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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4662, 2 March 1894, Page 3

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HHHHBnt,) WttgßMd Dr,\ ■B^HgOßHßHHlocraci/, in Cheap j HH^MH), HflHl' Hall n^H|HnHnHhount MjBBH£H3RS most G >i y HHHHgmHra was I^HHHHnßfrrits mKKjmSßSmvm, proffIBHSHBHH and Wzv^WSmgaßi somo really - !l bad been in where the meanSHß'On had entiiely abandoned of oven prolonging the aufferer'sitfo for a reasonable* time. Some of the casca lie mentioned appeared upon the lace of them to be anppoikd by reliable testimony, but then it is very easy to bring forward evidence when the chances of investigation ns to its genuineness or. not aro so very remote,

Doctor Kennedy, it must bo remembered, is a fully quality physician and surgeon, and is a tuan, I believe, of sown eminence in his profession, and therefore it must be granted that at anyrute ho knows something about tbo treatment of cancer and other malignant growths of a kindred natnro. He admitted that tho remedies do not profess to be infallible, but that by their use the chances of ultimate recovery are -greatly incri-ased, whereas by the ordinary surgical treatment not nine cases out oi' ten sue successful. Sum' ming up it would nppenr from what Dr. Kennedy said at tho lecture aud has since confirmed in the press tbat the curative process of the Mattei remedies is extremely slow, tbe treatment requires iho most implicit faith on the part of the patient, and that after all life may only be prolonged for tho unfortunate patient to ultimately succumb altor being buoyed up with false hopes of recovery. Tho Doctor also claimed tbat the Mattei remedies bad the effect of instantly dulling pain and this appears to me is the chief merit, if there is any merit in them at all. 1 am afraid that after nil most sufferers from cdncor would rather trust to the heroic remedy of the surgeon's knife than to the problematical obances of relief hold out by tbo disciples of tho eccentric Comte Creaare Mattei.

It is certainly a very visible sign of the strong democratic tendency in c this colony, whon a deputatioa of civil i servants cau go to tho Premier, who r is supposed to be their supremo head, ] and talk to him in plain unvarnished c language, as did the deputation, who j waited on the Hon, R. J, Seddon the I other day to urge him to introduce 1 into tho uew Parliament the Civil J Service Bill of the late Hon, John i Ballauk Mr Heddon apparently en- i joyed tho" straight talk," for he was c not one whit behind in replying to the ( deputation in just as plain and forci- r ble terms as ware used to him. What- ■: ever tho claims ol the Service uiay be i in the direction of classification and i fixity of tenuro, it is apparent that the ( oft-reiterated statement that the Ser- | vice is trembling under the lash of ' pitiless task-roasters,and afraid toopen i their mouths, because thev might lose i their billets has been utterly disproved i by the self-assertive and independent I manner in which the Public Service I Association's delegates stated their i grievances and pointed out abuses, which they thought should he reme- I died. Tho cry of a demoralised service, entirely subservient to tho Minis- i try of the day, has been proved to be ! entirely unfounded, or surely tbe civil servants would never have dared to to beard the lion in bis don as did the deputation in question. Tho Premier, too, showed from his remarks that he was pleased to meet the civil servanti face to face, and that be appreciated their courage and candour in openly their grievances, If the denutation baa done nothing else it has, Bt least, shown that the Civil Service Httomposed of men who are ready to ■By up fearlessly for their follows, |Hko do their duty to the colony fear or favour from any Govof people in havo not yet realised women are quite serve as members MHBh Committees,although known what their As a ■BHKat there pat as for tbe too, the many H^H^H^H^^^Bresence

tine Republic, on tbe other band, the obeap money scheme mot with nothing but disaster, Exactly tlio aamo plau obtained there,as is proposed here, and the result was that owing to mal-administration and agricultural depression, caused partly by bad seasons, and partly by bad legislation, the Bepnblio practically had to repudiate its liabilities and the debentures were scarcely worth the paper they wero written on, although eventually the English bondholders, when times became better were able to recoup themselves to some extent. With the example of tho Argentinecheap money soheme before us we should be oareful what we do in this direction here.

There is also another phase of this cheap money sohema which should lie well considered. The' Government must go into tho English market forthe money for it is only borrowing under another namo. Woll, it isbeooming more and more patent every day that the public works of this Colony cannot be carried on or even maintained without the assistance oi another loan; can tho Government therefore also go to the English financiers for a direct loan on the top of their cheap monoy borrowing ? It is extremely doubtful if they could. The matter therefore resolves itself into the question of a cheap money scheme versus a loan. Which would be most advantageous to the Colony at large ?

A well-known fiim of auctioneers and sharebrokcrs in this city, advertised for a junior clerk, salary £IOO per annum. In veaponso to tho ndvertisemenl there were 160 applications from all sorts and conditions .of men, all ready and willing io take the billet at tho salary or even lower, provided they could obtain some sort of employment to keep the body and soul together. The town is, in fac', crowded with clerks out of employment, despite the fact that the : Government have ordered no overtime is to bepnid, but the extra work performed by temporary clerks where such a course is practicable. The re stilt of this edict has been to attract from the other centres i<ir°o numbers of unemployed clerks, who hoped to get on in the Big Buildings, but find now they are here that the supply is more their equal to the demand, The number of men of this class out of employment in Wellington is really very large, and there is ranch distress which we bear very little about.

I saw Sir G. Maurice O'Rorke in town on Saturday looking very hale and hearty, Sir Maurice, his friends say, is still a very strong favoiiii'e for tho Speakership in tho New Parliament, Although Sir Maurice was returned for Mannkau as a Government supporter it is not at all certain, evon now, he will he selected as their nominee for the Chair, Ho will, however, receive strong suppoit from the house generally,