Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-01-28
Notes From sydney.
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Correspondence Of the Press,1

SYpsEx, December 81.
Enron Press The Christmas holidays
have come and gone, and in n few day our
Premier will be gone also. But the feeling
of indigestion will DO left. Presidents
Parkes has not agreed with some of M
any moro than the plum pudding, the
fetish to which we yearly sacrifice our lives.
He goes away with flourish Of trumpets,
after being bonquetted and ovated. But
he has not taken with him that purse of
public subscriptions, but, unfortunately, tho
money did not come in quick enough. I
nm told that only 5000 was raised in tho
city Of Sydney, and there was little chance
of larger sum being obtained from ihs
country districts. 1t is said that one indi.
vidual offered to subscribe ejoO If tho
committee would accept tho Premier's dis
honored bills to that amount. So Parkes
wrote feeling letter, declining to accept
any monetary testimonials. Then Mr..
McCuloch, lawyer and NJ. Il. A., brought
in a motion that Go, 900 should DO voted to
dsfray the Prcmier's expenses on his home
trip. Whom it is known that the Victorian
Embassy consisting of Mcssrs. Berry, Penr.
son and Hayden, only cost $4,000, sup.
pose it was considered too much, for tho
motion WINS withdrawn and another that
$4,000 should be granted was substituted.
President Pnrkes mt first stated that no was
going nway merely for his health, but
nftcrwnrd announced that he should look
after the interests Of the colony by endeav.
oring to persuade tho American Govern.
ment to abolish the import duties on wool,
and by investigating tho workings of tho
Immigration Department in London. As
during his trip he will DO still enjoying his
salary of $4,000 n year, tho latter 10 about
the least he could do. But the American
scheme is absurd and no one knows il 40
we'll MS Parkes himself. But he wished to
humbug the world with tho idea that he
had some sort Of diplomatic mission, and
it would give motive for tho vote of
$4,000. So no wrote all tho other colonial
governments nsking them to cndow him
with powers to trent with tho United Statca
on their behalf for the reduction of tho
wool tariff. Parkes MS the Ambassador of
tho whole Of Australasia would DO big
man indeed. don't know what the othcr
colonies have done, but Victoria, which
claims to be tho premier, crushed tho pro.
ject as far ms she was concerned. Vic.
torians do not believe in tho persuasive
powers Of Parkes; they know that what
he might say would have no effect in Wash.
ington, where he will only be laughed ut
for his missuss of tho letter II, and they
refused to countennnce the humbug Of
another Embassay. When the motion for
tho G3, 600 vote WINS made, Parkes as tho
mover, made n lot of fulsomc remarks and
then suddenly jumped up and declined to
receive any money even il it should be
voted. Why allow tho motion to bo
brought forwardi Tho Sydney Mail last
week gives the readers the "tip." BY tho
bye, our weekly journals nre improving.
The Mail in its Christmas number has a
splendid story, although it is not equal to
the 7o,cn and Country of last date, and
neither journal can ever be eonal to tho
Austrdiasidn. But both the Mail and
the Echo are full of smartly written para.
graphs and in one of these the calculation
Of Parkes' conduct is written.
JUDGE GoRRIE.
The Lord hath delivered the Chief in.
dicial Commissioner of tho Western Pa.
cifc into my hands. / have been honored
by the notice Of Sir Arthur Gordon and
Admiral Wilson with reference to nv
writings on the subject of South Sea
Massacres," my pamphlet respecting which
was prohibited admission into Fiji. lam
sure Admiral Wilson regrets having used
the language he did respecting me after
my publicly stating that mover charged
the naval authorities with any lack Of
energy, or with indifference to tho fate Of
the white men Murdered in the Pacific.
merely recalled the complaint have hoard
made by our naval officers, of their power
lessness to net, and quoted tho reply given
by tho Admiral to Mr.. Conlishaw, Of sgd
ney, when that gentleman lodged n COM
plant of the burning Of q trading station,
aud massacre Of n white trader at Marna
81 can do nothing; everything which re-
lntcs to the island 10 in tho hands Of tho
High Commissioner Sir Arthur Gordon"