DAILY NOTES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7687, 23 April 1903, Page 2

DAILY NOTES.

Tho residents of RicearifASTY iuc- ton who are agitating to CAJiTOKi&xs. have that district tapped hy this now tramway system aro evidently -believers in the axiom that se--. cond thoughts aro 'host. At the outset ol their mealing on Tuesday evening t'h^y expressed themselves on the Tramway Board, tho Board's clerk and a number of things and persons in ternvj more forcible Iba-m polite. Their attitude was, of course, based on an imperfect knowledge of the case, and when Mi" "Waymouth, their representative on the- Board, had made a> '"lucid explanation" of the position they discovc>r-ed that before the Riecartou Read; district could participate in the tramways it would have to be brought within the tramway area. It' they had taken pains to mako this discovery beforehand they avoulci have been spared not a little trouble.

The domestic -help who domestic details the particulars of her HKXiP. daily iou.u<i in the columns of a eont.3mpora.ry is no doubt fortunate in the mistress she has found. It is not tverygiri who begins work no earlier than 7 a.m., is free from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., and again in the evening, and has one weekly Hiuli -holiday and {mother every Sunday. But w© strongly suspect that the experience of mosti helps is nearer liers than thait of Mie girls) as commonly depicted by t2-cir champions) iji the Press.' No doubt there are hard mistresses and badly-treated maids toi bo found in Christ church, but in these cases the latter are .probably as much in fault as their employers. Moreover, if tite help is £<illy enough to sta.nd bullying she has nobody to blame but her&eilf. The remedy is in her hands. She has only to " give notice" and ahe will find any number of mis-; tresses not only ready to employ her a$ long as she behaves decently, but to treat her kindly.

The Jubilee Memorial) the jubilee Committee Jiaa taken quite memorial, the, right line with regard to the unveiling of the mer morial. The statue is completed, but the panels bearing the> names 1 which it has been decided to place on .them have yet to ax* riva fromj England. To> wait fos> the panels would involve a further delay of some seven weeks, and tihedr presence, although, no doubt desirable enough, would not compensate for so long a. postponement of the unveiling. The ceremony wi!l3 therefore take place next month, ajnd a> date will be se-> lected which will enable /tlhe. Governor to perform it. The committee's determination to invite his Excellency to unveil the memorial was a happy inspiration.

It is to tx} hoped tliat th» A NEW decision of 'the local. Theatre theatre. Royal proprietary to iuvite • '■■; plans for anew theatre. will *•&* to eometibiag definite in, *ke direction.

of supplying, tho city witih a. long-felt want. We air-3 not concerned in the financial aspects of the question, but, judging from) tho last balamae-sliecb issued by the Wellington Opea'a Houso Company, theatre buildings aire not always the unprofitable emterpirises that certain people strive to make out. But whether a. Ihcaitre can ba made to pay or not Ghristchurch cannot do without a modern one much longer, a.nd a. new building will have to ba provided, even if the corporation has to erect it.

We hope the householders school in the North Canterbury committee Education district Lave not elections. forgotten that the annual meetings are fixed for Monday evening. /The day for receiving nominations for the School Committees lias paused, but in most instances the householders, having taken advantage of the law which permits the receipt of nominations on election day, ikave deferred 1 nominating candidates until the last minute. This procrastination is tho most eloquent evidence that could bo offered of their utter indifference to their responsibilities under tho Education Act. In case this indifference should cause them to forget that Monday next is election day we maike no apology for once, again reminding them of the fact.