PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 100, 16 April 1908, Page 4

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

U'AUtA. (From i>ui imwi t'oire>pt.ndeut). Tiu .llHiii.il illL-etiug ol liie .s./.1-.t . Waiea iiraneh w.i- held on Saturday. Mr Huig*-- ga\e iUi addrc~ 7 oit L'uion matter-, ami the ii'iieli.-, thai have U'cii gaiie-d hy the Lui«»n on io-ai allau -. >ueJi as the pig *iatiou at (»kalo. the wanl >y»tem of tiie Varihaku lioad Board, etc. Oilieers h-r the < n-uiii * year were elected as follow-:- L'iesidj out, Mr. .1. lUllgr— I re-<'!eeled I; vice* Ip.esident, Mr. (I. l\ .b»no>; secretary,

Ji.T. K. lurking ted); Irea-nr- ; < . Mr. .1. i re-elected! ; dole- j le to ilLU'll) IXitvillci.il coniol'elh"' al iwera ill May, .Mr. -I. l'»urge«s: i 'i I .omittc. Mr—is. ii. 1\ -lone-. i . ..m- - 'ii. 11. Curm-it. K. A>!uard, W. M.-I ichlau. A. llothier, ■). Millar; amiiior. j •lr. 11. l>ri»etl. Xlu' subscription was lixed ;ii o*. The meeting- wnv ii\ed j for Saturday nights in*»ijihiy. Votes j of thank* \vere accorded to »ho socio- j

tary and pre-ideut. 'J he following re- | mit i- to u* forwarded to tin* cmuYr- j once: —ln the opinion of 'hi- branch the | provincial e\ecutive c.»u> I d" much for j the farmer- i»\ ..elaiimig manures tor ; member- of t»i*' t moil. it wa- re-olve-i. j i.Ji thi* meeting -irociglv ;ippr..v»-f :\ ihe \<>< 'P-»-< '1 liarIh.r Bill. iue;, ii v.oiild In- ol 1 groat advantage ;<» the di-trict if pa--- ■ ed. Several now luemlwTs »>ero enrolled. ; It \va.s decided to hold a -ocial shortly in aid oi the Union's funds.

Mr. A. Taylor, driver ot Mr. I'o\ i tuikc-rs uirt, who «'a> kii-ko-1 on tli.' let. ; i week or two by one <»i hi> horjM". was taken lo lite ln>-|ii!.il wwk, -uti'triu- from tin- iv-ti[u of tho kiuk. He is'now. 1 pro-grt'-sing satiriactorily. aiui »viil lie out again this week. tjixty new lxmk- iiavo boon procured for the library. This will make tho total close on livo hundred, and ought .to improve the library for this wintei. I have been informed that tlk- Land Court will sit at l'un;:,iiehu -aortly ioi j the purine ol i!i<- Pariii:.;. ■ { run. and dividing ii ii|> - n 'b.it eai .i | .Maori will hi- -li.ne. an i whal i : left then will !»«• i«-t foi -. vtU-mout to j the pakeha-. . . j The -vi-ond rille -homing .ouijiotitnm | for Mr. Smith's trophy «,i- lired at til-* i Warca range on Saturday in k 1 """"- ■weather. Xhero was a fair number shootin". Mr. W. -lulian, who gained a I leg-in at the o'Hiyd- and <1- range-la-t Saturday* wevk, p»t another last Saturday at tho iil»yds and :SIKKd> ranges, seems to be a moral for the j silver shield. The final will lie fired next Saturday. the following are the , results of Saturdays shooting: •2M(i son Tl. \V. 11. Julbn .. .. -20 24 41 W. 11. Smith .. ,s 4:1 H. Magon 1:1 ; {l ' .1. Dugjian T. R. -lulian •• 17 rotU 17 j \V. MtlJiiilan ..H 4 lo 'W. 15. Clarke • - 17 IS :!•> | MORE ABOIJT IRELAND now Tiu: I'Eni'Li: livi;. With the strenuous attempts that are now being made to improve the conditions of the people in Ireland come- a desire to learn something ol how people fare, not so much politically a,socially There is one way of obtaining thi- information, and that hby >ocming opinions of melt who have lived and moved alwut amongst the people there, and have come fresh from tlie s mi 1 . Such a man is the Kev. .J. J-aird, and a "Daily Xews" reporter yesterday had a chat with him, in the cour-c of which lie gave some interesting information upon the present state o) all'airs.

Ol cour-e, New Zealand had been roii>iderabJy in his thoughts for and he took every opportunity <>f gleaning information concerning the Dominion, «]H>aking to tho*e who claimed to know.

"And what did they tell you'r'' queried the reporter. "I gathered a fairly g«>od opinion of the climate. And 1 got an idea thai land was being sold here for next to nothing. I'ut. he added, uitli a twinkle in hi- eye. "unfortunately I heard a different -tmy when I g"t here. I al-o r heard aliout the temperance movement | here, jiii i that the people hoped one day j t-. a!«-]i-ii ilie pab!i - hoii-e." \ r-v. l,::ii'd -iid that at Home the tei i- ?». r.'tif- i.e.v lii- nl ua- ground, for ihMa«ur. there were more temperi ante iiieinlw-r- of Parliament now than for a long time previou-ly. The people Were to obtain what was the right r.f the peopl,. ben —the right to control the -r I<> or' liquor. and to dedap* by d majorit** of tlirce-fiflh* that the >ale of li»juop -ul<i ep He .slated tint re.-enilv .in improvement had Wen in:" le in the j iv.- jr-'verninL' Sunday tra.liiii.'. the "bona tide traveller" limit having b m c;tended from thre> to live or -iv mi;* -. Stroti<' ( 'r uiea-ure< would without d";;bt be ell.-i-tetl -l|«o'tl\. for the [M*ople v.-ir- demanding greater reform".. Tin* tniri'i r.i!H-e people were blamed in >ome quarter- f -v not -ecuring more dra-tie clianp--. bm the 1.-ad-er» i'ceogni-ed thai pnbii- opinion and cu>toin> could not ]«■ ie-niou!ded in a day. Another iorward move wa- lit' jToliibition the -ale m dr : nk n> ehi!dreii. and they \\er»> »-ndeav<»ring to have chihlren [>revente«] from entering tile hotel-. Now the \vonieji who were i, to drink frequenlly took thei" children with them to the licensed d hou-e*.

"Have vou any spirit grocer- here?" lie a>ked. and then went on to explain thai in Ireland nearly every grocer sold gvo«_'. In Dublin there wa- only one grocery bu-ines- of any impotance thai didn't s»'H drink. Not only wa- it thus placed in the way of the women, but the grocer*' carts would deliver the -tuff at the houses in such a way thai the nature of tin- packages would not even be -u-peeted. *i!ow alxjut the lalxjr laws?" wis another «juery. The an>wer was that in Ireland only the workers in factories, and a few other place* were guarded by an right hour*' day. The ordinary laborer had no stated hour-. Strike■vere not infrequent. Hut it seemed to him that -irike- did not alter matter- wry much, the -triker- ending up ju-t as they were when the strike beL'.in. ev«vpt that th.- women and child--1 leri had -iilferefl. alia more debt- ha.l been contracted with tin* shopkeeper-. A-kei) ii hi- had formed any imprc.--i -i"n- yet "f \eu Zealand life. Mr. Lair I said that it ua- -puie evident to him •ha' the -oi-ial condition- ol the people wen- b'-.n-r th;in at 11 "inc. tor iln-r----were not the -nine cla-- Ai»Mante ol the eM-nt to which 1 Iri- | wa- carried in Ireland, ninny jiei.ple o: l position would «oi attend an Orange j l>odge. for the -imple r-a-on that they were afraid they would have to sil with their own servant- and inferior-. They preferred to join -ome other in-titotiou who-e high fee- kept out the working man.

Another ti»ing tha* favorably impiv<••l liim. e-p.-«-ia!lv in \iu I'lvMioiith. ) w;t- ih• ■ n.amie,- in which it. • v-id« n 1 tm! j. ir? ..f th- J..M i. v\ >- laid "ot. I hoii-i -t ; elding on v- ov.'i ->• i ioe. .mil -tirronnde.J ov it- 'j.trd"ii- atid -inut.

]ilf • ourr ir\ v.a- i li.- c:iin nio-i | i.ii'i -> ■ i.i {■ iiid. !•• IHMMI. i"i' ill- 1 an-- \ j v .-1 ,i- in , . in.-- in i It.' '! 1 ■ i'■ : ! ..uv.pfd. 1 :i.' in.ii---- iv. i".- t r.imm> d !:•••: I(<-r. a - in ui\ .<- ei-_*!ify p.<>p|.' '> • ii: ' j -mmS' r-i'iMi v..>- lei t'< nn- - t aui'v. .i:i-< • in tii t n -aiid-'i e<>n.'T- ■>! 1 ■ i v.- -«• to 1-! Th;' w.i- ».--i j\\y | nann . nii'' f »iiHii"n. ! "Tii-.i* i- tf- in il«e eiiie-. j Wji;i' ()! tliH- I" 111 .' I • "[(.ill ii.||-V. ii - i'l" ! fi*-n- tii.- ii.-itn.Ti m..- id I- i''i- ' JM'ovitl'.'. The 'ir I \ .111 rili'll! 1-.l'! '-"lilli v* ll'i-» l»v V'.rkiMrn'i n)\I iL .,., ~H -II |;| ]! -■' i'MI- .ii'Hlliird llnill til" t:u]iio\Mifr-. I li' -t' w en- b-l at vor hw rfntiiN, and wcro hnill Dn III!' - -. ill" -V-tclH. Ilo\\ i-Vrl'. •va- ii"v vi rv [»o!»i'l,ir. fn ']]■• lir-; !]|« «»i .• -m» •!! i-tion , ■ f -ni 'J:<- fr-'itia-.''' ••• T ' , '" l ' !: d ; 1 it., T},.' workijjif "f : whrii. il- ill IHO-; ra-i--. t'i.- j !,ni,l w,i - u-*'• 1 for ' i'o]»)«iN:7. 'l'lir-i. ( j-ain. ih.- -f ill tHi im won!.! ■ ■ 1..-a\ih wi!l* foul-. -Hid w.i - uiii :ilva\- jMrti'iilar al»'iit ili'-ia <

j from the fjirmoi'V Holds of yi'ain, where j they wtiutd do coiisideranii' damage. \ groat wan the annoyame noin this cau-e and other- that there a grow- | inu tendency amongst th<' innner.- to , sell their lands and emigrate. Tin**' urged that the >eltleiiieii'i of woikiulinen inoii >octii«ji.s limited the illpplj : oi farm labor, for just at the time when ' laborer- were wanted they were Im.-y ion lli-'ir own j»lot>. And when ihovl (Wanted work there none [or them, i Another complaint was that these ten- j ;;»nU >ot>n bivame liu-d oi uieir linrti i . culture, and ncgleeied their M,-.mnd. mi i i that it became ilirty and nr, rtd uiin! ! weed-, to tlie detriment of >n; ronnJ-i!.. I

land*. A> il this were ti:»t "it..ugh, 1 1 soniet imo- I lie tenant- g<>i in arrears) ! with rent and had to be evicted. There 1 ! was, ot course. need for belter house-. j 11-' had m>cu people living in plural | thai were voi'v had. not lit h>r human i I hahii'itioti. I hey were -mail and I j tumble-down. -hell ering large families. | I tin* latter being quite a u-iul feature ! ] of tho working cla.--os in rural Itelaud. I ! From ton to fourteen in a family was | ipiito a general thing, and it ii;i„ a | ! -Ui'ii places. I'll.' condition id tin l work I 1 civ in regard to housing, v i had. inn [ : they wore tliom-elves largely to blame. ; A- a rule, the ill kept h.m c wn- l h.■ nonio of an intemperate ami ru ; .:m iikn: man. lan. tin.' -ober and in»ln-«iri'.ui-i I \\nrkrv l->i* more .■ouiinrlalil". 'l'iii'lo \vi iv •joud h<>nhi In- ii.nl 1)'. : <>it irnants aiitl tiu-i'c no iu l « * - I ,-ity for ihoni to livo in -n.h jiOv.-Cty-i -uk'k«'n oahin>. Tho ii*i»* ol iii»n had hau ono oltoot in roliovmany familu's had "mowd up." so tu >po.\k. into ootU'V tiiroui/li tho country one could r-or hoi" and thero tlio tumlding mm* ol livt>ii ! stone ruhills that Juia Im-i-ii i< i li to tall . into dotwy. Ilto scaivity ol U-n.\nv-. o» the sur[dns of nnild l>o re;ulny when it was I'vim-iutioiYd [ Uiat Ireland once earned a populati«»:i , of eight million*, bill now iheie wvro only jour and a-half lion was tolling iU uni'oruuiatc. 1 iy tho who annuaily r | l-.riu's. shoves wovo mostly tho tlo\W , | oi tiio eonniry, the he>t ul tho yinin- , I ,nou and women, flic STal; . raihcr than • : .1 nada. tho oounirx to whim I he;.

.111(1 IIIC CO-l «.N <'.!■> >Ollle Li or At one time. w lii-ii compel i i ion \\;i> keen, the tares dropped lo C- M ( -». \ Speaking ol wage*. the ivgentleman , *aid that a larni hand would receive <>ll the average, CltS a year and his board. Laborers in the towns, siUch a a brick- | layers' men. were paid Ills. \l<, or Ha week, without board. A good inaii ; oil a tradesman's delivery carl received tlie priucely wage of from 1-s to ;l \*eek, working from eight in the morning till eight at night, and later on .Saturdays. On that lie had to keep his family. "llow eau he do it?" this was only a natural question. But the surpri.v* was heightened when Mr. Laird v aid lliat, except for house re»L. the cos Lot living was cheaper here than thvv". laking the staple article of diet the prin> compared as follow*: - J'.read, 41 b loaf, V/-A 10 (New !M\nititUli i I to ad); ginnl llUh bacon. 'M U U per Hi; ol' about the suae as li, re; neel co-t •id' to lua per lh. and nullum just a little cheaper; sausage*. I'roiu lid to *M I per lb; butler. IKL to I* -d; potatoes, | lid to Is a stone, or from !-d to Id per [ib: Hour. 1* lid a atone, and wheatmeal i about the same. Clothing, of coui>e, might be deavc v hut lu ' wu^erod tin" quality far better. Thi> led to the remark that the colonial was a very well-dressed individual, and apparently There was no poverty obtruding itsell oil the public gaze. * There wan no begging. It j would be impo-sible to walk through ' the principal street-, ot a town ol New ] Plymouth's .-size without -eeing one or | more begging alms. Why. the trade-- | people had their regular "begging day-. | when the poor women tame along in | rows to receive little paokcU ol tea ami I Mich like.

Concluding, lie remarked again upon the nut that the lri>h eololli>t wa> usually a siktcs-, and gave it as hi* opinion that there was more scope here anH not >o much tradition. A man mi «>'> acres ol land seldom thought of adding la it. and in many ca*e- that same 5U acres had Imm-u held by generation after generation ol hi* family. Here in the there was a more natural d<--*i,r LO "get on," and to gradually get bold of mure land. There were mor» freedom, more ambition, mote ties.