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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2971, 30 July 1891, Page 4

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Two of the shops w,,.-i, ot-riipied a? ,-i linat-lrl.tini? station by Fdw.u=K the well-known boat-builder, -,'nd in fr'iiit of them was a bunting xta'.'c, ■~ which the boats for liiro were moore'l. l-ponthis was :i little wo,,den cabin for Ihe caretaker, neat and pretty, with m,i,liu curtiiins lit the window, and n . ~,,r,1eM- coating of white puint without. ■|ne -tut 111 broke up this landing stage , , ,nd tho part on which the cabm f-tands 1,,, 1,0,,,! curried bodily over to the south 1 w i,,. n . it, <tands against the last pier, ilu'in-m, Mil.','and co.v, that, it is diili ...ill to imagine that no inhabitant, is h .,iuly eatin;.' his dinner or ouj >ymg :i nip behind tho:.ii white curtains. If this wore all, the flood would be of little importance. Unhappily the tidings t,-,,.n outlying suburbs brinir continual U !,'. H of disaster. Nine, years ago the (;,,ver.orient was seized with a perfectly . ~,.-11,10 ,dea—that of sc!lii.!< lots of l(i or ■-'~) (p-p-iu-H, tiiat-N, of :i:ihy i"» Oft. to :?:< by Ki.-I't in the suh.nbaii lands stilt rei.i.iiiiii.,' iii their po<.Wion. These lands wen- eir'crly bought up by all sorts and .-.-..iitioiiHofmeii. A great increase ol si-1 tlen.i-nt and a .splendid addition to the ~:'V wi.-s the result,. The districts south ,',l the Yiin-a and east of the Buy wore ] u ,',-ly taken up and built upon. UntorMlhMv .'o ,-estnetions were imposed •-.!,.„ wiio bought four 01 tive 10-percli ■rlotineuU were permitted to build on iiu-Mi just aatliuy pleased. The result is I int there are. mimburs of small three or f,,u,-roomed cottages built rm allotments wiiich sometimes form a fourth of those •■■(ld 11 v (loveniment nnd sometimes less. \V'en-a Imil.l-.i- i'ot hohl of only four I, ilf-riud allotmeiita, making only half-i,,i-:i"iv in all, hi- , Ikis built cottages with \ |il"|.-u foot, front ige and a depth of ie-..., than sixty feet, in onk-r to K<|uee/.e |,i live oi- six rows on a plot ot laud. I lie 1 i!t is that twenty or thirty miserable ~.„ m-iit' sttind on a half acre without ■~,v i.iovision for drainage, and depen,|,.a entirely on a b.ully-worked pan i-\- tein fiM' reiiioval of refu.-ie. "" I low these people have sulFercd by the []~:,{ no ton , 'tic but their own could tell. Tii- Melbourne, telegrams and papers v'.i;-ii i-.ieh you '"''« ,;L ' l '" ru '"J , I " tt(!, ' s ~" ;, y hive lold you of thi! surface .Mv'.p-d by the. Hood ami of odd ineidents |. . -i>- ;ii.'i eomieal of women who step- ,,.,',', ~'i.t, of b'-d to tend ■<. crying child f, nl ,,'.i .|, l; rives up to th'-ir middle in v ,-, i- (,l ~llici-women who Pin: ed to be ,' '.',,,' d from house; already allo.tand on I V e of l.M.akin- up until they fo.ind 1i,,.,!- 1,,-,! linnets ; bul. no one eal. 101 l vou of Iho. ■■■ poor wretehe. who .itVr •, v ~.,,; |~ ;,, eiiie ii roof over their 1,,-,,;*- ',„'■ i, l.oiirii'lnl of plain fuinil.ire jin',l tii-m::i-|vi:.; adrift without a yhilling ~i , ,;n l> ol lion.-. , , hold ;;ood.-i or a change ~l ~;,,Uh-; . A horrible ImihlUcs-j, but I, ~...: 1 v Hi' beiii-volenen of ir, ~;,;.;,;.1 u;|i| ,K, All will he well for no ,„„. j, dinwiie.l. and we give our crowns .Hid our t.-ovcreigii-i as our oowcr may ,'|,.,-id.- re-ililv whenever we are called ~(,,.11. ' l)i.!y"tho-i: who ,".re subject to t-'ild will -''"li'er niiieli, for the rest ot the roiiumuiity will find means and sympathy. Nothiui' has gone ivretrevably wrong un to this iiiom-jnt excepting that here ve| there a tree, garden or a riverside 'ie wl has been demolished. Consideri..}! tin- uses that tho?e plncu-i .ire put to no tri-iivudou.s worry need lie excited by Iheir dow,.fall. AH tin , bridges ovrr the N'a'rra -'lie .st.-itidin:,' though nviny arc (.trained and rei|-iire f> bo used with ,Million and though the Hoods Irmn the , r Yarni hare still to comu dowu, the w,,'-,1 is over beyond all doubt. In ;;pil.e of t.'l i- - prevalent distress in "\1 -lli 'lime, l.hi'i-j wa-i never such a gay wiul.-r :i:i this. The least cuergetie of :- 1 i- ly men einnot keep pace with the iiivitalioin shuv.-re.l around, and the ,;,,,!. libi-rd of purse.-i -iro taxed in the ;.!',-!npt, t'i s:.b-eri'ie (...) the various h-.vell lieu'giii-' sehem.'S which are no jii-t fully T,r:.-aiii : -ed. Tho results are luilirnii,.-. Tho mm without sixpence in 11111 world who is a-k .■! to -mall dances, where he will b-.' .utert-iined at an avc--1 -1..-■,. .-i-t, of three .-ri.inea.i p.>v held and will h-ivv the f.-iire-.'. of .-ociety - :i daughters 1-,-p a me" with jih, and Ih.iri! h evory sk'H i,f .!,;■.n ■,iri!-i.-ni.lvd..-iirindin>ra gaiarantee ~F ..:!.: out iie.d h'UV. , to bo sent with ,-..■ 11 ii.-I;,-! Indev.l to indii 'c sruo-its to ..'...-.'.....■1.'u.1.i'- '^.i.- 1 -.!..i-M-p«i'il |~.,j,n :;| ,ii 1' ei ;' '■ hi iii ilt'-pi-t three in l!i" i-i.i! oil. r. S, ; i v -< ,!■!■! <V."i", .."1 tli-lr ,-i '•■'■. are ,• .-,:,, ,;,, r■, h ;i -.l ■:,..; , i, -.!r •,- w-.'-liiy of \',V V,,,-:< ~.- ..> i'.-.-ir , , a. iiei,ieted by Juvei.-d. Til--- wl!'. liirt, dn:ee, talk .qr.nli:ii'.n'. !■ ' to i. , w d.i;.s l>i!si[iieO7.'.:d and t , ,. :,- !,:|., l< p-,-.-:,. 1 and th.-ir lips kissed 1. -/.a-.:- f-'d-.w- in whoso fiees they v.-ed-1 l'i.i::-ii if th"v the ni'ir--1-; i.;e that iMol.l'Mi tnnes would have beet, l.elil the only re^icfit, able outcome of their ;;.,illj< "11. Politically jut now two things are (vrtilin -one i< thai: Maino is all right, ii id the other that I'arkt-s is all wrong, T'.e Vijtnri-in I'remi, , !- h-is done himself n world of gm(l in erusliin , ,' the finaneinl ditliciihy, "ill the New "South Wales I'ri'iiii'.T .--ids hi? knoll in the absolute i-oiu-mI "f the Labour members to go near hin at the "Ministerial dinner, 'I'i.i-i is t ! !" la.Vv '.vcclj of the Victorian i>reh>tr:i, which, it tray he s'ifely said, i: jir! a: w.-li di'ie with. Its career his f.iily ;il,l( 1 ;i.U)f !.'•.• illu to the old ,'i'iii W.--11 proved proverb thit " too many e ~,1,-: ;;;i"il Mf- broth,'' lf,-.d Mi- Ifami'itoii <'hH;e. a nVist- c'MiaMe. i'lil e.veelli nt eo.-dii •tor and ■' eo'ii!,..;- r of g.-eit meri : ; | : .i,i ■. If, !,:■..;! pilo-vei! sv.ay there is no .j..:i' 1 he v.-finlil I; ive nnde if pay a , .; Sir I , ;. ~-!,.; 11-.Hi- did on those oeeisiotn -.. !i :, 1.-- t,ink i' over : bt.L it I.as been ,-..-inee|- ,1 by .. 01,1,11,11!, e, ..".IMpO-i'-d (jf ■;,.,",!: lir,:, 101:" ■enp-Mpi, a ~ :1 :-i e '] ,1-.' .-.•pers, v. ho kne.v uotii.or; ii.lmit, tl.' , biliiiness, ;\ id wen: not t .mpdi nt lo judge of the 1.,-, ,1: "!'a ii|.i.,i-;.! p.d.lie, far Irjlter able I , jud - ■ thin Ili.-inselvc.:. 'I'lu: eon.sei|,|.'uei ; ;ire. tli.it the lii-.-.t year win a li;uncial f-iilurr, iind the second year, ile pi! ■ Ih- , in. ai,. -i e ■■iniiinies, a worse tin i'u,-;.il l.idure. The eonduclo'- retires ,li :;u ,te■!, the j.::'.!:-: ;;• nerally hive . : :ye 1 iiuay, allliou.;!. the .uliseril.en ii- i n:Ji in j in to Miy good-bju at the 1.i., , ., ,i.;id the musicians are mirsing all i..:i,el. The or.'ai'i.-i'iou g.'iiei'iilly is in ,!,!,!, :.,,,! ii;e ;■ ii.. v:\ ii to: , - iiiv furioii!. 'I'lie 1' , ., v ,■!' i '■<■■ ,i\ i:,.; , : new uluiui who ,;,'■ ; w>l :,l!Ci -ed ill /Mlrtf.ilia is pilei|..:,,in-,|. I I.no v very well, a line aetres-i -VV-;-i, , i .i,.-! \--iy cell, v. ho i.i about ■ , d> .-.ill. -;f!.- ■■ ■ I'M-i'l- t ~:' a twelve V .I' '.-I •:■-. eeht. "T , ,- e,... „ I ,-.-," . :.. ■■-',i ;. I_ti — i ~:,,;,mv iu ioy p ■ ;vnee, ■ I , W;M ■'~:„■■ I,", i.e:, tllllt 1 Wollhl ; ,|! r li- ■ , -,i hv- )■■ ■::: !•: Ii W. I: in Ivig--1.,,,,| rl. .1 ..-;,!■. 1,, i-e." I bowed I ,i; t .-he did ii I-. l-.riiv,- why, I laid my In. I lei i.iV lie:!! ,1 . I', \vi I bee:Uft-e in my left e-,-/i -t po. ':. ' I h-,,! a letter sent |.v l:er !o ii fiiend of my own in v'hieh she implored a n-u"wal of her im» .-■il.'eiiienl and declared si," "would .m" ii >"•!•-!■ live h.-.-e on f!.;f tv. onty pounds n v.-i el: "!i" had f .'■ ived, or the ten pounds she oll'ereil to remain for," than go home on ten thf-usi.c! a yen , .