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'Sib, — Your correspondent **' Obterver" has Tbeen ratner sever* on the Waikato and itt settlers. 1 should Hke to He iutroduccd to hint, perhaps I could mak<> a paragraph or two on .his (personal appea'anre, the-eUte ofhii household, or farm, or s ock, if he has any ; it is quie evident he b» lies the nou de plume of " Observer," or he would in the first, place observe ihtt the thouBinds of acres of fern land that he sa\s should be under grass by this time, be.ong to absentees who in ra*ny Citses do not p»y even their highway rates, or fair share of d'vision f nces uutil compelleri, and in tome case* no* at all. H« nest oeys <he was scandalised 10 think he was eating (potatoes and cheese and other produce imported from Auckland. Verj likely be wa#, and rery likely he did eat Auckland potatoes (tjrown in Ctnerbary.) I hve eaten Auckland potatoes in Sydney where they were at 30a p«*r ton. 3. have also seen Victorian ptt es said i<i Aucklaud at the saase price and in both instances the consumer had the a 'vantage orer the producer aod merohant. 1 hare also bought potatoes in the Waikuto at two pounds per ton, and s'lll some of tite settlements were diawing thftirenpplies from Auckand at sfren or eight. As for cheese, I believe it is sea cc at present, but stilt there is sotzxj in the district and shortly will be quite <-nou<h for local consumption, and * to make more for the purpose of sending to a foreign market would beab-olnte follj. 'Plenty of 'cbeeee sent to the Auckland marker scarcely left the producer anything for his troubl . This article, 1 aimit, m*y be made a s -aple product Of the Waikato .if the factory %3t em was introduced into the dt-driet. There are several parts of the Wiikito wlier* t'»e milk from 300 or 400 cows could be obtained if a factory was started, not, only would ft estabi*»h one s'ajil^of chee-e, but butter and bacon, aud incidt>nt»lly be the means of fostering others. 'Cheese thus m»do would command « market, vheie others from *raall farm* would be unsaleable. *' Ob enrer" next Buys pi«{« are scarce j I am glad to hear of it, I .have seen droves of two hundred Ira* jug the (Ms 1 riot, and t l ie only exp-ession T beard about them was good riddance. " Cb»«rrer" next »ajt tie Maorics in 1855 6 supplied Auckland with flour, but he does not mention the population it that time, or that wheat was 12« per -bushel; be does not mention the population of to day, or that wheat is about 4* fid. He would lead s* rangers to infer th it t ( »c M*orie« possessed more energy than the pakeha who has stpplantsd th«»m Iffhepakeha U deficient in energy, he is not in good sound sensn on the principal of good farming, that is -not to -*»a^, ■ poveissh his land. The nun *ho imp renthe* mn 1 to p'odui-e whfat at, a<oost of'fii per bushel when he ran buy i* ftt 4s 6rl is a down naht fiat. He mentions the Betsy and the r-ra, B^lle, fast a.d powt-rful cuMer-*,- tradiag to Waiuku. Th« p^ir would not hold a mornings b-*tch of flour tor A uckland of today. " Observer'" licenses the Waikato settlers of a want of energy, thin 1 dt-ny ; they are not deficient in energy, entfrpwe, inauMtry, or intelligence, but 4 tli«/ may be all the 4>*ttef if bad a little more money. Tk*
TFaikato- •««>•}•»? iMHK^*^ -much *° druggie .Jo k into the t aflb Tvtunnjof the WSN Co, , th t ib one "fcttio^ oX, loeaU produce^ wY>ol) th«» , Wart»to has miiJe; good 'pSSjfeWte'.thw, last, fi.e ! years ; »4 .tha A Waik4»> 'poisfcwe? spme^of the he«t I .'Lincoln bWd that could b^obUine^i^fiuglwid. Mr "Observer" will /«* wiarty of jtha ifcin hill* (tbat are a<. p f reaent an^je ftorfeto bun,) • in. b re«n pueture tp oarr,?-M*e fa; plus stbck of the • diltriot. M Obasrver"* didL ao! I i» aiiy instance, >m*ntion the ihouwhds N drfat ."battle., that find ■ their way into Auckland. It it frty £ot for^ Jlns .•tapleirod the Waika^.^^t pid 'England .would not be^auvte so ■plentiful, in Auckland* during Christuias-\ee«. -Mr ' Editor, a wi«h*Oßhow to the outside*- wOtfhi tl»*t the W^tk-.to does- produce sotoethiri^must be my. lipology for Ais lo»g lettef^l alfi, &o» Mbi^to.
<L »m — x — r— i. Si»,— L I see in your issue. dFE&U'dfty, *.» tameless correspondent-saya I bad th© candour to tell Mr McMinn wh»n hec*lleAto>soUcibJraj support > that I had arrangeji.with Mj Cox-to retire unhis 'favour two years ago, "but in the event Of Mr vCox Dot being able jo obtain a good majority* on the oanva**, I should mywlf come out at the ► eleventh hour. The facts x>f.±hacaae are these MrMoMinn.did«Qt aak-tne for-flay. eupport. In conversation- 1 stated I had signed the requisition to Mr Cox and that two y<s»r«agql tojd Mr Cox I would resign ii he would content to b* nominated for the seat, to which he demurred. I. also stated my reason , for , then wia.feing« to resign m < hit vigour a**d for *ot now opposing him, was, l>ecause 1 t«lt tb*t from his pa^t experience and his present position and it fluent* in *ooiety, "Waikato would be btfUer servtd in parliament tbj him -than bymjself, »nd that-I thought h«-, Mr Cox would have nu diffiaul'y in being returned. Jn nieniiPDn q this to Mr^lcMinn I al?o told him ,that*slcops.dered ihedeci«ton of next Parliament would materially affeoi not only Waikato, but the whole Colony, eepeciaHythe "Island, ■ I tb«ught it my duty to give Mr Cox my actire fupporii.but that should either he, Mr McMwn, jor Mr Eocbe be certain to bfti^Mr Co* ««^tlie poll, I would contest the seat- *nyse]fe with either them, or anyone else w^pom !■ m-ght comider - inferior to Biyielf in experience or ability. Mr, McMinn asserted that he wa.§ certain* he? cou d i "be»t Mr Cox, tbat.'m»ny«-fl»rxiil'on .settlers ba I promised him- support, and 'farther U»*t -fir Boche had proposed tfeat he /who/bad^ the best <jhanc'e to be returned should stand, the other 'to retire in his favour at the last iWMient so as^ to • make sure of one of them being 'returned. Mr, McMinn wated'this- m**nswec to *,aiy asking* if the rumour" that »sueh*n arrantempnt bad b^n made was correct ; and it was on a<c .untof this arrangement haring been toropbstf I JhtXr stated Iwpuld oppose bim were Mr Cox sure v to jbe * beaten. Sir, 1 take this opportunity gi the electois of Waipa to -welf ojosider pnor ,tg \ ciTing their Tot«a tfc unj w ohif. a.« I p.e»iou fe ■tated, the matter is. not a local on« so mut-h >»| 4 ; a colonial one. Upon the restrlts of next session depend the welfare of the out distrio i, »nd-H behoves Us to lie sure tlfat tbe man we elect hat •lih«y-to state and courage to deftndour rights. — lain, Ac, Wm Jaok«on. - ' . Te Awamutu, Not 30th 1875.
Now in the tim« to «üb«cr*e to Sa-htkbat JTioht Two ffEvriwa m^chinhb to be, Riven to RubscribeM, valued tt SeTen and Six Guimeas for «solriTie R n" Mle. or -wr'tinn th« l>ett essay »n 1h» moit enjoyabl« way of «p«nding Chri^tmti |» t / Ae^nt- •rerywhtre.— l.DTT.
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 552, 2 December 1875, Page 2
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