ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

Tuapeka Times, Issue 1, 15 February 1868, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE

.Our Correspondence Column is open to the temperate discussion of questions of public interest ; but we do not in. any way identify ourselves with the opinions expressed by our Correspondents. All letters must be accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.

(To the Editor of the Tuapeku Times.) Snt, — I am sure you have too much common sense to expect a cordial welcome to this district before we know whether you will be an .acquisition to the district, or an ornament to the " fourth estate ; " but perhaps T should observe that a little opposition here just now, to use a negative, would do no harm ; and as to Wetherstones, 1 hope it may result in positive good. We consider that we have been miserably neglected in this township. We have had no one whom we could look upon as " our own," to bring our wants before the public. True, we have a Progress Committee, who have not .at yet made much progress ; and we have sunk a deep shaft, and sunk, also, a good deal of money, in trying to get at the cement ; but though unsuccessful as yet, we will not say " die." We intend to spend a little more cash when we can get it. Mr Blue, of the Spur, says that none of his brothers were buried at Wetherstcnes ; nevertheless, he (Mr Blue) would be only too glad, for our own sakes, and for iiis satisfaction, if we could come across his brothers' "golden dust ;" and we mean to try ; for, though we have been neglected by all the world, we are in pevfeob, harmony, for nature has designed that we should "be one. If in your T e -egrinatinns you should visit this delightful little retreat, the birthplace of " home brewed " and "sweet waters," an oasis o7 Grores and gardens, where corn and wino abound : a land of rosy children, and near to Pleasant Valley, noted for its monster pigs ; you must visit all the "lions," and dub me "Our Own," &c; self first, you know. Now a few hints to yourself, Mr Editor. As you are a " new chum," I hope you will not take it amiss from oae iclw has been over the ground, and " knows a thing or two." Of course, you are a patriot, and that you are actuated by a far higher and nobler principle than to come into this district from tli3 mere mercenary motive of bettering your own condition ; and there is no place on God's earth where a generous semi will be more welcomed than in this district. I need not say to you that you must be loyal ; however much there may he disaffection in some parts of her Majesty's vast dominions, in Ota^o, the '"Britain of the south," there is true loyalty, and the hearty " God bless the Queen." In whatever assembly you may eriier, in dealing with the higher elements of our nature, tread softly; yow have a dangerous and difficult task in being macfe " all things to all men ; " the varied flaws we serve under will suggest caution ; and whether we believe in the supremacy of the Queen, or the Pope, attend the Synod or the Deanery Board, hail the flag of John Knox, or John Wesley, use sprinkling or immersion, note it all down, bub not in malice ; and if we cannot unite these varied beliefs, and make them one, we can at least " agree to differ:" In politics, " never bring an old house about your cars ; " until you have a betfer let us be content with our own, form of gove^ nerd. imtiL.it has cndlivM its day, or 'ie comii^gjjnan^for he is not ate#aietter. J r ith

ganger will be avoided which has proved to many a brave youth. And if, in thkbenifience of a wise Providence, you are gftod with a large amount of philan••.hroph, anc i you are ]j uriull g w it'a the desire t6™ a ] fe « cl . oO ked things straight, and pi a j nj >» that you may possibly fe^v- lip », aga i n gt individuals a;id peoples str^ lhlg against v , incl and ule, and that yv x may poSSessp oSSess an jj m _ >mved steering apj , atus w hich, under, your guidance, wiU\ ring these t i me . worn marine im into porx Caution, also, is needed ;«n lit then be^ lies a clclicate matter to attempt anytn H in t j xeil . favor until you have first taE^ off your j hat, and asked permission \ ( | fJ t h e thing for them ; for some men "wm to a crcedof their own finding ratliVj.^.^ in any help which you have to offer. \' will be sure to meet with your am bu^ ■nass sort of folk ; and by making tin. slightest deviation, you incur the risk of being told, in not very complimentary language, to mind your own. We are all squatters here, or intend to be, either on a large or a small scale ; so we shall expect you to advocate the cause of me and my brother miners ; and we 'must have as much land as we require to suppliment our scanty income from gold mining. Begging your kind indulgence for trespassing <<o far on your space and patience, I am, &c. , Old PfifKii Pii'ee.