THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1864.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22610, 29 June 1935, Page 19

THE Otago Daily Times. "Inveniam viam aut faciam." DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1864.

SEVENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

There is every reason to believe that a very severe party contest is imminent on the subject of the present Maori war. On the one hand there is the Governor, backed by an influential party at Home and in the Colony in favor of very modified terms of peace. Opposed to these there is the present Ministry and all those in the Colony who, in their consideration of the Native question, are guided by practical principles instead of mere philanthropic theories. The very nature of the question demands that it should be practically dealt with. It is impossible to retrace any steps, or, aa with a tangled skein, feel the way back to the point of entanglement and begin afresh. No one acquainted with the history of New Zealand can deny that great, very great, mistakes have been made in its Native policy. At this distance of time it is easy, by a critical examination of the past, to pick out where errors were committed—what evils might have been avoided. But this retrospective examination will not help one out of the present difficulty. . . .

No. 2 Company will parade for general inspection of arms and accoutrements on Saturday next, the 2nd proximo, at the Drill Shed, at 4 o'clock p.m. AH members, excepting those sick or on leave, and the Green Island Contingent, are requested to attend. Absentees will be fined Ll for non-attendance, and in the event of arms not being sent in for the Adjutant's inspection by the following Monday the members neglecting will incur the penalty of L2O. A correspondent informs us that an accident which might have been attended with serious consequences took place on Monday evening, the 27th inst., shortly after dark: a woman having fallen into the drain which is cut through Hanover street at its junction with Leith street. There is about twelve inches of water there, but the drain is four feet deep, and she appeared to be unable to extricate herself. Fortunately her groans were heard by a neighbor, who succeeded in taking her out of the cutting, and, with the kindly attention of his wife, she was in the course of half an hour apparently uo worse for her fright. The unprotected state of these cuttings cannot be too seriously condemned. ARRIVAL OF THE ESCORT. The gold escort arrived yesterday afternoon, bringing gold from the various fields as follows:

Qz. dwt Queenstown . . . . . 2,808 5 Arrow . . 1,138 0 Dunstnn . . 1,818 0 Manuherikia . , . . 963 4 Mount Ida . . . . . 283 5 Hamiltou's . . . . . 941 0 Tuapeka . . . . . . 1,507 16 Waitahuna . . . . . 199 0 . . 10.411 0