The Waikato Time s.
TUESDAY JUNE 27, 1876 POOR OLD SNYDER !
IHqmi! and oy \ct justiro to nil iitmi. Oi wliiili vci ii. 11 1 1* Di iicibii.tMuu, ioiii;i mso' political V # # »i ♦ Hero ■.li.illtlu I'ii.tn tha Pioi'i.r.'s riijlitm.iuitian, Ui» i«cd !..v in laiitwii un i u.ibiibcd b) g.iui.
Who fitnoii'^-t us d.»o.s not vomomb* n r the amusing i Lf"\sioiii that two ye u-u ago n;>jViii'dd iv ti) > " ilijr.iM," bcMriiijr tin* »>■;,- 21 »i jii o o!" l( Si} Jer." His reflections upon iliosjci il topics of thi"* day weie a nouixe iv iviuiiicm'sni to hundred-* of the lcwdt'is jof thufc journal. They woio then characU'M^ed b\ an originality ami independence j of thought that inflected credit upon the j writer, and tho journal that was tho meaxs of placing them buibro tha public. Snyder was then at liberty to givo freo vent to the thoughts that filled his soul. His employer placed no restrictions upon hih peculiar nonius. But Suydor haa fallen. Li nn ovil hour- he became an independent picpiietor of a journal, and delivered himself into the hands cf those who h .ye damped that free expression, and stopped tlio flow of that delightful almixtiu I'}1 '} of good-ndturo and sarcasm, wlncU the Auckland public were wont so greedily to devour, Snyder ia Suydor no longer. He has to write to order, and this is lipw he does it in tho issue of <l Coromandol Mail" of June 14th : he says "Sir Julius Vogel who ha? been permitted to ride rough shod over the colonists for so many years, has always hern, almost we may say of our own knowledge, in desperate circumstances. Ho came to New Zealand as poor as did the poorest adventurer. He came too, leaving many claims behind unsatisfied Sir Julius Vogel has been poor all his days, and will continue to be so. ... Theso kind of men are to be found in all communities ; but it is seldom that a pennyloss man is permitted to take the lead in state affairs." Poor Snyder ! How grieved we are that " orders" should compel you to pretend to forget your knowledge of past And contemporary history. Do you not know that the debts of William Pitt had to be paid by hi 3 country, has it escaped your memory that Sheridan, the most brilliant orator of the last century, died iv poverty, that Fox and Burke, completing the quartette, lived and died in reduced circumstances. We are not disposed to be hard upon you, nor do we desire to be the apologist of Sir Julius Vogel. But we want to remind you, Snyder, that your former position demands that you should respect historical truth. Mr Macandrew tho Superinffendeut of Ota f ,'o, the leader of your pi esent masters, never ha.j| been, and ia not at present, a rich man, mid* to use your own words he will " bo poor to the end." But will you therefore contend that the confidence which the people of Otago iopose in him is misplaced P The late John Williamson did not dm ing the last jear of his life possess much of the world's i;uods, hut w?is not his since re honejfcy of p-irpose in hi.s political opinions the admiration even of his enemies. If Sir Julius is not rich, can it be that it is for want ol opportunity ? He has had almost despotic power for six jeaw. He has dealt with wealthy firms in tho negotiations of loans to the amount of many millions of money. His opportunity of securing to himself a sharo of tho good things of this world, have been unbounded, yet the only fault yoa can £ml with him is tli.u ho has not enriched himself ! If 1.0 lins " di i yon rough ahod over tho Colonists" tv"ii youisplf acquits him of having pillaged them in the operation. Why descend to those personalities 1 If Sir Julius m poor it is no crime, and you, Mr Snyder, should ho fho lirst to acknowledge this s<;lf-evi<K nL d nth. Besides you spoil yout own t-'iano^ of becoming Premier of the ('o)ouv. Does it also nob strike you that, if Sir <j uliV, even " has to eke out a miserable ev-utonee by writing, under some such i i tibloas "tho eaieer of a Colonial Ad yon- : tm-er" which you hjnt may bo the relesourco to which he will ultimately be dtiven, ho will oulv then occupy a platform, which you of all others should bo the last to denounce as disgraceful. Fair ciiiicUm upon a man's public acts is always allowable, but remcmh.'i' the old adag* '"' those who live in I,'inss house* should not throw stones" and, Snyder, don't drift into personalities.
Yb Chronicles oi tk City of tb Cam.— We are reluctantly compelled to holrl over a paper on the abovo mbjeet till our next. MAits for America. Umtal Kingdom nnd Y. ntiDOiit of ICuro|je will cos,9 !iL the Post-offioj, ITarailtoa Wee', on Saturdiy, tho 1A July at 6.30 a.m.
•AirxiNDHA.— 'A public nipotmc; Ims, it will bo seen, been cilloJ by novr al ru ik-nU of Alexandra, to tnt-'o into cuUbiJeiuLion tho «;^poct of Nulivc o'taii'd,
St. Teters' Pay.— A ?pcr hi gei-rios of even' sing, in celebration o( tio fit at deduction A-vtival of fet L'elc/d Ohureh, Hamilton, wjU h« ])<-M in (ho Chufcli on Thursday overling next, <ii scv.mi o'clock A Chu-cU muoliiiK will be LeM i V t Llio clo^e of the fcorvico. Tlio day 13 also, wo beliovo, ti.e auuiversary of tho coaicor-»tion of tlifl present Eishop of Aucklaiul, Dr Cjwjo.
tfoor Bam,.— Thu match between the Hamilton and To Awamutu Clubs <omci otl'o < SuUud ,y mx\ .afc 'JV Aw j iutu, n.l, if iU To Vw \.), uu iiK-n uir.i up, t» o'ipiUl >;ame mnv bi« niitiui|mtcil It will hlL>rd j. v^tj 1,001 1 oppoiduniy of j-d','-liig tli.* h(dL >l^orj for our co-mii^ contest T.t'n AudlanJ, wbi^lt, wo umbrßlunJ, wul tnLc
lIOVOR TO TViIOU 31 S>)ll Is VVK. — 111 " Aiitchttll's iliuiiiUne rayUlvii' ' of Apul 2S ll 15 mentioned tli.it the J toj.il lia-jniL 1 Society have j)roßOutod hcinclooinc to t'"ii 111111.3 to Kuoorl Cunuinghura, W Spai-gn, a ul Juiiiui Jail, for saving Mr MoKa\, uho /jll oiorboa U mfcj tho Wmkato Eiver on tho 4 u h of Juuuury, and Miss Caley, irom the aame rivei" on Jduuarj 7.
Cambridge Ltteuaut JSooiett. — T.lO Rev S J Nuill, the Prdi lent of the abovo society, will, as rnaj ba seen eJ&owliert, deliver an eisay tins evening, in the eouookoom, Carubudgo. TJie pubhu are mvitod to attend, and, fiotn tho eip«rieuoo of previous meetings of the locioty, maj do Bo with profit and aniusemeut to themselves, wliile their prescnco will not tho less sorre (o sunmLUo to iuct'easod exertion the ellurfca of a young and struggling association such as thii. We uuderctaud that the subject of the lecture mil be " evidence!," and that a free discusaion on the subject will afterwards take place.
DsiUHTUBH OF BUB-li6PHOTOB CLAEK — Ijfiiuro Alujoj* UWo louxtn tuis uutnut, with which, for so many yem-x, ho has beau uienlifieJ, und from t\e scttlnrfl of win h, mili'ury and c ti'mn, ho has ofn iit,vl ao vsido B})ri-rtd and •{uuorai a fi-olm^ of e-U-oiu, wo uliou d hko tv tvo bjind pubiio /eujjjijniuii vi his worth shotrii, it it were ouly tho oim so uati'il >\uh Kj)s»iUhtuuu in n'i parts ol tho wo-Kl, th«t o, oatmjj u parting Umuoi Loathe), to wish him God spend, m hio now aphoio ot duty. We throw out iho bu^o*lion, m tin) hup* that b.iiny among hid fnondij and udiiurei's in»y bu lod to t.»ke actt 'u in tho mutter, end if they do co, we would furtlio? I bu;jt f u*t t!i it v lierevii* »uoli#u Jaiowell b.mquet in it bo liuld, it bu mud* us widely known, U'td h« getu rally avu-UAuld us poSoiUo to thu ' htioudauoo of tl)j mtny fncuJt of ilojjr Claro in all purtti of Wmkato.
Tk? MvtBoUBNKCrp —The " Sydnoy Mail" <J thuluthjius iholo.lortiiitjou ti.iaovoiit:— "Thoiv aro rnnery-iiTu nominations for ths Alelbuiir.it Cup Q(jitlu-*t eighty-eight lust yoar, ml a glance through tho hut will s'iow that the quality is aboTO tho average. Twenty boion^ to Now 1 South "Walts, teu to South .Au3tiulia, aud a j couple to Tnsmnna, wh.lo the renmind:r hail from Viotoriti. Our scoro ii composed of tho I pick, of t!io lihwl, tho most, p^otmuant abieutevß bom,' HL'p.iovound G-oidjoo'oiijju, both of whom i having found then- way into trie Mctopohuin Stoker Old Strop is ainongat the nu-nb^r onoa more, but his d-\y has parseJ, and tio Company in Molbourno Cups ut tho pie«mt day is for too aristooratio for him. Tha Aco is alao m tho field, niiduiiy be a difficult ho<se for the h«iJicipper to lieal wfth ; und Bi u ltubj, a two-year old, wfloso Biro u unknoAvii, will 0.-cision boou spi'oulation, us judging troui tho uuuio of hie nominator, Cnuui Hoj, tliAt poisonuga would appear to hail trom tho land of pigtails and tea, und ho will have tho honour of being the fiist of hu raco that ever eutorod a hone for the Melbourne Cup. The Messrs Chrinsido have come out strongly with fire, iuoludiug llancot, the wiunor of the cup two year's Igo, and Nemnimsttr, who may fainy bo said to bo tho best tvro-year-old that evor stripped in Victoria. Woollomia aud Imperial will again cirry silk for tho great race of the season, and, ho ,vover easy, it may be to obtain a lino about Mr Cleoiand's horso, it will be a somewhat difficult task to ■urn up the doings of Imperial, whoso running upon many oecaeiyns haa boen moat unreliable, as wilnoas the different form ho displayed in onr big handi3ap and afterwards iv tha Melbourne Cup. TueSt Albana stable has four in the interobt of Mr Wileon, and aa usual Mr C B Fisher has well supported the Club by ontonng leveii, including llabin Hood, Burgundy, Sovereign, and the Chrysolite colt. The two Wagga Wsgga representatives, Mountaineer and Torchlight, appear iv tho name ot Mr W Yuillo, jun, and we are glad to find tho Wagga Oup winner again to tho f Jro, and trust that his understandings will lait through, his prcpiratio. . Mr Tait has three to chooso from, and it is to be hoped that the 4 yellow and black 1 will be as dangerous in tLo coming struggle aS^it haa been in the past."
Alleged Tk Awamutct Telegraph Scandal. — Iho letter undor tho above heading referred to by our Auckland Correspondent, ia his telegruuis of Woduosday evening, as appoariug in tb» ' Star 1 of that day, and calling on Mr Sheath to ir"»titule an enquiry turns out lo b) merely an anonymous coaimumcatiou which makes no direct cuarge, bat iwlls lor a gencrul enquiry into alleged niKconducton the part oi -o.nebociy. It is as follows :—": — " To A tihouth, Esq., Inspector of Telegraphs, Auckland.— Per fuvour of tho Evcmng Star. Dear Sir, — We beg to draw jour attention to the above soandnl, aud have been anxiously waiting lo see whit stops the Government are going to take in tho matter. It is at prosont one oi tho most porplexing questions of tko distiict, and too surio.is a mattw to be put aside with tho fancied hopes that it require* no practical treatment. Such a state of affairi uhould not bo allowed to exist one hour in a woll re^uLted department, mid tho delay ia most unjauifaotory. It h.ia hem reported that tbo matter hus bepn condenmod by the heads of tbo di partmouts, aud what way tJioy hare armed at rloiug ao wo Lnow not. .But if such is the ciso, tho result of such deliberation will bo read with nsloii'shaunt by erery man in tho district. If tho ordinary iaws ure not sufficient to prevent such a sc.imial aa this euse — if the ordinary Isvrs are not. su.Hcient to pivvont tho osoapa from duo punishment of admittc I guilt, thero jnust bo extraordinary laws in your department. No count-y in the world could exat with anything like an approach to order, so far us public opinion aifoi'ds moans of judging. Therefore, it is the dutj of tho G-ovornnisnt to pubholy invettigato this cmbo and pu*; a stop to such servants who now BOOHI to cfereijo on unbounded intimidation. If tho existing G-jvornmont 13 not eulliaiont for this nnttor, ti-e oauso of order and the necoisity of eeif-prutoctioa demand that ie should bo changed. We viro perfoctly awaro thnfc yoa hare done your duty, ond that you aro a gontl»niin of hij-h integrity, and hma no dceiro to represent you in auy other ohiraefcer. I am, &o, ' Publico.' Kiliikihi, 18' h Juno, IS7G." Somo throe weoka n^c, Mr da, iLo Postmaster, arrived at luhiklhi nnd ht'ld fin enquiry, with cloied door 3, ns to oortaui alleged irregularities, liut notliing was ailowod to transput.', and »\orj tiling wis kept b»ck; from pubhciition. IS'neo then MiMr Shaath has viaited tho VVaikato, but whether ho haa hold nu ofilrial enquiry in the toloj;raph us Mr Uis did in tho postal department wo aro not aware. Ouoi^ lottors na that ot ' Publicj' civn liowcvci 1 do no good. They umply create a fooling of unoasln' ss in tho mind of tho public without effecting any bonniicuu object. If ' Pablicv' or aly ouo cUe has a charge to umse let hioi do 3J openly »nd boldly and givo she offl* cial accused n fair chanco of vindicating lug clarncter. Tho above loiter is a tissue of cowardly insinuations and should h*vo beeii publislicd only with tho UAino of tho Waiter attachad to it. TrtK TiA'to Sw'AMP.—Utterly regardless of truth, bo long as the lie will la3t out the occa•iou, the Auckland Opposition Press is endev you ing to muke it appear that a large proportion of tho l'iako Swinnp grant is dry land fit for 6ottlement. We take the following from tho " Cros V which is a correct description, as persons hare who know tho ground enn testify : " What. \ or may now bo bnid übout Ihoro bcins; pieces of dry l.md in tho Whitikihu hwainp, it 14 a we 1 known f ict that tho gie.i'er portion ofit m a deep wet nwa.np, and vi tho tune thadi,tnct was cut up into luts fur military tottlors it was deoined unfit, for occupation by them. A considerable poitonof it, iidjaao v' to tha Mnnoiwar.i stre.xm, is ovuilljwcd during tho winter •nonths ty tlu bnokin>r-up of 1101 10 wafers of that slugyish and discoloujej stream through the Hooding of the Waikuto River. The streams beforo mentioned, excepting tho Mangawur.i, are toleiably deep at their outlets to the main rivor«, and havo doilned bar.ka for home distance, but vie graduilly lo^t sight ol m tho sv/urup. A gentleman woll ac'i|U'urjtoJ with dfjuiifigo questions c tun itcs lliaf/ nu e\pcndihiro of JL'lsl),ot)9 <ii!l huvo io bj lucuircil before tbo awaw)! (• xcpinijj lhal nc<ir Atanga\sar») is thO/Oug!i!^ diaineti. X the lntter n intludod ho tt»t«B tha o.lst will 1v uiomiisid by about JZ7S,JOp, Theso
eh, 1111 ua Whitikalitt. Tlio nui Ling of tho ] ties of r0.u.1 through the Whitikuhu iSw.iuip will be of kioat sorviuo to the settlors m tho uuperdiatrirts of V/aiLito, Pi iko, uiid Tinmen, aud wo aro infonnol that tLo dranii winch hive been cut to form the loads are not tho mxmoutloU, of diwinugo, unJ ctfuld huvo boun paced in s.tu.-.uo is more bjncficidl to the company in tn.it reject, Out not so suxtiMo K>i- ioi'l lincj. TLo lino of road from Hatuilfcau to Piako, by the uew rouLe througu tho sffauip, will be from eight to ten rni'es shortor than that which now winds through the Ttiu*h.iro block, mid follows thu tortU)U3 bank of tho Wailakapuru strea n to ita junotion with tho Pnko Kiver. The Kungahun^a aQd WaiLirakeko West blocks aro nearly t\il swamp, und a-e ei*-u»tod botweon the Waitoa branch of thu Pwko River and the Uiver Tluirnes or VVuihou. This lund is not au exiensjonof the Piaiio Swamp, as tlie noarest point of thn confiacatod district of WaiLato ie fully sixteen miles distant in a Wfutoriy direction.
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