POP’S LETTER.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 319, 27 October 1875, Page 2

POP’S LETTER.

“Native Land Courts” seem to trouble folks considerably. Gisborne v. Makaraka is the last, and the question is where should it be held p Gisborne of course, considering the amount of money spent in deciding the question, and it having been made a central position, then let it be held there, and let the judge decide without “ courting the smiles or fearing the favors of any man,” which up to the present he has always done. Why should the Evening Star pitch in so heavily to our R.M. reßurslem ? does not every one know the merits of the case here? and though evidence could not be obtained sufficient to corroborate our opinions before his Honor, why Burslem should be committed, is it not sufficient that we know that worthy deserved committal ? and opinion says it was just. Watches, horses, &c., do go astray continually, and there ought to be some good fair example made of any culprit caught, though circumstantial evidence may be meagre, through want of tact, and forethought on the part of outlaw limbs.

Bravo, cricket 1 go it, and don’t get stumped ; mind your middle. I hear the local team shaped well last Saturday. Go on, go in, and do a friendly challenge. Napieris niighty adjacent, andshecousiders herself no small “ pimkins ” at the willow. Fair ground, a good coach, and energy must shew' out, and Gisborne will bo, and is, able to say come on. What can I get for my oil shares in the oil springs ? Ido not see them quoted. What is-our“oiligarchy” about ? havethey any show to make me hold cßf? What about crude oilheing atTuranganui and at Waiapu ; also one of the most important articles of commerce under our very nose, viz., Nitre, or to give it a name for some speculative chemist, Nitrate of Potassa, in any quantity P Here are fortunes, do let Some enterprising man seek capital, and if not to be obtained here “go a field,” and start again. Why depend on a directorate whose ideas are too small for the venture, who, with limited pockets, wish to monopolise a good thing ? Experience ought to have taught them that foreign capital and skilled energy is always more successful than shewing a greed to keep the good thing exclusively in the district. Shut up oil springs and start afresh. “ Lives of moss all remind us We shall go in course of time, Perhaps some geologic fogus Will dig us up, and wax sublim# Upon our footprints in the sand.” I am glad to see our geological enthusiasts again coming to the fore with some magnificent specimens of the moas footprints, to be conveyed by all kinds of vehicles to a far off land, there to adorn some gigantic museum, and become the admiration and speculation of young America. I would suggest that our industrious neighbor either keeps up his price or lowers it to a limit to prevent them being produced by our American cousins. I wonder if any other bird ever existed, that had such a mine of wealth in its simple foot mark ! I shall expect to see them quoted as an article of export very soon ; but lam told the factory is not large enough, and is too open to the vulgar gaze ; artists do not like to be subject to criticism whilst their work is in progress.”