Sirty Years Ago

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21836, 13 December 1940, Page 6

Sirty Years Ago

“ The Timaru Herald ” December 13, 1880 Fair Play in Politics Leading Article.—“ Everything, according to the old saying, Is fair in love, politics and war; and possibly some of the Geraldine electors may think they did a fair thing when, by noise and constant interruption, they prevented Mr Wakefield, M.H.R., for Geraldine, from addressing them on Saturday. However, whatever may be the views of those who were responsible for the hubbub, they took the very worst means to gain the end presumably aimed at, i.e., of getting their Member to resign. Mr Wakefield is far too old a politician to be frightened into pursuing any course of action by a set of noisy blackguards at a public meeting; and the very fact that a kind of coercion has been attempted will draw to hitn friends who, perhaps, he could not otherwise have reckoned on. Fair play is a watchword of Englishmen all the world over, and when that is absent there must be something essentially rotten in the cause which refuses to be bound by it. As a body, the Geraldine electors will be disgusted at the reception their Member met with at Temuka on Saturday.” Gold Yield Grahamstown.—One hundredweight of picked specimens and 35cwt. of quartz from a leader In the prospectors’ claim at Te Aroha yielded 1911 b of gold. It is rumoured that other claims are getting gold, but none has been shown in any quantity. The prospectors are putting in a drive to cut the leader at a lower depth and intend sinking a winze. Many business places have been erected, but comparatively little mining work has been done on the field as yet. The warden s opinion is that the gold field extends over a large area, even in blocks included in Patetere. Several claims have been formed Into limited companies and scrip has been issued. Warlike Greece Constantinople.—The Porte has addressed a circular to the Powers calling upon them to restrain Greece from proceeding with an Increase of her armaments, and to ask her if she will accept the compromise proposed in October last, namely, that the territory to the south of Janina and Larissa should be ceded, but not those towns themselves. The Porte adds that if Greece replies in the negative a rupture must ensue.