ESTABLISHED 1875. Manawatu Daily Times. The Oldest Manawatu Journal. Conducted by E. D. HOBEN. Published Every Morning. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1911. SATURDAY MORNING.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 1345, 17 June 1911, Page 4

ESTABLISHED 1875. Manawatu Daily Times. The Oldest Manawatu Journal. Conducted by E. D. HOBEN. Published Every Morning. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1911. SATURDAY MORNING.

Watchman, what of the Week ? Ad indignant Sootohman—(and you know you've simply got to listen to an indignant Soot—ho doesn't give yon a ohanoe to do anything else), oalled in yesterday to protest against the aspersion on the oapacity of his fellow oonntrymen in Soothed (It seems there are still some there) made by an ex-(ilaßgow City Oounoillor, Mrs Barton, who is to leotnre here on Monday and whose state-' mant at Wellington wo quoted yesterday. •• • » I won't attempt to teprodnoe his inidgnation or his aucent. Gold print oonldn't do it, and even com.positors have feelings, but translated, heie is tiia substanoe of it: • • • "This fGhbgow body says every New Zealander spends £l2s more in drink than a Scotoliman. Pa: baps he does, hnt man, do you ken what you git for money in Sootland? None ol your thimble fulh of the right staff for 6d them I, Tuppenoe for a nip that would send you weakhaaded New Zealanderp silly. Why whisky—and tho real thing mind you—is 4s or 5s a gallon in Glasgow. It pays 16s duty to oome out here and they oall it 23s a gallon and then yonr miseraable New Zealanders brag about drinking mora jutt beoausa it costs you .five or six times more to buy what yon diink I Why man every pound a Sootohman spends in drink bays him five times as moon whisky m yon poor bodies, so that you have got tu divide your drink bill by five before you oan compare it with os, and than where are ye I It'* no use your kidding yoursalves that you drink more than we Soots. Why man yoor heads oonldn't stand itl"

0 « • Where Fcotok fold differ who will decide.?

■ • ■» , , . I was very much interested in Professor [.Mills' address the other night. He had been billed as "America's finest orator" in some plaoes, iu others as "the world's greatest" etc., and having always taken a great interest in public speakers I wanted to see and hear the scrapie marked "orator" par excellence.

t # • First, the Profeßßor, on "Despotism and Democracy" at anyrata, isn't the Spread Eagle, Star Spangled Banner type of American orator that one has generally met labelled usually as "the Idilver-toDgned" Colonel So-aud-So. He is argumentative rather tliau flowery, logical rather than frenzied. His enunciation is admirable. Every word tells to the MUst. Yet .the elocution is bo good that one never notices that it is there at all. It is the art that sonoeals art.

'* * * . Then the speaking of an obviously well studied address without nota of any kind is a great advantage. Ncthing oomeß mora between a speaker and his hearers than manuscript, or even the obvious necessity to refer to notes. Withal, the Professor is qnaiut and homely, deoidedly witty, and he "talks all over"—lns facial expression, his fcauds, everything helps, but most of all that beaming smile > —one might without any irreverence dnb it "grin." Yon could listen to him with pleasure from beginning to end—and there are mighty few speakers I wonld caro to listen two hours to.

Having said all this there remains the essential fact, what lesson has tho Professor tjught? And that is just the phase of Industrial Social, ism I want some one to enlighten me about If tho Professor had devoted 1% hours of his two to tailing us how it coull be done, instead of how very beautiful a thing it would bo if it were done, the query need not have been put. He is over here for the Trades and Labour Oounoil to teach us all about Industrial Socialism, He is a notable writer, ss well as speaker, on the subject. So far as I could gather on Wednesday night the particular phaeo which he impressed upon us was (hat there should be no despot*

ism in industry. Every man should elect lu's own boss, and then lie. would olect tlio vory btstmau on Lii, particular job to bo forcuiau or bosi. Freo labour, lie declared, would necessarily be iotilligent laboui', and therefor skillod labour, especially as there would be no'boy or girl or woman labor under Industrial, Suoialism, tho women and children being relegated to tho homo and tho glowing bojs ana girls to the schools and uuiveisitits and toohnioal colleges.

Now this is quite perfect in theory because if it is light for a community to olect tho Big Bcssee, whether it is tho Premier who rales the country, or the Mayor who rukß the town—in tho States tliey prac- - tioally elact the polioomen alsj (or think they do) and the judges— if al this is right in a heterogenous electorate, then surely tho specialised electorate of auy particular employ is qualified to elect its pattioular empioyer.or at auyrate its foreman, if the"omployer"is to bo done away witn? * * * * Beautiful theory, which /ails: wholly in practise. • • », « Does any one imagine that the electorates anywhere seleot the very best man in the oommunity to send to Parliament? I could get you M< men in any oommunity who could assure you they don't—3irue the electors never even asked THEM to stand.We have the co-operative system, here, we have Trudes Unions, Is it the best tradesman in all of tbese that is made leader? Oan anyone tell me of a single Union in new. Zealand that has done anything to. make its men better,aud more skilled. TRADESMEN? # » • We are all Socialists. We only differ in brand. The greatest Socialist of the lot is the man who is, always praaohing anti-Socialism and deolaring that the country is going; to the Socialistic dogs. Only he doesn'tknow it. lie lings np his. Sooiulistio telephone to his Sooialistio post cfficß, to know why some* thing has gone wrong with his Socialistio letter delivery. He calls on his Socialistio policaman to throw out his too Sccialistio employee. He growls beoause his Socialistio railway doesn't oarry his goods at less, money than any other man's goods, But he takes his Socialistic Government subsidy on his aohool, his hospital, his oharity, and expects his ohildren to be Sooialistically edu> oated by the State all the sime. # t • In one Colonial State the great papeis were always denounoing Sooialism. They were carried free in the post and on the railways on the ground that they were disseminatorsof knowledge. When an avowedly Socialistio Government declared that the posted papers must pay postage and the railed parcels freight, those. anti-Sooialistio papers denounced them as "Reactionaries." * & a The fact is the Professor has ta reform human nature before he- can get his soheme going. Human nature on top is pretty rotten as the histcty of trusts and kings and aristooraoiesshows. If we have a proletariate so degenerate that only a very small, percentage can be passed es fit for active service, we have a House of Peers whose brainiest members agreethat a large proportion are asses, and should be thrown bverboaro. Broken down and weedy Tommy Atkins is matched by the Guards Offloer who would not venture on a "sarvioe conditions" field flay without his ohaffeur, his chef, hisvalet, and his groom, He took them, all to South Africa with their cooking stoves and piano and feather beds, tili Christian de Wet came oa deck, and ho and his womenkind, have barred Kitchener from command because Kitchener believes ser~ vioe is serviao and not sybaritism.

• ■ * And tinman natnre at the bottom is not very mnoh better.

Professor Mills supplied iis ownanswer when he said that while Lather Burbank had done many wonderful things he hadn't been able to make the strawberry at the bottom of the box a s big as the strawberry at the top.

Thera is a large percentage of tlifr fraud and the fool in hnman nature,, and that is why one half the hnman raoe is trying to "have" the otherhalf over something or another—from, meat trusts to sanded sugar, and strawberries that are not what they seem. That is what has broken down all Utopias, from Lane's Uolony to Mills' Oastle-in-the-Air. * * #

The 'Borough ranger reports on his nsual Palrnerston pound sale of yesterday as follows: There was a large attendance of buyers and keen com. petition for choice lots, though long wools and broken-kneed sorts were slaok, probably affectsd by late frost?. It was hoped that tlio nearness of Coronation Day and the Winter Show would have enhanced values, but trie decision cf the Borough Council against establishing a Zoo on the Esplanade had a depressing effect on tho market, while the fact that the new defence headquarters here have not yet got into oomplete working order probably accounted for tho small demand for officers' charges. We quota: Brown gelding suitthle frr officer's charger ?s, large-f rained draught mare, ourrngnted side elevations 3s 6d, cart horse in going order £llos, pony £8 !)s. Last parcel was t'lesiniillestlnton offer, aud 'fetched highest mtespotsibly on the ground that it would be moEt easily carried hcm<*. * * # The last item seems to have strayed lout of the commercial oolutnp, but the printer declares he oan't shift it now, and so its got to - stay where it is. THE WATCHMAN,

Tl'e annual diuucr tf Eaßlis'i Publio Sohool Old Boys will be held on June 20th. His' Excelleuoy the Governor, Lord Islington, will be presiut.

At the .Tnvp.oilo 0 ml; v slenlav a lioy, fpu yea's ol'l, was cli.»*ro-i tief.r,< Mr A. D. Tliouisiu, s'.M., with nm theft nf a bioji-H u:nl actilylouo l<mr. Thu boy wps cwtioued ami allowed t 1 ileiMt for liis home ou coodifcio" tliat !;o "polouisoi tJ tlio owner of tue bi n ycb. To-day is tr.e lost day that registntious for compulsory tmini"? will be rdC'iveil by the Defence D?paruliiflut, S3 it behovfS all yonug meu between the Bgs o( 14 and 21, who have unt yet doue so, to ssiul in t-'ieir registration before 7 o clock t ) night. otherwise they will Hurl t'lflrornlvcs brought before the Magistral and fined £5, Even after payins the flue they will be forced to TGgist^r. The members of the Palmerston Officers' Olub eutnt'inm] the staff of the Defence Department at a weluiiDe social iu t'io Maunwstu Mounted Rifles' or, eriy room on Thursday evening, when Onlonel Pringle presided. a very enjoyable eveuing was spent.

Tbe Agricultural Department lias tjfeen up a large space in the Agricultoral Hall at tho Wiotsr Show, ami Mr Mao Pliers ju and his stiff are niw busily engaged getting the exhibits in order. The exhibition will inolnde the following:—110 varieties of grain, suoh as wheat, oats, barley, ife, peas, bnaus, olover, eto., all in bate, and wheat, oa's and barley in sheafs. These simples ate similar to ttia ones now bfiing'shown in London and later on will bB shown inFranoe. Utility poultry from the Moumahaki Parni, roots and frnit from Tanrangj; prrsarved fruit; 120 samples of potatoes, honey from all parts of the world; weeds aud grasses from Moumahaki aud Vveraroa t'anns; roots from Booth Island ou-nperative hell; hemp showiug flax, fibre and the complete atfciolc;; 21 varieties of swade rnraipß, five varieties of WaiTiugi Experimental Farmwiries; aud au exhibit showiug vh it diseas s iarm lioises are subject to. These exhibits slionld be very intarfsfeiug ta all farmers. Mr 13. T. Hunt _ has been very bnsy carting tluse exhibits from tbe raifway .station doring t'ie past two days, about 15 owt. in all. Rev. D. 0. Batss' weather foreoast wired from Wellington la&t sight, states that present indications' are for variable winds but modeiats to strong easterly, and northerly winds, increasing after abopt sixteen hour?. The weather will probably continue cool and changeable, bnt milder temperature is to be expected alter about thirty-six hours, then the barometer pressure is likely to be lower. The Technical Sohool Exhibition was oonolhded last evening after a very Busoessfal weak. The demonstrations last night were in ooukery and wool-olasiing The cookery waE witnessed by over fifty ladies, who were much intareßted in Mrs "Woolfe's dinner meßU,°oonsistin{< of Sootofi eg£?s, baked staffed tisli, lemon oream; Eocle's cakes and castellated potatoes. One of the pupils made some delicions Bweets. At the conclusion everything that was made was sold at high price?. The tables were 'nicely decoiated. The woolclassing, under the management of Mr Russell, was witnessed by a good nnmber of farmers. There were about a dozen pupils presint; who were put through fleece picking, placing the fleece on the table, rolling and classing. All the demonstrations at the sohool during the tfeek have been a deoided oredlt both to the teaohing staff aud to the Director, Mr F. D. Opie, and to the tattor credit is due for the euccess of the exhibition. A delightful oolleotion of water colour sketches, the work of Mr tfoel Barrnud, of Palmewtin North is at present on view at Messrs' G /H. Bennett'and Go's premises the Sguarn andwell repays a visit. The majority of- the sketches were made during Mrßarraud's recent tour of Europe and' Great Britain, wliila au oooaEionol"glimpse" of New Zeahnd adds ' still further to the variety. | Views of many pictnrfsqne comers of some of most charming baefcwataiß oi ilift Old Land are included in the exhibition, suoh as the scenes at i the quaint old fishing villago of Bosham, some of wliioh must be considered the getrs cf the collection, "A'Oottige lard, Worcestershire," "Fishing boats. St. Ives," etc. SunHjsrht effects are a feature of Mr Barriud's work, bright sunshine, the' less vivid atmosphere of au autumn afternoon, suns't, and tie sftirgl'ow all being reprodoced in one or other of his sketches, whioh a'si include several fascinating saa-scspcs. The csWogied prices are by no means high and ■wliila many of the paiutiugs h.ve speoial appeal to English foife, the beanty of the work will make it appreciated by all.

Major Garner, as lion, aeoretary of fie Veterans' Association bus received intimation from His Worship the Mayor that speoial se«t9,will be reserved for veterans at the donnation celebration. They are w assemble at noon.

Special services for the people will be oonducfced by Adjutant Hay ward and his helpers at the Salvation Army Hall t-morrow. The Adjutant will deliver adJressis from a present day fact as contrasted with an hi.tiiioal Bibliol incident. The Bund anl Songster Bigade will, assist at the meetings The drawings for the next iotfrLrjdge oard tonrnameut, to be liel'i in the Oddfalhws' Hall, Onba street, on June 29tt, are as follows: Drnifs v. IforsfcTS, Oddfellows (Orient) v. Oddfellows (Mauawatu), H.A.0.8.5. a bye. Bio". MoL»an and Gleeson have beeu appointed official scorers for that night Foxtin is determined to got the Coronation subsidy for iti uew theatre and so-Ore Ooley and Gregß wont round yesterday and raised £250 as the basis onjwhicb to apply (or the Qiwrnmeut grant. The councillor Babsoribed £ls each and the rest of thorn £5 oaoh aud citizens generally l?avi libenllv. The new theatre will sißt 800 peoplp. The stage is not regarded bs aud a ojnuoillor oawe to Piilraerston to oonsnlt the manager of the Opera House npon it.

Messrs Boss & Co., of The Bon Marche, advertise a fino lot of cream delaine blouses in the popular styles of the moment, of which they invite inspection, in view of Show Week and Coronatioi We-'k; they are also making a special display of millinery, which prospective purchasers would do well to hare a look at.V

At the Whiter Show next weak, oue o( the attnctiois will be a "laughing gallery," wliioli will be situated next tJ tho tin rooms.

There will ba tho usual matiuoe of Haywacrs PiulinrcS thiß aftaruooD. Thoy will 1)3 Riven a comnb-taly new pruKracuuie, iu which subjects of au odocatioual and amosuig character will be giveu. Tl'o 1911 season of the Manawatn Pwi«e Clah will ba opined tliis erning at tlie Municipal Hall Tvith a "ladies night," the prograuimo for which it is anticipileil, will excel iu variety uud general exoellenoo any yet given by the Olnb, Members of the Olub ar.i requested ta be iu attauilance sharp at 8.15 p.tn. fis the ceremony cf induction comuidiiccs at 8.30 D.rn. At the Police Court ytstarday morning, before Mr L. Sitnmonds, J.P., a first offending iuebriata was fined 5s or iu default 24 hours. The representatives of tlie Kairacga County Council met the Old People's Home jjUommittse of the Hosoital Board on Thursday, anil discussed the matter of the purohase of part of Awaptmi Reserve for au Uld People's Home sits. The Hospital Committee will report on the matter at the next meeting of tlio Board.

William Thompson, alius William Waters, appeared before Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., yesterday • ou_ remand for the theft ot eight shirts, the property of A. J. Mahon, and whs sentoced to threß days' imprisonment. , At Hokowhitu to-day the monthly bogey competition will be played. On Thursday next (Coronation Day) a matoh will be played against Dannevirke at Hokowhitn. Next Saturday, 24th Jnne, a match is to be phved against Otaki at Otaki. The players willing to go are requested to hanti iD their names to the secretary or enter them on the list at golf house. A horse belonging t? Mr Spears, of Foxton, took ill ami iu spite of vetarinary aid died A pest mortem resulted in a kerosene tin fall of stnd being tsken from his organs. It is sormisad tliut ho got this driukiug fcom the oreeks when they were low. Saturday is always the bast day 'of the week for Rkating so far as recoiptH are concerned. There will ba three sessions, morning 10 ti noon, aft-rnoon 2.30 to 5, and evening 7.30 to 10.15 at the Empire Rink, whioh is being very extensively patronised. The Empire Hall is very conveniently located and the rinfe therein is ran nn good lines. b3iog uuder proper control. A bind of six players will ba in attendance from 8.80 p.m. The handsome Coronation number of the New Zoaland Graphic we auknowledged yestarday was from Mr Wm. Patk, who has supplies on hand just now. It is admirable evidence of what New Zealand printers oau do. Sobnapper are very plentiful at Foxtan "just now, but two well known Foxtos fishermen, Messrs Langley and Youug, had an unpleasant experience wlipu out after them the other day. They had hauled in 84 beauties when a huge shark, which was also praying on the shoal, thrust his head about a foot out of the water and "smelt" the boat. The fishermen glized in »wa at about 221t "f shaik, the biggest they had ever seen and deciding that it was no place for them, promptly concluded that they would leave the rest of the sohnapper to the visitor and made for the shore. At the ordinary monthly meeting ot the Palmereton North Friendly Societies' Council the dispensary oommittae reported fully on the business done at the last three meetings held by them, and it was decided to isßue the prospectus and application forms at once, different committees being set up to fully cirvas for shares. . A oommittee was appointed to.interview the different miuufois with a view to holding a combined JMendlv Societies' servioe twice a year, Should the weather prove propitious tlie stone laying ceremony in connection with St. Paul's Methodist Ohnroh, which is tu be performed by' His Excellency the Governor, Lotd Islington, next Tuesday afternoon, will be an impressive function. Quite a number of influential public men have been invited, including representatives of publiu bodies. The speoial service whioh has been arranged provides for an excitant servioe of Praise in addition to the brief addresses that will be delivered by His Excellency und the President and ex-President of the Methodic Couferenoe Lord Islington will be asked to receive nn behalf of the Oliuroh building fund a nurse of sovereigns, collectsu by the Lad's League in shilling subsoript'ons, each shilling representing a brick of the new building. The total number' of registrations for compulse." training received by Staff Sergt.-Major Dovey to data amount to 1440. Th« warraut officer of the department visit?d all the big firms in town yestuday to give a final reminder that registrations clrsid to-day. He found that all the hearis of the firms were very willing ti assist him, and promised" to give their employees warning of the date. The steamer Girtie with a load

of 200 tonfl of Westporfc ooal wen

aground on the Siuth soit at Foxtou liearis on Wednesday and had not been got off last night. She was ex-

pected to get off at 3 n.m. yeßtarrtay

and the men went to the wharves ti tike tli n coal net, bnt the staamer was still fast. It is locally antioipjtsd that the coal will have to be thrown overboard to lighten the ship and residents hav* their boars ready tn go out and gather in wint.r fuel. The Queen of the South Rot in ye£tarday past the branded steamer.

FINED Ten bob and costs. Better to spend your money at the Speed Cycle Depot. Lamps from 2/6, oil 6d tin. KEEP FIT-DRINK WAI-RONGOA. If the stomach is right, and the blood is right, then you are right. That's why if you want good health you should drink Wai-Eongoa, the world's best natural mineral water. It aids the digestion, clears the blood, keeps you perfectly fit. A , glassful before breakfast will banish gout, rheumatism, ttc.

Professor Blim, the renowned African explorer, lately returned to civilisation, n a recent interview, says that the mostinteresting trait of the "Boula Boula" tribe of Central Africa is their almost universal use of Hunkydory Boot Polish as a skin emollient.

On page 2, Cable News; page 3, Notes for Wouiou; ou page 6, Midiag Notes, football aud Markets; p»gp 7, Annual .Maetiug of Bank of Niw Zealand.

The excellent programme of Municipal Pictaras which wo published yjitsrilay will Ret another and a final look in at the Op.-ra House this nftMuoon and (vaniug. A nuuibar of the new pitta us are of particular Jiitaiest tu ulnliiren, nml tho number of soauit! and ednoational pictares and tl:o Wit-i West film will b3 of iaterest to t:ie young and old, The progress that is being wade by the shorthand class at the Technical School was evidenced at the opening ot the recant exhibition, when two of the girl pupils took down Mr Walter Rutherturd's address iu shorthand, and subsequently handed their transcriptions to the press reporters, compositions of which appeared in the papers. In his address at the annnal meeting of the Bank of New Zoalaud yesterday, the chairman stated that to mark the jabiiee year a bouus of 10 per cent, lias baen made to the staff.