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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 68

Justice Wanted

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Justice Wanted.

  • To His Excellency Sir W. F. D. Jervois, R.E., G.C.M.G., C.B., Governor of New Zealand;
  • To the Honourable Members of the House of Representatives and the Legislative Council;
  • Also to the Electors of New Zealand.

Gentlemen :

The Naval and Military Settlers and Volunteers' Land Bill was successfully passed in the House of Representatives, and on the third reading the Defence Minister was congratulated on all sides. He replied that the credit was due more to the late Defence Minister than to himself, and he was very glad that justice would now be done to deserving men whose claims had been ignored through informalities etc., etc.

The Bill then went to the Legislative Council, with the result contained in the patriotic speech of Sir G. S Whitmore, and when the history of New Zealand is written it will occupy a place of honour, coming from one who had shared the dangers with those he now pleaded so earnestly and eloquently for—who had ventured their livid in the defence of law and order in this our adopted land; alas, how many lost their lives, and numbers their health in the fierce struggle. Give justice to those who so well deserve your gratitude. Can you so soon forget the perilous times gone by, when farms had to be abandoned and reoccupied by a savage foe seeking to tomahawk and shoot all they met, when settlers took refuge in Wanganui page 3 etc., etc., and will you throw over the claims of men who trusted in faith that the Government would always give them their land when they demanded it, as they had fulfilled their part of the contract, restored peace, and enabled settlers to live in safety on their farms and settlements.

I have the honour to be, Yours faithfully,

Sydney Stidolph.