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Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1401, 27 January 1860, Page 5

v The Colonitt ofjhe 1 3th inst., in. commenting upbn the return of Members to the Provincial Council, makes the following remafks :-* - : "We trust that the settlers in the new districts, especially at the eitreme ends of the Province, will bestir themselves betimes/ and be prepared when the writs are issued to send proper men to represent them in the Council. There will be little time to look about them, if fteir members are to sit in the first session^ We hope our Southern friends wiil not find it necessary to send . t0 ... Auckland for men to look after their interests in the Provincial Council, although they have deemed ita disable to' do so »n the case of the General Assembly. Talking of this, we understand that the bWoFthe setters. complain bitterly of having been'sold iPy WPuCew men at InvercargUl ' who arrogate to themselves the political leadership of the distnct, and to whom they confided ihe electien. It appears tbaf there are several men of ability and standing in the district who would have been proud of the. honour of a seat in the AsSeiablyi and who have a considerable Stake in. the country. It has been seriously contemplated by some to. get up a requisition to Mr. Bell to resign, it being perfectly , certain that, with the exception, of Dr. Menzies and his little clique, such a requisition would be signed by every man in the district"

. We understand that some "applications for large quantities of land within runs Jiaye beea presented during the past week, : and have been very properW refused; We presume, these applications. hare been founded u,pon a total misapprehension of the statement made by the Superintendent at, the late. election, as 'to 'the .course he should have felt it his duty to adopt some two & throe years ago. TW we>ere m urgent ; need of funds, and it might tiaye been for the " public interest" to dispose of as much land as possible,' at lQs. per acre. Now, we are in no such need-^the value of land is igreatly enhanced* and the sale of these lands would not only be detrimental, ' but ruinous to the "public ihterest," and unjust to individuals. Under such circumstances;, the determi»ation of the Waste Land Board to refuse all such applications was a most judicious one, in. which, they will doubtless be sustained by the Superintendent and we should hope by any new Executive,

A Provincial Gazette, dated the 31st ult. was issued on Wednesday, containing the appointments of A. 0. Strode, Esq., as Assistant Native ' Secretary for ihe Province of Otago ; and of Captain Thomson, as Harbour Master for this port.