THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER. "Vérité sans peur.” Wanganui, July 5, 1860.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 198, 5 July 1860, Page 2

THE WANGANUI CHRONICLE AND RANGITIKEI MESSENGER. "Vérité sans peur.” Wanganui, July 5, 1860.

There is no later-intelligence from Tar an ale

, The meetingtofotJie.Wairarapa Natives at PapawaiV after ,;waiting several , days for W. Tako-from the:separatedprovisions were getting.’jic&pQe -without discussing the TCing movementpr-the-TaranakifiilFair. .The majority are against;greeting .the:-King flag at Qtaki. :;'hnd ?<H .. :,.i/rhe;-.;Residentn,iMagistrate--at' Napier has received a letter., fronF Pohipoi, j a Taupo jChiefi in to : the translation of jit given in the>-Haw-ke>s - Bay tHerald of; -23rd June,- he - sympathy ‘ for him, (Governor ’ RrotfmyiS greafc iW e;t (the Mao* ries) have met oonstiltatton and I have stated .a®iny opidion Wiremu toßangi* take ought to bfe> destroyed, ought to be utterly annihilated" {'-dt ;

; It is said 'tfrakihere will be present at the meeting of Maories" in Auckland about 300 ."CliffeCa;' every tribe in the islßbdit "The meeting is expected to last for thr£e-weeks, and as will be seen under our Auddqid. intelligence it is proposed to treat thembwithnalßdue hospitality. Seven Gbiefsileft IFellington : on the' 23rd ult., in i the': -White Swan/; and on the 29th ult., H. M. Colonial Steam Sloop Victoria, left JVellingtoh, havingon.'boafdMr. McLean and 36 Chiefs; inducing the S that went from this, and I& from M&hawattt-ahd Waikanae whom, she picked up;-oW-brer"way 1 from this to WellingtonP v " - .ry; •*. .»j nr, ?v--. ;msn / • As willjibe. seejf p J fjfqi|'‘ t tsid extracts from, the Auckland Elsewhere, the opinion seeing io.jbe, r .^at Jf tliAWaikatd.m,eeting, instead of bejng.*fayo39ptfe“ r to the /progress of the King ..movemejit,. .will likely prove to have been a “ lieavy blow and sore discouragement” to it. Wc have’ great faith ili the view the

New. Zealander takes of the probable, effect qniihe:-iiatiyes .the,, withdrawal ;.of. s th§iy European supplies.t The stomach has . been, the moving, power in most of. the great political revolutions of modern, history.. However Frenchmen may pique themselves on Liberty, Fraternity, dnd Ijquality, these higb-squpding terms are too ? abstract to move a, whole people, ail'd- neither..4heir_first..,nor, last revolution ,\VQuld v have; taken place, but foy.,the.cravings of im empty stomach; I And so;with respect to. some ■ qf the 'great political. reforms in onr own country—such as the passing of the.. Reform Bill* .and -the abolition Corn laws—r wEidlt; if ndt-originatfidv.vvereTrecipitated by a similar cause. And, -whatever may. be thought of the. asceticism or stoicism of the Maorij he. is under- the influence ..of the same.,natural law. and is not likely-long to. preserve.his allegiance to king ;it’i'deprives J. f him of his blanket and tdbacco. . hfatters; how'ever,Tiaye. come, to such a'point, that.hptyeyer undesirable! a war may be, 4 it is alinosjt necessary the fiative population'feel) some c^^he' privations., arising from Jt,.in..jprder to* defer'them from" future misbehaviour. At any rate, let us hope that the Government will hot make any arrangement which will not clearly and indubitably prove that they are in the wrong,; and show; that overt acts of rebellion,„such a§ lorne of tlieih 1 have committed.carihotfgo -tin' expected to continue till the sitting of the General Assembly, it is. probable the Governor may submit to them his proposed measures, and ask their 'dOncurrence before finally adopting and carrying them out’. And our representatives, surely, will give no countenance to any settlement which would merely takerthe shapopn armed truce.

The great improvement that lias lately been 1 made in some of our hy .the. construction: of good side walks, reflects much credit on the authorities, and we hope. will.be carried out to its full extent, as there are still many places wliere labour may,he.expended in. this way with advantage. So urgent .indeed has been the call Tor it, „ that we observe some of our house proprietors , making repairs on the streets. at their own expence. These footpaths have been found so great a convenience and comfort during the _ late wet and stormy weather*-that; a question. naturally itself whether some other improvements might not would conduce .to the health and amenity of the : town. About a year ago a series of papers appeared in this journal from the pen ef an esteemed townsman, on sewerage and general sanitary improvements; Attention •to 'such matters is more needed ; now fban it was then, and may. .shortly be more urgently required, whem if/rtlif impending commence, our fei.lo.y-settjers in are obliged. to\comb .into town.'.. is we are aware, to convince some persons'of the necessity , for such precautionary'measures. They are sa little accustomed,' while they enjoy health, to consider those causes' which affect injuriously the actions of, the various animal functions, that it is hot easy to persuade them that a process may be going on in their system, slowly but not less surely, which,, though they feel at present no. symptom of illness, will certainly ere long tell seriously on their power of. enduring fatigue, and may unfit them altogether for some tipie for tlieir ordinary avocations. Then they , will acknowledge the necessity of pure air,, thorough ventilation, and., scrupulous attention. . cleanliness and dietetics; but in the, meantime, the fallacy that anything that does not on the moment affect them injuriously is harmless, has such a hold on them, that they are unwilling to make any effort to ward off evils, the arrival of which, if at all suspected as possible, need not be anticipated as probable for a long time. Pure air and pure water 7 are two of the first essentials'to health. Any inferiority • in the quality of wafer is at ohce : discovered, and, if the remedy is within the compass of individual exertion it is applied.' If, as is the case with its, the relief ohly'he pbtairlbd by the joint action of a number of individuals, it. is long before the conviction of the existence of the evil leads to, steps being taken for its removal. But 1 the impurity of air is not so ipimediately obvious to the senses. It is more from experience in the first place, than observation, that it is discovered ; and consequently, where the knowledge derived from' experience is not brought into requisition, aggravated disease is engendered; and submission to the will of Providence in the afflictions lie'sends is frequently inculcated where the evil arises 'entirely from submission to the influence of filth, and from neglect of the laws which have been ordained by Providence Tor the maintenance of health. Emanations from putrifyipg animal and vegetable matter vitiate the air—and increasing degree of deterioration must be increasingly hurtful, until it arrives at that stage at which it destroys animal life. . That such a process of vitiation is continually going on around our doors there is no doubt. The jwhole soil is being gradually impregnated with noxious matter, the exhalations 'from which (are constantly rising up,'and 5 /in'calm weather 'penetrating into our houses* arid diffusing j theif noxious influence through our veins. : Were it not for the winds by wh.ich, we aye almost'constantly visited, these deadly vapours' 1 would have been more hurtful than they have, as yet proved. But; notwithstanding this counteracting agency, the health of the community must be suffering from .this insidious enemy, whose attacks are felt in,, the. shape of diarrhoea, fever, though it may only be of a niild type, and that general; debility which is more oppressive than fiillyl developed disease, because too often chronic, and permanently depressing the mind as well as enervating the body. How are these evils to be warded off ? Only by attention to those requirements on

which, it is ndwjailoweil, thd;healfh of (owns - depends.,, on 6of these is, the removal' of all noxious animal and vegetable-matter. What-

ever means m'ay be chosen for effecting this object, (and what is the best- means does not ( yet seem to be ascertained), expence 1 must be incurred. lii order that, a rate may be levied 1 to meet this expense,-some board must be appointed to superintend ‘hot only the taxation but" the • expenditure ;of the y -money■; -and it would be in the,- long run an economicaLmea-, sure for the inhabitants eithei* to obtain powers" to form a local board for this purpose, or to obtain the sanction 'of the government to’ form' themselves into a corporation. By thispaeans v all necessary measures for the liealtK 'arfd f '' comfort of the inhabitants would be taken," so " far as these measures - diet their wishes and - their approbation. Many; other improvements might be made by such a board of a/less urgent: nature ; and 1 the’ salubrity and agreeable- ' * ness ;of the’ place- being-thus greatly in’creasfed, r -> 1 itV{Population'and prosperity would;advance iuore"rapidly. ■< ■ r*i-.

Local' Intelligence.

Tukakina. —An inquest was held on Fri- > day the 29th inst.y before Si M. Curl, Esq., . Coroner for the district, at the house of Mr. , John Cameron, on the body rof CharlesUPeckj . who was found on Thursday morning last , on the bank of the Makiri stream. - \ V

It was supposed that the -deceased, in at- ’ tempting to cross the stream on the night of the previous Tuesday, was, owing to the, heavy freshet, washed 'away*-? A .verdict of “ acci-. dentally drowned wasireturned. The jury also recommended that the streams in the- Turakina and Rangitikei districts should' be bridged, several cases having , come before their notice of persons having nearly lost their . lives during the heavy The Coroner very appropriately represented ' to the jury the necessity of applying for the appointment of a police officer: in theidistrict, as, in cases of * the ;aboye kind,'there would’." then be one whose duty it would be to take" charge of the body, apprise the coroner of the occurrence, &c.; whereas, without the presence of such' officer no settler would willingly take"on himself the onus of the necessary duty. The jurors entirely concurred in the Coroner's suggestion, and unanimously recommended Mr. Charles Tylee (who officiated on the occa-’' sion as constable) as. the most fit and proper. person for the office, owing to his previous employment in that capacity, and his knowledge 6f the country in and about the district.

Volunteer Rifles.—-No. 1 Company held a' meeting on the evening of Mondays the 2nd instf, Capt.- Deighton in the chair, when a committee was appointed, consisting .of the following gentlemen,—d/essrs. G. Beaven, E. Broughton," John Cummings, E. Howe, F. Parkes, W;. F. Russell, J. Speed, B. Stakes, :J. G. Wright. Mr. Russell was appointed treasure*-

The committee met on Tuesday evening. Mr. Stokes was unanimously elected the permanent chairman of the committee, and Mr; Beaven the' Secretary. Thereafter the regulations of the Auckland Volunteer Rifles were adopted',' on the understanding that bye-laws should be added as occasion" requited. It was further resolved, that the- committee should hold a'meeting every Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the Jutland Hotel, and that the No. 1 Company. should have an extra drill every -Wednesday morning at • 7 o’clock. - The Committee of-No. 2 Company held their first meeting at the Rutland Hotel on Friday evening the 29th ult. - ' The undermentioned gentlemen: were present,—Capt. Porter,* Lieut.*, Davidson, Lieut. Ross, Messrs. Powell, Finnimore, Rees, T. H. Davis, J. Hurley, Holland, Peake,, and Gray. The following resolutions were unanimpusly adopted,- \ 1. That Tlios. Powell, Esq. ,be elected chairman of committee for the curreutyear. ,

,2. That Mr. Finnimore be elected secretary for the current year.

3. That the laws of the Auckland Volunteer Rifle Company, t now-read, be adopted by the No. Company 1 of the Wanganui Volunteer Rifles, subject to such modifications as may be agreed upon by the committee from time to time.’

4. That the general meetings of the No. 2: Company shall take place on the first Monday in September, December, March, and June, throughout the current year. ' 5. That the committee meetings shall take place on each Mondays evening? at at the Rutland Hotel. O': .

We believe the committees propose to consult each other on * those* matters that are of common interest to the two companies, so that they may work together more harmoniously.