Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1892. WELL MEANT ADVOCACY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4182, 3 August 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1892. WELL MEANT ADVOCACY.

1 Being the extended hub of the Wairabapa Dauy, with whioh it is identical

Commenting recently on Mr Perceval's London lecture, we found ourselves compelled to take temporary leave of it in the midst of its most enthusiastic passages, While he was dealing with this Colony as the haven of the capitalist, our Agent-General was as eloquent as the prosaio nature of his subjeot allowed; he was as patriotic as truthfulness permitted—nay, he trod delicately, and doubtless to the satisfaction of his political friends, upon that debateable ground where truth and error may be said to meet in conflict, But it is when Mr Perceval passes from the quotation of figures and the defence of party legislation to the happier task of exhibiting New Zealand as an ideal place of residence, that he really revels in his subject, " Money not so rnuoh an object as a comfortable home," might well bo the heading to this section of his discourse, He drops into poetry; and he also drops into an occasional pitfall, Having, for instance, got his information about the purchasing power of colonial small incomes at second-hand, and having as yet a limited acquaintance with English prices, he makes one or two statements thereanent which are misleading so far as they are dograatio, and ''••oleßSin proportion as they are van.w _„ VW!t jj ave a j rpa j vague. Howt... • ... Ur p el / expressed our dissent from .

ceval's domestic estimates, Now, therefore, let us see what he has to say about New Zealand sport, which he is very arxious to set in an attractive light before the European devotees of rod and gun. Take one department. Some oho has been getting at the poor gentleman with fish stories, According to Mr Perceval, an angler of his acquaintance in New Zealand caught iu one season 180 fish averaging Sib. 10oz., and the largest trout weighed 10|lbs, As this is a family newspaper, we will make no rude remarks; but we will merely ask-Where was that sporlßman fishing ? because we should like to go there too. Still descanting on the attractions of New Zealand as a home, Mr Perceval holds out hopo to the man of leisure that he may find pleasant occupation in politics. Taradiddle, Tarradiddle, tol-101-lay I ' Has Mr Perceval already forgotten our efforts at breeding professional politicians, our eagerness to give them £2O a month all the year round, our determination—expressed at tho polls—that" uo others need apply!" Does he think that party politics in this Colony can b» honestly proclaimed as an attractive field for the energies of a cultured, well-bred, or well-to-do emigrant? He knows belter. However,' as Mr f opts said, it's of no consequence. By,the way, aa touching the modes in whioh land can be acquired, we fear that Mr Perceval is not quite up to date, Under the rigim of the present Minister of Lands, the" freehold tenure" mentioned by thelecturer will shortly have to be erased from the list of possibilities, But we are much pleased to note the insistance with which dairy farming is referred to as the key whioh shall unlock the future prosperity of the Colony. There is no doubt whatever that Mr Perceval is well-informed on this point. -His natural sagacity and his knowledge of New Zealand combine to make hi'm a true prophet; and when he represents dairying as an industry

vitallo.tbeexpaneion of oul- resource be talks sound common sense which should bring forth good fruit. So, too, when he urges the need of faotoriea to take the placeofindividual enterprise, be is very opportune in his oriticisms, and wo shall all do well to listen to him. If his quotations of figures were instructive to hisaudience in England, they are to the full as useful to ourselves, Co-operative dairying is, as our Agent-General says, one of the greatest hopes of | New Zealand; but it lies with ourselves, here and now, to turn our hopes into fruition. When Mr Perceval refers, later on in his.leoture, to the possibility of having an Industrial expert in the Agent-General's Department in London, we are reminded that he himself has already done excellent work in inaugurating an Information Bureau! at his Offices; and we conceive that the work of suoh an expert, if appointed, will be to some extent the converse of the work already undertaken—that, while the Information Bureau offers suggestions to intending colonists, the Industrial Expert will keep the people of New Zealand posted in the requirements of the English markets.. If it be so, the idea is a capital one, We can only give a word or two to Mr Perceval's final topic, " New Zealand as a Tourist Land." It is popularly supposed-we forget whether Charles Lamb has classed the notion among his" popular fallacies "—that good wine needs no bush. Holding, as wo do, tho contrary opinion, and recognising very clearly the value of advertising, we are highly 'pleased with the official puff that our mountains, lakes, geysers, and forests have received at the hands of our' Agent We hope this excellent advertisement will lead to an increased business with 'globe-trotters; and when we have been floknowled as the Switzerland, etc., of the Southern Hemisphere we shall not forget our debt to Mr Perceval's enthusiastic advocacy of our claims. Since the unwieldy subjeot of Imperial. Federation is relegated by the lecture to a few concluding paragraphs which hardly amount to a peroration, we shall not be accused of under-estimating its importance if we refer to it with a like brevity. Indeed, we only mention it in this article in order that we may give ourselves the opportunity of saying that Mr Perceval is as right in fact as he is shrewd in observation when he declares that it is from England that the initiation of any such moyement must oomo, that England ''has more to gain from it than we i ourselves, and that some very clear , advantage must be shown to flow from Federation, if New Zealand is to embrace the idea at all, Thins common sense, accentuated by colonial canniness, Perhaps wo ' cannot do better than take leave of , Mr Perceval with this oritioism. He isa colonial of whom we have much reason to be proud; honest sensible, 1 painstaking, and generally well-in-formed, he is ns good an advocate, upon the whole, as we have had in < England, That he sees some things ' through party-coloured spectacles, is 1 a bit of bad luck whioh cannot bo helped. He has done his best to ! place us favourably before the world; he has succeeded uncommonly well; and all New Zealanders should know it.

The Government Labour Bureau is not circumspect in its operations, and men are too readily given a free pass to the country on their own allegation that they can find work there. This is quite apart from the transport of batches of men to definite contracts in tlie neighbourhood of Eketahuna and Pahiatua, We refer more to those who find their way to Masterton and who every day are importuning our residents for employment lest they starve. The Mayor of this town hw been besieged by destitute-looking beings pleading for temporary help because they cannot find work, and who, as a last resort, have to beg for even the means of subsistence On several occasions the local Bonevolent Sooiety has had to come to the assistance of individuals who were absolutely stranded without even the nieanß to procure a single meal, but as we are informed that the Labour Bureau will not refund the cost of the relief so afforded, assistance from this quarter cannot continue. There may boa legitimate sphere of operations for the genius of our State labour department, and if there is it should be restricted to it, for the indiscriminate manner in which the unemployed and paupers are being thrown on to the charity of country settlers who are already overtaxed in the matter of bensvolenco is not what oan be considered either justifiable or right, When we see recorded at intervals a published record of the number of men who have been dispatched to work in the country by the Labour Bureau, we cannot help wondering whether the pitiful-looking objects who call upon us saying that they travelled on free passes and have come i ,i,„ n '"' l '»rapa to starve, are in to the »»».. • ut this published list of the-iZ ment's achievements, and we think it not unlikely that they are. There are strong comments on the carelessness displayed in this connection, and the burden of maintenance should not be recklessly thrown upon Masterton in such cases, The Labour Bureau Bhould only forward mon to localities where it is known there is need of their services, In instances where; the men make representations as to the prospects of a district, tbey are often influenced to do so merely to obtain the free ticket, and are willing to move on and trust to Providence and the generosity of the people they come across. The opening for labour in any locality should be distinctly ascertained to exist before any despatch is made to it. In some cases, too, rather than accept a low wage, begging is preferred. This only emphasises tho necessity for tho exorcise of stricter supervision in the transfer of men from district to district.

' Messrs Edwards and Bkenett, solicitors, of Wellington, have been asked for advice nn the ouse stated for appeal by Mr Bunny againnt the decision ot Colonel Roberts, R,M.,m the matter of Hosking vßeetham. ■ A fencing noticei from Mr Henry Bonton, of Alfredton, appears jn <jur advertising columns. Cattlejateajmg is increasing jn the 1 Forty-mile Bush with the prqgresß of settlement. It is expected that the bridle track connecting Pahiatua with Palmerston North will be finished within the next few months. Mr Thomas William Shute, of Masterton, has written to a Wellington paper drawing attention to the bad effects likely to arise from growing too many tress and shrubs around dwelling' houses. An effort is being mado to have Danevirke proclaimed a Borough,

Or Hessejr. has giveu'notice to move at the next meeting ot tho Maaterton Borough Council that tenders bo called for the formation of West Bush toad. At present.too road is in a terrible oondition.

To-morrow(August 4lb) utile National Arbor Day proclaimed by the Liberal) Government. It is significant that the day is not being recognised by Liberal Masterton in any shape or form. The Dobson-Kennedy Dramatio and Comedy Company concluded a successful season of.a fortnight at Gisborne on Saturday, when "The Lancashire Lass" was put on,

A Mr John Jordon, writing to the Tyrone Constitution on New Zealand, says of Sir George Grey:—" Ho is the greatest. Irishman on this Iside of the Equator. Like Saul among the Israelites, he standß as a warrior, statesman and orator, head and shoulders abovo all hie contemporaries, wearing out his days in bonefitiug his race by his wealth and wisdom,"

• Mr Alfred W- Renallhas very generously offered to plant his property with ornamental trees, on oondition tho Maaterton Borough Council contributes half the cost. The, Council, however, does not see its way clear to beautify Mr RenallV property with the ratepayers' money.

A telegram received too late for our yesterday's issue stated that fears are enterrained for the cntter Venus, which left Napier timber laden, bound for Gisborne, on July 23rd. Shortly after leaving she experienced the late gale, and had she takon shelter anywhere along the Coastitistheught something would have boeu heard of her before now. The unfortunate man Fond, who was admitted to the Masterton Hospital on Saturday suffering with an injury to his leg, is, we understand from Dr. Hoiking, progressing favourably, It is thought that amputation, which it was expected.at first would have to bo resorted to, will not be necessary, Captain Pickering, Fire Inspector for the Borough of Masterton, has brought the entrance doors to the Theatre Royal under the notice of the Borough Council, The principal door is Gxed to run in groves, or is what would be called a sliding door. In case of a panic or fire within the Theatre it could not be opened and the building would be rendered unsafe and dangerous to those frequenting it. The matter has been referred to the Borough Surveyor, The operations of tho Factories Act in tho Masterton district have not been a success. At least wo should judge not from an incident just brought uiidor our notice. A farmer in the neighbourhood liob four boiis who have been of great assistance to him in dairying matters. He finds now that his dairy is constituted a factory within tho meaniug of the Act, and three of his sons are not allowed to work, being under the age of fourteen. The fourth confines his labors to eight hours per diem and "won't work half a minute longer." The farmer is therefore in a fix. He will either have to do the whole of the work him> solf or employ wages mon.

' A settler of the East Coast recently requested the police officers in Masterton to Bond up eight men for rabbiting at fifteen shillings a week and found. A numberof unemployed were interviewed, but not a single man would accept the offor.

Clifford's Quadrille band has been engaged to play at a dance at Featherstun on 12th August,,instant. A new house is being erected in Chapel Street, Masterton, by Mr Z. M, Hoar,

A sale of fruit trees from the celebrated nursery of Mr Ivory, Nelson, is to he held by Mr James Stone at Eketabuna on 'Wednesday next, It appears that the man Faul'Eienast, who was killed at Carterton on Monday, was bushfelling for Mr W, Booth on the low hills at the foot of theTararuas. He had scarfed one tree, and was working at another close by on which the first was leaning, when one tree fell. The other split right up and came down In a direction contrary to his expectations, Kienast was caught by a limb and his back was broken, death resulting. An inquest will be held, Deceased was a German, and was last contracting in the Eketahuna district.

Recently two days I ', telegrams from Buenos Ayres, sont during the crisis in South America, cost the London Times £1,600. This, of courje, would bo only a portion of the telegraphio intelligence which that great journal would have in its columns for the two issues in question, but it gives an idea of how enterprise rises superior to expense in matters of this kind,

Eemombcr I Our big Sale of Surplus Winter Drapery and Clothing, oommonoing on Friday, July Ist, at To Aro House, Remember I If you want to rccoive wonderful bargains you Bhould visit or send to the Big Sale at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Remember! There are wonderful bar gains in every department such as will make a trip to our Bis Sale remunerative, You will save far more than your expenses by visiting tho Big Sale at Te Aro Houso, Wellington. Bemember I Sale Price Lists will on ap» plication be forwarded post freo, Sale lasts 15 days only. If a visit is impossible, send your orders, enclosing cash, so that you may share in the good things going .at the Big Sale, Te Aro House, Wellington, Bo oareful, when you buy, where you buy, what you buy and how you buy, -If you do not watch these oardinal points iu tho Bcienoe of buying, likely enough you will buy at the wrong shop, buy what you don't want, and pay more than is at all necessary, Of coarse it will be your own fault, no one olse is to blamo; your misfortune arises from your own denseness, and lack of caution and' foresight in floundering into the first hole in the wall you come across in your shopping rambles, There is only oneway out of the difficulty; only one plan by which the thousaud distinct evils that are in your path can bo avoided; and the thousand blessings.that aro waiting for you can be embraced, viz,; Buy everything at Hooper and Company, Bon Marche, Make it a rule oLyour life. i and sea that your family do eo likewise. It

•'"vourinteießt, just the sameasitisto insuVeyour mCL" a "M* **&>" bu . ild your house on a secure founuSSMli ovpoirjg the whole heg; in other words, by „«• mining to buy everything at Booppr and Company's, Bon Marche. •• Tako jour grocery bill on one hand, and your draper b on the the other Givo us your weekly, order for family stores; for tea, coffee, butter, and other eatables, and you will save enough to buy your own clothes, with Boiijßtfijng "to put in fhci pockets. Buy everything .at Hp'operand. Comnaiiy'Si Bon Marphe. .