NGARUAWAHIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1625, 2 December 1882, Page 3

NGARUAWAHIA.

iSomk few years ago The Waikato limes took exception, and very justly so, to the offer made by Sir George Grey to the king of restoring all the available laud oh the west bank of Wai pa. The argument was sound and reasonable then ; why not eqnally so to-day ! I quote the motto : "Equal and exact justice to Jill men. Here shall the press the people's right maintain ;" yet up to this The Walhatu Tuna has not protested against the Bryce proposals so far as Waipa settlers are interested. Only imagine some of our old pioneer settlers, after years of hard toil finding that all the available land in the distiict was given to natives, and that the now rising district was virtually locked up and shut out from all European advancement. One cannot help thinking that the Hon. John Bryce might, with a little advantage to himself, have consulted the feelings of the European settlers before committing himself to an oiler such as he lately made the king — an offer that Mr Bryce Mas correct in soyiug many would never forgive him for having made. However, the natives have taught Mr Bryce a useful lesson. The value of patience, tttihwt, also the propriety of consulting our own people betore committing them to any u revocable pledge. Mr Bryce has not succeeded, and few regret it. There are many native office pledges yet unfilled, and people are not slow to blame the ptesent dictator lor this breach of faith. When the pi onuses made by Sir D. Maclean, and supported by officials of high .standing are treated with contempt and neglect, no wonder people begin to grumble. It is very evident that Mr Bryce has not many friends, either nathe or European. I trust the day w ill come when v. c -will nob have to look to aliens to fill Mich offices, but will find in our own ranks men capable and willing to fill nb Native Minister that all important post. A local man possessed of even a little native evpeiience could not help having succeeded at Alexandra. Then Mr Bryce was all alone in his glory, a most significant fact m itself. Tathoa. Appropos of your leading article in today's paper— touching Waikato settlers and local Industrie!*— permit me to repeat for the benefit of your readers a conversation I overheard not long since. " Partisan Cheese F.ietoiy,: "I say, Bacon, Sorry to hear you took shares in that thing at Ngaruawahia." Bacon: "are you, I'm not." Partisan Cheese Factory: "Should have invested in our lot ; bound to succeed, no outside pressure in this quarter. Fellmongery mubt go down you know. Auctioned b and banks have only to bay the word, and all skins, tallow, &c , will go to Auckland. The setticrs must übuy, you know " For my part I always looked ii|. on Te Awamutu ii-s one of the most indepoudant portions of W.iiiiato ; but as Partisan Cheese Factory has evidently baaed his remarks on local knowledge. I can only regret that such a state of affair* should exist. However, up to this neither auctioneers or banks appear to have mo\ od in this matter, as the Waikato Fellmongory Company are about to inciease their stall* and buildings in older to w oik up the daily increasing supply of skins. We are all interested in ad\ aiming local industries, hut if milk and whey men will foul their own next, let thuir blood be on their own heads. Ju&t take the Mayor of Hamilton as a specimen of w hat our local men should be. Notice his remarks on local industry at the To Awamutu opening — particularly as regards woollen factories, and again notice a local settler following in the same strain as regaids flour mills. Just, I presume, to show there was no hard feeling. The report of the opening has been slightly in advance of the times, when it says that the cheese and bacon factory was the premier Waikato industry. In this. I beg to say, the report errs. The Waikato fellmongery was the first company started in Waikato, and the first to put pioducc in the market. This week the manager consigned several bales of wool to the London market.— (A Correspondent.)

The Auckland Southern Produce Exchange Company, Queen-street wharf, niiikc .in important announcement in our adicrtiiingcolumns. Mi- T. Trewhecllar, grocer and confectioner, Hamilton, announces that lie lias received new jjoods for Christmas, crockery, ftc. He albo di.iws attention to hit, bpcu.il lines o( tea and suij.ir. Special attention is directed to an inipoitant announcement by Air A. G. JUitiett, watch and chronometer-maker and jeweller Quecn-itreet, Auckland. The Vaudeville Comedy and Burlesque Companj , h.tving been unable to reacli Hamilton as intended, notify tint they will positively appear at LeQucsne's Hall on Monday and luesday nc.\t.