FROM OTHER PAPERS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 95, 15 January 1908, Page 11

FROM OTHER PAPERS.

A Resident, of Rbtorua who was one of tho rtrongcst'4avpcafceß'forith.6 Government-tak-ing /over.., tlio place, says the local "ClironiclOi'V.Tyasj laying .down-.tho laiv-. in Fcnton Street " re'eintiy in/a'. mhnnfir' which would have made.' tho Tourist Dcpartiiiont's ears said his friend, "you were one of.-tljo' loudest in. urging that tho'towii should be taken over." • "I know I wits, and I have iust woko up to tho fact'that I Wa3 a fool,' - ! say." tho least' of. it. The,- Department ar6;~doing just as they like, and you never hear -whatjis..going on at Theory is about , the only thing you can get out of them. Moro.than that, they ar6 putting up the' price:- of everything, and giving worse Value. 1 ,, By and by they will be doubling thq 'prico'bf'tho electric!light, and worso. every., day. Truly, wo have fallen out of th 6,' frying-pan into tho fire." The employers who aro roprosenting the farmers.teforo the Conciliation Board had 40 witnesses, to call at Gcraldine, but owing to the great amount of time takon up by repregentatives in cross-exainin-ing tho witnesses thoy have not - yot been , abla to .call' half a dozen, of the 40 -witnesses, According to'thb Christchurch "Press;'"' Mr.Evani' : and 3lr; r .Tones protested against this sort oFthing; when Mr. Tlioni, the Labour representative, said ho had a right to ask 8s many''quo3ti6ns as he. liked. ' Mr. Acland: "But you hive no-right to wasto hour after hour' in this way, as, you are doing." Mr. Thorn replied that they were not all lawyers,l; and 1 , 'the 'chairman; directed that the business should •pro'ceed, : jth6ngh he admij> ted; it was very irksome to him to have to sit there and'.listen to a thing being hammered at in. tlie.' • twrvocVtWoVlidnrs. ahd'Sa" art hour' by tho employers, who called him,-- and nearly. - two'h'onrs'by the.TJnion, under cross-examin-ation. '' .'.-.-J! •.Theta^n}it,:pf- ; jioydjty 'in a district m&ft generally \ borreliM;':upon to givo ~a'. v fair . gauke 'of „the labqur"'£spect of a place','.; id- . marks the ..''Wanganui .-Herald," and that ' being so; there ..is but one" assumption to draw fro'm'-'thotfict tho'motath of Do-r 'cemb.er,*.tHore : was 'riot -'ohe noW'-'recipient 'of' ■' outdoor relief from tho local Charitable Aid Board. ' This undoubtedly betokens a healthy state of :affairs in this'town, and the district over winch : the Charitable Aid Board has control, extending as it does from Patea to Eahgitikeii.-'upl.to Upper vWaitotara,, Waimarino;'and Taihapoi"According to the Ilotorua "Chronicle" of January j.B, .there is still great activity among; the geyser i,at. AVhakarewarewa. Tho: previous' afternoovii'-the "Prince' qf Wales's Feather,, geyser commenced erupting, played .throughout Athe afternooh, and until 8.90 o'clock •,that;njght-,- The cauldron (To. Horu). . was']also '.'very active'and at 7.15 erupted, sending its :-waterV;to'*hcights» varying from 10ft. ■to „25ft., • continuing this for 32 - mihutes.iahd overflowed for 26 iniputes. The cauldron.:'lias;> not' overflowed for some , time priorito'thit-afternoon. ; Pohutu conjmenc'ed, to at .7.44, and ceased at 8.20 .o'clock. For' tho'first-six minutes this geyser shot the a height of 90ft., and .'.afterwards continued ~to send ..itsstream of boiling liquid'-to'heights varying, from 40ft. "to" SOft." The,-display; was a. very.-fine 'onej ■ aiid ,tlie. pity 'of it' 13 "it did : not take placo -early in" tho afternoon. When 'the wind was in its most capricious snobd; 3t a. woman at .that mysterious" age ,when -lief - friends speak of her' as ' 'Veil;.preserved," made a dash around the corner' of tlje grand-stand. Her, gown, adds the' Auckland "Star," was' of the lightest of '• suminfir vmuslins, - and ..on hcr i head.,she woro:-::a 'riarvollotis creation' of.',gauzo .'arid flowers, > <,Bvery, i -vagabond /{wind ;ih that vicinity .instantly began to do tricks withjtho' • muslin-gown. Sooner than it takes to tell that summer gown was describing the most alarming ; aerial : flights. 1 But itsi;owner, a hand, on,'either side of her hat, kept on as if a. display of open-work - hoSis^-o[nd .-lingerie werp'an.' everyday "affair."Matj'am," rushing iip to - Her,. .y'oji : ,are- -probably .not .Aware .of : ';it-,' ■ but^yoiir l skirts-are liibovbiyour'knees.", .''.'l ' don't care,retorted the other, never may- , ing a finger from tho bonnet; "I'vo had those-legs for forty-five years and can't lose but I've 'just; paid-thrco pounds for-this hat, and I don't mean to let it get away.". -'i ~; ' ; . ■ • ' A; Main Trunk Jabouror ■ retired • from. his ' job'the-other'day'in a stato of : comparative, aifiuenqe;;.;. Hp worked; cpntiriuoujly oil tho- • lin'e'for'three years,' blind to the ■attractions of ; : sly grog:-and two-up, and his bank-book now shows a balanco of £400. ■ "A sore, a sad/-and a sorry job for me," was, (says the Christchurch "Press") an'jlrish;;farmer. described a .ciroumstance in-' his-farming life to the. Concilation BoaftFori'Thursday'jast.• A gale came .and.blew,,his? stacks away just as ho-had got them up,' and somo oats, which were still. out, were treated in this : way, 'First ■ they - were ' drenched in the'rain, and tho sparrows ate all-.tlio grain on the outside. : 'i'ho weather cleared, and ho thought ho would be safe in turning-the stooks, and this ho did and the-same,night tho.rain came, down again, in- -torrents. ' Then, before could get ■ them.-dry again,, tho sparrow, (uid eaten tho other siclo and left hini only a littlo bit in tho miduio. (Laughter.) Tho witness, said i fc n° laughing mattor with him, but a very serious one, and-if at this time, with all his trouble, ho had had tho demands of oho union waved at liis nose, -he would simply have goi;e' mad. • Some- folks in the Urcnui district had an exciting-time.irecently (says the. ."Taranaki News.") Two men were returning homo in tho.-evening, when ono sighted a : couple of wild pigs. They; had only one dog,, but he was not a,bad little chap, and--they -set cif to cateh-tho pigs: To reach t!ienV;a.'narrow and deep creek had to bo negotiatedj Ono man had,just crossed this and 1 was':climbing up tl).o far slope,..when a,' shout- miMe. hiip ' turn tail. One 'of tho bush charging' straight" at, him. ... Hpi'cleared -!the creekn-at- a. bound. Doggie grabW' tho;'.'pig by tho thro.lt, and together! they-rolled down tho bill- splash int6 th 6 '»Ha,viTigidcspatchod: this so-,;i.the party'set o'fE -fo hunt the,other. ,Ho proved to bo an old stager, and ho defied the dog! Anotlier rone, wellknown as a-pig'hnnter, was brought, but tho boar' tossed both aside. And ho treated three others with equal unconcern. Then, darkness falling, a. man ,was despatched for a, gun • and: a:-flight. Two;v-pamo on tho sce ,'! e ;, Wll<in quite • closo' up," irtho boar walked . towards' the light. The pair shinned up .trees, and the pig bolted clear, tor- tho man with tho gun was .up ono tree and tho cartridges; and the light were safely carried up ; tho "other, ' 'H 8 • man y wonderful vrord pictnroa, and-oiio of the most impres®r o . 13 ''hat Tho-jPebple of tho Abyss," ,® C: i V f? Mn bes ,'the .manner in which London s ■ hdmCloss.;- thousands', contrive to SMteh a few hotfrs.! 'brCkeri : sleep 'in 't-lio parks °f that paucity,..'feTho,sight .of., tho-tramps ! m,ftw;sc°i^-^til / xccently infested the Sydney Domain .'might Jiavp that' pic-, turn to mind, and tp-day in Duriedin one-may any day witness a-scene riot without a' : cerThe.Triangle Gardens, in. ; the centre-of the city, says'the Dunedm Star, aro a favourite resort for towuspcople ln summer, and the tempting 3 1 inc s,'lv s ?' p - th ' ! ? wns °f -the highly! eqltiyatcd .bit of ground appear, also; to attracts every, deadbcat,; m Duncdin. 'Almostany warm', day' from ten to.-thirty of them may,,be seen there, unshaven and unwashed, h^iT- S .r n -, ba ! ly .' shod ' and generally lying about individually in the sun they dot the green m eyerv direction; They are novor tho samo crowd. Thd police keep over thorn too Strict a surveillance to- allow one to bocoino an habitual loafer in one town but so far., as general deportment is concerned thorc- is little botv/ecn them. They : are gonerally drunk', but if collcctivcly sober toprs'is.an amalgamation of forces in a corner. of the green, and. if funds permit thov : aro soon engaged lii that deliglitful occupa-' ' tion knowa-as "running the. cutter."' In a comparison, however, there is this difference: that; while JackLondon,'s, .vagabonds, were auch. from;.force of circumstances, Dinicdin's few deadbents are deadbeats simply becauso tboy haven't the stamina to be anything else. And. it's 'ff':pity their anti-soap presonco is allowed to spoil tho beauty of the Triangle Uardons / A