AHURIRI.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 595, 17 July 1858, Page 3

AHURIRI.

: „We have papers^fvom this precocious young district up to/tHe 3rd -.insti '..Tlieir, ,neat little advocate the _'• Hawke's Bay'; Herald//' seems full^ to: appreciate the pbtehcybf perseverancfe in. any; gi veil project, to -attain1' itsehd, ; On this principle 'he /unceasingly p ractiseth his' youth;ful. lungs : on, ; the all-absorbing': question of separation, and- has/ atrlength, the -satisfaction of hearing^ his " big contemporaries'' of Auck r land ,noticing'_ his cries, and, as it were, guarf dedly feeling their way, giving Kirn an encouraging nod, as much as to say,—"Go ahead youngster, you'll bea -"mail yet."; The folldwing is! the .notice of the 'New Zealander':—

r : The, ' Hawke's ;Bay. Herald Estates en the authority, of; Capt. Curling, M.L.C., that Ministers ,stan d. pledged .to bring -in a general measure "to '. provide,,'" i s / ucH, Sejf-governinent for lbcal/purpbiesl' as communities of similar character to that' of Hawke's rßay may require/ and'-this'assurance'is confirmed &y a letter from thd!. Colonial; Secretary to ' Captb Curling, in which;;occur'theiwords- we: havevquoted. Our contemporaryi seems tp have been-p.ufc out of-all liking" tor the, existing form offferoy^ncial government, by the mock vice-regal airs assumed by the'latef ejected Governors, of the province of Wellington;~fbf,'.; 'after' atldingy that " the general feeling of ~bbiih H Houses isrhelieved tb be with; us, andp.that;the Government bill may be! expected io ireceiye adequate support," he con-: elude* .withpthe. following "extra dig" at the; Tnumyi rate from whose ten.der.mercies he hopes; so spp.n/tpibei freed;:----"Of,;course, we are as; yet ignb'rant/of the/principle upon .which the* promised' mea'suW 'will be ; but have! reasons to believe that it will'be such as to meet; the generally expi'essed:'wish"for real self gov-i ernment,■ "without those ornamental appendages | ;which,are, hastening' Provincialism into general \ Contempt.".,- ■. ;Mry ( ,>" -,;;/; p;[ -;•,:■!: ■::.:" V I '/*' We'are' : not .surprised .at.tlus slighting tone i "wjieii'Ispeaking, of "Provincialism,"/ but our i contemporary"'must be understood as speaking i 'mainiyiteif Wellington'; Proper! As'to his views •and -sy'nipathiesj'he is not so' bigoted'in his ; hatredjbfijib'e existing-, form- bf • Provincial Gro.varninent, ; as, to ; .assert that it maynot be, and in : more. than., one province is, practically and economically, administered.., , lV - *„,: . . .>. :i -..--. "/"The measure in question- not ,havine; been yetp brought'forward—(and; indeed" we believe it -"will(iibt°be'introduced/till a late period of the sessiony^we-can"' throw no; light" oh: the principles^ or; rather details, likely' to ■ be,embddied/and enforced -therein.. :_The very- fact, hqweveiy that u the ,measureois ; to ; be; a i general one, will in no small degreecdmplicate^questions which Minister'si will have'to overcome in its preparation! and' passage' tb rqugh the .Legislature. The;;intricate 0 questions b'f the; relative apportionments •of '• the revenuls and liabilities of the several! ;prbvirice|—4the shares 'of each to be aivarded-Jto, or; incuri'ed ;by, the new Municipalities, Cpunties^or .Districts, (as the, title" of the Provincial, off-shoots may : be, finally fixed,)^— thes^ will require much careful consideration. Oiir friends' fins Ahuriri arid the .Hawke's Bay District, e"qu)illy! with the Separatists of Miirihiku, I'WairauV' and Wangahui, (for Mr. Fox prophesies \the adhesion- of his pocket borough to the Local ;S,elf .Government movementj if Ahuriri, is allowed to manage; its own affairs,) rnust r therefore be-cpntent to wait a few weeks longer;'before the measure for their enfranchiseriieiit'^comes, before' the General Assembly. That it1 will be'.bi;6ught: for Ward we have every confidence/arid also that its scope and provisions will be such asito ensure general support. We have little doubt, either, from what we have seen. of., the. people of Ahuriri, and from what we read of, their, sayings and doings in their \ energetici'advpcate.the ' Herald,' that when they iobtain the;;long desiderated boon, they will Uhew themselves1 as competent to exercise, as ■ they have been- earnest in; demanding local ■SeUVGoverriment. - . ■

I The ; Late Investigation at the Land IQffice.—By the steamer was received the Idecisioiv of! the Provincial authorities in this 'matter,/viz., that,Mr. Tiffen stands acquitted of iall the 'charges preferred against him, and that JMiv Willifims is dismisseafrom office.— Hawlce's •May'- Herald, June 19., j The customs revenue of the port of Napier i—consisting nearly. altogether of duties upon ibonded ' goods—for the quarter just ended, is ■£925 4s. 4d.,'feeing £624 ss. lOd. in excess of Mie; same'quarter {br 1857. The amount of collections for the. first quarter in this year was £961 6s;, being £667, 75., over that for the corresponding period in 1857.— Hid, July 3.