AROUND DUNEDIN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4822, 11 September 1894, Page 2

AROUND DUNEDIN.

[By Scotch Mist.]

The anniversary, of tho Wonions' .' -:-fd. Franchise League was held hero last ■; week and took .tho form of a huge tea-N? party, no less than between 500 and 600 ■ y M sittingdowntotea'in:':thoJ-City''Hdi;w-nl' Mrs latcs, tho Lady''Mayor of One' - ;1 « hungabcing present; Not having' seen ":-'3s that august personage, Imado,up,my mmdto attend tho pubhVmecting which '•ss followed the tea, at' which 'Mrs Yates ''?S had promised to givo an address, Piinot. - : '' r M uallyatßp.m., MrsHatton(Prcsidont) ; >;% accoinpamedby thoLady Mayor, Mes. ■ Uti dames Hislop, Broad, "Williams, Israel, • r M and about 20 others seated ■ themselves '':■■'■■ raj on tho platform. The RentJemon-tooka.. M back seat and; were- composed of tho following: thol{evs.W. Saunders, AiH. ' : PM Wallaco, W. Heady, and J. T.'Hinton, •'. ■:& and several members' belonging : to Uio ■■■'- 's% Tomncrancc bqdy-Mcssrs A. S. Adams, \- J. W.Jago,A.O.Broad,'M.Cokonand -■■■'<s others,. After tho opening address by '- tho chairwoman, Mrs Hislop, and one or , two others, Mrs Yates was introduced. -•''}*! I was really astonished at her appear- : .:£ ancc,for l ofcoursc,loxpcctcdainasou. ,-:M hue woman, an Amazon of the very first -- s water. Instead I saw. awomakof medium height, about; 5 foot 4 inches, -- between <JO or 50 years of age, withaf /*§ pleasant womanly faco, her costuino 'fs consisting of adark brown dress and lace 4 collar, a felt hat with dark brown vol- "M vet bows. In a, quiet and dignified man. L - #/ ncr, she roso to address tho meeting, ; ;i without motes of: any; !kind,-i she said ' ■ ':■s "Tho eyes of all tho womon of other countries worn-intent', on New Zealand; 1v and not the women only,' butmen too, were taking a great interest in' the ;;: Female Franchisees was proved b'y.lho , •:,-■* vast numbers of letters she had received -'i from nearly every charter of tho globe. '. She pointed out that before tho passing -ffi of womanhood suff,rage,' women 1 wcro "- <; ineligible for seats in municipal politics, ,- ':,■ but politicians.were' so conservative in 1making concessions that in pnting the -.. ■; '-■ fraucluso to women they said " Women may elect tho men, but .thoy must 'not coriio themselves. (Laughter), /She -."■ thought that that was.very one-sided. ' - Men. might say .thoy did riot want tje' '' women, buf, as was said in Parliaihcii't ' , did riot want'woman'P" (iaughtor). ;: Slie thought that they would all admit '-': that from tho time man was born until the day ho died ho could not do without woman, (laughter). Only oho half of tho hunian race had Ijpou represented and that half was man." She wont on speaking of tho many places whpro women could ■'• do useful work. Sho ' ' thought that women should be elected on Boards of Education andschoolcommiltecs with advantage, " : "- -V; Her address was too long for.mo to ti detail, 1 but summing it up I must' say it '" was a ! speech from a well'educated mind,-from aby ho means masculin'o woman. 1 . -. :■■■ -■

I'hcar that several large firms aro dispensing with many of their qldhimds, Benjamau & Go. of thwr employes last weok, ono who lia? tipep with ! them for thirty 'years, P. Hay. man & Co; following suit with : three of their "employe's. The Loan & Morcan. > tilo Co., too, intond putting in the prunr - ing knife with a view of drastic retrenchment.• Many of our youngnien are leaving for Coolgardio aud Pcrthin consequence of the gloomy : The Knights of Labour arc exerdising themselves greatly over tho dismissal of David W, M. Biirn, from tho position of first assistant in tho Waitaki High School, no valid reason having been given for his dismissal by tho Board of Directors. Tho truth is both Mr Bum and his wife aro eccentric, and have been'born before their time. Their ideas _/r aro at least 200 years in advaueo of tlio ■' present generation. ■ Mrs Burn is ono of tho leaders of tho Dress lleform Move, ment, aud : it was at ljcr residence niijp ' months ago that the fcf Kofopn Wedding took place,' '-Mr Buruis particular too ' in mattcrs'rclativo to dress, always wearing knicktrhflckers, tunio and " Glengarry capT^Tfliq,; lijs wife occasionally visits' her husband in Oaniaru, : tho coi)plo : 'cause quite a'coin,; :"'.■•; motion iu their cycling rig-out when on ; ,; - tho wheel." Their religious view's, too, I.hear, aro Tl|ey are als,q ;'• strict vegetarians.. Mr Burn is deck}: ■-;< edly a clever man,'wjtji"M.'4.'' aftep S* liisname,'and has written qf .'■"".;■* •poems. Whether if benefit havotlie Knights of Labour fighting'hjs, "■ ■ battles romains'to he 500n,,: '"V "J The Supreme Court has boen holding its sittings this week, and onto a num- •■v bcrof young men, all below 21 year's of ■ P-i age, have been brought up for housfr : :ih breaking. It is to be regretted'that ./:S this prime is so much on the incroasp, \ ; ! much of it.due toso many being, out' of employment, ■ , ••;,•:,:':'■■; I think Mr Paulin, our weather ?: prophet, and Mr Wraggc must be: at '.'• - loggorhoads,for two such frightful days as wo have experienced betwedn tlio two . % ofthcm'l cannot'remember. It commenced snowing yesterday morning, and .'• lias continued for-36 Jiours, hailing • j occasionally' for' a; ch'a"nge, and' was '.'■ bitterly cold. The snow .was quitodin, : ; . ; : deep, and tho snow ploughs' 'haro been.. : in operation, Tvitk' any .amount .of >V balling, amongst the youngsters. ThoV |_\; : - adults also took anactive part; after >v-'«-closing the offices, and warehouses on Saturday/ picking sides and enjoying, .C| a thorough good snow ball matchieforo' : :: § going hbnty ■" •'.'•'.•» ■•'•• .■'. ■■■:*':?&%