Home View of the Colony.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2041, 20 July 1875, Page 2

Home View of the Colony.

i- ;Anextract ofronna private letter received from a prominent New Zealand gentleman at home by this matt'*sa¥s "Vogels saleof th* four million loan was most successful, and themore credit is duetto him as he had;to carry itafcaittit the dead woight of the crown agentsT'ln their case it was 'Great is Diana of the Ephesiaus,- and. to-get-a' paltry commission they, v would =have- sacrificed your r best interests in Zeatied • to 1 their' apron Strings; doling half a million rat-, a time; ■ thus prerentinif your agents going elsewhere, and if Vocel had not been here the loan would not have been [negotiated; : New Zealand grows in favor every day, and if. there is no great blunder-made in the manage* mentpf the Colony's affair* for*the:neit two years, you will succeed in getting a ' better class of people from this counfcrr I than you have hitherto had; Many nwU of capital, care looking -to the Colony as their future home.; I have luit this morning answered ~a telegram from a .rgentleman cm / the north of England who is .desirous of going out^ »wi«i»his- family. He baa capital and ,wishescto settler; This: climate does riot suit him. The interest taketf in NewZealand is very goneral and very great. I need scarcely,say, however, there is much anxiety about New Zealand finance, and this will require close attention." Parliamentary Gossip, There is reported to be much divisiefc ■*■ in the Opposition camp. No ba'sw of action can be agreedupon, as 'those men* J ticned as, leaders take opposite views on radical questions. - The Government speak-with-confidence.- ™„,~ , „»,