THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1904

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1162, 5 December 1904, Page 2

THE Waihi Daily Telegraph WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE WAIHI MINER

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1904

ilmc Fhali the Trim tho foopln's Riflt mantai, Unsiied bj mflitonan »nd nnbrlbe<l bj gtlng H'jro patriot Truth lior Klonoui prewpts drai> Pledsod lo nolliion Libertj, ud Law

iilE two panerß which have opposed more limn any others in England the employment ofChineas on the Rand ai'o the Daily Chronicle anil the Clarion. It has been asserted by Lord Miluor,- the Archbishop of Canterbury, Messrs Bilfour and Chambmlain, anil other champions of the capitalists, that for good reasons Asiatic labour ia indispoiiflible in the mines of South Africa What the assertions are worth may be gathered from the report of a special commissioner sent by the Chroniclo to the Rand to obtain facts by personal experience and inquiry. We quote from tho Clarion The Archbishop of Canterbury (says our contemporary) was roluo" |

tantly compelled to support the Rand mineownerß in their demand for Chinese labour. 11 It was a regrettable necessity." The Government were compelled to support the demand because the Government are tba obedient tools of any clasß in the country with deep purses rrhich will buy votes, or whose votes are many, which can be bought by doles, Mr Chamberlain, always "merely the mouth-piece of Democracy," acquiesced in the demand because the People of South Africa were behind it. Lord Milner did as he was told ; and the British Parliament, granted the application because, being composed mostly of dividend-hunteis, the members naturally sympathised with any scheme for getting labour Jheap. Anyone who had the effrontery to disagree with the "experiment" was a Pro-Boer, a Little Englander, and an enemy of true progress. And now, just as the scheme was getting into nice working order, the Daily Chronicle has sent a Special Commissioner to the Transvaal, and he, in a series of articles appearing day by day, demolishes one after the other the whole structure of lies on which the demand was founded Lies, lies, li*s. We were told by Mr Balfour that white men would not and could do the work for which the Chinese were re quired. The Daily Chronicle Commissioner visited two mines, and men with his own eyes wiiite unskilled labourers doing such work, We were told that it was impossible to make the mines pay if white labour was employed. The Daily Chronicle man proves from official figures that one of the mines mentioned paid a dividend of 35 per cent in 1903, and the other 45 per cent, White men are sleeping out on the veldt at night, and walking the streets by day, starving, because a crowd of Beits, Hogsteins, and Gutzers cannot be satisfied with a dividend of 30 or 40 per cord. They must have 100, 200—their greed is boundless. If they could train monkeys, and they came cheaper than Chinese, they would deport the Chinese to-morrow. The Archbishop of Canterbury consorts with millionaires, and, in the comfortabln and luxurious surroundings of wealth" deplores" the " regrettable necessity" of employing Chinese. Mr Chamberlain skilfully escapes responsibility through a fiscal back door; and Mr Balfout is a philosopher. What of the British public? What of the twenty thousand who laid down their lives so that " we" should not lose South Africa ? What of tho corrupt oligarchy which our soldiers wiped out with blood ? What of the 250 millions it cost us ? Was it all for this? Doubtless the Fabian Society will inform us that it is all right, The little nations have to go, don't you know, and the incidental starvation of a few thousand white men in the process is a matter which no one who can dis. corn the trend of events will maka fuss about so long as the trend is trending. We must take large views, which is easy enough when one has a full stomach; but can it bo done on an empty one ? The employment of Chinese may perhaps prove to be a good thing for the white man—ultimately. It may brinf; more prosperity and more workultimately. It may prove to be the salvation of South Africa—ultimately. In the meantime, white men are starving, Does it matter?

Mr Barry at the lut meeting of tho Ohinemuri County Counoil: "They aro slumming together in Karangahako like they do in the back slams of London; they aro pigging together there in a crowd. If I had my way I would have regulations irndo to prevont people cutting up their sections into Buch small parts,"

j (Messrs, J, and S. Robirts, in our advertising oolurnn, call attention to the fact that November 3rd was the free day in connsotion with thoir great crockery sale. This is the second free day this firm lias givon during the last two months,

At tho National Council of Women that has just concluded its sittings in Sydney, Miss Goldstein said that women had not come into competition with men in the industrial world. It was tho othor way about. She oharged men with taking all the cottage industries that used to bo carried on iu the house by women—spinning, weaving, making scent and laee, ourtnins and clothes—ont of thoir sanctuary on tho invention of machinery,

Speaking at the opening of" Tho Homo of Hope" at- Wellington, Mr, Justico Elwards said tho way of tho transgressor was indeed hard, Especially was it so when after suffering the pimishmant, ho emerged from gaol friendless and penniless Is was quite natural that honest mon and women should shrink from such pooplo Discharged prisoners, too, were often through force of circumstances impelled to take to a dishonest life again, Therefore, everyone, he said, must honour the men and womon who endeavoured to do somotbing fo: toeso unfortunate peoplo,

The serious consequence of people convetting propery whiob they find to tbeir own use was illustrated at the Magistrate's Court on Thursday (tho Wellington Tost roporie) when a married woman with a child in her arms was charged with the theft of a purse containing monoy. The defendant askod to bo dealt with summarily, and entored a plea of guilty. Chiof Doteotivo McGrath said accused found a purso containing a cheque, a money order and sumo Bilver, and converted them to lior own uim, Nothing was known against tho aooußed. She hod two children and had ovidouilj found tho tomptation to steal tho monoy too strong Judgmont was deferred.

Visitors to the Waihi Honpital grounds cannot help admiring tho very fine appearanco of the lawn and flowor bedj, and also tho healthy, vigorous-looking alirubs, The treoß that wore planted only a year or two ago around tho grounds, just insido Iho fence, aro also in a vory advanced slate, tho growth in tho comparatively abort tiwo being remarkable. The grounds aro a crodit to the Trustees,, and also to tho matron, for we understand that the flown aro under her special control. At the roar of tho buildings a splendid vogctablo wrdon is in ovidonco. Hero almost ovory kind of YBgotablp is grown, and considering tho j unjoasonabloness of tho woathor iliis year I vory good results have boou obtained, In Mr. J, A., Brown, as ono of the Hou-o I Committco, tho institution has a most zealous worker us fur ne tho grounds aro concerned, Ho devotes no ond of liino in ilitcotiiigimd inslruoting the gardnior to) tho best ad vantage, arid very oflon visiis the grounds daily, It i 8 said of him by the staff jhat he could hardly tako uioi'u intorest if the grounds wore his personal property,

Tho Town Clork notifies that tho water hitherto available in tho old pipes will bo cat oil on and after Mouilay, 12' h inst.

Mr Christian, whose sorvices as organi at St. John's Church during tho lust fo months havo been so mtuli appreciated, ™ rained his post. Miss Wbito ha« kindly undertaken tho work, and judgin j from her rendering of tho musionl parts of tho sorvico for the last two Sunday's worshippers at St, John's have every reason to bo thankful for sommug her as an organist,

Mr Samuel T. Whitchouse, secretary of tho Thames Land, Building, and Investment Society (Permanent), intimates to the public of Waihi that lie will pay his usual visit here on Wednesday ne:;t. J!r Whitohonso will be accompanied by Messrs, John Danby and 'l'lio*. Donovan. During tho visit Mr Wliiloliou'ie may bo consulted at tho private residence of Mr J. E. Slevin in Haszard-s-trcet,

At last week's meeting of the County Couiici 1 a letter was read from the Mines Department staling that the main object of the Gold Dntios Act was to provide funds for keupiui! the Ohinc.miri liiver open, and that before the Minister could consent to the Warden instructed to mako inquiries into tho alteration o! tlu "old duty tho Minister must be satisfied 'hat that was the object of tho application, On the motion of tho Chairman, it was de f cidsd to reply that one of the main objects of tho Council's application for inquiry was so that fuuds could be obtained for keeping tho Ohiuemtiri Uiv«r open, Mr. W.H, Carpenter, who, tinder special engagomem to ■the Australian Diamond Drilling Company, came to New Zealand from Chicago twelve mouths ago, leaves again for that city on tho 16th ins;. During his engagement wish tho drilling company Mr, Carpenter has spent the bigger portion of his time on the Thames, where his company has important contracts in operation. Of lute Mr Carpenter lias boen in charge of tho boring operations on behalf of the Diamond Drill Company at the, Waihi Consols mine, During his sojourn here he has made many friends, and envriua t\iih him their best wishes for bis future.

_ The opening services of the Waihi Hap. tist Chnroli yesterday wcro a tendi d with marked success. The Kov. William Perry conducted the services in (ho absence of tho Rev. A, North, whom it was hoped would havo been present. _ A special fontnro of tho day was the excellence of the rendering of the special hymns and anthoius by tho choir. Notwithstanding tho somowhat unfavourable weather ib'o morning sorvico whs well attended, Jackson's To Deum was the opening hymn, Mr Perry took for Ins subject Nebemiah 4th chapter, 6th verse, Tho preacher said tho text divided itself First, " So wo built tho wall;" second, "And all iho wall was joined together;" third, " For tho people had s mind to work," From each of those divisions forceful and appropriate lessons wero drawn. During the offertory Iho anthoin " I was glad" was rendered by the choir, At tho afternoon service the church was tided, the owning anthem being "Onward," a meat appropriate one for such an occasion, Mr, Perry's seriiMti was based on Acts l[, chap % fith vt-rs-!, "And tho disciples were called Christians first in Antiooh.''„lt- whs pointed ou. that tho word Christian was first a nickname, as were tho name Primitive Methodist and manyothors, ,Tho discourse set forth what it was to bo a Christian, tho claims of Christianity upon us, ami concluded by urging all who were not CbrisiiaiW to dcoida at onco to bo such. During the offertory tho choir rendered, "I Will Lift Up Mine iiyes," 4 The church was crowded to its utmost lor tho ovoning service, in my beiiu unable to obtain teats, On this ocoasion tho text was John 20th cliap:or 29th vorso. A character sknich of Thomas was graphically drawn. Tho preacher pointed out lhat Thomas appeared first as one who was full of faith k then as one whose faith was wavering, mid finally as one who had lost all faith,, From this division Mr. Perry j-nvo nn eloquent sermon, concluding by showing that on seeing the risen Saviour Thomas' faith was ie" stored. The offerings for tho day wero £24 lGs, which will bo dovoied to the buildingfund. This evening a soiroo will bo held, tea being served in tho Foresters' Hall - Tho after mooting, in tho Church, will be addressed by tho local ministers Slid visitors, while the choir, assisted by an orchestra, will givo a number of items, At the afternoon service Mrs. MacWilliums rendered tho sacro.l song "The Belter Land " vory beautifully, mid at tho ovening sorvico Mr, Evan Morgan sang in his usual good stylo " Jerusalem,"