RAGLAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 159, 17 May 1864, Page 4

RAGLAN.

[ritoM <iru own c(ii:k]-.m-(iniii;nt.] Jfay 5. jrajor ami partv returiied to-da'r Ihnu tlu-ir exploration in search of a prn.-tieiil.ilc road to AVnipn. the whole atiaii- lias be, n h triumphant siieeess. tlioy Iniviiia discovered a traek -iiiueli further to the South than tlie old line, which will involve senrcely any ciittiiifr worth the name. There tire a few sniuil and uniinportmit stre.Tins tliat will require and oidv one hill of any c.inscqiien.-e on the whole route, and even that ] \eli.-w ran Le »el nv.-r l.v inalciiifi :i circiiinl.endil.us al it? liase. >'ow that a really (j.jod line is fiiuial. the next important eon-s-ideratioi! is ils format i"ii into a r. a<l as speedih »- l>o«sil)le. Native lal'tiur will never answer unless'the entire system hitherto in fon-e with regard to their ciiijiloyun'iit is thoroughly revised. The rate nowpaid to lali'-m-ers i'n the "Wailvalo i< simjilv a downright al'surdity. nay wc-rse. it is a waste of the public money, of course whsite\er ainoiiiit they receive tin re. the natives employed ~n road-mi.l:ii".}r on tlie line ii, <|ii,.si; o ,, ~-jll ~x , ,,.;.| i h,. ~„,„._ V,,„„<■■■tionably the only way native lal'our can pay is the practice of piece work, by this means if tin; labourers choose to skulk they will' llicmM-hcs to be lite lt.■iite.-l snllercrs and nol Ih'e public as heretofore. AVJietln-r this plan will answer remains t<. be proved, one tiling is quite eei-lai,i, that unless .-oine seheine diHereliT from the present is tried, road nuilm-i Lv natives will bo most fiutiaiicoii.-ly c\pcn.--ive, in fa'ct. it will be simply ruinous to the' colonv.

Some time since certain' of (In- AVniliato took i( into th.-ir 1,,. ;1 ,1s that „ 1,-iii to Aurkhv.,,l would !„■ ~!,,■>;„■(. ,u,,l as sin!.-,, ~1,,,,,,,.,., !:n . ulvius the sw.vt.-si. they omitted t<. ask l.":iv." ofiil.sence, in (act Ili.-v dc.-tTtcd. I'lii'V contrived to •■(! across (In- li;irl><.i"irl>v some means, a.id were -hmniii.it lit 11 -real rule towards the met i-opdis, wli.-n in,-M i:iii'..i-liuii<t,-K, i jiist us Ih, y had evo-M-daMnallMreiua •-' ' twenty miles from this. ~,.,-tjii.i .Maoris iii-lia.-ted l.y the irwml ollered for 111.' appr.-hen-rion of deserters mild,- » swo.m i.nd succeeded in ,]„. W |,,,:,. i;, ur . - n ,,. v WI . IV (hl | v l.K.utrl.t hr.di l.y Hi.•lγ «,],(.,is vho „,, io tl,,- pivs.-nl tiiiK.- hiivo ntv.-r 1. ..iv.'.l .-, liutl.i,,"- ior (1,,-ir ~,■,;„. ban-ly tl.nnks. Now this sort of Ihint; is not ~X :M- |_ Iv -tiip fh,;-~ l: ." if tii.j (lovcnim.-nt hold out ;,s iui liidiir.m.-iit to !N- c.;,.-.; nli .1. ~•,■),.,,, si ct'i-tiiiii ii-wiiid in iiKnirv, it should 1..- yiui.tual!y ].:iid upon d.-livi-i-y of .-aid -. nt.y to th,- m'illtiiry mitlioriti. s. It ~,1,-t l.i- 1.0r,,,- („ 'mi,,,!, tlitit ;. s.-izur-oi tl.is kind is.-.Ui-iid. .1 with .-. <,i 1 :,;,, .-imoiinl of risk ; ,lr-, it.-i-s iirc som.-lim.-s «,-,.;,t s.ouiidr.-ls, th.-v olli.-n w.-iu- lni-j; Kniv.-s, iitul have oli,-n it most sc.iiiKiivly v.-.vof ,|--j rw - tj M . IM) ~,,„] ;i1 ,.,,. t (-,.,„„ ~,) this, it, must 1,,- ]Mt,- M 1 to :dl. that mil,* tin- niitiv.-i me i>i.,,,f uidlv paid lor this so, t o f M .,-vi,-,., d,-.,,,ii0n will ]„■,-<,•!,ily IM-t-orii.: mii.-l, „„„■,- [.ivval.-nt h,-,aus,' llic-ri; will h, in. r;iti-liiii<r th.-u.-thc- .1.-mtU-i's—.-.\- <■'■])! in Euiopcan octik-m. m.-, and any man if Inrvally liiwms it will easily sin r rli.ar of tlii-iu and rough it out the MaonVs.