THE CHANGING SCENE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1062, 27 February 1911, Page 6

THE CHANGING SCENE.

tS-^'JL'^'' ; ; _' ' £%';]£; K XBr MfolQ: ' ■'...:' / > ('ffi/'.ft' 1 - ft '■'•' ■■''' '"''' ■"'• ' : /''/ ;:.■;lt ;»as an Idea of tho Prime Hininter to / redu(t),the .isolation and loneliness ofcouu'/jjttry'life .by the extension of the telephone a/; system, tho general aim being that ulttm matoly possibly every settler's home in the |f Dominion might one,day bo In direct touch l|, ;with!,his neighbour's aud his countrymen If.nnd'flho civilised world'at largo.—Drv Find-, || .lay>t 'Whangarei. . / fc-.l:|sed to'givo attention to tho folk who f? : cause/dissension by insisting that we'll [; havffsto pay tho millions"that wo owe; f>,- but |t; heedno moro, their warning since I'l .riad' last Monday morning of Sir j/Josei.h's inspiration, and my heart is in g'/a glow.; This plan; sublime; immense is fV< nptijonnocted with defences, arbitration, ■; oduciition, or the strong Imperial bond; I- no, tho men our land relies on look far j?.'■past!'!the near horizon of immediate cirf:/oumstances to.the greater things beyond, ij What avails it that'wo grow in our in- |,; debtedness to Cohen? What avails it that jj ':;.-:we;' borrow .for a Dreadnought now and f;. then'!; What avail tho thickening ; taxes, 1 "-/.0r./'lha unrestricted access",- (vide' Drl ivFindlay's speeches) to* the goods of other i J men*)';; : "What avail to plant the toiler !V-'on tie rich and sniiling 60i1,,.0r to projE.*ido|V; pianola, for the burglar in his i/'cell?}- The seeker for perfection, 'neath ■;; aVHijher; Hand's .protection, liko Sir f; Joseph, knows that greatness calls for !/. eomethinp more as welLr/WithvunVayjerr.'devotion he has nursed a secret i: 'notion'; fed and nourished by',tho. .sweetj his ono supremo 1 , desire, he' has j' (striven slowly, sunward, he' has inarched, ! ■nnfliiching,. onward, v ever nearer to' his s ! :,vision of'aßa'ckblocks on the'wire.- How !., uiagro£ccnt our case is s when the furthest place? has the'j'phone.that brings; j /creation into' easy-speakiiig rauge!" How j.'.jth'e Avenue's'inflated when, by, winter |; » pway:by ringing" np "Exchangofl .'•"" '

C^ NOTESi-tho'team has put |v, in; somo; very, uscfulvwork j during. past p--- month','and is now' generally 'allowed td fv justify, the selector.'; Some supporters of &:,Towlds are still urging' that' he should !v have;been^ given - the, trip, on- tho ground j'■■ -.thatlio showed good .form in Africa, and f ; 'lVi&-moreover, 'familiar'.with* tho stylo ,of f the (jiiposing teams—those' of-Botha and |\"l)ishcr; But I cannot understand', why | ' the-colts should 'not be given • a chance. I'- The'>jgitation on behalf of_ Carroll has h? 'died- /down, for while it is generally |i; "agreed that his action is'perfect, ho has k ; never:[shown any form over long dis- [■: tances.VS, Findlay is 'a, 'really promising si' colt,: and : great things are 'expected of [■'him.''He "has done some -useful trials at V}. AVhamjaTei and. Hikurangi, .and although r.lioi,will carry a deal of Hikurangi mtraejy pj'i'l am ;afraid 'ho. will find tho company'in {:.;London, very,different from that to which t ,; he is'accustomed.. It is \ understood .that p lie will leave the: banqueting to the enpl■','• tain, who;is reported to'have shown rare p, form in negotiating tho southern menus, regard's, length is still unapproachable, |';?ahd,6jiioo the last test, in 1907, he has !: ; , been Constantly practising tho googly. Ho E- can.produce a leg-break tfith an off-break paction;-ond.vice versa, and can not only I '. deliver* from. the 'left, hand but from the p' light hand, and from both at once. He fecan \. riot, only beat. the .audience- every |iUime > . ! but, ,can beat tho Ministerialist | : It is unfortunate that the other !';? teanisS !■' are*'''' fairly familiar with his tj methods, but ho has'given "himself an !" ; unusu'f.lly thorough preparation, ho,is a f ,and his wind is perfect. ,His i great -ireaknesV is still his unfamiliarity i with" flia relative clause and r ,thefull stop. : The' colt is'equally weak' in epigram and f- anecdote, and wjH.dq.well.to leave those f,'. j weapons out of his attack. ''' '','. /"' i"- By ray of footnote upon Mr.,E. TreS gear's.:great Empire-defying, eye-opening {..address to the workers last week: '- ■ . I'm i»'' pore 'ard-workln' toller, but me f ■-~ 'esit is light and gay, , , '.i .i iVtei the fog at last 'ae lifted, and I seo tho j'.'.'-;. light o'.d.ay. ... ..-.. . k liol Mt,nimtn's crawled;■ beneath the' bed! i-.-'■ 'Arkl 'Bar the chattcrln' teeth *.■"■'Ot,' thei crook Imperialists from Joo ter '"/-. .'pdro old Ileajht .. ■' [;'■,.,• And, I'm slttin'.!ere and clappln', I : : ■' : -;! ,, 'V I'er'onr own Trcgear's a-scrappin', ti "Aad a-aattenln' out thojHcmpire wot is j, : " lyln' underneath. ['. 'E Js kjiockin'. off, the .fetters'-as wo'vo.long \:'■ :'.■'). *■ "bill 'ampered with,' ■' '.•''".' '- '.' \' : .'S *as uhown the bloomln' Hcmplre ia a ti■'.' most disgustin' myth, P'j-'B'at 'it the solar plcxus : of the hldle sen- [,:-..' .'.ttment . \-' Be the bon's of trust and kinship, and i':, '.;. ''c'li shown its evident -«J t ; : As such talk was.iust the gammon j ';" . ' 'Of. the 'ated 'Ouse of Mammon— |; 'An'that'Eemplrc's' jnst the.:labeli but the |: s fao's is cent per cent. V--.s .'y f'' rThlnk,", 'e say's,' "f«;'atf a.'minut«; isn't [''■:■'■' Brittmß'B.sentimcntrt,;::.;^: ; :^.-..,

t'. Nothin 1 ; nobler' .than th «;.,;:■ ':■: cull- '•v:,;^ 1 i 'And, slm'lar,.could o j; Joe, 'oo jaws• and ,^','"L "Jilij" r. Be the daughter I"'". fln>l it w»s\aeau»e''V.,v\v.'' : »V-- : 'ri' r; . We mils', smooge:an' sham, affwtlor }•'■ ! . Tcr. . ' Of the ifuns of bfoattdjßrittlngl'iL'iiudan' ; 103E-P«rlonEcd apiilauso.V! ;;; 1 r . Wicn these words .'as'braced mo spirit like I ' , a quart or so of.boors ' ''■!*"' I I can- '<ar the thrones -a-totterla' at the I words of E. Trcgearj

j 'E'« exposed tho 'oiler swindle, 'o 'as toro f- • V tho mask away, ' ! ?E''as tust the. hold tradition; 'e,'inched fV ,- ,the light o' day•' "■".:'. ;"." : : On tho dark where wo'vo bin gropin'l I ' Like a lion In tho hopen,

i tZ 'u left 'is cage for ever, and e's after !." 'cm. ,'Oorayl -~ .

"Yo simply can't go wrong in theso Impe'eryal days," said Mr. Dooloy. "F'r instance, yo didn't know, did ye, that th* list iv motions f'r th' conf'rinco sint Homo lb mo frind Job is proof iv our conscious prido iv nationhood? That's what they call it in Kng'lan'."

"I niver bcarrd iv them," said Mr. JTcnnessy.

:'■ "I did, ofther they was shit, but th' only thing in thim that stbruck mo wuz th' bad grammar. I forgot wo wuz an Irapceryal race. Xow, Jawn, t' th' ordinary, eyo ye'ro n&wthin' but a plain ould met that cud do'with■ a slmvo an' a'new lint, but t' th' eye iv th' ImpecryaliVt yo'ro a son iv th' blood, th' heir iv cenchoories iv wnllopin' th' nigger, th' sthrnng an' silent bearer iv th' whito man's borrden, th* faithful hearrt that sustains th' Empire. There's nawthin' yo canc>as an Impecryalist, even if it's only ordhorin' th' coal, that isn't recly a thing that can only bo described in one of tilinglmpcoryal phrases that soun' like o ton of ironmongery faltin'. downstairs. This heio conscious.prido, iv. nationhood, now. Suppose, Jawn, yo.ran up a bill at th' butcher's, an' ttiin tol' th' butcher yo had an idea iv takin' charrgo iv his shop,"th' butcher wud-prob'ly want t' reply in an ongentlcmanly manner with his chopper,'an' yo wudn't stop t' convince hioi that 'twus only ye'ro conscious prido iv manhood. Yo dinnaw, do ye, how-thin hero prido iv nationhood took place? .Tell us,' says, th' pa-apcr t' Joe, 'tell. ns'what ycre goin' t' do at th' conf'rincn,' it says. 'TjVcll,' says Joe, 'I have." no hesitation in sayin' that th' man that wrote th' pamphlet is,' Bays ho, *a 6kunk,';fays he, 'or niaybo a. crawler,' he says, ; 'an' havin* thns cleared up th titcb'ooalion,'l -raovo-.th''Hou£B do- -now.

adjoorn,' ho says, 'Wo hope,'says th' pa-aper, 'that th' Primcer will tako us into his confidence, an' say what he means'\t'/.do, f'r/wo-a.r'ro'cnawaro,' it says, 'whether ho means t' tako a sthrong lino on th' question iv th', hobblo skint or whethorho will only borry fivo raillion. 1 Interviewed bo our; representative next'day, Joe says,'T can givo.it/an .pntiualifii)d.,deninl,'.,,hp,, v says,,,^'r', th' Manglin' Act provides •■■ that ? bookmakers cannot bet; or can,' says he,' 'an' otherwise; it will not-;.do : so L for,V ho says, 'I have placed th''.^figures .': on; record an' they prove he's a skunk,' says he, 'or, t' bo pore accurate, a blackguard,' ho says. 'In th' liamo iv th' nation,' says mo frind Dill Mnsscy onth'.lnst day iv th' session, 'seoin' th' great issues involved,' i imploro ye f give-th? counting an •opporchunity iv decidiu' .what it wants ye V do,', he says./'Oh',' says"Joe, 'why didn't ye say so before,' ho.says, 'I sint- th'res'lootions Honm last October,' he says, 'an' I may add Svithont egotism that Hi'" counthry did itself proud,' ho says, 'an' it cannot fail t' bind th' bon's tighter,' says he. TVhero aro th' res'lootions?'-says Bill. TVoll," says Joe,,'they're confidential,' says he. So ye know, Jawn, what's what now. If yo didn't feel anny conscious pride-iv nationhood as Joe th' res'lootions an' posted thim befuro arinywan wuz about—if ye didn't feel'yero high Impeeryal hearrt beatin' four eighty t' th' , minute, ye can let yercsilf go now.. Yo' can fed quite, safe, an' yo needn't be afraid that'John'Bull will think it's amiyway hot f'r Jco t' come along an', instead iv paying" th' bill, ask an' practise bein' proud, Jawn."