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Notes.

The Bruce Herald (Milton) has the following paragraph on one of the thousand little blisters that irritate the epidermis of the journalist nowadays : ' Country journalism is filled with life's little ironies. Here is one of them. For some time we have given the local Athenaeum free copies of the Bruce Herald, and the other day a well-to-do but frugal-minded settler, who knows this, came in and ooolly stopped his paper, " because," said he, " I can read it for nothing at the Milton Athenaeum." '

Some Canterbury journalists have their brains on the rack in a vain endeavor to solve the following- riddle : ' What should be done with a bottle of whisky found on a man against whom the Eaiapoi Benoh; had made a prohibition order ? This was a question raised by the police at the local court a few days ago. The Bench, bad no .advice, however, to offer beyond the remark that if the police gave it back to him within twelve months they would be liable to a penalty. for supplying him with drink. It is presumed the{man's property will be retained till his prohibition has expired and he is ready to make a fresh start, by which time the whisky should be mellow.'

The Gisborne School Committee intend to 'teach the young idea how to shoot' — out of air guns. A down of these deadly weapons are to be purchased for the use of the pupils attending the local school. One shot out of an air gun at the end of the week for ' never absent never late ' oards does not, however, seem a great

induoement to Tommy and Dick and Qua. The owner of an ' Aunt Sally,' at an English fair, gives ' three shots a penny ' and a cash prise into the bargain for breaking the pipe. But the military spirit, whioh has been so much in evidenoe lately, will probably make tha Gisborne boys set a higher value on a shot out of the larger popgun, especially if they can get the teaoher's hat—or oat —for a target,

What's iii * name 1 Mr. Hogg, M.H.R., was called upon to propose the toast of ' The Pig Industry ' at the Bacon Company's dinner at Woodrille the other day. Mr. Hogg is a bit of a humorist, and consequently he took advantage of the family resemblance between his cognomen and the subject of the toast to make some happy remarks which created much amusement. ' This is,' he said, ' the first baoon factory I hare ever visited, and it has pleased me greatly to observe the uncomplaining and philosophical manner in which a large and important section of our population is laying down its life for the benefit of humanity. Hundreds of our young men have recently gone in for a pig-hunting expedition. They have left New Zealand for the purpose of killing a few Boers at the other end of the world. Their sacrifice is entirely voluntary, and here, too, we have a large number of true martyrs prepared to sacrifice their lives in a voluntary way for the Bake of the settlers around them. And, too, have we no tribute on an occasion of this kind for Captain Cook and the good work that he did 1 He has done more to Christianise New Zealand, and to improve the Maoris, and to change their habits than all the missionaries that ever were sent here. What was the effect of this man's philanthropic work ? Was it not to give the natives of this Colony new tastes, new desires, and new ambitions ? Was it not to civilise their palates, so that they learned to prefer roast pork to baked missionary, and has not the effect of that been to save a large number of valuable human lives ? You may say what you like about it, but the pig industry has been the salvation of numbers of our settler?, who would have starved many a time but for that. ... I went to a show some years ago, and I found there a young man in charge of a boiler working a cream separator. He showed me its points, and explained how it would not only work the separator, but how it would boil up food products for stock as well. He said to me : " See, now, mister, if you was goin' in fer rearin' hogs — !" "My boy," I replied, •' I have been doing that for years past." And, do you know, I could not get away from him for about half an hour, he was so anxious for me to buy one <>f his machines — he was so anxious to Bhow rm how 1 could feed my pigs and scald them through the instrumentality of that neat little invention of his.'

The ThamtH Star of March 2, in the course of a thoughtful leading article on the education question, uses the flail to some purpose on those of the Protestant clergy of the Colony who are so painfully anxious to abdicate one of the principal duties of the Christian Church and fling the burden of the proper religious training of youth upon the shoulders of the State. 'It is very easy to say,' says our northern contemporary, 'aa the gentlemen of the cloth are fond of declaring, there need be no difficulty in selecting passages of scripture which all religiouß sects would approve. It might be possible to do so, but few believe it, but even were the task accomplished, the passages chosen would necessarily be so colorless of doctrine as to be useless in teaching great moral lessons. The Lord's Prayer and the Commandments might be chosen, and even taught in oar schools without any possible objection, ye f j so fearful are those who would support such an alteration, that it would be but the commencement of trouble, that they would oppose the introduction for that reason alone. The clergy must know that if they are to wait till the State gives religious instruction it will never be given, and yet they continue to be satisfied with their annual protest, which soothes their consciences for another year ( and in the meantime the children are neglected. How long are congregations and churches to submit to thia neglect of duty on the part of the clergy whom they support that religion and morality may be taught the people. All churches are alike in this neglect of duty, save the Roman Catholic. That church perceiving that the State could not, even if it tried, teach religion in accordance with its views, manfully undertakes the task itself, and its adherents find the means.' It denounces in strong terms the neglect and indifference of the Protestant clergy in the matter of the religious instruction of children attending the State schools. After quoting the interview with the Arohbiahop of Melbourne which appeared a few weeks ago in the N.Z. Tablet on the impossibility of providing any workable scheme of Bible instruction for the State schools, the Star says : ' The Archbishop sums up the position in a few words, and his reflections will be endorsed by the majority of people. If we accept his opinion it is evident there is little use in waiting for a solution of the difficulty by the State, and it remains for those who desire their children taught religion, And all men do, to see that the clergy undertake the task.'

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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 11, 14 March 1901, Page 18

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Notes. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 11, 14 March 1901, Page 18

Notes. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 11, 14 March 1901, Page 18

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