"WORTHY OF THE TRUST."

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 128, 26 November 1907, Page 8

"WORTHY OF THE TRUST."

♦ In the course of a recent vigorous speech, General Botha, Premier ot' th 6 j.ransvaal, asked his listeners to cooperate with tho Government in order to prov£ to- the British Government that the white people ot the Transvaal wex'e worthy ot the trust reposed in them, and to demonstrate .the fact that they were not only worthy, but able, to ao their share in tho work ir. the building up of the Empire. (Cheers.) One of tho greatest objects he had in view Avas the iiCeurement of co-operation in this country, 'and in that' aim he had the hearty assistance oi every Minister of his Government. Ke knew there must be many among his hearers who five years t!go ■were eager to kill each, other.. (Laughter.) Ho said was it not a remarkable thing m the history ot South Airica — and a thing for which they might well be grateful — that the position had altered so very much that they could to-day in reality give each other the hand of brotherhood. (Continued applause.) 'Iho old days of killing and chasing each other had, thank goodness, ended. (Laughter.) Those people who to-day wished to act on racial lines were blind I and foolish. They were the people who mostly went to the right and -left, bnt the~y— the Government— intended to keep to the middje path. By keeping to the straight road of moderation he felt sure they would see that day when a strong nation had grown up in the Transvaal — a nation not only united, but. which would be an ornament to 1 the British Empire. (Cheers.) The policy of his Government knew no Britisher or Afrikander. (Hear, hear.) They intended to (go to the assistance of all the white •races of the country in an impartial manner.' It has been Tesolved by the trustees that the Christmas fare of the inmates of tho Ohiro Home shall be on a less lavish scale than formerly, and that the amplified bill-of-fare shall extend over two or threo days, with a. more elaborate diet on New Year's Day. The Chief Veterinarian vvill leave for New Plymouth to-morrow morning for tho purpose of delivering a lecture there. > Mr. H. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary for Public Works, leaves for Auckland this week on official business. He will be absent for about ten days, and will return via the Main Trunk Line. Captain Clift, formerly of the Mapourika, brings out the Union Company's new turret steamer Koromiko, says a Dunedin Press Association telegram. Mr. Charles Parata, who is interesting himself in the formation of an association to protect the interests of the natives, intends suggesting affiliation with the N.Z. Farmers' Union, which has taken an active interest in the native, question. There was a remarkable rush of passengers from Durban to Australia yesterday, 320 going by one steamer. The passengers include, says a Transvaal paper af 19th October, many Nalalians attracted by reports of Australian prosperity. It being announced that stewards weie wanted, some 150 lo 200 awaited the arrival ot" the steamer and applied, but only ten were taken. There was a long list of minor cases on the civil side of the Magistrate's Court before Dp. M'Arthur, S.M., this morning. t Judgment was given for the plaintiff in the following cases : —Thomas Albert Wells v. Olaf Martinson, £13, and costs £1 10s ; John Patterson v. J. Chatwick, £2 .10s, and > costs 10s ; Robert John Thompson v. .fames Collett, £7 3s, and ccsis £1 lls 6d. with possession; Anton Einil Amundsen v. Fred. Edwards, 4s 6d, and costs 9s; Dong Hon v. Ueo! Smith, costs only, 12s ; Gordon and Ooleh Proprietary (Limited) v. Kugene L.wger and Co., £17 3s 9d, and costs £1 10s 6d ; South Pacific Mortgage and Deposit Co. (Limited) v. Emily Ea.«tabrook, £29 12s, und costs £2 16s; N.Z. Acetylene UaoJ-ighting Co. (Limited) v. Krue'st O'Neill, £27 11s' 4il, and costs £2 14* : Donald K. Uobeiison v. Heniv J. Jenner, £28 7s, and costs £2 165,; Il.inis Morris v. Johanna Jepson, £2 17s 6il, mid coots 31s. (]n Ibe rase .of ,S,iuh Annie Maader v. • Ucorgo Douglas, a