THE LIBERAL POLICY AND THE OPPOSITION.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3359, 27 September 1879, Page 3

THE LIBERAL POLICY AND THE OPPOSITION.

(To the Editor of the Evening Star.) Sib, —I regret to see by your issue of this evening that the Opposition mean to make a more, for the purpose, if possible, of ousting the Grey Ministry. That does not astonish me, but it is the modus operand^ by which they mean to try to accomplish their nefarious object—the adoption of the Ministerial policy, the purloining of their measures, and the ignominious rejection of the authors thereof. I hope in the interests of the people and my adopted country the scheme of the Honorable Hall and his followers will miscarry. During the late elections all candidates were professed Liberals, and they have been always liberals—never anything else— but mum was the word until the advent of Grey, when that champion of the people made his voice heard throughout the length and breadth of the land. Where, in the history of New Zealand, do we find the leader of the OpCosition or any of his followers bringing efore the House or advocating any measure for the benefit of the people, apart from their own selfish ends. I say Grey is the father of Liberalism in this country, and I have no faith in the sincerity of those professed Liberals who reject Grey as their leader; they are not Liberals. Grey will live in the history of New Zealand for generations to come —long after his opponents are dead, rotten,. and; forgotten. We find few such men as Grey on this fair earth of ours ; such are like angels' visits, few and far between—such talent, intellect, combined with patriotism and nobility of mind, we often read of but seldom see. Expel Grey from the Ministry at this juncture, and I say farewell to justice for the people ; I say farewell to measures that will lighten their burdens; I say farewell to liberal -land laws that would enable the people to obtain anything larger than a 6 x 2 section. I say—come land sharks, land monopolists, flock around the Honorable Hall and his honorable colleagues; let us create ourselves into the landed aristocracy of the country; let us keep the people in the dirt and hold their noses to the grindstone; let us import Chinamen, labourers from all countries and climes, and at the colonists' expense; the country will never be prosperous until wages are reduced to the lowest possible existence; Grey is our great enemy—the enemy to our aristocracy! Why should we not have a Lord John Hall in New Zealand as well as a Lord John Eussel in England. Lord Bolleston, Lord Atkinson sounds equally as well in the Britain of the South as any Lord could possibly do in the Britain of the North. Pardon my warmth Mr Editor, but when I read the Opposition tactics in your sheet of this evening, I Lad to give expression to my feelings somehow, and I have done so by writing them.—! am, &c, James McAndbew. Eyre street, Thames, September 26th, 1879. (For remainder ofNetos see Ist Page.}

mirrors oitulifc to bo wiped every week. The best thing with winch to clean cretonne or glazed chintz is a piece of new house flannel. Tnke half a yard and dust tli© cliiotz loosely and lightly without rubbing it. Nott ■with regard to Indies fjoing into tke kitchen to cook, wo fill know that wo should not keep any ooolc long if vro were ofteu cooking in the kitchen ; but sometimes it is very good for both mistress and servant, thai; tho former should propose .and arrange in a plcasanb and courteous manner that on such a morning or afternoon she would come down and have a cake-malung, or anything else she chooses to make, and wait until cook lots her .know she is ready. Of course it is the absolute duty of a mistress to go into the kitchen and larder every morning. I consider also that the malting of preserves, mincemeat, and the pickling or spicing of meat, should never be left entirely to- a cook. I would also strongly impress upon the mistress and mother of a household what an inestimable benefit Bhe would confer upon her daughters if, before they are fourteen, she would malro a sort of Kindergarten education for them In cooking and housework lessons, no matter into ivhat class of life they are born. We all know how fond children are of sweeping and dusting, and how much they long to clean a grate or to scrub a floor; but; these ambitions are quenched, instead of being nature's hints to mothers to utilise them. Half of one j day in the week, I took my daughters from the school-room, and made them learn how everything in a house had to be cleaned. One week they would sweep a carpet, another clean a grate, clean plate, wash decanters, make bed?, and so on through the whole category ; and I gave them each a book in which to write down the proper way to do everything. Another half-day in the ; week was devoted to darning and cutting out. In teaching one's own children these things, it make 3it easier to teach one's servants, and it makes them more willing to be taught, It is a good way of making a better feeling between servants and the family if you can say to your housemaid or your nurse, "I want you so much to show the young ladies how to do this or that; I was telline them how nicely you do it, and they shall come to you to learn." You can apply the same to your cook; and, with a little wise supervision on your part and that of your governess, you can easily prevent any undue familiarity on either side. Another person who is benefited is the governess, who learns many useful things, instead of moving always in the schoolroom groove. Thus can a mistress and a mother draw all hearts nearer to each other, and elevate the work, whether of head or hands under her roof. H. BtTUIiEIGH.