The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1885. GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 83, 11 March 1885, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) The Oldest Daily Newspaper on the West Coast. THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1885. GOVERNMENT LIFE INSURANCE.

When the deputation from tbe< Marigahao Special Settlement interviewed Mr Ballanoe (writes a Wei l.ington paper), he siafced that the= .association, might rely upon getting .ttoe mnd, at about 20s an acre. The(^a^e.Laad,s Board would have thoyalmng; bf • the lands, but if tl>ey. 'placed any ficfc'iciou.si value thereon todetiinieiu of settleiis, h^e.shftiiii se'tit aside, and appoint ft'(B.sh''vahia- | tqi-s. Mr BALtANCE sta^d 'fcliat if a.' ifc(#bfr' interview ; which" be liad Had. with certain members of the Waste ' LandH Board, Mr Bunny had piesented a number of names picked out ! from the list of members of the associ : ation, and asserted they were nothing but speculntors, desirous of picking out the eyes of the Crown lands for speculative purposes. He had replied, to Mr Uttnny that he was very well pleased with the class of men who had upp lied, and be, hoped .such men would spring up and " pick out the eyes" of t ths" waste lands, that settlement might be made. Mr S. E, Oappjer^ asked if selectors would be= allowed to live on their town sections,/! prpvicled they carried out the ira- ; provefments on thit>ir suburban sections, m accordance with the regulations. Mr Ballance replied that he could not even tacitly . agreo { that it would be allowed, but the Government would make no factions opposition to j tiie requirements of selectors, pr.o7 i yided the improvements were . properl j. . carried out, as # . it. was their /earnest desire to see the was^e lands ot the Crown occupied by bona fide J .settlers.;;;. ■, , ..■, „ . :, . It is very" satisfactory to note that the Minister is determined nob to, be coerced into any action which would embaraas the Associations by the re- | presentations of Mr Bunny, or £ny other small-minded member of the Waste iiands Boaid. Mr Bunny -may have been, and no doubt was, a ( power m himsjlf, m tho days of provincialism, when the late Superintendent T)r Fhathekston was too much a pliant instrument m his hands. Mr Bunny of to-day is*, .not the Mr Bunny of then by & very Jong Avay, aud we tmsc never will ai»ain bo able to xisurp the same antocri-'tic power m himself, "or exerr- ;r"-siniifjii' j aseeudancy over those above honi xla ! may fume, ain't Ixiil over nbiriu.' tho ' iniquity of thesu Special Sett'enirii'it -ABsoumtmns, as judged Iroch hi.'< (loulttlc.-s v«ry high staiulanl of'! political morality, economy, and all vhat: l»pr. w»; c:in at*sur« liini he will not lie ul lowed 10 !*tand m the way ot 0i © ' ' 6ttfc.«S m «n < VJein^g: 7 dO.y «i gp ed at any rate tp a stage to give it h faiv trial.

Mr Bonny may plac« any absurd valuation on the land he likes, <-,\y £4 or, £,5 per acra, and may moralise to hix heart's con ten c upon ihe awful j sin arid shame of the Associations j "'■jiickinsf out the eyes of the country,"' to use his favourite expression ; bdfc we feel assured that al! his opposition will weigh but little with .the Minisr ter or the Cabinet. These Associations promise to do more to settle the land than any previous scheme, and we believe most successful results will be adhieved. We greatly misjndge Mr Ballasce if he will permit any interference of the kind Mr Bunny evidently contemplates with a scheme m the inauguration of which, since he joined the Ministry, he has shewn a zeal that is worthy of all praise, and that the colonists of these districts ' thoroughly recognize and appreciate I and will not readily forgec. '