THE CHANGING SCENE

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 336, 24 October 1908, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE

; A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW.. ' ' (Br M.CX) Tho United States Government, says a • • cable message -published on Thursday/ iiii tends'to order two or more battleships for the ; purpose of .providing work'for the uriem- ... ployed. It is understood that if the depression in the.labour -market continues acute, a large war .will be embarked upon to solve the • difficulty. ; .That, course, it-is believed, will result in the instant disappearance of the • unemployed. ■' ■ -' ... — : A Just Complaint. ' '.Wild pigs are often captured in this district, but it.seldom occurs that a'pig of 2641b. weight, • cleaned with its head off, is caught in any of the bushes of New Zealand.—Complaint by the . Kaikoura "Star." Now that ] attention' has been directed to ' the patter, it is to. be .hoped that the Agricultural Department will do its best to encourage this really useful breed of pig. Speaking at Glasgow'yesterday, said a cable message on Monday last; Mr. M'Kenna, First Lord'of .the Admiralty, declared that "the . Navy must be maintained strong enough to - . ensure absolute security, and it would be better ,to .throw in a small percentage for greater security." But why not throw in a large percentage and obtain virtual security,. . or, better* still, real security. ' ' "It iV no "use'," remarked an elector at a Christchurch meeting,' "it • is, no use waiting till a main is comparatively in his grave before paying' him 'an iold : age .pension. The] right i place to start tho old-age pension is in the. . cradle." This "is -surely, an exaggeration of ' tho precocity, of New Zealand infants. It is-such men- (says the Christchurch ■ \ organ of : tho Government) that are the ■ strength of the Liberal party. They k'now their own minds and, are not' to he led astray ■' by 'flattery,-baulked.by abuse or deceived by imposture. .. >jThey ■ are' guided by, common sense, and they are, above all things, practical. When they err it,is on the side of caution/ They would rather retain existing institutions than/blindly'accept reforms concerning whose operation they are in doubt. " But tnoy are open 'to conviction, and when they are convinced they become the most ' useful of advocates. '. Beyond the-reach of butter; ■ •' • TJnbaulked by bold'abuse; ;With scorn complete and'utter, ; ./He laughs.at trick-and .ruse. .'.'iPrudentVtliough philanthropic,' . ■ He gives to every topic ' ... ' : : ■ Attention microscopio . '•;■■- m. : Before He states his views. ■ • While other' people grope ,in . A-darkness thick, and dense, vs AH .things are plain .and open; -.:To His/.superior -sense.' ' - I -Yet —saddening reflection! — . - This pattern of- perfection ... Eas got to seek election; ' c'..* ]]■"] The.'thought',is. an offence.-, ... . -So strong, in head and heart; He Must 'Burely fret Sir Joe, .;: ■ '-Who,, for-the needs of. party, Wants members soft'as dough. How comes it that He's mustered *-■ r With .dummies true. and trustv...., ' • Thoir mental sails, adjusted .. v - To all the winds .that blow. ; But—(did you fail to notice \ ■, . That final saving phrase ?)— .Not.wholly lostiHis';Vote is ~- ~; • To those who know His -ways. . .. iTorprinciples itinwedded, _Ho'sjtruly>;not,;pig-headed " sWtien caucuses',ihre "readied," ' - And when-Conviction pays.

. - Election Ndtes. "Eggs laid ■ in hot weather do no£ keep' ■ 'so: well as those 'laid when the weather is J • ' -cold." ■ ■ Electors will' do well -to bear in mind ' ■ this , timely piece of information, which, was ; this week reprinted from an Irish newspaper. : 1 Mr; Shackelford, the candidate for Mount • Eden ; . ' denies-that his speech was supplied • to him by the Government. To do the must be said that the , ' -speech' idj'(juration bore every sign, of having -'i been got-by, Mr. Shackelford out of his own • head. His head, we are glad to hear, is now . much .easier. • : ■ The coming elections will have other new feitures than, the second ballot. A ,telegram ' from Christchurch states -, that j l 'something l in .= the shape, of 'an onion famine. prevails in ..■Timaru;-.■lt>is:'ihqV known which candidate will receive delivery of the cornered goods. . ■: • ■ The evening' paper is riot over-scrupulous in ■ the sensational'headlines in which it bids for •i 'notoriety. In .one' of.' this week?s issues it headed a news article thus ; - . LAWS ,OF THE LAND. \ ' . i : WHAT THEY MEAN. : ' And-on reading the article, we found, to our indignation, that it- only; contaired what the .... laws say. , . • . . According ■ to/Bishop Julius, much of the. .romance is fading from the mission field and, ...the colonial dioceses. .He said: "As for our- * selves in the Diocese of Christchurch. we are almost as- sober 'arid dull .as they ; are. at : Homb.. It is iinpossible to he eaten and. al- • i mostj as difficult! to be drowned. The.work of ■ v » deacon.whom I'have lately sent to, serve on -the Midland Railway : is certainly romantic." . - There's a waning of the fervour in the"preach-' - mg of our'.vicars," .... And the' curate's ardour' flickers., • j Till at.last it gutters out;. ~ , , And ithe Bishop ,tells ■ the public not a gleam ( of true romance is In the , padded circumstances ■ ' That encompass him about. • ...'• ■ Once, of old, so rich in . prospects that were perfectly appalling, 7 As perilous a calling As the heart of man,desires, The clerical profession'has become so unexciting That it's .almost grown inviting • ■ To the eye of William Squires. .. There is not the least allurement to the ardent and the b'rave in Preaching sermons where the Avon. Slowly dribbles to the sea,. ■ . .Where the preacher, asked to dinner, eats a . meal extremely present,' '•When,"of old, he would be present' : In the form of fricassee. .

Once.,was nothing dull and sober, but; a danger vast and vague in . 1 ' The converting of the pagan, ;. And' the missionary's zeal Was .heightened by the knowledge that his " dusky congregation Might reverse, the operation And convert him to a meal. A cable message' says that "Mr. John Burns spent, the week-end at Sandringham with the King, who .wished to obtain full information on the unemployed question.". The public may expect to near some interesting news: shortly—such cables as these,' for ex"Tho Court' Circular states that His Majesty the King left "Windsor last night." "Much curiosity *was .aroused hy the demeanour of one of the leaders of the unenv ployed procession that marched to Mr. John Buriis's house to-day He was clad in mole-, skins' and a. blue jersey, wore a. frayed straw hat, and smoked, a clay pipe. He was a etout ;• pleaSant-faced man with ' a' pointed beard, and once, when his hat fell off, he looked very' like tho effigy on a half-crown. He led the Volley of blue-metal that brought Mr. Bums to'an upstairs window. Upon seeing him, Mr. Burns, who had faced "the angry mob with a'smile, turned pale and exhibited every sign'of profound agitation. 'It's * tm use, John Burns/ cried the leader, 'you

told,me yourself that I was unemployed.' In the riot he was arrested." ... . ' "The man charged with rioting at yesterday's procession, was-to-day fined tcn.shilings. Tho police reported that when searched ho had over. £1000 in .banknotes about his person." "Tho man who has'created so much interest in tho current unemployed riots led a march to Windsor this aftornoon, and delivered a speech in denunciation -of cruel monarchies. Hb demanded that he should' bo'given employment in the Castle. On being refused, •he became violent, and in, tho ensuing riot was knocked down and tramplod upon." ' "The Court Circular' announces that His Majesty returned to Windsor unexpectedly last night. : ,He is suffering from a chill." "Mr. John Burns, who has been confined to his room for. some Hays, is reported to be much better. ' Ha Waits on the King today." i • . \ ' .- ■ ■ ■