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Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9254, 2 December 1891, Page 2

How to reverse the exodus. Strange that this problem evor puzzled us, says the Otago Witiie s. The so|utiqn discovered Jby Ballance and Co. is simplicity itself. Cocker and coddle the «* unemployed," that is the whole secret. It is the duty of the Government to p ovide remunerative employment for every man who asks for it. This, or something like this, was Mr Ballance's comfortable doctrine in his speech at Wanganui. Irnmediato result : mobs of "unemployed" appear in the principal towns. Why not, when " Government Btroke " earns better pay than work done for the thrifty cockatoo ? But this is not all. The good news that at last there is a real " poor man's Qovernment" in New Zealand has be>n wafted across tho sea. In return, tho steamers are bringing us moro " unemployed !" It is a fact, and the Premier aapiently takes credit for it. At Woodville, when address ing the Knights of • Labour, he "expressed a hope that the exodus of our population was now over, and that the tide ha.d turned. The colony offered superior attractions to tho working classes than •Victoria or New South Wales." Yes, "the tide has turned " beyond a doubt ! Capital is flowing out, claimants on the bounty of a paternal Government are flowing in. They are coming over by shiploads; but for tho cost of the passage across before long there wouldn't: bo a lo'ufer l-.ft in Australia. For, as the Premier— just after providing for 500 " unemployed " in Dunedin alone — truthfully and judiciously remarks, " this colony offers to the work-, ing classes attractions superior to those of either Yiotom or New South Wales." AH persons suffering from defective sight Bhould get spectacles ifroin J. H Parker, watchmaker, jeweller, & optician. Devon-street, New Plymouth. — N-B. The strength of the sjghj; js tested by the 4 Patent optoinet6r,"j[and .suitable glasses supplied — Advt. Wolfe's Schnapps. The public should • csreue caution in purchasing.