The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1889-01-03

one or two facts may
be mentioned which tend to show
that he ought to know something.
Members Of his family have been
associated with the government of
some of the Australian colonies for
over fifty years, and he himself at
one time played part therein. He
has also intruded his carcass into
almost every Inhabited spot of that
continent. Can \. B. show as
good credentials of probable know
ledge of what he has written about2
Until he does, can Australian" will
claim to know as much about Aus
tralia rs he, and trille more.
A. BIS contention that "thc
stranger has the power of wider
comparison, while the native can
only compare one part Of Australia
with another" would have some
force in ease the native had spent
his whole life in his native land;
but when the native, like can Aus
tralian," has an experience which
embraces the principal countries of
Europe, Asia, Africa, and America,
he holds the stranger at decided
disadvantage, inasmuch as he COM
bines particular experience of the
country discussed with a general
experience of the world.
A. Il. holds "that a visitor to
Australia, who goes for the purpose
of seeing and knowing the conditions
OF the country, can arrive at truer
conclusions and form more correct
impressions of the Australian regions,
than can an Australian native of
similar intelligence" This view is
too absurd on its face for accept
ance. 1t is just like saying that a
novice is able TO form truer ideas of
music or painting than the skilled
artist, OF that a stranger who walks
through the Honolulu foundry
knows more about it than the me-
chanic who has worked there for
years. Such reasoning is strong
indication that A. B. has not yet
passed the a b stage of common
sense.
\. B. thinks that the comments
in the "Advertiser' on his first let
ter were written by someone who
knows nothing of Australian mat
ters | read those comments, and
came TO the conclusion that they
were pretty nearly correct. The
only reason had for beginning my
former letter lin the usual IIa-
waiian style of calling my opponent
ignorant was because | could find
no other word so expressive of the
truth.
4. b, says that "every school
boy knows that Australia and Aus
tralasia are Synonymous terms. "
Truly, l never knew it when q
school boy, neither do. l know it
now. Where do the school boys
learn it from? From their school
geographiesI Let A. B. produce
one respectable geography which
says the terms are synonymous,
and l will yield the point. In the
meantime l deny that they are. ]
have never known any intelligent
man, familiar with the geography
of that part Of the world, to grouI
the British colonies of those seas q:
the "Australian colonies" ant
have never known the press o
Great Britain or any of her colonies
to do so. | would feel obliged tt
A. b. if he will produce authorities
in support of his assertion. Th,
term "Australian colonies" accord
ing to Wilson's geography, mean
simply the colonies on the continen
of Australia-New South Wales
South Australia, Victoria, Western
Australia, and Queensland. Th
fact that "New Zealand was, les
Than fifty years ago, Il dependenc.
of New South Wales" does no
make it part OF Australia, an,
more than the fact that Sout
Africa is a dependency of Grea
Britain makes it a part of the Brit
ish Isles.
A. b. denies that he stated til
reason of the Queenslanders' re
lection of Sir Henry Blake. sal
he "implied." On re-readlng hi
letter find that he more than sin
plies" In the first place he say
'the text of the objections had nc
been published" and further OF
lit would never do, they though
that draper's assistant shoul
govern so important common
wealth as Queensland, honce III
protest Of their Premier." VIII;
does the concluding sentence that
have italicsed mean, if it does nc
mean that the reason for the prote,
was the fact of Blake having been
draper's assistant, thus contradic
ing the statement about the text {
the objections not being published
\. b. says that "the motbC
country has still an imperial col
troll of all matters relating to Au
tralian legislation, and appoints
yiceroy or governor TO each Of Il
colonies to see that nothing is dor
in opposition to imperial interest
These governors, appointed by IL
British Government, have full pow'
to nullify all acts Of the coIoni
legislatures, or TO submit the mea
ures for imperial sanction before i
attaches his signature" etc.