THE PREMIER AT WAIHI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7765, 17 March 1905, Page 2

THE PREMIER AT WAIHI.

> i (Per Prvat Association.) WAIHI, March 10. The Premier and party arrived at " Waihi at midday, travelling froui Waikino in the H'uihi Company's (ruin. lie was formally welcomed by tlfo Maj or in the presence of a great concourse of residents ; also welcomed by tho M'aiM branch of Wn Ufccra! and Labour l'VJeratiuci. After thanking the Muyor and Uw Federation for their hearty welcome, tluee ringing cheers were given for Mr tioddoa by the people. Tho Premier then udjourned to the High School, n-here ho performed the o;romony of oiientflg it. <n KIV over 700 uliildren present, k|i> * clieeiwl lustily, Tho ceremony of turning oji the water service was also pcrlorinod. This afternoon a nunrt>pr of deputations waitod upon the Priaujcjv 1 ADDRESS Uy TIIJS PURMIKIt. 'iv. : _u. .. W AIHI, March l«, 10-night the Premier addrcssod a Mblic nwctlng before an audience part of his speech he referred to U» present prosperity of the colony aid <he progressive policy of the «<>. )' , '?T nl, to goldttcid matters he haM tiiMt .. r

, »•.» ™ Sara toat Binco i«oi mora •• had boon an incroano of 782000 tons in the cirnl output of the cob I ony ; the number of men eiunlo>t«i ha<l incroasud by over 1000, and the averug« oamlw of men man was £2 17s M w week, as against £2 in 1601. tte gold output for the Auckland dte--1804 flowed an lncrdaas » ishi olß^ 1 " "T tho toWI output ' an fwrouwxl value at ■ r 1 ? 0 b<4ll ' on I»r»duetlop £H rtten' 1 'u m , m 7 1904 £3,a08,070, ho also referred lo the J m a PWt advurtivemont for New Zealand, The export of gpld io Dec. 81 last was lu,tt2o,oUo Tho Wwt, Coast tart exported £25.000,000, ao d the NorU Island £40,000,000. This yu«r the gold exports sliowod a slight d». 4.0C>,000, but this was more api Mr* mt than real. \\ v had not ut uil reached our maximum output, and the colony must look forward to lnSS - „. Hc the tiuitthud urrhed when mofp money muift ba siienf in prospecting; he had boa, very much astonished to Hud «*at « paltry amount had (wen expect upop |irosi>ect)ng (;opinarvd w*h «hat he used to spend as -Miniate* foi -Mines. Kfonomj was a good th|ng, but he did not believe iu liar. 1 simony, and he ques'JoiVd uiielher l'aiiiaiiieiit had nol Ufii too uarsi. monious in this mutter, lie proposed to bi ing science to bear on the s«bjecl. I'he hud ad««rIJsed in Kifgland, America, and Can. geological exjierts, and had appointed Dr. Bell, of ComSa, I whose ( kjualiiications weiv suporlor and whoso practical work commendMi i! j ,O lho ()<lv erninent. Mr. (Bell had subiu tied proposals which he thought would be adopted. Our regulations ut present gave 'some ttHsisluiM.tr to the old prosiwe,V' r ' „ ' ut , w « s now tfotie r and (ha t.ournment Imd lo trout dlffeatit circumstances. When the goologW said that prospecting sliould fx- done , u lv ™ district the Wiulo would liu\i.' to Jir.,l the money for the wink'Htf ot slmfis, driving of the tunmis, or for boring, and" If fa. ne\iil the money Would 4mi proiierl.v v.\|ieiKleJ. If they asktrl thv House f„ r £20,000 for he wus htuisllitl it would Iw granU l "'l- He could not help ihiuking w hut our own goldlleldN inlgiit be juado, Bendigo and Ballurut «"'rc In Uadr P(vseiil prosperous condition, all through the application of papfUt. «W Zealand would have to I'mil the capita I (or thjs co)ony at tli,i Thuiut's, Mr Hi'rtdan p|osod wttl» II brief lufemiw to State fl« («h surame and li|s scheme (or inetwating tile nmiitwr of trained nursra. A Mite of thimku and t»f unabate<l conlldince iu the tiOveniUKtlt flal passed.