The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1884. REMITTANCE MEN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1667, 23 April 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1884. REMITTANCE MEN.

One of the most undesirable class o f men in New Zealand is formed by what is commonly known as " remittance men." Tliey tire to be found north, south, east, and west, congregating in towns, and carousing in townships. They are, for the most part, young persons with respectable connections at Home, and have been sent to the antipodes to be out of the way. The British parent is frequently under the delusive idea that bis unsteady son, who cannot be trusted with money at Home, is fitted to have the charge of it in a distant colony. He appears to consider that tlio temptations which surrounds a young man in England are not to be apprehended in New Zealand, Ho does not understand that the best thing he can do for his wild colt is to send him away with a light purse, and that if lie must start him with a full one, the wisest plan is to leavo the youth to run tlia career of a prodigal son without check or hindrance. Unfortunately, in too many instances, the young man who arrives in this colony is kept from work by the receipt from Home of periodical remittances. Year after year, by hook and by crook, lie is enabled to spend an idle and dissoluto life through the mistaken kindness of his friends. When he' has money he spends it royally on vicious pleasures, When it is exhausted, he anticipates bis next remittance by borrowing, and if lie cannot dp this he usually manages 011 the strength of his prospective allowances, to run into debt. Of course in time the sources of his suppliesbecome exhausted, and lie is then compelled to pick up some odd job of work or to' hang on as a general loafer, . Occasionally lie reaches a lower stage, and is found as an inmate of our hospitals and police cells. The evil of all this lies probably more at the doors of the injudicious friends at homo than it does on the heads of the remittance men' themselves, Honest manly work will reform many a wild young, man .who has lost his chance of success in England, It is the miserable habit of relying upon friends at home instead of.'upon his own brains or Binews, which emasculates him. Could parents and guardians in England be only warned that the best chance' their sons can hilve in the colonies is to land with five pounds in their pockets and without the hope of" more to follow" a very undesirable class ■ of settlers in this colony would be replaced by a band of workers who would in • time become •' valued colonists, increasing. instead , .of decreasing the wealth of. the .country, ' It may be allied; that .remittance men spend vast, sps of . money in tlio. <ttlohy K bu(,few,will, ; - wo,trust, be .found to believo tliat'such money, circulating as. it does'; in vicious chancels, is a source of strength to the colony. A word of warning, could it reach the ears of those parents at Home who are responsible"for' perpetuating the.remittance men" class, would do much good. It might perhaps also, in some instances, bo useful to the men themselves if ijliey could only be brought to see the inevitable end of an idle and useless career, and to appreciate the honor, the dignity, and the moral and physical progress which is obtainable from self-supporting industry.

We-publish in another column the receipts and expenditure for the past year of the Wairarapa Pastoral Society, Taking them 'all round, they show a slight falling off as against the record of the previous -year, This, however, should riot cause anxiety to the friends of the Society/' The past year has been a period of pastoral depression. Wool has fallen" during it to an alraost unheard of minimum rate,' and it has been inevitable thkti the society should in some degree reflect the depreciation in pastoral interests. .We trust the 'coming year' Ayill' witness a turn in the tide, and that the finances of the SocietywiH take a change for the better. It "will be noticed that the account sheet etill shows a credit lialance. This fact, taken into consideration' -with the pastoral stagnation to which we have referred, .will, ii,o doubt, bo re-assuring to members,

In another column -We reprint the report of an influential meeting in the Lower Valley on 'the rabbit question, which Las- led to the 'formation. of ft Eabbit Board,, It appears ,to us that if this board determines to co operate cordially with the Inspector on exterminating the pest it will be extremely useful. Oil the other hand if it takes up an antagonistic position to that officer it will defeat the object it has in view as it can liave«no 'locus standi under the Act, and the best inspector in the world would prove under the bickerings of ~an irresponsible organisation.

Alexander Morrison was lined five shillings for drunkeness this morning by Ml' W,Lowes J. P. ; ' Mails for the Wairarapa close at WoW lington now at 3 50 p.m., instead of 3 30 p.m, as formerly. "Labor," the new- democratic organ, writes that, "The Premier is going-;to pass over to tho Bide of tho. people, ami Mr Montgomery to the side of the lability and money i . ■ Wb call attention to several new an'' nouncemenls in our advertising columns of sales by Mr F. H. Wood. J This being St, George's Day, the Banks, according to custom, are closed. Mv B H, Tippler, family groccFj Lambton Quay, Wellington, has a business announcement in another column; Mr W. Perry has liberally given to tlie Borough half along 'his frontage in Cbapel street to enable the road t<ji be mado a chain wide. ' ; Lowes & lorns make another addition to their stock list for Wednosday floxt, which will make a total to date of 3GOO sheep, embracing all classes. , Tho Arms Act, under which endless permits and permit fees are customary, and which is probably broken or evaded' half a-dozen times in every twenty-four hours, is said to be likely to shortly be abolished. f > ' MrMunro, the member for the Buller District, addressed his constituents, last Monday night. He said ho. would go to the House as an independent supporter of the Government, and would judge of the record that was brought against them. A vote of confidence in him was unanimously passed. " A poll for tho election of two trustees for the Masterton Town Lands Trust, takes place to morrow, The candidate's aro Messrs E, Feist, J, Muir, anil "W, Perry, The poll will last from nine in tho forenoon to six in tho afternoon

Tho Masterton Burou?h Council, at its sittins; last evening, decided to call for tenders at onco for nuking 38 chains of Chapel strout south, and 5 chains of Russell street. This work has been- very necessary for some time, and tho Council lias wisely decided to liavo it done before winter setsiu, A meeting of tho StonehoneoLodge of Druids was hold last nisht in Masterton. Bra, Dalrymplo was elected Arch Drtvd, and tho Committee slated that the affairs of tho Lodge were in good order, and that ilie plans for tho Druidical Festival and Old English Fair were progressing favorably, . Tho funeral of tho lato Mr 0. R. Bidwill is appointed to take, place at Feallicrston at 2 p.m. to-morrow. Settlers from all parts of tho district will, as a matter of course, be proso.it. We observe that Mr Wardell has postponed 1«3 Wellington ' Court silting -in" orcl er tp attend on this sad occasion. j Our local coulemporary reports' tlilit' some mischievous larrikins have nailed up one of the principal entrances to tho Masterton Park, opposite the oval andnear the Waipoua, with wire, necessitating the opening up to.the.post and 'rail fence adjoining for the conyience of nurse maids, and others using the enclosyro. We.believe these gates has been closed by the Park custodian to stop a practice which lias recently been indulged in, ofjturning horses into the enclosure after dark.

Our Pahiatua correspondent writes us tliat a most successful meeting, under ilie auspices of the Woodville Preethouglifc 'Association, was held in the Post Office Store. Mr A. W, Sodcole was in tlie chair, who in a few appropriate words, introduced Mr A. W. Haggen, the President nf tho Woodvillo Association,'who had kindly offered to Rive a lecture entitled—"Rolinion: past, present, and futnro." For two hours lie succeeded in gaining the rapt attention of those present, to what wa3 a masterly analysis oflheleading religions of tho world, and their bearing on civilisation. Discussion was invited at the close of the lecture. •' ThJ chairjiiau stated that what was most 'wanted was it suitable place to meet in; find expressed a hope that wo soon woiJld baVp'a school, Votes of thanks wor'o passed to Mr Haj»«en, tte chairman, and to Mr Manns for tho use ol his room.

We hear from tho Post that on Monday last that Charles O'Malley and Thomas Popperell woro present for examination at the Supreme Court and were represented by Mr-Bell. His Hoi.o.ijr, perusing the Assignee's report, said''it appeared the bankrupts kept .110 booirof account; Mr Bell did not •. u'ndersMd why the Assigee ahoiild report to that efleci. Mr Graham remarked that, lie did not say no'books of account had been kept, but th'ere 1 was no ncooubt by it was possibb to make any'statement'of the bankrupt affairs,' Mr Bell offered to : produce tho books if in answeij to his Hofior,'•Mr Graham iald'ilits was if case in which there was a largo sum ! duij for wages. : lis Honour-Has there.beoii any opposition on the part of those d&Hcj ing men who have gone unpaid 1 The Assignee said judging from the feeling? at the meeting they were strongly opposed to tho bankrupts. His Honor—lt's i dreadful thing to fiso so - many workjiig men left in the lurch. Some of -{he amounts aro sis much as 148: Mr Pop? perell, examined, , snid his firm wero deceived in tlio conduct of tho Government. When-taking the Opaki contract they were led to believe that they would be paid 90 por cent 011 the work done, whereas they only got 50 per cent.. They did not pay tho workingmen because thay had not got the money; ■ Tho; Assigooo asked that the further-examjnation of the bankrupts should be postponed, After discussion His 'Honor ' ordered the examination to be adjoipeiOpr;- three weeks, giving, leave to tho 1 barikrupts to apply then that (he examination might be declared finished, The case'was not one he said, which should be dealt with, hastily. If the Assignee wished the' bankrupts to appear personally' at tho adjournment he would have to notify: them to that effect. There is considerable excitement at the Hall of Commerce this morning, owing to the arrival, as per advertisement, of the first shipment of Winter Goods at that dstablishment: -Thooases.are being rapidly opened up, and the various noveltios and superior drapery lines are well worth inspection,—Adyt. ■ t • i ■ can't pkeacu oood —No qua can'dd good job of work, preach a good sermon, try a lawsuit well, dootor a patient, or write a good article when lie feels miserable and d&ll; - witli sluggish brain and unstrung nerves, and none should make the attempt in such a condition when it can be so easily removed by a little Hop Bitters. Look for j

It 13 reported that Mr Oorbetfc is pro-' moling* nn entertainment in' aid of the widow of the Ijtle Mr 11. Ruseoll Wo wfluldjlike to see this and something mol;e done in such ti case, MrS Eusseil and flovon young childroii have been suddenly reduced to a stato of destitution by'tho death of their bread winner. . .The condition of this- ehould, we Ibihk, be investigated by the? Benevolent Society, aiid that" institution should, if necessary, • make a special call on the public to ameliorate it, Great interest is being taken in the Druid's Festival and old English Pair, to' be held in Masterton on May Ist.'. His Woraliip the Mayor has consented to preside at. the opening, and tho Maeterton Amateurs are making great preparations for-the production of 1 Richardson's shpw' and other performances. The. scene •painting will bo carried put by our local artist Mr Tom Donnelly, and ho efforts will be soared on the part of the committee to mako the entertainment eclipse anything of the sort ever.prevloiisly held in Masterten.

II Archibald 'Forbo3, observes the Otago Daily Times, made a wry face over jthe cranim nn with s-utistics lie received ! in Dunbdin, l(ow much ihoro must have Hanlan felt inclined to reject a similar dose to which he has been treated in Sydney. It is stated that Mr Charles Oowper, tho sheriff of the colony, gave a luncheon lo Hanlan, tliechampion sciiller. In proposing tho single tna'sl, that of Mr 'Hanlati's health, Mr Cowper observed that " lie did not tliiiik that he would be wrong if he wore to .give Mr Hanlan a : short history of the progress which the colony hud made sinco its foundation, in 1788." He then proceeded to menlion sonic of the .leading politicians and iheir achievement, and went on to quote foimidable and highly arithmetical statistics about railways, population, trade, wheat production, tramways, and similar matters. Tho " Australasian" thinks Mr Cowoer's speech was as little apropos ns that of: tho Texan politician tvho, when the Iwrso thief was asked, before undergoing the extreme penalty of Lynch law, if ho wished to make any rematks to ilia crowd, observed, " If our unfortunate friend does not desire to avail himself of the opportunity, I should likotomako a few-observations to the gentleman present, about the new tariff."

■' At on'o of '.lie hotels in San Francisco the other day,'adrummer ordered roast beef of. the waiter. Pretty soon that functionary brought in a piece tho width of his linger. The drummer continued conversing with his friend, apparently unconscious that the order had been, served. Soon ho called tho waiter again and asked why his order had not been attended to. "Here's your roast beef," said tho waiter. " I served it some time ago." '?Oh, indeed 1 So you did. I thought all the time it was n crack in the plate." Mr Bunny will again address tho electors of Thorndon in tho Methodist Schoolroom on Thursday ovening, A meeting in the bankrupt estate of Mr D. F. McCarthy takes place at tho Supremo' Court Wellington on Friday next. Mr Robert Rush, lectures at Carterton,on Saturday evening upon Human Science. Mr Cavannptli a purchaser of horses for India, was in Masterton to-day, Ho informs us that he lias travelled from Wanganui to this town without being ablo to pick up'a single horao suitable for his requirements.

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