WEST COST TIMES.

West Coast Times, Issue 22, 15 July 1865, Page 2

WEST COST TIMES.

SATURDAY, JUr^^li^rfe^' " We this week present pm; r|W.<t with tho Wkst CoAsr Tijn^f.intliiaproval form so long ago proinijorfthjpur £ Ul .. porters may well be o^oijseJf v d,)ult prevailed in their minds j^tlfeidt, improvement was ever to Jjikb Aio.. 'it is unnecessary to recnpitul^ >iicjS^ P^tic ; S under which wo have lah^'4 i»ssef leovors to establish a new«p,jfei ffiffl this coast, for there arc -iw* bfei^s^en h Ilokitikn who have not i^fttiiilfrsvm thsame drawbacks in thejjondt,;-,^ (\ v a - stocll as wo have in bfy'ngiiJ.Wfl i,pvonfjjd plant necessary t, r pi-k' l- up,,,, . nal (jomploto in its detui':| ahrte-ovthy of tho district and the patrojjagd wihave'reeived. With the increased ppa{js'no^ at our disposal we shall bcf'ablo->Wre/t at greater length on subjectalpilejoa' iilAesi, and ajld several new fcnljuWtonjjjjjoinnal till now wholly oxoluflo-l, or iijly IW rtiallyand defectively noting. I^oi{Apl«,\ proceedings in the Resident M»|ist| ; ao'.s and Warden's Courts wilijbo eMo^'fy reported, and shipping and }wnmj?sla! i\ews ' will have more prominence thatUiitlitrto, ] while the different gol(,js old.g0 ld.g >Ul be re- < presented by qua\i/i(3d corKipoi^nt ? ! It 1 is also our intontion shoK^jto ijiWi^li'this 1 journal thrico a , week, Nvjliilo'^o oktra t charge will be made on Mi. « jli^j ti V r i Hse- 1 raents or the subscription »i-jf iho !j) V per. A'" weekly, about tho size of f,hb Otag> ""^Vi(- 'J less," will also bo Miortly, 'iommoj ic «lj for I' lie benefit of the moro duAnt^Slfl'AYOrk- b ngs on tho West Coast! andSfcf^'oMor 1< lonvenience in sending lo otlei tyvts of * he colony. Our supporter* « •bscrvo by tho above brief proAad feo.jhat vi fwe haw been rather h{^ id Iff e | g , 01lr 1 •romised improvements, \p *[•<$ to a wko amends, and are ijiftklng JLufe -ay lents on a scale that will f-oaljlo Jld pjilh- ]>< sh a journal which nny 7 /tll any in ihor in tho colony, and of 'wfionl ti#in I ••- c nor our supporters neojlj btf^siffi^ l M ' : ; must IKb gratifying to |i )pso iLjtdoV I interest in the ibrmnjil- ' .f^llMj- 1 rtM^fpi'6vehie^rCoin\ l^;p (^CT. i ; i ( he esiaWislimem of suchj ''Iwij'^e sjjns J t< )f a healtli'y wal,enin- o f interest in p^lio n] affairs 'hy our eitizens-to ohsolvo IheJ ( . { Jnergy displayed by that body, in gmppljng' ' fo vith questions affecting our welfare, find ' t ], he public spirit evinced lh their 'netifns L. itherto. In tho absence of a/legally ein- .^ tituted Town Board, such ro|)reßc«tat|)n ',(J-f, (J - f the public is necessary, if v|-o ara nojto fcv amain a mere horde of sqi/itting 1 stoje- 01 . copers, sacrificing everytting to Jete tt j 1( icro lovo of gain— as if, iijflhet, "tli-p lin . as but oto God— monoy, 'duel cent. >'r mt. is hi $ profit." An Englishman gc J f illy has ti mind above suc^ sordid cm., tim u-ations, jind publio nffain 'claims r, gel rovj >rtion ofjhis attention: helloes not ohjifc thu be tax^d, but likes to Jjnow what'lj. £' J° )mcs of ihe money, and to aavo n J^AgijL|y i expenditure throj^UrtAfl^^flßfl| the _^m|k^|^^^^^^^^H^^^^^H

, Vnlirc in :i long 'dissertation on plenro" pneumonia in Xc^ Zealand— tho alleged cause of tho closing of tho ports-for we j nro of opinion thrfj; tho majority of 'our towiwpeoplc havo already been dosed suffieieiitlr with tMt nit very savory subjoot j but tliough wo bejiovo thero is more '• bunkum" than reason in the course adopted, tho noble army of squatters have every right and liberty to starve tho inh«lntni|ti of the extern portion of the Province, providing! they will allow us on tliwaidi therango to dispense with that mode of treatment. The West Coast is -.""Hy efficiently isolated from tho grazing K.uvulbof tho squattu-s to banish nil fear / t 1 . 0 jDfcclion (?) O f thoir flocks and yail , .fincMf they wiJl not supply us withV* i»od wo. ,-equiro, a pplieati, m must bo niade ' tothdsowho have both the will nud the powe[ ( todoso,andM'honiapotty Provin- \ cial jft.lousy ha. hitherto excluded from < most ol tho Nc^y Zoala^ lnnrkcts _ the i only exUtion being, wo ' Wlieve, Auck ! land, tAioso pleuro is Wninly not < more prevalent than iv o t4 Provinces whenltljo ports nro kept si'Wy closed. ' Vloixvp pi imonia exists wh rover there '?; are cattle in England, Irel«n\, and Scot- ' l.»ul, € sw lnsino^herplftcei; and were I tho stool olden of,. Now Z^ lmul in ft h better po lion to J compete With their brethren i Australia, we fancyke outcry n ibout pie o-pneun4nia would taot be so ii ond as a present. 1 Our claini for tho I] ntroductioa of cheap, meat nro peculia ° n] I here is a largo domanfl-n good Wrket- tl »ut no country to run ejittlo on. t would S( >o impossible to keep 1 cattle hero\forany JJ ength of tirn^, i n consequence o^the ab- ■ i once of feed y nn |l tho aenso bush of the 11 l Vest, to say 'nothing of tho mjmntain £ nngc*. would effectually prevent theii w<m- m onng.. They must! be slaughtered Within '» very shhr^ne of ,hoir arrival, and V 'Wa ry&fy qualified Inspector np- wr ni'^od (o examine the 'oninialf..J»^bre *¥■ »<lmg v wo, v »,» s^ninfeoThat there WC :■'■'; l '° 'Z loft »> •» %or two to " " or Kl -oh diseas 9 . .Tho fact is, wo lS( ° )tn ' n majority l m Peoph ,vo au insurmountaWo aversii aria and ew Zea In Aty Urikes a new ' .\ mvnl, i^the price of i nt in the two ct^ ™^*- In one, suf^lt' can be hart Z >rftwc k^afl w ,h{Ag 8 . whiloill tore 10 otllc !"' Pounds are ieofusary for a ha ' a ' opora«ppl f The stejJn^w taken by HI 0 o liupro^ent Commit! o \ ono in the in sc ;llUhv^» ni^ we ikd; there nro M*-, yin Ilo\,til:a-whether ( in t otownship jjg 1 Qn tho diggings-wad wil not thank Lent an for the, prompt nctioi the are taking Woki tho inattqi 1 . ' ' ° M'ppei ; - I Were . , V I Yr *-* L i Ho,( »■ dispute whioh took place liqi a short n "miwo, nwJ vImVI, or^nied .sol', inloreat, J^ ni w-'iiff tl.o Jnndino of some locp from nn £ ftM «.«. 0.n0,,, !,o-i ju.4 lu-n soU di The Olr y

to agof.tlenmi#irho Utely nrrivod in HokiHka. and who deseiTvcdly stands high in his profession. We regret that it lias boon accidentally omittotl from -a provious iCsuo :-" Wo tho ui«lerMj ? ,ied passong.jri on ho ml the s.s. Omco bound from Port Chalmers to Tlokitlkn, hog to tcnclcr you our sinc-ro thanks for your kind '""I prompt altcntfon and professional skill •owai-ds your | follow passengers, e.g.f MiUwmpson, Mr Powell and Mr Forrester, who untoitunntely met with accidents on bon-d tho Omco. We warmly hope flint your professional knowledge, in fao field of your now adventure, will moot with the return your ability ami kind heart merits. Dated iho 22fctf Juno, luCfl."