ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1422, 13 August 1881, Page 3

ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.

The Detached Squadron Reception Committee have " thrown up the sponge'? and accepted the dpcision that the Squadron will not come here as irrevocable. The ITo ald very properly "slated" them for to doing, pointing out the advantage to Auckland as a maritime city that would ensue from the visit, and said that they should not have calmly accepted the inevitable, but have used every effort to get thf decision altered. In view of the fact that, in spite of the opposition of the Chairman of the Central Committee— the gentleman who was iguominiously refused by his former constituents, and managed to sneak into the Board as the representative of Parnell— the Harbour Board intend to constiuct a large dock in the harbour, it was a matter of the greatest importance that the Squadron should call here. However, the Reception Committee have decided that they will not take any further action in the matter, but will return the subscriptions paid, and levy on themselves a contribution of five shillings a head to pay expenses. Self>saonfioing creatures ! " Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren, to dwell together in unity !" The Auckland clergy of the various denominations seem to have suddenly discovered this text and to be determinated to experience the pleasantness therein described. \ At "a funeral last week the service was conducted by an Episcopalian and a Congregationalist clergyman. The acme of unity, however, was reached at Ponsonby, where a lecture was given in aid of" All Saints' (by irreverent people called All Sorts') Episcopal Church, by Rev. S. Edger, who is generally considered far from orthodox in his views. I wonder whether the parson and churchwardens of All Saints' consider that the end justifies the means, or whether we are near the due date of the millenium. P, S. Apropos of the millenuim, I noticed by the papers that Mrs. Glenny, who used to lecture on the Anglo-Israel theory, and urge everyon.e to go to Jerusalem as a pf elude to the millonium, died in Australia a few weeks ago. She used to be rather a nuisance to people who did not accept her theory. On one occasion, she was staying at Waiwera, and was holding forth, on the pubject to an unapprecjative audience, on a Sunday evening. , Aj number of those staying at the hotel, were anxious to have some sacred musjic, but," could not' do so on account of Mrs! G-lenny's lecture. Fortunately for them, the lady had a pet dog, so one of the visitors who was on the veranddh took hold of it and pulled' r ils tail. The dog howled, and the lecture came to an abrupt conclusion, the leotureBB'runningji», the, rescue $of» her- jp'cjf;. Advantage was tajcen ? os> {he' opportunity to open the piano, biifl thfre was no more heard of the Anglo -^lsrael theory that evening., i( ; ,, »,. \ r^ ; ; itii ,j; v.One or two of the " gentlemen of the long robe" have lately evinced a strange disposition! to 1 descry, : thfef profession' Of which they are ornaments (?). Some time,d{?dMr Tr^rSjOf Wellington, delivered a long tirade againet the exhorbitant fees which, lawyers , charge. No doubt he was measuring other people's corn by his^ own , bushel. r Qn Monday evening, at'tHe'nfe'etmjr'of the' Auckland Institute, Mr Mackechnie read an able and carefully pjreparet| jj£,pjr,jan w&ioh he ' accused lawyers of striving to win the oases entrusted /JiOf Jlhem; though their clients were in the wrong, ' He quite lo<>t sight of the fact that, in. almost every in- , stance, eewh party to. an action, believes himself &;feWthVrigh'fc, Ito&'cafrie/ /a ; h'ji suit fo I r"t'jie J pu ! rpQse 'of ftsser^me JrHat ' hTOtievkfcb Blfa'fua^clai'm^^ot W '. tecting; WMt t htkfMfikW^oH&ilerii ah | injtwjjice.j 1 SucK»<pa^s^ha t ve.. .doubtless, .occ'urf e'a, butj it is Tefs^seldom'mdßeaabJLt believes he lias not justice oh his side.* vAtv At ' I any rate, oven if lawvors; do make exoes.

sive charges, and do endeavour to win the cases of, theinoliqnts knowing /them,' to be in the wrong, it, seems to me to be very! iqa.ppijppri^te, tha£ ,tbe , should come from men who have amasßea wealth t.frpm. _ very t pf action, which they condemn., , It is, to, use a vulgar/expression, too much' jlike crying ".stinking fish." ' • _ ' , < iQf far more practical use was another paper read at the , same meeting^ one written by Mr Justioe Gillie*, giving an accqunt of experiments made by him in the 1 growing of wrghum saccharatitfy, an excellent substitute for sugar cape ; and one excellently adapted lo this climate. Being! compelled to be absent from .home on official duty when the crop, was cut, Judge Gillies was unable, to carry his intended experiments of crumbing and sugar making, but, he has proved, that, sorghum can be grown succee&f ully here, and there can be little doubt about the feapibility of making sugarfrom it. 4.ny>of the Waikato settlers who feel disposed to grow their own sugar can obtain seed <9$ applying to Mjj Layers, seedsman, ( (2ueen-street,i and I feel sure that Judge Gillies .will be only' too happy to 'supply; any .information that may be required to' any one who | may apply , to him» By-the-bye, we do! not hear of that friend of the people, Sir George Grey, endeavouring tp establish a local industry at his own expense lam afraid he would not be inclined to give sorghum, or any other seed to^ applicants gratuitously, but would make " a small charge to defray expenses." The daily newspapers have given a resumfoi the &peeches of the honorable, members who took part in the meeting at Wellington, called to express sympathy with the Irish Land League. Very fine speeches they are too, and very appropriate, coming from mem bers of the legislature of a loyal colony. Mr Speight, the carpet-bagger who misrepresents City JEast, seemed to think that an incalouable amount of harm had been done to Ireland by therefrom. If he would have done as much good for Ireland by remaining there as he has done for City East and the Colony in general during the three years he has had the letters of an M.H.R. after his name, the benefit would have been inoalcuable, bpcause i*" would be such an infiuitessimaliy small fraction that no ■ one could calculate it. Mr Sheehan, while approving of the determinalion of the Irish tenants to rob the owners of the land of their property, had the decency to admit that he did ,not approve of the murdering of the landlords as well as robbing them. Not so Mr Lundon, the gentleman (!) who aspires to the honour of representing Waipa in the next Parliament, aqd who, in the event of defeat (but the landowners of Waipa and all lovers of law and order will see that he is not defeated) is to be called to the Upper House, as soon as the Grey party return to power. This loyal and law-abiding subject of Her Majesty said that only twenty landlords had been shot and expressed his regret that even one had escaped. Truly a very proper man to be called to the Upper House ! Fortunately, he is to wait until the Grey party return to power, so the " Lords " do not need to fear that they will have such a bloodthirsty addition to their number. Sir George Grey told those present that the speeches delivered meant more than was probably thought. I thought Lundon's speech meant that the landlords in Ireland should be shot. Does it mean more thau that? Does it mean that those who own land in New Zealand should be shot also, ano that John Lundon should do the shooting ? If so, let him begin on the owner of that beautiful inland, the Kawau. St Mungo.