THE BAY OF PLENTY TIMES. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1873.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 103, 27 August 1873, Page 2

THE BAY OF PLENTY TIMES.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1873.

The spirit of* the times shall teach ?ue sjpeed," KI&G- JOHN, ACT IT.

In a new country too much care cannot be taken in the indentiacation of land. It certainly is very difficult in many instances to ascertain the correct boundaries, more especially |vhen there has been no previous occupation, survey marks being of a moveable and perishable nature ; but care at first may save considerable trouble and expense hereafter. Instances frequently occur whore an error is inadvertently made and not found out for years ; for instance, the other day it was discovered that a well-known and energetic settler bad by mistake built upon and oeccupied for a long time a section which he always believed was his own property ; fortunately the right owner was on the spot, and at once signified bis willingness to sell at a fair value. The most singular part of the affair is that the real owner has all along been under the same impression as the unconscious occupier.

Ous Auckland contemporaries have established a very excellent rule as regards the publication of letters'in their columns aneut religious and semirehgious affairs, It is their custom after giving reasonable time and space for discussion of the matter at issue to insert the contributions of future correspondents on the subject among the adverments, charging for the same at the usual scale. We intend to follow the (. oyd example of our contemporaries in this particular for more reasons than one, tbs first and paramount one being that we are desirous to discourage as far as in us lies the introduction of any religious argument in our little paper. We feel convinced that many of our readers will think we are pursuing a wise course in taking this step, and, at any rate, we may comfort ourselves with the reflection that it is only taken after serious consideration, and with the best intentions for the public good. In the present impression we publish several letters on the subject of the late (it is pleasant to be able to write late) differences between the Kev. ilr Jordan and some of his parishioners ; and we wish it to be distinctly understood that with this issue the controversy must entirely cease, the only alternative being the one we have pointed out.

Mr, MiTc r ißiiTi, Government Surveyor, states that the rar' ars published in our columns to the effect that »- 0 was expelled from Rotorua by the natives of fjat district is without foundation. Ihere are a. ways two sides of a story, and, in justice to Mr Mitchell, we give publicity to his statement. We would further mention that this paragraph is written without the knowledge of. and quite unsought for by Mr Mitchell. Wo shall be glad to learn that Mr Mitchell is right and our informant in error, but the report came to us in such a form, and from so many quarters, that we should have grossly neglected our duty as public journalists if we had allowed it to pass unnoticed.

Thk principal provision of the new Insolvency Hill, now before the House of Representatives, is that, except by a special recommendation of his creditors, no bankrupt shall obtain a discharge from the Court whoso estate has not paid 10s in

the pound. It ia also provided tW insolvent not pay or be unahl« shoul(i the dividend, he is liable, after a i,oo Pay - that have any property since acquired seized re *l*U, to mi prisoned at the suit of any credited’ ° r **