OUR SYDNEY LETTER.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2573, 8 January 1889, Page 2

OUR SYDNEY LETTER.

(FROM OUll OWN CORRESPONDENT),

Sydney, December 24. THIS HOLIDAYS. In order to get my share of the general holi-day-making, lam writing a day or two earlier than usual. This, however, will not matter \ery much, for all the world, is far too busy merry making to have much time for miking history—in other words, for making materials for paragraphs. Business, banking, even restless and unquiet politics are all suffering from suspended animation. Only the caterers for amusements are busy, and reaping a harvest, and those who have to furnish means of transit to a theatre or conce-'t, or picnic, or excursion. I must not except, however, the unfortunate newspaper man, who deems hiin<e'f fortunate if lie can manage to suspend publication for a single issue, Anent this question of holiday I can't help rein irking that those who do the least work seem to come off the best, and those who do the most work are very -curviiy treated. The Civil Servant, the oank clerk, and so on. get the best part of a week on ftdl pay. Humbler workers have to be come'it with what they can get, and have their pay docked. I don't want to be cniic il in the midst of general festivity, but I can't help remarking that it will bo much happier for the community generally, when there is a little more equity in these mutters. EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES, A curioii-- correspondence has been going on on the subject. A largo number of writers all presumedly of the satarted class, urged strenuously that Monday should be a general holiday. These employers, whose rents and bills know no holidays, objected unite us strongly. To many of them the day buforo Christmas Day gave hopes of a harvest to which they liavo long been strangers, and they thought the pertinacity of the holiday agitators very inconsiderate. In most instances, however, the employees had their way—a fact which exemplifies once more the growing power of the labour element—which bids fair to dictate its own twins very shortly if, indeed, in the meantime it has not driven capital out of the Held. The great predilectiwi, too, which is ■shown for billets" by young men whose abilities and energy show them to be capable of far better things is a disquieting sign of the times showing as it does that the avenues to success in private enterprise, with which every new country ought to abound, are largely monopolised or closed up. This is much more worthy the attention of our legislators than the perennial feud between the " ins " and the " outs," RESIGNATION 01-' BISHOP BARRY. Bishop Barry has definitely announced his resignation, much to the regret.of those who rejoiced in seeing so learned, so able, and liberal a prelate at the head of the Anglican denomination. 15y many, it is loudly declared that if more disposition had been shown by the different sections of that great body to work cordially and harmoniously together, the Primate would have remained in his colonial see. It cannot lie denied that gratuitous difficulties were thrown in his way by the ill-timed bitterness of party zeal, particularly in the matter of the cathedral reredos. But as Dr. Barry's reason tor retirement is the ill-health of his wife, who is compelled by it to reside in Kugiand, it does not appear that under any circumstances his stay could have been much prolonged. A. little more "sweetness and light" on tho part of the Low Church sectaries would have smoothed the bishop's path 110 doubt, but it would hardly have atfectcd his good lady's health, or modified the Australian climate to a sufficient extent !o enable her to live in it. THE I'll KM IKK SUED. On Monday, the Premier figured as a debtor in the Supreme Court being sued by Abraham Friedman for £15 alleged to be due on certain promissory notes, Mr Want, plaintiff's counsel, on inspecting a deed of assignment which was put in, said he was quite prepared to accept a verdict for the defendant. One wonders, under these" circumstances, ' why the case was brought into court at nil.