SHOCKED AND PLEASED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13948, 1 May 1909, Page 2

SHOCKED AND PLEASED.

It was "a shock" to Labour some two months ago when Mr. T. Harle Giles, ot Auckland, was appointed a Conciliation Commissioner. Labour took tho appointment very sorely und acted childishly over it by saying she would not take her grievances to Mr Giles. Since then she has learnt better and seen the error of her ways. To-day wo publish a telegram from Auckland showing that Labour now thinks M»' Giles v. just man, and that she is "shocked" to think he possesses the attributes which she declared he was lacking. Some weeks ago, when the deadlock was at a critical stage, we urged, in the name of fair play, that Mr. Giles should be given an opportunity of showing whether or not his appointment was a wise one. It is w ith satisfaction that we hear of both masters and men now expressing confidence in him, and we shall look forward to his tact making smooth the rough edges of our industrial machinery. Mr. Justice Sim took up a strong attitude in legard to Mr. Giles. Perhaps it is due to his Honour more than to anyone else that Mr. Giles has had the opportunity of justifying his position. Sir. Long, on behalf of the hotel and restaurant employees, refused to discuss a dispute before the Conciliation Council, prefering rather to take tho matter direct to the Arbitration Court. Some days ago, his Honour, as President of the Court, said the question was whether the Court in these circumstances should proceed further with the dispute. The technical demands of the law had been complied with, but the Court had power to refuse to make an award. The most important provisions of tho recent legislation abolishing the old cumbersome Conciliation Board and appointing in its stead Conciliation Commissioners, were those dealing with conciliation, and the Court would not allow them to be treated as a dead letter. The application of Mr. Long, for, the Court to order a conference with a view to bringing about a settlement of the case, would be dismissed and not until the Conciliation Council had failed to settle the case would the Court hear the dispute. Thfi course, added his Honour, wonld be adopted in all similar oases. In view of tHe decision it was only to be expected that Labour would respect Mr. Giles; and having

respected him, it svas not surprising in the dispute which the Press Association message mentions to-day, to hear that he had given entire satisfaction to all parties. Wo congratulate Ins Honour, the parties to tlio case and Mr. Giles on the satisfactory result attained yesterday and in removing a deadlock which, at one tune, looked serious.

In our report of St. Mary's parishioners' meeting the name- of Mr. StanIcy Shaw was mentioned as ha\ ing been elected a member of the vestry. This was a mistake, Mr. Shaw having declined nomination. It was Mr. Stanley Smith who was elected. I The Invrroargill pi ison is said to he •elf-supporting to a large extent, foi it <in ploys its pmoneis m the cultivation of mm kct gaidens. Soii'e ."Jl acies aie under cultivation. Mo.st ol the outj»ut y;oes to Timaru, while the ieniainder is disposed of local I v and at thy \ Mluff. Dining the year eiosed {jKKlwps iec(i\rd Jrom tins somee, while 'he tot il cost (seed and manuie) \\ as uii'lei C4il. thus leaving a net prolit to th< authorities of over -C3GO. The tmbi'ie steamer llnoi i won fivsh liuiels at Kaster b.\ adding two splendid steaming performances to her prey lens rererds. Leaving Wellinglon with about oUO excursionists on Mnm'nv rioiiiing, tho clipper made the run to Picton in the recoid time of 2 hour 111 mmutes, "full speed" at Wellin<:.< in l>oii>"- run on at 7.47 a.m. and "stop" r.t I'icton at 10.28 a.m. The avoia^c Mx>ed on the run across was 10. ~~> km ts On tho run hack the vessel lowered hoi n'orning lecord by seven minutes. "Full sneed" was given at 2.."t) p.m. and "stop" at Wellington at .">.'2l p.m. The loturn pansa<io was made in tho \vr\ fast time of 2 hours 34 minutes, which works out the splendid average of 'JO.fi Knots per hour. The Auckland Horsild, in an article demanding the opening up of Mnori lands for settlement, says that 120.000 townspeople and 120,000 country people live and thrive on the products of less than half the area of Auckland province, while the larger part supports only 40.000 Maoris, many of whom are destitute in the midst of estates they can neither use nor sell, but which are being made more and moil* valuable year by year by the construction of roads and railways, to the co-.t of which the Maori owners contribute next to nothing. "At present neither rates nor taxes nor produce, nor i'inform of public or private revenue. i= being obtained from the i^rent bulk of this 7. 46"). 000 acres, which within five y* ars could be made - provide work and wages for tens r* thousands of country settlers and c\tj tradesmen." A meeting of the committee of the Taranaki Scenery Preservation Sorietv vvis held in the Mayor's room. Town Hull, lust r .. ht. at which the president (Mr W A. -Jollis) submitted a report (liiihiisl'y f* ♦ "Sow-here) reviewing the w >rk f>f Ike vietv. Tho treasurer r" ported a el dit balance of £20. Tn connection V ith tho crosses mentioned in the report, the foxing of the mcetivrr - " ' when erected some sort I of public 1. ..10ti0n phjiiM be arrnn"o<l to m"n>'k tre <—• » " -.vis rcsolv! that Messrs. Skinner ;nu. Nc«m:i!i 1"\ •> committee to hnvo the mif 5 . . ( '-.>m tie breakwater nn3 up Pprltnln i l-ced i" n good and *nfe condition hv having n'>w wire nnd stfidards fixed in rr- - ti">n. it Ti»,-inir ? >en reported th;>* + h" wire wl.irV. did <?.itv ns i hand-rail ha 1 frot very much <\\:i of .•r-r : ~. thus rendering the nntnxnv -■■ ewhor dnnro 7 " oi"s A senernl mo 'i-f of the me "i" will probnblv V>e called shortly fr>i tl>< luimose of plwHnc officers and irunarting f*eneral business. Fo\r nr-T* inferesfin" njMVrs 'f W" hivo I'm rclobr^ted <hin i' ' v. -ie' 1 w i«s irtfti t'»e» other dnv n»- ?!« ' '" of St. .rohr md Ft. EhVilorn <s< .r"Jin*«= Worr), of *)'" IY-nrriUf M..(ho\firv Rtnn'slJMn. "ho < - f"r «w> v>-^n. voirs tho lrid of this n,iM«- in>-t;<iit io;i Mth-^ugh ifce i<Ted-"v-sMneric.r l"id wtcrHl hrr '•Vhtv-sevon'.h vo:tr «--he wt- | fnllv ennal to rocoi, nm th<> many congrTtulntions of her n timorous ftioivU J md she n'HR honoured by •» trlPTT'i from Crmlinal Merry dc' VaJ, be-mn" tbo uood wi^irs of tho Por>». Mot ho Mary Stnnislans was imo of f he liill htinfl of sisters nlm vent forth to trnrc in tho hospitals of the CVimo fit tl> • very dirkest juncture of tint tcrrib' wir. When tho nuns arrived the batt' ■ of Tnkonnnn had iv.st Iwn fouaht. nml 26 1 1 ? Kn'»lish soldiers. 1700 Frenchmen. •»nd 12,000 Rtis'-ians Inv (lend. H wt in that milieu tho heroi" nun dispiivri t!>Tt self-sacrifice and devotion to dnt\ which tho late Quoon Victoria rocot rnisod by bestowing on her the Royal Rod Cross. In •» paper read before the Royal G vv rcrajjhical Society. Molhotirw. Vr M MncKio denounced what ho called tin "White Australia F.nmtieism.." H said that about half of Oueensland. th-> Northern Territory, and West Aiutrc lin. or 1.149,320' out of a total o r 2,04^,366 squai-e miles, were within the tropics, whose original inhabitants yon' all coloured. Tho country would hare to be developed by races indigonou* tcorrespond ins: climates in oth^r parts <f tho world. White men were const it u tionally adapted to live and \v..rk only in temperate climates. Only thos< ivho«e hkin was more or less pigmontod rruld work for a prolonged period without harm to thomsolvos in trr.picj.l / ii<tralin. A "White Australia" was aoh matic impossibility. Tho only way to •irovont Northern Australia falling into the hands of Asiatics was t.i develop ilie tropics by means of Asiatic labour, under white control. If the terntoi v were settled by white people, those «h >| ■urvived would, in course of time, become black. ! An important admission was drawn fioin Mr. Herbert Gladstone in the Hou-' cf Commons recently regarding tho placing of Home Ottice contracts for mail-bag canvas with foreign firms. Mr. Claude Hay asked the Homo Soerotarv "How many yards of ."Win. mailbag canvas are represented in the £5314 15s 5d spent on brown vanvaß as dotriled in Command Paper 10; and where has the foreign-made mail-hag canvas boon manufactured?" Mr. Glidstone replied that 110,400 yards of Mm. brown canvas manufactured in prance wer? represented. Mr. Gladstone s answer reveals the fact that the Home Office practice of patronising foreign firms to the disadvantage of British has been continuing for some time. The contract referred to by Mr. H^y has no connection with those recent h placed by the Home Office, in which between " 250,000 yards and 500.000 yards of 52in. canvas are to be manufactured by firms in Belgium and France. If tho whole of the 5()0.():)0 yards wrvro manufactured in Seotlami, it is estimated that it would give employment to 250 British workers for two years. Throe English firms— Messrs. C adburv, Messrs. Fry, and Messrs. llinvntree (according to a recent cable) decided not to make any further puroha*es of tho cocoa produced in the islands of St. Thome and Principe. In this simple announcement is summed up the latest phase, of a very long struggle. I'or the last few years a cry for reform in the conditions under which the unhappy natives ot Angola are worked in these i<- lands has btvn going up in Kurnpe. Mi Neviuson showed that at tho time when his book was written no native hati ever been known to return home who had once set foot as a labourer it. the islands. The grim iV.ct and it.^ implications were ciicum-taiitialh ;;ttostid in the later investigations v. hieh ♦ iiese English firms and one of the lead- > -'X. G. • i.ian firms set on foot. The Foi^ugMe c Government promised reft -m as the result of the revelations of Mi Burtt and Dr. Hoi ton. Mr. Willian: Cadburv's tour has ronvinced bun that tl.e Portuguese Government has done no more than promise. What the effect cf those fu.r>s' high-minded action will be so far as hastening reform is eoneornt'i!. it is yet 11.1. 1 eirl.v to p.upbesy ; if it i sj.s widely l.ni it<-d as it .loservos to be, the result should show itself very speed i „'. Mr. Douglas Mavvsnn (tho S\dno^ acientist, who located the South Magnetic 1'ole), at a smoke concert given in his honour at Sydney, told an amming story about Dr. Mackav's piix 1 . Dr. Mackay was surgeon to the party ; he did splendid research work during the expedition, as will bo made clear in good time; and ho was one of the p > irt\ which located the South Magnetic Pole. Why ho did it, and how he did i it, is possible of explanation in ono sentence used by Mr. Mavyson : "Dr. Maekay was never happy without his pipe!" Smokers will sympathoticallv follow Mr. Mawson's account of how Dr. MaokayV tobacco ran short on thi> long journey to the South Magnetic Polo. In irder not to be overloaded, an amount of tobacco had bc*n taken which permitted of onl.\ one pipe a day, but during the first two weeks the supply ran out. Dr. Mackay then grew very despondent, and [ would sit looking disconsolately at his pipe. For a little time he managed to' scrape up a flake or two of the tobacco from a bag where he had spilt a small tin, but at length oven tho last shred was gone. There was nothing for it but to smoke tea-leaves. He bogged for the old leaves from the boiling and reboiling to which they had been subjected, and ho was given what could be made no further use of. With great care ho would dry them, hanging them out when tho sun shone, and afterwards smoke them. When the tea-loaves wore not to be obtained the doctor was equal to the crisis. Ho smoked vhe dried grass that was used for putting on the reindeer-skin boots, making the most of his own and begging what he could from the others. He found the grass a satisfactory substitute for tobacco, and to a great extent it was his resourcefulness that enabled the party to reach a red-letter distinction in scientific history.

Tho prico of milk l,i~- l.oon raided In a por.in a qunit in Y\ cllimton. inikini the 1 j>rice font ponce. Tho <;oi vices at the n,ipti>i Churches U)-Bionou will he (111 l -.tieel. II and ~, Hfv. .Jolm Lmrd, <! 'JO p in. pia.Mr mooting ; Westow n, :', 111 the Police Co pi ihis inormii"- Id Iforo Mr. Vi . l?ew le-i . ,1 I' .lleni\ 'I.mio, C'all.ighiin, chai!_id it !i" <!i niikenm «i and wah a liie.ich oi a pioliil Hioi. order, was remanded loi ,i \\(<k 101 curative treatment. AYo understand that the Crown Solicitor, Mr. T. S. Ys'oston. ha- Iteen mstiucted to ap]ie,il lioi-i tlie ('c( ision oi his Honour .Mr. .luuioe Cl^iiim.in ir i the ras/> of I>cnnie and (!<.• (oiikiii-.--uiiifr of Crow n Lands a"jiii'l at I Inlast sitting ot the Supreme Coin t a\ Now l'lyinouth. A pi>iloim: > .">o of the "Mo-rv \Yidiw" :•{ C on' lain i noplo In an .■us--11 111 1 tii troupe oi .iiti^t,, ni' 1 cl".\\ ,i ciowd<'d house. \nion ir the e'-t n;)'i"t ■> ol the ho\es w-k Sh (.onl.l Low't h<" . the iSntish Airl) :s-.id')i , nnr| Lads Lowi\<cr. Snrldciils die pet tot ni'ince was mtei ni].ted. and hiouiiht Lo -i el'iso. A "roup ol MonteneLni 1.. coiwidoriini that tho piec ■ wound' d ihe i n.u c nal -ei.timoMK, oeated n lm,-U d--,t v, hnnee, nliKtling, liootm'; and lieati",, (!'<• floor '.ith heass sticks. MiM ol ihe andi- < nee piocij)intels (|Uiltod the tlie-itro, and vscmhl women l.iint -;l 'Ihe denionltii>tois weie I'nails an. sled ■■>nd condii'tod to a police «tntioM. whcio. alter evt-ddr hum their idonlMs. tlie\ were icloawd. The i iot lee-.ill-, miiwl.ii <.[«ic, which occuricd in X'leniri, at S-irajcso. the (rjntal ot I'o.iiia. and at \ui.un. Iho Cm it I 111 ( npit 1 1, ( ill) neople heIll" WOUlirh (I .-it Ihe i It I I OS. !,.