Correspondence.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1148, 4 November 1879, Page 2

Correspondence.

(Our correspondence columns are impar* tidily open to all, but we do not m any toay identify ourselves with opinions expressed therein) . Sib,— -Verily " the Eonorable the Representatives of ,\ew Zealand m Parliament assembled "- mu-«t have perfect coTiraand of their muscles of risibility if 1 they can read unmoved, the petition of , the NY ruawahia mendicants as printed ■m your iasuo of the '2ttth prox That the ! end aimed at in -the petition ia a good and ; necessary one no one will deny, *but that the end justifies tha langu ge m. which it m couched, -or the st itements it contains, I few will admit. The committee who j drew it up cannot be complimented either on their knowledge of, the English language or their good taste. I very much doubt had it been carefully read ere it I was signed whether the signatures would have been so numerous. It is a matter of lasting regret that so good a cause should be so marred m the handling. The altered cry of these specimens of "misspent lives," now that there appears to be no chance of a " petty prince " being 1 located" m their midst, and spending his princely fortune of £500 per annum, must seem to a disinterested spectator with a knowledge of the facts ludicrous m the extreme. I don't thin 1 * I am wroag when I say that some eighteen months ago the inhabitants of «garuawahia agreed, most properly and unanimously, to sink their small interests m those of the colony, and agreed most 1 patriotically m the justuess and righteousness of the thing. They now ask, m the words of the petition, "is it just or right that a small community like ours should suffer that good may result to the whole colony?" There can "be but one answer to that. It having been proved to their . entire satisfaction eighteen months ago that it was for the undoubted good of the whole colony that they should suffer " retardation " (shades of Lindley Murray, what a term !) and agreeing tjhat it was just and right that they should be so " retardated," it seems rather Jesuitical to question the justness and righteousness now there is to be no Native Office expenditure m the shape of a monarch's salary. It would be an unprofitable and • unnecessary task to criticise this precious production further. Unfortunately, its many inaccuracies, foolish statements and comparisons will be apparent enough to our legislators, who after all must be given credit for a certain amount of common sense (though appearances are sadly against them lately it must be confessed). I would remind the inhabitants of Ngaruawahia that up to this time, whatever, may have been their misfortunes and grievances, they have always commanded the respect that is due to misfortune and self-abnegation, and that, if properly represented, those misfortunes must be remedied m the end. In the meantime they oan always console themselves and each other with the knowledge that Virtue is its Own Reward.

: — » Sib,— Inquiring from Mr Whitaker, M. -i. >„ wuen Government would pay subsidies, I have received the following telegram from Wellington: —" W. rtloane, Esq., Chairman Rangiaohia Highway Board.— Subsidies will He paid v middle of next week. No arrangements were m existence for meeting them when this Government took office, aud they have moved as rapidly, as possible to rectify. I will personally see to Waipa cheques' being forwarded. — JT. A. Whitaker." . W. Sloane. » Te Awamutu, Oct, 31, 1879. *_

Biß,-rlara not an elector, and therefore (if I ana to believe what some say), have no right to discuss politics, or rather the conduct of (" our " I was going to aayj representatives m Parliament (vide .'\\v*t m telegram to City \ est). But if I had rijrlits and privileges of an elector for City West, I certainly would demand to know the " other reasons which he (Hurst) says it is impossible to COmmuni* oate" for Ms conduct towards the Auckland party. I suppose " The Quartette " can find sufficient causo (to them) to justify their action ; for Wood speaks of, ov infers advantages to » uckland, Colbeck the same ; but what if after all, to use the words of the member for ewton, whea question of " agreement with the four" •was discussed, it should prove to be " only a delusion." A.n inquiry is to be made as to the treatment of uckland m the partioipation of moneys. Has it come to this ! that after all this expenditure of breath and enthusiasm — this revelling, so to speak, m the continuous cry of "Injustice! injustice to vuckland!!'-' which has been up to the present time the wholo stock-in-trade of some of "our" (I was going to commit myself again) representatives, that it too may turn out to be " only a delusion ?" After all it seems to he a " question of injustice," but we -vucklanders always regard it as a fact. Hence these tears! hence this overwhelming eloquence! for. who could not wax eloquent on such a theme? "Auckland's wrongs " is beooming among us as much a cry as is "the wrongs of Ireland" € * on the other side. " W bat will " our ' * (there I am Murdering again) statesmen do for a "rally" if "injustice to Auckland should prove to bo only another del-ision." -Perhaps after all the late member for Waipa will prove not far incorrect m his " statement of accounts." — I am, &c, fcDwABD John Wright. Cambridge, November 1, 1879, [Mr J. McHosh Clark, as our correspondent must know, if a reader of this paper, has shown, pretty conclusively we think, injustice to Auckland m recent public expenditure, to the tune of half-tw million sterling,— jjj D , w, #V}