New Zealand Colonist. TUESDAY, OCOTOBER 11, 1842.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 21, 11 October 1842, Page 2

New Zealand Colonist. TUESDAY, OCOTOBER 11, 1842.

v Th:b result of , fcheVrecent election for the Muni-: cipality, is certaidly creditable to the judgment * of ; the Burgesses ; and it .amply justifies the ' framers of the /Municipal Corporation Ordinance in the.vqry/extensive-sufirage which they have conceded. Exceptions be* but they : are few,: to the general eligibility pf; the Alder/ - men. Allowing, however, for-these-exceptions, ho objection can be raised 1 to the intelligence, the respectability, and the impartiality, of the gentlemen 1 .elected, to that office. The proceedings of the election have afforded an ulustration of ah important lesson; which will not, we trust* be . forgotten upon any subsequent occasion. It Has'been repeatedly asserted, and, we‘ believe, not denied, that many parties were, we'wifl not.say/bribecl, but complimented,; with the advabce -pf the necessary amount to enable them to register; The morality of tliis proceeding was perhaps doubtful: its failure has been complete. ;j A The majority of those who accepted the £l. ior.„ this purpose, voted; we understand; for; the very persons whom it was wei. known Rafrons were most abxious to exclude. We need not, consequently, talk of the political immorality bf the fneasure in question, since ; its inutility has been so clearly demonstrated. If it had answered the expectations of those w|iP 'adopted it, all / argiunent against its future employment, founded upon grounds of public morality, would have been vain; as it has,; utterly failed, they are now needless.

The season is ( nbw coining oil when the task, of exploring . and pf. road-making may be most easily and advantageously carried on. We have heard. nothing definite as to the plans of the Company's Agent in either of these respects. What he is doing, or going to do, or whether he intends to do any thing, are questions which

•• : r - 5 .. . ~ the public -has Up imeans of answering. .The Ipuiblie,, hoyeyerK%vs.'the I yerjrVfl6epealt interest the|| 'points,and ‘ the f -propeedihß ß ' of capitalists ’and j/gtock ; owners , ( thp tOAj six monthsy he materially influenced by the answer which theste questions might receive; There is one suggestion, however, which has , been made to us pni jjhis subject, whiejh we thifiV i well wortliy of attention. It is rumoured upoh^ ( we believe, sufficient authority, that there Is a path which leads source of the Waiwetu to Wairarapa, nt do greater than from 15' to 20 miles, ilt appears. idle to . anticipate that any thing%ill be done by the Gomjpany to establi|h to account, if it > 35ut js .tp .prevent those who arb? more especially interested in the matter from; '.making sohfe { efforts ; for themselves ?i Al} : that , is wtmted, in instance, is merely a cattle- ■ track*,, ’ pr6babl^;' u fc>rj nbout^ a siibscnlitipii opened for the and a proper person; of whpm fiKeifeoiifp. in the Colony, be employed %$!, ,ih| hiding a practicabledine hr that direction, and making the ne- ' cessaty cuttings/?' We. throw out the Buggesfion, to be developed by others'; but it certainly merits some-consideration. \