General News.

Opunake Times, Volume XXII, Issue 773, 15 September 1905, Page 4

General News.

“ It is the duty of Parliament, ” says Christchurch Truth, to probe to the ottom tbe mystery whiuh surrounds foe disappearance of £3,65,000 of the Oolomal Bank shareholders’ money. Is it going to do it ? Is the Legislature of the colony to allow itself to ne biuffe'i ,i - Vernier, into i etting the bcciis ot the Colonial Bank be burnt without making an effort to see justice done? We have had an inover a trumpery £7O voucher ; hereis a question of £855,000, and not an effort is made to clear it up. A friend of ours (Wairarapa Daily Times,, a worker in humble life, has been studying that weird measure, the , fh we in 8 Bill, and the perusal of the statesmanlike Bill has left im a wiser and sadder man. Tf , Act, :„;r ker * ? weiiinß, * a declare lJ3ean ln a very s^ort 10 fa jj. .dtion of insolvency. We.will £ our friend Jones, a name famiV'iar ,o most of our readers. Well, Jo’nes looked forward to a worker's dwell img under the measure. He does not do things by halves, and he wanted one up to the limit, £3OO, and he proposed taking one on that basis. Our friend Jones then studied the measure to see what he would have to pay for his whistle. He discovered that he would have to provide for tde cost of survey, reading, sub-divisj o n, purchase of land, erection of building rent, sinking, fund, depreciation and a few other odds and ends. annual payment, he discovered would be £33, payable monthly in advance, and that it would consist of the following items Rent, £2l; fire insurance, £1 10s; life .insurance, £4 10s; sinking fund, £6. He worked it out that if he paid £3B a year for thirty-two years be would get a freehold. Jones says the game is not worth the candle,

The breach between politics and the church is widening, A Napier divine at one ot the churches on Sunday evening expressed himself trenchantly thus; “ The great multitude ot those composing Parliament are sheep, and silly sheep at that, led by a great shepherd.” The following yarn is going the round in chess circles“ Madam,” said the knight of the road, “ can you help me on my way a trifle? I am a broken-down chess player, and—” " Certainly, ” said the lady of the house, as she unloosed the bull-dog; “it’s your move. " (And he moved.) There can be no doubt that Japan’s success may well cause grave misgivings to the white races. They have so long been under a notion that the world was created for their exclusive benefit, and that they are the sole heirs of the whole creation. The Japanese victories have, however, given a rude shook to this delusion. But there is no help for it. The .white races may froth and foam, but they cannot resist the onward march of Japan, England would be wise in revising her policy in India in the light of this sudden but significant awakening of the East.—" Bengalee, ” Calcutta. D. Duncan has just secured the agency for the Plantekoa Remedies, These are tbe best the world has ever seen, they consist of the great herbal remedies, ointments, medicatd skin soaps, liniment, pills, veterinary salve, &o. It they don’t do good tbe monev will be refunded.—Advt. 3