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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 48, 30 March 1894, Page 31

The trades union returns for 1892 show a decrease of funde in moat of the English and Scotch unions, but in tbe Irish unions toe tendency is r.ther he other way. It cannot be said, however, that the fuDrii, are very large in amount. The total funds on 31st Decem ber, 1892, amounted to less than £8000, and of this sum theflSi drecßtrs accounted for £I<J6l ; tbe powtrloom tenters for £1337 and tb«flaxrou g hersfor£674. The latest sum held by any union O ut of Ulster was £311 held by the Wat erf ord and Limerick enginedrivers. la t-o.laud tue same number of unions held £58 331 Of course, I need hardly Bay that many of the unions put down asKnchsb have branches in Ireland and Scotland. Such are tbe Amal gamated Engineers, with 70.0U0 members and £21,400 ; and the *^ mar A e M *?v! c V £ BailW!iy SerTant8 ' Wltb 30 ><X>° »en and f nnS, Alt °g etber / h erearemth. United Kingdom just short of 1,100000 members of registered members of trades unions, and they hold funds averaging £1 10s a man. y ■ i i te ?T? e t k l * g0 ." n old De * Te ** came from Bridgetown, on the island of Barbadoe?, to a missionary and asked him to read tbreß ?\^!!i 7^'°/u H l! g^ .^"""ionary was astonished, and at nnt believed that he had misunderstood the visitor. But the netrrew replied to his questions that years ago she had given aid to Hubo'« daughter, who had married an English officer against tbe will of htr father, and had fled with him to Barbadoes. The officer dtaerted bis wife, who consequsntly became almost insane, and was cared for in that condition by the negrese. The negress wrote to tbe poet of the cad condition of bis child. Hugo sent her 2,000 francs and had her to go to Paris with his daughter. After remaining a time in the house of the author the negress decided to return to Barbadoes On« reason for this was the fact that the poor daughter had become incurably insane and had been consigned to an asylum The Doet who respected the negress because of the love sbe had borne hi» daughter, said to her before her departure from Paris : ' When vo« hear of my death m your native country have three Masses read for me " The old w. wan, who first heard of the death of Victor Hoeo, a few months »n" has now fulfilled tbe wishes of the poet