FIFTY YEARS AGO

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15645, 26 June 1914, Page 11

FIFTY YEARS AGO

VER NOR and MINISTRY. pfcr:' : ; ; —■■■ -- — BO.IC from THE ORPHEUS. ®&!. ~J0 : __ the HEEJLTiD of J una 27, 1864.) %f&it the confidence reposed isC Sir George Ifflrty 'by the cellists is in exactly reproportion to that which they recose in Uw Ministry, is too •well-known •£.-g { M t to need reiteration by us. The tf-Jloose of Representatives and the people Ifeji 0 doors sanctioned a certain line of .embodied in the two Bills, the jy- t " Zealand Settlements Act," and the «Suppression of Rebellion Act," and Sarither the one nor the other will bo Satisfied to see the principles of either .% Bill ignored. We are glad to see that djunighdit the middle island, thftraghont % >» eTf Zealand indeed, there is hut one opinion upon this point, mid that any <; Jtteir.pt to stifle tho action of the conVisional government of the colony by s tie Government will bo met with firm'ness and unyielding decision. V Another relic of the ill-fated Orpheus Vjj turned up within the last few days, the sl-.'M of a medal belonging to Liesi- • tenant A. Jekxil of that vessel. The H medal bears upon its rim the inscription, - "A, jekvll. naral cadet, Cossack," to wh i c sl-i'p Mr. Jekyll formerly belonged, ' ifh e medal was fonnd by the Kaipara ■ rctjves and handed by them to their - missionary. Mr Gittos. who forwarded it 5 to the care of Mr. Hedgeeock, of this - ckv It is gratifying to reflect upon the •-r- *iJeedmilv honourable manner In which ' the northern natives behaved -with respect - to the waifs thrown up from this wreck, 5 .aVujcr no remuneration but freely giving ..." 0 p whatever has fallen into their hands.