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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 844, 12 August 1881, Page 2

BY JOPESL MASTER

T.o ih ■Elector's o/'llit Townships of Greytovm amlMasMon- ; " • '; I Friesus and Brotu'euEiectoks,—As the time will jji)o|i arrive when the information I possess relative, to tj)<3 Ji'ni'W Association wjli nwt be av'ai|ab]e, except in print; and as «n attempt hiia.'aliwly beisu p)ada by interested and designing persqns to- boncea)' i'raljy the truth.)' lain induced to put, in a peraanoiifc forun lyh'at it-is- rj>;ht yoq should know, and tJl.lt your ohjltlrgi] should not forgot; and that whioli, nt Bonio ftiltire' day,, yoinir. they-iMy have to act.upon, if yo'u are desirous to maintain your own rights, and InJjjiyp yoqrchijdren educated nt'.'ij -small 1 -, espouse. ,'|f: there Ijpiany difficulties in £uur. fundg being'properly itppVnpriated,, now, \yhat will it bp in tvvoiity, Qi'.pyei) loij yei)iV tiipaf ! Pledging riiyself, thou,for, I ha acpuracy' arjd'triith of the statements,contained 'ln. these lines, I claim your belief with conlidence, when I shew you my. endeavors slid |||bors from the commencement. : Hiift'esfii', tjjcra. Ig.wie pJi)Sjj.,andJ|)at far . from an uuiniportan't one, small, at wliosa hands ]' may expect tn isileive anything but kinduesß. I allude, of: course, to a set of persons.who, .with groat activity and self complacency are apctisioined on all occasions to present ■thonipelveg tppiiljijc iiotipe.' jijy this body ;Ishall be constantly Mlti'iyo'd with niisr representations,' -vehement : abuse, and affected contempt.,. jj'i thebegiii'ning'ofthnyearlSDSJhad an'lnterview wjth-ijir George Grey, then Governor, nnil as ho was about, b introduce new Lund Itoglilaiions in accordance wiih a Despatch received fi out Earl Grey, the t-liei) Colonial. Minister, directing'him ! to ascertain Hip ppinjnns'af fljg pplgnisls, as to th.a propriety,'of spiting aside the ; Aiistraliitii Lands Apt', and reducing the 1 prion of Grown lands in this Colony; at the same time expressing his oivii opinion, that the minimum Upset prioe might be .most advantageously reduced, from,. £l toss per,acre.-' In order, therefore',:to Strengthen h Sir George Grey's hands, as ■there was a vpi-ygr'pftt- dpal of ppobsjljon, triiprge Moore,' Esq., drew, tip r> pisijlion, .'tt'hjah I undertook the .cjiarij'e .of,'. : «nd '.which I doliyefed'to tlie-Governprnumer-ously siguetf,at-;the i s,anie.:tlme iiiggostihg that the iiiari*-'^ ; /siiiii]]' capjtal, if ;only possessed of M, should be 'allowed to invent as "flrplj■■;ajr:tbp i :niaii"-oiv;£l,000 > -Sir George Grey agreed'•'jjrjfjj' and said ho would put it in; the Lnnd. of which, shortly :after;lie'-.spnt nip a proof sheet, and balled, hi pelf itmy 'shop 1 , : to,. seo if that wpuld;Btiit nie, Isaid, "No, I j'trant.a'hipck'jof not Joss tlmii.2s,Oopt pttrea set ap.irt,' through which' tho inaih .'road tyllj pass, so its to givo employment to 'the rie'w■ jeTj;ierij7' ; Sir George (jrreylh'cfrsaid, 'l'll gnaiiS. take it at Xhjirirj; -I wtli "clihed, stating thatThad tor. Wellington,and should; peffeif'ii in the, .Wairarapa.: Sir George Grey said, ".The Government have, no land there, ' hut if-you could induce the Natives toasll such.a block, I will send Mr M'Leari to '

pursl)iißß*it" I lhorefore,at once got a piUkjiope, with tont r aiid\jjlioj Articles, !U)4got>M},UVJncKßoli/dg(> ljjjth tno is mierpVeieV calling at tlmSsidence of Mi Borlase <fn onr whore wo had a long conversation, part Maori and p.ut English; however, we made Itoidlr understand, who conyeißod with Richmond the chief, who nai<F," If it bo tiuo what this man aaya, we will get the Natives to sell tho land." - t ~- In oidor to asctrtiin the truth, tho old man ordered his soli in Jaw, Isiiah, tojgo down to Wellington, and I wont with him to see His Excolloncy Isaiah was satisMod, and said he would use his influence to induce the N.itives to sell tho land I wanted „ Sir Oooige Grey put lua haij'd into his pocket and took out a quantity'of I sovereigns, which ho lnnded to Isaiah to ' pay his expenses, saying th.it Mr M'Lean would be up in a few d iyo, uid would pm chain the hind foi Musters ' 1 A pubho meeting wasshortl} afterwards called by me, m older to form a committee to assist me, in whose mines Sir Gourde Grey hid p'unmed to invest the 25,000 acies The committee, m tonjunc tion with Mi' W Allen, d'row up,the inles, \ Inch w'oic considered only tern poniy, is the Goiornoi liid pot a, Hundred Act passed, which ivo exbdctecl 1 tohringin forco,as souii as there were; the required numher of settlers. - i; Ki;j ■ Mr. M'Lean having succeeded, in making Hie purcliaso," Sir George Grey sent - forthe Honorable Mr■ Tollemache, pr Feathefsto tj," and myself, /Ijhe'/Governor; said'•'Mr Masters I 'l hWe'ascertained, that Mr Tolleiunclio.is. tho .'only person that could iiijurc'ybui' sch^ii'e, :r :hild lie' lias promised me that ho would rather encourage it;." and MivTullomacho said ''Not: one farthing of my ' money or scrip shall ho brought into operation in that part of Hie country you have chosen;''! litli'nnked: him, and Sir George Grey, addressing himself, to: me; said; ! "Mr •Masters, I.am about proceeding-16,the Cape of Good Hope in a few daya/aiul'Dr Fcalherstbiii has promised mo that he will assist you in all that lays in his power. l'.~Dr_ Featheiston said "I will." :. ' ". I am-happy, to say. Mr Tolleniacjio...hpn-, orab'y kept his word. .. ■ ,',,,;; r;. iyi^ The Ooinniitlee "I first consisted/of the: following:—Messrs Masters, Allen, Caller, Jackson, Eenall, Georgo Luxfnrd, P. Trotter, iind Brnithwaite, The- latter threb'hb'wevor declining to act left-'tho' re- : maining five, ns .Committee. ' Itlien proceeded up la ■Waifuriip'iiiwitli n depiitiiliun consisting of' Messrs Chew, 1 , Tncker, Jackson, and myself, to. meet Captain Smith R.A. Wo met. explain Smith, and I pointed put the site, for., the. farthest town, iindv,y>u ; .adjournedjo Adam's wiuire; he was present during our discussion. I- next pointed', out the site for the first-'town, but the. 'Association having no funds, I wont'"to the Laud Office, and paid £so.fp,rthe farthest town to float the scheme, u Mr'Cbrbett' : was engaged- to commnnco the survey, hut tho Committee! had to advance -him £'2s to buy an instrument before lie! could commence. ' '•'

As booh as the 'furthest"'town'" was' surveyed, vie commenced-'receiriiiv depoaits.for memk-raliip^Dp/to*Depomber 1)111,1853, 1 received £'o2 which I handod over to; Mr,..A11an,.; There.woro 3D subscribers to thia sum whomever became members; fur according to our byu-laws, each raemlioi' had to shew thai he had purchased his - furry acres .from fiuvermpiil, f()r which, Sir Loivts -«avq him.a printed receipt ivifh'his' signature:" The names of those who I believe paid £1 Inwards cdticalidiiiil..'purposes,'. and ; .';l believe novpr intended to ..he members, arc i flev3 If, Oi'coil", «T. Wailjin, Messrs F. Bouiton, Hornev, 0. 1: Flowe, J. Ho\ve;.;lluoler, Mace, Milsi'ii, Miniiie, Milehnij,''Quin, Serd, Somerville, Tnko, Mult. J. H. YalUiico, R, D, Wallace, J, Watkin 'junior, Burton, 'Crawford, Laxly, Weiifflin; the remaining eleven .forfeited." Twenty acres'in each, township were "given by tha Giji'eriimont. not to the Association, hut to the inhabitants.. gentrally... .Mr. Oorhefct .finishod- surveying v tho Town Lands/and had nearly' completed thiifliirbiirhaii land, v/heu the natives interferred, and, the lower portiliii of the

sections wero cut cff by the Goveriiiiit.nt. ThoCommitice then employed Mr Hughes flnwover. he had u»t proceeded far before ho ' ceased work, and. demanded 'l\ Etiavanten of payment fnim me, I was nut able to give'a .«uA>an'eo withouto insult ing Mr Perry, my partner, but he'sawlilr Porry. who wont to Mr Dillon Bell," the" Laud Cnmmissniier, ivlio" a»reed that he should be paid in lands U3 the Govern • .nionf had no funds, At iliis lime I'wna in l|ia Wiijnirnpii. and at the request of ilia Committee,. J undertook to aco each section, as .far as; possible, get a fair share of Iniali hind. This was in/ Cjctobor. NuyeqWj-and-Dt-comliftr,, 1854..-. .On March 4, ■l.Sfi.4. the baliot .toolCplaie for riiimlier and chcice tif town acres, which was ; also. 'to' bo the 'nppjbnr fqr Qiifbiirhan pectiiins Afterwards atthe di"!|er Mr" Allan in the chajr-said;-: : .'v,'• . ''As Mr MoMaslor is the founder .of (ho scheme, it is-onlv-fair that.he should have. the.. honor.. of. naming the first, town.

I arose and said "As Sir George Grey had treated the seiiepip en graciously,- if would be 'only 'due jo him" fb"'nauie it Greytowni' l ■■■< l -■ Then the chairman begged the honor due to him has cliairfnaii, of na'miiig the next town Mii'storton, after the founder of'small farms.in Wairarapa, -. fir Hughes was cmiliiiuiiig the survey on the Taratahi, January 1855, wlieii we had'the great eartluinnko, which blocked up'tho passage" oyer the' Rirn;ntnljiv; and tlio- t](iveri]nienfc : "'v,'a3" iinab'lf) to piako 'roads, : liuthf()|"\«!int'of.nio|i an'd.flifihey; 1 This delay naturally "damped our- progress, About this time I asked Mr Allan what lie had done with the £251 had collected r'lirbtjiipafloiiiilpftvpflfpD; lip'repljed. "|: havo purchased (lie forty'oiWit _&«>«' belt at the back .of Greytown, wdijohl consider will some day be a good eiidinvmenl,-All parties wero friendly then an'd Mr Jack-, son 'proposed nie/a| pjomjipr pftljo Provincial'' (jopncil'.fdr: 'Wairarapa, anu>l fought hard to get a ' bridge/oyer, tho Waiuliine, when one of the ■Government uiemlißrs «sk.eil me if I would vote for another Joan pf fiO.OOj) for'ljghtjh/iuses,. £5,000 for Wapga'iiui b'riflgpi 4>fl°P f( " ii.o Waiohine bridge. I said" That is wlnit I ail! fighting do hard for," Jlr' Renall, then .member for tlio.Hutt,'voted on tho samo side, I was upbraided by the opposition for selling myself to tlie Government. . ■

file closed, however, and Go-; vernor Cjore by the Advice of his Ministers, refused his sanction to the Bill, The Supofintendoiit. called the Council t«(;etiier, and 1 went down expressly to support the Government. I called fit theoflico'of the]'ovincialSecretary, Mr'Fitzherbert, to endeavor to uet fi)e rend open for carts: Mr Fitzherbert desired me, Jo call at two' o'clock aijd "the- engineer': wuujd tip there, Acoordingly :j.:met-'Mr [ltay, who- persisted!iis saying there was.not sufficient, fundable wanting to iniikoa-gdedlirojid, U feet wide, I own account you have, sufficient to make an Bft road, and we will be satisfied with, that j" aijd Mf Fitzlievbert;ordered /it--to be done at Am'' k ■'';■- w :; ■ ;U "' "': ': : -'-';!: • Shbrflyafier'this, I induced Mrs Bam njster, then Mrs lorns, to act. as post mistress; at Masterton, ; : Mrs;-Moles". at : Greytown, and Mrs Hales at theTauKerenikau Hotel, all without pay; ■■' l after-

v/arda saw Mr Hoggard, Ilia Chief Postniiister. and furnished linii with a list ef nil the residents in the Wamraps Mr Hoggard cour(6ou«ly entertained the matter, and Mr 0 Oundy offered to carry the Woiraiapa mail bag fora time gratuitously, ■ Thus was our mail first established.- „ ~~p -vi -rr~~~' i Soon, after this, I ( heard, to my surpriw that'Alr Cartel, a very ac(iwaftd%eful member of'the been appointed trustiee, wheti, s acc.ording, to the Rules ) a/ruMeßj»Ufaajhaye}been ap- , pointed town / in fact tho fatly period wera all infornpnt, Mr AJlen, also'told, rt*io_that had lie would not to him. Some tfmVpftermttjta*^met Mr Jackron, and lie: aud Mr Renall came to makeMtCal'teTaole tee i, He MV'We, tjiref formedfflT mnjontyiof thfe c#jii£tßej arjd|wg jcould do as we liked " The whole transaction wis th« Association; o iftij * f , «~f« Mi Jackson, in ono of his letters} says, " t I also deem'ed it frlidetlt not tojjinform either whaMiad transpired, as, they would attempt to thwart us"' " l

At this tuna politics ran high, and it was on political grounds alone, in my upimon, that this stop »na taken -Mr Jackson continues, "When Mr Otrter went to Auckland as our Member, ho got.Sii peorge Grey ? by an Order in Council, that weihadidone, which proves that wc acted right, and for tho best" k r ; It nrn be for ll.e best, but the Association mid Elcdtqra of Gi»ytown and Mai. teVlon nfifd of it;tihfil thoy saw it in Mr : JaokeoiiyleUei'.;.';;; : - )%■ '■> h■. ItinFa^-be;i7sFnr[j.lie; ; beßt,>;but{wher» secrecy is WsoHed it'lookV'yiry bub-' picii.ua. ' ■ Georgo \oi®yi;byji«E JJ^ii-in^oaNiV 1 '■' i" thTs 7 iiiu"&Clhe' nL fuißtshooci»for: at that-lini9^ Sir George ~Grey::liad;bee!V.nearly two :.ycars\Bt " -MastersllV lie;: again ; says,;'' And |;cthe)^« , esir j e;Mget jhis of; .; of-" jjf ivQaip£ ,li tfsj r a Hd/Ehiß'bHlj^'i'blißan. adduced or. t'nking.aVayithe trußt 'is, that hp.is hKsont ih^iiglaiiai"; -.:>' Now I ihink^Jiisa reason j hut I have in togathsr. My ; ,fo jshow that the tlie'exclusive •property of the and I belier* 'Mr.Carter holds:the Banie opinion,- but of the,.inhabjtaiiU^bfegrextdwnjftpdßJajpurposes, ! ' vS; "- When' HLlie gentlemen in Wellingtpn who had become, subscribers were applied to .for the .money, Ihey gave il upon the understanding that it was for{educational Ipnrposes,and^not:fpr;tlie;benefit of thp 1 Me'inb'eWof-tlio'isSdoialioh alpne, but for the benefit of the.' iiihabitahlß;.. of .the ■WrfnaKips^gehernliyftff'lTifl'^^ Bill ..introducfid by 'Mi' .Bunny: pa to secure the property Jo the Association, uow • i)umbdring~thirty-four {iudiyidualsj thirtee'n-'of- wl)iiin. ; are : ild:|nen,;..sp.th.a| m ten yparß.|h^.:fen i ,yj»ajjiinfl;WJ little about pfirae •is-left: o,ut';of':.this:BiJl, v which' Mr Bunny ,pi;B3cnted-on. : & .a first time at once, .ordered "to-be" read a second time the following day, and to be printed, and went through.Cpmmittee on Friday, \vho]|Mrßufiny'nwe'dUhe thirij "reading. '"'"",:{;;::'' ":.■•"*. '":' I rose pdsaidj':i'| The Monjberaa^a 'hot awarjj of.'whit,'tli;e'y. ; arp mj are dpaling iv.ii)i tho'prjvaie properly,of ■the-iiihabitanta'flf:,oi^.i6wß.and..:MMier-ton," - ; *■'.-'.:-;ii-V.;,''^■'!:.:ul}l( : --- : -::-^^-' It was not of the Bill thatl roso to .atop jt; l)uM'.bepai)Be.it had beeii introdiibed it in the MercTfry'"b7i'/Kdepend'eTit—nor wn3 any public nieeting(:called : ..tp, t dißcu(s, it. Surely,;: whom ai Bill; is:introduced liffecting privatovproperty: the ownera should at least know all about the matter.

' According to ,|[rHareV calculation, .the properly, h worljv'aj; jeast£4oos Buf what will jt boAyQr'th'jn'lph' , make any progress.?.;: L .'....., .' ■';' >' < Mr Hare further ''says, "J. B, Smith, in his .states 'thatj l ;'.'-The Small Fiirm Rules 1! cannot bo''-departed from." I o'aiiiiot,see Mr.Hare's object in .publishing tljis.'.excopt, to sho'iHhat his party a'rni a.it]ovmb|s for hViJl'g:'.ipHlT every rule, >■"."■■"'■; 15 "11 ' Thave lleafd it said tjiere never waa it law made to.;bind,dishoneaty/;.TakS 'dull Bauk'rupt.L'aw as an •example, andimany ■ushers ffhereipi'oporty..is at.stake:. y ■

„...J. t;iVfi.iy.h,.o._Wes,t JraJJam .fca/se as an exampjo,■, ■ "~''~- . : "~-'=--"--'; )<• The Rer Johti Scjirgill, Kectdr ofty'esj Hallani, iii Derbyshire,, built a school 'in thfl'soven teentlv century for- fourteen poor -oh'ililren, and tfj-eaelj. scholar lie; cirflejepj ninepcncq'lo _ba pajd jveekly. I;j)e pr'fo party hatilgr'e'atjy'in'creaScd the bequest was grossly jfan; 'nary the i'liliabitalifs foiitlfjipljtipn, to the Lord Ghoiioallor,-pra.yißgi.thai the .school might/he referredLtoi pre of. the 'Masters ■nut] 'the result was twelve scholars, there are now' sixty-six; and ihsToad of niiiapoiiea--weekly,--they.are clothed ; the.'master's' salary f - from. £lO and a nwtoiiie. dwelling increasec! jp -por.annuni, which J api. s|v.Gii to under- 1 stand has'since 'been increased'toilMpft, iv ith "a good' houso,'" for'girls, apd jn'faritsf modating ana hundred "childrgp,'has beon established;!."- 1 "^v;<!;#;;: ( : ;iv/ : .j;

Lmentioii this casejfftf sliojv that.truj. tees require l()ukingafte'r/its v they are not always honest. Du'lwioh College 'towit. '• I jiope tjjereforojltliejpliabitants of the two lowpplii'iij \ytir endeayor fp pi |(jii matter) plapedjojj- ;a; saiilfa'ctory -fpqtifiJv wjipji tjie' Asaiß'nibly leeljf vThp on Increasing yet -the people; roust ba taxed for education, which would be quite unnecessary/if iheyjiadjh.eJLrights,,. The Rules, say thid.tjierprppjrtyißJioulp; be hauden.aver. by] t()e s'i?ruaiep8 1 tp tlin War.lensl'for tjie benefit mm ;ithat msaps/ thja; geneMlyj li'ioin'tlie fund's obtaiii'ed r from this" p'rb>- .= perty,Thope'te seo.gdod 'school and good: pstflf|- ■■"'■-■'■ ' fours faithfully, . ' - JosBPEt Masters. Wairarapa, fay