The Fielding Star. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11,1887.

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 2401, 11 August 1887, Page 2

The Fielding Star. THURSDAY, AUGUST 11,1887.

It is very amueHig I tio v an unprejudiced obaervei- to watch th#keen and spiteful .!iealoußy iwhich iexists /between Wellington and: Auckland journals ( and-rrwe) may isupposS— people, oju „the subject, of tap '^esp^e^tjyo, hc^rl^>i^ pfjtiifll^o; jplaciep. fueling ma y j^e/ w^ to, .elate, from ;'^atj. j ep l och,.in Ne^w %alpn ; d Lastpry which w'^as nijade remarlcab'je the , removal from A^ucki^na^fi&e'seat^^^ to the Empire City. For a' ldag time after thafr,ejenVtTi£ people of Well lington assumed a : tone of superiority ©VeTTtlfdse of &tfcWftnd'~iMr that, account, which they w.ere able to maini am' 'until ,tliat ; '.] unhappy day-f-f or 1 hem — on which the Aucklanders; dis-covered"-that- their—harbor— was' the chief an4i6Jlyiglo;ryi|o|J;he Wellingjtomans. Since that time no-oppo^•• tulU#:Kalu i beeTmls^ ohron;cnng -rr m . . . larj^e^, .^coq — evert little shipping disaster in Port Nichf dig^Jay^d* JbyjpeUin^tonj wh^en jfayCnalmep.j n^akes a reuselessness of the_San Francisco mail ffam Aucic&nJjpTOt^ jthe dSsired re^ suit of driving Jthj Auckland papers frantic • They appear ;.to overlook .the 1 fact altogether^thap this service is a direct means of revenue to the colony: to the gentle br^ezss .which obtain in Wellington inat^ wreck well foun^ above generally. A story is told of an Auckland craft lying^alongaide a Wellington wharf in apparent safely , ! whßtt a^epbyr carrifidi awAyih'eiiWpmast at the cap. — One of the haigls' itufrnedi !16[ it. r >Welliji^toa! nmdUji/land oursed!h<be i wind iwi»ich< .always i-pc*^ iWl^iitiiereacylEhe; IW^lKmgioK man, ! «nottto:ibe (hfehiudfi hand, > heaped maK)dictiDnsvonvtKebiotteniiAifclaajid.:ipar ithfltiofiuld'rit.ataadwai ibreeze^f wind. 3JhB tw» champions, kt^joncft did bjtbtlej fbrjthdi honor lof: their , respectivfiKwiad and^»ood>9i "v^ho/owas^yiotoui wri^do not'jfcndw fe.butiithisl eiampl9i[slM>*B howrsteongthjsl feeKng; is. ; n \?e ihap e jsdmeplnKndedge':<)fHbotb^T!boTßlland <areiwHlingT tpi a^miti AhafcmhUei^each ■iaieic^lknttinltsw^jv.neitheir^osse^BJßß .a^lmarkedtiuperidrity(o.ve r r the! othar if their several merits are compared. Auckland is cerlaihly[tbe'most-beaii-tiful, Vnofclme'rJßly.nas compared with Wellington, but-with- any other harbdr iniNew/Zealaiidl V Inytbfelrcs{>6fct Akai^af fetand^ seffond'.: lh£ it>dode also for safety. An Auckland man can alweye fend pleasure iii. ri gaWfng atine lovelyrßc^Hfe^y whifch' is otf^ach oidq of him. 'Hel is happy -'irf' the know-; ledge that either by steam or sailing Ve^l.J^d byirailwayii he cani^b© transported to newj not these advui^igeW.* '^He is colfined .to. Jlie f narrow "TOts, of %yFi4wM% «nfc# l the l WelUngton. ManawaW'i^iiwa'y wai^Vpened he Aa4 an easy , mett^of geWnff awayj frbm'itr '^Sir^BoßtoftT STolrf«Pt^hiS-| self into great disgrace with Welling-! toti because he dared^wlieri ra Auckland, to tell the people their had advantages iWer btners'. ' -In- our opinion' j th# i 'W#ingtbW^p r aperß' make fa; great mistake ia being ho sensitive.! They should know-by this time that Whah iiiiij^iiarKoriiß labtised >ai .crita-! eised, it- i* only^dohe withi the same intention that a red rag is held to a bull. Wellington professes to believe; her harbor is the best in the world ;j Auckland thinks Keftj'ihe.be'st in the! world, and elsewhere]; so both should 1 be satisfied.