THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1876.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 372, 21 April 1876, Page 2

THE Mount Ida Chronicle FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1876.

•Tt£E an ar'tieTe thW'peHirie'nt enquiry as to what JMibjic opinion has«toa "s|^a^^^ifef<|3uf fcy <s^m j f%^ i did not arrive at any very definite VcdnclMdm, iexcept-JhJvt "its. Provincial comtem£OTariesjvere one.and all a bad lot. We venture ~£6"piish the inquest fuT*tlier. Public- opiniop, r we %Biieve,iiaairi6.thing at all to say labout r ..the f Pjiblic opinion i t cloes- ! n ; 6 ! fc Zitr 3 P.o"ggibly it has the instinctive are in the abstract j^ere]y; termF "for | -wHat-- -may. be exactly' the 'same, thing, |possil)ly'ipresenting^^lar^^/ 1 ;lor|a smaller. nothing magi-i liberating or tcuth-inspiring in the bestowal;l6fl^e3>iiaßj6.liO(sunty. - necessarflyLUespojbiC)! or! corrupt Sarfm'elProjfince. Mr. Pyke-piits'it'Jv6ry neatly ,'thus : —" What are Provinces but large *' Boards ;be If tral'ly loeated ?oi .;An , d r lwlat,^-.M I ft ; ai<Jj " CBumie's' ;! be''bd:tl [ s'ma'l'l: Prb-vincgs,:^!!^; revila-.0/f -irestriieted Those who are r at all familiar. witF'tife p''ra6tfcaFOr,aiSant'6s r of'O'tagC ej2 y^ry,ljlgTii^-j|-r ?t!be so. ]Srp^u:altho.ug£ s ion^Bas^ndtMitig'.vphatevei?'ibi I the bf nbit' has, and will havey-a—great deal to - say.-as-.itq.:anyJ:atte^p v t;;][;p I r ; eaJipe cj-ete proposal based upjaaaftbs'kaqtj, theory. Political Cxunjnunism is riot pppular„iaa Qtagq. e particular •the Centralists are amazingly weij.,, TEey7obs r erve the atof public''b^inicin ; 1;o ; b'fe" as su'pin'e' I 'a^ T '|Efey J cdul : d :: Vishf-whlle'-they' .air their v^ev\jlutibriary '-tHeories'i '/almost Wrtbou.t-jceßtrad^ion x and,.judging_tiie e , -appearance to be ? if all_went on tberp as- Helpsrput it, ".like a of-three sum. .^. r ._ ~ j.i r \ So long as nothing "'practical is &&-■* tempted public opffli"OTi"disregards the p r 6rtan'tieriofjthe; theorists, the leading articles, ; p& ' ; New Zealand Times ' and our contemporary of" Tourisf an, shuts its ears to W'aTTganui shadowy ectide&S and wttl- mQr,e/ ¥ theoritical by way xiLgrievance than a possible reduction pi, turnpike tolls, or possibly an Creditor's Binp~on due protestaJuf ge.a ; g[t.is &<& ferjjej •that there is 1 in New l^e^a£^'.^ln-nfeyeousi4yoisLp tiDii,to uJts.. pppul t 4|a'qn. p^esgnli^iiP jb'a±waitso:iits^^'tijaj&^^q^n'^^'eipfel'siMir^' I ToiicMag tthjS.-tptfbiic .p'oofee^u^y' ||ter jail be : qf Jts.ppinion. ~ Thajrbest is now being' applied. ' Wa^^hp^P^ityi"isi""indl§. ! rectly asseited reason why she shoTsld^eriaocjified.p ; .Because compaiEatiyely; mucn',Vfr.qin"fi|er' i f m : shall be. taken...away._ _*. ppssqssfs ,sh.e qwes-to the,action ofCq- j loniat 'sfie ! was not represente^M ; tW6 x Legislatu-r'e &v,envj;%a»j: great, an she r is now. bhe also owes her t "'p6^se's r sio'nl tailie thjift^nd ; industry p|, her people. As a single Proyinper'sne "corftrißutes i nearly the one ha-lf-ef the whole reve- j •iiue of •th"e".Oolo'riy;.;to As .OMgOi< is , ; so; she,,qan.be_tenfoH-if-left to herself. ' j '3?man'ciai --'seperatton-^betwSeEt' Lithe j two "Islands-on a federal base-undoubt-l oe7llyT)wqTld Pibelbest; k ;; Eacli -; Island! could jjjyjjrk out its own puDlic| opinion has made-up its mind that: of#go- T rwil ; ll seperate ra,therj than'r-bef despoiled in order-to patch up "for a inline l::i^a; '- ; viteious-isystem^ofr;Qplgnial 'l.'^hiM6e^[ k- .System•of ifloatiag .upon hollo \v '"bubbles:''" If our "theorists content to to sleep ccharnie(l;wi,th Jj their feelings; tof.self-ela-tion over,the,commp_q,. jsinu of n-krrbw j minds they abuse r ~no one should com-j pi might,; "it is -true -protest, for the "awakening) will certainly, fce rather rpugh. '

upon a Provip.ce,or < 'Cburity ; iii r, order fcb •ifo.l>cj3 minute 'subdivision is somethingaiewtain</ C&hstifchtiorimbngeringi If pressure has peei at ail 'as 7 a"pro'duetiv.e factor, it?has always been internal pressure, not' A externaf. The /iyhole :: in .Countries. — the GbdMy system has atJ all—3s. to ;'saSe&ntly' : dency oh ih^ipart" ; j)eople in,such Counties to subjdiviae fob much? vl-tfifc the extent of thia.qheclpngpower upon popular will, always reserved in some 'degree' by the"supreme...Legislature, that is the battle' ground of dispute between Conservative governors and the irresponsible popular parly, Ko

mocratic as 'to dictate a"' suodivision tf' local government against the will of the people affected. There is no possible escape frpmYthe ad--voeates-of Cenfcalism have, fun [into. Either abolition of Provinces is decided ~u£Gnvi^ r most ~desp,Qtic,and corrupt" of' "modern" ; is to be because the being destroyed : tions; inst^- B iin^ebf^ih i si&itufted-n|iot only ;th,e p v eqple's; wish-|—must fail 'from th : ei¥ very 'meffii ciency, and then all.,p ! qwer,,wqu.ld pass the hands of tnVue'n£tai i&ovren£m|p■j. Iu New as. a , whole |hiunieipal Government"las'suic'eeded v rn*iittmg the developed it. no of forcing the formation sfMulnieipalities, and jthus robbiag''the T EatepaY6rs..of the, responsibility of their own men*. Let us suppose that during the/ last (session of the an Ordinance forcing ! ,44ie [incorporation of tH'e half dozen ;'Corporations that have since sprung i-itp of arKuii<i"'TJ3lin'feft dinj—"Would such a measure have succeeded ? #fiy : €orm r!; <j , ment which cannot be spontaneously adopted by each parf-'or'district of the Co|onj,jvhen- its residents .ripen .sufficient "lor ltnnfetfail;'b'&'eause > aest£' - tuteofall vital force. ..Abolition of Provinces,, if necessary ! 'at ; Hi; t& succeed, SvM''b'S a' gradual . -the people in each Province of their' owh government in Kb'ad Board Districts and Counties. If such local ab- ; ' notf' as'- 9e* : '-hardly! /coin-: ["gaquced, although fully; provided for, "nothing cari' J 'be T fe&jses"bf s rfwem§ it. Despotic Constitutionmongering aiOways has proved and always will proye a failure.- v:> -j n. r* m 0 ;.. ~T .

• The Mount Ma§Mad'lic^l^b'eginnmg [show what it can. do. Last week the ■ \yater was i*?€6& twenty•jlvje miles from what is called the Shep>'lierd's HiitX*r r eßE^mi , s; SnS-j atreSiai and twenty Government heads are now '•'.espa]>ing ifita ftkeftEEi tyfcQvee k^^,j^g,tep3he.cL r , r The when thus teste&,va&Gß!t two feet siiT I in6hes of water flowing in it. It will be ''remembered ? fooj.; r fha^ .cohtains about the worst of the wliblfe" fojute. The Johnstpne, states that he never yet has seen a .new race do its and ;Mr ? JR. 83. Browne, the Engineer,,!; tells us^'h^s- ,; qiiite satisfiedr wijh .*;w'or'lf,' yWhen twenty-|],ve will be partially thiderstbod-what of magJ nitude the race is. The water could be at Naseby -ift-about six weeks, i?j the Government would authorise the thirty ltstnds<to clean up and staunch" the' last 'twenty-five or jnilesv ? Jn meaEtjme,-,the portion that is carrying water will steadily ,-.imp ; rqy.e.itf=elf...... The_ Distriat, Engineer, during^Elg, late f ig^t,' Ms 'iaid ; 'of %u^h.- rihg;race,'; ipv 1 r*bje called. JSTbw"" th^^'^wWe.f'.'is; 1 coming 9 along the race it is 01 the impdr'- * tance that the future mocte of management of the W;orks sh.ould upon. We are nbt'aware'whetlier r GblcMelds I- Secretary has yet reported to the Provin- ! qial Executive as to what form he recomrmendsp;<rThei'e4s why,.all the _ :'initiation of any ~m"'ana'gememV' a to f? * bfe s j constituted shoufdufiotr Mow be gone through with, so that there may be no further r lqss of time ra the spring. If nothißfgiisldb'newnefoSjthg iAlsqffibJy; is allowed to meetltjwill berverynifficultrin the political turmoil" to ob- : tain The;, matter _is hanging dt3al-tbdlbhg.' r <»ThVEnginße'rsi.' and the miners are alike embarassed by j;he The district must not cease to watch for itself. [Every possible meana„should be steadily and unflinchingly persevered with to urge a settQemen£ -pf--tke Tfc r js most iunfor'tunate ihat'thesfe sifbttiaiM^/fiany .important demandingattenjtion at the same time ; but, as it is so, tha 'least enesggtic, district, wilJ -go ; to the wall J ; c ■'- —*J i.l .., /.-. Li i.JvJ'.L.j.'i. *'