AUCKLAND UNTRUTHS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 6, Issue 1, 29 June 1865, Page 1

AUCKLAND UNTRUTHS.

[From the N.Z. Advertiser, 21st June.] In the eyes of the Anckland journalists it would be utterly impossible for Mr Weld or any of his colleagues to perform a real service on behalf of the Colony. They are one and all, alluded to as being something more than stupid, and in many instances accusations which have a foundation only in the imaginations of a few misguided men are freely published to the world as truths. We have before as a case in point. Latterly the Auckland journals, for want of a more pro-

titable occupation, Lave amused themselves by inventing, for the especial benefit of their local readers, all sorts of charges against the Weld administration, and amongst other matthe memorandum in connection with General Cameron has formed the basis for most unfair and entirely unjustifiable comments. They have asserted over and over again that the memorandum dated the Bth April was kept back purposely, and that it was not re. ceived by General Cameron until the 14th May, or until the homeward English mail for that month had taken its departure from Auckland, and that this manifestly unfair advantage was taken by Mr Weld in order that the representations of Ministers with reference to the matter in dispute might reach the Imperial authorities without the officer whose conduct was so pointedly censured, having an opportunity of vindicating himself for some time after the memorandum had reached home. Now, like many other charges that have emanated from the Auckland journals this accusation was most unjustifiable, and had no foundation whatever in fact. We do not say that the writers upon the subject have intentionally misrepresented the circumstances of the case, but we do say that they should ascertain the truth before they insinuate that a gentleman occupying Mr Weld’s high position in the Colony has been guilty of conduct which would reflect anything but ere 1 it upon even an Auckland politician. The facts are very simple. The memorandum of the Bth April was, according to custom, by the veay earliest opportunity, transmitted to his Excellency the Governor, and if blame is attributable to any person for the document not having reached General Cameron before the I4th May, Sir Georgs Grey is the responsible party, M nisters do not officially communicate with the officer commanding the troops. They forward their memoranda to his Excellency, and it is for him to exercise his own discretion as to what steps shall be taken aftenvai’ds. The memorandum of the Bth April, as we have before stated, was forwarded through the usual channel, and, if it did not reach Sir Duncan Cameron until the 14th of the following month, it cannot be laid to any fault on the part of Mr Weld. It is more than probable, however, that the cause of the delay was the fact of General Cameron’s movements just at that particular juncture being very uncertain, as he was about leaving Patea for Auckland, and in that case no charge of neglect, intentional or otherwise, can be laid at any one’s door. The Auckland press should be more careful before making insinuations affecting the character of public men, and the writers should, at least, ascertain that there exists a fault, before they take upon themselves the responsibility of dealing out unqualified censure.