The Evening Star. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18. 1874
The Premier, in one of his speeches concerning the abolition of Provincialism in the North Island, expressed his opinion that the compact of 1856 should be maintained. Few of those who at present inhabit the Colony are aware what that compact was. It was adopted in a series of resolutions by the House of Representatives, intended “permanently to adjust the public burden (debt) of the Colony.” This adjustment was to embrace the New Zealand Company’s debt, and the charge on the Loan Fund for the purchase of Native lands. The New Zealand Company, according to Swainson, had in twelve years burdened the infant Colony with a debt of L 268,000, and one object of the resolutions was to define the terms on which it was desirable to obtain an Imperial guarantee for a loan to pay off their charge on the Land Fund. The terms of the resolution were : That it is expedient, as part of a general permanent arrangement to redeem the New Zealand Company’s charge on the Land Fund upon the terms offered by the company and assented to by the Imperial Government, viz,, the payment to be made on iho sth of April, 1857, of a sum of L200.00Q. towards which all moneys in their hands at that date in excess of the interest, shall be applicable by way of reduction: the Imperial Government guaranteeing the loan for i that object. The L 200.000 to be obtained in England upon the best and most favorable terms practicable. At that time the House of Representatives numbered only 37 members, i of which Auckland returned 12 ; New' Plymouth, 3; Wellington, 8; Nelson, 6 ; Canterbury, 5 j and Otago, 3. Thu* the North had it all its own way ; 23 members against 14, and of those 14 the Nelson representatives generally identified with the majority. The next resolution prescribes as a “ further 5 part of such a general permanent arrangement” that it is expedient to exonerate the Land Fund from its liability for the purchase of Native lauds ttnd to provide a capital fund for acqu&ug stub lands, for this object it
ia proposed to borrow a further sum of £IBO,OOO, and to raise it in the English market as circumstances required, application to be made for an Imperial guarantee for the purpose. The next two or three resolutions affirm the grounds on which application for the guarantee of the Imperial Government is to be made. The tenth is as follows : - That as a further part of such general and permanent arrangement, and in order to adjust equitably the public burdens, the New Zealand lorapany’a debt be borne by the Provinces of the Middle Island in equal proportions, and the charge of purchasing Native lands by the Provinces respectively within which such purchases shall be made. 11th. That, in accordance with the former resolution of the House, the Province of Auckland be relieved respectively, as well as prospectively, from the New Zealand Company’s debt, and that after payment of the sum due to the company on the sth April, 1857, the balance of the loan of £200,000 be made applicable to that purpose -the revenue in deficiency or excess to be adjusted when the same be ascertained. The Province of Auckland on its part bearing the sum of £9ll 8a 9d under the Land Claims Ordinance New Ulster, as a debt incurred for its exclusive advantage. 12tb. That this House is of opinion that the administration of the Waste Lands of each Province shall be transferred to the Provincial Government of such Province, and the Land Revenue shall be made Provincial revenue, subject to the following charges The Province of Nelson to be subject to a charge of £66,666 13s 4d, to bear interest at the rate of 4 per cent,, with a sinking fund of 2 per cent. The Province of Canterbury fq be subject to a like sum on similar lerms. The Province of Otago to bo subject to a like sum on similar terms. The respective Provinces of Auckland and Wellington to he subject respectively to charges equal to the proportion of the permanent loan borrowed for the purchase of Native Lands in such Provinces respectively, with interest at the rate of 4 per cent., and a sinking fund of 2 per cent. The Province of New Plymouth to be subject to a charge equal to a proportion of the permanent loan borrowed f or th e purchase of Native Lands, with interest at a like rate, and with a like sinking fund, allowing a sum of £20,000 as a free outlay to be i»ad e in that Province in the purchase of Native Lands without charge to such Province, 13th. After such outlay of £20,000 shall have been made in the Province of New Plymouth as aforesaid, the Colony do guarantee out of its general revenue to make up any deficiency in the gross proceeds of the land sales within such Province, so that the shir* derivable from such gross proceeds be no less than £2,200 in any one year. The fourteenth resolution relates to the apportionment of the proposed loan of £IBO,OOO for fresh land purchases. Auckland generously took £90,000; Wellington, £54,000; and New Plymouth, £36,000, 3uch were the terms of the compact, which tfye North Island Provinces evidently considered very equitable—a conclusion we are not prepared to dispute. Although this was not the idea entertained by the members for Otago ; for we find them voting in the minority. The division list—for there was a division—standsthus: Ayes, : 19 : The Colonial Treasurer, Stafford, Hall, Domett, Major Greenwood, ; Campbell, Lee, Qufp, Travers, Wil-I liamson, East, Wells, Tailor, Cur-_ tis, Meebiman, Ludlam, Carleton, ; Brittain, Colonial Secretary .(teller).! Noes, 10.: Captain (0.4-EOILL, Cargill, EiTZHERBERT, POX, PgAfflEßston, Daldy, Henderson, Mac an- , drew, Smith, Ward (teller). In this list are many names now no longer,! known as those of leaders of publicopinion : some of the members have passed away, as must .be naturally ex-! pected in a period of eighteen years, but there are still enough left to give interest to present proceedings. It was little imagined by those thirty-seven members that the time would come when Auckland would be the first to Gom-j plain of arrangements apparently so ad-' vantageous to that Province, and would 1 seek to obtain a share in those valuable lands in Canterbury and Otago, which then seemed so worthless, and which by the arrangement were apparently so heavily burdened. But the time has come, and this is the arrangement that the Premier has more than once expressed his opinion should be abided
• Our morning contemporary, the ‘Guardian/ feels aggrieved at the telegram received from Wellington and published by us last evening We are glad of that, as it tends to the conelusion, coupled with this morning’s leader, that our correspondent was misinformed! As for the discourtesy complained of, we cannot see it; for if the report were true there coaid be no harm in giving it currency, and if false it afforded the opportunity which has been seized of contradicting it. Mr Watts’s mare Calumny left for Sydney in the Victoria yesterday, from Wellington. The ‘Bruce Herald ’ states that the am< unt of ah kinds of timber sawn iu south Otago for the last three months exceeds 2,000,000 feet, embracing the following bashes—VViaton, Waihopai, Jacob’s River; Forest Hill, Invercargill, Seaward, and M'Garraway’s. At the Port Chalmers Resident Magistrate s Court this morning, Dennis Foot, a seaman belonging to the ship I • iadostan, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, with hard labor, for indecent exposure. Mr Mansford appeared for accused, who pleaded guilty to the charge. Dr Drysdale and Captain Thomson were the presiding Justices. ° ' The new Fourth School, Albany street, was opened yesterday morning by Mr Mont gomery and his two assistants. The pupils present numbered 160, and the school wil accommodate 500 children. yesterday the Oddfellows’ Hall was occupied by Messis Fergusson and Chapman, and a number of the pupils who were lately taught in the Middle Histrict School. The fortnightly meeting of the Mornington ■ Mutual Improvement Society was held iaj the District Hall last evening ; the Presi- ! dent (Mr Russell) in the chair. Mr M‘JNee read a very interesting paper on “ Primeval, Man, which was followed by an interesting discussion. A sub-comittee was appointed to draw up a syllabus of subjects for a course of lectures; and two new members were proposed. . Mr Wiltshire having decided not to finish his task of walking 1,000 miles in 1,0001 hours, stopped last night after completing! JJO miles. JLhis course, we regret to say, i he deemed ifc advisable to take owing to hist creditors pressing him, and two of them; taking him before the local court, and not ■ owing to'his inability to complete his under- \ caking wi liin the specified time. When ht ! stopped ho appeared .to b f in perfectly j. o ud l neaith, and nearly ae freak as’ when he started.
“ The Octoroon ” was repeated at the Princess Theatre last evening to a large audience* In the second part of the entertainment, M. Beda’s performances on the trapeze were warmly received ; Miss Martineau’s dance was encored, as was also the negro song and dance, by M. Beda, “The One legged Man. ” “ The Stranger ” will be played to-night, with Mrs Hill and Mr Steele in the principal characters. Last night a convocation of the Royal Arch Chapter of Otago, No. 144, E.C., was held in the Masonic Hall, at which the principals and other officers for the ensuing year were installed. The officers for the year are-Ex-Comp. Elridge, M.E.Z; ExOomp. Wilson, H ; Ex-Comp. Stout. J.; ExComp. U‘Ren, P Z.; Comp. Ross, Treasurer; Comp. Usher, S. E. ; Comp. G. Greenfield, S.N,; Gimp. Fordyce, Principal S,; and Comp. Low, Janitor. The installing principals were Ex-Compa. Nathan’and Meyers, ihe Frovincal Grand Superintendent of New Zealand, Ex-Comp. Caldwell, and his officer*, visited the Chapter, and also ExComp. Mills, .Stables, and Gow, &c After the Chapter had been closed, the usual installation b nquet was held, at which the toasts suitable to a meeting of Arch-Masons were duly given. _ The remains of Mr Charles Osborne, who died on Sunday morning fr-un inflamation of the lungs, were interred in the Port Chalmers cemetery yesterday afternoon. The vessels in harbor, and at the (principal places in the Port, had their flags half-mast high out of respect to the deceased, and the funeral was one of the largest that has been in the Fort. The Hev. Mr Johnstone officiated at the house, after which the procession marched to the cemetery, where the burial service was read by the Rev. Mr Leeson. The deceased has left a widow and nine children to mourn his loss, and they are totally uupro vided for. Subscription lists have already been opened for their benefit, which we hope will be liberally subscribed to, as we can vouch for its being one of tho worst cases of distress that have occurred in the Port.
The ‘Western Star’ reports an accident to the p.s. Comerang, when on her last trip from Dunedin to Riverton. She left Port Chalmers on the 10th inst, at 11.30 a.m., and on her way down passed Slope Point, about two miles off. Shortly after saw breakers ahead, when the helm was immediately put bard-a starboard, and the engines reversed, but before she could gather stern way she took the ground, lay there about eleven minutes, and then backed off and proceeded to the Bluff. The pumps were sounded, but the ship was perfectly dry and showed no sign of damage. At Riverton a survey was held, when it was found that the only noticeable damage was that the after part of the keel had got a little chafed and some of the copper on her bottom scratched. The surveyors (Capt Tall and Mr Longford) recommended that she should be docked on her arrival at Dunedin. The ‘ Bruce Herald,’ commenting on the proposals of Mr Vogel to ah dish Provincialism in the North, says:—“lt is really little or no business of ours here, that is. having taken it for granted that the abolition of Provincialism is desired by the Northern?. Apd on this point there need not be much doubjfc, thqugh it is true the accounts of public jja. Auckland are very widely divergent.' ft' is comforting, however, to know that thesp accounts are all more or less unreliable. Somehow or another the correspondents through whom these accounts come, whilst acting, we doubt not, with the most honest intentions, are all to a great extent imbued with political prejudices of varying degrees of intensity, and they consequently announce that ‘ the state of public feeling here is,’ &c , whilst in reality they judge of public feeling much by the politicians with whom they are in accord, and whose utterances they hear. But to anyopp well acquainted with the state of .ffurs, the people in the North, there needs lit.tle ,?.rguinept fco show that anything which may get rfd of jfche dual system of Government there will he hsile<jL aa £ relief ; and further, it needs -o very lengjbtiy process to conclude that Provincialism is a positive evil there.” , Information was conveyed to the police at 2.55 o’clock this morning that Mr Anthony Hayzen, residing in High street near the end of Hope street, had attempted suicide. Sergeant Golder at once proceeded to the hqu?£, and found, as informed, that Mr Hayzen h#d hjs throat cut. He was lying! in bed on his left side with a great gash in i his throat. There yv?s & farge pool of blood: on the bed. Dr Pergugson ajfriyed’ ten minutes later, and found a penknife ijji the pool. Deceased was then dead, Frqm the statement of George Hayzsn, sm of the deceased, who slept in the sime room with his fath r, it appeared that the latter had been suffering from a cold or low fever for about three weeks. Of late he bad been low spirited, and last night he went to bed about a quarter past eleven o’clock. The son was awoke some time after by the hard breathing of his father. He got up and was }n jbfle act of striking a light, when his cut my thrqat.F fje then lit the candle, and seeing what his father had done, immediately called Mr rfperr«y, who wss in bed in the next room. Deceased had been jn business ip. Stafford street as a cone mission agent for many years, and was highly respected. An inquest was held this afternoon, but was not concluded up fco tho time of our going to press.
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