THE OPEN COLUMN.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 3747, 23 May 1899, Page 7

THE OPEN COLUMN.

THE LAW, SOCIETY.

Mr Wm. C. Fitzgerald writes:—The local' branch of the Now Zealand Law Society is waking up. May I ask the council. What has become of the charges which I formulated some time ago, at their request, against; a/firnj of solicitors practising in thuLsi£y? , r - \; ; ;Ti-jii; ; £i®A® I cannot uhddrstarltl hdtv'it is 1 (writes “11. A.”) . that,, Councillor McGill has such a “ down ” ' bh - Mr“‘Rbwe ; tho librarian. I must say. that Mr Rowe is the .right man in thb right place, and, that when I have been in want of information on a certain subject and explained matters to him he has given samp: and produced books thereon. Coiincill6/ n MpQilh is; a-cham-pion of Mr Baggett. Well, I am very well, acquainted, with'the Tatter. He is a good, man, butthe/does not possess the knowledge of Mr Row'b; ,i he -Himself-will admit it ;’but' I''dd^'feohsi'der that MiBag,yett is very poorly pajd. for .the work ho-does’, seven *da'y.^X' i '(Veislt' - a}id Toiig * ; ,.r j- !bw a lanio'Vd ' . : NO INDECFN + Ct IK AIIT. ' “Not Understood”.! wj;itea;r--In reply to “Observer,” I would like to make a few remarks.He ,qyid(|n|l;jt,appears unable to clistiriguish/,th,p.,..d^ffpre nce between works of, art] find'll docent/ pictures. For this I, feel .sorry 'fpi:;;hirh,' as it clearly shots that lie has, segn but r l)ttle. Had ho o ver pip'd. ,a",visit" to. the .Royal Academy,, or even to/our Technical School, he would have, thought twice -before he put his pen to paper, -' - With-reference to the nion yoUfcorrespondent says he overheard comment upon these ,’ pictures, 1 have little to say, as I place them under the Sams category;as “Observer.”“THE WORLD'S A STAGE!” Are we degenerating ? Thus queries . } ‘sl3 (who ..proceeds to ‘ say,' j*’//jTjje";,' ‘Wnbwnjed, Charles, Kean,’ - 'Universfiiy ~‘ scholar.” and .’./.most able ( , exponent of, t ,imraqytaJ . Shakes pearian ■ '(days, ’ together with his acomplished wife, ,ai true, lady, nee. Ellen ■ Tree,' whier rdpoWne'd froir 'the bf their- - private life' a'nd l sPge J goH*ernance; akd^V!ioiMdV^'‘ft^qm^to :> f6 , r,’««sistahce td- cfiacitable and*bhdf eh--purposes, Were always;ready,'as exeWpfifi'adtby the permission given to the staff of ladies engaged at the old Princess Theatre, Oxford street, London, to take part in a fancy fair held in Mr Treadwell's, a railway king’s park'at’Spreathara, for the benefit of St. Ann’s Asylufn for children whose parents were diice in affluent circumstances. The. great actor at once readily acquiesced, Und his coterie of professional actresses, perfect ladies, cheerfully, without emolument, had charge of the. various-booths and stalls, without gambling inducements or for-tune-telling, simply merry - go - rounds, archery competitions, with entrance 'fees, ancßflbww'sTaßij'axid pre- , siding over the latter was a charming bevy pf young ladies,; „ the principal, a brunette;’by name, Oliver’. She was not . what you term strictly beautiful, but her natural pearly teeth, winsome smile was most unaffected,-and" bewitching, and her ■ naive,, cheerful demeanour at once caught on, attracting no inconsiderable number of : exquisite dandies to her shrine, myself amongst them, and great was the sale of rare exotics and bouquets, for which large prices wore paid, and when one enamoured '‘swell” said, he,would.give. five guineas for a-but-ton-liole spray if. the. charming vendor would only - give ; kiss- with. it, “Most certainly,” quojbh tho, quick-witted clam sel, kissed the spraywith gentle and delicate refinement,’ and gracefully ha tided it'to the sprig of Mobility, amidst ‘lie general hflarity of his confreres, and ho in return smilingly but mutely gave the voting lady the pledged,fiver and odd. That sort of suaviter in modo is a delightfully refreshing object lesson of -refinement for our colonial; swells and -urmeat bazaars and soirees to perpetually emulate. . . ■ MILK INSPECTION. “Swedish Dairy Expert” writes: This question, which -now ■’occupies the minds’ of'a great - nfimber of people m Wellington, and is'very interesting from a dairyman's point - of view, was last year settled in- a very, satisfactory way by the Government of Sweden, whore the same question; had been !' much talked about. : A law was'passed to tho effect that “No unpasteurised milk is allowed to be sold in any town.” This is undoubtedly the - only'safe'way of settling this question. .IT "is all yery well tr have inspectors for dairies^.etc., but they cannot hinder the bacteria getting into the milk; and as a- rule/inspeciors cannot always bp every where, and very often they are not where they ought to be. After the Swedish Government passed this law there at once started in the towns companies -that bought milk from the farmers and pasteurised it; but before it is sent out every morning in different veSsols round the town, it is sealed by a Government official. They have gone further still, because people can now at home get whatever kind of milk they like, i.e., they can obtain milk with differentrpsrcenta"ge~o-f~tTtrtt6Wfat7andof course .different, priqes. : all depend iiVg oh the P percentage - of fat. "This way, qf ,settling,-.the;. qppstion, lias - thc-ve-fore uot.oniy gi.venTtliQVpeople .the great satisfaction of knowing that there is no risk, in' drinking the’/milk,!’but'also that they get'in quality tvhat.. they-qiay for, and not, as before ; yeryJ6fthh'pay twice as. milch as it w,hShvofth; -- , 'Vo/T .naUKilleJ 'if •' ;t ,: %e‘’WeM?LO|YPP,v , On' tbis’ topi'c as fhllbws’.;.—l-No 'grdateS 11 antf more; important question the- rainds of mapkihd /than/phe, abpve,hb6c-ause ft is another term, (for jtliet starving..classes. This class: is nOt by-iany/toeafaS; confined to the ■ so'-caßed hvortltless'! i arid;; .spendthrift class, ' but uttforturiatelj- includes all classes' and -- ;pi/pfessi6ns.’f{ ‘Tear by year the.subjicti generally before election. Lifia.ei,;i (it ’ is - pitched ’ and tossed from; pner partyrltp the other, and for what?-.,; Simplyui-ifoy/t- duat-throwing purposes, for it is never .dealt-with in. any practical; wayv; ‘ Not - :Gyph‘.. ' the( '-cause which produces tqh'.prbblbm is'eiver raised. I/ - triist’.'^isi(.|“r^e«^;;]^ill. i ; - iSdtT like 1 its contemporary,’. bohafyaid to. publish anything/which sis of a Radical nature. . I am ■ a 'Radical, and npiir afraid of it.; As I understand the'term,- ib Seeks- in all cases- not merely; to triihs any! cancerous growth, but. to uproot‘'ife'' T am aware that to uproot the caiise of the above will interfere with the present system of individualism and/.sordid.sielfishness, which has, cursed .humanity, px Jages,. It has caused the- downfall.of.ancient Comnionwealtbs and nations of,greatest renown ; and because men are afraid of each other, men, 1 women and. childten continue to suffer both hunger' ahd-cold.; • -It is selfevident that' ho paSTy : .Government , can meet, this ' egae/.; only,’sq,. &r; a«f it ;seeks to- be the true Representative pf, the people, nnd departs-fro.m ..party politics. But how would you begin the operation P Not only by doling out works or money, for that Tst an' insiilt to Pur manhood, :though-nboesfehty-, ’ ‘ ! I would, in addition to'J these 'necessary evils.;'seek to establish allßinds/of‘State -'producing works;, both, of an agrictiltiiral. and, manxrfactnring nature ; State-mpney, so ps to save the eritfrmotfs > interest'foolishly paid away annually. But. says : others." this will interfere with private | wonmtolies. Yes. it will; but | give to my starving brother and sister | the honest labour and food, etc., which

are everyone’s birthright, and I shall not be any the worse—only prevented, as a private individual, from becoming a monopolist. It is high time that all wouldbe poiititiaris should abjure party, and go in free men, and bold to that independency of policy which alone can bring true reform to the most: needy of our people. All party, class and colour politics belong to liie dark ages. Let us as a progressive people, at once seek to lay tho foundation of State-producing power. In that and that only is to be found the euro of the unemployed army. It inn;/ be said that we have not many unemployed among us. I say wc have, and so wiil everyone find who takes the time and trouble to look beneath the surface of things. It is too late in the dayday to toll us “ the poor we must always have with us,” and that “ human nature needs changing.” No; the first quotation is a falsehood put in the lips of one of earth’s best and noblest teachers; the second needs to read as follows ; Change the conditions of suffering humanity, and there will fallow changes in their higher being. '