The Globe. MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1874.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 19, 22 June 1874, Page 2

The Globe. MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1874.

The Auckland papers seem sadly disturbed at the good fortune of this province. Not content with regretting that they cannot obtain a share of the large revenue arising from the sale of waste lands that is now flowing into the treasury of Canterbury, they gravely And fault with the policy which induced Westland to separate from us ; and they proceed to point out that if Westlaud had remained an integral part of this province, that it would have been entitled to a fair share of our present revenno being spent upon it. The “ Daily Southern Cross ” says that “ there can be no doubt that a grave injustice has been done to the new country comprised within the new province by the separation, and a parity of reasoning will show that, as respects Auckland and the compact of 185 G, a similar injustice naa been sull'ered by this province.” Now we cannot at all agree with the above views. Canterbury did not want to get rid of Westlaud, but the latter insisted on being released from its connection with us, and having the administration of its own revenues. In the usual fashion of all digging communities they fancied their golden deposits vvere going to last for ever, and that they would form a much more im-

portant province on the West Coast thru poo; Cauterbir y could do on the East. We a'e far from saj ingthat they are not right, even yet, as the experience of the Australian goldfields, has taught us that when once gold healing quaitz has been found in riy spot, there is no telHng the state of prosperity to which the place may not be eventually brought—take, for example, the Sandhurst District, probably at the present time the most flourishing in the colonies. That Canterbury should now be in possession of money from the sale of public lands which “ enables her this year to spend a sum nearly equal to the estimated revenue of the whole colony ” is no argument, as of course our Auckland friends know, that it must be impossible to raise such a sum for more than a few years, as every acre of our available waste lands would be soon sold; and it is only by investing the money so received in reproductive works, in opening up the country, and in giving facilities for traffic, that Canterbury can hope to retain the place she has won among the provinces. That periods of depress'oa will come, no sane person in the community can doubt, and it may be, that when wo on the East Coast are suffering from one of these peiiodical visitations, the sun of Westland may be rising again. Auckland had its period of luxury, when the troops were quartered in the North Island, at which time contracts of every sort brought money into the pockets of its citizens, and a large war expenditure (of which we in the Middle Island had to pay our share) was going on in the town and surrounding parts of the province. Westland had its period when gold was the cry from Hokitika, up and down the Coast, and we did not gain much benefit either of the places in question, during these wealthy periods, but now that an efficient administration has been at the head of our affairs for some years, and we are reaping the benefits of its prudence and foresight, our Northern friends cannot help giving a longing eye to the surplus in our Treasury. We trust that they will not be able to get hold of i ry of it, and we think we can safely trust our present represeutat'ves to defend the interests of the prov nee in the Assembly.