What Everybody Says.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2021, 26 June 1875, Page 2

What Everybody Says.

"In multitude of counsellors there is safety." '• ....;„.... — OldProybrb.; Everybody has been interested this; week iffftlje: deputations ;to Hii", Honor the Superintendent^ Naturally I after allj that has been •sajd,.about the Goldmining,Districts Act, the conference regarding; urgent amendments of the Act was looked! forward to with special interest, but if anybody—even Sir-George Greyr-r-cari make anything of the variety of sugges- ; ' ti'on a offered he must have* a:;long he'ad^-' longer than some of our legal gentlemen.: ..One Wants to'liave the: afea • to'be' take~n; up under license altered ; another wishes an amendment of the provisions affectiagi claims. Then the mode of .procedure? affecting the working of ground fs': an| eyesore, and so on; and between theloj; Sir 1 George musVhaya -cbtaiwo the; fcoriclusibn that the* Act is most(unsatis-; factory-, or that an Act to please every-; body would he) a: difficultr piecel sof legis-j lation. The Warden and the. legal ad-i visers were evidently not in accord.! What the latterrsuggestediin one particu-j lar direction" the Warden condemned.! He said that puttings-forfeited claims up! ,tq : auction, had " killed.the. ; .]awyers. ; "-r--he] meant"their work,/and 'hp" was 'no¥"cbfi-i tradicted, because it was true. Ati these deputations a. variety of character: may be noticed* There isOthe loquacious; gentleman who has;.something to^sayon! every point; there is displayed the dogged determination of the man who has discovered but one- weak 'point,! arid: who j persists in sticking t6 that point.- 1 Then;l there is the individual who possesses a I reputation for "cleverness. The last; named plays a:waiting game. Ho seizes; upon the most salient poiutggfof hisi friends' argument and then comes down! with what he conceives tobe.a masterpiece. He is sometimes successful in seciiringla: point for himself, but more .oft^n he re-1 ceives a quietrebuff and retires "with hisj tail between, his 71egs>to a remote corner i to ruminate' on' the iniitabiiity of human \ affairs, and the short sightedness which people display in not appreciating hisj well digested opinions.., SirGeorgeap-: preciates everything. He is the pink of: politeness, and if he, cannot always refrain. trom a little stroke of sarcasm,, he makes; himself pretty well understood in saying; that he takes in what he hears with a due; measure of qualification, and he does not delude his interviewers with;fair promises \ to the ear which lie has not the remotest intention:of'carrying-out toithe letter 'arid the spirit. -~/- The.iminers' rights \ enquiry*has apparently terminated so far as the Thames and Ohinem.uri are concerned, We hear little' o'f-iti the business-being done in secret haying put an, effectual stoppage to ordinary comment. • The Commissioner and his assistant have gone no one appears to know. where,v but- it "is; reported :that they have gone Brisseriden ' nunting.; Where tO;Or in what,direction deponent sayethnot; but 'tis said thatJVTajorKeddell and Inspector? Thompson were last seen stepping on board the lona steamer for the North, armed with a roving commission to seize upon and examine any and everybody who could, give jnfprmatibn^aboutH§ieAproeeedings]at'Ofiinem^n on thenight of the 2nd and' morning of the 3rd of March,; wonderful commission, and results will be anxiously looked for.;' ■, ? 'V-?' O "^ Everybody is curious to know who^he bloated capitalist is who has been expending£6o,a week at Ghinemuriion the strength of a promise .thai; he would get an agricultural lease. .Is it, a joke, or what? Can:there!beJso much money at the control of one individual in the Province. It takes everybody's breath avray to realise the fact-^foi- fact'it is,' or else it; would not have appeared in the Gazette. The lucky, dispenser |pf £60 a week—must have.aiSrie account at his : banker's, ■ and rather, extravagant views regarding the payable nature of agricultural pursuits. If, he has so much money , to spend, why not engage a Native interpreter "and go in/ for a freehold; direct from; the olords of^tlie soil. With '£60 a week'£ to spend' some people .would acquire, the; half of a country side and defy the '■■ Government to dispossess them ; and the A. Porter who has expended £60 a week: on the hope of a paltry lease must be as; rich as Crcosus and guileless as a child. Perhaps,, after all, it i»,only,a bit of bounce, and the £60 a weelt may be capable of being reduced to a comparativelyinsignificant sum, or of explanation which' would considerably diminish the effect on ;i our nerves. ■■ ''■ J ;!"" *-; ■■' ;';!' ' ;l

The adventures of an M.P.C. in polito society are to be republished in Auckland with additions and alterations by the hero—so 'tis said. The dignitary of the cjiurch, the obliging friend who.assisted the M.P.C. to effect his escape, and other persons arc to be introduced-to the public in their own personality. Everybody will rejoice, but it may, be said that, tho <rue and original story was substantially correct, - ;