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New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1719, 30 August 1862, Page 3

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THE WELCOME TO THE NON-CON- 16 utl f ost FORMIST EMIGRANTS. Exactly In the course of a few days, the two sliips,e growth Matilda Wattenbach and Hanover, with the?hs, desfirst instalment of seven hundred passengers* l6 c * aß8 > may be expected. The magnitude ofthe, o on n ‘ n movement, the peculiar nature of the settle- g orn ment contemplated, and the fact that this isjj owar d the first returning wave of that flood in theharrows, tide of emigration which the Avar party andand units organs have for the last two years so harvest, successfully turned aside from our shores, all 611 ’ P 0 * trender tho arrival of this band of pioneers a 'Sj ma6 “‘ matter of deep interest and rejoicing. work in It were almost unnecessary now to dilate N e jo-h----upou the nature of this emigration association, ■ Gracehut that an erroneous impression has been Newark, raised in the minds of some of our townsmen Messrs, that the movement is one of a purely secta- ; * ers rian nature, and that they, therefore, are in' no way bound to affox’d their countenance or a Q fj ‘ encoui’agemeut —nay, rather that they aro[ we justified in Avithholding them from a schemeeirnewwhich, were their impi’essiou not a connect g cornone, they would be disposed to regard as alto- in, root getlicr unobjectionable. iry from The “ Non-Conformist settlement” is then, 688r . 8, 7 av their we would inform such of our readers as may te J rs and be unaware of the fact, in no ways to be for’preconsidei’ed in the light of a sectarian move-, Robey, ment, such as that of the formation of tho travelCanterbuiy settlement or that of Otago. ston an d Originally the movement emanated from a 1 e ngme few persons of the religious persuasion whose name it still continues to bear, but whether nd p U |_ upon second thoughts, and with the unsuc- ianbury, cessful working, and palpable ill effects of mowing similar schemes before them, or whether from -cutters, the extended form which the association took, stand of and from the eagerness with which men of all 8 st . anc * shades of religious’ views entered into the project, we cannot say, but this idea was at ng 0 f a once, and we think wisely, abandoned, ard fiicatioa tho very fact that tho point was so freely conceded is of itself a sufficie it claim upon )re prothe hearty good Avill and coifxdence of the !tIOQ general public. ° f At the time Avhen a detailed account of the 0 religious classification of the members Avhoj jita t t i ie had then joined the association Avas last n ts of a received, in its ranks Avere comprised Roman ription. Catholics, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Me- derable thodists, Independents, Baptists, Quakers, ibitors; &c., and some fifty persons of Avhosc peculiar a i g aad persuasion there Avas no information recorded. ' it9 and It ought to be enough for us that we are about [ es t j m . to receive amongst us a body of respectable idopted and intelligent immigrants, Avho at the time dough 5 when our fortunes Avere at the loivest, Avheu )d upou the rumours of wars present and of Avars to fr' ctl6n come might reasonably have been thought *“ aC a g sufficient to have deteried them from the )r C o m . enterprise, fearlessly and confidingly deter- s muc h rained to throw in their lot Avith ours. mother There are few amongst us who cannot ■ of its

recall the effect which first impressions have 1 ra kes had upon our own temperaments on arriving P e lias as strangers in a strange land. How quickly expectations, perhaps too sanguine, had been crushed by the careless or designing ac- at a( j. quaintance, who has volunteered a recital of i ai - e to his own colonial experiences for our crpecial o finish information, or how energy and hope had ii sll ( of been infused into our minds, and directed into aright channel, by the calm counsel and lc; s ;t Jg sympathy of the more considerate, who, y]’ con . remembering their own advent under similar i BS a re circumstances, could feel for others when tUyard, laced in the same situation. a lriver, That the demonstration so soon to take a" emplace, should be of such a nature as to be cl e made a medium for something more than the a lc]ud . ordinary routine of congratulatory _ speech- st)r i ess making indulged in on such occasions, we tl cumthiuk that all will cordially agree. Many ccchaffthere are amongst us, whose personal expe- r£ very rieuces in the very modes of life and occupa- n . tion which are about to engage the enei'gies j Q j^ 6 ° of our guests, could be drawn upon for their t]}s t jj o information and guidance, and the benefit of w b ro ad this experience should be freely and publicly gg and offered. Assuming that all this will be m ;es of kindly done, the question arises how it can in » the be done in the manner most agreeable to all. A public festival has been suggested, and the re idea will, we hope, be carried out ; but here f irn ji e( j exists the greatest difficulty in the undertak- giing to ing—a difficulty, because that the success of ex;heinthe event must greatly depend upon the state h( isions of the weather, which, at the present season of the year, cannot be depended upon for two ge * ei> e ‘ days together. We have not in Auckland a w(jut in room which would seat more than7sopersons, thf3 tern and such accommodation would manifestly be sea of

too small by half for this object. The only i the alternative is a resort to an open air festival, jhind providing, at the same time, such temporary accommodation by a resort to canvas, as would secure the uninterrupted course of the gr ‘ ut proceedings, The immigrants themselves ap^ e the will bring with them, we understand, two tK large marquees capable of accommodating te Hr for between three and four hundred persons— 10 ihines there would be little difficulty in obtaining Eut ®. ai ’® the use of those belonging to the Horticultural sec u |j t . Society, nor would the ingenuity or the and pockets of our citizens bo over taxed in con- be ’uptly structing, with the assistance of these, one r easy sufficiently large apartment capable of afford- K e e. in o- comfortable room and shelter to from Winery, fifteen hundred to two thousand people. co i very There is more than one site, almost within cnf one the confines of the town, which, at the sughs, present season of the year, would, we think, be more suitable for the purpose than the 4( ,heels, domain, unless, indeed, the assurance of two I' 1! levels or three days of continuous fine weather could be counted on. That these points will pl< be duly considered by those who will actively frib con “ uudcrtake the task of initiating the proceed- neT®OP7 ings, we feel satisfied, knowing that the matter rests in the hands of Mr. Newman, suj orwe . and others of our citizens who have taken an casually active part in the encouragement of immi- gu hero; gration to this Province. tid lor In conclusion, we cannot but impress upon flo| lo^ n > our follow-citizens. the desirability of fapthcr*-• Iwppyplqnt, an object

the world, in the shape of an iron clamp, by which hop poles, or garden sticks, can be thrust easily into the ground by the foot. " Agriculture is evidently progressing rapidly in Sweden. They have iron ploughs, -with or without trussed beams—generally after the Scotch model. One peculiar shape has an extremely long-pointed share, the beam being of wood, with only a single handle. Dairy otensils are a feature in the display; one churn, with warming vessel, is cleverly made with a reciprocating rotatory motion, procured by a couple of straps wrapping round a spindle, and alternately unwound by the pressure of a lever. Aiftong the Russian implements is a peculiarity in the grouping of three small ploughs upon one frame with regulating wheels, and the V shaped harrow appear a favourite, both in wood and iron, one being mounted upon four wheels. One large iron plough is specially suited for excavating a deep furrow.

Turkey has little better to offer than tools much like mattocks. Switzerland shows but few implements. Neither have the Netherlands sent many mechanical indications of their really great advance in tillage. John Bull can walk through the length and breadth of the Great Exhibition with the satisfaction of feeling that lie is above all rivalry in the building of a waggon or the hammering of a plough, while far distancing all competitors in those more complicated machines and engines which prepare the farmer's produce for the market and the feeding-byre. But he cannot be blind to the evidence of great improvement in many foreign lands, and there may be grave reasons why he should continue to bestir himself in further agricultural progress.