A SCATHING INDICTMENT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 12292, 26 June 1903, Page 4

A SCATHING INDICTMENT.

Our cables on" Thursday recorded the fact that Mr " Justice Etood,' in j sentencing at ,- Melbourne a'boy'whb ; had been ''found guilty of assault upon ', a girl, expressed the opinion that" there' vis a class' of young people growing vp o ■in that city , who .-are little better. tha|i savages as far as sexual relations are concerned. 1 This is a terrible charge for a' Judge to bring against iL British community* but, in' face of Jthb evidence' which ,niay. be found .lor those x who do not wilfully close their u oyefc ; tp,it,>whq .will, say tl^at/his remarks were , one whit too strong or jtjiai "they might,* not be applied .with at most equal force' and, justice in o^hei 1 communities • nearer 1 , home ?• It is a subject which it is' impossible" to freely discuss in a daily newspaper, and possibly for that reason there ate few people, who realize, what a truly \ shocking state of .^hings. exists almost under their very , noses. .The statistics published by the Registrar' General- disclose enough to prove that the evil to. which we refer is growing in seriousness, but wo do not believe that official figures hear evidenco of a , tithe of the 'vice ,which really exists; Much o! it is not regarded .-as jvice/at

all in the returns"; much again is, con cealed from th^ officials; V;and a greal deal more has- no: tangible result. Yet it exists all the same, and- it ap pears., as if the public sense of hono: and virtue is "t v 6 a extent dulled for the offence is commonly regarded as of a most venial nature. It is, af we have. said ?& most^dlfficult and cle lieate subject for " -the" 'daily press t< deal with , but what are our social re formers doing ? Have they no time to spare from their everlasting cru "sad/c strdng 'drink to combat this terrible evil, annuallj bringing moral ruin upon so niahj young people ? What .are the churches doing ?• Cannot they afford to* diver a portion of their efforts from th< perpetual appeal for ' funds to buile and furnish churches and chapels, tc an att<\mpt to stem the tide, of vic< which ruins ;bo maiiy of -their youn£ flocks ? What is our "education systen thinking of that it icaji , only cram th< bdys and .girls "with book-Warning, arid canndt teach them that' honour 1 ant .virtue are of incomparably greatei \-alue than all the J isms ;t .and 'olojgp.es their brains can absorb ?; The evil re' f erred to by Judge Hood and... -tfu gambling habit * are, we are sorry tc have to believe, sapping 'the very life blood of. the* nation,; and it is v onlj here' and there that ' a is r.aisec against ■frhein, , and thai^it, is to b( feared, is but '.''.the voice^of, one crying in the wilderness" for v ;alk the heeci 'that is paid to,/ it. -<• -y'-ij"- , Mails despatched from' Sydney v'u TancouVer on May 19 afriVed '-' in Xbn don on Monday nighC , -, " . During May 1878 persons, arrived ,ii the colony and- 2111 toob'Hheir depar ture. In May 1902 the figures wer< 1701 arid 2i09 respectively^ .y'*~.~~ : The j Tunbridge .Wells t Adxertiser ,oi May 1 15 th .has an , : eulogistic. , notice o: the New Zealand Band, r n6w. touring Grreat Britain. * '- - ''" "'- We : would direct attention "to an^ad vertisement of Blyth and Co.. which, is of ; rather ! an' -unusual character, and should attract attention. * - ■,;•■' A local authority oii the* 'Servian language' states that the name of thajt country's parliament' is pronounced Scoopteena. . . * - J Owing to the Oddfellows" social tak ing place on the 2nd July, the Fores ters' social committee have decided tc -l^ostpdne their, extended- night ; till a future date.* The Ottoman, Government have mad( the sale of printing inyk .'a- 'Stafe- ma nopoly., . In. future • printers will'Jiavt to state the quaniitiesV, of ink thej reqtuire jri their works, .; \ -". - In this issue J., Bestford,^umbrella maker, Devon-street, has irn advertise ment. Those .requiring ■repairs to* urn fcrellas or umbrellas ~tjnaft.e s ,to- orjler should ' inspect .'tis >Vlarge stock oi materials., . A . ' > , ' :-:^' ,:P.r/ .'. The Terminus BCotel ' h^s 'chiingec hands, Mr Hadfield hjayjng; idisp&sed -o the property to Mr& .^EeMi.e.dy*. ,Th< pale was effected through- "|Cs|srs "Mcd fey ...and, Rawstron; *The - present .pccupiers will give . possession in taboxtt a month.- " ' ,' " ' 'New.spaperdom- says thai, .'the* Mon.jday morning daily diight .tQ.^e jftbol; 'is^ied'-by law. It has be^ jw^itte? and BQt. -up ,neafly entirely: onvSui^iy; si" day on 'which very l^tse happens Monday morning's issue .is jthereforj ,the hardest oi *ihe : .-week to get out and is "always the' poorest. ,Preacherf and p^ous people who inveigh agains| Sunday papers are making' a m*sfak< It ■is Monday's they. pugh%; to'*.aff tack. The editor and printera oughji to have their Sunday's test, the j have in Richmond, JVirginiaj' where there is no Monday mbrning, paper. A butcher boy named Hook,, in the employ of. Mr Riddell,- had a lucky, escape from a serious accident Ton Thursday morning.. While riding round the [$% ,the, Imperial, Hotel he out the turn too finely, and his mount- slipped on the wooden covering of the gutter at the spot and came down. The boy qeemed to fall under the horse,, and as he lay for a "few seconds stiffened out the spectators thought that he' had been killed outright. The boy, however, s66ri came round, and ' beyond very severe shaking he did not seem to be "any worse over the mishaps -„;.. ? " The Journeymen • ' Pliunbers • held a smpke concert in the' Imperial Hotel on Thursday night v There were., about fifty '^present: M? '] E. M? ; S.mith. tMuH.R., ,'presided; ..withlMr.W.T:." 5 Jetinings,'M.H.R v .oh his right. Messrs ,W. Bwing and T: Francis, ' Master ' Plumbers, were in the vice chairs. The Architects- and Master •Builders', werje also- represented' af the gathering.. A toast JUst ; was gone through, the ppncipal being "The Master Plumbers and' Builders,?' . proposed by, the chairman, and' responded^ to by. Messrs Ewihg, * Nixoh,,. Bond; Coleman," and Bu-llot; "^?he',Parliament of .New Zealand" proposed by Mr.Hyland, and re* plied to by the representatibes- present j "The Architects," proposed ' by bhe chairman and responded to by Mr fr. Messenger. The arrangements' 1 made by, Mr P. W. Watts, the proprietor of the'ljiqtel, were excellent, and gave the. greatest satisfaction. Mr Hylarid, 'the. jutn.k£'secretary for the concert, carried jut Ms duties' well. Some good songp tfefe given during the everilngr The; butter -exported from the col-; >ny during May is valued at\£sp,llß^ ui^^^s^'.afc the quantities jettf^/JO^SGcwt and 8654^wt, respeciivcly./. Frozen beef wap exported \to ;he Value« of £42,764, and mutton (363, ,78 creases) to the value of £225^. 109) $ $# additioto to t legs' apd ; .pieces 1 vor«hr-X16,148. A. totals, of -402,607 arcases^of lamb .valued*. a$ £203,198 sras sent a way from- different parts ; of he colony during. ihe\month, aga x nst 87, JM^ .tfarcases, valued at"-£142;589, or May; " 1902. ' The most noticeable acreage' ip in. frozen mutton-, which exeeded'the export for Mdy o/ last year y 148,759 carcases, or £106,561. The gures for^ihe port of Wellington, for ist • month are/as follows :— Butter, . 40cwt, value £940$ ; cheese, 1892cwt; alue £5304 ; frozen TDeef, ' 10,462cwt, alife £1^,738; m«tton, 119,859 catases,^ weighing 60,993cwt, value £77, 83 ;. legs .. and pieces, 5520, value 85G ; lamb,' 66,554 carcases, weighing l^Oßcwt; value £31,984. jfor. Invitation Cards, iards,, call; at Herald XM#? ' \ J ; s

The Wakataie arrived at. Auckland at 8 a.m. "to-day. ■ -•.":- A sixteen feet seam of excellent coal, has been struck in the tunnel of the Coal Greek. State coal mine. The tunnel is in 10^ chains. Captain advised at J2.37 p.m' to-day :— Moderate winds from be-, 'tween west and" squth^west and south; glass rise ; ' tides moderate • weather cold. As the Building Fund of^ the Wellington Education Board is considerably overdrawn the Board' on Thursday/ 'adopted the simple plan of refusing to vote money for any .of the works which- were requisitioned for. / . " Mr Newton King ' advertises a choice ;,• assortment of fruit trees to be sold by auction at the Haymarket yards tomorrow at ., ; 'also a superior ~-Sinsfer .^machine to^be sold at the mart, in .the.'.aiternoon.. It is understood thai a petition- lias been forwarded^to the . Minister for Lands asking him to acquire, the Clive Grange ;estate arid, the Petane- (grange property under< the Lands for ment „A ct.,-. Both properties arc-close to- : Napier and - are eminently suited for "close • settlement purposes.. - -' - ■■[ Utessts/ft., G/. : AUsWorth. and,T. ,E. Wilson* Justices of the Peace,. presided in the > Police- Court, this "morning. Harry Crocker -was fined 5/ and costs 2/ for. indulging 100 freely the previous night., vAii application for a prohibition order was i&t- ddwn for ; hearing-, but as .there was no appearfjiee of the s. parties the Bench, adjourned the matter till next ,day., ■ ■ "Experiments conducted by lie Ag- ; ricultural Department at Okeroire, in the -Thames Valley, have proved that 'ragwort' iS .'deadly in ' its effect ur«on . stock. Cattle, horses, and sheep were placed in a- paddock infested, with the * wecjd, and in four months; everyone of , them died, /; post mortems proving cteath to be due to the same cnuse: in, every instance: . There was plenty of ■ .grass^ih^-the .paddock; „ vvith a small bush run 'also "available. - Mr- Harry Uickards's . Vaudeville Company concluded their "season, before "m/ good downstairs ton Thur'sdaty- "-evening. -^The - maryelious «ldir ; dnd nerve displayed by Hill [and Silvainy in" their bicycle feats was fully recognised by the spectators, few of whom,., probably would have cared to take>a, .seat ... on the .daring rider's shoulders. Immense . amusement was>- ; caused by the performance of. Seely end Vest, the^megro's noisy inhala* tioas- in order ,to blow a "gun" anct _ his struggles With his- suspenders being 5 intensely funny. Apart from their antics, [ the 'pair- are .excellent * cornettietg-t Eileen "'' Qapel's ". dencing was another meiritqriqus ' performance, anH . . the otherXme.mber^ of the company , were *all o£ a .high ojrder. • . The Egmont, Settler j "writing of the 1 harbour, , 'says> — "Unquestionably, the traded of New .Plymouth, port; has increased. • with ,the "general development of ' the,-Taranaki fc Province and- the? signs' would' seem to indicate -that", a • judicious i expenditure on Jiarb6ur r improvement Is becoming " necessary "to meets' growing requirements. Experts hold, that the harbour can be,, greatly improved 1 , though -we, are chary of, believing the;day. i^at hand when oceans lineijsVwiE;^ . albngsfde the wharf. It is', 'however, reasonable to believe that / increased facilities "and^ safety, .can be giyep for shipping with . advantage , to the The ratepayers should XQtyhastiiy reject thaprop>osals;of the Board on the other hand .the matter is sufficiently serious to warrant , earnest- --consideration > before/committing the province to P- further loan. Mr «. G. Harknegs, President of "the! North. 'lsland Dairy Association, when - * speaking' by permission <©t a -meetings of the National Dairy Association, in < Dunedin recently, urged > ■ that the ■North a&d -South should. unite and. form one Association.; - Hewaa- going on to^speakN of the Northern Association as',' the parent body, whereupon / Mr* J; ;B. V Scott questioned that statement,, saying**that the NoVthernera hived', off -from the 'Southerners., Me Hatkness replied that W. N Association began nine .years, iago A aid^tnat^ the Southern. .6^3y could[.Qniy,r P^m ' the age o£§xx 'years, lliis led Jto'i a ,/reto.rt , by Mr : Scp^t and . a promise .to ,-se.arch _the ..minutes and see ,how. the rival bodies stood in relation to each other.- "Some' speakers who followed thought .they .were still one;,qthers . doubted the relationship. Mir Fore-, man (of Taranaki) Jremarkecl -that in, aiiy case the 2 ' North Island body had th& stronger' 'membership and ".the advantage of incorporation, whereby thjey were* able to make and maintain shipping contracts. TJiey had^ in'' fact, a preferential claim on the ' steamers' space, but their" wish »wasi ; not, to injure but to help the v Souths '""' The Finance Conifliittee oi the Edu- , cation Board 's'libmiite'd their on the Board's finances . at*the' month- ' ly meeting* on .Wednesday last. The general .account was shown as having a credit of £620 1/S^but against tliis sum there was liability for . capitation . to; ' school committees. The building account /was shown as having a debit - of \^M9" 17/6. .The.coi|iinittee had con-, sidered applications froni school com- ' mittees, and made recommendations in. respect to the Urenui, Inglewood, i Lower Mangorei, Bell Block, Qpunakc, Fitzroy, Lower Kent Eoadr Eltliam ifcoad,'West End, Bahotu, Pukearuhe, Dudley,, Road, Waitara, .%aiuna, Courtenay-street, Omata/ <Ttie| restricted .expenditure t fox l .^these worira and supply was estimated at £^I.^ The Botomittee recommended -that the Department should be applied to for an , additional 1/3 , per ' head under the Public Sfehool Teachers* Salaries Act, „ l§pl ; , that an allowance, should be nade to Education Boards to employ and pay sewing . teacher &,; and that applications be invited.for^ an offfce >adet at £30 a year, Tvith three anmal increases of £10 .each. Thereport was discussed and adopted, and Messrs' AUsworth, 1 Morton, and Faull, ;he Finance-C ommittee, were" accorded i vote of thanks. > % „ The best value gent 4 s white kid, • .-. rlove in the town. Is 3d per pair,' \ Iress bows' 6d. "Tho Kash/'* For Children's Hacking Gaugh. at liffht take :Wofc>ds,' Great Peppecmtol