26th insfc. (.Dominion Day) not Tuesday, as stated m yesterday's issue. That fine hostelry, the Grand Ilotei, in Botovua. had a very narrow escape from being destroyed by fire on Saturday last. The room occupied .by Madame Carreao caught fire through a towel being left to dry in front of the fire. The chair and mantlepicoo wore much burnt. The the was discovered just in time and put out by servants. The Mayor of Marten has received a further communication from fh® Premier 'with regard to Dominion Day aud it is proposod_ to read proclamation proclaiming New Zealand a Dominion in il;o Park at 11 a. m. on the 2fir.ii. It is desired that the volunteers, Martou Baud, 'isi> G. P. Mather’s and the public school cadets should parade in the Park at that hour aud salute the deg. The death is reported of an old and respected resdout of the uistrer, in the person of Mrs Eliy.a Morton, v> ife of Mr Dauol Morton, of Tnrabiua, and mother of Mr Selby Morton, or Wanganui. Mr and Mrs Morton settled at Turakina upwards of forty years ago. aud it lias been their borne practically ever since. The deceased lady, who passed away yesterdav, in her 70th yea?, was known and esteemed by a large number of friends throughout the district. A public meeting was hold at Pending last night, in the Council Chambers, to consider wlis-t piecins, if should be adopted to celebrate tho Dominion Proclamation. There was only o, small attendance. It was decided to request w: business people to recognise tha holiday by closing and to keep open all day on Wednesday. It was also_ decided to request the School (Committees to grant a holiday to the school children, and to invito the band, volunteers and residents of the fot/n to attend at the Council Chambers, where tho.2fq.yor will road the proclamation at H a.md and several gentlemen will deliver addresses on the subject of the dignity conferred on the Colony. Wo n-pvcfc to learn of tho dscoro of a very oM r .\ian.'iw»tfcu aeKW in Cm peivon of Mr Wc-Lwood s-'-ih., v.’;io died .milaoily at Ila banco of heart i.’.iluro oi»

j‘ii arffi.iy. The djcon.-ed, until a year at. - -’, bad resided at Foxton, where 3:6 had lived cauthmoudy f ■dlhii'ty years. Re v.-ru predeceased by Ins v.dfo ben. icave;; '/V' --itn family of six—three sens and

an e'jii.d number of (laughters. The former are Messrs Thomas, at pr vens m the Old Country, John, tho well-known blacksmith in .ifoxton, and Edward, engaged iu the same trade at Bulb. Tho throe daughters are Mesdajaes Trask and Chuck (Ballance) and Simpson (Foxton). Additional decondants are thirtyeight grand-cluldron and four greatgrandchildren. Tho remains will bo conveyed by train to Foxton to-day by train and tho interment will take place there to-morrow.

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Winter Bargain sale of Drapery, Clothing, Boots, oto,, no better value obtainable—at the Co-op. Stores, North Broadway, Marton.*

F l l? nr rllfnGcltir' 1 Bukcmf meet | week at Dnuedirf to consider; tho price of broad. j As evidence of tho value of land contiguous t 0 Pahiatmv Borough, ic is that 2(5 acres of Hall s estate Jm been sold at £-15 Ids per acre. Or Mason, Chief Health Officer, aud Dr. Finch arrived at Timaru yesterday to examine the young nm suspected to bo suffering xXOin nlnimo Dr. Mason declared th*« it Ivafiot a case of plague, but merely ol mild blood poisoning, aud the patient is now recovering. At the Auckland Police Court Mrs Margaret Henderson was_ charged with leaving a child suffering from scarlet fever in a vehicle for public hire. Defendant pleaded that she uid not know what the child was suffering from aud was dismissed with a

caution. Tho plain and fancy dross dance of the Roval Rifles was largely attendee at Mar ton Drill Hall last evening. \ o>ood number of fancy costumes were worn. The dance music was played bv Mr Bert Crozior (piano), W Orozior (violin), and O. Gomez (cornet.) Tho supper airangemciits wore in charge of the ladies, v. 5.0 are” to bo congvatualced on thou; success, Tho financial result ot the dance should bo satisfactory.

Last night the Groymouth Borough Council appouited G. Grace, of the local Public Works office, to the position of accountant, for which there Were 85 applications from all parts of the colony. The Council decided to fittingly celebiato Dominion Day by a volunteer, cadets, and band parade at U „.m., when the proclamation will bo read and the flag consecrated ana hoisted. A grand children’s gathering and sports is to be hold in the afternoon, and a social and concert in the evening. - 4. postal anomaly has just come under our notice. A letter containing urgent matter was recently posted in Bulls on a Wednesday evening and the sender naturally concluded it would roach its destination, Napier, by nest days mail train and be procurable by the addressuo that evening. The sender was both surprised and annoyed to receive a telegraphic massage on Thursday night, Palmerston North notifying that P® letter had come to hand. Inquiries made from tbo postal authorities there elicited Mia information, that tho letter posteq. as -hove v'onW in Palmerston until an evening 'train for Hamievirke where it would'have another ipst and then crawl slowly on by ft ■ "Wild cat, intimately conolnding.its tremendous toiunej at 5 a.m. on the following Friday.

If you are dairying .tins; season you will require strong dungaree NB A L the Cash Clofhier, Eeilding, soUS them at 3/9, -i;3, 4/6, rniiablp inalrcs, afsp oilskin suits id/-, oileoats 9/11 to saddle tweod trousers, all wool 7/11, 9/H, 12/G to IG/0, no cotton in these lines.

Woods’" Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs aini Golds never fails. Jt 6d aud 2s (id .