SNYDER'S LETTER FOR HOME.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 884, 21 February 1878, Page 3

SNYDER'S LETTER FOR HOME.

Written for the Outgoing Mail. I wurrg this letter for my own convenience, and with a deliberate intention of defrauding the Post Office. The stamp for a letter to England is sixpence. For a newspaper it is one penny. If I send twelve newspapers to twelve relatives 1 save sixty pence which is five shillings, and five shillings is a lump of money. The Post Office don't care for me, then why should i care for the Post Office. The thinef is about equal as the boy gad when he lost a handkerchief and stole a knife. Instead cf writing; twelve letters. I write one and get it put m a newspaper, by which 1 save both trouble and money. I bave been asked about the Government of New Zealand. Before I can answer that question I must enquire— which , Government is asked about? Because m the 'wo islands we have close upon five hundred of them. We have a House of Lords and a House of Parliament; County Parliament « 3<oad Boards, Borough Councils, and City Corporations, All these hundred* of governments, whether they be local, district or central, possess two distinct powers, 'they can tax the people and they can borrow money, jh/y 4q botfc till they p&a d dp either

any more. The way . m winch our many headed governments work m harmony with ««cbi .w about a* follows f-The Eoad Board* qnarrel "with 'the County Councils, the-.Cr'upJy Colitis iwiiW l thtf'B6f«njb Cow ft Borough Hpuncils W jth^the ?oa.l Bojrdj. the tfoacl 'Boards with each dther. '"he House of Commqps^wUh House of. Lords. .Everything m this wav is regulated like clock work, -j All tKegbverniug bodies fromthhighest to the lowest raise loans". IN ew Zealand is the most governed, most borrowing country iv the world The actual eiistene of: some .* : n ™S governing bodies is frequently only discovered when an application foi h loan brings them under notice. As toi instance there, is a Boro« B h Counc, et the base of Mount Cook, on the eastern side whose existence was only learned when the. Mayor applied for • loan to remove two glaciers which threatened to come down on th* municipality. There is good reason for believing that either a Count j government or a Borough Councifc is not known for certain whif-h- --• exists, on 'the western .lope of Moun Egmont as it has been reported thj either the Mayor of the Borough or the Chairman of the . Oouno. has placed a loan on the market to alow of the mount to be tunnelled to ascer fain whether it contains an ext me vole no or- is the seat of our Colonia ear'hqnakes. , . i Acco.ding to a- calculation ■ late J made, and wh oh is .reckoned aa [nearly accurate.' it would appear that ot the « hole, of the adult pppulatipn of flf» Zealand there were only,,two men wlv lied not bren either a trough bout, cillor, or a County Councillor, oi member of a Bnad Board, or o 1 Parliament or m some Hepartmenr. o the Civil- Service.. OE these two pyr. on« had. been condemned to death \r murder; the other to fourteen year > on the roads for forgery H'w **•}*' the condemned man obtained a; r»orieve- and subseq ently reOcived an appointn?enfc m the Civil Service. 1»' other got his sentence commuted anbecame a Muninpil Councillor. The number of enactments m tiy Statute Books of the Colony i reekon^d as three for ev.-ry hfad o-population-men', women and child rf -all told. The Judges frequently, te! •he reople that th^y (the people) mv*-, know the laws But the Judges q'" 1 ' as often say that v t hey (the Judgesdo not know the' laws .themselves; Right/ per cent, of our statutes contradict 'each other. When an ; Act happen* to be intelligible it is invana bly repealed for one that no one c<; interpret. •■ ' * J As far as regards the climate oi }New 'Zealand, it may he stated thus.- A; mar Starts by steam boat from InvercararnJ. which- is the southernmost town of theMiddle Island. He has slept overmen! at his' hotel under cix blankets and a, many more as he could collect from thadjoining untenanted bed - rooms. H ! starts m the morning with a great coa.. 1 and an immense amount of inside flannql • he takes hot coffee (with brandy) ; h •ffoea ori board near about frost-bitten ; h . reaches Dunedin, and sleeps comfortaDlr with two blankets less ; gets «Pr anc steam away for Lyttelton ; he has now, thrown aside his coat, and calls tor lio-ht beer ; touches at Wellinorton; thence to Napier ;• he has, by this time, put asidfall flannels, and dons thin trousers and ? linen shirt ; comes from Napier to Gisb'brne witV a feeHne; that he would jikr (if the ladies would not object) to sit lr his shirt, minus his breeches ; lands, and calls for a very light drink. Within thref days, he has passed through the grades oi temperature from freezing, .point to 100° m the shade. In Auckland, the dealers ship fruit green peas, and summer vegetables to Invercargill and Dunedin m exchange for winter cabbages and the products of frozen regions. A man or woman cominpto New Zealand can ship for a climate of any temperature for which he may have a fancy. He pays his money, and he maker his. choice. Every provincial district m tne colony has its specialities. Otago is eminent for Old Identities and barracoota. It is said the barracoota contains the souls of Old Identities. H is also celebrated for possessing a kind ot land fish which is of the shark species. They are called land sharks. Canterbury is rich m churo.h steeples, cathedrals peals of bells and Enisconalian' parson? who cannot live under five hundred a yea' with a free mansion. They are called m that part of the colony sherry and biscuii parsons, because they ■ never visit any parishoners who are not m that worldly con - dition which enables them to provide sxxct refreshment. The pious people of Christ, church are very aristocratic, They wouldno< go to heaven m conmany with a person o 4 low birth or who had died poor. Ger tainly not with a dissenter. Thev ; wouW sooner go somewhere else first. Wellington is eminent for waiters upon EroVidenc' ! through the doors of the Governmen' building. They will do anything for f. Hovernment appointment except work Auckland is the city of great expectations, m«i live upon waiting for! remit tanoes from home which never come, bu' with which they pa.y their hotel score and tailors' bills. Gisborne is celebraterl for' its virtuous people, its fine men, it beautiful women, its lovely children, for its morals, and for its beer. There is no* a man m Gisborne but what is considered deserving of credit. If he does not get suchciredit it is his fault for not tryinp.This'is all 1. -have, to 'say., to my homr V riends at present; I shall address their, through the same cheap proces on a future mail day. — Snydeb.