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Evening Post, Volume XLVI, Issue 23, 27 July 1893, Page 2

Tbo Promicr has sent tho following veiy nice little telegram :—" Wellington. 15tli July, IS:>.J. To Vincent Pyko, Esq., Daiiedin.— Si.-lf ar.d colleagues unanimously approvo ot your candidaturo for tho Tuapeka g.at, in tho Liberal interest. Your life's devotion to tho publio fully entitles jou to succeed, and it would bo a grncefnl recognition of your faithful and untiring efforts in promoting fho well-being of all in that part of tho Cololl3' should they sea fit to return you unopposed. —(Signed) R. J. Seddox." Mr. Pyko wUI no doubt be flattored, but how much nicer it wonld have been had tho message been sent some mouths ago, coveriuir an offer of a seat in the Legi-lativo Council in acknowledgement of Mr l^kes "lilos do\otion," "and in graceful recognition of his faithful and untiring efforts " as n. public mau. How many oi tho dozen now Honourables possessed tlio same claim* I- Ministers had an opportunity of gracefully conferring upon Mr. Pyko tlio reward which ho was well entitled to. They d d not avail themBelves of it. Their own admissions now convict them of ingratitude and injustice of a very striking character. Mr. Kapa lias acted very properly in directing some attention to tlio Crwl List appropriation for navivt? purposes We beliovo that this appropriation has been systematically misappropiiiiied by successive Miuibtries for years past. AH Forts of cxpendituro, altogether foreign to tlio purpohes for which it nas originally stipulated tor in the Constitution Act, has boon charged to and defrayed from it. Some years ago wo protested against the salaries of the Native Dopaitmcut being charged to the Civil LUt vote. Very littlo indeed of tho money has been spoilt of lato j ears, we fear, for tho real beneiitof the native mcc, nud it U high limo for tho native motubois t j demand investigation and reform. Wo notice with groat pltaaiiro that Mr. John Young h is, nt the Kducation Board, raised the question of tho pay of tho female teachers in tho Board's sei'\ico. Wo unhesitatingly and entirely agree with Mr. Young that tho character, quality, and value of tho work done .should bo tho solo measure of the price to bo paid for it. and tnat no question of .sci should affect tho rate of salary. If women do the same work as men, and equally as well as men could do it, thoy should bo paid the same pi ice for the work as men would receive. Not to do this ia to " sweat " tlio femalo worker?. Advantage 13 taken of their sc\ to cut down their remuneration, ju>-t as in ordinary trades advantage is taken of the necessities of the workers torcdnco their pay. Whether this is done with men or women, boys or girls, it is sweating and nothing clso It is unjust to the womeu to uiako them do men's work at less than men's pay ; it ib nnjiist to tho men, as the competition of cheap female labour mubt havo a tendency to rcdnoo their pay also. It it not Education Boards only which "sweat -1 vomon. Tho so-called Liberal Government U a prime offender in the same direction It is tilling itstelepbonooffice3\wth|;irlsatsnluriesoqi'nl to about one-half of what men would be paid for doing the same work. It is t iking girls into tho Sorvico in various depaitinents as typewriters at like " sweating wugtß Wo do not, however, hear a word of piotest from tho so-called Liberal or Labour members If women obtain tho l'raucliiso thero will speedily be a ohango in all this. With equal political rights wouinn «ill claim equal labourri.'hts—the light of a fair day's wago for a fair day's woik, the right to bo paid according to the nature aud value of the work thoy do, without unjust deduction on the ground of se\ Wo hope that day may speedily como. Sorno of tho Legislative Councillors object to giving the Journalists' Institute power to mako bylaws. Wo wonder if they overheard of a corporation which had not tbe power to make bylaws to rogulato its own proceedings. It is an absolutely necessary power. Bylaws require to bo made and altered from time to time to meet varying circumstauces as the}' arise. A corporation or instituto tied down in evory detail by Btatuto would bo utterly unable to perform its essential functions All that the statute of incorporation should do is to provide that no bylaws shall bo made or altered without ample notice to alt concerned, and tho approval of the majoiity of the membors affected. The Bill now beforo the Counoil fully provides for this. To embody ilio bylans'in tho Bill would be a cumbrous and most Muuosir»ble piocoedintr. In fact, if deprived of tho power to make and alter bylaws, incorporation would be tho rever-e of a thing to ba desired by the lu'.titnto of JournulNte> or any similar body. Dr. Newman's Bpoeoh la>t night was probably tho best tho member for tho Hutt has ever made Notwithstanding that ho bcg.lll about midnight to a tired Hons-e, he gradually drew inombei'3 hi, and retained their interest until ho fiuishpd at ] o'clock — no mean feat, as anyouo «vho knows the dillloultv of attracting any attention to a Parli nnent iry discourse aftor supper knoive. His speech was undoubtedly one of tho best of the debato. It was consecutive, bright, and though ho doalt largely with figures ahd quotad authorities freely, yet he never allowed tho interest to fiag, and did not overweight hib speech with.extraneous matter. Above all, ho dealt with tho polities of the day, aud Cochowed the rosurroction business to whioh recent speakers have treated us, and he eschowod personalities. Altogether, tho member for the Hutt scored unmistakably, and has by his bright and pens bio speech considerably cuhauced his position in tho House. Our Parliamentary report, particulars of tho Bathur.st-New Zealand football match, and 0, letter to the Editor, will bo found on the fourth page. Mr. H. v. Blaramberg again writes to us in reference to our paragraph relating to the eloso of his oaso against tho Wanganui Education Board, which, as wo have already explained, wan based on tho reports in the local papers. Mr. Blaramberg's grievance, so far as wo can make out, is that ho objects to onr paragraph in toto, as ho says, and to tho repoits in tho local papers, not because they do not correctly rfpresont what took place in Court, but because ho does not concur 111 tho statement made by his own counsel iv withdrawing Ihe casn. With that wo have nothing to do. He was bound by tho statements ol his counsel, whether ho agreed with them or not. Mr. Blaramborg complains that tt o Wanganui Herald has refused to publish a lottor, a copy of which ho eonfis ns, on the subject. We do not think Mr. Blarambcrg has anything to 10mplain of, against eithcr|tho Wangauui papers or oursolvos. " J.W. W " writes -" Would you, or some of yonr reactors, kindly inform me as to tho present whereabouts of some favourite stars of mine, viz., O.ion's Bolt? I havo been unable to disoovor thorn for some weeks past, and am tho more bui prised »s I was undor the impression that, liko the Southern Cross, tho Belt was a stationirygroni)." Sir James Hector stated ut last night's meeting of the Philosophical Society that lie wonld not be at all surprised to find that the rotting of tho heavy hard-wood floor in the new woolshed on Waterloo-quay had beon owing to the sudden change of tomperatnro in the adjoining freezing chambers. Experience had shown that the' change which went on in a refrigerating works oreatod a fungus, whioh Boon affected the woodwork, and it was possible that the growth was responsible for tho destruction of the woolshed floor after only three years' wear. It has boen found that tho Virginian quail ordered by the Acclimatisation Society some time ago cannot be obtained for come months, as the dealers oan only procure the live birds during the autumn in America... The order has beon renewed, and a farther sum of £20 voted for the introduction of the oa&vMbaokod duok.