The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1885.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5228, 20 October 1885, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1885.

The colony of New South Wales very much resembles other older children in its apparent objection to the progression of younger branches of the same family. It is thoroughly conservative, and warmly wedded to the associations of its past life. Every advancing move made by any one of the members of the important southern family of the Empire seems to meet with the disapproval of this elder branch of it. After Victoria gained separation from the land of " Cornstalk?," and shot ahead of the elder division of Australia so rapidly, anything in which the quiet'going colony had no hand in the inauguration of, was very strongly opposed, and many peculiar methods of thwarting such movements were adopted. When the younger colony instituted a protective tariff, or when any other step in the direction of progress was attempted or taken, the intervening hand of the New South Waleg Government has been displayed as far as it could safely be. Now, from our telegrams, we learn that it has transpired that Nevr South Wales has made a suggestion to the American Government, asking them to refuse to undertake the car* riage of the New Zealaod mails in America, but the latter refused to aecsdp to it. We cannot but suppose that the thought existed that if New Zealand would not accede to any requirements or demands made by the older Government in the matter of mail service, New South Wales should use her influence to endeavor to Bhow the younger ones that independence of action is not to be tolerated, and this colony's administrators should be reminded that certain relations between the colonies must not be broken down without the express consent of the older power. Hew South Walea was given a very fair opportunity to come in with New Zealand in making arrange- i ments for the now existent mail contract, \ and probably thought tbat she could dictate her own terms, but upon this colony proving as conclusively as it has done that it could help itself if occasion demanded, then the austere and conservative colony endeavors io an uaderbaud

way to cause trouble by throwing ob stacle9 in the way of negotiations being carried on between our and the United States Governments. This conduct de serve more than ordinary condemnation, and we are glad that we were placed iv the position of being able to record the fact that the American powers refused to entertain the discreditable proposals made. We trust that in any future treaties or dealinns with New South Wales this action will not be forgotten, and that the younger colony will remind its senior that such behavior is not likely to be passed : unnoticed.