SHEARERS HOPEFUL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 250, 15 July 1908, Page 3

SHEARERS HOPEFUL.

Vv; A.Y.ERA OF LUXURIES. From expressions of approval.which have .dropped .from .the /moutfls ..of : shearers; 'regifclmg the proposed Shearers' Accommoda-tion'.-.lfill; it' is' evident .(writes Our Waira- - rapa.correspondent) ; that the• hordes of jthe. combs- and; cutters, and blades are of . the opinion that their, millennium has"jufetabout 1 arrived.' V ■ Spring mattresses and me'dicino chests,- bedrobiri tires, and baths.. These aro 'comforts'which, in'/comparison with thoso of former, days, ' will possibly lead' the shearers themselves to': imagine tliatf when; on:,circuit 1 they will bo .living in! the lap/of luxilry/*' It is' not. meant'that'New Zealand,shearers aroneiv.;to these, comforts,'' because' it'is well known that a ,large number of our most suc- r cessful present-day farmers wore fairly well-to-do, and had. nice home's, oven when thoy • were .onVthe i-'rhoards,' I '. but it be/dd- : mitted * that, : ;few-';lookod-.'for,, these.'jspeci'al. comforts'at a : ,shearing shed.,' The mbst;important subject .in those days ,was/' tucker." •l.f thdt-wbre good,.there was little complaint;. On- seyeral -stations, however, years agd there .were' '"owners',' ; wh'o■'•' . paid special'-•-'atten-tioii ito the coinforts of both shearers' and rouseabbuts.' Notablo among these, is Brance- ; po'th,-: where; there is ,excellent; Vaccommbdq-. : tioii, hardly excelled in an hotel,;' arid; a ■ tablo'.' which' included good meat, ' butter, 'cheestf, bread, and' " brownie" daily. ' A was', established • there. '17. year?, agoV, during ~a' .very sexious outbreak of, influenza.,,, Stilj,- it ,is , hardlyj possible ..that, any, staffcinsjiad got'.sb.. far,as spring mat-, tresses/ .prpb'albly■ becauso )their introduction might'havo-. resulted iri !/ a i weakening of, - ; the early-rising aspirations'of .the shearers them- - solves'.. vy-" ?,■;'■;■.//;■■'.■ ■ ': AVhe'n'-one .-seriously the, whole : 'question-,<if.< ! these suggested -comforts, one -is* 'almost' 'appalled -at.i what. they ,may ; lead ; to. For "instance'; ; with the .progress/.of, comforts, ; one' can imagine how ■ tilings will stand in the, : year w'h"ch:.the, : |.' ringer " will 'nottake a shed -unless: the menu card is goldontiiited : and- printed-in- three colours;«while' the "fi'agranco of e<iu-dc-colofrne. must float off.:fr'om" ,tlio-'libt; baths, ; and! breakfast must' ' bo had irTbcd..,.Life then would.really be delightful." -.. .v- .- . . i".-. .. • .. '