THE Otago Daily Times. MONDAY, JULY 1, 1872.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3245, 1 July 1872, Page 2

THE Otago Daily Times. MONDAY, JULY 1, 1872.

The account given by oar Wellington correspondent of the 'new.party' with the organization of ■ which Mr FitziiBRBKRT and Me. Bunny arecredited, in not an encouraging piece of information for Southern readers. Whether the conjectures which the writer makes as to the motives of those gentlemen, and of those who they expect to associate with them in opposition to the Government during the coming session, are entirely correct or not, the combination itself can hardly be one which will bring advantage to this part of tlieOolony. This is not the sort of opposition which the country desires to see strong in fcho House, and though we cannot think it possible that such views as those which are attributed to the organisers of the * new party 7 will obtain any large following, either in the Assembly or out of it, we look upon the presence in the House of men holding such views as an element of danger to the cause of Prudence. There they are, and they will have to be cajoled or truckled to, outwitted or bought; and whatever may be done in the way of pandering to them will be a mischief to the country—a financial as well as a moral mischief. For what these men waut is simply that public money should be diverted into channels where it will be absorbed with a minimum of fertilising result It is a financial question that has bound them together. They desire that maxims of prudence should be applied to the management of all affairs but those in which they have themselves a personal interest. If .Ministers find themselves in a position to defy the honest opi»ojientß of their recklessness by buying this party they will do so—rthey cannot help doing so, if they really have those conscientious convictions of the supreme fitness of their policy for the country and the times which they so profusely profess. They will feel that i% will not do to allow the highest interests of the country and their tenure of power to be endangered for the sake of a few scruples, and in the end the opposition, of this ' new party' •will be found to have assisted the Go-

vernraent to tide over the session without, yielding one iota to the demands of the true Opposition—the Party of Prudence.

The point on which IVEr Fitzherbebt ■* and bis friends are reported to have * disagreed is one that is typical of tho j worst features of tho * Colonising . Policy/ We do not know whether l Ministers are entitled" to any groat * credit for withstanding*.the urgency oi ' the Superintendent of Wellington in the matter of the Wairarapa Bail way. There would never liave arisen any op- j portunity for this urgency had not tin; t Covermtient assented to the arraugc- j ninnt by which this railway came to occupy its present imsitsoii in tlt« : Kchcdules of the Public Works Act. j This wjw their ovn work ; whother it t wjis their wilfulncsß or their weakutss r Utat led them to commit this folly, they r aro equally rc.spon»il>la for it, and are but reaping the nntunil fruits of t!u« ( coiu-stt they dcUbostitely adopted. If they t have to commit some new fully during r the coming session in order t*> sUvve oil' t the danger of defeat which they may t have brought upon ' themselves, this i will bo but another added to myriad instances which "have illustrated tlto i truth of that time-worn adage—'One ;] falso step ia sure to lead to another.' ] They would no doubt have preferred to J keep matters smooth with that phalanx i which Mr Frrai ehbert led last session, ' and which formed the right wing of ) their parliamentary forces. But they appear to have found these gtmtlftimm too exacting—or rather they have, too late, discovered that they had promised more than they wero aware of—more than they have the power to perform, if even they had tho courage to'attetnpt it. Really, for the sake of the country, we arc very sorry that they have not been able:to devise some cheap sop by means of which those men migl»fc have twon i kept quiet We fear these additions to the ranks of the Opjiosition a great deal more thaw twice the number of the honest, weli-intmitioued, Imt not veiy bright men, who form the mnknud fileof the Government majority. If the' Government could only have arranged with them before th« session commenced, we should have known their position, and they themselves, with their scandalous railway through the Rimutaka gorges, would have had to stand "or fall with the party whose cause they had espoused We should have been well pleased to see this UniAii put into tho ' fore front, of the hottest, of the battle,' so that he at least might h-wo been slain whether the Government held their ground or not If Mr Voukl could have managed this he would have j done the country a signal service, whilst at the same time he would certainly have played bis cards '.veil for his own party. Tho broach, however, between these parties appears now to be complete, and instead of a doughty opponent, the Opposition is to find in Mr Fitzhkrbert a treacherous friend. Wo sincerely hope that no reminiscence of former days, when Mr Fitzhkrheut used to bo a man of some importance in the House, will lead the leaders of ,that party which we have taken Jeavo to call the Party of Prudence,- to ally themselves with him. Tho sooner they drive him back into the Government yanks •■ the better for themselves and for the country. He will be found to bo a source of-weakness to whichever party he fastens on.to, in spite of that • governing mind,' winch he informed us that he possessed when opposing the Bill which drove him to the sorrowful alternative of retiring either from Parliamentary life or his Commissionership of Crown Lands.- His active and ambi- j

tions mind and long acquaintance with the public affairs of the Colony, will secure for him a pronnuont place amongst our politicians as long as ho has the vigour to miugle in the annual fray. But he is the last man visible on the political hormm just now to whom we should point as likely to become a ' leader,' iv spite of his 'governing mind.' Ho belongs to a past and almost buried age of the political history of the Colony, and hu/. not been able, like some of his contemporaries, ts> move forward with the times. No doub;t ho still thinks it impossible to find a sufficient number of ' governing minds' in the Colony if eminent members of the Civil Service are no longer to Ixj admitted to Parliament His ideas are, doubtless, all cast in tho same narrow mould—one which has been aptly named the bureaucratic mould. He and those who are like him have done

a good deal of mischief in their time in New Zealand. The people of tlife part of the Colony, who know little of them, except .through the effects of these mischiefs, think of them oh a class as they do of the Maori, as something whose extinction by the slow hand of time must be waited and hoi>ed for.

A gentleman who "resided in Otago for many yearn, writing from London, says :—- ---" I have been struck every where I ha-rebeen with how much more the North Ifdaud is tlic New Zealand of people in England than the South. It is time that people on this aide should get rid of their present ideas of New Zealand, bonnd up with native disturbance and native wars. The mining resources of New Zealand are miserably represented ia the British Museum, the Geological Museum, in Jermyn street, and the Kensington Museum. Her gold statistics are lost by being mixed tip with, and called, * Australian.' In fact, whether one hears the country spoken of in general society, consults scientific works, or visits museums, poor New Zealand gets little of the credifc due to her, whilst she has a fall measure of the virtuous disgust oi the British tax-payer for having burdened him with ths coet of her native wars."- . :'■■ '' '- .'" The piles for the bridge on the road across Anderson's Bay have now been driven,'-"sad the beams have been also laid, but fehej roadway has yet to be planked. The bridge is 77 feet long, aud 12 feet wide, and there "are six rows of" piles apott which. the roadway is to rest. Tho piles supplied by the local Boards for, the making.of tne bridge were those foirmorly used in the coffer dam of the graving dock at Port Chalmers. The best of tLese were picked out and uaed for the bridge, : the

abutments havo been |jyo*«ctod by rough. stone pitching, sad the open space betweent the piles him been tilled up v/ith stones t& low water loveL Sucb. is tho rush of tie

Ide through the opening that the bottom: was scooped out several feet deeper than it va& previous to the road being made. The x>ttom on wJEuch the quarried material formtig the road across the bay isas been laid is rery yielding. To make tho road tons inmincnxlile of hard material wero thrown in, md the only visible evidence of so much. laving bean uaed is tlto bulging up of tJtwa nnd to a distance on either side. The road laa also sunk lately in sorao places down, learly to high water level, or four feet, and t has again been filled up to tho height "at vhich it was before. The piles had to bo ointed together, so as to make tlmm 40ft.. n length, and being driven in very deep," hey rest on. a firm bottom. The bridg« iow needs only to have iho planking of tins ■oadway put on to mako it cotnj.luto. Th» ilanking will, be Bawn in about a week or Icit lays, and a gang of prisoners will then be sent a finish tho bridge. When this work is done, uid a culvert is made at tho Jfoy View Inn, iherowillbe 'uninterrupted communication on. -his road, which will be a very usaful ojjc to ;ke inhabitants of the Peninsula. Services in aid of a now Anglican chnrcn> So be built at Fortobcllo, wero held ;fc Sfe. Paul's yesterday, Tho .Rev. It. L. Stanforil preached in the morning from the 17th ebAjK St. Luke, 2!7th verso; ami in the oveningr From the 27th chap. St. Matthew, 22nd verse. Thcsrv wai< a numerous congrega'£>n in the morning, and in the evening tho church, was crowded. Three drunkards wero dealt with nt the Mayor's Court on Saturday. Their munea were John Howard, Richard M'Kay allot Allan M'Kay, and James Harding, Eacht was fined ss, or, in default, sentenced to be kept in gaol for 24 hours. No other business came before tho Bench. Tho Mayor presided* Wo notice that the following meMurv$ r which were passed during tho last session of the A&sMiiibiy, arc not amongst tho Acts which Her Majesty has been advised not ta exercise her power of disallowance with respect to :—"The Convicts' Forfeitures Act^ 1571," " Tho Merchant Ships' Officers' Examination Act Aaiendmcufc Act, 1871," and "The CoauiingTrade Regulation Act, 1871.'* I'rofcauor Black is now engaged iv analysing a sample of water from a source whence it is proposed to Bupply Port Chalmers. So far as the analysis has gone, the water Bcenis to be of excellent quality. Professor Black, is also timtfyeing sonic cod-liver oil,_. manufactured by Mr Innes, Port Chalmers ; specimens of farinaceous food, from Me«sra R_ Hudson and Co. ; a specimen of black ironBand, sent by Mr.Matthew, of IlivcrUm j and lignite from various localities. I A meeting of the Directors of the Calo i douian Society was held at Wain's Hotel, Manse street, on Friday evening. Mr John Stables waa in the chair. The sum of £10 was voted to the Benevolent Institution, and some other business of an unimportant nature was transacted. We )tave fco acknowledge receipt of the Illustrated New Zealand Herald, published for traniimussion by the outgoing English, mail. It contains a view of tiie township of! Picton, on Queen Charlotte's Sound ; four views of the goldfkdd of Tarubaroora, N.S. W.,, which baa lately risen into auch. prominence ; tho Nobby Rock, Newcastle ; tho Hchool of Telegraphy, in the Technological Museum at Melbourne ; two good J>icturtwi representing the Backstairs Passage, South Australia, and Lake Colac, Victoria ; together with several other illustrations. It is notified in the New Zealand Gazette of the 22nd Juno that Mr VI. it Ward hatt been appointed Deputy Commissioner o£ Stamps for the Province of Otago, vice. Mr lA. W. Smith, resigned, the appointment to ' take efTect from the Ist June. It is also notified in the same issue of the Gazette that Mr H. W. Robinson has been appointed Deputy Registrar of Marriages, and of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the district of Hamilton.

Major Atkinson liae lately raade the quarterly Adjutant's inspection of the Volontecra in Southland. On the 14th instant, he inspected the Invereargill Artillery, Eifleßj Cadets, and Band. Tbera were present 133 of all ranks, out of a possible 172. After tho usual inspection of arms, the coropaiuewt wore manoeuvred in company drill ami rifle exercise. Ho inspected 1;ho Rivcrton RiHes on the 18th instant. There were present 30 out of a possible 44. Tb« Adjutant considered the companies had made good progress since hia laut vißit^ Daring his stay, six parades wcro held, antt the attendances, taking into account! the very inclement weather, were exceedingly good. A number of the Rivcrton Rifles now don their new uniform, a grey tunic trimmed with scarlet fadugs. The luvercargill Artillery have provided themselves with three guns—one of which i« mounted oa a ship'» gun carriage, and the other two are ready tor be mounted as aeon as the necessary funds are forthcoming. ;

The latest development of trades unions ia a union amongst the women servants aft Dundee, and amongst the butlers, gardesierui and domestic servants at Leamington,; kotlt with the object of reducing the hours !«f labour and raising wagf-s. In another cotnnm we reprint from the Dundee Advertiser, a. report of a meeting cf the Abigails in Itha£ .tovrn. .

Mining operations at. Mount I<?a are stilt nearly suspended for want of water, the tliaws by day being counteracted by frosts by night. Skating on the dams has be«n " all the rage," and the Chronicle has "heard the ice .spoken of aa suflicicntly thick and. strong to bear a team of horses." According to the Evening Post, it was expected that the mail just arrived would bring to the Ilou. Mr Dillon Bell a patent of knighthood. The correspondent of the Wellington Independent nt M<ii*ton states that Mr Fox met the Rangitikei electors on Saturday, the IStis. mat Ik reply to a question which was vtskedi. by Mr Jordan, M-V.C, relative to the Education Act, the Premier stated that if introduced again it would be a Government but not a Ministerial measure, but bo> did not appear to be sanguine thai it would pawitbia (tessiou at aIL The Auckland Evening Star of the 22b4 June hau the following :—" We learn tliftt at private lefcter was received to-dst by * gentleman Ui Auckland, stating that; the Dommicu oi Canada have determined to send, a Minister to New Zealand and Australia, fcr tlie purpose of obtaining information awt statistics respecting the trade and resource* at the Colonies, with a view to tho establish raent of a mail route to Europe by way of British. Columbia! The Minister will be the Hon. S. L. Tfticjt °-B^ Minkter of 'Mawwe and Cnutom* for the Dominion, said lie wll

Ixi .^powered to negotiate with the respective Government* of the various Colonies for the establishment of a first-class mail And passenger service when tho railway now i» coareo of cocittruction through Canada is completed. The Hon. Mr Tilley write* to a relative here that the proposed aervice will be ran in canucction with the Cunard line of slxsamcrft from Halifax, 2»ova Scotia, and that he vi«ita British Columbia in September next, ami from thence will proceed io Australia, and on to Now Zealand. The northern ni!way, mow \mn% constructed through Canada, will shorten the overland journey by at leant two day*, ami there will be no detay» »:.tm>c-d through snow blockades."

The Mobo!i,'.;o, which lately deprived New Zealand of :i month's mail by breaking down when one tl.'iy '<«t front Sun I'laucisco, was mended a»fl «•;»* f'if again to Honolulu, whence she rtiunitd in safety to San Francisco. Tin; (.'lsroniclc, published in the latter place, in noticing her return, says that " the p.'wHsgft occtii>feil nearly 13 days, and -was a disagreeable and uncomfortable one. There k j;o rcmn in the »hip. She leaks badJv, the pumps having to be kept in operation all ih<i time U> keep her free. .She la Blow, steers badly, and is in every way a miserable ftpolojry for a-whip." After using gome language of a Btili more uncomplimentary character, the Chronicle goes on to say : —"The commanding officer is a man of great skill Mid judgment. His judgment we have particular respect for, since he got sick in Honolulu just before the ship was to start, and in cor«*o;jucitce did not come upon this trip."

In reporting the proceedings at some recent matches fired by the members of the Auckland I'ifle Association, the Herald says :—" At the rifle range, during the past few days, a now invention has been in constant use, which has proved of great value to the competitors at the Association matches. We allude to an alarum fixed on the target in Huch a manner as to sound whenever a bullet strikes the bull'is eye. This contrivance wr.« designed by Mr Ifyett, find manufactured by Mr Case, both of the Engineer corps." The W:\i!g;<..nui ITcrrdd has the following : —"The M:tori« at KniwJuike will not annwer the HmnmouH for interfering with a settler's operations on bin farm, and M r Booth has been Ht-nt up by order of the (Jovernmout to arrange matters. Strange state of peace when the 4 Queen's writ' will not run for 10 miles out of Wangauui ! We may state that as rank rebels as there are in the Colony are i-> bs found in this same .Kaiwhike settlement. The greatest scoundrels of the Waitotara tribe are at present residing there."

We tike thu following from the Thames Advertiser: -"Our rcadtra uxe aware that objection was mad*; by Mr Gisborne to the survey forwarded w«lh the petition for tlie municipality, and that, in consequence, it has been examined. It ih found, we believe, that owing to some mistake the proposed municipality would take in the foreshore and nine miles out to sea."

In acknowledging receipt of the circular issued by the Committee appointed to make arrangements for holding an Intercolonial Regatta at Wellington next February, and which circular was published in the Daily Times of the Oth in«t., the Melbourne Telegraph says : —" No doubt a very good "crew could be raised in this Colony to contest the big race, but whether they would be willing to take the trouble is another matter."

A London paper of May sth tidy» : —" On Wednesday morning between thirty and forty agricultural labourers, collected from various districts in South Warwickshire, assembled at the Avenue Station, Leamington, and took their departure for New Zealand, under the care of Mr Urogdcn, one of the firm of contractors now engaged in the construction of a railroad there. The party, ■with their wives and families and friends, quite filled the station, the crowd numbering between 200 and 300. They are engaged for two years at 5s a day, the contractors finding outfits and paying passage, the cost of which will be deducted in easy instalments.'

There was a good attendance in the lower part of the Princess Theatre on Saturday evening, when " Edc.ndale" was produced. The same piece is announced for to-night.

Our monthly Summary for Europe will be published on Wednesday. The 104 th monthly meeting of the New Zealand Building and Mutual Investment Society will held this evening at 7.