Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5, 1895. COGITATION.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1745, 5 June 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 5, 1895. COGITATION.

“ He that calleth a thing into his mind . .whether by impression pr recorda* tion, cogitateth and considereth; ' ■ and he that employeth the faculty 1 : . , of-his fancy also cogitatetlh” . . •—Lord Baoon. : r Mr E. F. ButarwoßTH, of Katikatj, in -ft Jotter to the Auckland' Staf pro* • '. . pounds a scheme for the ' . A new disposal of the various proScheme , perries, held by the Bank of New Zealand, he -says : “Make one big lottery of the Bank estates. As it would come under; the ■ Lotteries Act, let the Government take the matter up in. earnest and sanction an Act giving the Bank power to carry but my plan. . Let a sketch map 'of New Zealand be prepared, showing the situation and area of the different estates, duly numbered. This map Should be attached to a pamphlet to circulated all over the globe, giving fall particulars of each estate and every prize offered. Give a full account of every property separately, stating the* quality and physical features of the land; let each property bo out into sections of various sizes,

tin . m. stock in each estate be divided faAtkoiight most advantageous. Apart from the enormous gain .to the Company, the schemei,. would throw employ inent to surveyors, ' auctioneers: carpenters, ironmongers, and working hienj through increased ownership, ■; 3 .j‘lst the Bank -would gain many new iiionfs.t' Lef.it be understood my plan' embraces the vrhole of Bank’s, landed estates, tobe f ormeid ' iuto one lottery. Let each share be £l, so as to give every body, poor, or.. rich', a chance of acquiring a good prize.’ ’

It seems to be a sin in these days to earn more tnan eight Or ten shillings a day. We saw the other day .; ; : that' it wass»eld up>\as

something very wrong that, a certain,; public officer was paid at the rate of £7 a week. Well,

Good Pay 'fob.. /. : Good Work

if you can get and keep another of as much knowledge and judgment for dess you'ought to do so. But the question is.whether you can. .. If no one is to bo paid more than labourer wages parents will cease to incur . the expense necessary to' give iheir sons professional, training. There would, be little use ,to anypne of taking the trouble tp acquire knowledge ana skill of hand if the reward were only vfo be edual to thatgivemfo unskilled iabqr; i Within certain, limits the >p a y ofi.Akjtone who has to supervise great Works or perform delicate intellectual tasks should be high. Thq nuschiefWhich can be done owing to incompetent supervision and direction when the expenditure of large sums is. involved may very easily cost ten times as much aB any salary which is likely to be given. If your eye has To _be couched it is poor economy to e»^)loy. an imeompetent- surgeon with shaky hands because he will undertake the operation cheaply, and when a great ease has to be heard before the courts, it is not good policy tp be content with' the services of blund#»ng and stupid counsel. V As a matter of fact people know this is tfeeir private business, and, if they iafiord it, on . importr ant occasion? go to barristers' and medical me| * who have made high reputation; The railway companies in England pgy their- cheif officers very large salaries because they' know, that it is to thefr interest to do so. When the New Eealano railways vfere about to be placed under Commissioners the utmost which, the House' of Represent thrives could fla induced.to vote failed to tempt to the colony any eminent manager to. accept the position of Chief Commissioner. • People individually know that it is necessary to give good pay for good Work, but when it comes to the case of ; a Government- pr. other public body there is a hom . remuneration approached that which i; readily given by coi&panies and private employers. V ■.. .• ■