Mataura Ensign GORE : FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1894. THE WORKING MAN'S PARADISE LOST.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 17, Issue 17, 5 October 1894, Page 4

Mataura Ensign GORE : FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1894. THE WORKING MAN'S PARADISE LOST.

Fboh a state of giddy excitement, New Zealand in Parliament assembled has fallen into aborration of intellect. After laying the flattering unction to their souls that the eyes of the world were upon them, that they were observed of all observers, our labor lords and working men's representatives are bent on forcing the situation, at the risk of New Zealand becoming » bye»wprd and reproach. In their hands the burden of life within the Colony has become intolerable, and, out* side they huve rendered its very name a terror to legitimate enterprise and industrial pursuit. They are living examples of the beggar ou horseback riding to the devil, or it may fit better to reverse tho proverb and make it the devil on horseback riding to beggary. Let llieae representations be justified by analogy* Under date the Ist lest*, the 'Evening Press' (Wellington) reports: " Theie is much to indicate the industrial state of the country is worse at the present moment than it was ever known to have been. Now and tben incidents crop up such as the departure of 900 men from Auckland in the one day, and no fewer than ten men brought before tbe Magistrate's Bench at Mastertoh charged with the theft of food." A Home papor casually picked up from last month's mails reports: Herbert Gilligao ami Sydney Relf, able-bodied men described as laborers, were charged before Mr B. Reynolds at Stratford with being found on board the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Oranga, without the consent of the owners or the chief officer. Mr George Hamil> ton, the chief tiftoer, said tne Oranga left Lyttehon, New Zealand, on May 17, aod At daylight next day the prisoners were found on board. The prisoners pleaded guilty, and Gilligan said he really could not help it. lie was starving, he had no friends in Lyttelton, no money, and he bad to clear out of the country. Mr B. Reynolds : There is plenty of work, is there not P Gilligan : No ; the Colonies are iv a very bad state just now. Thousands of men are walking about in the big cities. I did my best to get work. Rein made a similar statement; and Mr Hamilton, in reply to the Bench, said the prisoners would not have had a chance to work their way Home. In tbe present state of the Colonies there were so many applicants that there were seldom vacancies. Generally speaking, stowaways were put to work, but this could not be done if they were to be prosecuted ; and there bad been so many offenders daring the last twelve mouths that the company had to prosecute. The Bench told the prisoners tbat the offence was a very serious one, and fined them each LlO, or three weeks' imprisonment. In view of facts like these New Zealand would seom to have very little use for an Immigration Exclusion Bill — a measure just announced in Parliament. We have heard of men breaking into gaol, but the offence is so rare tbat special legislation i& not required for its suppression. Had jit b^eo a measure designed to prevent population paying Key ZQ*l»nfl it would in the" ' ligb,t of actual requirement h^e.jt>Qen intelligible, but to prevent population e;eeiung to come to New Zealand under existing circumstances looks too much like supererogu- \ tjon. New Zealand legislation, however, is nojfc sp m^ch a question of actual reas ,pf what yy)}\ look singular and exceptional— spiaCjfchins 1$ fyttfj&pt ; tbe vulgar gaze — get the place taken j notice of and the names of its adiniuistrators quoted in print. In these respects we should say the Hdn. Mr Reeves in tbis Exclusion Bill has succeeded in breaking the record. We will leare its Chinese and other Asiatic prohibitions out of the question «nd confine our remarks to the provision tor excluding

other classes without regard to nation-; ality. Thereanent we have the follow- j ing:- i Every contract workm&n, imbecile,! idiot, or insane persoD, pauper, habitual drunkard, every person likely to become a charge on the public funds, every per--Bon suffering from tuberculosis or leprosy, and every person who ha* been adjudged guilty of an offence involving imprisonment for twelve months or more. A pauper is defined to include every un- ! married adult who, in addition to goods and chattels, does not possess at least L2O, every married male who does not possess L3O in addition to LlO in respect of every child accompanying him. Any person seeking work or assistance on the ground that he is destitute, or becoming a charge on the public funds withiu one year of landing in New Zealand, is to be deported at the expense of owner of the ship that brought him, and said owner is also to refund any costs incurred on behalf of such immigrant by the Government or local body. The thing would pass for the confidence trick practised by spielers, only the maker of the measures says nothing about the conventional sum of money left by his late lamented "dad" to bo disbursed amongst deserving persons of the right color. We may be mistaken, but it certainly has a spielers' ring about it even though it does not fit in with the confidence trick. Being a non-borrowing Government with a self-reliant policy they have only got their wits to rely upon. In other respects it has a strong flavor of the thief set to catch a thief, Imbeoile, idiot, and insane persons are inter alia aimed at. Now, we ask, could there be anything more imbecile, idiotic, and temporarily insane than the pro* posals quoted. Because a man happens to be a specialist, well fitted for a par* ticular class of work, he is not to be admitted into New Zealand under coutract to do such wort. Then supposing the man's L2O to be gone and be becomes destitute within twelve months of his arrival, because he seeks work to relieve his destitution he is to be deported at the expense of the ship-owner. How is that risk on the part of the ship-master to be provided for? A foreign-going vossel touches at New Zealand and then takes its departure. Is it to be followed all over the world, and when found how is such an absurd penalty to be under* stood and enforced by the foreign courts of law P Here again we get inkling of the confidence trick. Why should skippers not be compelled to deposit a sum ia the hands of the treasury to meet contingent liabilities? It would only be working out a point iv the interest of the non-borrowing policy. However, before considering details of the Bill, members would do well to consider the sanity of its author.

Owing to pressure ou our advertising apaca, we have to hold over leading and other matter. Mrs Brosnaa, a very o'd idenity, died suddenly at lapanui ou Monday list, jusf after partaking of luncbeoD, Deceased leaves ■i large family, the late Mrs Simmond* (of Tapvrni) >*ud Mrs Thomaa Hewitt (of Gore) being daughterp. The ' Cornier ' reports that Mrs Martin Wellbrosk conducted service io Tapanui Wealeyan Church on Sunday morning last, ami pieached. an interesting sermon. ,>, ■ | Some cases tbat came before the S.M in the Gore Court yes tei day seem to show the necessity of an alteration in the Magistrates' Act in regard to attaching debts " due or accruing due " from suh-debtora to defendants. In the ea«e of a working man agaioßt whom judgment may have been obtained, the whole of bis wages "due or accruing due " may be attached by. Jthe judgment creditor, and the Magistrate apparently has no power to allow the debtor auy poriun of the wages he is earning to support his wife and family, but the whole of hie wages must go to the judgment creditor. This should not be so. and the Magistrate should harts a discretionary power at least to say how much of h man's earnings should go to the judgment' creditor, and the law should be amended in this respect. A (special meeting of the N.Z. Workers Union ;,was held la9t night, when. the following' resolution was passed :—" that workmen's wagas should not be liable io orders of attachment ; tbat the Act should be repealed ; and that eecrc tary write to all branches urging them to move through their member to have this <ione, and also write to the Premier and Messrs Mao Nab and Kelly, M.ET.B.'s, on the matter. Tne 'Otago Daily Times' understands that the stock agents held a meeting last weak to consider the proposals of delegates appointed by the conference of Taieri farmers and provincial farmers' associations to reduce the soale of oommiasions to 2£ per cent, on all aalea of stook and produce, when, after Cull consideration, it wan decided to reply that the agents could not ccc their way to comply with the request made . The peaoher has been up to his little gamoi thus early in the season. While Mr J. D. Hunter was fishing on the Mataura yesterday morning, he noticed suspicious movements on the part of a man with a rod at the other end of a long reach, and concluded from bis observations that the fisherman was trawling instead of angling. *Mr Hunter noticed the fisherman lift one trout out and despatch it, popping the fish into an apparently well tilled bag, when the poacher, seeing he was observed, made tracks Mr Hunter ia not a ranger on this eideloE the river, ,but he in' erne wed Mr Steans, and they togeb er inspected the viobity, wi h the result that a dozen worovbaited and etoaeweighted lines were found attached to pegs driven into the back below water level. Two nice fi h were a 1 so secured, ihe spot (just above the smithy) has been vitited by anglers many a time and oft, and it has bear remarked that ifc should be the best bit of fiahing gr mod about, but somehow fißh were rarely caught there. The " p aat " — including tbe fieh— vvaß sent on to the Acclimatisation Sooiety. The poacher, who was reepgnised, is aaid to be a prominent member of the Border Anglets' Association I The directors of the Incbolutha Dairy Factory Company in their annual report say: — " We have had a very t'uir season. For some months io the early part of the season it whb feared it was to be a poor one owiug to the short supply of milk. These ieara VBnisbed, however, as tbe season advanced, resulting in our receiving into the factory 197, 18& g?l'j?t}o (of Hlb) of milk, amounting to the sum of L 3083 fti fi. being at the rate of 3^d per gallon throughout the season. §v r d an extra £ I per gallon for all inifV supplied from Ist February to the end of the season iv July. This amount of milk produced 217)794 lb of che?te, thus abundantly showing the superior quality of tb* milk supp ied to : the factory. The bulk of the cheese was sold j on railway trnoks at Stirling, whiioh ie tho I mode your directors much prefer to selling j f.o.b Dunedin. Agnin refer i ing to ' the : balance' sheet you yiU observe Jib at tub sum • of IAOS has be'en paid 'off punt acoSnap, leavirg' a debit balance of'JjlOl Jgg l(fj still standing. your directors' reeotn'mond the payment of 6 per cent on the paid up capitul, the balance of LlO 6's 4d to be carried torward* The directors would ugain place oh record their appreciation of Mr Jamc's M'innes'fl excellent management, whope services fcwe been leou/ed^for the 'incoming neasWJ, ' .•■•....

I There are to be changes in the district (staff o ( the Colonial Bank. Mr W. W. F Hall, who has managed the Gore branch for about three jears, has been transferred to the charge of the Timaru branch, and bis place at Gore will be taken by Mr T. A. Bramble, agent of the Bank at Wyndham. The changes of course mean promotion for both officers, and while the residents of bo.L t)wnß will be sorry to part with gentlemen who have established themselves strongly in public favor, they will on tbe other band be glad to note the advance their friends are i making in the Bank's service. , The charge of the Bank of New Zealand r.t Gore will shortly bs resumed by Mr V, A, Pyke, whose stay at Gisborne terminate to-day. A meeting of the Gore Gospel Temperance Society was held on Tuesday evening, vrher. the hall was well filled. Mr John M*c« Gibbon occupied tbe chair, and a profitable evening was spent, mainly through a strong Wyndbam contingent being forward. Theie was an address by Mr James Allan, who also contributed in other parts of a well-devisee! programme. Mr J. U. Kidd gave an aoceptable reading, Mr Allen Stuart a reading and address, Mr Cheenoweth a song and recitation, and Mr Geo. E. Paull a song. Of local members John Staples contributed a reoitn» tioa and Miaa Stewart a solo, The hope was generally expressed that interchanges chould bo ".frequent and free," and on Mr Andrew Aitken'h motion a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the visiting friends. Some of the subscribers at Gore to tbt. telephone exchange aro deliberating whethei they should no', before paying their half--yearly subscriptions (which are now due), crt r a united protest regarding deficient communication with Inyercargill. They havo often, owing to the wire being engaged, to wait some time before communication cau be tstablished, and when connected find th» greatest difficulty inbeiog beard at the other end, and also in hearing from Jnvercargill. The time that is taken in getting a message through probably accounts in a very great, measure fur the frequency of the " waiti." After tbe sifctiug of the Court yesterday afternoon, the Warden, Mr B. S. Hawkins, accompanied by tbe Clerk of tbe Court, Mr Hioton, drove up to Waik*ka, So far as we can learn, an application has been made bj some of the miners and residents at Waikaka io reeume for gold mining purposes part oi tbe land recently purchased by Mr James Pateraon io tbe Greeovale estate. The idea apparently is that Mr Paterson should giv. a portion of the laud acquired by him in the Greenvaie estate for an equal area of th' res-rye, near tbe Waikaka township, leased by him some two or tbreo years ago and over the lease of which there w»s at the tim dispute, Mr Pateraon having fenced b in and cropped it, whereas it waß conteaded that it should only be grazed on. At au ordinary meeting of the Wyndham Town Board ou Monday evening, a motion re reduction of rates on the Wyndham Hotel property was rescinded as the Board found that they had no power to grant a reduoUon. The chdrman aid Messrs Faull aud Milne were appointed the Finance Committee, tbe chairman and Messrs Temple ton and Bherwill the Works Committee, and the chairman and Mr Faull were authorised to sign chrques. J. B. Crawfo d's application for a few loaJs of gravel for tbe footpath in front-, of bis residency wus referred to the Works Committee. In reply to a question the clerk stated that there was a cieuit balance of LB4 8s 7d. Holloway's P lls- There is nothing in tbt whole •' Muteria Medic* " like these medico* ments for the ce-taiaty of 'hair action in lumbago, Bciatioa, tic doloreuz, and all flyitg or settled pains in tbe nerves and mußoles. Dieeases of this nature originate in baa blood and depraved humors, and until these are corrected there can be no permanent curt-. Ihe ordinary remedies afford but temporary relief, and in tho end always disappoint the sufferer. Holloway'd Oiutmeat penetrate* the human system as ealt penetrates me it, and the Pills greatly assist and accelerate its operation by clearing away all obstruction* and giving tone io the system generally, The prophylactic virtues of Holloway's remedies stand unrivalled. ; BtJSItfESS PRO3PBOT3 IN GORE.We are all complaining that business generally is dreadfully dull, but if we may jadg^ from tho business doiog in Star Cycle.*, things must be looking up. The '94 season Star baa taken cyclists by storm ; an.l no wonder, aa it is. undoubtedly the best valuo «verofferd. ADAMS, OURTId AND CO,, Makers ; it. W. JONES, luveicargill, Agen'. Send for prices aud particulars.