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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 786, 30 June 1877, Page 6 (Supplement)

' ■ The 'cisesthe Ne-jv Native Land Coujrlißill^ajid Coincides m many respects' with the' jvaews exn-essed in w £U£_o^j^mai ; ks ul in the' measure. "After- somli- comment's*- on the Ipojyers giv6hA7/ tOirifheDiiGhief -; ;Judge this "Times" goes -on to say: — "We do not intend; these-^ehi^i^ito 1 have ;aiiV personal application , lq .^ftdge^enton. ! mj.are merely referring to broad principles, 'an 1 we say emphatically that the entrusting of enormons arbitrary p6wer to one man, ■whoever he may be, is a .dangerous error, 'frf light with elements of. fntjire.misohief." Referring to the pai-tef^thei ßill: which 'proposes to give" liens to' prif ate' persons for money advanced for survey, '&ci,,ith/e' Times sajrs :— ' ' This, to our mind^ .is - a ;■) serious (defect. It will triable . speculators to- take advantage of the neediness of the 1 M!aori to obtain a. lien upon the,;lan'd, r ; and tb" ; nurse thitlein for opportunities, of 'speculation. ,T le wealthy landjobber covetting the choice blbcks, will easily be abld to' temptlthe cupidity of ne,edy .aiidj'imp^b'Vjideiit chiefs I wi th a handful of gold,doled out as occasion mjvy require; and money thus advanced for ostensibly legitimate 'purposes, will i be the means of locking-up vast areds from competition for periods mpre. or less long, according as the demands of the borrower, the inclinations of the lcnderV'drthe Chances of a speculatiy.e raavH^timayifluctuate. The proposed system opena..np g, W ay for collusion between speculative land-sharks and the native i • owners, against which the /provision;; iri clause ..51^-which em-pdwei-s'the Chief • Judge to ihquhe ante, tlie reasonableness and fairness of such transac^pna before * re^tration, of #ie securiU, -joftera, ; effective f che.ck.; If the ! pro",ywions of ihe. Bill become .law m their jpjespnt shape, they, will plaice vast facilities iri the,hand^. of; wealthy, monppoii^, 1 and ,wje shall witness the spectacle of a^horde :$ like the pilot sKarlc. '• jf Wa^.? f tp'slio.al that foUows,' scatterV S gold am'orig^t' 'needy natives; acquirino' a plrbhibitiVei hold ' upon vast areas ol land and. setting 1 n&iiti .'eifectual barrier to other p jyate competitors/, more especially 'sdeh legitimate 1 Settlers as may not possess »the ci ip^ital 'to enter itfhe field ion ! pqual ; terms r the men of "the big purse.- We know /thati^ already the'. Bill- as . watched f .with ig;eedy avidity by a powerful clique,! of laud , ; jobbers, (feting,, m.,, cpnsort .with aud Anstraliah capi^lists, and prepared to swoop down at;thei^rst,fayourabie obportunity ..upton, the ■bro'ad-l, acres", of "the Bflapri, ancLto^Jbiiti ;the door. on legitimate' enterprise, thatthesiqddy aiistpefacy whiQh.jh^jppvung up! like' fungii's' on the rotteni^^ipf corrupt and yenallegi«ation,g>:ow 1 $ JJ b,y..what it feedft on,. and that if not aise?te,4j.by M n}en whq Lave really' at heart the true interests of bona 'fide, settilement and, ;; prpjfress, the. day may. come f hen ; the , ;iand ; wi^l . ,b,e at a famine price, on* the benefit of these great /loans', 1 of J^hjch, rich a^d ppor alike must bear the burden, will be grasped, by powerful cliques, toftd- jobbers, andjUnflprupulpus.mQnppoiists. What wo wahi f; is \ hoheat enactment, designed to encourage and foster b'oria fide' settlement ; not a larfded shoddy aristocracy^' with narrow, selfish iinstinos; *