LECTURE ON NEW ZEALAND.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 31, 27 March 1878, Page 2

LECTURE ON NEW ZEALAND.

George ; Vos(jy Stewart, Esq<, J.P., who has returnod from bin Spooinl Settlement. iwui-lCjiti, Nw Zealand, .whence ho pro«<posoa returning with an> additional body of settlors in March next, delivered an address- on tljnt ri.sinp and* prosperous oniony, to <a vory crowded assembly in tho 06uri Xlbuflo, Cioghor,.on Dooombor 6th lARt. NodwilliHtandiopf thotorriflo downpour, of which our olimato is chronic, and' badly, published ami' very short notice of only throe days, tho Hbusovvas literally, nranv mod 1 with nnjtioufl listeners. TUo ablo and oloqucnt lecturor apponredi in O^jrt at tho fixed time, aocompaniod bywMlr- Jordan,. tho Now Zaaland'Emi(zrntion. agent at - Gloghcr, aud' a> fow ! fnionclft. Mr Kbnry Smill^ merchant,, Ologhor, was' elected by. aoelnwalion to tho chnir. 11l ai few oppropriato words tho chairman briefly introdueod-tho- lccturovy who aaid:: Ho, would,, to-night, pass over in. rapid roviow tho diilorcnt ficldn for omigration oiFiirfidi to- <ho British pooplo at tlio prosont tin^'o^ In instimcing -Amoricn, whiohiho hi«)|ly., condemned, every man being accessible to. bribery, from tho jjulgo on tho libnch to the policeman on his boiit,. sulijfct to Tamany rings and such like,, upwards of 4,000-of the ablo- I bodied starving, not under British swny. Ho' would' not givo to any foreign po-r lenlalo on earth' tho alh'gianco which lie owed; loi tho Britiah Ci s o\v«. Ud piißfiod

on to Canada, under British rulo, hut them winters of nx. or seven months in duration compel* thorn to grow on immensity of groon crops and forage, to toil hard in; cultivating those- for their oattld and 1 thctmolvosi wheroas in- New Zealand' tlio oatblo are providod- for almost by nnturo) and the- climate is^so-gonial in winter, if winter it mny b»- called-,, that they do'nob require- even to bo housed. British Columbia ho dtsoribed as- rioh in mines and forests, but not having n-markot for its«produeo as- offering llttloor no inj duoomont to tho farming olass, what is ', tho good of a> country, though rich as Kdon, if tho produoo cannot bo soldP Hf svropt through the- province of Australia, from Qjieonslnnlon. tho Northbound to Wostorm Australia,, and. 1 in- graphic langungo poiulod out thoir disadvantages and thoir honvy drawbacks from oxoesisivc hoat in QMocnslhndi. over population in nnothoivnridity of soil* droughts, veio>t>. on.-?- reptiles, nnd broad bolts of sterile tracts botwoon the good land in tho interior and tho ooast in. tho-oihcrs. Ho instancod Australia,. not to put up New Zealand above it, but to toll — A Voice— ls it any gains to you. P' But to- toll the wholetruth, and to roa 1 for you- lliO' writton tosliuiony of your fellow countrymen, in thut place, some of whom nro known to yourselves in. tliirt anoinnl; city, and I nm bore to-ntuwer any roav-onablo questions th<it may bo piifr. (Applnnso.) '1 Intro they aro under tl o Urilish Queen, and miikc thoir own laws. Tho soil is. a> rich alluvial loam.liko l! o•..artificial soil'scen in. a gcntli'innn's green house, if any of you hnvo examined that, a compost of sand and decayed loaves, not- a stone, not oven a. pebble -to- bo- seen in tho wholo place— A Voice— What sort of laws ?•' Wo havo Homo Hulo there, end a 'neigboring settlor with a singlo match. : A Voice— Hnrned the tower hill. Cleared 200 acres- of his neighbor's, farm .besides what ho intomKU doing to his own, nnd left all ready fortho-plondi, and wlion plou«li«d t which is easily done, it yields corn, wlicnt; and burloy. Every other crop t A iafc grows in Irolnnd, mnxo and other foreign' crops aro all more abundant nnd valuable than those of Iro.land for year after year, without applying nny manure nndwith liltlo, if nnvr sign, of sensible' deterioration. to the soil. Ho sides cattlo-futloii 'in- tile adjoining busl,. 'pigs on tho fotn. roots on. which tho nil lives ciieo fed. I huvo alrendy about 300 turkeys, requiring no oare, and when one is wanted it costs but a shoti.lilro-a pheasant, but a bud shot can hit it as they do. not ftv. Iho lro.luror hrtvunon read lettois out of Ins vnluoblo pncophlot, from Ui'V. W. K. Mulgaiit lCpincopal minister, 'nnd front'Wov. John- Murks, IVesbytorian clorgvmrtnof RyitiJCati, illiißtratiw find corobiMfivflJnf whiit. was-Haid.' H*e was abnui, to rend' loiters- from some of the Holders published in. tho above woik— ■■ A. Voice — 11 live you nothing. but Pin abytorians there ? Another Voice-- Bet me knew about Jolm.M'Cimloy ?■ Mr Jbrdnn bunded n- letter, dnled 24th August, received from-John M'Ci'iuley, to Mr.fc'tcwnrt, which he read. Same Voice— Thai's something* Tho Lecturer—Don't you believe me P Do you think I. would tell you.alio P* I 1 don't think youwouldl Mr Noblo Johnston's letter was then rond. from tho p'implilot by Mr Stowarl, at its conclusion, shouts wero made for a letter from Mr. Young who w<mt out liu-t year.. Mv Tlwmas M'Dowcll, Kilruddon,snid, with MV- Stewart's permission I will answer for my son»inilaws 110 has wiitlon mo the very best accounts, he purchased a< largo farm stocked and al l ,. bo has at present 12' milch oowi», over 330 sheop 10 horses, pigo »nd fowl, they get from. ls to Is 'i.l per pound for all tho butter they onn pi'oducoand four shillings a dozen for egg. 1 * (ob,. oh,) [this wns not noiicod by Mr M'Dowoll] and my daughter writes thut she enn build. two stones- of the potatoes they grow on her nrnn Vfy. two sodh arothero and they own nino different liouros of business in different parts. My eldest son wrote to mo that, Mr Stewart when at Wellington was ii> his prinoipuV bouao. This- Mr Stowarb romomborcd, and oxproHSod tho satisfaction itgavo him to moet Mr M'Dowoll. Mr .M'Dowoll with an>olovntcd nnd wolfoomposed air paid— My sons hnvo t •(« well thefo,. they hnvo raudo mo •indop»n < » dent, mysolf, my wilo, and ohildron— (choors)— and declared that every word Uo had told of them ww as true as-gospol or tho Uiblo itself. .Mr- Stewart— After this,.l will give no moro ovidenco, you- may bo satisfied to strike, o- balance' at onoe botwoon li'olnnd and Now Zealand ;., look at what's going on, rain*' provide winter food for your cattle, high rent, taxes, county cos*, poor rates evorinoroasing, &o. From, all thoso yoiraro roliovod in that placo. IM should say anything- to ofl'oned anyone, I wish to say I: am- a Cduscrvativo in principle andhoark, and I. believe tho Lund Act to bo jiistt it compels bad landlords, but it bnara on. tho face of it as an. established fact, that any improvements mado by tho tonant become exliaustod in 21 years, or in other words tho landlord can rcvuluo every 21 yoars, and put on an incroased ront,. and h bcliov* that as long as thoso realms aro prcsidod over by a Jlritish Parliament, . an Irish tenant must, put up with thO' existing circumstnnons or emigrate. Wucu ho dies ho does so wiili.

the disti^reeablo fooling that when ho Is cold in tho grave, or hn bones roUen; his son or his grandson may lioa'o to pay for tho improvement he made ;•. oil' the contrary in' tho NVw Zealand when ho dies ho dies conscious that no one can como 1 to his- door and' d'oinnnd. 1 anything in tho flhapeof increased rent Tlio grain can ho cut iiv 'ho field, thr»»sbod in'lho 'field,, and 1 removed from-thn fi«ld without drying on a kiln to> tho mill direct. I" this wretched country — — Somo interruption prevented tho gentle man from- finishing the n'nturo, amid which Mr- Slow-art do- dared, .-in ho> had dono previously, he did not mvt> two rows of pins whether- ntiv ono in- that large ! mooting oocompanied him or not. After answering; a few queries on tho part of somo ono who intend going out. Vdr Stewart and tho chairman withdrew, ,«nd tho largo meeting in- ft fow minutes after broke tip. without any disorder occurring (Hiring tho night.