FROM OTHER PAPERS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 114, 6 February 1908, Page 11

FROM OTHER PAPERS.

.••• incident has come to band in wnneotiqn /with the sheop tax' (says tho jPoverty, .Bay- Herald"). Either by miscarriage .or through -wrong address, a notice from tho ;loenl stock inspector, calling attention tortile fact that tho time to pay his shyoptax Jiad arrivod," and- that , unless tho . amount |WB,paidby.a certain timo ho would I be.; fined, I ..was received. by-a country clergyDian".: .- ,Sewing " tho -opportunity tho rev. ■-. gondemanirophed somewhat after tho follow-nig^faßhlon:-^-"Doar:Sir,—Although I am a shopherd, I-never owned a sheep in my lifo. . My.--flock,- however,-.'is fairly -.free.'from .dis- .■ ;easo, exceptmgethat' several; are suffering from an* epidemic of whooping-cough and moaslos, and if by the payment of your sheep ; tax'eifcher, of these could bo obviated, I would .willingly do,so.—Yours truly, 'A Parson.' " ■.Much. dissatisfaction -is expressed in Can- . terbury ; iny regard to ;tho .methods of ■■ enrolment ;.for the general-election.. It is stated ..that in..one case a man who has been mar- ■ Tied for, over. 30 years, and has nevor been away from home, is now. parted from his wife by the llegistrar. -.Tho man has been placed , ;; .in..one,district, while his..wifo.lias been placed, in.another. ... A.similar course has been adopted : : m. regard, to l another- couple,*i who'' • live miles from. tho .boundary line of the .'two. , districts whioh they, now represent. :■ Scores of complaints are-mado ithat electors liavo • been' inlormed that they havo been placed in "■.different districts from thoso'-in which they . reside.... Quito a- large number of' electors'-' coniplam., that they -have not received any notice .of registration. . The most bitter complaint, however, is that of the man who says . that .tho Registrar-has-divorced him from-bis Wllo. , _ ry ~ "You are a ratepaper in the Taranaki : County-and you pay-rates towards the'upkeep, of thi3 road,'.'.said counscl to a witness m.tho Tariki timber traffic caso (accord; 1 '.-"{g to the ,'Taranaki Herald"). "Yes," re- • plied;fcho.witness. —■.-"And- you pay. pretty'/ heavv rates,"-, addod the lawyer. ' '• l'es." His .Worship .."There.is .no placo m 'New' Zealand you can cscapo paying rates.'' ! , yes;- your-Worship./ At, , Awakino and-Mokau;-there are neither rates nor Sunday there" • • ■ : , : i' >;'y ''They.praise, up-this country too much," , . ©?claitßed.a:disconso:atiO vouthwhowandered . ■ into :th<KChnstchurdh "PoliCo " Station one night..Tearsstreanled. dov/n his face,-".to . thd- accompaniment of convulsive sobs: as he told, a.conplo :of .polico officers how lie had been 'luredf to. New Zealand from tho, Old M>untry,,liy, the .glowing..accounts' published thoroin, regard to- .'.'God's Own Country." :r He/wasloiglitecji.years, of ago (says tho : Chnstchurch ''l'ress''); and had served some 'hreo years at tho engineering trade- He exprosiafid ; a ,-desire to- visit -New Zealand, and' , his father, acquiesced.. /. He:, could not get stiflicient wages at his '/trade when ho ar-' ; ' riv'-ed afc.,Wellington to ; . keop him, and* wasforced .\to. j'go on,* tho land'; a farmer-at ': employing ?. 'him s for some . b- Ho; then visited Christchurch • and ■; WiltediOn a farm .at. Ellesmere ■ JiiU Saturday/ :, laflt.lwheif lie. came to Chnstchurch and spent alli.hii? -.money.. • Ho.had/nothing.to eat all ,Qay,...and i hls greatest trouble; tho one ..-■ caused,, hitn^most.tearsi'was that 'ho had'no money., ; Tho -police informed the youth , that.; no what: the :Cotintry was hko . there,,was no .needvfor. him to go hungry. or ; , without:. a .', bod, and -.at once proceeded to' rouso.up tho cook. A bed was later, pro- . the lad was made comfortablo for. the night ..■An amusing story, is/told by aNapier gen-'' ' attended the recent show of tlie' ; .Wairpa rAgricultural- rand:- Pastoral Society. Ho arrived, only on the second day, found' v™t .• a -, . chain pacing''competition was 'lin ■ Pr^TW>'. ai *d. enquired--as to-.the.conditions ito-contest., ...The "officials ihim! tnat ]t ali,competitors 'had .to lodgo a ccrtain-' .that- qachr,hadin • turn, to pace what 'ho' or she'considered 22yds, and that got nearest to.the. oxaot. distance-won'the prize. .far. the. thing was. plain, but what , puzzled, the visitor, saya tho 1 "H B Herald," was.an announcement, that the Maori women who cqmpoted must wear the divided 'skirt ■only ..,. An . explanation was soon forthcoming. It apponrs that; on-the .previous day a Maori - lady (won ;,t)ie prize, pacing • the distance 'to within a quarter of an inch, but that utfdor-/ neath her f|pwing robe she had, extended', from knee,to knee, a bit.of string by. which' Bho could almost oxactly regulat-o ber Uno of her own people divulged the secret,, and hence,tbo special condition for the second . *&:■ "he ?unsophisticated Maori,/ nialo- or species.now practically.extinct."'"Those, persons who may be mclincd. to think jthat; Mr. ; P.- exaggerated v J'hfcn no hiked free love :and hostility to the fimily.-with : forms i of .'-fwhole . hog' SocialisiDj -may learn- something-by consider-' in? th 6 , case, of ..Mr. ;Quelch, Socialist advb- ' Napier "Telegraph:"; .' ''Our, vcableAm<sssages: receutly informed • us .that Mr. ; ;Harvoy, a Labour, ' M.P.,: had declared that it was.impossible to associate himself . with a man like Mr. Quolch . We' somo light upon this from .a j-uporc of a speech .by Mr. Queleh, at Kentish' Town, on Wovembcr 7 last, as reported by: the Birmin"-- - 5?? 1 />i® rc W n S - 'Despatch'-:' of a ■subsequent that/speech slr: Quelch is reported -?«, s ®^ 1 , n S i -^r.' a of,'free love.' What loVe- Aro : we in favour of if we -aro not in ..favour .>of. free,: loyo? . I! do / want •:£}• I v do /want to see tlie society, as at - present; eonstituted- awept awaj;... ../ Wo want ito marnago./ bpnd. jWe want no;bonds at 'all! do-vane ";' i*-'; ", • r! :• V 1 iw^ l ? l:b^ t! ? tl ;. caS6: °f. greati importaiicia ■ to all.agricultural distncts in tho:-Dominion has b«m_ .h ? ard 'at Blenheim:; Gogg, a threshing machine/hand, met with an:accident,- result■VM a - tho loss of his eyes.' Helclaimed £200. compensation: from .David Bishell - .the owper of tho; machino. Bishell; ' who was oo\ered ;by;the Ocean /.Accident. Insvir'ahco : ■'h. o '!' o /''' l9 "''■ contested the matter,'. holdiii". ' nofc ' theL^ a ?! s \ cm P lo yer,' but to custom riiowed that; tho engine-driver and feeder P . a,d by ■ the . machine Wr TU 1" h ° contr^ct -Pnce for, .thresh«S- .other men .were, paid a luhip sum farmer, according to one of :their number acting ad tlm f r eoo r <ler. . The farmer , a130 ( ,-fmiiir -men/food ; and. iodgings;, and coal for, tho, engine. .Mr; ■ Scott Smith, 5.51 the moin question thafc the machine as - gang 'fol- ; M.the -mill about through' the wlole sca- , w,l : an . d orders from the .owner 1 only, A : i mutual. settlament; was, arrived • at." ■ .The', deeisma, «says the Chnstchurch "Eres's,'" will : 'polfloe ■m • their, contract .-for the threshing, pnco> all tho machino . hands' seir^fM^n 0 ®" )etter >. 'speaks for iV .up-country schooWster,: was rnhW Rr ra^ I m F et i n G of the Otago Edu'out thJ 1 honour to point out; that . I.have again been, disappointed in . not , ohtajning promotion.'; After^' serred the Board 'l under a raised classificafaOn. certificate, is,£2o. lew than it was 12 . ycars ago/ .To be left without reasonable promotion ; m such circumstances i s , opinion, an injustice. Yon -^i-.ware-1 latterly /made headmasterships. . I applied, for theJe bWI feft e, : or -T th ! 11 ?' in t°. consideration,' 1 -.felt I had; a just,claim. to the promotion which'thb recommending £ 113 F a t otlc «"y the jipppintmeTSkos tWopportunity of .iXrrieS distant/committees,/ and,in :my own rcase 1 have -. i fexdrcised .this privilege. .The resuit is that. some toachers K et frequeht oro motion, ..whi e others arc left to look'on In ffirS to l^ tc 1 fec] confi doni to Board would willingly grant mo the fair pro- «^'° n eo fe- Wie Board,, adds P the . Daily expressed considerable sympathy with the teacher m. the position in which he/was.placed, and, realised that many of tho statements- contained in the 1 letter wore -only .too true.: - However, . under thepresent mode of-making appointments the matter could, not be remediedi ".