The Examiner. Published MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY. SATURDAY, APRIL 2. Topics of Everyday Interest.

Woodville Examiner, Volume XXII, Issue 3682, 2 April 1904, Page 2

The Examiner. Published MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY. SATURDAY, APRIL 2. Topics of Everyday Interest.

We feel almost inclined to say with the Pharisee, " Thank as other God, we are not as MEN. other men,” when we read of the doings and sayings of the people of Palmerston North. At a meeting of ratepayers in that town the other night, at which, judging from the Times’ report, the scene was anything but an orderly one, the following resolution was carried :—“ That in view of the general feeling of dissatisfaction with the conduct of Borough affairs generally during the past twelve months the present Council, with the exception of the Mayor be requested to resign, and so give the the opportunity of approving of their actions individually or otherwise.” We might be thankful that the affairs of our Borough are in such able hands, and we hope it will be a long time before, things come to the pass they have done in the hub of the Manawatu. •

The efforts to force the Imperial Government to reverse THE YELLOW its decision to permit AGONY. the importation of Chinese into the Transvaal are being renewed A powerful meeting in Sydney has strongly condemned the proposal, and from all parts of the Empire are coming protests. The following extract from a letter received by a Woodville resident from a friend in Pretoria will be found of interest at the present juncture. The letter says:—“The country is in an awfully bad state just at present owing to the mining magnates forcing the people to have Chinamen. I think Lord Milner is the worst of the lot. The country is practically bordering on Civil war, and it only wants a strong man to get up and the thing would start. lam dead against Chinamen, and I wouldn t be quite sure of myself if things were to get any worse, if the King signs the Labour Ordinance I am certain that he-will lose the moral support of more than half of the people of the Transvaal and in fact the whole of South Africa. There are some very nasty rumours which I scarcely like to believe. Lord Milner is band in glove with all the Jewish magnates here—in fact, so are all the big bugs.”