MR WATERHOUSE ON THE ADDRESS IN REPLY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IX, Issue 165, 14 July 1874, Page 2

MR WATERHOUSE ON THE ADDRESS IN REPLY.

In speaking ia the Legislative Council to the address in reply to His Excellency's speech, moved hy the Hon Mr Campbell and seconded by the Hon Mr Miller, the Hon Mr Watarhousa made tho followiug caustic remarks: — I listened, Sir, with very great interest to tha remarks that fell from my honorablo friends the mover and the seconder of this resolution. I cannot say that I concur with them in ail ihe observations they mr.de. Still their speeches were essentially good speeches, and one always lis*ens to a good speech with pleasure. I could not help thinking, when my honorable frieud Mr Campbell waa lauding tha institutions and the people of this colony, that it the distinguished novelist who vitited this colony, and gave some account of the institutions and the habits of the inhabitants, and who dilated upon the national characteristic of " blowing," had been present, he would have agreed that my honorable friend who moved the resolution was worthy of carrying away the prize for that accomplishment. Sir, His Excellency's speech is, to my mind, not at all a satisfactory speech. It ia a speech which gives forth no certain sound whatever* — a speech that the more you look into it the less you detect in it. It ia like the utterances of the Delphic oracle, giving forth no decided opinion whatever. Sir, in this respect it appears to me an unsatisfactory speech. After the somewhat stirring incidents of the last recess, I expected fo see matter of great interest brought forward and measures of great importance aunounced. The last recess of Parliament has been in many respects a peculiar one in the history of the colony. There has been, Sir, a degree of ministerial feleing and ministerial speaking altogetbi r unprecedented. The Hou the Premier has been making his tour throughout the length and breadth of the colony, and been indulging in a large amount of public eating and public speaking, the first of which reflects credit upon his constitution, and the second upon his ability todressup,in so many different forms, the .ame leading thoughts. It wiil be in the remembrance of honorable members that the Hon the Premier's en franco on this career of festivity and oratory was at Otago, I remember that tho telegram which announced hia arrival in that provic.ee, or the arrival of himself and one of his colleagues, stated tbat champagne speeches were delivered on the occasion. Ido not know what is the exact signification to be attached to the expresaion "cbampague speocbes," It might apply to the particular liquor imbibed, or it might apply to the gaseous quality of the speeches themselves; probably in both respects the designation was not altogether inappropriate. But, Sir, after these champagne speeches, there were, as we all know, long confidential communications between his Honor tho Superintendent of Otago and the Hon the Premier, which excited in the highest degree the curiosity of all politicians. What was tbe nature of the arrangement, then arrived at we have never been able satisfactorily to decide, but we do all know tbat whenever his Hooor the Superintendent of Otago and the Hon the Premier put their heads together, it bodes ill for third parties. Probably the announcement that we are shortly to be favored with a proposal for a loan of half a million from that locality, accounts to some extent for tbeso long and interesting interviews. Then, Sir, the Hon the Premier wended bis way to Nelson, an interesting little town, which was by his presence roused out of its somnolency. Here again there was much public eating, much public speaking, many long, mysterious interviews between the Premier and tbe provincial authorities. We do not know yet what transpired on those occasions, but we do know that public spirit rose or waa depressed according to the cheerful or depressed appearance of his Honor the Superintendent of the province, as he came out after these mysterious • conversations. While the result of those interviews has not thoroughly transpired, we do, however, know this: that the province of Nelson received an offer of £20,000 down, to aid them in certain works, and that as a result of these interviews tbey seemed to arrive at the conclusion that there was really a chance of tbeir getting £250,000 if they persevered in the course they determined upon. Therefore they refuge! the £20,000, and resolved to apply for the £250,000. Then the Hon tbe Premier went from Nelson to Auckland. We looked there with a great deal of interest to see what would take place. We knew that his Honor the Superintendent of that province had of late years been a violent political opponent of the Hon tbe Premier, and it was with gratification we saw the tomahawk buried, and that his Honor the Superintendent, under the ennobling influence of gratitude, which has been declared to be * * a lively sense of favors to come," expressed himself aa intending to be a supporter on future occasions of the Hon the Premier. Well, Sir, there was in Auckland a fresh outburst of conviviality, and after this, fresh mysterious interviews between the Premier and the Superintendent. We scarcely know what was the result of all these interviews, but in his Honor's address to the Provincial Council, at the opening of its recent session, we obtain some slight glimpse of what had transpired. His Honor was able to

tell the Council on that occasion that he had, through the kindness of the i General Government, been promised an advance of £40,000 to pay the current expenses of the province. And this £40,000 was to be in tho shape of an advance upon lands not yet bought, and which, when bought, would have to be p*id for out of moneys to be yet borrowed. But his Honor was able to go beyond this, and tell hia Council, to the great delight of the members present, ihat he had likewise been able to arrange with the General Government for an advance of £5.000 upon the Auckland big pump. My honorable friend on my left seems to be in iguorance of the circumstances to which I refer. It i 3 desirable that honorable members should have a clear appreciation of the paternal action of the Government, and I may, therefore, be allowed to enlighten my honourable friend as to what lam referring to I may slate, going back a little, that about fifteen months ago I had the pleasure of paying a visit fo Auckland, and on making inquiries as to how . things werß looking there,! was told that they were very slack just then. However, it was added, good times were coming, ouly thoy must wait a little longer. On inquiring the cause of this expectancy, I found that they were sinking a pump, and that when this pump was dowu, the gold at present hidden from observation was to be revealed, and the prosperity of Auckland was to break oot anew. Two or three months ago, I | visited Auckland again. In the course of my enquiries I asked, " Well, how is the pump getting on ?" I knew the whole prosperity of Auckland depended on that pump. Well, Sir, I was told they had got the pump down a considerable distance, but the gold was still lower, and that up to that time, .though they had not succeeded in draining the everlasting hills which extended from a few feet on one side of the pump to a distance of 100 miles, nor in draining the boundless orean which flowed a few feet on tbe other side, yet they had most effectively and corapleiely drained the pockets of the shareholders ; and under these circumstances, the shareholders had applied to the General Government, and the General Government, out of sympathy with the shareholders, had contributed £5,000, and gave them a promise of another loan of £45,000 when tho Parliament met together and sanctioned the proceeding. Well, Sir, His Honor the Superintendent was thus enabled to announce to the Legislature that he had got £40,000 upon the strength of lands yet to be secured, and he had obtained £5,000 for the big pump. But he did Dot tell what else he got, and we know that the province of Auckland will not be content with such trifles aa those. The Hon. the Premier did not visit either Hawke'a Bay or Taranaki, but be was able to correspond very satisfactorily with those provinces, and I believe that the province of Hawke'a Bay is in confident expectation that within a very few years,, consequent upon a loan to be sanctioned by this legislature, the Superintendent will be able to seat himself at the extreme end of the pier, and say to the sea, " Thus far sh;ilt thou come, and no further." In the case of Taranaki. after theso communications, they set to work at their pro viocial legislation with a degree of con fit lenoe and spirit altogether unprecedented in that little community. In . fact, the very first thing that little community did was to vote £1,000 out. of its somewhat limited funds to take home an immigration agent. And, Sir, it is very much to the credit of that little town of New Plymouth, that with the very small population it possesses, there were, according to report, no less than 143 people so disinterested and so patriotic as to express their readiness to go on this mission. After completing negotiations .with all tbese provinces, the Premier came to Wellington, and then I regret to add that my worthy friend the Superintendent, instead of receiving the sop as other provinces had done, actually got a rap on the knuckles, from the smart of which he is still suffering. It is pleasant to know that, as the result of subsequent negotiations, there was a promise of something like £30,000 or £40,000 to he appropriated to the province of Wellington for the purpose of opening up certain roads. This I gather from the papers that have been laid before honorable members. I do not know what other negotiations there may have been, bnt I do know that this province of Wellington is a province of very great "expectations, and will not consent to be put off with £30,000 or £40,000 when other provinces are going in for half or'a quarter of a million. So the impression left on my mind is, that there has been some understanding arrived at between the various provinces and the General Government, the result of which will show itself during the present session, but the result of which is not in tbe slightest degree touched on in tbe speech. To that extent, therefore, the speech is unsatisfactory. We all know that there is to bo a fi<;ht this session, as in all previous sessions, and we all. know that that fight will be upon a battle-ground not at all referred to in tbis speech — that battle-ground being provincial borrowing. Advice to Grooms. — Never neglect your horses for the anke of your "tack;" in other words, look to your horse before your carriage. Never wash a horse's legs if you can clean them well with a brush and a coarse (dry cloth. Never wash a horse's legs without

well drying them afterwards with a coarse dry cloth, unless you want greasy heels. Never put a horae into a stable after work without, picking out tbe soles of his feet, and afterwards using tho water brush. Never clean or groom a horae in the stable. Never atop a horse's feet with clay, but when necessary, cow dung. Never p- 5 t a horse freeh from work into the stable without first cleaning and drying him well; n wisp of straw and tho "dandriff" brush, with "elbow greasp," will soon do this much for you. Never rely on a hot stable or heavy clothing for "aline coat to young horses, but on honest rubbing or dressing, unless you wish to kill the horse for the s*ike of his skin It seems that (he Chinese or Malaya huve succeeded in producing a species of convolvoius which changes its color, at least under a tropicaf sun, three limes a day, — in other words, has a separate costume for morniug, afternoon, and evening — though without her trouble of a change at evening — which is as much as the most fashionable lady could desire. The chameleon plaut, says Mr Blackburn, of Peckam Bye, in a letter to Wednesday's Times, is a white convo'.volus with five streaks in the calyx. These five streaks gradually change color during the day in Penang, being pale blue iv the early morning, rich purple at midday, and a light pink fading into white at night, when the flower withered. Are the resources ol science unequal to finding a dress which would have the same properties — and pass from a morning dress to a ball dress by tbe mere transformation of its colore? The value of a comma is illustrated in tho following paragraph :— Tbe Brooklyn Argus, a New York paper, furnishes us with a singular instauce of a stop being put in a wrong place, in printing an Act ot Congress. Among the articles added to the free list io the tariff of August, 1802, were placed " fruit planfe, tropical, and aemitropical," for the purpose of propagation and cultivation. In printing -this, a comma was placed after the word fruit, and the effect of this was to put all kinds of fruit on the free list. But the Customs officers, not noticing this, continued to collect the duty as before, until it amounted to 2,000,000 dola. On its then being pointed out to them, they undertook foget the error corrected by the introduction of anew bill during the present session, which has been done, but the refuse to give up any ol tha money thu3 illegally obtained. A portion, consisting of 10,000 copies of a recent issue of the Dundee Advertiser, was printed on paper manufactured from reeda grown on the banks of the Tny. The paper it is said closely resembles that made irom jute. As far as the experiment has beeu fried, it is said to be satisfactory. Messrs Hoe aod Co., of New Yoik, are building a machine for the London Daily Telegraph, capable of printing 20.000 ia the hour. The cost of the machine wili be £17,000, and as the Telegraph has the largest circulation of any paper in tbe world, it purposes having ten such machiues, so as to be able to supply 200,000 sheets every sixty minutes. i

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