The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Tuesday, April 14, 1891. MR CADMAN'S VISIT.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 594, 14 April 1891, Page 2

The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning.

Tuesday, April 14, 1891. MR CADMAN'S VISIT.

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The visit of the Hon. the Native Minister on Saturday evening, as he passed on his way to Wellington, was a pleasing indication of the interest he takes in all matters pertaining to his office. To show diligence in that respect is perhaps no more than the people are entitled to expect, but then the people are not always accorded that consideration which they deserve, and when a departure is made from the beaten track along a still better path, we feel thankful accordingly. It tnay mean much, or it may mean little, but at least the intention is good. The new Ministers have all had to apply themselves under high pressure so as to get things in order for the meeting of Parliament, and a Ministerial visit that would have necessitated a week’s stay in Gisborne could hardly have been expected. Mr Cadman, however, was not idle in the short time at his disposal, and it is hardly required of us to remark that the Mayor and Mr Warren would supply him with that information on local subjects which is valuable to be possessed of and not easy to convey in formal correspondence. A few important points bearing on the question of native land affairs were elicited in the interview by our representative. A Bill will be framed at as early a date as possible and circulated throughout the country. Instead of shrinking from criticism the Native Minister courts it. Then he gives the assurance that the Bill will be brought on at an early period in the session, thus providing against the fatal mistake of the past in the direction of rushing legislation through only to still further intensify the muddle it was intended to clear up. A simple measure dealing with future transactions, and another simple measure to provide for the clearing up of past transactions, are what we are promised, and it is just what we want. Of course there are trying difficulties to be faced, but if there is unanimity, those difficulties can easily be got over. 1 he whole question cannot be kept too prominently in the foreground, and by dint of still hammering away at it success may be anticipated,’ The Native Minister strongly desires a reform, and if he is well backed up, great good may be achieved before many months have passed.