Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4436, 5 June 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] MONDAY, JUNE 5, 1893.

>■ Ovr first Minister of Labour is in a '• bad way. He came, (/«!« e«j/iac/n*H« to witch tlie world with noblu staiesn manship, to solve the gigantic pro- 1 n blem ojf work and wages, tailing his ic inspiration diitct from some demon !j labour council. .As long 88 he could jj find work for all and wages for all lie lg was regarded as a Jupiter, but this happy stale of things could not last. )j. it,did, all the poor, idle and,discontented U£opta jn the world woilld come J| to New Zealand, 'gp the demon 3 council that guides the Minister for, Labour is putting pressure upon him , to abandon his position/as a dem ex machina for one and all, and to. only /spr/jise his godlike powers for the benefit of 'i preferential" working t, men. getting clays agajnpt clasß has been theweanon with wjiichtbeftovtrn-' ment have conquered their cnornieß, but as yet this division has not been officially extended to; (voting pal Now the edict has gone; forth' that » preference is to be given'.' to men who: have .bten.two years In the oolpny. : This manifesto divides workmen into two classes, and there is yet a third class, guru digging up north; which j it fs proposed to absolutely, boyaott,' w fbat f)je prat Minister- of I Laboiirbfjs nor.fb d*&}.ivjp) preferential workibgmep, tpleratejl jvcrjiingmen and cycompunicAJted jvorjfu 1 ingnien and like ifc.donkey which '- danced amongst the pbiokens nenjnst * put his feeun some oi them, The .; Government is evidently .'delermined s tobe theMinisltyiOf.the.prfferehtial workingraen only,''" ; i will be tiokettid,.,.thpße rt 6jE,''tlie. right ' colour will be allowed to pick up the Ministerial crumbs and those of the 1 wrong will be sept empty .away. It

was bound to corns to this state of tbings but ■thet.'end is not yet. 'What' the end will be we can form somp idea ihe. experiences of the noigh> bouringOolonyofNew South Wales. There'tho preferential working men have compelled the Ministry to burst 1 tip the labour bureau, which, it is said, has becomo obnoxious to wage earners. Class legislation and administration are bound to break down in the long run, and not even our' clever Minister for. Labour, can keep it going. He may make it stand on its legs for a while, by his new idea of a preferential labour class, and throwing overboard as labour Jonahs, all new arrivals, and all who. are considered undesirable by the preferentials. It may almost t be understood that the Ministry is a sort of limited banking concern, which only! pays dividends to preferential shareholders. Mr Beeves is no longer the Minister for Labour, his title is extended and die is now THE MINISTER FOR PREFERENTIAL LABOUR,

Thews Ims been a combat in the Episcopalian Church Militant I A how bishop was required and-.some Bnid he must bo a colonial prelate aud others said be must be a Home product. The colonial side were pugnacious and determined, Tbey went to Editors of newspapers and asked them to excommunicate English Bishops with bell, book and candle. Most Editors thought that there was no special reason why they should chip in with a purely side show of this kind, but one succumbed to olerio influence and hoisted the banner of the colonial bishopites. It was thought by some that when the Editor of the Post told people that it wnß wicked to get out a bishop from England, and when in a subsequent article ho prayed that the Synod might be "guided." to choose a colonial one the whole matter was sottled. Indeed not a few would have beensarprised if the Synod bad called upon the Editor of'the venerable Post himself to wear lawn sleeves and gaiters. But it was not to be, for a strong majority of both clerical and lay members in the Synod left the poor Post and its pair of Colonial candidates in the lurch, and insisted upon an English choice. Probably the members of the Synod. kr.ow tbeir -own business best and when next '■■ a discontented minority calls upon the Editor of the Post to tilt at a windmill he will remember his late experiences and refuse to become a tool in the hands of a few pugnacious Episcopalians, .