(From the New Zealand Mail.) An outcome o£ the extreme liberalism of the day is the freedom with which opinions are offered. Men of the most restricted ideas, and generally dense ignorance, hesitate not to pass an opinion upon any subject _ under the sun, and persist in gabbling, notwithstanding that the stupidity of the utterances are, after the first half a dozen words, manifest to the initiate to whom they may happen to be addressed. The effrontery that prompts such displays of verbosity is as astounding as the ignorance at the back of it. Of a verity, Corporation matters in the good city of Wellington are wabbling along in manner the most uncouth. Every step taken in connection with that Te Aro reclamation contract seems to be a false one. With singu lar perversity the Council will run crooked instead of straight. And to escape results shelter has to be taken under mistakes made. As, for instance, the contractors have no claim against the Corporation because of an in formality in the terms of the contract-—an in formality, mind you, solely due to the negli gence of the Council in not complying with the terms of the Act in connection with it. I was delighted to hear the other night that, notwithstanding the astoundingly materialistic tendencies of the age, a belief in ghosts, hobgoblins, and so on is still prevalent* Twice wthin a week have been brought under my notice instances of people who were afraid to walk through the ceme tery after dark. If a poll of the city were taken, I'll guarantee that only a mighty email percentage of the folks would the walks of the city graveyard on a mcenlear night. People could be found ready to deny the existence of anything spiritual, and equally ready to decline a stroll in “ God’s acre ” with no light but that of the stars in the sky. “ Otago Constitutional Truly a suspicious and suggestive designation, es pecially when associated with such names as W. H. Reynolds and J. Macandrew, for we may be sure the one follows the other. There was never a time when, in the estimation of the latter, Otago proper was not the hub of the universe, and just the brain and vitals of New Zealand. 