MEMORANDA.

AUCTION SALES.

Monday IST £Xt, May sth,

Mr. Alfred Harrison, at Mr. Trickett’s, Saunders’ Buildings, 12 o’clock, House hold Furniture and Effects. ,

Messrs. Bullock & Co., at the Farm of Mr. D. Evans, Waterton —Stock and Implements.

The Ashburton Herald AND Borough and County Advertiser (With which is incorporated the “ Evening Echo”). SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1879.

Mr. Hart met the Coleridge electors in the Town Ha.ll last evening, where more than two hundred were present, many of them prepared to give him an attentive and critical hearing; and we venture to say that most of the audience left the room with the impression that there was more in that quiet, unag gressive man, than they expected to have found. There was not the slightest attempt at oratory, indeed, there was an excess of modesty, combined with such a genuine respect for the time of his audience, that his original speech was decidely short; and many subjects which Mr. Hart afterwards proved that he was well able to handle, and sub jects of great importance to the electors were left untouched when he sat down.

Fortunately for Mr. Hart, there was no lack of zealous questioners, and' nearly all the answers elicited were really able, though certainly not in every case direct and straightforward. It was evident,that on one or two sub jects Mr. Hart was determined not to commit himself and not to allow any one to draw him into too full an expres sion of unpopular views, but able as the evasions were, they were so decided and so manifest that 1 they served to exhibit rather than conceal the political points on which Mr. Hart’s views are evidently not in accord with the views of the majority of his audience, or on which he is not prepared to commit himself to any expression' of his future action. The organ of caution is evi dently well-developed .in Mr. Hart’s head, as the only subjects on which he chose to commit himself to the electors in his first voluntary speech of little more than twenty minutes were the very safe ones of advocating at least double the present amount of repre sentation for the Coleridge District, the raising a loan to lift us up and tide us over the present hard times, the impossibility of supporting a Govern ment which often divided on its own measures, and the manifest injury the Government had inflicted both on the dignity and the credit-of the colony by their weak, meddlesome Native policy, as well as by first taking possession of Maori land, and then appointing a Commission to inquire into their title to it. On the latter subject Mr. Purnell evidently expected' to score a point against Mr. Hart by some rather “ learned ” questions, but he was doomed to disappointment. Mr. Hart proved more than a match for him— showed himself thoroughly well up on that subject, and elicited much ap applause from his hearers. This did not prevent another learned gentleman from trying his hand on the candidate, though on a subject interesting the South more than the North; and if Mr. Harris was not more successful, the answers he got were certainly less direct and instructive. Mr. G. An drews tried his categorical powers on the local option question with consider able ability, but with no decided result, much less with any success, the answers eliciting more applause from imbibers than from- the Good Templars. A question on the Debtors and Creditors Bill was put grotesquely, but answered seriously and exceedingly well, as was also one on the Chinese question. An insinuation that he was interested as a Crown tenant was happily, quietly, and effectually rebutted, whilst the land tax was decidedly condemned. The question that Mr. Plart could not be induced to answer was what tax he did approve of. In vain Councillor Saun ders put this in half-a dozen different forms there was evidently no tax that Mr. Hart approved of—he ap proved of no such unpopular thing. He would tide us over all bad times by: borrowing— he would cure us by a hair of the dog that has bitten us ; he would in some unexplained ivay make us richer, more prosperous, and more numerous; and then millions would not sound large sums in our ears, and the revenue would increase without increased taxation. On this point Mr. Hart seemed to abandon his wonted caution, and to even adopt the profli gate song,' — ’Tis wisdom to drive away trouble and sor-

row, To be merry to-day, and not think of to morrow. On the education question, Mr. Hart was uot so weil up as a gentleman in his position ought to be, and we hope that he will come better informed on this subject to his next meeting; the vague generalities about a kind of reli gious teaching which all are to approve of, however poetically they may have been expressed by Mr. Rolleston in Ivs

late addrpss to his constituents, will mislead qo one who has.rea.lly faced; all the difficulties h of? this very •'difficult subject., The all-important question that. must be • decided .-is, should the State undertake religious, instruction; or should it be left .to the voluntary'efforts, of the various ‘'denominations it desirable to bring our children for all ordinary instruction under ..the training of the most exclusive and bitter sec tarians, or to teach them./practically that *• Religion should extinguish strife,” and that those who differ On points which God has left at large, may never theless meet daily under a common roof and practice’together the common virtues of Christianity ? • Mr Hart is evidently a gentleman of no mean and one who has the great merit of expressing his opinions without waste of time or words—a gen tleman whose retiring, unostentatious manner is sure to win the approval of his colleEgues in the House, and to reflecD'credit on the district that returns him, but, however sincerelj he may believe 10 the contrary himself, he is not entirely free from class prejudices, and on many of the most important political questions that are sure to come before the House of Representatives soon, he evidently knows that his views are not identical with those of the majority of the Coleridge electors. On Triennial Parliment, on the franchise, on educa tion and on the incidence of taxation, every person at the meeting could see that he had something in reserve, and we sincerely regret that his views on these subjects wee not more clearly expressed, and of a more decidedly liberal character.

MR. GEORGE HART AT THE TOWN HALL.

Last night Mr. Geo. Hart addressed the electors of the Coleridge district in the Ashburton Town Hall. There was a small attendance at the commence ment of the meeting, but ultimately it largely increased, till about 200 persons were present. : His Worship the Mayor was called upon to preside, and introduced the candidate. He said that Mr. Hart was well known in the district and throughout the colony. He had been 20 years interested in this district —to wit, Hart’s run—had held a seat in the Canterbury Provincial Council, and the office of Land Commissioner. He was sorry to see the limited attendance that night, and it was, he believed, one of the political weaknesses of the colony that its people took only a lukewarm interest in the politics of the country. His Worship then alluded to the representation of Cole ridge, claiming for it 'a second'"Member.' Mr. Hart felt a little difficulty in speak ing in the Hall. It was the first time' he had done so, and hoped if he was not heard he would be told so. That hall, however, was a monument that reminded him of .what like AshbUrton was when he last stood for Coleridge, X At that time, there was not even a polling place in Ashburton. He regretted the resignation of Mr. Wason, which had rendered an election necessary, and he had not intended to come forward on this occasion, and had thought that his retirement from public life would he per manent, but he had been asked to;.come forward at what was considered by those who had done him the honor, a critical time, and to give the country the benefit of a large experience gained both in the North and the South Islands. They had been told that the Government would have to meet a great deficiency of resources, and he feared it was so‘,Tfor "Goverahieiit had depended upon an abnormal ' rush of land sales, which had been productive from Canterbury of a very large amount of money, but which had now fallen off, and the Government felt the falling off. A financial depression was now troubling the whole colony, and the depression was felt by the revenue of tire country, as a natural consequence, hut this depression would pass off as such had done before. There had been a wave of depression in the past, and a wave of prosperity in alternation, and he felt that the present difficulty would be got over by union one with the other, and helping each other to tide over the difficulty. There was an enormous deficiency in the country’s income, and when they looked at the enormous contracts that were out, and which would he unproductive and a loss if not com pleted, he felt that there was only three courses to be followed to raise the money to meet the deficiency—viz., taxation, land sales, or a loan. He fancied any minister that would introduce a new bur den of .taxation would be unpopular ; and to press sales of land at present -was virtu ally to rob the country; so that a loan was the only course likely to he open for Go vernment. But then even a loan was only a temporary means of tiding over the difficulty. If he were asked what course in parliament he would follow he would say that so far as finance was concerned he would favor this loan, and he would con tend for a redistribution of seats, so that such an extensive area of land as was contained in Coleridge should obtain another representative. He would not, however, be in favor of giving two Members to this district, but of dividing the district into two. As re gards the representation of the people he was in favor of giving a fair representa tion to minorities ; he did not think popu lation should be the sole basis of repre sentation, and though the Hare system of representation had much merit, it . seemed to him too cumbersome and com plicated ever to be a popular system. It was a fact that in this large district there were about 2500 people who might be on the roll, but only SOO were upon it. He had been asked if he supported the policy of the present Government, but he had been unable to say what that policy was. It appeared to him that the only bond connecting the present Ministry was the desire to hold office, and it was no un common thing last session to see one member of the Cabinet bringing forward a measure and another opposing it. (Hear, hear, from Mr. Saunders). Sir G. Grey bad put himself forward as the working men’s champion, but he had followed a course of setting up class against class. The man who c K d so was unfit to hold the high position he held, no matter what his

talents,; Ha . would like tb’soei larger powers fgiyen, to County /And ' Jjlqrqugh so that by this means the work which had been foisted upon Parliament Would be lifted from its shoulders, and the Members would be better able to deal: with large and important questions. As it was now th,ey were saddled with the de tails of.local busihess.-.tliat. could' be easily and even better disposed of by local bodies, and the result was the House was over worked, and Members, borne down by fatigue, were unable to devote sufficient and undivided attention to the measures brought before them. Hence the hurry skurry at the end of the session. He was alarmed at the Native policy of the Go vernment. Ministers were ever and anon rushing from one extremity of the colony to the other muddling and meddling with native matters ; and we found them sell ing land that afterwards turned out did not belong to them. He would ask them— How would they like to lay out a home for themselves on land they thought for many years was their own by right ob tained from Government, and then sud denly a new Ministry came into power and claimed it, putting it up to sale. This was what had been done to the Maoris. It might be said they were only Maoris, and that the race was dying out; but he believed there .would be a remnant of them left to do honor to the country as intelligent men. The old Englishmen, thought the Welshmen would die out, but they were still alive, and an ornament to the land ; and he would be sorry to see the Maoris die out. Referring again to the question of a loan, he said the time was when such a loan as that projected by Government would have been looked upon by New Zealand colonists as a ruinous tiling, but lie believed the time would come when the one they were now advo cating would be looked upon as a trifle. In the ."pending of it it would be necessary to watch the outlay with care, and rigidly avoid the cdnstvucton of unproductive works.' Questions were then invited.

Mr. G. Cates asked if Mr. Hart.would be prepared to exclude the Chinese from the colony 1

Mr. Hart would not like to answer such a question off-hand, but he thought it would be right to restrict their influx so as not to interfere with our national repu tation.

Mr. T. Taylor desired to know what additional powers he would give to the Borough and County Councils '! Mr. Halt would not give any legislative powers to them, but extra powers of deal ing with local matters. Mi\ T. Taylor —Would you support manhood suffrage ? Mr. Hart would give votes to all who had a real stake in the country, but not to every man who passed through in a railway train. Mr. Harris asked what remedy Mr Hart would propose for the native difficulty. Mr. Hart would ascertain the rights of the natives first, and see no injustice was done to the Maori race, who should have their rights respected as well a,s the colonists. I see no reason for acquiring the Waimate Plains any more than the rest of the laud held by the natives, unless it were the greed of the surround ing settlers, who are endeavoring to drive the natives off their own land. (Applause.) The land in dispute was not worth the expenditure of a single life. To give rise to/even the semblance of a - native revolt would depreciate the credit of the colony in the estimation of English bondholders. The land, it was acknowledged, was con fiscated conditionally, and if the conditions were adhered to, it was estimated that not more than 15 per cent, of it would be available for sale, j | Mr. Purnell; said the land was confis cated under an Order-in-Council. Was not that a legal title 1 Mr. Hart—No, not in the face of the snpei’ior claims of the native owners. Mr. Purnell—But during the war these rights were forfeited. "% MLlHart—ThAforfeiture' only applied to those in rebellion. The present Go vernment have themselves acknowledged the rights of the Waimate natives by appointing a Commission to enquire into their claims, and to do that which they should have done at first. (Applause.) _ Mr. Legget to Mr. Hart—Are you in favour of a plurality of votes. 1 Do you consider it right that one man should have but a single vote, while another has tenor twelve ? Mr. Hart—No man in this district possesses more than one vote, however great his propeity qualification. Mr. Harris—What are your views re garding the establishment of direct steam communication between Great Britain and this colony 1 Answer —The Government has tried one experiment in this direction, and I should like to know the cost of it before giving a decided reply to this question. (Laughter and cheers.) Mr. E. Saunders—Would you be in favor of Triennial Parliaments 1

Mr. Hart—At present the Parliamentary term is five years, but I think if the system is continued there ought to be a readjustment of the representation and re-distribution of seats to meet the altered circumstrnces of the population at the expiry of every term. Mr. Purnell, at this stage, amidst some interruption, proposed, That the meeting having heard Mr. Hart, should refrain from expressing any opinion until such time as other intending candidates had met the electors.

Mr. E. Saunders asked the opinion of the candidate on the education question. Mr. Hart: I should like to see as good system of Education as prevails in Canter bury, in existence throughout the whole of 'New Zealand; the schools of the northern parts of the colony are seriously neglected. It is the duty of the State to give a fundamental education to all, but I do not think the Government is bound to give more. As regards religions education I regret that we cannot meet on a common basis, so that religion should not be entirely excluded from our schools.

Mr. E. Saunders asked Mr. Hart if he would support Curtis’s Bill. Mr. Hart—l would certainly not ap prove of the re-introduction of the denomi national system. At the same time I think schools provided by the people or by religious bodies, are entitled, under proper conditions, to some assistance from the Government. I think such schools might be subsidised according to the num ber of pupils, &c., I think the less the less the State interferes with religious education the better. (Hear, hear). Mr. Doherty—Would you vote for Mr. Curtis’s resolution ? It would be a guide

to tho electors if you could givq a ctoilnlio answer'. .

Mr. Hart—Well to tell you the truth I don’t know exactly what the resolution was.

Mr. Doherty—Perhaps a Member of House, who is present would be able to the explain it. Mr. Saunders, M.H.R. did not like to take •'any part'at an election meeting like the present, but he explained tho nature of the resolution, which made provision to entitle a certain portion of a comunity to demand from the Board a subsidy to aid in working a school they had built, and hi which, under certain conditions and restrictions religion was taught, but the school was subject to Government inspec tion and supervision with a view to efficiency. Mr. Hart would agree to that resolu tion in its entirety.

Mr. G. W. Andrews : Would you be in favor of a Local Option Bill 1 Mr. Hart was not a teetotaller, and had no wish to control men’s actions. He travelled in places where there were no hotels, and was not pleased with the ex perience at the end of a day’s fatiguing journey.. , Mr. Andrews—Would you give publi cans deprived of licenses under local op tion, if ever it became law compensation !■ Mr. Hart would.

Mr. Andrews drew a parallel case of the carters being deprived of work through the opening of a railway. Would he grant compensation to them'! Mr. Hart The railway made more work than it destroyed. Local option destroyed a trade without supplying another.

In answer to Mr. Gates, on the railway question, Mr. Hart said he could not give any pledge to the extension of the Mount Somers railway as it was not yet in exist ence, .but lie favored extension where it would be productive. The protfis of the present line went to help the less produc tive ones up • North. The impounded £IOO,OOO should have been handed over to Can 1 erbury. Oil the Land Tax, in reply fo Mr. An drews, Mr. Hare said the Land Tax was an iniquitous Tax, but when the colony was iii debt it was right that the people should be made pay. The Land Tax was Imposed at a time when a fictitious value was attached to the Canterbuiy land, and equally good land up North was taxed at a far lower rate. Mr. Hai t would not commit himself to the amount of the next loan without know ing the requirements of the colony, but he favored a reduction of expenditure. He was not a tenant of the Crown, as all his land was bought. He did not think a colony like ours, growing corn in great abundance, need ever fear an import com petition, so that an import tax would never be necessary. Lie would like to see immigration increase so, that.-we did not require to exj; ort corn. In regard to im migration, that should not cease at any rate till the sexes had been equalised in numbers. • ... - Mr. E. Saunders wanted to know what Mr. Hart would do to raise revenue when borrowing had to cease as it must some time.

Mr. Hart did not like to look too far into the future.

Mr. Hart thought this district should have sufficient accommodation for the con duct of its judicial business, and a Resi dent Magistrate to conduct it. The Debtor and Creditors Act had been altered time and again, both here and at Home’ but it should only be altered after the mind of the whole business community had been obtained. Votes of .thanks to Mr. Hart and the Mayor were given after Mr. Purnell’s motion- had been withdrawn, and the meeting dispersed.

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR

TINWALD AND ASHBURTON.

TURNING THE FIRST SOD OF THE MOUNT SOMERS RAILWAY AT TINWALD..

Reception by the County Council and

Borough Council.

At twenty minutes to twelve His Excellency’s special drew up at the temporary platform opposite Mr. Moss man’s store, south a little of the Tinwald Station. On stepping out of the train Sir Hercules, Lady, and Miss Robinson and party were loudly cheered, and, after greetings by the members of the County Council, the following address was read by the Chairman (Mr. W. C. Walker)- ; ■ : ■ /

To His Excellency Sir Hercules Robinson, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of. St. Michael and St. George, Governor of New Zealand. May it please your Excellency,—

On behalf of the inhabitants of this county, the Ashburton County Council wishes to welcome you and Lady Robinson most cordially on the occasion of your visiting the county for the first time. Like the rest of the colony, the inhabitants of this countyare animated with the strongest feelings of loyalty to Her Majesty the Queen, and always are glad to receive among them Her Majesty’s representative. The interest which your Excellency is known to take in the work of colonisation and in the institutions of a young country makes -us hope that you may frequently be able to visit this part of New Zealand, and we trust that your residence amongst us maybe gratifying to yourself and satis factory to the colony. ' Signed on behalf of the councillors and inhabitants of the County of Ashbuiton this 3rd day of May, 1879. . W. C. Walker, Chairman. E. Mainwaring, Clerk.

His Excellency acknowledged in his name and that of Lady Robinson the ihearty welcome he had received. It would be his endeavour to make himself acquainted with the resources of the colony, and the better to do so he was now travelling round it, visiting every part from the Bluff to the Bay of Islands. He was able, then, to make but a short stay, but he hoped on a future occasion to make himself better acquainted with the district and its people.

Turning the Sod.

A neat platform, leading down to the grand arch, erected in honour of the day, was‘then traversed by the vice regal party. A few yards to the north of the archway stood the wheelbarrow and spade, specially prepared for the occasion. The barrow was a highly finished one, and the spade was finely gilt on the handle, and the blade and handle sheath were copper-bronzed. Near the barrow His Excellency took his stand, and, after a few words addressed to him by .-. , Mr. W. C. Walker, who detailed the special advantages the Mount Somers line was calculated to bestow upon; the district by.giving direct access to jftone quarries and ligftite miries iii the upper district and bringing their produce readily to the market, and invited His Excellency, in the name of the con tractor for the work and the people of the district, to turn the first sod of the projected line. His Excellency said he had great pleasure in consenting to perform this ceremony. There ivere certain legal formalities to be gone through in com nection with the line, and these he would see to immediately on his arrival in Wellington. He was unacquainted as yet with the full details of the colony’s complete railway scheme, but rail way extension .was a thing that could scarcely be overdone. It formed a connecting link between the far inland agricultural districts and the seaboard, and afforded facilities for the ready ex port of produce and the easy distribu tion of imported necessaries and luxuries—at reasonable cost. This matter of reasonable cost was the great key-note of the whole scheme of rail way extension in the colony, the pur pose for which it was adopted, the re duction of the cost of transit would aid the colony’s future. This new line was intended to open up the resources of rich land on both sides of the river, and to reach the mineral wealth higher up, and he hoped it would prove a source of proskerity to the land through which it ran and the homesteads it passed on its way. His Excellecny then cut a sod from the ground, placed it in the barrow, wheeled it along the planks and tipped it over.. Three cheers were then given for Sir Hercules and Lady Robinson, and the party adjourned to lunch in Mr. Moss man’s store adjoining. The lunch was provided by the contractors Messrs. Fraser and Guild, and purveyed by Mr. Baldwin, of the Central Hotel. 1 After lunch, the special train which brought the Borough Councillors and others to Tinwald left for Ashbnrton, followed shortly after by the vice-regal’ train. AT ASHBURTON ’His Excellency was received by His Worship the Mayor and members of the Borough Council, and Mr. Brs.ddell, Town Clerk, read the following ad idress . .... . . . . , To His Excellency Sir Hercules George 1 Robert Robinson, Governor and Com ; mander-in-Chief, in and over Her | Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice Admiral | of the same, — .May it please your Excellency,— * We, the Mayor and councillors of the Borough of Ashburton, on behalf of the ratepayers, beg to tender your Excellency a respectful and cordial welcome on this ’your first visit to the town. We also beg to assure your Excellency of our loyal attachment to. the, Throne and person of our Gracious Sovereign, as well as to yourself, her representative in this colony.

Advantage having been taken of your Excellency’s visit to turn t.ie first sod of :a veiy important and central branch rail way to Mount Somers, which will further develop the resources of this important agricultural district, we trust that” tho work thus auspiciously commenced may be 'brought to a successful and speedy ter mination, and may be the means of pro moting the interests ,of the town and .district. Cordially wishing your Excellency and Lady Robinson a pleasant journey through the island, we beg to subscribe ourselves, Your Excellency’s obedient servants, , Thos. Bullock, Mayor. Signed also by all the Councillors. Chas. Bki udell, Town Clerk.

His Excellency thanked His Worship for the loyal sentiments expressed, and then the whole party drove through the principal streets of the town, returning to the Ashburton station, and departing by the special train at 1.30, amidst the cheers of the assembled spectators.

Licensed Gasfitter. —Mr. Hardley desires us to notice that lie is now one of of the Gas Company’s licensed gasfitters, having been appointed on the 3rd of March.

Omission. —ln our notice yesterday of; the lecture 1 by the Rev. Mr. Gillies, in aid of the Presbyterian School, we omitted to give the date of the lecture—it is on Mon-. day, May 19. '-■The Seat for Coleridge.— -The Mayor received a telegram to-day announcing Mr. E. G. Wright’s resolution to -with draw from a contest for the Coleridge. Seat. This leaves Mr. Hart again the only candidate before the electors.

Mr. Conyers. —Amongst those accom panyihg his Excellency’s special, we were glad to observe Mr. Conyers, the Com missioner for Railways, who has happily recovered from the effects of the accident he met with on the occasion of the opening of the through line, and is able to take his usual active part in the conduct of railway affairs. T t Eggs v. Lamb and Fowl.—A settler coming into Wanganui market on Wednes day last (says the Herald) had rather a curious experience of the value of his pro duce. He brought in lambs, fowls, and eggs for sale. The lambs, well grown and fairly fat, realised Is 9d each; the fowls, 2s Gd. each ; and the eggs, 3s per dozen.

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