WANGANUI WEATHER.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 102, 21 July 1843, Page 3

WANGANUI WEATHER.

- To the Editor of the New Zealand Colonist ; Sir—Amongst tbe resident in this district, the above alliterative phrase, has almost become a proverb. It implies the absence of great atmospherical changes, pleasurable warmth-, and an. almost daily out-of-doors habitude. There are doubtless many, like myself, whose sum of enjoyment is heightened by a genial atmosphere. Man soon becomes accustomed to any climate, and longevity is but little influenced by the extremes either of heat or cold ; still so far as the mere animal feelings are concerned, an equality of temperature,, and the gentle transition of seasons, is a matter of gratul'ation. That non-residents may judge how far “ report goes with the modest truth, not more, nor dipt, but so” I purpose, with: your permission, to forward the monthly averages of my thrioe-a-day observation in the town of Petre. Ido not present them to you in a tabular form, knowing that “ rule-work” is an abomination to the newspaper compositor, and often a ground - for rejection ; and, moreover, I intend them for the Many, not for the Few, and for these, the. tottle, as Joe Hume saith, is the chief good. Let me that the instruments are within doors, but free of a ilien influence', and the record is made' at sunrise; at cbout 2 p.m., and about 8 p.m. Barometer. Monthly mean 29.91 Greatest pressure 29.40 Least pressure ....„> 30.35 Range • • *95 Thermometer. Monthly mean... 50 Maximum 62 /.Minimum •- 36 Range #7 Force of Wind~ Calm days.. 7 Light winds . 17 ■ Brisk winds 4£ Gale -. H Prevailing winds, N. and N.W. Fine, clear, sunny days' • • • • 24 Showery days ..' 4 Heavy rain ....... : 2 There.was a slight frost on the nights of the Ist, 2nd, 12th, 23rd, 25th-. On the morning of the 13th, the ice in shallow tubs was one-eighth thick, and' the glaciers on the flanks of Tongariro of a dazzling brightness. The June of 1841 differs very little indeed from the above. The prevailing wind, however, was SW. . K. Wanganui District, July 4, 1843. o , To the Editor of the New Zealand Colonist. Sir,-—The vituperative style in which the Gazette has indulged, in the two last papers, regarding the Local Government and its officers, induces one to think .either that the new Editor is determined to out-Herod | Herod, or that he is in possession of some peculiar cause jof offence gleaned from the pages of that “ Blue Book” of-which he seems to be sole depository ; or that some prospect of place and pay which he at one time entertained has vanished, or that he. still: hopes they, will ‘‘follow him’’ by ventinghis splenetic bile against those whose remonstrances from the very first caused his beautiful little republic to sink into that nothingness which it well merited, (with all those ‘■‘ places arid salaries” of whieh, during its : short lived existence, there wassuch a goodly, array “ published by Authority,”) or perhaps all these motives combined may, to a certain account , for that rabid acrimony with which its columns have lately beemso disfigured and disgraced. - • The personalities regarding the absent and the dead are so discreditable alike to the head and heart of the' writer, whoever he be, that they need only be passed over if not with indignation, at least with contempt. It were yell that those who live in glass houses should take i care not to throw stones ; and. I. would ask the writer of these articles, whether hie be a paid hireling ‘or J riot, to examine the newspapers df some years past, and inform the public Whether the name of his patron appears there in a rather discreditable irianner or not, or whether the walls of an English Jail could not unfold, a tale not very agreeable to some persons, loud enough in the abuse of the Government and its officers. '.

The writer objects to the qualifications of Mr.' Mac-i Donogh as Police Magistrate, because he i 8 a military man,.and yet with a strange inconsistency, and with,a ; stupidity for which I could scarcely otherwise have given ihim credit, he highiy eulogises Major Balcer(who is also | certainly a most respectable gentleman,) hut who'couid ' scarcely be expected to have acquired much logal know--1 ledge in the service of the Spanish Legion, or from the i circumstance of his betng the son of a respectable magis r trate in the mother country;; and if the/truth were known, Major Baker's own experience during the existence of that sweet republic and his own good sense and honor, had convinced him already, -that lie was not altogether possessed of that legal knowledge which would have qualiied him' to sit on the bench and pronounce judgement, where either , , the liberty or property of the Colonists were concerned. / ,

Let the Proprietor and thO Editor of the New Zealand Gazette rest'assured; that .the gross exaggerations and party abuseV'whidß have hitherto- characterized: its co--dumns, although they, may please a little clique here and ~ih J£t)g)an;d,,are by rio means , calculated to pro,mote the, , interest; pf the Colqny, and if they wish any test of this assertion let 1 them consult not the little coterie With-which they are surrotirided', but take the opinion of the thinking sobei-minded, and valuable portion of. the- community, and he will soon find/that he is. mistaken altogether. if he imagines the prosperity of. tlje Colony can be benefited by such, improper practices, or, that by raising a clampur against the Government Officers he can conceal the apathy: and indifference of the Company’s Principal Agent, Or rectify the bungling work' oi his: alleged :acquisitions of land ; to the last of which Causes much of the evils experienced by the Colonists may be traced., One word more and lam dime. The writer, with a riiock patriotism and a kind of spririous liberality, says S' Iris fellow'Colonists —“Beware of the Government fficersV—with .perhaps,as much,disinterestedness and is sincere a regard'for -the well-being of the Colpny, I would simply reply—Beware of, the Company’s Officers from the highest to the lowest. I am, Sir, ■ ' - Your obedient servant, ' •- ' -’ - A COLONIST. : Jul y :i9, 1843; ;: : ,