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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5906, 27 October 1890, Page 4

• London cottespoir j &e»b . ■writes ; — We have an enormous Bttjyply, of cheap labor within a few liourB 1 iaach, both on the Continent and in IrevliEt}cts $rhile, |f capitalists cared to send a ..few steamships into Asi'i, they could "TbnngJ over.. Lascars "T>y thousands. Another new feature we have witnessed - this week Las been arlobal strike of agricultural laborers' during harvest time in Northamptonshire, which has caused some; embarrassment. But a strike of : SagXisbl hafvesters can never happen to a serious extent, because there is always a plentiful supply of Irishmen who as© " splendid hands at farm work, and, in years jjone by, they used to come over to England in thousands during harvesttime. Already the Northamptonshire strike has attracted a few of them here, and a slight encouragement would bring them over in auch numbers as entirely to swamp poor Hodge, should he ever throw down the gauntlet to his masters, * Of two Brothers the New Zealand Times says :— v There %ere once two Mr Bucklands in the House, a mild Buokland and a fierce Buckland. Ifc is the fierce one who is opposing the Speaker. He is the narrowest minded man that has ever appeared in the House of Representatives. Therefore it is not astonishing to hear what he is saying about Mr Speaker and himsetfr fie was a hard headed creature, full of ability and pluck and energy ; a terrible fellow to have against you in a law court ; and even more so in an election. Yes ! The election contest itf his particular arena. If he would but confine himself to that he would shine in politics with a clear light. In the House of Beprefienfcatives he is out of place. We hope the electors of ,-Manukau will not mistake his sphere of political influence." In nautical circles there is much speculation as to how the Assaye, or any of her cargo, could have got to the Chatham group. Her ordinary course, unless she came through Oook. Straits, would lie to the south of Stewart's Island— between it and the Snares — and then up the East ' Coasfc of the South Island to Wellington. Ib is urged that it is quite possible the vessel may have struck .on the Snares, or ; on the Traps (which are between the Snares and Stewart's Island), and either gone to pieces there or drifted on in a damaged and unmanageable condition until hear Chatham Islands, whare she would break up in the surf off one of the islands. Against the supposition that she came to grief on the Snares, there Beemsto be some doubt amongst those whose opinions should be of value ■whethor the paper and other goods now found would have floated the distance of 700 or 800 miles intervening between that group and the Chathains. If the Snares were the scene of the wreck, it is agreed hy mariners that there is little chance of any of the ship's company having survived. - The coast of the islands is very inhospitable, and there is only one really good landing place. Speaking at a m'oeting/at Battersea, Mr j John Burns said they had had trouble in the Guards, and as he knew more about it than anyone^ he would tell them how it originatjed. About eight months ago a committee appointed by the privates of the ..Grenadier Guards came to see him, and consulted him upon their grievances. It appears that the officers were a good deaf fonder of. being at Lord's, or the Oval, dr ; Hurlington s or W' n^ sor » or St. John's Wood, than looking after their regimental duties. This, of course, left a good deal of power in the hands of the non-commissioned officers, and they had made the regiment an unendurable hell for the men. Every spring great numbers of the militia officers came to learn their drill, and when they were not learning company and battalion drill they " practised " on ten or twelve files of defaulters. Now, it was customary ro *' tip " the sergeant-majors two guineas, aud "he knew two men in tho 2nd Battalion this spring who had earned LBO in this way, and as there were not always (sufficient defaulters to make these extra drills possible, the sergeants took care to » invent offences and make defaulters. What he told the men to do he was not going to repeat in public, but at any rate what; they had done had been successful, for it had improved the lot of the common soldier immensely. The Guards had been sent to Bermuda, where they would have a rattling good time of it. The following is an extract from the •lection address of Mr W. F. Howlett to he voters of the Masterfcon district :— •• If you have as. much brains as I should like every man who votes for me to possess, you will first ask me why I want to get into the House. My reply is that I am fond of getting behind the scenes. To . regard the position of M.H.R. as an honor is absurd. A man is judged by his company, and as an ordiuary member I should lose caste. I should, however, like very well to find out why such a number of seedy, oufc-at-elbows people hustle to get in. Whose pockets do they get their fingers in 1 How are the steals arranged! You may be sure that the red-nosed men in patched boots and doubtful linen are not there for the honorarium, much less for the honor and glory ; they have their axes to grind, and when I find out I will let you know. Please understand, also, that I am asking no favor at your hands. You want responsible and. onerous work done, and nobody who knows me doubts my capacity to do it. Now I can't deny that I could get a quicl.pro qxio in the shape of knowledge. I could pick up a lot of experience in the House, and would not refuse to serve if elected. I. should have access to a few men who really know something, and in exchange for the opportunity of learning I offer my services. The honorarium is to me a minus quantity. It would cost more than L2OO to leave my home for three months, and ib is doubtful how long I should stay in tho House, as it is my peculiar task to ferret out abuses, abolish incompetent officials, and deny all received opinions. ' This would expose me to such a torrent of abuse and mud-pelt-ing, that, as likely as not, I should throw up the sponge in a few years. " The Post says-: — We are assured that the following is a truthful translation of a letter recently sent to one of the candidates for Parliamentary honors by several of the Chinese residents in our fair city : — Dear Sir, — We, tho undersigned pro-perty-holders, ratepayers, and electors, resident in the City of Wellington and its neighborhood, knowing the great interest you take in the Trades Union movement, and your ever present desire to ameliorate the condition of the working classes, beg fto inform you rhat.it is our intention to form a Union of the grocers and vendors of vegetables, for the purpose of regulating the production, quality, and price thereof ; so that the production shall not. exceed the demand ; so that the quality shall always be of the best ; and so that the price shall not exceed the cost of production, with a reasonable amount added ; thereto for profit. By this means the ' working man wUI be able to obtain fresh vegetables at the lowest cost, and need no longer be tortured by the process of slow poisoning to which he is subjected by unscrupulous, vendors of a different color to ourselves through the medium of the various alkaloids developed in stale vegetables. We have now the pleasure to ask you if you will do us the honor to accept the office of President of our Union, and beg to assure you that our admiration of your consistency is so great that if you should at any time be. a candidate for Parliamentary honors you may rely on us; and, further, our large and varied assortment of vegetable products and direct importations from China will ever be at your command at such prices for cash as will give you the fullest value for your money, and at the same time yield J s a fair interetet upon the capital invested in our business.— We are, dear sir, (signed)," ! and here follow several names, I