The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1882. SKILLED LABOR.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1150, 12 August 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1882. SKILLED LABOR.

•' * —""i. : • i A writer in the Sydney. Commercial Gazette calls attention to the paucity of iskilled labor in the Australasian colonies. -This drawback is felt very much in New Zealand where it is rlitfi cult to find an adequate supply of men really fit for the.conimonest mechanical pursuits. Even bushfellers are not, in many instances, axemen,' and pick and shovel men are sorry makeshifts for nayvies. Bradstreet says '. on this subject:—"A perfect knowledge tf a mechanical art, like any other accomplishment,, is only, acquired by the thorough ;and systematic, training of •youth,.for manual dexterity cannot be acquired in after yem It'.wbnld be next to impossible for a man of thirty or forty to become a fine pianist, for instance,if he had never before touched an! instrument. , His "...finger, joints would be cramped, still', and unyielding., But had the same man com,nienced;tq learn % piano ..when ; he first went to school, the chances are he would'be a good performer to the day of his de.-th. The thorough instruction of <a youth can only.be attained by conscientious care on the part of the' instructor, and diligent perseverance on the ; part of the instructed. Arid nothing tends more to the end in view ,than having, .one good teacher until the trade is thoroughly mastered." Formerly in, Great Britain the' law of master and apprentice was so generally obspryed and loyally carried out that the'evil to which we refer was reduced to a minimum.. But in a colony. ; like' New Zealand it has become a maxiniunf by the general disregard whiclris'ipaid" to !tne'systematic training of j.ohng persons.',.;.lnstead,of?serving a definite, term of apprenticeship;''supplemented' i by a few yeai-s experience as a journeymati,"a"rcolonilil i lad tries- very'bfteh half a dozen occupations'' r before he comes of. age, and, without perfecting himself in any, sets up in business for himself; or, if he cannot do that, spoils some ofcherperson's. business. for jiim..: The;necessities;of a young,colony like New Zealand f'orco many; new conditibnb on. settlers which are foreign .to. the experience's of the home, country. Still it is,well :OccasioualJy for parents to consider the real and' permanent advantages which young persons -secure' ;by a liberal and thorough: training in any mechanical pursuit for which they; may be fitted, and when it is practicable secure such, advantages for* them.'.'"

|l2,o()go|h of Rbojto bftldiS)| pifce, commencing August gth, lfp. f Bpp Speoial services will beheld to-morrow' in the Presbyterian' Wd' ; :"Wesleya'n' Churches at'Masterton,■ in, .aid of'the Jewish^lietfuff^^^^ lsWin A tnll a t^;^'i^^i; :^i ft; Several Te Ore Ore natives leffcMastertop in a brake this morning for Greylowh' where they play a return" football match with the Papawai natives. They were singing lußtily as they drove through the town-and carried a yellow and blue flag as] the colors of. the dab. We hear that before .they got through the town they rebeived a message that the Grey town natives would not play, so.theTe Ore Ore men play a scratch match at Masterton. jThe funeral of the late J. E. Thompson takes place' Jate residence;' l KurupuW, al J 2 'p.lrJ.' 1 The members of the Thistle Lodge, S. 0., to which he belonged arerequested to meet at their-Lndiie/Eo/im; at/1 p.mi ,in order to takepa)t^n/theXceWi&y. v ;|Thi ~Rev) W.E. Paige,will cjjnduot both,services, Church bf£niiiand,'and''Masonio.'' The Mo«terton and ttreytown Lodges (E.G..) will take part in the funeral. :The mßmhers'ofHhe'Masterton'Lodge', E.O.y are"'requested ; to; a'Hemble' at'": tKe.^ Lof ! gerbiirnj Biinnister-stfeetiafl'llm, 1 to-morrow' for tKe' purpose of attjendin'e the'funeral of the 'lai'e.Bro'. J.'E:',Thom.pv :w.-',-/v..'; : '..rH '■v.'.^u-^'v- . £1 given away at 'Rapp>&' Hare's on Saturday, A,ugust sth, 'iffi,] —-Advt, '/""'.' ,' '"' ''"'' The weather;-during week'at Masterton has been' :, eWemely wet and unple>sant : commenced on the fourth about, half-past 111 a.m., fell continually on the sth, 7th, and nearly the, wbole.day. .on jhe Bth. ! The rain fall^r ( sth, '655 inches; 6th,'-:''C'BOj 7th, r, 450; Bth, -370; 9thi'i:-225;sl0thi';.''180?;U6taV, '■i'WJipHes. ,-ThJ wind t ,|M principally from' theVoutK-west" and' 'at' Himea strong ;at;nightß,.\vhenit changed 1 ott't'thenlOih: '.to' theSo'rth the- weather, moderate! and ii, Ih^end ■of'the rfeek, the llth r it was -fine; but as 'We ; *have Md ! 'jaliKh't" Met/oif Jie of thfe weekjit |iVverfdoub'lfirwh r eth'e'r' if will continue so. ;,-Mean barometer reading for the week is 29 N 3l'inohes, and the thermome- : ter 47'5<> Fah, , ■ ; terton Borough Council to deal with the question'of widening Chapel and Benallstreets, resolved it Jo, offerMrßenallaVlump sum :for r half a, chain' ) of Istreet Jas»other arrangement, would not prove satisfactory. The'Masterton Volunteers held a cornpany drill last evening'f'wheti about thirty-' five members'? were'drilled for about an] froiir and a'naif by SergeM'tMajor Bezar. All the officers were in attendance. Sergeant Dalrymple. was re-elected Secretary at £8 per annum, vice Mr.P'Connor, resigned. .HTOOH It is reported from Palermo that Commendatore?Notar:oßar'tolbj'direotor'of the' Bankjof Siojlyj andex-Syndib'of whileVisi'tin'g r a' farm'called the Mendolila,' in a somewhat situation in the commune of Cabamo, was captured and carriedoff by five malefactors, disguised as bersaglieri, who dwnand76,ooof.as his ransom. .i !.:.'; in ir\r\\t> \!\ hi