Hawke's Bay Times. NAPIER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1864.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 161, 12 February 1864, Page 1 (Supplement)

Hawke's Bay Times. NAPIER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1864.

Our veracious contemporary the Herald, in its issue of Saturday last commences' an article with a jumble about the editor of this jiaper, Puketitiri Bush, ex-District-Surveyor, unsuitable position of Military Settlements, and Bousfield’s doughty goose quill. What, in the name of common sense, have these elements to do with each other ? That our distinguished editor may unconsciously be in the neighborhood of the Puketitiri Bush is an assertion put forth by the old lady at the Herald office which she cannot substantiate, and is a point on which we do not feel inclined to gratify her at present; but that we have taken a contract for the survey of that sublime part of the country we deny. How. ever, we do hope that, if Mr. Bousfield is really in the aforesaid bush for the benevolent purpose named (a startling fact, of which hitherto we were ignorant,) he will comply with the earnest desire of the astute Herald and wield his “ doughty goose quill” for its especial edification, in order that the hopes, doubts, and fears expressed by that journal in the remainder of the article to which we . , \ % „ ,1 iUiUUC LUcIJ UC UCUICU UJA. That the settlement of a number of people in this district will tend to improve and invigorate the province no one doubts; but that the present government have “ worked hard” for the introduction of Military Settlers is mere clap trap put forth by the Herald on behalf of the Government, considering that the General Government alone has had recourse to this measure for the protection of the settlements of this island generally. It is but too well-known that the present Provincial government have not the true interests of the Province at heart, either in the shape of emigration, acquisition of land, or anything else calculated to induce an influx of a permanent population. Witness theivdissimulation on the leasing of the Pakowha plains, at the last sitting of Council. It will take more ink and paper than the Herald is likely to expend, to wash out this one stain out of many which blots the scutcheon of the present Government.

The Herald, with venomous spite, designates Mr. Bousfield as a “shicer;” but, as usual, fails, and is unable to give proof of it, fervently hoping, no doubt, that Mr. Richardson will be able to “ walk the course.” Mr. Bousfield’s sin lies in his following his profession as a surveyor, by taking a contract under Government, —a privilege the proprietor—if not the editor—of the Herald thought proper to exercise, whilst holding a seat in Council.