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WELLINGTON.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ) I v “TE KOOTIPHOBIA.” ! ! Sucit is the distinguished title adorning the 1 j leader of the “Post,” of sth March, there- . : fore give honor to the wisdom in the selecI tion of a title so startling. Another reprisal ' for the unwary. “ Te Kootiphobia ” is anI ; other atrocious “ polysyllabic ” thunderer f with a vengeance ! But such truly is the 5 ‘ title of the article, or by what other name * | such a conglomeration (mark the word) of 1 letters and over-strained strings of wordy • sentences can be termed, “ Paltnam qui - | meruit ferat,” which being rendered into the e j plain English vernacular, means “Let him u who has won it, bear the palm,” therefore do I concede it to the worthy writer in the j t “Post.” The wreath must adorn his noble e ! brow, the coiner of such a fearful word ar e “Te Kootiphobia,” especially when the t article’s cheap sensational word painting in y i taken into consideration, and such a display h : of “penny-alining,” “gush.” and “talk, s ' talk ’’ are heaped upon the devoted heads of the “ Post’s” confreres ; and the more cspe- „ : t'ially when the whole of that valuable ? journal’* daily productions can he obtained ! ’ ! for the extremely moderate and modest sum ! ’ ■ of “ one penny Now, surely after that, ’ ■ it will not attempt to look down from its ”, ' dizzy height upon us humble creatures hert i below again. That pure fountain of knowcl ' ledge, the “ Post,” will, I am sure, permit ! me to take objection to its mighty and Jovo- ’’ : like thunderlngs, if not, I will take my own , : course, and forcibly resent the grossly insultII ' ing expression of “ tipsy writers ” being applied to, and hurled promiscuously at those i hard working brethren of the Press who have B i the temerity to differ from the views taken ' by the “ Post’s ” leader writer, and who have C ' a more refined style of writing than that ? possessed by the writer of such “ bunkum ’ 1 : as “ Te Kootiphobia,” or what might be mort 11 . expressively termed “balderdash.” Pander r : ing is the forte of the “ Post,” which change* 3 it’s front directly the wires are pulled, and C ■ as often upon the same subject, when it suite e ' it’s mercenary purpose. It had to go fare | afield for the choice “ tipsy ” epithet, it saye I it has borrowed it, therefore, let it be paid R back compound interest to the source whence '» ! it came. It is well able, being particularly ii I well up in anything savoring of Billingsgate. 8 ' But can the “ Post ” get over the fact that y ■ Te Kooti defiantly declared to Mr Bryce that i j he would have recourse to his old acts ol d | “pleasantry” if he were interfered with, and , was backed up by the yet “ unchristanised ’ e I Rewi. Can the Native Minister, or any one o ! else, swallow that nauseous draught of threats at a gulp , without a protest ? Evidently he ■ can’t; for he has .' Where is now our presr tige, and our boasted influence of civilisation, n after the many years expended and wasted e thereon, and every possible means of the ■1 ; “suaviter in modo ” being now expended in r experimentalising on, and refining the “ noble t ■ savage ?” Are there not still those turbulent y ' spirits amongst them that will never be sub- ■ ; dued, as are found amongst all communi- ‘ ties ? And should the few menace the many, if j and hold in check the progress and advances meat of the Colony for years, with a black • I cloud continually overshadowing us. in the 8 I form of land jobbing, without our being able t I to make those amenable to the law who occar sion it? No, truly no, they should be made s answerable for their threats and misdeeds, 1 1 us all other law Breakers are made; and whilst 1 the Maoris and Britishers come under one g Government, and have their representatives in that Government as well as in the Legisi- ’ lative Assembly and House of Representay i tives, and help in passing our laws and ree i ceive special privileges by them ; then ought s I they to be made amenable to them. \\ ith o their natural acumen they are now fully alive •, : to and conversant with the law ; in your dis>f J trict especially, where so much litigation i- ; goes on, and Courts held at which Judges e preside for the Maoris’ special benefit, and o where the white population had great ditiig culty in obtaining a Supreme Court sitting ! p As long as I find that the people of Poverty e Bay arc being attacked by the Press for ■- maintaining their own rights, and trying to •- seek redress for all the wrongs they have o suffered, and are likely to suffer, so long shall <• my small voice be raised in defending their e cause, and supporting their rights and claims r to just consideration. i. To Kooti never knew what fear was, theres fore it is a work of supereogation (mark for the “ Post ” to advance that whilst he was in

the canr/ry. under the sheltering “ i That he was “ Hable at any time to be htr <d to death like “ a wild beast.” “ Land sharking ’’ element also took every precaution th . v such a blessed conaum- . mation did not- take place, and did everything ,to circumvent the possibility of it. Fear ! i No, no, Mr Kootiphobia coiner, Te Kooti has had no such feeling, or he would, not have j confronted Mr Bryce after the manner he J did, bucked up as he is also by the Land Bing and all it's surroundings. The “Post’ is ! singularly reticent on the scheming acquisition of territory, and does not even hint at ; that-. It would be comforting to know what jit has to say from that stand point. Let it j harp no longer upon the string of double bass ■ “blood and thunder,” It says “it is very i pretty in its right place” in the “penny i dreadful,” then let its own powerful magi nesian light be thrown behind the scenes and

let us know all it knows regarding this all absorbing topic of land-sharking and expose , its trickeries, and then it will (and no doubt ! it can) confer n boon on the public and be- . come for ever a iiHghty benefactor. Let u*» ' have no more vituperative abuse, nor ill- j judged, ill-advised, ill-timed comparison be- | tween the acts of real chiefs and low born • adventurers of the native race, for nothing j tends to excite the envy and jealousy of the i native mind than raking up old sores and netting one “ hapu ” against the other »nd if rhe “ Post ” wants really to raise a deadly feud between them, it has gone exactly the right way to do so, and perhaps has that end in view, when pleading extenuating circumstances for Te Kooti- That Te Kooti "was taken care of by a paternal Government to save egregious rubbish, and is too transparent for even those whose knowledge is most dense, or who are ignorant of the Maori ways and customs. Test it and let Te Whiti free, also the ill-fated George Longhurst. By-the-bye, perhaps the Maoris will have more influence on his behalf than all our petitions to the present Government, therefore secure their signatures to help to release him, and (if within range) get Te Kooti’s, and have it written in “ ber-r-r-r-lud.”

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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1297, 15 March 1883, Page 2

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Tapeke kupu
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WELLINGTON. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1297, 15 March 1883, Page 2

WELLINGTON. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1297, 15 March 1883, Page 2

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