Mataura Ensign GORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1883. NATIVE AFFAIRS.

Mataura Ensign, Volume V, Issue 241, 27 March 1883, Page 2

Mataura Ensign GORE, TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1883. NATIVE AFFAIRS.

In view of recent occurrencea mii the Native dißtricts of the North Islfir id- — to wit, the pardoning of men of tlie Te Koo ti class — there will be fo umi many colonists watching with no li ttle interest the further development of . Hr Bryce'a unique and contradictory policy in the administration, . or mal-a» iministration rather, of Native affairs. " . The latest news from the North Is- : \ land gives another aspect to the whole question. It appears that Mr Bryce, in his. anxiety to promote settlement in w^at has hitherto been the terra, incog-, niia\6i the North Island, has made j a'aotjier wretched blunder, and, in the ' , absence of King Tawhiao, whose m ana | is still recognised by a large section of the "Waikato tribes, instructed Mr

fcHuwtWusH sul|»yor, a MaojjfeJii# jgttistjand a*n|i_in tfy&mwhom nonejlßitei^ ; could halve [jp^nsw^ed for the^orit^ ;to proceed th_:bugl^, the country|f^insi •bet*^i|^Tft«A^a^u / tv and H^^Pl3 of ascert^ninf. the nature of tne country and the best means of subsequently making a flying survey for a route by which to carry a liffr-^f "railway : If etwe'eii * the -'places ' named. Mr Hurstbouse! j -^Ojceeded on his mission, and when between Mokau fthd Te Kuiti, Te Kooti's set .lenient, was, with' his companions, 'stopped by some of Te Wtiiti's late •followers at Parihaka and ordered by jthem to retrace his steps. This he was compelled to ; do^ . feting, wie prejsume, upon' ihdtructidiis,' .Mr Hurstjhouse, accon_panied~~by an escort of jtwenty-five -STgatimaniapotos led by jtheir chief,Wetere te Rerenga — another JNana Sahib-^essayed t6 'force a pasjsage through ithe" p"pjieic" Mokau country, with the result that the party .were again molested, and, resistance Ibeing offered by "Wetere, overpowered and captured. The prisoners were ithen stripped of their clothes and chained up. A force of sixty Ngatimaniapotos was organised, and the, •next morning made an assault upon the obstructionists, . released the pris6__ers land conveyed them to.TeKqo,ti|s settlement, where, at.. last accounts, they jwere under the protection of that -loyal and law-abiding chieftain! "What. a mo Ta\ ihe Honorable John Bryce -will fiave with which to adorn the explanation he will be called - upon to make pouching the amnesty extended to Te |£qot_,:of Poverty Bay massacre fame ! With, what pride he will , refer , to. the grand, results achieved .by the Amnesty' Act ! ' "What might not have been the fate " — let the reader imagine the Honorable John Bryce asking the House — " of those poor surveyors, had I not included in the amnesty ! Messrs Te 1 Kobti amd 1 Wetere f Te Re T 'renga frr-for , of course the *: latter ■ (iwill be pardoned as, Te. Kooti.has ;been-~ I'l To those two chiefs the safety of Mr 'IJursthouse and his party was due, * ajnd, as a mark of recognition of their services, sir, I shall ask this House to ;^ive them a vote of thanks a,nd recommend His Excellency tp.' pall" 'them to tjie Upper Chamber." ' We can hardly that eyen Mr- Bryce; wili have 'so ■mjich asjsurance^ .but we sh^llibe, )vjery much surprised it a great deal of fu^.ip, not, made : over. .this business^ ; ajnd if Te Kooti and Wetere; Te • Rerb__&*;: the? slayers 'in 1 cold "blood; of uiyo*ffe^% k^^^;^^^Z.^sLy' and,,, the' white 1 Cliffs^ are^npt made to pose ap-rthe loyal * cliiefe; wW. protected; the and' rescued- him > from' the: .dutches of an infuriated md savag'o m6b,* ; * and, as de?'e^yiii| /.pf, the, highest 'praise, .ye- ,can.,,.&stew; ..■upon them, and of their .inclusion in the /amnesty,!:?.: We? s^aU be •Sry^^j^uc^astonis jied Jl ,- a < gsat deal - lA.gnni'tnMP T^\__P^^^oiii this Kirnbytt thef • HoriofSflMte 'Native*} Minister 'vvheniParliam^nt meets. ' ] ] If ''the^Fe ; a 1 serious' phase 1 ! ir_°<Sorin^ctipn with the incidents — above. ,r eif erred tp, it is this : Mr Bryce, if lie f 'ii4ve any 1 ' knpwlege of the Maf?ri;'..c^ai*'>6 ter, deserves to be, , highly; ', enured lEdr endeavoring to force a survey/ party through the King country in the abgcenbe^ofj'Tawhaio; He recently;' tempeS : tp,*wrest ;the Eng'is'war^^Qm h im, .bint was deservedly snubbed: for hip ipains, and, like a • whipped cur, slunk eiwa^'with his tail between ' hi$ t legs : , ''"Whining ; out something about.. 'f ja) dark , day "in. the near future for the: dyhasty. Remembering this 1 liijtle 1 episode, is it r any Wdhde'rthat^ - thWjNative's; ; always distrustful,^ should' 109k "^pon. the aclvent of a surveypar-r .tyj in* the absence of their chief, with . sufepioion, and act accordingly ? Mr .Bryce'haa added another to the long ;,Lisjb of blunders he has perpetrated since assuming control of Native affairs, and this latest incident , but shows that the paij'doning of Te 1 Kooti, \yhilst, it has givon that murderer \ain opportunity of posing, as the rescuer of a -Civil servant,! has in no way contributed to the . settlement of' the so-called Native difficulty,! but has, rather, had the effect of setting tribe against tribe, and, by bruising those wounds which the hand of -Erne '•#»* healing, , widened the breach /between ithe two, rapes.

Several interesting articles . will be found on pur fourth page. V, The Rev. J? Hobbs is to pay monthly yisiti' to Lumsden, " Churohless " will shortly spend Sundays at Mataura and Knapdale. '"-''* V "We hope the Eailway department will; effectually ; protect thp sides < of the. Gore Railway bridge. At present children are in ganger from passing trains and a bridjge with ■open sides, A few coils "oi wire would provide a remedy. A'Bpecial meeting of the Atbenaoum committee is called by advertisement, f° r this eypning, at the Baiiway ; hotel, for the purpoßa of considering various plans for a hall. As other matters of importance are also [ likely to be dealt with we have been requested' to Urge a full attendance of members , More good crops. We hear that Messrs McCaldon Brothers'* crops (grown on the N.Z.A-. Co.'s Longridge estate) have averaged so far— wheat 41, and'oa.ts 64 bushels to the.' acre. , . Many of our readers will recollect Mr John Galley, who for some years managed Mr Truinble'o estate at Otaria. Ho died in Dunedin recently. From the • Popotunoa Chroniole ' we learn that twenty-six acres on Mr M'Lachlan's fa rm at the Gorge, have tbis Beaßon yielded 64 bushels of oats per acre. Tbe Queen is confined to her room at Windsor Castle owing to the effects of a recent fall down the staircase. The injury was criminally only trivial, but Her Majesty's ka.ees have since become badly swollen, and complete rest is necessary. Tho * Lyttleton Times ' records the followj jng bqg threshing feat : "In a day's threshing <of !8& hours, Mr Muhhead, on Mr Bob-art I Millar's Winchmore farm, near Aslflfurton, 1 got through with a Clayton and Shuttleworth machine, 2,828 bushel -.of oats in a crop that went 62 bushels to the acre. A stable of brown otone and marble, costly woods and plate glass- Such as this might ijwwlv (*ays 'Land') haye be«» Bwwniwg •*

I 'n this laradevoloralent •^Ameri^pi^milHon--ij&reishfjflyjare |f| poli|||q wo^ [trin^ed withN"ij|p)h^^ ' trappingsare enolosed m plate glass cases and even the stable buols ets are adorned with the big brass monogram . of this " Paladin of Finance." The coaoh-house— walls, floor and, ceiling r alilifr--iß in polishedl woods of various softs) .anii' upbn bn'e of, the. walls Changs alaVgV mirror which reflets the line pf carriages ranged opposite. When the' horses return, from their work of fast trotting or carriage dragging, ;they r walk ■ along a, brdad strip of carpet— ju.t f as "*r°dyal personages db in Europe.. i , l ; i i*.' j It will be observed that Messrs Green and JBouness have altered the, date of their stock sale|ffpm i tbe/-ith ;, lJ9/t^ H 6th Aprils owing tO'a large stook sale being advertised by Mr J. 0 MoArdell .for Wyndham on the. former .date.; > ':/-' ■-'* '* ' ■ '* '••■■' •' ■ • - • /The 'Lake County Press' says that one bf the farms on the Crown terrace has yielded. .- *■, ,-* T **. ; *- *- \\ < 140 bushels of oats to the acre, lii cutting this crop the machine could not be used in the ordinary way. It had to cut ' along the side and return idle,, then go . inf o tbe prop again. . This "ji^s Jjqt..tbp , only, difficulty, for there , was not actually room to stook the sheaves. The straw was about sft. 6in. and the ears a foot long; , / •/Most of our readers know the Glenure Estate in the Waimea Valley. This was one Of the earliest selections in Southland, and whett Mr P. MdKellar put a portion of it'ln' the -nartAV id sections suitable' for farms it was confidently expected that sales would be effected and that there would be a very material increase in settlement ib those parts.' Unfortunately however, the result of the sale has proved otherwise. The sections Were put up on Saturday last at Inveroargill, and ih no case did! bidders' offers come "up to tne ivenctor's r eßer ves,' consequently, the whple of the property waß withdrawn. We have not heard what the reserve was, but possibly ir it':was*dis,olosed the reason why the ? sections' did not sell would be apparent; ' No doubt ' k considerable pqrtionpf -the property, will be •'disposed bf 'privately. <I A correspondent last week 'common teel in unfavorable terms upon 1 the; -arrangements mkde.it"? sequre immunity from' accident tovehicles and pedestrians >at the Gbre railway bridge ; but we fear he must. have written on . ill|digeste^- facts.' '; The flags are. invariably hoisted fifteen minutes before a train is due, and-when they, are in position no vehiole is allowed on the bridge. But it would .mani*? ■feßtly. inconvenience the public if a hard and fast 'rule were made forbidding th-?m to cross the 1 bridge when the flags were up, for often the lira-n is late, and, knowing that .it Mill be be- ; hind time, the bridge keeper is surely justified 19 using dißcretioaapy-pcwer t-b th© exten of allowing jMclestrians to cross. "Tfr--would be terjribbj: inconvenient for buisineas men- if * he ifix^tTan' arbitrary r,ule ,tbaji, .no. qne,. should cross with jh'jafteen minutes of ,tha time , fixed idrjthe arrival of a trainf ' If tiiat were done pedestrians on Friday last would have had to fret and fume, fpr a ,cppple of. hottrs before tiiely could cross; but of . course the bridge .keeper knew the train w;ould ..be .ate, iand all-dwed traffic to go on without , interruption. 'Wet should be sori^'ifblip the/ impression to go -abrbad that the bridge 'keeper doe's n'bt do hid ; 'dut|y; -because no more obliging- railway 'official exists.' I ' . "" 4t f a recent i pitting-.of / "th^B, M, Co^rt,. at, Ar^owterwn^r'|_l^arthy j -jwas )cbtarg<>§-<. i ..p&i the! information of G.,EI A,{ Gr..ni> Government Insurance Agent, tbat he did on the night of tbe'Sfch March, assault and beat the' plaintiff. The assault artis'e'frbin 'a dispute as "to whether the Mutual or ; the Government Insurance Sooiety was ! the - best. Tlie Behbh dismissed the case; -■''"■■ ! '" ',' " " ''*'' ' ,'• !''„'.', [/■ T r,i\i ••=.! .-so .*•-.•• ' •' • : '• '■ '•■* '-'*- -" •'"•* 4C -, It will be of service to the settlers of the "Knapdale District* to know that the-Sacra- : mebt of the Lord's Supper is to be distributed . jj'p Sunday 2fcnd : April next. This being 'th* r [first gathering of tbat description under the Buepiceß of the hew minister-jr-the '/Bjey; Wm. 1 LWijight — all those who may have felt the want of this- institution in their midst,;- have now an- opportunity ; of beooming members p the 'Knapdale* Presbyterian Congregation. The service will, be held in the Knapdale Schoolhpuse.; . • . : r■ ■ >- . • ' : ' < ■•* ' Mr Milher Stephen; the mag'netip healer, is : now in Dunedin and may be, consulted by patients. . Mr Stephen threatens the Oamaxu Mail with a libel action in consequence of that paper having termed him. an "impostor,'' md! asks the' proprietor to insert an apology and three. columns of testimonials, George, JoUes declines to do.any, such thing. . .( . Beoent calqgr;ams ,dpal principally -with Irish affairs, They state that the British Minister at • Washington has drawn r the attention of the United States Government to •the language employsd.by American Fenians who urge the use. of dynamite • to: redress .their grievances* iand he has informed the Government that suoh language is likely to impair the relations, between England and, America. Gl-reat alarm is felt in the neighborhood of Chatham Dockyard and Arsenal, , as a Fenian attack is believed to be projected. A reportds current in' Washington that the mysterious " Number One,' 1 connected with the •■' inner circle '* of assassins in Hubjin.has escaped to Mejcico. . . /We paid a visit tp the N.Z; A. Co.'s new sheep dip on McKellar's Creek the other day, and found the work in full, swing. This dip was ereotod this season in plaoe qf the ,old one built in ' 1868 by fMrG. M; Bell. It is on the most approved Austrajli^in plan, and . 3000 sheep can easily be dipped per day. Every oontrivanpe is in use for' lessening labor and avoiding knbeking the sheep about Water is brought by a rade froih-'i* Jarge dani about a mile distant, which race'ih bbc part [is cut out of ..the saudstone whioh, props, through' the _urf ace close tb the ; sheep waahr : Hatches dip is being ÜBed < again this;, year and with the same success as formerly. The New Zealand Agricultural Company's scheme for draining the well-know Black Swamp is very extensive, and oonsißts of nearly fifteen miles of various sized drains, the largest being thre feet deep, eight feet, on bottom and fourteen feet on top. The work will afford good winter's employment to a number of men, and we are glad to hear it has all been secured by local hands. Wo understand it is the Company's intention, next summer to give the Bwamp a thorough burning and then sow it all broadcast with white clover. As the swamp in its present state carries between two and three sheep to the acre during summer, what will it not carry when drained. and sown with clover However, we expect that suoh a good block of land [will mot long remain on the Com*, piny's hands ; and it bas every facility for settlement, aB the Waimea Plains Eailway skirts thegwholo of the northern^, de of the swamp-

•~-||r, J*etiniiS||;>an. Oj^Va B*msi mpt^witK ?aj se^iis inju^l^e other eve:s!^~'---j Wh|n re-i mi-engthebili^Bs'irpm oi|ei| : pf hjis^oirses,! th6snimal^#9d hl&'i .fraSwiMSihe-; «^^M|^g Irf }y&s/ *he ' sufferer was removed' to the Inveroargill Hos\ pital. It will be remembared that before, Mr Valentine -left the district- * he" ' -presented- ,v four ;of the ; Agricultural Company's sectipps^o, the* committee of the Lumsden Anglican Cburoh. We now learn<that the transfer has-been' coib- ! pleted, and as soon as funds are available no I doubt the erection of a building will be proceeded with.-'- 1 --*-1 *•"•*'• -■■■'■•■•-■•- ■■■■■ '' CapiiaVand labor would blend more harmoniously if some of our large landed pro-* prietors would follow, the -example of Mrp W*/ Morris, of Chatton, and "giVe ;v a" harvest 'hbnie supper and ball. In another part of this [''isSue he asks* all and sind ry to' assemble on, j Friday evening at his hall, and we have no doubt many will be found there on the night in question celehrating in good English fashion, the practical completion of suocessful harvest operations. ■tPhe tempestuoU3 weather experiencedi dtfribg the latter part of last week has not, si far as we cap learn, had .any serious iill-i effect upon the outstanding crops, though those still in the stook were severely damped. The fine, bright days with high, drying •'wiindswhioK followed the stormy 'will/ hbw-i' ,ever, havedried the stooks, and the work, of ( harvesting is now being' satisfactorily pro- I ciededwith.' * : ' ;;; '' ,: >A-- "'•-" **i' •*-•''" '• / ,Our truth-gloving cobtemporafy the '"Sd utH* lapd Times ' soars not above the performance " of! mean, dirty little tricks that would disgrkoe a fledgling in the journalistic f world." We happenedthe other day to allude 4o> the "crack of the rifle and the ping of the ' bullet ' •" injconnection with the * opening, pf the shooting season, special care [being taken to quot,e the word, -bullet.' The ' Times' reproduces the sentence, 'andiri order! to create a falSelinj- , passion, leaves out thp,, quotations, an d lets off a ponderous joke at the expense of Gore. Wie ne,ed not say that the inser^pn.of j_ u p*r-- ; l ta.ion marks would have shown even the readers of the ' Southland' Times' that no slip had been made on oue part ; . but put . iOoni temporary. after nauseating bis, -readers..(With**the most unmitigated tra^k about, Bible .^ead-. ing in schools a*nd, preaching a weekly. homi}y,. on commercial morality, has evidently come to ,the conclusion that the downward path is the. easiest and safest tO ; travel after' all. ' If Tie offends again in the 1 direction' we indicated' 1 in' -the first part of this paragraph we -shall -'.becompelled to remind him that people in glass - hoUses should not throw* stonesj Who does - not remember the,; nioelyrrounded - periods in whioh he informed ..us; that tarfcs.aud oth&H: light beverages w;e ro hapded *r,ound at, a, Gopd, Templar gathering, or the buoyant rlftng uage of the discoverer when he intimated that a schWe had beeu devised: for" colonising New Guinea with 2QQO, ptallions? ._}ew..Gumea has been partly colonised since then, and the « Times ' has . peyer ,, ventured ,,, to; tell its; readers that a large number of Italians havje found their ''■'way' thither? 1 The subject is one it does not like. > to.- speak abojat or be Reminded of,' and so there is aU.the,morkl.rsaßm.. wbyit, Bh.Q.uld,^,pa*Jg over little deflcie'noies f ,m" it^ .brethren of the 4>reis. .. It.will be. moire 'ouSfid in. future ;.but leet! it,sho,uld?pffend* -W have reserved ja, column or so of its queer; ■ sayings for use on a future occasion. > ; tin Wednesday a 'V&y* -sudden ahd decided ' 'change in the jgran^ harvest weather hitherto experienced for Borne weeks took place, and on Friday anil Saturday very ; heavy* "gales prevailed. So strong was the wind in the Vicinity ! of Clinton? that it seriously interfered- with the travelling of theiexpress train whioh; oa Friday ;: and .Saturday, was two hours, and one, hour, late respectively .pa,, the days, named. The cause of. the delay can not; however be whbily'ascribed to the force of the gale, -for' bn Thursday the' express wad half an hour* late' 'in leaving DnnediUj 1 and several minor delays occurred during its ' passage to Inveroargill. ■-. The.. train was also, heavily freighted with volunteers and their horseß, for the review. "It'is unfortunate that such unseasonable weather should greet oiir military visitors. The sports which , w;ere to have taken place on Saturday in'the Bark Reserve were.postppned. at the last moi *me*it until to-day, tlie weather being, too inclement to allow of any out door amusement. , Suajday, however, brought , a . and a fine) bright day favored the military operations at Makarewa yesterday.---v JU order to correct any wrong impression which.may hsvp;*go*ae jabroa^l, iwe^ may; -.state/ that in fteVftU^bablrSd^nt ,v tf_ r th 6 Government auditor, the clerk of the Gore Town Board was "^equesto^ tp have his hooks mad|eh^to : <Wte.l. fHe/^k McNeil)'"himself; suggested that his books should be submitted to a. professional accountant before they should come under the ' eagle eye ' of the (Government bffioial, and deiired that Mr Souness should audit his accounts. More thai! this, we, understand, Mr McNeil haswritten to head quarters aaggesting that Mr Souness should be 'appointed Go- : vernment auditor for the Gore Town District. It is necessary that the ratepayers should reoeive thisexjilanaition. as a, dain^j •< ing 'and unfounded rumor has been industriously circulated calculated tb reflect injuriously ]upon the chairman of the Board! 1 , Mr McNeil was giyen every opportunity to. got nis boots [straight beforo tbey,yrer,e,<>*ver^ haujed by the gentleman named by himself to Audit them. : We- hope. .this explanation; will! suffice to set the . Chairman right with ratepayers until next meeting of the Bparcji? iwheh,, ; W]B ? understand, ,thp m»*tteri.win-.beJ brought prominently forward. :-.)'.' '•>■• . a' large number of Mr lishendea's friend s \ met last evening, at the Club hotel, to assist at p. house-warming. Mr Fisbendej* had v made every preparation for his guests, and about thirty oouples put in an appearanoe in the new billiard room, where good music was provided and dancing was maintained far into the small hours. The room was tastefully decorated with evergreens, and the genial hoßt spared no pains to seoure the enjoyment of all. At about half-hast eleven au adjournment waß made to the diningroom where a cold collation was served iv a style: that augurs well for Mr Fishenden's reputation as a caterer. On all hands the opinion was expressed that this was one of the moßt ' enjoyable reunions of tbe sort' ever held in Gore. f Since our last issue we have learned that . onr announcement re the sale bf Sullivan's Eailway Hotel, Gores was premature; ?It now transpires that the premises, mentioned have been leased for a term bf three years — and at a handsome rental — to Mr Howell, late of the Elbow Hotel, Lumsden. We cordially wish the lessee much success in bis enterprise.