SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.

Oamaru Mail, Volume III, Issue 784, 16 October 1878, Page 1 (Supplement)

SOMETHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.

TO THE "EDITOR OF THE EVENING ftIAFL. -Sir.—What clm von think has 3 n stct>me tn mvWW'ge?. Something, you may d r-p'-H of sv very astounding character, o»- you wnnliTnofca'-ch lue writing to your p -r...r a Wt-it. It ia so astounding that 1 vpii'-nre to assert the like has i>ever, sinefbe diepoverv * n Ota«o, heard of lam sure von would guess till this +!mp next venr before vou hit the maik T suppose if I tola you that your mil!IT. I.ad at-ted positiv-lv that th.-y would buv no more wheat because on- or two of their -nmWr had paid too high a price, in cmspouenee of the want «.f skill on the part of Hip buver t.o form a correct esM-mnf-p of if s plennrie'»s and quality, or thai fi-P London Wool Brokers had declined to do nnv more business in wool, becaus> fV>v bnd b e pn dpfmuded by the packers and sorters in the Colonic mwrepresent;n» its quality and freedom from foreign mittpr. von'Wd enquire in vulvar OVP." or" anv'binsr verdant about you rrononllv ] Yet snfih stateniPiltS would not. bp thought a whit more impiohm »■ <jt wi-W of thp~tru+h th'<n fc''e fcf * a "' no . w ™in<r to write. v ; z : That the B toks 1» O-inrrn liuvp »ni>nnnw' tbeir inteiv 1 >ll to bnv no Tn<~>rp rrold < •■ssprli'lil t ley J® 1 * 1 W SO mu"b bv it t.bat they are unable to Pontb.ne that bra neb of their business. P:,«ihlv T oan von. a"? well as tb» banVin? f'-atPrnitv, a little on the o u<!»; —1 one and nTV »th(-"* saj - incr. fntn vo-r aV'l t.o to this <>T to fcl ? b-n I ', t-h»v do "ot 'mow bow to blow it, nnfthe»- rpmarks. T t-ok some sold to se and had to clean ifc myself, the conld not blow it ; another, a dishonest' onet.lvs time. for. even in the inrlnf?t,,v "f ffoldmining. are to be fund hVcV said, "Tn iny la*t aah j of rr'.lrj J Vnftw .fchov no* if nrnvtrtv, so X wns not at all lm"\v thore wpi ,ft several penny wo»oh*s of i 7l : K n f. von, nnvpr kn^""f." And another, after his firsf pxsalted 1*" acco v dinof to his own ndrvposfnn (X snp"no«p h's individ M al T-.pnefit'), after the parcel was made «p hv his m ate a.- Tr it any wonder. sir. thatloso. in ifs res^ilt (i d. and yef" it onrmot hn that it does not pay hnv lyold, nr wliv rlo we snoh a scramble fr^-"oiTOrrtly-fn Vw* the first to onen on a new field or rnsh ? or hn<v do the numerous on the oroldfields p*iv their (j----*">oTjses, and whv tho Vef>n cotnpptifion for +he r*nrchnf?e of <v<>ld when more otip is represented, snch as at rerrnlav intervals to on+lvinjj to ivcV n n *>* l reels X s?o nn fill riiv sheet is filled fo fell of the many T'tMf* T"» r a,ctised hv that vpry re-fraternity—-hanlc agents and thoir ff snhs." shontmtr. &0., and even na+ronisincf ditf' j rent churches fco win supnovf.

pVt+vn>r this and +ha> together. I consider that, mv nwrons statement is the tt-ne i-pi>son y«nr Oamarn gold-buyer* have bar? no trnin'ng sneb ns T know to havp boon adopted to hrpak in a n°«' band on a goldfield. v'z., putting a few grains of in "an n«Tlc° or two of sand, and making him blow till he ge+s Hip out a«a : n tba.t bad been put in. Tf Hie Oama*-" adhere to their 44Hyai'vn.'i~t, will dn"btles°, f<">r «• t'tll". in-pH-nvPnipnpp the miners at Ma'-rewhenna Mil fhingß find, their b'Vpl again, as sold pan bp sold whether corn or wool can or not ; bnt how will it affect those who <.nnnly our wants ? Will the supplies not drawn from wherever our gold is sold ? Ts it not rpavwahle to suppose that if we have to an to 'Dunedin to rpII onr go'd, we will abjo bnv onr provision*. clothing, ton's, <tc., tb«rp? The railw-v go°R -through now, so tbifc onr grpn.t difh>nltv •'■n the wav of doing this ii amoved. Then what w : 11 the rtmint.vConnp.il f'V t" i* s revenue fr«m this roui-cp being lost ? The Waitaki Council draws a vwv pipp littla sum vpar-lv in the sbnp° of pxnort dufv on gold obtained on the Ma~rewbonna great deal more than is snent on it.

"NW, sir. T leave+be matter with y>u. T)o best von can with it for the mutual benefit of the Oamaru tradesmen, who in a small degree are supported by

the diggers of Maerewhenua, and lor thir - hard-working, and in the main honorable, though frequently clown-trodden, digger, to whom Otago owes much of her present wealth and prosperity, and yours truly will ever pray. A Diggkr. '