BAY OF PLENTY TIMES. “The spirit of the times shall teach me speed.” KING JOHN, ACT IV. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1872.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 21, 13 November 1872, Page 2

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES. “The spirit of the times shall teach me speed.” KING JOHN, ACT IV. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1872.

From the earliest times colonisation lias Lmeu one oi the chief moans of extending nations, and _ propagating the arts aul sciences of civilisation. In some instances the colony has afterwards outgrown the control oi the mother country and set up for itself ; auu tnouga this severance has otion been prom aed by a natural feeling of ago jvud independence, idie actual sepia raticm has seldom taken place, till some act of sight or oppression has been experienced by the colonists. Such v\ as the case with America, which in its fu.-nbaa grown to be a powerful nation extending its territory and rule, if not beyond seas! at all events over a great portion of the •North -American continent. I ho privileges Oi self rule and internal government, allowed the British colonies of the present day, constitute them more of allies than dependants, whilst the advantages derived both by the parent country, and the colonies themselves, by the exercise of a. mutual feeling is becoming every day move apparent. i ho various colonies possess immense resources, only partially developed for want of population. At the same limc-mtr in of her country is becoming too tnickiy peopled, and can well spai o Vthao t he colonics so much want. JLhese emigrants in a short time become of greater Value to Kigiand, than they cvci could have been had thev remained at home, increasing as they do the prosperity of the colony and the trade with the home country, conits exports and returning raw materials foi its manufactures. .Knowing this to be the case, lias induced many of the Colonial Crovernuieuts to organise regular systems of immigration. Amongst others, Now Zealand is not behind hand, aud our climate is so well fitted for the Fngiish constitution, and the position of the country, with its extensive seaboard and mimorous harbours, so favourable to a mai icsmc nation, the islands of Kcw Zealand have received the name of the Britain of the South.” The immigration sc nemo of this colony is of great magnitude, enuiracing as it does not only the introduction of settlors, but their after employ merit—such employment to be secured upon public works of a beneficial i a!U I permanent character. Of course the • majority ot In esc works will re the eouj stiuciiuu of roads and■ railways, and as * e ' ei 3' portion of Ncvy Zealand requires

vuvs of so inn kin<l, each settlement luNv hulking out lb i* its share of |° i; ! u ran t?* we on the Hast Coa*fc should L"'* l'o on the subject. Tauranga || j_. LVi j promised a tiumber ; but the |T,,,mcr is rapul !y advancing:, and now is Mhn whtm strangers should enter a fe‘ c , 7 country, giving them opportuitics fe ~i liaje to make themselves comfortable Jj’m-e the winter sets in. The Gwvernalso at the present time are enabled L nod that amount of remunerative work jt m< -,re unfavuiirablo season of the year b-oald not provide. Let us therefore use Wrv endeavour to hasten the arrival of Ithese immigrants, for the sooner wo have Itbeui amongst us the better for them, and the bettor for ourselves. An impulse would at once be given to public works Ijn the shape of road extension we cannot liop e to obtain by any other means.

•^r E publish to-day a *hort account- of the a s l )<, cial meeiiny of the Town Board, held yesterday, for the purpose of considering the necessity of a suDtdy of good water for the public use. Captain Norris, who takes a wreat interest itt tlie matter for tin; common, good, informs us that the B >ard are prepared to expend £ 10 in sinking a- well and erecting t ;x pump, ami suggests that subscriptions be raised for the residue, t)t course, tlie If amount required will depend entirely upon p the nature of the work performed, and wo p feel sure the townspeople will come for- | ward liberally. Another good suggestion | made hv Captain Norris is. that in order I to make the first expense also the last, a | charge of a penuy per cask ho levied on I carters, to he devoted towards keeping tlie I pump in good order and repair.

Ox Nlonday last htr (jOmmis*ionor Clarko iv,p engaged with Tauranga and Fa to re re natives on the subject <>l the projected roads from Tauranga to Cambridge and from Tiotorua to Cambridge. iSome dilliculties have cropped up on the Waikato eide, but it is nut considered they will a«i;:nc any importance. A large deputation of A rawa chiefs, principally from Make til, “ interviewed” M r Clarke during the whole of yesterday on various matters connected with that district.