THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOOK P.M. Resurrexi WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,1879.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3350, 17 September 1879, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOOK P.M. Resurrexi WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17,1879.

A cobbespomdent in Wellington fornishes us with his views upon the situation. He seems to think the Government are pretty safe, and sends some very fair arguments to support his views. There may not be much dependence to be placed upon the statement, that in the event <of the Government being in a minority that Sir George Grey will resign, in the fade of a statement made by the Premier in his address to the citizens of Auckland* when he said he had set his heart upon having freedom given to the people of the colony, and intended to devote the remainder of his days to the good work laid out by him. We quite believe that both parties will be the better for a trial of strength, and the sooner the leaders thoroughly understand their position the better it will be for the interests of the country, and the progress of the Liberal programme. The fact that nearly all the members returned for Parliament in their election speeches professed a desire to see the programme laid down in the Gover-, nor's Speech carried out, such gentlemen may find' a difficulty, notwithstanding their antipathy to the Premier, to vote against any of the measures suggested by the Ministry. Taking advantage of the situation the Government will pro. bably require the House to deal at the earliest possible moment with the Triennial Parliaments Bill, and decide their fate by the result. If so, we fail to see how they can be otherwise than successful.

If thfi news conveyed to us in our Auckland telegrams to-day, concerning the existence of a Chinese organisation to inundate these 3hores with a wave of Mongolian immigration, is authentic, the anti-Chinese agitators throughout the colony will have their work cut out to avert the impending catastrophe. So long as the inhabitants of the Flowery Land of China arerepresentedin this colony by a few hundreds of miners in the southern goldfield we do not feel the evil effects on European civilisation that contamination with a race such as the Chinese must have, and of which we have abundant proof. Our Californian neighbours are bitterly regretting that "John" was ever allowed to place his foot on the golden Pacific slope, and oven our Australian cousins have experienced the disadvantages of sharing their fair £o).onies with these sons of Shem. And now their almond eyes are longingly tamed on JN"ew Zealand, and they have marked it as their prey, and will doubtless come unless presented. In the ensuing session of parliament due attention should be gircn to this great question, on which issues bsarier than many may suppose depend. Last session Sir George Grey attempted to introduce a bill dealing with the matter,, and as the restriction of Chinese immigration is a portion of his policy, we have no doubt but that it will become law during the next few weeks. An influx of Chinese would be a desperate disease, and $3 such would require firm and effective treatment,

In another column f,e publish a telegram sent by the Hop. J, $facai)dflpw

to Dunedin io reply to an application that

work should be provided for person* at present out. of employment. The telegram in au important one, as foreshadow? ing seme of the ideas of the Ministry upon the important subject of settling the

waste lands of tho Colony. Mr Macandrew says legislation will he sought for to enable the Government to lay oft" at once village 1 settlements near the railway lines, so that labouring men, when out of employment might have something to fall back upon, and the cry of poverty and depression at the completion of any public work that employed a large amount of labour may yet become a thing of the past. The formation of village settlements is a most commendable idea in more wajs tfaau one. For a few years the working men of the colony can look forward to a good demand for labor from the expenditure of money on public works, but when the borrowing comes to an end, and the public works scheme, to all intents and purposes, aufait accompli, poverty is sure to be prevalent amongst the working classes, unless such provisions as the one mooted are inaugurated.