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    April 9,1870.3 THE TOMAHA WK. 13/

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    PRETTY FIGURES.

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    pense " Metropolitan to the taxpayer Imp...

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    WRECK AND RUIN.

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    While the Courts are still undecided as ...

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    PITY THE POOR OLZ> SOLDIER.

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    The question of the Dual Government of t...

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    A MISTAKEN LOCATION.

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    Mrs A . DESCRIPTION Beecher Stowe , whic...

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    NEW ZF ALAND AND ITS TREATMENT.

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    very The irritating latest intelligence ...

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    Though Modern Dramatic Criticism Affords...

    their art for its own sake may be theoretically noble , but financiall but y we unsound will undertake . It would to be that invidious the first here dramatic to mention critic names who , wilL overstep the barriers of say conventionality , and boldly pull the indifferent performance of some leading aqtor , if it deserves the process tem of modern , thoroug criticism hly to pieces and , in will so revolutionise doing , confer the a lasting whole bene sys - - fit on the British Stage . , ,

    April 9,1870.3 The Tomaha Wk. 13/

    April 9 , 1870 . 3 THE TOMAHA WK . 13 /

    Pretty Figures.

    PRETTY FIGURES .

    Pense " Metropolitan To The Taxpayer Imp...

    pense " Metropolitan to the taxpayer Improvements seem to be becoming , " instead a saving of being . A return an exhas just been published , , showing that in the year 1869 the moneys paid into the Consolidated Fund on account of " Methe trop outgoings olitan Improvements were nil . We " amounted hopewith to these , £ 5 , 4 . facts 88 2 s . to 4 d support ., while them , that the Board of Works will , persevere . A new street from or two Charing at South Cross Kensington to Oxford and street a , few an additional extra public brid building ges are sadly required . " If these projects , were carried out at the above computation , the works would bring in a profit of seven or eight millions . But there must be some mistake . Official return stand . s are certainly , some of them , things no fellow can under-

    Wreck And Ruin.

    WRECK AND RUIN .

    While The Courts Are Still Undecided As ...

    While the Courts are still undecided as to the legality of adjudicating affairs are a still Peer under to be appeal a Bankrupt Vice-Chancellor , and the Duke Malins of N has ewcastle during 's the past week , been engaged , in inquiring into another , noble failure . This time , however , instead of the defaulter being a Peer of the land it is a pier of the sea , which is engaging the used attention in times of the gone legislators by , to . boast In of other possessing words - , the Hern longest e Bay jett , which y in England , , has petitioned for a winding-up order to dispose once and for ever of the Herne Bay Pier Company . We say advisedly that the pier used to be the pride and boast of Herne Bay , for latterly it has been allowed to get into such a disreputable and ricketty condition that it was considered only fair to the summer visitors to prevent them using it as a promenade even in the time-honoured condition of a penny entrance fee . We cannot wonder therefore that the Company , robbed of its income , has seen the necessity of decently collapsing , and if the statement that the shareholders have received no dividend since 1842 is correct , we cannot consider the proceeding either ¦ left hasty to or them premature of which . The they hav Company e not , av however ailed themselves , had one . chance If the pier was reall , y unsafe and liable to be washed away in a rough allow sea , wh peop y did le to they make not the run expedition trains from to town the end on stormy of the day jetty s , at and a perfo charge rmance of , say of a the guinea feat , would a head be . worth The excitement all the money attending , and the be much or a voyage cheaper in and a balloon more . ori The ginal Company than an ascent might of have Mont depended Blanc , upon the success of the venture .

    Pity The Poor Olz≫ Soldier.

    PITY THE POOR OLZ > SOLDIER .

    The Question Of The Dual Government Of T...

    The question of the Dual Government of the Army , which has recently been reopened in the columns of the Press by the appearance of Lord Northbrook ' s Report on Military Administration , has been already dwarfed into insignificance by a matter of much higher and more extended military importance—namely , the proposal for the reconstruction of comm the anded Knigh onl tsbridge the general Barracks interest . While of the the general former public question the latter appeals directl y y to the pockets of some half-hundred , or so householders who reside in the Kensington road ; so no very wonder much that about it takes the D precedence . ual Government . In fact , and , nobody what Interest really cares there the is shown way— in that it owes the Horse itself Guards to the ' belief establishment —an erroneous throws belief an addi , by - tional burden on the Army Votes , and thereby increases the Army Estimates . On the other hand , if the Knightsbrid & e

    The Question Of The Dual Government Of T...

    Barracks are pulled down , the houses opposite will treble in notwithstanding at value present , and stands their owners , the it has Kni will g been htsbrid profit decided ge according Barracks by the ly . are War As inconvenient the Office question , that and unhealthy , a sum of ^ 5 000 shall be spent in doing them on up the this premises year , and in that 1871 a . further In , the sum face of ^ of 7 , this 000 shall resolve be , expended however , an indignation meeting has been held in the interests of the landlords over the way , who express their disgust at the conduct of the Government in condemning a regiment of crack cavalry to remain in a building which is unsuited for the accommodation of the British private . These disinterested people urge that the discomforts to which the Life Guards are subjected should be at once removed , and suggest that there is sonic available land at Chelsea which is just suited for the erection of cavalry barracks , which will do credit to the authorities . So powerful has been the pressure brought to bear in the matter that it was actually announced at the meeting that the Government and that alread it onl y repented y required its a resolve little more to spend external £ 12 , pressure 111 renovation to bring , about the cancelling of the proposed vote . As we ourselves happen to dwell in the Strand , we can afford to take a dispasare sionate these view : If of the the Kni difficulty htsbrid . So let Barracks us do so are . unsuited Our views for , then the , accommodation of the g Life Guards ge let the regiment be removed by all means ; but bricks and mortar , should not be wasted . most The premises convenient would workhouse make . a Mr cap . ital Cardwell prison we , or believe , still better lives , in a Eaton square , so we submit the proposition , for his most , favourable consideration .

    A Mistaken Location.

    A MISTAKEN LOCATION .

    Mrs A . Description Beecher Stowe , Whic...

    Mrs A . DESCRIPTION Beecher Stowe , which ' s house is going in Florida the round is worth of the transcribing papers , of . - Here it ismagnificent " The house oak is trees near the which bank give of the an rive air r of , and seclusion is shaded to her by quiet home . Viewed from , the river , the spot appears to be such as an artist or poet would delight to dwell , in . Mrs . Stowe owns with about orange forty acres trees . of " land , of which some four acres are planted In fact , Mrs . Beecher Stowe dwells in a sort of substantial fairy land . We suppose we ought to be enthusiastic about the home of the authoress of " Uncle Tom ' s Cabin , " but , unfortunately we cannot be . With the Byron business fresh in our memory , and Mrs . Beecher Stovvc's carte-de-visite staring us in the face from every shop window , we are more inclined to regard her as rather out of her proper sphere amongst the rivulod lets g , ing oaks in , Grub and orange street would blossoms surel than y be otherwise a more . appropriate A quiet abode .

    New Zf Aland And Its Treatment.

    NEW ZF ALAND AND ITS TREATMENT .

    Very The Irritating Latest Intelligence ...

    very The irritating latest intelligence . We take received a striking from piece New : — Zealand is certainly " Te Kooti is still at large . Some reports affirm that he is on his Tokangamuta way to attack . Some Tauranga affirm , under that the the protection King- has smugg of Tawhaio led him at doubts out of the are reach thrown of the on the friendl loyalty y native of Top force ia ; under and yet Topia another . Agai re n - , port to save say Te s that Kooti Tawhaio from attack has sent . We a force shall to probabl intercept y soon Top hear ia , and to which of these combinations is to be attributed the renewal of hostilities . " All this is very distressing , and we certainly shall be glad to hear who is responsible for such a stupid jumble up of catastrophes and barbaric names . In the meantime we ' throw out a hi and nt . bring Wh the y docs whole not lot some of them enterprising , king and theatrical all , to Astleys agent . go There out are them plenty and of there dramatic would authors be an end who of would the New be g Zealand lad to write war forth up to - with . , ^ . „ _ _

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), April 9, 1870, page 137, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_09041870/page/5/