The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1887. NATIVE ADMINISTRATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2634, 28 June 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1887. NATIVE ADMINISTRATION.

Ohe of the reputed glories of the present Ministry is that it has done "something" in native land legislation which will help in some way to solve the native difficulty. What the Ministry have done ia not a matter of concern to very many people, and it is taken- for granted that they have dono "something" without any special understanding as to the naturo of what they have accomplished and the results Of their achievement. A MrJ. Aitken Connell, of Auckland, has, however, has been taking a litfclo trouble lately to explain to the public what it is the Government have done and what is likely to be the upshot of their native land administration. It was generally thought that when Mr Ballance took up the native department he would make a mess of it/but the utter muddle, the awful dilemma, in which he has landed the colony has been told for the first time by Mr Connell, Under the new Act, natives can only sell their land to the Government, and the latter can,only deal witli tliera when bought as with ordinary crown lands. The difference between ordinary crown lands and the native land converted to crown land, is that whereas the Government get all the money which the former realises, they have to pay away to the natives all that the latter yields, excepting the cost of survey and five per cent for expenses. Mr Connell points out that as the cost of managing ordinary Crown Lands under the preseni intelligent administration is greater than their selling value, tho proportion between the fave per cent receipts from NativeCrown Lands and the hundred odd per cent of cost is Bomcwhat startling If, for example, a party of natives handed over £200,000 worth of land to the Government for sale undor the new Act, what would be the result? After paying, it is estimated, £50,01)0 for survey, there would remain £142,000 to bo handed over to the natives and £7500 to be retained by the Government as their five per cent management allowance. Assuming that the Government managed to make both ends meet, i.e,, they made the receipts for the land cover the cost of management, the loss to the Colony by the transaction would be £U2,SQQ. In

any case, a very seviouß loss Colony must follow any attempt on the part of the natives, to dispose of their land under; the hew Act, The Government, in undertaking to perform for five per cent work which no private person would care to undertake' for fifty percent, commits the Colony to a disastrous financial arrangement. Fortunately for this Colony, the natives lhave a " trust him not, he is fooling thee" regard for the Native Minister, and are hesitating to dispose of their ands through him.' Were they to realize the fearfully onesided bargain to which the polony is committed, ' thtfy would rush to take advantage of the chances which Mr Ballance has given them, and: the Colony would be placed in a more critical position with regard to ways and means :than it now occupies. We appear to be surrounded with dangers which the folly of ministers has called forth. It would be a nice thing for- the white slaves of New Zealand to have to lind a few hundred thousand pounds to put into the pockets of tlio festive Maori, and yet this is exactly what we ave in for, tlmnks to. the brilliant statesmanship of the.■ -Stout-Ballance administration, " All,this," concludes Mr Cornell, "is because we allow dreamers and theorists to seize the reins of power, and overy candidate who will pandei to the prejudices of the multitude has a better chance of being sent to the place wher& we want really honest, practical, hard-headed and sound-hearted men,, than the man who insists upon'sticking to what he knows and believes to Le for the veal welfare of the colony,"

Tiie following sweet strain is sung by our local contemporary "Thy spirit independence letineshare, Lord oi the lion heart ami eagle eye." We congratulate bur Carterton contemporary on the manly stand it has taken up in ,con ; ncction with the present election campaign, Too many journals in the colonies assume to be independent, while they are ardently oil bonded knees worshipping at the shrine of Mammon. The Observer refuses to eat the crumbs that fall from 'the rich man's table. It has declared for Mi' Bunny in preference to Mr Buchanan. By this one act it has declared its independence. It has dia- ; played a spirit above the mere advertising sheet that lives only to' sound the praises of its chief patrons. Has our contemporary heard—we liaye—tliafc the Observer asked Mr Buchanan a big price for " its liou heart and eagle eye" and that it transferred its independence to Mr Bunny, simply because Mr Buchanan refused to be blaebnailed. It would bo better for our contemporary to stick to poetry and avoid personal allusions. If Mr Bunny's candidature is to be iought out on personal grounds and by personal inuendoes wo fool sorry for Mr Bunny,

We understand that a South Wairarapa resident lias written to the Minister for Public Works to call his attention to the danger of railway accidents on the Rimutalca incline, and to a preventive method sometimes adopted in England, which lias the double advantage of being inexpensive and certain. The suggestion is that in slippery weather a trolly should precede the train at a safe distance as a sort of danger pilot. The only fear is that the Government will discard the proposed remedy for a very grave risk as being too cheap and too simple.

The Masterton Volunteer Quadrille Assembly hold their usual danco in the Drill Shed to-morrow evening. A young lady advertises in another column for an unfurnished room-in the central part of the town. Wo hear that Mr G. Beetham intends to address tho electors at the Theatre Royal, Masterton, on Monday evening next.

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce a general sale for Saturday next which will embrace all kinds of. furniture, produce, poultry, horses &c. All accounts against Mr Jens Fredericksen, of Masterton, are requested to be sent in by July 10th. The funeral of tho late Mrs E. Eagle took place at tlieJOarfcerfcon cemetery yesterday and was attended by one of tho largest congregation of mourners and friends yet seen in the Wairarapa. The cortege left tho residence of Mr E. Eagle and proceeded to the English Church where the Rev. Mr Ballachy read the usual service. Tho whole of the business places were closed and the most widespread sympathy was foltfov the family of the deceased. The procession, on leaving tho church proceeded to the cemetery where the service was concluded, and the romains deposited within the family enclosure, Carterton loses iii the deceased lady ono of its greatest and most earnest benefactors. In all its social gatherings, in calls of charity, in fact anything that was for tho benefit of her fellow creatures her hand and heart were always extended.

Some of our younp men: who left the Wairarapa for Kimberley, says the Standard, have had strange experiences. W. H. Brooks, son of Mr Brooks, of Greytown, who left Mr Bidwill's station for this goldfield, writes to say that he left Cambridge Gulf at Christmas, not having succeeded in lining his pockets with Kimberley gold. He left the Gulf in a forty-eight ton schooner for Port Darwin Tho trip lasts oil an average 48 hours, and the passengers on this oocasion found themselves in food, and had to be content with a deck passage. A storm sprang up, and drove tho littlo bark out to sea, and the discomforts of the deck passengers were enhanced by tho pangs of hunger. Thero woro 70 passengers, and so rough was the weather that the hatches could not be oponed, and the sails wore blown to ribbands. For ten days tho allowance was ono biscuit a day, and for two days they had no water. When, at last, the, vessel got into Port Darwin twenty of the passengers went into the hospital there, and the others were so weak that they could scarcely walk,

A Wonderful Uenx.—Many are tho instances cited of the astonishing fecundity of the various spocies of domesticated fowl; but the celebrated Wellington Henn (which, strange to say,, is of the masculine gender) has a soul above tho mere production of eggs, The manner in which he turns out Vonetian Blinds, etc,, is the wonder and admiration of everybody, from tho Governor downwards. The namo of this wonderful bird is E, W. Henn, and his well-known fowlhouse is the Poneke Steam Window Blind Factory, Molesworth-street, Wellington.—Advt, The Wairarapa Clothing Factory are still allowing purchasers of New Zealand Clothing a discount of 5s in the £, They are abo making suits to measure from 4?b Gd, Trousers and Vests from 28s (3d. and Trousers from 18s (id. A call cordially invited. Note the address: Next T. 6. Mason, Queen-street, Masterten, E,B. Hare, Manager.-Advt.

I --The usual'fortnightly meeting of the Maaterton.Borough Couneil- takes place this evening.' : \> The Mauriceville Road' Board decided at a meeting held on Saturday last to erect ii toll gate on the-. Mauricovillo road, r the charges to be the same as at the County toll ' The quarterly sitting of the District Court commences at Masterton : to-mor-row morning at ten o'clock.

. At a meeting of , the Committee of the .Horticultural Society: held last ireek it was decided to call a general meeting of members for Monday eveniup next to arrange.' for, the fqrthcoming annual exhibitions. ' ■

We hear that Detective McGrath is about to be transferred from Masterton to the Bay of Islands. Mr MeGrathJhas proved hirnself to be a very.capable officer during his stay, in Masterton, and we hope his removal means promotion. The Triumphal Arch sto be illuminated this evening in lion or of the Queen's Coronation; and. Host Phillips, of the Occidental Hotel,, will have a firework's display from his balcony, and otherwise celebrate the event. 1 The man Williamson is slowly recovering, from the effects of the wouud received in the lecent stabbing affray, and will, it is expected, be able to appear at the R.M. Court on Thursday, when the examination of tlm accused-takes' place. .

The following exceedingly graphic des"; crjptiori of life in the back country ot Queensland was lately found on tliofronf door of a dwelling house in that country: —Six hundred-miles from the nearest railway station, three hundred miles from the nearest post office, six miles from wood, three miles, from water, and six inches from Hell ? I've gone to live with my mother-in-law. : The Taueru private still case attracted a large crowd to tho Masterton It.M, Court yesterday and great interest was manifested in the proceedings, more especially, when Mr Larchin, Customs expert,' explained the correct way to manufacture tho genuino article. The Courthouse had tho appearance of a full-blown brewery, with its barrels, boiler, piping, barley sacks, and other utensils, and the stronp odour of alcohol caused the front rail of the public spaco to be eagerly besieged by tho curious and ■expectant comb visitors. During the hearing of a case in the Resident Magistrate's Court on Monday, in which tho plaintiff sought to recover from tho, defendant a sum of money for work clone, the Resident Magistrate, Mr Yon Stunner, alluded to tho looso way in which general agreements were made. He : believed that nine out of ten cases of tho kind that came before the Court arese through,-, the parties placing too much reliance oi\ each other's words and settling the. transaction by saying "We wont quarrel ovor the price." By haying agreements properly drawn up in writing there would ho no .necessity for bringing so many of these kind of cases into Court, . ,

Mr J. E. Nathan, late Chairman of fcho Manawatu Railway Company was entertained by tho directors of that Company at the Wellington Club 011 Saturday evening. Mr 'Nathan ia about to leave for the Old Country, and in .consequence resigned his position as chairman of the Company, although still remaining a director. Tlie following gentlemen were present by invitation Messrs G. V. Shannon and James Bull (formerly direc--tors of tho Company;, W, T. Jj, Travers, T. Kennedy-; Macdonald, E. J. Roid (Colonial Bank), M. Caselberg, D. J, Nathan, James Wallace (general manager), and A. R, Fulton (traffic superintendant), Mr W. H. Levin, the Chair-, man of, the' Board, presided,* '.and proposfld the toast' of the ovenfn«, • health and happiness to the lato. cluiviiian, to wlncli Mr Nathan responded in suitable terms. A very enjoyablo evening was spent. Mr Nathan and family were to leave by the Mararoa this afternoon, joining the homeward-bound vessel at Melboumo, and taking the Suez routo.Press.

•The Jubilee gift presentation- has already proved a grand success, and it could hardly have been otherwise, seeing that :OUstomers have the advantage of .purchasing what they require at wholesale prices, with a jubilee bonus to boot, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House', We have had to replenish our gift tables every day, so great has been the demand'' for our choice Jubilee presents, ■- Still wo have plenty more 011 hand, anil the variety is as great and pleasing as it was a week ago at Te Aro House. Certainly it is a very effective method of procuring home embellishments free of cost, and the fullest advantage should be taken of the opportunity during its continuance at Te Aro House. _ In buying blankets flannels, sheetings, calicoes carpets, linoleums, and every articie for house furnishing, with dresses, mantles, millinery, men's youths', and boy's, clothing, Ac,, not only will the public have the largest stock in the city to select from, but the prices will be the lowest, and the gifts the most attractive and valuable at Te Aro House. The conveniences of our very comfortable refreshment room are at the disposal of customers daily, during tho houra of business, at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro-House,—Adyt.