The Tuapeka Times. SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1839. "Measures, not Men."

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue II, 2 January 1869, Page 2

The Tuapeka Times. SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1839. "Measures, not Men."

Another year has passed away. Again is^each one of us called to sura up His actions ; again are we given fair opportunity for a new start. Although the iirst number of the Tuapeka Times gave the hearty salutation, " A Happy New Year," at the eleventh hour, still we may say this is the second occasion upon which we are called to utter seasonable and cordial wishes for the health and prosperity of all our readers. Our gratitude to all classes is necessarily great for the encouragement we have received from all hands. The genuine kindness with which shortcomings have been overlooked can never be forgotten by us : must always call a grateful acknowledgment to our lips Our labours, at first up-hill and difficult, have, thanks to the support of the public, been more recently crowned with success; and we have from time to ume been able to improve our journal, in order to make it more worthy of the important district it represents. Still, we are not satisfied to rest upon our oars, and hope to continue enlarging and improving. Our political course _^*as not been taken from any interested orpartizan motives. Whereever vice and corruption appeared, whether in high places or in low. we have besn ready to break a ' I lancu on the side of truth and justice. Nor has this course been . w LtKont its reward ; for, although we haive~~Deooin^ marks foy the I v.enom and malice" ftf-thejbrrel in J -J advocates of the iniquitous 3Sm i-jmrjracerm cHque v/ho miao y« » Qtogo, we have from c?cnfl .received encouragement-^HH port not from political a <^SM but from the hurd-v<fiU^^M honasfc sons of toil \y^^^^^M With reve^^l^^^^^^^^^^^^H plause, with rev^^^^^^^^^^^J terred hyi, Hiny jj^^^^^^^^^^H resolve toC\ [/iijujfT^^^^^^^^^^| iiido] )e.Vxchi:/^jJ^^^^^^^^^^M '.vo*tinap,

hospitality denied them here. Such is the situation ; and we fervently pray 1869 may avert the gloomy auguries with which 1868 has closed. In our own district, in spite of adverse circumstances, we have some more pleasant reminiscences of the year that ha 3 gone. Our municipality has been improved and enlarged, and our miners continue to obtain appropriate rewards for their skill and endurance. We were severely tried in the earlier portion of the season by two heavy floods, but the effects of those have been obliterated by the energy of the inhabitants of the district. Tuapeka has taken a proud position in public affairs ; and in her originated an agitation, on the success of which depends the future fortunes of the Colony. Alarmed by the progress made by our Land League, the obstructionists and landsharks found themselves compelled to raise some kind of counter excitement, and with this object they started the "New Zealand Sun/ That that journal has done its duty with a vigour and recklessness worthy of a better cause none will deny ; but in .spite of all its efforts the cry of the people, continues _tho same — '• Land for tho people.'' Chief among the oppor.euts of tliat cry is the reputed editor of that journal, who holdn his position in dishonourable contravention of an agreement entered into with the proprietors of the " JDnily Times." But the political career of Mr. Yogel is almost at an end, and we question whether the party he has served so faithfully will recompense him for the loss of public coniidence. But enough of politics ; let the dead past bury its dead, and with nobler aspirations, higher aires, and more generous sentiment's, let each one of us gird himself up for the struggles and temptations of a New Yeak.

A -comruNiCArroN, purporting to be from Tuapeka, but wiitten in. the namby-pamby style characteristic of the " New Zeal.md Sun," appears m that journal of a roc&nt date. Y/e shall not comment on the ignorance of professional courtesy displayed in this production, as the jumped-up literateurs, too numerous in the Colon}', could not understand our meaning. Still, it is carrying impertinence too far to not only mention us in our public capacity, but also to impute private motives to the course we have taken in public affairs. That tho writer is a proficient in the art of slander, and somewhat skilled in lying, all who have read the files of the " Sun " will admit ; but, to use his own elegant and classical phrase, he has in this instance " come too much of the monkey " altogether. We have repeatedly warned the miners that an attempt would be made to squash the land agitation by unprincipled politicians — to play digger against settler, and our prophesy has been literally fulfilled. So evidently are the echoes called up for a partisan purpose, that we feel tolerably certain they originated not very far from either the sanctum of the " Sun " or the office of the Provincial Treasurer, — if the two are not synonymous. The article "Echoes from' Tuapeka" was too evidently, written to fit into the leading article of the following day to be genuine ; and as we . arc authorised to contradict its / monts in regard to the j^n^y we strong^ siispsrli«MfA/j| father to 'tie

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and that the LawreQce Brass Band sustained tlieir reputation by their performance on the j "ground. Messrs. Trayes, Eindes, Cormick. Barrett, and Kendall acted as a committee, and performed their difficult office to the satisfaction of all. Wo subjoin the prize list :— Quoit Match.— lst, Robinson ; 2nd, Baillie. Hop, Step, and Jump. —lst, Downes ; 2nd, Drysdale. TFrestling (collar and elbow}— lst and 2nd, Prideaux and Cousins (divided). 200-yd. Race, j Ist, Dowries 2nd, Craig. Putting Heavy Stone (201b5.).- Ist, E. Mcc ; 2nd, Eobertfon. Banning Flat^Juinp.-- Ist, Downes ; 2nd, Drysdale. Cornish Wrestling.— lst, Wedlake; 2nd, Var" coe. 100-yd. Race.— lst, Downes J 2nd, Craig. Three Standing Jumps.— lst, Barkinan 2nd, J. Mee. Putting Light Stone (141b5.) -Ist, i Niel ; 2nd, E.. Mee. Sack Race.— Niel and J. i Alee (divided). Boys' Race. ---Ist, M'Millan ; 2nd, Downie ; 3rd, Knox ; 4th, Hall ; sth, i Monaghan. Three Legged Race.— Niel and Cowie ; 2nd, J. Mcc and Niel.