Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4452, 23 June 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878.] FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1893.

The Governor's speeph does not err on the side of moderation, It asks us to believe in the continued prosperity of the Colony, while meetings of the unemployed are being held under the shadow of tbo walls of the Legislature. However, the Liberal programme is a hold one, the oar wheels are still moving onwards, and there is no sign of finality in the labour legislation of which we have already had t»o much. Workmen's wages are to bestill further protected; oblivious of the economical faot that the move they are protected the less there is of them to protect. The Shop and Shop Assistants' Bill is to be altered; it has not taken long to find out that this measure is a delusion and a snare, and there is some special Bill promised toprevent sweating contracts—on tbe co-operative works we presume, The Government are not wanting'in oourogc, They propose to resume the,partial control I of the railways against the ex : pressed wish aud opinion of almost every business man in the ,0/)lonyj a;hd they' even intend to j run'* : pc|;o"feufcinj; jnßtitutiotifi,!

They may do good by tho proposal to utilise Native lands, und to make Maoris cpnlnliute tbcir quo.a towards local taxation; but redoubt whether] tbejr Cheviot acbßme witliurh outall thai; they expect. However, they have got the Governor, to eulogice its soil and climate, and possibly the Legislators, when they are taking a holiday trip down there,: will endorse—nfter lunob—the puff wbioh his Excellency has given to it. Whatever may be said against the Speech, it is certainly not a colourless one. It blazes with colour, and there can be no doubt that Mr Seddon is a progressive politician who is not going to hide bis light under a bushel;