MINISTERIAL METHODS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2044, 13 August 1885, Page 3

MINISTERIAL METHODS.

Orn Te Awamutu coiicspondent writes :—: — V.iiious repoits aie continually being made of the "finds" of gold in the native country, but nothing veiy authentic has been hoard as yet. The prospectors are leticcnt about what they h.i\o found, so all the lepoits inu>t bo lecened with caution. One person said it w.is stated by one of thu pro«pectois that the best alluvial goldhcld get woiked in New Zealand had been discovered, but this of couise may only bv imaginai y. A gentleman thoi oiighly \eispd m mining mnttei->, and who has been through the country told me that theie weie no indications of an alluwal diggings, but ho was decidedly of opinion tint theie were nuiifoions quart? reefs to be found. 801110 specimens w ere bi ought to to Vlcxandra by a half-caste and the prospector employed to pio-.pect Pirongia said they were \eiy g. 01, and ho w i-hed he (•mid be tiken to tie spot wheio they wcio found. In the parent depre^-od >~tato of affairs a pa>n.bta goldheld would be a, godsend to the counti v. Mi Ii ill.ice's action in securing for Wangainn men the right to piospect the native counti y, to the exilu sion of other*, inav be, and dobtle»s I*, unjustifiable, but I c.innot see that it nutteis much who finds the gold pro\iding it is found ; the propeetois cannot nvnopolise tlie wJiolo of the field, and whon t! c counti y is opened to disrgers eveiyone will have an equal chance, unless Mr Billance manages, by a little nioie wire p'llling, to give hia constituents the first " show," I see he has been dubbled " Promising John. ' Not bv any means an unsuitable name, for when ho was hero he was very lavish with his piomises, but as yetuehiup not seen fulhlment of any of them. We weto pioinised a now building for a post and tolegiaph office, but wo seem to be no nearer the fulfilment of it, the pievnt little matchbox of a place being considered good enough for the district. Of course the obiection will be on the score of the expendittue. Ministers object to spending a few hundied nounds on woiks of public necessity, but use \eiy questionable means to pledge the country to an expenditure of a couple of millions to assist in theconstiuetion of a lailway that is not lequned. But then theie aie. no emoluments to be got fiom building postoffices. The piehx of honouiable to their names is, m some instances, a misnomer, the person who fiist thought of applying the title must ha\e done so in a fit of grim humour. Home tune ago I mentioned an accident that happened to one of the troop hoi sos that was being shipped by rail for the Easter re\icw. The railway department refused compensation, r-> the matter was refcued by the commanding officei to the Defence Minister, who with characteristic geneiosity, said that as possibly some e\pen«o and inconvenience had been ineuried, he would giant tho munificent sum of £3 for compensation, but it was to be clearly understood the Government were not liable. Had the horse belonged to a Waug.mui mm, theie is \oiy httle doubt but that the case would have been \ery diffeient. Volunteeis are therefore to und< r>t uid that they must keep their horses at their own iisk when on Government sen ice. This is an incentho to \olunteeis to keep good horses. Of rour>p, the obiection to pay nnj 111010 than £3 is also on tho score of economy. 'Retrenchment will be the oidei of tho day, for all the money that can be obtained will be requited to perpcti ate sundiy little jobs of pei --on.il impoitance to Ministeis.

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