COLONEL HAULTAIN AND THE MILITARY SETTLERS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3319, 6 March 1868, Page 3

COLONEL HAULTAIN AND THE MILITARY SETTLERS.

On Wednesday afternoon, at about four o'clock, at the Orderly Room, Taurang», * deputation waited upon Colonel Hau tain by appointment to state tbeit grievances with regard to the erection of blockhouses on the different settlements that had been allotted to them. Mr. Small askf d if it was the intention of the Government to comply with No. 3 clause of the Conditions of Military Settlement, " A stockade on the most eligible site will be erected at the expense of the Government." Colonel Haultain : Is it the intention of the settlers to abide by the conditions made by the Government ? Mr. Small : Yes. Colonel Haul-tain : The Government then hare done more than they promised to do. They sent for your wives and families and put thpm on free rations. Mr*. Small : Is that any reason why they should not fulfil the condition (clause 3) ? Colonel HATTT/TAiir : How many blockhouses do you require on the I^atikati ? Mt^Small : Two." One on 3 and one on 5 Company's land. Colonel Haultain : The Gorernment have not the least intention of building more than one stockade ; and they will not do it until a sufficient number of men guarantee in writing that ther will settle on the land. Mr. Small : Many are willing to settle at once if the blockhouses are erected. We do not ask this as a favour, but ai a right, in compliance with the regulations. After this a dssultory conversation ensued, led by Mr. Pbosskb, in which he made some very impertinent remarks about misprints, and said it was useless ■peaking to such a man as him, when even his own constituency had no confidence in him. After that the Colonel said he would not be .spoken to in that manner, and that the application for blockhouses must be sent in the usual manner through Colonel Harington. He then walked away. After going a few paces he was stopped by several and asked about the blockhouses, when he said that every man's house ought to bs built bullet-proof so as to form a stockade in itself. Mr. CoRRDB then spoke about the illegality of discharging men without first paying them up, when Colonel Hakinoton suggested that that grievance should be embodied with the otbers and be sent in in the usual manner. — Tauranga Record.

When Judge Tappan w«« on the Bench in Buckeye* State, and bad just given wme malefaotors a very severe sentence, a rough backwoodsman, "vrho had been practising at the other bar, exclaimed : " That's right; give urn thunder, • old gimlet-eyes. "Who is that?" tcreamed the irate and indignant Judge. "It's this old hois," awwertd the pioneer, giving his breast an apprpving slap. ' ' Mr. , Sheriff, rstorted Tappan, "put that old hois in the stable, and keep him a week Qn bread; and water, '