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The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Equal and exact to all men. UNKNOWN SATURDAY, FEB,7 1891.

\V i: ;tre to sen tiinl tin' people ot' Aucl-rhtnd ure a liLtio [ii'ji'i; into!'!.si in tin.; op.iiiitii.; tip of the li;iuk country. It, is ufci'y (.iny more cluiir to t'lii'tu. that, uu 1 ess ;hi: eouii!i'v '.listricts in intcfioi- ai'u acttlcil l>y n;t industrious and I iiriviiig popul ttion, their own iis i'. manufacturing UK'J. ••••>i>ort town will ho very small inr.l •.-(!, I t i., not so long tigo that «!TAt wniglit. was placed by our Auckland friends upon thfi rapid increaso, both in buildings mid population ot their ci f y, anrl very little attenhou was paid, either publicly or privately- to tb.e surrounding; (.»mtry ui-l,ricls. the ot'

iiieli rigliily viowel. should hav." been one oi th'> first objects of their solicitudo, nnd at tlio samo time ono of tho chief sources of their strength. The past few years, however, have not boon without their liissoas, aud the loading' men in Auckland seem to liavo fully raised tliito the- tulvs.nccinout of tiio country die' vict.«, particularly in the V/aik'tw. i.< really synonymous for that of their own. The latest step taken by them towards this end has been the ap-

pointment by the Auckland Chamber of Cominercu of a eonnnittoo to deal with the question of acquiring and opening; up for settlement the v;:-,t ;'.re is in the :m ! i.-:'''-".'. wh'cli are still held by ihv j:.*i i»*« s». Tim report or' this cosma.n- !•. v/iueh is to b-» embodied iit '.!(>• Zona "1 • >o:it• t.*n tu tic. U'-vri'.;m:nt. wilt >.• ! i ; ! i>r.- 1 < ivmiber :>t a "."i!"' !>•••• ond \v•'l eeriaiuiy bo looked larva r. I ;<.< wi:!t k»-hon.'-it. aMi'iiipi to i'li':his knot! v of ! ~nK- fho oi l nf tin- nitiv" •iviietd'v will no iop.«or Have to be W"i ,t :• o'lifcrlflcp, a:iil w<- ;ulll11 , ;ii>v .ire uui'icrous • art' •act wi i» in .-iccjiiiriiig I tie L . aOi.w.-—aio oi

ewn em: - f i".:e,ti. New X'- 1■a.iel ia'.vs in connection with ile il:pa with native lauds, have been so .tne ml,el mid tinkered witii bv every succeeding administration that nn one knows when he is safe in buying or leasing, and the 10-is, s inclined liv hoiiti jidc settlers in the ait, rnpl has brought this class of .-ir. pi'i'i y into very bad odour indeed. I r the "labours of the receiitiy-ap-nointed committee should result iu ,-Moe comni«n sense legislation being

..,.,i.s i thai, native lands may, m moderate-sized blocks, be as accessible for leii.se and purchase as that held by Europeans, and conse.iiieiitlv !••• ci !-<r greater value to ihi' iiafives themselves than it is at present, the committee will not iia\,: worked in v t iin, and the Auckland Chamber of Commerce will huvo performed another public service. There are, however, important aspects of this question of settling the large area in the interior other than in merely acquiring it from

tin: nsitiv.*. Thi! t'oroniost one tlioui is, who id going to settle, 'in it: Our Auckland cont.i'nipor.ii'y tlm Herald, upon this .subject i'.a;utly said: ''If that arpa of tiu: interior were opened now for settlement, and if operations wore (.'omuieuued to place a population mi the most fertile portion of the land. New Zealand would at once be placed beyond all its ditiieiilties, property would rise in value, work would be plentiful, and every colonist in whatever sphere would tied his lot 111 life improved." To this we feel inclined to say " (ianiiiion.' [loes our conteinporary or the Auckland public expect for a. moment th'ifc settlers of the ri»ht class will ever £0 farther into the interior, until there •3 p. complete revolution in our railway policy.' Are hard-working settlers supposed to be philanthroDic enough to taice up land in these out-of-the-way places, grow produce, fatten sheep, ic., and have the whole of it .swept away in railway freights and charges? Not exactly. Even as it is, we hear practical men stating, almost daily, that under the present rates of freight it pays better, for tli" purpose of growing produce, lo lease land near Auckland at an itunual rental of several pounds per acre, tlian to .farm their freehold laud in "W'aikato. This subject of railway froig-hts upon produce is an economic question of almost paramount importance, as under existing circumstances settlement must cease at a certain distance from port. "NYe i'eel convinced, that until such rates of freight are charged upon produce aud live stock as will onablo settlers in the interior to compete iu the large markots and obtain something like a fair return for their labour, the progress of settlement in the interior will not bo worthy of the name, and this, whether the native lands are acquired or not.

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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2897, 7 February 1891, Page 2

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The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Equal and exact to all men. UNKNOWN SATURDAY, FEB,7 1891. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2897, 7 February 1891, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Equal and exact to all men. UNKNOWN SATURDAY, FEB,7 1891. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2897, 7 February 1891, Page 2

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