MR E. M SMITH'S ADDRESS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 55, 26 March 1901, Page 2

MR E. M SMITH'S ADDRESS.

TimaE wa« a attr-ndanco tit the Thfitt.ro li'-yal on Moorlay evening to hoar Mr K. M. Smith's address previous to hiH departure for Kugiaroi. His Wor.-h'p t.lie Mayor presided and briefly .stated ths object of the meeting, expressing an opinion that during last seaso.i Mr Smith had ozfrcised nn asaount of tact tbat was most credibabß

Mr S-nit.h, v.-ho was well received, stnt«d that; it w:.s usual for Representatives of tlm Hons* to nuet their con-stinif-nts and giv« an account of 1 heir steward: hip After referring to tlinj number <;f Acts j a-sed, ho said he had i studied t.Va interests of th" co'ony ami ] of his distiict, The measures passsd had bean in the interists of tho and witli a view of building up a nios L , powerful nation—t'ne d. stiny of this colony. When the historian eouifato write the history of New Zeslind what wi 1 bfl tho record % Why v. n hiive passed frsra oco century (o another and w« ought t > fuel gmtefu! and proud to know the succeeding generations will nay that those who were tlie pioneers of th? col'jny and thoi'e who succeeded 'mil l;ift them a civilized co'ony in-tead of an uncivilized one In addition to thin Shcv !i<d !«f& valuable resets such a.s railways mid roads, and had ros rved as a national property the grand f-cfcnery of Mouti ! ; K<n;ont ar.d other such plac°s\ In this work the Rconnry Preservation Socie'y hud rendered valuably uid. Un 1 no.? Turannki waa being preserver! as whs befi'ting tho garden of New Zealand. When he addressed, as he evpec'el t) in a few tro'ks, (he large au 'iences in England ho wou'd iviu f o the statements made hy tho G ivernor of Fiji, evea if he hud to reach ihi House of Commons or higher tifil], Edward, Vri. Instead of taking the hind from tho M»oris<, the Government had pre«i>rvi d Native lauds for the use of the Mic.ris. VTeira buck he had personally been offered a large tract of native ltnd at Is Gd per acre but the Government would not allow such a transaction. The people of London would bo surprised if they paw the native landowners driving into New Plymouth in their btiegiw*. Legislation in Now Zea'and bad not heeu all in the interesis of tho whre man ; tho natives had an equal share in the benefits of good l>ws and good Government in their interests, and he witt quite sure the natives would j-in wiih him in rempvim* the>ispot skd cwst on the colonv by 'h i G->v. raor of Fiji. At other item for the historian will be that the Government of to-day has not alio woo the land to be all appropriated but has reserved it as <in assoc. Where bodisJ agreed with his party was on the point of borrowing. Why did thoy not borrow 10 millions? What wag w.uited for the development of the colony was the spare millions which ware awaiting investment at .-63 per c.'pt. and what wa< a paltry 10 millions iu the scale with the propsr derelopTient of the colony. Even t'ie Borough Council \yei'• wanting money, ii) f i:;"-. th v cou'd w; li spund a wilji -u. Ha w.s going t ) do his level be4t togi't hold of tho men nnd the money. In tho debatj oa tin Adih - o«s-"n-R-jply h<-, the spuker, followed tho Lcdor of tlie Opp si'.ion and <'eah with that govitlemm's speech in hioli a thorough way that whin tho House broke up th? Prunier said " We'l done S'liilb, yau'vo seat them h ,mi happy." {L? ughter). H" dwelt on ths irapo.tat"C! of the Navy i« protecting the of th«Hony in o| wrqr. Sqw Uiat Sew tf.>siiud Irul shown tint she could aiui a foreo of men nnd s*nd tlrnm out out to fight for t.h« Mother Coun'ry, ther-; would be an additional interest t-hown to the colonv by Din British Government. All tho \vr>rU knewNowZ aland now -.Frenchmen, Germar, Rr.gdaos«nd othors,and. if thoio was nnythi-g about New Z. a-' land that was nos kc.o-.rn 1-a aaon remedy that wn n I'-e got dome, I (Laughtu). He had a b -no 'o pi- kj with thought Flon, Jfs ph (Jhambirlain on of g-'t'ing gu: s mid! ftramunition' from G-rmany and he! would uot fail to give his view oa the matter to t!;e itight Hon. gi'nt.leman. POST AND TELUGHAI'H DEPARTMENT

Another asset this colony possoss-il' was the Postal bb-1 pepui'fcJ p-ert presided over so ably hy tho j Han, J, G, Ward. The Iraportiiaoa of; this sirvioQ was almo-t bey.nd con-1 copt'«,n. Tiu. re whb a initio -, how< ver ' that w.,s not sil;!s r ac'ovy, mid t.baf,j was tho Now Piyroauih * Pnst Oflico,! wh cli had beou the subject of sn- 1 c 110 l improvement-s, but the ncconio- j diti-'n provided he could likon to noth- j i"£j tl.so but dog boxo<<. Ho had points 11 out to the tt.a ~ I6W w here hm (Mr. Sai'.th'-) shop was, and if tho Governm'rt and Borough Council would hvin-.r « thoir two heads toirtlwsr.aio m-n&qo-! , raent could bo oftVod. Tho s>omir jf ln'a matter w.s ;ht u,t i ;| !0 b ;v : No other town in >'o.v vrouM i refuse to b;ivo a 47000 Pwat Office, but j I r i\imnak'. He had douu his j>u t, audi I tho mat tor 'was in '(.bo hands of tho!- | pi'oplo. The deputation whjoh waiu>dj Uio Promior litifc weok wore to'd that all Uwy had to do was to provide * siio, j 11AILWAY3. , llio ml ways of tho colony—lmilt jf-r tha p.-opie, and tisod by tho wop] , j will bo n gMBtl as l at. They had only jto ) ok tho impvovorpsntij now going on at the Now Vty/rouih nt.ati.m--now station's, new good hods, now brid«os ; but H'i ! l hridgws ri't strong fincu.h. On Thursday,"the Miniitrr of PubliWorks was gojng to tin n the firvt '-od of tho railway irom Strat'ord, which going : 0 jo'n tli© ceatrrs) railw-v. Tl.j • was a step in tho p'ght diroetiJi). Tho Minister told him ha was afi-.id «*• j rails would bo waited ho'o'e his (Mr. N irtb's) Mils were read . Ho hop-d t .<y would ha requ t< d, but tho moinout he returned from Eri<;lan<l h-i would put ia a ohiim for tho r.s>, of fhe rils to ' o mads by his cohhwiV. Ho' ad w oai ed aline from So 1 ry mil through ■ Malfiui. as th re was no: « wit on Mm route that o uld not be jumped, 110

honestly btdievod the Sentry Hii!! railway would bo constructed your« befuui the Stratford ling wrw tinisljp>l . !!■? did not pay this in any way as i:a----f .voiiiv.Kwjfc;:/ Lhn S'.rafo'd lino, but iio I'ic.li mhiwilsin thi> district r.hr>u«:i wmcu tlw Sentry »'ill hne won!.] pnfs | m-i'-'dod urgency, and, with tho Auckland luomtifi'i joining in, tho G >• verumotjt wr.uld be forced to proc.ed with that lino. KARMtiKS' UNION. Ksferring to Mr. Glass' olfor's to form a brunch of tho Kanour.,' I'nioM in Nov/ .Plymouth, Mr. Smith paid tint it was an a<t«mp!> to fjeb in tho thin end of a political wedge, and ti«; would do his bear, tj stop tha attumjjt. Tho Government bad done, and was doing, its uttermost for tho sstU?r3 on tho land, yet Mr. Glass aiid the Government hud done nothing fyr tho farmers. Wlntab.iut <dv ap money ! \V,:n no', t'ltit far the benefit of tho funnel" ? Mr. Glass aii vi e'.tod doing aw.;y with p<rty government, but if that' gont.letuan'B policy was carried, cut tho Govotnment, instead of bviog as opon as the day, would he tyiayny—a ring by cliques. He would use hi* tongue, hi-i pnn, Pitl hin vote to ke'p the secret Star Chamber from ruling tho colony. OUR HARBOUR.

Unlo-s thoro wern good ha; b :ura the peopln wure Imndicippol, esp. daily where there was mu-h trade. if ihere > wan a«y place mare than a' other th.it . required a goo 1 hirbour it r?as New , Ply mouth. Hut thrro again the poplo were a leop. In bin fdiop li 3 had a model of a harbour formed by connecting the Sugar L.uv.'s, whereby a magnificent harbour cuild have b.~pn formed, and one that; would have held ; a flent of tho largest cccan-pcing • steam-m and ships of w.ir. He had suggested th? opinion boing taken of a . board of ©iifinews, and if they that tho best plan was to extend tho , p-esent breakwater then he would burn > bin model. All credit w»s duo to the , town members for fighting us they did . but. tha country members were to blame, t and thou:-anda had ppens on a ■ dirty smd pump which would eventually have lo find its way to the. , foundry. Th^rjcould be no true pro- ; gress without a good hprbour. On the i ev ° of bis departure he wanted :o be : ! friendly with all naeu, but. tlwre was a moral er of the (ilou'-i who had wiitien to the piper Lt-dy stating tint tha harbour wis taking away an acre of his 1 land yeaily and ho had tha audacity to say that if the harbour was improve I ■ so as to enable erean-gr.ing steamers to come lure the district would be ruinod. That samo man's land hid , increasediu value y«ar by yeir instead of bi'ing wached away. There was another meatb/r of the l, >a;d who • posed as a social rofcimor -the mcm- | btr for W;. i t sra - - who always had some , | fault to find no mat'or on what B-ard ' h-, w.-:k, jul ha toik to s.melii) as I the {jOiiUoinau wuo wrote to tho 'piper. As soon as he (Mr. Smith) 'saw how the matter of Government 'romine-H had been represented, ho put ! the watt rin its right light'to the j Government, If ever tiiero w,is 'miii that went befo.e the e'ectors and ■ falsified mat'era rclatitg to the hsir- ] bnur it wi,a the Chairman. UufortuI rate'y, df'.i r tho Chairman bad j quarrelled with the Government, sent | the prisoners away, and misrepresented |tte p two.is of the Boav.?, ho was re- ! ti|r.-j»-d to o u'ittuo his ill- Aork. It j was to bo hjped, bowtne - , that at the I rox - . i.'loctiou tho ratepayers would roj turn men wha would impiwo thy | harbour. HOSPITAL AND CliAKlTAl'.Ut All). He wa-i avtrsj to a raty for hor-pical and chari't'bie i-id purposes being put on ihe land. Ho had benn told tho Ho ir 1 hid bu;it tho new on land that tlioy had no title, ty>, and it so that was 'i'horo had bwn cornp'aiivti as to the treitmeut of the old people, aud that beirjg so there should hftvo b'jeu an inquiry. In one o Be, where a man commit ted suicide, the jury advne ted an inquiry. Is had beer» said that ell'.r-s were mulfl io j bmk tha'. ir quiry, but if the people of j Now Plymouth desired an inquiry and showed a c w for it, then tbero wag no ! doubt it should be htjcl. If tho Go- | veinmest aiwrapied to shirk this in[tjuiry fifty would hear from Mai, '(.LaugNte?). Ho was qute suro that |h d tho lite Chairman baon in charge of altairs thrre would have ni-.-er been! a'sy occasion f< r an in()uiry, MISSION TO ENGLAND.

Fur a Ration to rise t) gieahijss, jfaid Mr. S'Di'h, must be e.mployj moot f r th« iftiPboa If Groat' Bri-.a » j c,r iia.il not largo tmnufaero ies there would h'iv» bem sfaguatijti iuI staudif pi« and prospn'ity. Apr-at | tia i u muit be ably to junnnfncture all ! »'<"(|uifeß. If nob thee is shiynatii 11, ; poverty, aud crime. IS r o nwu i'i Wo'. 1 -; ici tra'.cii earth could hivo done tuor.> |to ;U hims-'if to d, v.'lop the mineral I rr.vuroos rf this district. For t!y* !«<i [ 80 years l:e hid striven haici, had I ho sinojeiidwi Juind ei>s of tbonsiiwta of SHiuticts wou'il have been kept ia the ! t'ol liy tliul; liud aor e out. bast, suo.si'.j) ho .'over tho Premier lmd tarried p, Joohili-tj and now there w hho u f'wpxny. They h&t a le.'isi of ■ lio i'atea, thoy iiad nctjuirotl valuable I'i .'hta nt iMoknu, •nrl there w-is millions •'.t pounds of v.Vuabie no.set.-i t- witiiHwifc, lb' referred <o h;s fon/irr vi-.i?, to i./oiidon aud iaid sS'a l ; hud ho no been obliged '<> o 'ius hack to the <-ol my tho company vvoitld h:>ro been Hiatal ;han. Laying en the Tiiranaki beach

I va< a woalth of minerals thut dwavftd | iuto ii.Mgnilicitnee all the coal mines i f J the c.ilonu Ho had convinced iho j.■•ciei.t.iiic worl 1 of tho value of 'lie j i arnnaki i en. 110 w.is tbout to.leav* jbix homo nnl loved, Oftus to Fdt'vo : Ihk disttic':, iiuui it; would ha tho fault, ithe district if lio fail-.'d. f Whmi ( li,e>sd busiii'ss men like Mr. ] C'.idtn u t a k thfl msuti r up they miaht j vcly ■ v (> Hi l'iis of 111" mipsicn. lie | had li d m - n come to him i:i tho tow;, j'ird f.uiM.'i.vo foiuo of Ids p:amotar'n j«haies !!• i'lder (rat. hi; ski": l' v,t h ■: Hm!.. i,;untw i r t liis pocket. VVneti it) i'j'u.;i.'i, ii jjrevi univ ho had '"«& <)•' tho fir. t mh'i ntifio men of i the vi'wriil ii ! t, ; i.hcin ho ' il l txhihi'ed I' 'is &ai:;| ii-s yn\i lv t.r> t,he : i' .mi prise, V lii'ii li ;o>k Mr, C-iinnin t-ho other' 111: ach ' fi'uiud o | Liiiivo.-i ,>.!, d shyfteJ L ; m t!l „ f v '" 8 <"' s '• '!'• fin v .-is no' i-j'O | • h>r --C i -•>. !.. r<C.-1! th.it ;:s tiot. to I) fun- ~i 'J'.'.i'.'inaVi. 1 1 lion t.« t.» tj-y i for the nmnufas-

tu" ai nrh'olo. Thwe worn the railway*.| ;lr( bridges, :ind lAustn'ian in ■; * k»!;. Thvu ns to tin coal mill s. I'\;i 15 yens the o..tn\ country lotkel up, hj" vststho fiivt white man ' hi! Wftnt (.•> t'uo M. \\ r h:<t wms t.li vrsn'.l? Only tlm oi.hor d'v one o" t,U mini!'! wa» k >l<l i<t ;i profit r,f .£OSOO. y«* out. of this profit thf-y did not. :.i. they tniaht v/uli hare done, oH'nr him .CIOO towards his expense . (Applause.) When'hoy found that, lie, a humid; nnclianic, w;is able to go to Knghn 1 iit'd before ' li(i 'eiding KciftiilislH prr.ve tlmt t!io Tar.inuki ironsaud was <np iblc of I>. ing converted into the bast manufactuivd artichn they could kou that Ilia whole life and Roul whs wrapped up in the work, When he showed the patiplo of .tingland, n.'n he would, the ir:m sand, the lime, the coal, and the beautiful visws of the Mokau thoy u'imlil go static staring mad. The host onorgies that Oud had given him hfid be;-n u "cl in developing the mineral resources of the district. He concluded by expressing his willingness to answer qufHtiens. Whilst the audience were thinking of questions to ask, Mr. Smith announeo'J that ho had a few, a very fow, slnris to dispose of, and anyone wishing to obtain any of there could do so that evening. Mr. Ashor moved a hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Smith for his addrriss, and a voti of confidence in the Government ho represented. Mr. Snail said ho had ridden 17 miles to nsk a question, and that wns : Had Mr. Smith any influence with the Government and, if so, would ho use that influence the Govoramont to hold an inquiry into the management, of the Old Men's Home. Mr. Smith said he was Rorry Mr. Snell was not present wh«n hn refer ci to the lmttr-r, but ho could ptito that t'je Minister of Justice had already been made acquainted with tlio matter, ito would, however, do bis best in pressing on the GavarniMnt the necessity of an independent and thorough inqnirv. (Applansa.) jMr Prica sFconde i the vote of thanks, paying a warm tribute of prai«e to Mr. Smith's energies towards developing the mineal resources of tha district.

Mr. Grakrodger asked Mr. Smith ta r-ta*e ilofinitoly what part Mr. Cat!mat) was alrmt to play in Encrlnnd with raforencs to the flotation of tho ironsand company. Mr. Snith said that so careful was Mr. Oilman about rxpr«s«ing any opinion on a subject th >t he WM no*; fully acquainted with tlia, lie had psisomlly inspected the. beach and satisfied himself tha f . theri wjs raoro ironsand there than could be used for manufacturing for all time. It was the s'imi with the coal, the lime, and the timber, and now hj« was going to Linden, and his presence would ba an Hssurtnce <''f the truth of the speaker's stammer ts. Mr. Cadman lnu', ihn greato.-t belief in it or hj« would not put. his money into it, nor wenld he lend h<;; nime to it. (Applause) I Mr. Courtney, in speaking to the vote of thanks, epc.ke in vory high terms of Mr. Smith's eflorts and theii> gond effect in adveitisir.g the colooy. In England, where permanent manufactories were started.it was no uncommon thing for property to rise in value from 10 to 100 fold.

The vote of thanks w.is cirried, and the meeting concluded with tho usual (oiup.invn'-. to 1 l'o chair.