JOTTINGS from WELLINGTON

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4458, 30 June 1893, Page 2

JOTTINGS from WELLINGTON

(By Our Own Correspondent). WELiiINGTON.-TUESDAY. Parliamentary Pickings. -The- Labour Bureau and the Unemployed.— A Professional, Agitalor.-Tlie i\ r :Z. Foolkll Team.—Another ' Lung" Gone.—A Conservative Councillor.— A Musical Collapse -The -Alba Concert Company.-Madame Antoinette •Sterling.

Parliament goes to work to day, but it is not expected that much will be attempted in the shape of legislation until the debate on tho Address-in-Beply has been disposed of, audthis will take thn best part of t'uo week, if not longer. It is to be hoped that Messrs Willis and Earnshaw will [dense their share of the talking ioto as small a compass as possible. A oaucua of supporters of the Government was held this morning, to consider MrCadmsn's position in regard to the charges made against him by* Mr Bees. I learn that it was resolved unanimously to request Mr Uadman to retain his position in the Ministry, as the meeting was of opinion that he had not, in any way, made use of his position as a Minister to influence his Native land transactions with Mr Smith. Public opinion, however, says that Mr Cadman's proper ooiirse would have been to resign, and have left the judgment to his constituents. The Opposition Party intend to make a "few remarks" on this question, later on. This, and the Cheviot Es< tale purchase, will furnish the OppoBiiionists with weapons for an attack on the Ministry, in due course. ...../

The House will spend a part of this t afternoon eulogising the memory of i the late Sir W. Fox, after whioh a t good many questions will be asked in- t eluding amongst others, one from Mr f Hogg, which is as follows:- "If representations have been made to him that in Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Wood" y ville, and other parts of the Forty- R mile Bush there oxists great distress < l among the resident settlers, some o', ll whom are men with families to sup/ n port; and if he has beon urged H throw open additional railway-work", • for their relief ? Whether, notwi' 1 " ' u standing these reports, it is the j Jtfl "" t( tion of the Labour Deorf |? nt «• B transport a detalcK<f o£ ' employed from Jfeterbury to the 0 works in questM Thißissingu- ) larlyafln>/»j^BFg thß run ,°,M the Labour B^Hfc? 8 ? 1 ' ' Fisher is to iW" V * he 9 u ? ea ' hasacknowleifWil I^o^, 0 that • famoiiß hauiperl'ganie whioh was f sect to ITer Majest\ at the expense of , the tax-payers of IhisvColony. This is the hamper of which ( Sir Patrick Buckley w«b, t believe, i instrumental in sending Hdyie, carriage on which was obarged v ;for in • last year's estimates. Leave rfiH he asked to introduce no less than \2O Bills, after which 15 notices of motion will be given, mostly relating to the \ setting up of the usual Sessional Committees. All this business being disposed of, Mr Willis will proceed to move the Address-in-Eeply to the Governor's speech. Not a bad order paper for the first working day of the session, Sir Robert Stout is about town a good deal, looking in fine fettle after hia Inungahua, campaign, and hia recent Court case in Napier. Sir John Hall has definitely decided to retijj from politics after this session, JH will most probably pay England. Sir John wonderfully well, naturally a strong JufH^^^H appear after session remarkably^^^^^^^^^H ' Laß^^^H^^H to obtEH^^^^f^^^^H J 218 were marrSBBHPWii . single man. Thirty-eight men were found work by the Auokland Bureau, one hundred and ninety-six ' by the Wellington, sixty-five by the Ohristchurob, and fortyj six by the Dunedin; the remain- , ing fifty-nine men were found work in the Oamaru, Southland, • Hokitika and Gishorne districts. The bulk of the men out of work were labourers, but amongst the list are to be found carpenters, engineers, wheelI Wrights, drapers, journalists, school* " teachers, saddlers, blacksmith's, butchers, cooks, tailors, bushmra, ' bricklayers, clerks, miners, flaxmillhands, farm labourers, and even music !? teachers and photographers, Truly of "all sorts and ' confitionsofmen," A paternal Goy- " ernmnt found employment for 283 ' of thesemen on its own works while 91) were"absorbed by private employers, Where the balance of 22. r raeuwentto,deponent sayeth not—possibly they ; U p their noSes p at unemployed pay unU sthnl, t ue 'i dußt of this &lony off their 0 and departedjp other lands. The 8 scare about thW Colony being flooded , ' out with Australian unemployed does not seem to be borne out by facts, as out of a total of 404, only 14 came e frctra the sister colonies, Great Britain * added to the list the modest contriII bution of six. The reason for such a large number of men presenting ™ themselves for employment at the '" Wellington Bureau is fully explained '' by the fact that during the month of ° May there was a large influx here of ° unemployed from the South Island, J tempted, no doubt, by the prospeots ,° of employment on the up-country l" co-operative works and in connection ''■ with tho Wellington Drainage Scheme 11 Works.

Altogether the Department of Labour appears to be.doing really excel" lent work undor the able management of Mr Tregear, and have 1 apparently succeeded admirably in disposing of surplus labour. The Department will, however, have some considerable difficulty, in grappling with the applications for this month, as bofore tbe arrival of the late Wellington unemployed (som.B 200 odd men) their book were already filled to repletion with the names of applicants. Everyone's opinion of Mr Seddoa has risen 60 per cent., in consequence of the courageous manner in which he let the unemployed deputation see. the other day'that he was not:to.be dictated to by every Diok, Tom; and Hairy;' because he had a : vote'and supported -.the-Minißtry. ..• Itjs at any rate reassuring to loam tbat.the Pr&Ijmier.is in no mint)'to dringVmabjeoJ i anbmisßio3beforotb,atinßatiable. l ai

j Demos usually, takes &'' | and when nothing more is B^BB^fl even more'aggressive EagleflH^H wholesome lesson to swagget^^HH| the wry the apparently waut to govern the other day gives us reason jEHH that the whole policy of the ment iu future will not bo "to IHHjH the gods" only, to the oxolueiifl^^H The man Eagle, who att«mp|jlpHfl bully the Premier the other. dftvM]|Hß who is making inflammatory and revoluJgfflH nry speeches, is a recent arrival Tasmania, where- I;'■ learn gentleman who knew him nuisance to the parts of the refused to accept work when offered to him, stating that bis"flHßl sion was to labor for his fellow iHH amelioration, Eaglem&de himßelfflHH a nuisance that at last ha peremptorily ordered out of by the Mayor, who threateneßHl commit him to gaol as a' nuisan(BH| he did not leave at once;. He JHH and is now endeavouring.' to plflfln similar gamu here, which, I'thWHW will bo very short-lived. the Premier had been informed band of the character'cf the' had to and ctiuld shApHH acjon/accordingly.- Eagle, is, in HB9 a. professional agitator. those men who go abouVjHH ing for worV,;amf^Mfl|^^^H : '<nuiina>y surreys •b% are, even now, 1 no less than B uHU Bjeif'iraployed in various parts city oii t ue works. A large oulrerHH| k eing b«iit from Moturoa StreHH uoarly oppuite the Girls' High to the sea, in oraW to carry offsurplßß storm wator. It was this which, by stoppage in caused the flood some months back. Within the next two or three months, 1 quite an army of men will be abvWOrk A laying down tho culverts or sewers the storm water and street' drairfjgSßHß The sewage pipes will not bftiH for -X Our representative fo'ottfet team Laa " \ departed with many wishes for their ' 1 BuccesH on the other Bide. Opinions • \ here are very much divided as to' '] whether, after all, it was the very belt ■•• team we could have got together, many go so far as to aver that the f most promisiug men have been oyer. - looked altogether. But still, Ufa jjretty generally conceded that at a t&m they should prove more thau\a match for anything they will meot o\ the other side. The result opening match ou'ilbMteyflflHH looked for withujfl^SH^^HHß the "MH^HH^HH was "tro^^^H^B^JH^^HDj mud, jujfl^^^H^HHH^^^H| J temporary lnoolvelJßK)mfort. } 1 able and airy deoßhousofoan bo 1 » called an inconvenience, /For my 7 s part I would rather sleep L,a well \ ■ ventilated deck-house with tW plain. ; est of fittings thanocoupy afLptu--1 ous cabin in an ill ventlfedand i foully smelling saloon, 1/ / 8 The ratepayers of Tforndon and > Lambton Wards have deoided in • meeting assembled, that they will not (* « have the BotaaioalGardens '* i by the formation of a roereation ■ ' • g r ° un(J 'herein. There was much ■ talk about the vandalism of 3 the proposition to convert what j was termed a "lovely gully" 1 j"' o a bideonß recreation ground, ■ Eventually these taw's of nature ! will still takeplacoifmaybereckonea • upon as a forego* conolusion that -the proposal to cofa the aforesaid » passed this .pJ»Mij , I i did »n in '' a °t twice, daily for several e years, and although I have just as d keen an eye for the beauties of nature '* as most people, I nevor noticed any. 8 th > D g particularly beautiful about tie b gully in question.: As a matter of p fact the gully is covered with coaue i- scrub and gorse on one side and wi!ha manuka on tho other,' the bottom/is g simply a morass, pifdno one in lis e senses would ever (Junk of resortiig d for tho purpose of admiring tie it beauties of nature to such a )f place. Tho/ proposal was to 311 a certain eoction >• are ever B gsinBtnHBBBHHH l- the scheme mil oerfainlv(B||BH li scheme of reform, ho m&tj|HH| i- beneficial it might be to the PnUBB '- large, reminds me of a°toryj^Hßß ie about a well-known ei-couUcflßDH ir what was good enough' for m the forties should be goodnSßH ie from WainuNo-mata was ifIBHBE et Council, and most of the f ie had been expatiating upon )e tagea .of a newand. >d id other mattera that >y ablo ; . ecjA, when, the bld|deDtfl^Hß

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