THE CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 27, 26 October 1907, Page 5

THE CHANGING SCENE

A BIRD'S EYE VIEW. [By a Casual Chronicler.] Mr; , Rudyard . . ICiplnig,' speaking at Toronto, advocated'dose fellowship between Canada, Now Zealand, and South Africa for mutual preference > m -trado. Hp added 'that :tho offered; tho promise of markets' worthy of sorious attention.—Cablo item. ; ■.•We find hero all tho daring originality that used to charm us in tho poet, but lie 800m M to miss : the '".fid swinging' mptro and resonanco of his ■ earlior'-vorses; ■ V '-'v .i . - •' :' ■ , 1 - ' ' - A' cable messago ; 'reports : King '. Edward as havirigVoxpressed'' delight' that wireless..telegraphy v should ■ iliiitb :' the? \bonds -.between Canada and tho Motherland. In futuro, theroforo, "cutting .tho painter';',.will consist of the- simple operation of ..switching' off the current... ..... i ', . , . •• • . i' "Then the Bishop said that;!drink was a. curse. If we had better beer and wino wo . , woiild have loss, drunkards. '.As for sayiiig .that'beer is tho cause-of • povertv, wo. say •that 'if every, workman was .a teetotaller and was.;iibble' andpure; under tho "capitalistic system there would still be poverty."—Mr. Ben Tillett'at Auckland. '. It isn't .beer, it',isn't sin, It isn't manners rough an', low,. ..,' r , It'ain't'them;thihgs as keeps us in - j-orrid mud .of Mairiinon's"slougH. ; . • ®^;'ro% r: growf . Of. whiskers on. mo careworn fico, . This'risiri'; of thb foiir-poun' loaf^-' Thesc'isn't doo at all ter Vice. "Wot is the cause?" 'Just 'arf a mo':— i Suppose (if you can bear tho pain ih'at'beer should.go, An' pints bo 'eard not of again; . Suppose, that w'en the whistle blew, . Instead 'o':pulhn': :out our. clavs,: 1 We..alliknelt down,,-an', two and two, Sang .sacred ;jowits, lymns. of praise;•■■■■■' Supposorwo all:was pure an' good, j Just' Bayards: wieldin'.drills an' picks,. •• , An', Philip Sidneys-'sorin''.wood, - . An' Galahads a-layin'-.ibrieks; -^! • If Labour 'ad.a 'alo on— ■ If-iall-ithpin j things : was> true,-, old ;pal,'. Wo!d.'still,b,e./wcary, worn an' wan; . The slaves Jof (;?ated Capital. -'J.-,.', ~ It's,^Capital,- wotimakes?mo boil, r It's, ; Capital,,wot pays a : wago To ''prny : 'anded son's o' toil, . That Neerer .of-the modern age. : So w'y ascriboat.allitej^vicppyr.^:,!''; W'y soar an' seek a 'ighcr spear? • Wj. make tho w'ariton sacrifice ' .Of., reckless, swearin' : oif of-Beer? ' .:.l '"'I M r .-. T.,., A.v-Edison,-,'says.,a. cable message, ■ predicts,,that in ,(1 jdecade, Mr. .Marconi -will; s.thousand , words' a minute across;,tho Atlantic. It ist,understood.that. . this,„promised removal,/of..one."of,:his most; serious annoyances ,will overcome Mr. Roosc-, ■ Tel.t!s, f relu^nceift»,irun.'.again for f tho Presi-,. ' : ,r^..n! .tIS , ■ .ill ) - , . „ "Ingratitude, thy name, as-j-.th' l poto • Bracken., hays,,,; thy,...name is ..jourrnahsm," >: .- ",What's.,it. been;.dom!fnow?"'. askeJ Mr HenneSsy: • '' .. . .* ' "It's been raijjietin' -me. wurrds iv counsel l ■' ® n Day .by day.; I've .r-read th' :,)\ellin'ton pa-aper, , an'. nivcr r wande has it called th' Premier a dangerous i demmy- • gog. ~; Instead iv comin''out with aii axe in ono liari' an| :thVblcedin' . scalps"iv' it's foul anl 'loathso'nio'contemp'rics jii';tli' ; other, it has' been inriywan t' read. I'm disappointed, jawn'.' Pro Bono Publico an' th' little orrgans is in despair, an' .ar-re complainih'i because-th'.leaders ■ ar-re not composed. inblarrgeV'-^hrieks^* an- piercin' howls.. ;- 'Give us howls,': they- say; 'howls is , jv ; th' ; , .community. 1 We • be ; a doglight;, says |hey, ( , 'but : So.l'called atrlii'..'office t' ,tell;th', boys tow.t' run th' pa-aper th' confidence iv- th'■ wharf-liiniper an' tli'' lovb iv~th'-'''thfue ; 'sporrt:' ; 'G'way,' says th' edi- r ' tor, 'g'way,' /hej-says;-' '"1 'know' I shud he ' doin' somethin'. l - else than runniii' a news-pa-aper j. 1.-AUi, editors'. shud.'. !i.'But;says' I,' 'on'vbehalf ,-iv a,' thirrstyipublic; 'that lilies' it hot an'-:sthrongi!: says'l,-;.l:!offer iomo' hints,' ' \ A l '/'. '?S(.tol! -mo j things ; that mcd mo : ! lev e gratitudo is dead.. Wud ye believe |t,.^aTO,;^nd-hTO -their- time ml. ?plf-sacrificin' '• .efldpayours. l . t' : j /show .- ; .th'. pa-aper.-that, it,shud ,aim.,at ; a: religious- an' : ■ y.an' i.thoy,- offion t' write sample ■ . others jdeinonsthrate,- at- gr-reat , expense t'-.themsclvco,,that,•ghat's -wanted ;is ; somethin' spicy- with blood hi r it.,, ; An' th'. . i copy Satlierday dehaille shud, dictato. tli'. policy, ,not T j p n ds,but out, iv pure goodness f;-, M'.v th'.raan' that had an. ad, in .. . , a . s .---'.^^ rs sl' lll wppks, says he'll, stop his paper unless th" editor denounces th' wurrkin man as a thief an'Miar in a fourarrticlei' Ailvieo : pour's' iii, Jawii, tin' th?''pii-apcr';takos/iib Vnotico; but' goes 'on ' that'Dbctlior Gibb wud not fi n d^fault'\vith'; !; and 'oxprcssin' 'views 'that : ' anny might'hold. Journalism's' on th' down grade'," Jawn. '.Th' otiior'dav th' now ,ps-aper"objccted' sthrongly t' somethin" iv mo. frind Bill Massey's. l ' How can Pro Bono'"Publico an!.,.th!., little, weekly orrgans feer pleased .whin, that happens?". /: ," W , iII :yo ' s%V r yerb"s'pa-apdr, ' Dooley?" asked Mr. Hcnncssy., , "Jawn, you scom ' t', havo missed me point." • •• „

Commenting on Professor, : Segar's . statemra. .that .the Panama Canal: will divert tr?do;from, Wellington to., Auckland, . inasnl!l ™; though -Mercator's' projection gives B\;wrong.,impression ; to .tho contrary WelKngton is, .actually,nearer., .to Panama than is,..Auckland;,tho, Auckland ''Herald" says in . a;;leading..articlo, which will. appear.,' on Monday: ",Wo havo in: the past, showed, conolusiv.oly .tjiat Auckland's interests are being stared .by; the. •Government,, while palatial railway; .stations aro - bping built, everywhere in the South. On another page V /o reproduce a chart which wo commend to our readers' attention as offering a testimony to Southern perfidy .no less remarkable than the comparative pictures which- wo printed last week to show tho difference between the Pacroa railway station, and ~thp.Exhibition' building erected. in Christchurch. ' Our Southern .'Wends may sometimes mako a bold show of refuting our charges,of. acglcct' of Auckland, but . evasive and dishonest generalities will not got over tho fact that Panama is' nearer to Wellington than Auckland. A more insidious attack upon thi? city was never designed by Hyperborean spleen, and Professor Segar.; deserves evory crcdit for exposing this last and worst of the scandals against, whichwo. h?vo unvaryingly protested for so many years. Foiled in their attempts to

damago us hitherto, our enemies liavo not scrupled to lay defiling hands on tlio sacred linos of. latitude ." Tho Auckland "Star," ou tho other hand, thinks that Professor, Segar is a spy in tlio pay of Wellington, and says, inter alia: "Wo may be small,. as tho so-called City of Wellington assorts, but it will bo found that Auckland is not dono with yet... We havo lost tho San Francisco sorvico, but wo declino to givo up. Morcator's projection, .which has always boon regarded ■ ns far more, correct than tho globes.. We hnyo re-calculated tho distanco, and wo find that Panama is 1000 miles noarer; Auckland than Wellington., Professor ..Segar may bo.a scientist, but ho forgets that ■ the need for constant vigilance has necessitated our being scientists , also. Wp may tako this opportunity to again point out- the commercial pre-eminence of Auck-land/-The increase in the numborj of' fryingsold last month. l . . . ."

Rising,tp proposo a vice-president, tho Rov. .T. H. Sprott enlarged on the ovils that aroso-j-moral ; and . ..physical —from . careless and hasty,;.marriages.;.Such marriages, were far too common in tho present ago. Thoughtful people ; should endeavour, to circulate a . graver ~-viow ; of. marriago . into tho com'munity;.tlio first step towards,reverent and idiscreet'marriages ;was that. marriago should. .•bo':talked about, irreverent and discreet language.. , .-u • . -.■■• The..Roverend Mr. Sprott has.placed; .: His finger, on;tho spot:. Tho man and tlie ".maul and their careless : ... haste .. ./ ' ,1 , ..... in.tying the nuptial knot. . ' / •'• j ,' ~r The poor-young, fools, . ~ • When Cupid lifts.,the. latch; . ' Witli a.kiss and.a blush , i . . . They.blindly rush Oil the rocks of a.; hasty, match. •The, Reverend, Mr. .Sprott. .affirms .. . :, x That hliss is.not for theso, .; . But jtho,steadier •folk'.who come to terms., : By gradual slow degrees. A cautious tongue .. ■ . . When;the heart,.'is young. . ••. ..Brings,bliss iu a natural course, V Bub the sparkling- eye • ': ..''And' thosmilo and sigh ' ' Are seeds of a: aad divorce! ; ; A copy of tho Swedish nowspaper'"Svenska .Dagblaget".. (Stockholm), of .September: 9 has ..reached this.ofEco. It contains a.long.inter-.; ;view,.with Mr. Pierco C. Freetli, 'who is f nx .ported as having said this, amongst other ; things:. : "Naturligt-vis har den nya arbotlagstiftningen bidragit .att fordyra lefnadskost T iiaderna, som.stigit. i med/len all-; manna lonostegrmgon. ;Men . : den.,jamnaro'. ferdelningen, af nationalformogoiiheteii / oeh d,en,.:kroppsarbetande klassons forbattrade ckonomiska cch sociala' stallning uppvager, enligt min moiling, mor an val na'mnda prisstegring."': It is regrottable that such obviously 'erroneous 'statements should ,bo icirculated'by a New.Zealander; : .