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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4040, 17 February 1892, Page 2

. If no other important ijuestjpn ha? been discussed by tjie Anglican General Synod, that of funpral re» form is one • which might well be classed in ■ this category, The Synod has appointed a cnmmittee to consider the question and to suggest some means by whioh funerals may he conduced with less ostentation and expense, and in a manner more ex-, pressive of Christian hope, The ostentation frequently displayed •at funerals, and the expense,commonly inflicted upon widows and others Jlirjiigh mere.custom as to the wearing of nipurning garments is generally deplored, Ida glorgy are undoubtedly responsible for a good deal ot the unnecessary expense now incurred in funerals, and if they can devise some means of reducing tho expense they will be doing a good thing,

•Tub Premier,pf Ney.South Wales E 9u): : own (Government, exmessipg. tjie wish that ft shall he clearly understood that tl(e newly-formed Labour Bureau o/ that, Colony is not to be construed into one whereby men may obtain relief, nor wii! the' Government.of tbe sister .colony establish any re!i? f works, illi, .brder'topr.e»e))tanyn)i.9cbnceptioii'on tlie partpf as tg tjjg purpose for which the Burqau is established, Mr Ballance is asked' to give tho matter publicity throughout New Zealand, and .thereby to caution men in this Colony from leaving:for Noiy

South Wales in the vain expectation that the Labour Bureau will afford employment to such emigrates from siaior colonies. Had such a course as this been adopted in New Zealand, we should probably have, by this time, considerably reduced the number of our unemployed. At present, however, the Ballance Government is malting the arrivals in the Colony exceed the departures at the expense of the working man.