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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 450, 1 March 1890, Page 2

If there is one thing more than another that should be dear to working men as their inheritance, it is the Sabbath. It is the day above all others they should be protected iri -haying, and resist being deprived p,L r |'hp, ppmcpt Sunday is: obliterated the working man is deprived of one of the grandest ipstitptiops ever bestowed upon him, Every step toward the secularization of the day is beyond the shadow of a doubt a movp tq deprive the labourer of his right. The claim of the wprkjpg man to Sabbath ress is a prynpiple yery often not sufficiently considered ; although the necessity for the J proper observance of the Sabbath lies in the very constitution of map. Its observance is alike essential tp health of body and mind.- The only possible protection lies iri supporting by lavy, and also by social observance, the character of the day. If ppr |[^B§.; , yyere remodelled, go as fo give perfor ordinary work on; that day |o a cipis£ there Wpuld be p of who would reTfiiik Wat it then would W thp Tbp,spirit p| keep competition'tfeak-is abroad |iaa a tendency to cyijsli a4-^fp ( re, |t, not, sparing even the Sabbaths, Working men should bear it well in mind that if the time should ever come when the protection of religion aud religious observance; is pyer frotp around the

SiibUitli day in the Colonies, it will mean the comnii'jiceiiient of the ascendency and <>l press-ion ojr tfint pnremitting toil which has I,dipped (lie wqikipg clnsfs-’g op iliepo|itipe»t to the position of the slayps «>f exacting labour. Already tjie progress made to will'd s a secular Sabbath has luqugjit with it an pnpnqpjig i;xpnqsjon of work over groqml sacred tq rest. The number of peopje vvho lie down on j Sunday pight, haying found ft the j hardest and most weary day of all the seven j is far greater now than fit was a few years bapkj and is, we regret to say, steadily increasing. This has been brought abopt solely by the secularization of tiie day. Every line of railway, tram, steamer, etc., that' is induced by outside pressure to run on Sundays, iinplies additions to the number of worn 'and fagged employees whp, on Monday mqrn r iiig rise unrefreshed, not to begin the labour of ft new week, but to drag through the endless round of life’s un-' broken pul. The nett result being to add so much more burden to the existence of the working clftssea. Toe only possible protecting Jjcp in supporting, both. by law and by social observance, religious character of the day. Working seven days a week has been repeatedly tried as an experiment, ju many instances by large companies, and iuvariably found a failure both as regards man and beast, viewed from a purely finapcial stand point. In the name of religion a halt may be called and the weary toil ended for’one day in seven. It is necessary for the recuperation of both body and mind. The origin of the Sabbath is older than the Decalogue ; and tfie observance of the day shoqld bo enforced on the grouud on which President Lincoln enjoined it on the army and navy, viz., “ due regard to the Divine will.” The right of the labourer to his rest is too frequently lost sight of u....We have been led to touch upon this -mqsfejmportmit question by the condition-Hairs that has existed at Wailii for a considerable time past. There the employees of tiie Wailii G. Mining Company are regularly expected to work On the Saobaih as oil week days ; and whilst we believe 110 actual compulsion is enforced to cause them jo so do, still we have been <riven to understand that it is an open secret, that the employee who refuses to work qii Sunday must not be surprised if bis services are dispensed with. If this is sq, it is little better than boycotting, It is certainly a disgrace to any public Company to, ask their employees* to work seven-days a week; and it is not creditable to the im n to allow' themselves to be cajoled into doing so. We do hope most sincerely that such a condition of affairs will be at once put a stop to, and the men unite together in resisting any pressure that may be brought to be.tr upon them in the matter ; and not allow themselves to be t us put upon and degraded any longer. We are glad to know the miners have within the past week or two taken a stand witli respect to the Sunday work, and refused to continue it. Let all the rest act like men and follow suit, and wipe out altogether the disgraceful state of affairs that has so'' long existed at Wailii with respect to Sunday work.

There will be a sitting of the Resident .Magistrate’s Court at Faeroa on Monday next. The ordinary monthly meeting of Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain Bourd will be held this evening at eight o’clock. The usual monthly meeting of the Te Aroha School Committee will be held on next Monday evening in the Bchooi house at half-past seven. An outdoor service will be held in the Te Aroha Domain to-morrow evening, commencing at six o’clock. A blue ribbon entertainment will take place in Morrinsville school house on next Wednesday evening.

The qsual fortnightly sitting of the Resident Magistrate’s and Warden’s Courts will be held atTe Aroha on next Tuesduy. The Paeroa Pqblic Hall and appurtenances were sold by afietiop oq Tuesday, and realised the sum of £3O. Mr II Buttle, by advertisemeqt, invites tenders for clearing a block of laqd on Annatidale estate.

Messrs Earle and party, who recently contracted to supply .100,900 bricks for the Wailii G. Mining Company, commenced to build their first kiln on Monday last.

Ifor the concert to take place in Te Arolia Public Ilall on next Friday evening, we learn a very attractive programme has been arranged; The proceeds will be devoted to the fqndsof JSt. Mark’s Church. All objectors fo tire new Valuation Roll, for Te Arolia Town District,' should bear in ipiqd that the Assessment Cpqit fpr the hearing and determining of all objections lodged, will be held at the Court House, Te Aroha, on Tuesday next, at noon.

Mr John Howell (late pf the Te 'Aroha Silver and Gold Mining pauy, Waiorongomai), has| been appointed to the supervision of pie Broken Hill Proprietary Company, and will have entire charge during Mr Patton’s absence for several months on account of his health.

The values of bullion produced within the United States amounts to no less than £soß,ot)d,oQo ; nearly the whole of which has been fcakep out within the past .forty years. This production greatly ekceeds that made in the'meantime in’ tpiy other country in the world. The miners employed l>y the Wailii G. Mining Company have knocked off workiug on Sundays, having us a boity refused to continue tq do so any longer. Tradesmen,’ battery men, and other employees, are still continuing to work on Sundays, However, as before, • The following have been elected the GViineniuri Licensing 1 Coinmi tee: ilessrs E. Edwards, (J. Phillip?, Jas.‘ Bayrett, N. Dickey, F. Lipsey. Mr Lipsey ‘tied’ witli the next eiuyd(date, Mr C. JF. Jfcjitehell. ‘ ' The Retuympg Officer gave his casting vote in favour of Mr Lipsey, who was on the qutgoing Cpramittce. *i. . ii i

The I’res by tw in 11 and Wesleyan service* I to |be held in this district tormon-iw, will be found dniy advertised as usual. A horrible jj.ccjdent happened at Woodviile oji Wednesday last, to a lad ten years of ago, son of Mr Ynille, sawinillef at Pahjstoe. He was holding a lmrse in a paddpejc witli a rope tied roqnd his arm, when the horse took flight and rushed off, tearing off the boy’s linn at the el|jow. lie diqd ap hour afterjyards. The return cricket match, Married v. Single, ftt Te Aroha, \yill be played (his afternoon, in Mr Lipsey’s paddpek; the following taking part Married : Messrs Cdeliiahe, Hirst, Bygrave, Graham, Prime, Hyde, Pavitt, Young, Hall, R. ■B. B. Willis, Robson, Downes, \Vjpstone, Similes. Sjngle : Messrs Meidynm, dolmscn, Simmopds, Gjllies, Calderwood Biggs,V/alsli,Barker, Rieluirdsop, Maingay Strange, iVlarycliurcli, and Young jun. The first prosecution agpipst a special settler was cftlled on at the Auckland lt.M. Court on Thursday last, before E|r Gfile-, when Mr 'Humphreys, Commissioner of Crown Lunds, sued Michael O’Keeffe, of Waiorongoinai, for L3o| rent' due, Mr Etheyidge appealed Top plaintiff, and stated that L3O Was oyerdue on the rent of defendant’s section of land at Gordpn Special Settlement. There w'as no appearance of defendant, and judgment w r as given lor plaintiff with costs, £1 13s. Mr fi, H. Dalton, the well known tailor of Auckland, has been very successfql at the Dunedin Exhibition, taking the followi..giiwards : First award for high class tailoring, first award for lady’s riding habit, fust and special award for superior style and finish, first award for artistic cutting. In fact, lie lias taken all the first awards given for high class tailoring at the Exhibition. Mr Dalton’s reputation for high class work at a price within the reach of all, has long been established in the North Island ; and his success at the. Exhibition, above referred to, shows that lie can more than hold his ow r n in open competition with all comers.

Talking al ®.it heat, and our grumbling about it,- wbut should wo do if living in.V-iqffii'ia. the inhabitants of which get sufili paragraphs as this fioui a recent Argus to read ? :—“The minimum heat at the Observatory’ y’esterday’ was 99.5 deg. in the shade and I44deg. in the sun. The intensity of the sun’s rays was lessened by the upper atmosphere being thick with tin smoke of bush fires.” But here is a worse instance. A resident of Napier recently received a letter from a relative at Broken Hill, who pathetically lamented being out of our genial e'imate, and stated that at the time of writing the temperature was 120 in the shade !

On Tuesday evening last Rev T. J. Wills (formerly Wesleyan Minister at Te Aroha, now Rector of St Stephen’s Opotiki) delivered an address in the Pollen Street Lecture Hall, Thames. r J he subject was, “The Liquor Traffic and ils Effects,” and it was given under the auspices of the Blue Ribbon Army. Rev S. J. Neill was in the chair, and Mr E. H, Taylor, President of the Army, was also on the platform. The Chairman, ufte r the meeting had been opened by the singing of a hymn and prayer, in briefly introducing the lecturer, alluded to the apathy’ shown by the temperance people of the Thames, both by their not coming in greater force to hear the lecture, and also by their not going to the polls to vote for licensing committees, which had brought about the recent ignominious defeat of their candidates. He urged upon them the necessity of being more active if they really wished for the success of the cause of which they’ profess to be the advocates. Rev Mr Wills then delivered his lecture, which lie treated under four heads : (I) that the liquor traffic was the generator of strife in the world ; (2)it was injurious to the labor market; (3) it was injurious to commerce ; and (4y that it was the prolific source of crime, and was impairing the v itality of the human race. In proof of the truth of his first point, ho gave an account of his own experiences at Opotiki and Dargaville, at both of which places, especially the former, he hud met with th“ most virrulent opposition from theanti-tempeiance party in his work to further the temperance cause. The liquor traffic would always cause strife, and it was good that it was so, for unless there was strife between its advocates and those of the temperance party, there would be no hope of the latter being successful. The lecturer then quoted statistics to show the effects of the liquor traffic on The labor market and on commerce, and also the cost which it entailed on the colony through the necessity of maintaining ourpoiice, prisoners, asylums, &c. He concluded by urging on those present the duty of inculcating on the rising generation the value of the Bible, and’ said that in his opinion the greatest enemy to' the progress and success of the teinperancp pause was the secularity of our system pf education. Until the Bible was taught in our schools, he had no hope of tiie temperance cause, in all its thoroughness, ever being sueessful in New Zealand. During (be evening some excellent singing, anthems and solos was rendered by a good choir, bo(h vocal and instrumental.—Thames Star.