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THURSDAY, NOV. 16, 1882.

The result of Mr Bryce's negotiations with Tawhiao and his followers did not greatly surprise those acquainted with the manners, customs and past history of the Maoris, it is true, but it is nevertheless a fact that the rejection of the generous offer made by the Native Minister lias provoked a widespread sentiment of regret. The , prompt, decisive style adopted by Mr Bryce was commehdajble in the, highest; degree, but it was also so' novel to the native mind that "w,e ..may' pwell pause before' con'denming the natives for not at once swallowing the- lon louclie held out to them. Mr Brycp has been blamed in certain quarters for his hastiness, but 'the' blame so implied does not amount to saddling him "with' the corise'qtientoes ' "of the) failure o^'the ' negotiations. ' Possessing ,as, < r e ( do ( ia,,iinrm' belief in Mr Bryee's integrity and. 'conscientious' ! regar& for '(3utyf ! it is Ta>vhiao has been gonprajly^#jitl

oven The opinions ot^nWtt^v^pcr press of the, coloiiylrtoay^bo.li gathered fjtonv |Ltho | f^rowin'gix' ox tracts, Whichfl .have . SwiMi Itaken from YQpresentat^vo ppaperff^ on both o&Qs.fo'X\\dsjyttMo))ssmeB says :—: — Vlt isVa pity'bli#ilVlrßryce ilid not succeed in inducing T.iwhiao to accept, his offers. But Mr Bryce is not a diplqmatijsb./- Whpn^ the socalled King wanted 1 a little /time, Mr Bryce * ought ' to^ haye jr tried' whether he only meant a little more talk to cover his retreat. Experience, it will be said, stive, no encouragement to hope for anything from postponement, because Sir G. Grey, who had given Tawhiao a xear to make up his mind, and had, at the expiration of the year, sat through a terribly long and dreary series of meetings, had failed as completely as Mr Bryce, who gave less than a week, and would not allow the briefest of sessions to be prolsnged by flummery and metaphors. Nevertheless it is a pity that Mr Bryce did not consent to a slight postponement. A week or two is neither here nor there in the settlement of a great question like this of Wnikato. The offers have been denounced as unjust and preposterous, and also by implication as unnecessary, inasmuch as Kingism is dead and buried in the ridicule of the natives themselves. The last assertion is, in the face of the King's refusal, absurd. It is likely that Tawhiao, knowing that ho has no longer any u mana " left, would have refused terms which everybody knew to be liberal, and many stigmatise as extravagantly absurd? Why if he had no " mana," any price at all must have seemed to him too good to be refused — especially when offered by Mr Bryce. Mr Bryce has, unlike all other Native Ministers, established the pz-ecedent of finding a moans of his own for carrying his point when his proposal for attaining it by mutual co-operation has been rejected. . . Mr Bryce's o/Fors stand before the public with reason, justice and expediency on their side. They have been condemned by the men who, having condemned a similar course of action on the part of Mr Bryce's political opponent, for no other reason than that he was an opponent of Mr Bryce, had to preserve the semblance of consistency. But no one regarding the matter without political prejudice, can fail to see that Mr Bryce's offers would, had they been accepted, have been some amendment for the culpable negligence of a preceding generation." Tho Now Zealand Times concludes its article on the subject in these words: — "Fortunately the colony has a Native Minister who will not be disturbed in carrying out a fixed purpose or deceived by Maori sophistry. There is a wealth of wisdom in his concluding words at the meeting on Saturday : 'It is right the whole people should hear Tawhiao's reply. That the responsibility of accepting or declining the offers was thrown on Wahanui, and they were rejected.' He has k^t them, figuratively, chewing the iMter cud, and his prompt and decisive action will, we doubt not, meet with unanimous public approval. The day is past for long parleying and chaffering with the Maori race, and the sooner they are convinced of this the more effective and satisfactory will become future dealings." The llaichh Bay Mercury takes an optimist view of the situation, declaring that the result of opening the country would be the inrush of a flood of land-sharks, storekeepers, and slygrog sellers. Our contemporary proceeds : " Trouble of one sort or another would have inevitably ensued. Then, having the liberty to do so, the Government would have deemed it necessary to take preliminary steps for the construction of a railway somewhere or another through the country in the direction of Taranaki, with n view to the expenditure of the million loan authorised last session. The colony at lai'ge does not want the loan raised for that purpose, and its expenditure would certainly do the colony no good. Nor in the interest of settlement is it desirable to open up the King country. There is abundance of land open for settlement of quite as good quality as Naboth's vineyard. Till the pakeha is pinched for room can the colony afford to v ait ; and when that time arrives Tawhiao or his successor will come to ns with an offer." The Christchurch Telegraph says :—: — The business-like method in which the Native Minister has tackled Tawhiao on this occasion was worthy of a better fate. And we say this notwithstanding that there are features in his proposals with which we cannot agree or indeed regard altogether seriously. The attempt to bind various and heterogeneous native tribes by a compact with Tawhiao for which the consideration was mainly personal advantage to the king would probably have not been satisfactory even if it had been accepted. . . The result of the Alexandra meeting is like the result of scores of former ones much talk and nothing clone — but Mr Bryce's worst enemies won't say that the fault is his." Even the Wangauui Herald has a good word for the Native Minister. After quoting Mr Bryce's words to Tawhiao, regarding his desire to assist the natives in retaining their lands, our conjtetnporary goes on" td say :—-'SThis: — -'SThis is a y^ry reasonable way of, putting the matter. i!Tlie>'Waikato j natives have for a long time'desired to/ preserve the landswhieh have remained .to them, as a heritage jCpuld not,.be alienated, Showing .the (.race struggling for self-preservation, Mr Bryce wjshes assist .them. • -\Et will be a hard struggle to assist them once"thß' door is thrown- open* VaU the; 1 ' njitied. L Yet .sqtHet^ug^musi^ \>e done in this directioti;as soon as the ' Gbv6i^nni ! ent I ' / pttosafe' laW

negotiations, Jpoke'cl at with' all the| surrounding cirag|n3fcances in view, have failed. Tj||key of tho position id^r the ffl^l^of^t^pjov^an)e.nt.frfTf|& epnon^j diplomiclist 7'ffiXAwffi) tl|e\'£presj£fctcd tl^iVlM*''. bi|jb hemas now gone oven- Pt^Wjpni|l tfl^ei^ lessly calling on lii« old friends to burvendcr. And the flag may lie held out at any moment-.-" ~lfc is not our intention tocommmxt oji tliese expressions' of- opinion, 'except it be to direct attention to the singularly generous sentiments expressed by our Napier contempofary concerning' ihe North/ Islajud *nam trunk railway.' We "are less con- 5 cernedwith whatsis said^ of the past, than with the question, What is to ;be done no\v s | \ Ifr /is evident thai Mr Br/ce is in no "hurry tOTeturn to Whathvhatihoe with fresh proposals in his hand j his itinerary so far as it is known does not contain]^thj^ name of Tawhiao's new" se£f;Jement. Do the Government- intend to'^adopt the tttihod policy as hinted in the Wanganui evening journal, or are t^ey only pausing to fully consider the next decisive move. The Lyttelt n Tones fears some impendingtrouble, and this fear. is grounded on the Native Minister's mode of dealing with To. Whiti, who, like Tatfhiao, was offered terms, and like the "King" rejected them. There is, argues our contemporary, an " aukati" line now, just as there was in '63. When General Cameron crossed it then war followed, and whether or not war show succeed now, the passage of armed men over the boundary would bo regarded as decisive. Tho Times would not be surprised to hear that this was the next stop ill the native programme. The bitter experience of settlers in this part of the colony has taught them to abhor the namo of war, and if t!io authority of the Government can bo immediately established by no other agency, they will prefer to wait, possessing* their souls in patience, for the operations of time. The case of Tawhiuo bears no resemblance to that of To Whiti ; the former, however obstinate ho or his counsellors may be on the question of abrogating the Maori kingship, does not appropriate' his neighbour's property, and is on tho whole a quietly disposed old man. The land occupied by tho " king" natives, we have acknowledged to beloug to them. There cannot therefore exist any pretext for executing a coup iV eiat of the Parihaka kind under the shadow of Pirougia. On the other hand, a few obstructionists must not be allowed to retard lona fide European settlement, and if certain natives desire to dispose of their lands, by lease or otherwise, their right to do as they please with their own must be secured to them just as it is presently accorded their European fellow subjects. Tho "sovereignty" of Tawhiao ought no longer to be recognised, and the Government should insist on applying to both races one and the same law. With regard to the railway, tho Public Works Act gives the power for taking the land required for the line, just compensation being given therefor. European lands arc so dealt with, so that no injustice would be done in following a similar course with the natives. Were the Government so to act we do not think they would provoke hostilities ; indeed they would be almost certain to have the support of a large section of the natives themselves.

The usual annual races at Oxford are advertised for Boxing Day.

The Cambridge Racecourse question will, we believe, be favourably settled before long, and a race meeting will in all probability be held some time in January.

A post office has been opened at Tamahoru, anil Mr H. Robertshaw appointed postmaster.

Wahanui has called a meeting of the chiefs who assisted at the election of the first King, Potatau. with the object presumably of considering the pieseut situation.

The police have been making a r.iii-l on the proprietors of totalisators in Dunedin. Oh Tuesday, a man named Pirie was fined £23, and another case was adjourned.

Steps are being taken to form a deep sea fishing company in Auckland, and a committee lias been appointed to obtain the fullest information on the subject.

Sergt. McGovern proceeded to Kihikihi yesterday, in connection with the mysterious disap2>earance of the man Savage, who, it said, met with foul play. Particulars of the case will he found in another column.

Constable Murray, Hamilton East, yesterday,. laid an information against a man named Stapleton for alleged indecent assault on a little girl in 'Hamilton East on the previous evening.

A cable message received on Tuesday, amiounces the death ot the Rev. George Rose, better knoAvn under his pseudonym " Arthur Sketch ly," the author of Mrs Brown's papers, a humorous* series of books of all sorts of subjects. Mr Rose visited New Zealand some years ago.

Messrs W. J- Hunter and Co. held a very successful cattle sale at Frankton yesterday. The yards were crammed with a good and useful class of cattle, and a large number of buyers wei'e in attendance. Nearly every, lot offered was disposed of at fully Ohaupo prices, and vendors were well pleased with the result.

A correspondent writing to a Christchurch paper, makes grave charges against the railway department. Amongst other things, he hints that the engines on the Blueskin section are unsuitable for the worlt, and -that the- real reason 0? .the ,recent accident 1 has been carefully concealed. He also' alleges that .engines haVe .been ordered from flotne which are, useless. , ,

. .The , pambridge , .athletes and cricketers nre"ahoiit't<>* level* and' put in proper- tritn'ltlie* recreation '* reserve near Sharp's nursery, facing the Htunilton road. The ground is under lease to Mr M^qon, and Va% putting of dt in proper order for ci icket and such like purposes is estjmated'Jo. cost about, £2p. j j j] t-\

' ' ' We are 'pleased to s note that' 'Mr JO. Day, Kent Earm, WliataWljatar^sis' rti'ade d tillable UflJijtiqh to iiis^b'ehl l>y< the tiurfcha^e : ?rom 'Messrs MoVrin^oF'tlje '^Ytliofn^bull-BoHrigbVokS^'tHe ril piii'e, Alrlerh'ey ' Keifera Mstinfyti^'MQ. WMtk

Mazinjka and Waltz, aw& liy ' Y-fflM ffijtup^or, aucl took nrst.aitid|«(ionq.|pnz6sv fat the same show, Mr^l)ny hs^' f l!jvayjs J i.)estow,.e(l gre^t care upotitthe sel.ection. of liis dairy- BtQM^.aira the lieV-ai^LVals *till f^theri^il to their pilne. £* I

I Thet coMmittee of the l^ Piakb sfTurf IClnb hfoye withdrawn' the Railway Sta^)p<au(l»tho^ioyol R'^e from tjiepro- ■ gramfh' 1 , as taey were putin tiy mistake. The date for receiving nominations for flic races is extended to the 20th inst. Mr. Percival, of Aucklaiid, l^as consented l toj/icb as jointjiaiuhcapper with MrT. G. Saudes. * f / ■

• A cricket match, Auckland yWaikato, was played on the Domain Ground, Auckland, on Tuesday, and resulted in a victory for Auckland by 6 runs cm the first inniugs. Waikato jilnyort without Messrs Browning, Byng, and Grierson, but made a good fi«ht notwithstanding. Mr Stafford's play was much admired. In the first innings Waikato m.ule 70, and in the second 94, . while Auckland in the first innings scored 76, and. in the second, 15 for the loss of thiee wickets.

At the R.M. Court, Hamilton, 3'esterday, before Mr H. VV. Northcroffc, R.M., there were only two eases to dispose of, neither of > a very important character. Thomas Manktelow and 'H. McLaughlin, two young lads, were charged with committing a breach of the Borough by-laws, by furiously riding hordes -in Victoria-street, Hamilton, on Sunday. The defence was that the horse ridden by McLaughlin, after been caught with difficulty, ran away when the boy got on his back. His Worship cautioned the lads and dismissed them. 'Arthur A. Price, agent for the Jenny Nye Company, was summoned for a breach of the Borough by-law, No. 1, by posting play-bills on a fence enclosing the Bank of New Zealand property, without the consent of the occupier. Defendant, who did not appear, had promised to remove the obnoxious placards, but had failed to do so. The Bench indicted a fine of 20s with costs.

English and Foreign news received on Tuesday is not of a very startling character. The debate on Mr Gladstone's motion for the adoption of the second rule in the new cloturc proposals, proriding that no motion for adjournment of the House shall be mxde, except by leave of the House, until after the Orders of the Day and notices of motion have been entered upon, is now proceeding. — A force of 1000 men has been sent against the false prophet of the Soudan. — It is stated that the Commission appointed to conduct the prosecution of Arabi, declined to allow his counsel the right to cross-examine.

Skitville is a place somewhere on the Texas and Pacific 1-ailroad. Evidently it is not a very populous town, but it has a newspaper with an editor who dares to assert the rights of his fellow-citizens. He writes :— "This is the last time we shall allude to the persistent omission to stop at this town of the trains on the Texas ami Pacfiic railroad. The old excuse of the conductors that they wouldn't know Skitville if they were to see it, appears singularly thin iii the face of fcJie fact that this looming we planted a large paiuted stake beside the track which could be readily seen by the engineer for the distance of half a mile. This evening i nail will be driven into said stake, and McClure's stable lantern hung thereon. If the night express also ignoies this signal, it will be time for the American people to fully understand the malice of this infamous Wow levelled at the prosperity of this growing metropolis by a bloated and cowardly monopoly."

The presidential address of Dr Carl Siemens in opening the fifty-second meeting of the British Association at Southampton was a plain recapitulation of scientific progress since last meeting, and dealt with such subjects as the conservation, storage, and transmission of energy, with gas as fuel, steel as a shipbuilding material, and with electric lighting and its developments. There were no startling theories or uncomfortable prognostications, but such homely matters as London fogs, electro-plating, and ship and railway canals came under review. As a Continental, Dr Siemens advocated the universal adoption of the metric sy&ten for weights and measures, and while admitting the quite unlimited sphere of electricity as a motive power, as an auxiliary in agriculture, even as an artificial ripencr of fruits and cereals, he expressed his trust in a still wider field of usefulness for coal gas as a coming he.it asrent. He looked for w-ml to the day when coal would never leave the pit's mouth, but would be there prepared as gaseous fuel, and as a consequence he anticipated the annihilation of fog and uuuky air in cities. That alone would be a great gain, but Dr Siemens has in his mind's eye a steelclad shipping across the Isthmuses of Corinth and Paiumn, as well as a gunpowder that will resist the action cf water. .Another year may show us some of these anticipations realised.

The Bank of New Zealand is about to erect a handsome new building at Cambridge on the site of the present building which has been found inadequate for the business of the bank in the Cambridge district. The new building will be something similar to the Hamilton branch, though slightly larger in its dimensions. Mr Mahoney, the architect, was in Cambridge a few days ago viewing the site, and enquiring into the facility of procuring suitable building material. Should it be decided to build the new premises with brick, we are glad to notice that the material used will be of local manufacture, Mr Mahoney having repoited favourably on the article turned out at Mr Ward's yard at Cambridge. The bricks here made he considers as good and as suitable as could possibly be procured for the purpose. Mr Mahoney has also taken with him to town samples of stone from the Auckland Agricultural Company's property at Waipa, which it has been proposed should be used in the new building if found suitable. It is well to notice that we have no longer to scud out of the district for building material, and that a plentiful supply at a reasonable price oan always and easily be obtained. The new bank, which will be the first stone building erected in the district, is estimated to cost about £3000. A start .will probably be made in January next. Tub British Association keep a poet, who has favoured the public with the following specimen of how the poetry of the present will be re-written in the future :— Scintillate, scintillate, globule vivific, Fain .would I fathom thy nature specific. > Loftily poised in ;cthci capacious, Strongly resembling a gem carbonaceous. When torrid Plhb'jus refuses his presence And ceases to lamp us with fierce incandesence, Then you illumine the regions supernal. Scintillate, scintijtatc, semper nocturnal. The victim ofhospicelcss peregrination Gratefully h.iils your minute coruscation ; He.could.not dctciminc his journey's direction liut for your bright scintillating protection.

The Newcastle pound keeper inserts a r couplo of notifications in r this issue. Mr (i. S. ()'Hallora.n, auctioneer, Te Aroha, announces that he holds weekly sales of produce, merchandise, &.c, &r., in his -auction rooms sach Saturday «it H a.m., -and of horses itnrnediatcly aftVr, : He will 'also sell, produce, &.C., on commission. "" A special .meeting"*, of tlie Waipa Coun'v Council will 'Be * held on Tuesd.ijK Di'ccmljor, V4 )j, .to rurejtft? anrJ consider estimates of 'road board* "jJn'Jpr 4hp jnain roads construction cluu!>L'».of the lluads. Construction Act. ' ■'• ' - '' >•',' - Messrs' 'fa/Ji-'Biiilter &' Co. will sell at*^Gambridge on Saturday! next, the 18th "ins>t., . heavy draught m.irp,' bp'rinu cart horses, geldings, fillies, &q.,.&c. r On, JVedn.ejfday, the 22nd inst., J .they' 1 will sell,',at%vondale,T Ngarua'wahia, Hive •andjdead stopk, )ta£liiablu iitousehold jfurnifure, . fcey &c", the property oTtife late Mr /El^tone.! ' QnrThursday, v the 23rd insh,*thev. will, sell at Hie*- CainbVidke^yirds; fat 1 sMeSp,'*7a£ icbwki heifers, and, steers.j'dairv^tCpws^ stQre cattle, .&c.f &c =On .S!turda/,-^Nove;mbei£"2s,h, " they F fttr r T^»Vwuhiutti',|tho'^|eh^ldi. furniture; j 'horse*, harness, -^buggy , and^ implements, t thb ; -iij'rpbertv of^QV'Aven^ll^Hvlfothas'fs'oldthis, i ' BBfr.h?r fnrf'ffiP&fcSThey' KhX'e>als6;'f9?- sale 5

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Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1618, 16 November 1882, Page 2

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THURSDAY, NOV. 16,1882. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1618, 16 November 1882, Page 2

THURSDAY, NOV. 16,1882. Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1618, 16 November 1882, Page 2

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