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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2346, 23 July 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

“AJuuilke Dust-cart”—tint is what is painted on the vehicle— has made its appearance in London. Tint Pope’s says the Court Journal, has directed that all the money received by the sale of articles at the exhibition in celebration of his jubilee shall bo given to the poor. Tue Chinese Government have directed that the salaries of the members of its embassies abroad—which are very handsome—shall be cut down by 20 per cent, all round. When asked for a subscription to the Women of England’s Jubilee memorial, Lady Florence Dixie wrote to the Mayor of Windsor as under:—“A widespread depression has settled itself upon die country (consequent, I believe, in a great measure, on the depreciation of silver and the appreciation of gold), and is affecting all classes, but more especially the poor and needy, who depend on work for livelihood and very existence. Work is scarce, and the poor are suffering; and I think, therefore, that the money of the public could not be better employed than in attempting to relieve that suffering. I yield to no one in loyalty to my country, and I fully appreciate the great benefits that have come upon us during the fifty years of Her Majesty’s reign consequent on the steady advance of progressive ideas and political liberty ; but I cannot bring myself to believe that a statue of the Queen erected on Castle Hill will in any way adequately represent a glorious reign or benefit ‘ the people ’ in the slightest degree. The only person who will reap any benefit appears to me to be Mr Boehm, the sculptor! . . . Forgive me, therefore, for saying that had it been decided to erect some useful public building or institution in Windsor, which in this generation and coming ones would have proved serviceable to the poor of Windsor, I would have subscribed with the greatest of pleasure, but to assist in raising up a dumb, inanimate statue, which, however well executed, must always preserve the solemn stillness of inactivity and uselessness, and therefore prove of no good to anyone, is not what I should care to do. Therefore I must very respectfully decline to subscribe thereto.’’