THE TUAPEKA TIMES.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF LOCAL INDUSTRIES.
tion (European and Maori) of something under 300,000 souls. In. othfl.r..wj>rds, more than one-twentieth part of ttfe inhabitants of this Colony are armed and drilled in suppott of the Government. This is as if the regular troops, militia, and volunteers in the United Kingdom were to number one-twentieth part of the entire population of 31, 000,0 JO, viz , 1,500,000 officers and men." His Excellency makes this contrast in a very pointed foim, and, small though it be, it shows the spirit of self-reliance which is felt in every section of our community,

ought to endeavour to acquire a better and more godly frame of mind. Wiley, however, thooght he ipould sea. a. short cut out of his spiritual troubles by cutting his throat.- "Be did not thoroughly manage this, and is now an inmate of the district lunatis asylum. •It is painful to learn that tbe unbelieving people : , of Moystpu pay so little regard to liberty of' conscience, ;:nd to", tne high voca tiou of the founder of a new faith, as to have meditated tar-ing and- feathering him if they could have caught him.
