The New Zealand Graphic AND LADIES' JOURNAL. With which is incorporated "The New Zealand Family Friend." SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1890. CURRENT TOPICS. ECHOES FROM THE NORTH.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VI, Issue 24, 14 June 1890, Page 9

The New Zealand Graphic AND LADIES' JOURNAL. With which is incorporated "The New Zealand Family Friend." SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1890. CURRENT TOPICS. ECHOES FROM THE NORTH.

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Hi* Exckllesct the Govebnob and Lady Onslow. with their two little girls-, are living at Lowry Bay. Wellington, a picturesque Little place ano* the harbour. After their dreadful experiences at typhoid Im winter it is not to be wondered az that they do not care to expwee their daughter* to the ri*k of catching that terrible complaint- The <roveroor wazxta a telephone to be fitted »hx to thi* marine whieh would c*»t between £4O aoi £5O. a? ah bough the wire w.miM have toeome from Wellington. the p:*tA would only have to be extended from the Hatt Race-

omry. Thi* U beios opt >.e>i by .xne <-t life Welling'Sin ereeti. -a >4 * BMuhte Dr. Gnu-e. whv vhik- tra«eilin£ recently in Europe » nsule a Coast »t the Holy K.-fu-va ’ >ome say ' Empire.' .-oie say ' •.'iorei— hot prtsbahly ' nee ' 1- . has srow been made a C.M.G. Thr- dignity has- beenronferred in resmgniu->n of hi- nwsifeal -ervrees- as Direetoe«Jeneral t«> the troops in New Zealand .inrim the Maori war. It is said that the Roman C- -ont.-hip was es-nferred •:n the durt>*e. n*-c so mn-rhn-r hi-own services to theehruvh. whi-’h. however, are by no means to be -iespise.l. bat more to do h»?aoar to his brother, who was Mayor of New York, and wh- . is a man •.< great wealth an-t prineely hsyspitality in that city, hat being a Repabliean. was unai.4e to aeeept anything in the way of a title. Four Civil Set vants ' Mr Withy. M. H.R. for Newton, thirtksyoaongfetalitobedisfranvbise’i. Andwtiy? Beeanse y.sa eve? t enormous intfuer.-ss in the p. -Litieal sphere. 11 seemthe fashion with everybody ontssie the Civil Serviee to throw all the nsf possiMe at the members of that body. If anything g»>es wostrg yw« are overwhelme»i with blame. If yon -io anything &>r the nabliegood yort get no praise. Yoa are •ieharresl from di-enssing in the papers any questions affeeting yoor own work, an-f fr»>m taking any active twtrt in psihise lf attacked yon eann-w answer back—probaldy that explains the freqoeney or she attacks. Now Mr Withy proposes to take from you one of the greatest privileges of a free man. the right to have a voice in the eboiee -4 men to govern bin. Ihess Mr M ttay thunk that lees of voriwo power will ntearx t«es of political t ni*rrenee t The few who do exercise- a bad intStrea-re on eleeti*»n;s will sHTI exercise that intiaence. while the many who now do their petbKe duties honestly an-i exercise their votes hcesestly w»xifei be tn had ease : or to protect tbemselves wtMild have to resort to backstairs work. <-i»e the Civil Servants a ehance. In the main they are obliging. h-.-n.est fellows, with a few prigs and parries aawtg them, no »i«xibe. bat not half so black as they are painted. Surely the great body of voters in the colony are not afraid of the twelve hnn-ire-i pwbiicservants. Even if the latter can return sstanberw twoas their own particular representatives, they sardv deserve to nave somebody to put in a g*».l won: for them. The general body of members and of the public can keep- their eyes well en*>ugh reeled to prevent much ■ian-ser The ways of the merry printer are s>metiEaes very wicked. We all know stories of the ludicrous hash that has been matte of articles by ■ printers' errors.’ such as that of the Chieag»> reporter who wrote >4 a ywmg lady at a dan-re. ' her feet were etfeased in fairy beotis.' and the printer set it up ■ her feet were emre.sei in ferry boats." Not !-:-ng sin-.-e a reporter on an Auckland daily, in his remarks about a lecture ■:-nt6e Irish language, said, ’theireyes sparkled asthey hear', again the accents of their ehiidho*i's tongue.' The evtap. set it up -childish tongue.'and for a week that reporter never saw an Irishman without fear and trembling. **f a similar character was the error made in an upcountry paper in New Zealand when the printer made it say - There need be -iw-an-T no longer for Jules Verne - an>l other blackguard-' works of imagination.' This ap.-eare-f verx r-'-ugh. and ha-i Jules come aer>s-s it he would have had a nice little artion. for libel. Perhaps fearing -otneridng of the sort, the editor in his next issue said. ‘For "ocher ■; i. 117-- ri-:ise rea-i ■■ Ri : -c H <.gg--.ri'-. A ■' bat rough on Rider. How merrily the Trades' L'nions are getting on with their work : fresh organisaii*>as formed ami new demands formulated almost verv day. New Zealand used to be the working man's paradise : from heneeferth it is to be the I'nsoni-t working man's paradise- An-1 how ab-.-ut the N- .-n-l m--exist working men i Well. they. I -upparee. must face the paradox and f-'-rm’a Non-l nb-nists I n>.*a. stri-cmg against strikes and bimiing themselves to free competition. Really it seems rather as if the eulony were settling -town to an entirely new condition, wherein --ne half of the t«.-pa-lati-Mi shall he employed and the other half bile, which ean easilv develop into ->ne half of the population keeping the other half. Each half might take the burden turn an-i turn about if the matter were only reduced to a system, the only objection being that there would pro?«bly he mnei. changing of sides when t be time -ame for shifting the burden. Party s -ovemment. which i- the nearest approach to this -tale of things to whi.-h we have yet attained, teaches us thia much. No won-ier that oar nx—t thoaghtfal living historian. Mr Leeky. pats it down as hi» opinion that Party Government ■•anooc Last for ever ’ecaa-e it excludes half the beet men from office. And if a political system built --n jarty cannot last, what -ran we expect of an industrial system on the same foundation' Parliament ought to inters ene. say souse. Well. Parliament having itself *al>mitted to a general re-

•lurti.-ci of wage- rouki i>- doah< speak with great superiority •-a the -puestk-a : bat the ha& - if I may Use :..e exp.res-x- n of so aagmt a body > were by n-- mean- tSr .nesti-ei ««f the reieetka. » is x- -puite pss-sible that a majority might refu-e to coasilec any : .ea-are --f intervention that might be laid ief--re them, n the ground that it might cost them all future ehanee - f en-.p-l- yment. Derhar- sir next Psriiamentary partie- may liear : e names of I nMatirta amt Noa-l'ni--- -:- -.- _ x.-x-i. with a different signiheat»>n- Who know - ’ Mr Nlaleo-m M. Ir'xng. form-riy -4 the New Zealand I hug Company. Christchurch, returned t-> Auc klan- i last week from Australia. He left f--r the re-utb ,-n thenth. Mr Irving is now representing the firn : Ex.uls. Le-chec ami M ebb. of Lon-Lon and elsewhere, in the Australasian ev-looie- and the Ea-c. For the post five yearhe hx.- been in Australia. Straits settlement.-. Java, and other of the East Indies. Mr Irving was -e»e of the best known an-i p--puiar men in business in New Ze-alan-:. tn-: :- mxrxy .e- - e t- ’ e to know that he is j n the lest healti -Those vho dk> evafine the ehnruh of either to pArrieaUur mnonsw ehvrehes or uuniiie»s have iua»ie it tar nin»>wer thaa oa? Savioar ever meant it-' ’were written by that charming old ambo?. Sir Bn>wne. m*>re chan 253 years Bat words shat have ever teen spoken by mortal man have bad the effect of LjakiiLz the <?hrx«tiaa ehvrrh a unite*J ''••iy. The division ■ •r •?ree*t' e«ttinues. and the in each send the believers in the others to Hades with. nesignati«*n. Men like Bishop Julius, of tTurissehureh. may lament that ■ in little t«>wnships < -f about 200 inhabitant.' there were <*>metim.es as many as hah* a dozen ehurvhe' ill in a row. each tinkling its own Little WIL with half-starve*! clergymen, and supported by a wretebe»£ system ” rkj-ioLl fair'*, "mih fairs. lazaar*. and other devices- But the v<-4ee of Julius. eb.-wfieE." ami manly tm-mjb it W. •'■at as the voice of *.*ne crying in the wilderness. There may ;, e an intenehange pu-lpits »>a some special Sunday, as happened in Auckland the other 2ay. l*it there ism* permanent uaiom If all the churches unite*! next »tay we w-h*>u.l« t have half a doaen mt* • Lmr«-m At least I the English people are ■sepzi-’.'-al. They must inquire a?».Krt their religion as about other thimr*. X'hen **ne inquirer finds an error he soon h.a~ a fol lowing., amt a new -ect •' forrnei. No. Christian unity is stilt far ‘•tf- It will probably remain a subject the &*•£**> Mich men as- Bcshop Julius until everybody knows as little of the difference' amom: churches as the *tuail boy who was going to a <.'azhcdie church for the first rime. He knew he had some ceremonv to through before taking his seat. * r n in»|uir-in-z from another small boy he was to?«t that he must kick, three times as high as t*.*ssible. Tliis he did t»* the huge delight of hi< small friend, while the congregation an»i the <r*>jd vriest were lost in astonishment and laughter. The resurrect ion ■ f the k»ne» the brings up a Lon<r-iorg*xton -?orrow.an*i one’s thoughts •»« Er»-m wreck to wreck—Orpheus an-i Eurydiee. unlu ky in their loves centuries ago. and recently t*xh wrecked •*u entering ;«?rt. The old ship • »rpheu- was content t»» l«ury ui< • ‘■no in the Manukau sane—o long as Eury isce sailee the se;ss. but now that she is he >ingv the ohi song. * 1 ‘he faro -enza Eurydiee. an-i rolls hi- weary old frame ash»-re in the sain ho|«e of being broken up near her reMing-idace. X ain h*<e ‘ The Eurydiee wa> t»cn plank from jdank -’ti the historic : - - a . - • . • - relies to ga|dng larrikin* at a lenny a head ’ ten thottsaml utiles away The Ataianta. a lister *hip of the Eurydiee. wa> t«*taliy K«n the voyage fn.<u the XX c—t Indies t«» England, ami neither- dher n«.*rof the ill fated XVasp. wLi*?h f“U&’.er*?»f -s-iue-wbere in the China >ea- »'nty a year »»r two ag»*. iave any vestige* been found- "e'en ~ Pho-nixes ’ hase risen, one - -V.. - - - - ' _ ' • l«d. in barws. I • - B ’• ha* ever since hi* return fr»-m the '*outh. een eonf.ned tohi-* bouse, owing to an injury received «*n the *teamer *>n the wav up from XX He fell on hi* *ide. hurting himself somewhat severely. ♦>n Sunday week. ewa we!! en»>ugh to leave the house. an»! his strength ts fast re turning. An ekvtoral reform that I notice non*-o *>ur advocate I should like to bring under thei notice. It i* the abolition of «olieitatioQ votes, with *evere jenaitie* against anyone «iaring to make *uch jer**>na* eanvan«. XX*hat a world of worry wonk! le aioided by such a fhaxure. XVe ail know that nowadays candidates depend not *•• mu-4i on the principles enunciated in their public

*|eeche~. as on the influence they ran exert by the buttonholing process. Men with self-respeet will not dess-end to the meannesse- of which many candidates are guilty togain election. They know that under the present system they must promise a billet to Tom’s son. kiss Dick’s latest addition to the family, and crack coarse jokes with Harry. These things they can’t -do. and the result is that they either keep out of politics* altogether, or if they do venture to contest a seat they fail in most cases to gain it. Bnt let a man put forth his views lefore the electors in a public manner by his speeches, and let him be judged on those views alone, and we should get good men to come forward. The trade of the trickster would be gone, and a new tone would soon be felt in polities, We get many good men even as it is, but we get many bad ones—many who owe their position merely to their ability in wheedling the votes and in practical political bribery. I offer these suggestions to the members of Parliament, knowing that they are about to deliberate for the good of the nation, and knowing also that very soon we shall have another election in progress, when we all hope honourable men will in every ease be returned. A discovery has l*een made which is like! v very materially to influence the flax trade in New Zealand. It is a process, l-artlv chemical and partly mechanical, for eleaning flax, and it will, if it keeps up the reputation it has already gained at its trials, be a very valuable acquisition to its inventor. Mr Bull, who is at present accountant in the Wellington Survey • iflice. Mr Bull claims that his process will produce a ton of flax for £4 less than any other known method, and that it is also very economical of the raw- material, making very little tow. This invention, coupled with the reduction of the American duty, ought to set all the mills going again. In fact many of them in the Foxton district have already started. The Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association lately advertised for secretary, offering a salary of £l5O per annum and some insignificant extras in the way of small commissions, and they received no less than 89 applications. Now a billet of this kind requires a certain knowledge of farming matters, and yet many of these applicants came from people absolutely ignorant of the whole matter, many of them men who would hardly know the difference between a haystack and a p>addock. This a very good instance of the irresponsibility of the colonial youth. If applications were invited for the positions of Astronomer Royal, Archbishop of Canterbury and first Lori of the Treasury, he would apply for all three, trusting to pick up the work, if appointed. as he went along, and in many eases he would do it, too, in a slovenly sort of way. Mr Ryan, formerly of the firm of Ryan and Bell, Auckland, has been appointed secretary of the Auckland Club, rfee Captain Olive, who has gone to Australia. Mr Ryan was for many years in the Royal Navy, is a very popular man. and wrill no doubt prove an excellent successor to Captain Olive. The following excellent recipe for making a live town is as applicable to any town in New Zealand as to that in whose local paper it first appeared :— ‘ Grit, push, snap, vim, energy, churches, schools, academies, morality, enterprise, harmony, cordiality, cheap property, advertising, healthy location, talk about it, help to improve it, patronise its merchants, faith exhibited by good works, honest competition in business : help al! public enterprises, elect good men to office, speak well for its public spirited citizens, and be one of them yourself. Remember that every dollar invested in permanent local improvements is that much on interest. Always cheer on the men that go in for improvements.’