The Dunstan Times FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1872.

Dunstan Times, Issue 557, 20 December 1872, Page 2

The Dunstan Times

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1872.

Beneath the Rule of Men evt'relv .t hst the pu-'-t ta mightier than the sword.

The European workmen have nothing now to fear from the competition of Chinese as labourers, they have signally failed. Their services on the Clntha railway being not worth one half that of Europeans, and the country may congratulate itself that the elf >rts of .Mr. Brogdim are not'likely to p'ac the labor of the Caucasian race a; a discount.- Had tlie Chinese proved successful c »mpeti ors T.’i hj Europeans i i the cmiatructio i of our radways, i is difficult to say where the ev.l would hive ended,

j their services would have beenenlisted I i.no other public works, and no opcu- | ing whatever would have been left for j lvi l'otji an labor. Happily, the designs | of Mc;-siVi Urogden, Vogel, and Go., | have been frustrated, and the Colony | save' l from becoming a dependency of China. Whether other de-scripti-ais ■f Asiatic labor are to I e intro luced, time alone will tel). British labor promises to still maintain its ground. The much vaunted importation of Norwegians and Swede.-bas not proved an in qualified success, and, despite the {forts of the linn. Julias Vogel and his confreres, New Zealand will, after ill, he ihe home ol the Anglo-Sa on liniopean co'bnists should rake heart from this They are not likely to be supplanted by uncivilized hordes from Asia, or lahouie s from Northern Europe. The British workman stands unrivalled everywhere, and the dastardly attempts made by the spurious politicians of New Z'aland has not -nccei ded iu hurling him from that position. in Europ •, the English navvie has no iqnal, his hone and sinew has been hugely (mphyul in the construction of most of the Continental ines of railway in France, Spain, Italy, and Russia. His powers have vanquished the native labor. Attempts were ma le in California to nt.ilise Chinese labor on the Pacific railroad, but they proved failures; still this was excusable, native, American, or European labourers were not procurable ; but it was oft to the gambling, unprincipled New Zealand legislators, to supplant Biiiish labor whe-e British labor was supposed ro be welcomed and find a home It should be the inter' at of everyone, let him be a capitalist or not, to keep ihe Colony as purely European as possible; if the labor is to be perlormcl by A-iatios, those who live by the labor of others, 1 ad better reek some more cong nial climate, further towards the south, where the languid Mongolian or Lascar is at hom- ; hut if we are to preserve New Zetland (and no place is better suited for a future home for tits British race) let ns by all means make it such, that any of our poorer countrymen wanting work may find it, and not be subject to (lie indignity of Asiatic competition. Honest labor will always meet its reward, and nothing is more certain than that of Messrs. Vogel ami Company will, iu due course, be taken at its real value. ■Whatever may be said about bad times on the Goal-fields, the progiamines for horse races and other sports to come off during the enstt'ng holidays, must dissipate this illusion, j As fir us miningmatters are concerned, | things in proportion to popnlati m were | never better, there is plenty oi pro- ■ litable employment, new ground is 1 being constantly opened up, and it' only requires an increased water sup- 1 p'y to open tip more country. The chances of gold mining have been almost reduced to a certainty the araoiintiTuiotivnpowpr, as represented by a certain quantity of water is easdy estimated, and the yi-ld of gold proportionately ascertained. The lisle in miring for the precious metal is even less than the risks of the store keeper, while the profits are assured, and almost every miner knows that, in propoi turn to the amount ot work exi cuted,.-owill be his toward. Ground sluicing has almost been reduced to a d-ad certainty, and the income can be calculated upon, If business is dull, it is not the fault of gold-mining That industry is no tvorss because the money market is tight or that there are more caterers to supply the miner than his wants require, or that people are determined to foist luxuries upon him he does not need. Were demand and supply equalised, there can be no two opinions—that the position of our gold-miners' and the working-classes generally was never better, Those of our readers desirous of employing labor are fully aware of this fact, and nothing is more unmistakable evidence of the well-doing of the workingclasses than to find labor unprocurable, even when the highest wages are offered. The question at the present time is almost one between the bees and the drones. The former are t..0 few to support so many of the latter, consequently they must find fresh ] fields ai d pastures new. I.ezitini ite traders have no cause lo c< nip ah ; ■ but, win re thu-f is no'atuiiug for enterprise, it is "lily folly to expend it. The miner finds emplo ment for u number of caterers to i is wains ■'still there is a unit, and .f those who come topics up the crumbs arc in excess

of “hat an! reasonably necessary, the fault is with themselves. There is plenty of healthy emp oyin»nt fn all Midi as desire to properly devote theii energies: the only difficulty is to find t‘>e proper Kvel.

At tie Meeting of the Waste Lands Board Dunedin hold on the Hth in-t, The following applications to | >n.-chase lands held m - der agricultural l.ase were saneioued:—J. W. K> bertson, section 8, block 21 and sec--83, block 3, Shotover; F. M'Biide, seelim 92. block 3, Shotover, a-d section 2, Upper Watntip; W. Hays, seciion 7, block 2, Tuapeka Fast; A. C. Thouijson; secticns 34, and 39, block 9 Shotover; J. M'Biide, sections 1, Upper Wakatip; J. D. Feraud, sections 4 to 45 and C 7 to 69, bh c-k 2 leaning Bock; J. G. Gardener, si otions 29 and 26, block 4, Table Hill, In the las' -n.enf ionel application, it was ordered that the tailway reacrv” should be marked in the grant. Tbos. Turner applied to purchase seed, ns 2an 13, Blaoks'oue Hil'; a ,- d Warden Carew recommended that the Hill’s Creek reserve should be surveyed for sale into sections to meet the present holdings and fences. The who'om itter was referred to the Government with a suggestion that Mi l’s Cnek vidage be surveyed in accordance, with the Warden's letter. i 'n the occasion of the first sitting of the Supreme Court at Lawrence the local Magis tracycavea dinner to His.Honor Judge Chapman. W i son Grey Judge of the Dig trict Court was pi e cat. Vincent Fyke R, M j occupied (he Chair. We beg to acknowledge receipt from the Registrar General a Volume containing the Statist!ts of New Zea'and for IS7I, to which is added the agricultural statistics of the Colony for 1872. In a late i.-aue of the Provincial Government Oaxdte it is no ifie.l that the next loud sales will take place as follows , Alexandra, Janua'y 21, 1873 ; Clyde, January 22; Cromwell, January 23 ; Bincli. o, January 24, and at the same place and date, sections in Pembroke, Newcastle and Gladstone; at Roxburgh, January2s, sec--1 tions in Enrich ; an I at Black’s, January 27, scctioi s in the township of Manuherikta. The attention of owners of quartz claims is directed to an advertDeme ;t in another column, aun'itnoing fir sale a complete crushing ami mining plant. Ths Auslra asian s tvs the disqualillcation of Peeress in New Z aland, because shs was parch is id from Mr. Redwood by Mr. Wal era and scratched for a race for which she was a fav airlto, has been freely discussed in sporting circles, and there can lie no doubt that the .stewards exceeded their pnwets, for all the best author! les agree that they overstepped the Jaws of racing.” The Dunstan Jockey Club have aocoptel the t nler of Mr. William Atkins for the addition of reficshm mt rooms, stewards, jockeys and weighing rooms, and other altorarious to their grand stand on tb.e Dunstan Race Course, the contract price being 143/. The alterations, when completed, will be a groat improvem -nt, and must tend consi lerably to the oom'ort of visitors to the taces. The Ciub contemplate having the C mrst fe tea I m hr the next annual meeting. When this is done, and the whole enclosure laid down in English graa-es tto more aVr active courso we think will be found in the Province. We leam by circular that the shares of the Sub •tna me Gold Minin; Company arc being now allotted, the Company will be immsdia'elv registered un ler the MinTtg Companies’ L’tnite .1 Li ibili-ty Act, a id that a contract hj is been enters 1 int i for the construction and delivery at such place as may be selected for its working of the Submarine boat. And the provisional directors trust, that within two months, operations shall have commencedWe are reliably informed that His Honor \ the Sop-rintendent accompanied by H. Bastings Esq., Secretary for the G'dd-fie'ds intends at the begining of the year making a tourm the northern Gold-fields. From the report of the public mectinr published in another column, a sliaht idea can only be formed of the indignation felt by everyone upon receipt of informiti in of the sale of sections ia the Leaning Rook Survey District, by tin Waste Lands Board at its las; sitting. All daises alike, appeared to have been seized with but one desire, which was to c ."press, in no measured terms, their opinions of a government that could commit so flagrant a breach of faith, as they were guilty of in selling land prayed by petition to he withheld from sale. We await the result of the deputation appointed at the meeting to confer with his Honor the Supe-iutendent of the subjeot before committing ourselves to an opinion, as we cannot but think the Government must have boon misinfoimed before granting the request of Mr. Feraud to purchase. Mr. Warden berth,am, and the party who accompanied him, returned on Tuesday evening last from their exploration trip to and from Martin’s Bay. All speak very highly of the great natural capabilities of a largeporliou of the country parsed through, and especially of the llollyford Valley, which is said to averago about four miles wide and fifteen long. The Jamestown are anything but well provided with necessaries of life, their only provisions being bread, .tea, sugar, and very bad ‘ ‘ salt junk, ’or beef. No wonder the people display so little energy in clearing the laud an I en.idling thi locali’y with the fruits cf their till. - It was lulie better than a • farce to send nun I the Wallace stunner wi hj such a 1 lasted supply. We are no a-le inw to ~be a -ep-.irt f-o:n our special co-ops o'den ; but sii.-l- next week ) übiish fail an 1 interest i g n itos of the sc nery, trai-ks* capabiii.ie? of the country. lip Mail..