FIFTY YEARS AGO

Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 114, 10 November 1934, Page 17

FIFTY YEARS AGO

ITEMS FROM " THE POST'

THE: FIRST EXHIBITION

Julius Vogel announced the intentioniof the"Governinent''id'-organisei ;a series *bf isdjistml'"exhibitibn;s;;'tp .be; held .alter--iikteiy ..in -:the % various, .chief ; towns .of th^icolony^he' first-being/ held,ini JWellington.yduring^the'-' next;' session' ■' tit ffiH^^^£)^^.ye'drs;:agc>itrS^ the briginjili ;annouiicement.;i;noithing - i-niore has v been: heard of the; project ■ until l^s^night,:;\Yhen;k ; vy6^!;ofVi£.lp(Jo^as passe'c^in the- Supplementary; Estimates tViyards+the expenses" of" the "exhibition^ pressed -Jcordial' approval. of. the1: scheme for-; holding; ■exhibitionsi of;this;charais--ljer.'i:-f: They;may,;if, ipi'operly. conducted, jrdTell.bl^gXe'atitan^^permanbnt'^be^eftt' in ■•stimulating•'• aid*>\- developing1 v;the manufactures ySahd'Hridustries>:iof colony.;'' -All will 'depend^howeyer, ■on thei-imanner'/ in /which 'sthe ?first" exnibir tton.'dsr-conducted,1 .'on' its.scope/ and '.its 6rganisatio^vO^■■^Me^^.wiUV:;Wi•'^^■'Tn'an3ri difficulties i't'o overcome;' and- opposition to jbe :m*et,'.; and'5 considerable'■*._''!expense1 must' be; .'incurred- ibe'fore' Sit j-caiif :;■ Jbe. made ■ aiisuceess; - Judging-'by-' the; ■ridipu-' iousi^;.in'adeqna^ev's^;-o£;;.»ioQP^which' tijil'Bpyeriimen|tjhaye.{asked'Jfor.<io-':der' fr-aytexpenses, 'tftey-mustihave; S» v.%ery, ( aintvidea Aindeed "of l what;vwill''-be necessary to'niake^'theexTiibitiori5 anytfiingl". exce;pt.'H'a:. '^lamentabie^-failure. Fully ifiyeCtimesthe^mouht: named' will |>e > required''tp:v afford :-;; the;; .slightest chance; iof .--aVCsuccessf a]:■,- 'result.' \\ '■'■, The iTO^tobVisvveryV'shpitiVfpT;: there" will only 'bet some ftgix. 'or- seyen! mpnth s .in wjicn'^ta*)rialte' r iprepaTatibnsv:v'Iv-Nots:':''a trtdment's ' delay 'should!■;take j place;(in theI*appointment?jof1 *appointment?jof the;:cominissioners, andiif.^ttiey'' &ie i'iy iSgoqd work •' the CioVernnieht-should 'see; to, it''that ( they Ijaye '^adequate*-'fufids£,,,iidtk a' :^paltry *3ilo6rwliich..,#ill:;'gO nowhere;'';:-;' v;-: n: :for/its largo- array' of .lod.al Jndusrtries J;l4 -jPerhapsyi if ;;\vjiat; %we ihay c, -'~ so Oftenrtbeen!,'threatened,;with,;.]fche los^ d|?ihefseat:bf:'th^Goverinment,-hadibe: f^lleii^ius1 yearsitagovshe^shpuld! shave bySthis-jtimejblossomeQiout as; a great mannfacturingf:centre;f>,'butj :as-it^is, :i taking? the'igpods;: the godsrsekdiiiis,, doing;; spmething; to-help' purse^ vfojoi/ exporting,!^and;shoe^niaking,' and p^tiently^waitingKior^thejiompletibn Qf-rthe Mrinawatulrailway, which.is to ppen.fjtp '.thelTesburcis^pfi^ourf t ;|back country ' ahS "bring us; all ''■ manner; of Splendid:things,.;,; :fhe limited, number of^ourj highly? desirable Hhat^th 6se^e. are table toboast of should b,e.developed 1,0 their ful],';extent}rsp.vthat <pur; citizens ir.in&f eijoyfthpivbenefitf-pf pJso,w.de^a^j3i.'the.^fniq^ex^'.ithe^ft■h^ingv,to p,u.f\d6or;j.: s^n [jndustryj: which Others. Wellington is noted; tor^n.iotvonljr throughout New Zealand butiin' -Australia as well, is the manufacture of awated waters. There are several oldpstablished. manufactories i of aerated waters in Wellington, all doing a large business, and several new ones >have been started in . recent years. This is-the kind of enterprise which, should be fostered • and encouraged by those who desire to see the permanent prosperity of Wellington assured, hence theicompany which has just announced its intention Of largely extending its operation by. the issue of new capital has' our > best wishes for - success. _ We cannot have too many local jndustries.,M • -; ; "• { # ' 7' 1 ■> 1 TflE SUPPRESSION OF BORES. Vtlfi.'the^-iKe'w" (Zealand^ legislature. p6ssVsseV^^v\c^at^cterißtic;.vMoro' ; than finpther it';iaMe propjmsityvtp talk,; and this i^rppensityt'; is r ;foster'e^- aid'-'.en^ C(iur^edil)y:4the;.vfac^;tha^;^ r*c^s,ali^hg;-talk- > ho^ejer,yapia;^nd TOrthless":it:;maysbe;;^Tfie;:obstruction to % usiness" Rn4 ■'• jwfste; of iTaluab^e: time caused1! byHil:i>i»r;%ee *siv c i talks; is :-•very treat * and' the; questionvhas . of ten :been discussed"as:^o: h'Sw^theseV;boresrcatf beishu^p;,^^r;^tz&erb,eri^by^a h'appy":'irispiratibn;sseeian's;, ; tb;i- .have-,hit thb on byer:lpquaoious. and -per:-, sistent* jriembers^f His-pipppsal; is;* that^it"' -twice rtwhilc) '••; aiyfcmember th.e^flooT^e^att?n J dance;:. ; of; members below, atquorum and,thei,bell hasi tbibev rung,'!.then,' theh'meinber, -shall/,on the second occasion'ttat'ar quotum,is phtained; ■•b'erdebafred' f rom;: continurng fiis speech. We can/think. 'of <np^better b^neaterAKay^-of :enabling:;:the;;ilouse toilet*?* rerl>knbwpthat':,he,4is: a bore and that;he-isfrflaking,a>nuisance p^-'hiifis;elf.'f v)';:a^(;:;::av;'-': v;^;s¥:;ft:;--;| ;;£::yBEXT*!;C^^ :M" The'HbuseJfyhich II has;?: passed;, /a Suiday .observance j.law .■unequalled in Bjaing^cyr ; .in; i 7;4nyrp^ountry ? ;..in^.the w.brld'saye, Scotland/;, eyincediits.prac: ticalr resp^ctc fpr,)it ibyf, Mtting:;v : until t'o'.clpck.pn' Sunday" morning-.engaged ipVa 'm"ost;uns.pe^^yi^^P^ sa'cting public" business.' : 'in^vi6.w;of ; any public plae'eis brie.pf .the oftencef^made plinishablelby^he^new-i^et^it "appears to. us, clear 1- that'!,' the■" Spefker:of;: the House';i;i pf' -I^eprespntatiyes;",: and-^all thbse-members.-\thbiS Sioii on Sunday, mprn-ing"-iiaye^undoubtedly'brPken^thefla-v^ ftp fprosecution, if, .The importers Bure, Kgladly suppiy' the'necessary; evidence if - the ;pplice wiU-only^d97the»^dutyftin^the;;matter. The-C6iwaiai;"feecrptary;:shpuld?;certw^ ly;- idiriecti a ;pypsecutiqn,;;fpr&the; scpn^ 'duct^bf^thejHpuse.fjbeat^yc'o^ and he I.hag ; '.not,,thou^ unworthy' of his;'notice^'.'!/ '£t''■■ ':■'; f;- ft*. NEWS ABOUT OXKERAL GORDON. ?*'.' ln. readingi ftie .startl|ng : :news ifrom the;.- Sudan^/whicii ;^H^s"among : 6ur c'ible :messages.-today,;^we' do*;np#.-feel that- shock; which; .wpjild J>e ;thp?natural result if ithe?tidings7,9i,;'^eiP l ;-Gbr- ! 6r^l-don^s';-capt^e''c.6ul4^e{relied"'''on-',"'ii-as cb'rrect. ■-"■■ Any one>iwh"o r.has Endeavoured ttf foftpw. the:jc 4 qtirseipfrevents;in the Sudan "since* ■iasf*A])ril ) *,'as-indicated by.;the cable messages''Veceivodithrough tKe.:.- Eeuter y and'; «-Piesa ag^nc.iesy.vwillv'haye';\fbuna ] .'hpw-'--utteTly fmpossible:it has ibeen,Veven;'lifter the bringing*iiuM; thel:assistancef£of > the fuller particulars in-the,English,papers, to :'■ evolve :;. any thin _ a" 'connected chain of from^ the'- chaos: :■ of coritra'dictbry 'and .conflicting reports! The. alleged fact of; the .Khedive having- telegraphed; to* 'the -.Queen .: that Khartoum ■ had !; fallen and General Gordon been taken, by the Tebels has already been^ntradicted^iiy^P^d^^aft^ Si'gei'wiicfeJjringS1' us? this *in| oFniatioh idds thaf -the is disbelicyr (Sd.-^rft^^i;?-needl||s||i-to&'say3:pat tti^e^lli sbrrßwftWillfib;? iffelih^hould f#]egrams . feonfirmatoi:y •„:,.of -.-. t|e^ /niis; ■^W^e'*p':e?Te^eiWdl*: ftThat^tKe^g»flaiit ajd"shmirbus"soldier should,have had #f§iijßcinlPjnst as the - long-delayed assist|ince.feom, England was starting foir.: his "relief will arouse a national feelihg"b'f -rTgret, 'if not 'of indignation; that Wis 'repeated appeals for aid at the beginning -of his' isolation werje MQt more promptly, attended to by the English!jGoyernment. ' .If is useless, however^f bllowing .up the subject untii^we'knbw, more. Meanwhile, let us hbpe" -that/ the tidings we have rec*e"iyed out as baseless as the Greater portion of ■ our so-called Sudan miemgenceppiLß hitherto . proved to