The Waikato Times. "OMNI SOLIM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, APRIL 8.KSDAY, AI>K1L 8. 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 143, 8 April 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNI SOLIM FORTI PATRIA. " TUESDAY, APRIL B.KSDAY, AI>KIL 8. 1873.

Mk Voori , as we contemplated, has illumed the position of Picraicr. It was the ouly course open to him under the circumstances, and is probably the best tor the interests of the colony. The Houses will meet shortly, and it is not difficult to foresee that the Ministry as at piesent constituted cannot btui.d. It will, without doubt, be defeated on the first ministerial question. There will then be only one course open to the Governor, i.c , to dissolve the Parlument, as we feel that iheie is little probability of any possible combination of parties able to cominaud a- majority being brought together. Mr Fox has retiied from active public life. The House aud the country arc afraid of Mr Vogel unless controlled. Where then are we to look for a leader ? Mr Stafford, it was clearly demonstrated last session, cannot commaud a- following sufficiently able to ensure his holding power except for a very short pei iod. It is curious that he always manages to associate himself with one or two of the most incompetent members who could by any possibility be looked upon as eligible to sit cm the ministerial bei ehc's. lv the Ministry that gave place to that of Mr Fo\, were to be found Colouei Haul tain aud Mr ltichmond ; the incubus of their blundering and incapacity crushed him. Later we lojnd hiui sitting on the benches with Mr Gillies as his Colonial Treasurer; this, fact alone would have been sufficient to crush a political Hercules. In addition, Mr Stafford's temper shows every evidence of having become soured by his nn'skn tunes and failings consequent on the inability of Ins followers. However much his friends may attempt to gloss over the statemout he made to the effect that "he was about to leave the colony, and no longer took any inteiest in its politics," they will never be able to convince the public of this colony that a man capable of uttering such a sentence is to be trusted with the conduct of New Zealand affairs. He may have used the expression in the heat of temper, but where there is smoke theie is generally fire. As long as to govern the colony gratified Mi- Stafford's ambition he was ready to hold the reins ; but ho has shown that he ,s not willing to make any personal sacrifice in its interests Sir David Monro is pointed to by a sectl n of the press, but befoie he can successfully govern he will ha\e to deny himself the pleasure he appeals to derne from giving tongue to strong political and personal enmities Dr Johnson said he liked a- good hater ; he would most assuiedly have dearly loved Sir David Momo, had he happeued to have buen a colempoi-ai y. ft is tolerably clear that whoever may lie our future Picmier, ho will have to be a man who can work with Mr. McLean. Ihe feeling throughout the colony is strong th.it to remove him from ofhVe at the present juncture of affairs would be suicidal. It may be that there other men equally able to manage the natives, but they have not )ct shown their ability. Tho Defence Minuter has nearly, if not quite, restored confidence betweea the European and the Maori; it would be a thousand pit u-. if his portfolio were hauded over to auy other man, no matter how able. Tn all probability to do so would be equnalent to travelling half the distance on a road aud then turning back for tho s >le purpose of proceeding by anothei .

"We ha\e been requested to notify that on Good Friday there will be Sen lie m thu church nt Xjiru.iw.iliu, n 11 o'duel . Oir atteniion has been cillcd lv the f'.iut t!i»t although h|)ilk ,il io'i lias bee n bc-nt m to liavo Xguru.iM.i'ii.L 1 j« iiali ip dcclaied an Educational District, no stopa, »o fur as notiliciiliini is concerned, have ujui taken b\ the Bo.ird. It ban been brought to our noliee limb the settlers have n<> iccunlj against tlien S nts being biirivptitiously vernoAed irom their farina and tlie publio iuih and sl.iuglitered by butcliers. We .ire iv>t awaru tliat any butj'nori liavo been guilty of knowingly bliuiglilering beasts not honestly come by, but we desire to pola! out tlic iiLce»oi!j ol tuL.n^ piemutions ag-iinst anysuuh contmgeney. Tvs could be done by c^mpellin^ v\or\ sl.vugliteriT of cattle tj i-nL-r the brand of every t-heop and beast he kills in u book, which slioulfj bo open to tho iiicpection of any bcltlci" ut A.ij icjujiublo Uilil. he mny ask. It sho.dd al-o be the d ity of the police to visit the slaughter.-} a rds at uncortuin i id-rvals in order to Dio\cut wrong Ira ids Wing o >•. re.l w itli i upimity.

We tall attention to Air Xnov'a cat Lie sale to be hdd .it Ngaiuaualua oil Wednesday next, the Otli instant , nlsotli.it of Mr Alfred Buekkml f>r Thur»da\, llie lGlh instant, at the ltemuera Yaids. We ha>c reeenod a report from a carrcspondent of a cricket catch that took place atllumlton. Wo luive been compelled to hold it over; it will appear in our next issue. A rifle match for £1 a side took place at the range, East Hamilton, on Saturday, between Sergeants Small and Dunn ol the W.ukato Rifle Volunteers. Rauges— 3oo, 409, and s<H> \nrds ; position— any : 3 shots nt each range. Sergeant Siiimll had the honor and pleasure of winning by the moderately good suore of 33 points. We should bo glad to »cc more matched of this sort take place, and we learn thai allille Association is in tjurjc of form itioa ofc Alexandra which we wish e\ory success. We are glad to notice the man} 1 improvements at present going on in Hamilton in the way of building The hammer and saw urn bo heard from morn to night m various directions, and among the rest we may mention that Mr dimming is getting a building erected with the vieiv of starting a brewery, which he expects to ha\e in full working order in two or three months. Tic followingare tlie boundaries of the lvihikihi Educational Sell )ol District, as gazetted : — Bounded on the north by the Mangahoi Creek, towards the cast by the (Joniiscation Boundary, towards the south by the Puniu River, and towards the west by the Mangapiko Highway District from the L'uniu rher aforesaid to the Maugapiko Creek. Meeting for tho election of committee at the school-house, on S iturday, tho 12th, at -A p.m. A notification appears in a Kelson paper to tho effect that Mr Morice Levy, whose name will be so well remembered in connection with the Opotiki tragedy, has filed his schedule in the Court of Bankruptcy. An exchange says : — A gentleman, who Las lately been on a Msit to the Waikato, among other things writes: — "The whole country is looking splendid, and tho crops are oh the whole as fine as anything ever seen here before. Tho Waikato land is like most ol'Lhe land in the Xorth Island very patchy. For thousands of acros you will grow almcat anything, while the luwt patch for a few miles will be bare ami sterile. But there are immense tracts of land covered with nothing but fern, which by the expenditure of a little money, could be turned to a good account. Then there are swamps | which onh require draining to form splendid pasture land. j In the Aicmity of To Awamutu the land is magnificent, while the climate is simply delicious. The Mews to be obtained from some of the mountains arc lonely. On crossing Razorback a Hat country bursts upon my view, with tho sea in the distance, glistening like gold. The day \\a,= beautiful, i and the entire view was the most striking I have ever scon." j Our contemporary the Herald is responsible for the following :: — '• Several ratepayers who object to pay the education tay have determined to subscribe to a defeno fund, in order to defend any action that may bo brought against them for non-payment. The line of defence is understood to be, that the Act is ultra vires, and that the Provincial Council could not legally impose such, any more than tho poll-tax. It is true that a legal opinion to the contr iry elfcct has been given by one of our leading lawyers, on the strength of which, it is understood, tho Board of Education intend to act in enforcing the lax. T!us will be re.-istecl, and iunds will bo forthcoming to tr} the question— w ltli what leault remains to be seen." Thero are fjohsh people rea ly to do anything that is abnird. The "Education Act" has been approved by the Governor, and it lsevtrcmch. improbable that he would have done so without first consulting the law olOcors of tho CrownWo recommend the people alluded to above to pay their rates and thus prevent being mulcted in costs. L The following, uiider the heading of '• Talk on Cliangc," appears in tho Australasian :— '• Doesn't it seem rather a breach of etiquette to meddle with tho Now Zealand jdespatclies passing through the Victorian Post-office, even n search of so important a document as the commission of the new Governor. Is it not ultra vires e\ e.i for tho member of a JNc» Zealand Cabinet to toucii a despatch except at the destination to which it is directed i Suppose these despatches contained the key to doiuc of Mr Vogel's secret negotiations with the American mail contractors, about which it might noL bj desired that Victoria should know anytlnug ? A British Minister, Su« James Graham, got into very iiot water through tampering with jv letter passuig through the English Post-oflice, and the warning should suUicc." We were lately informed by telegram that tho columns o^ one or more of tho Melbourne papers had been opened for tho discussion of th^ question of eternal torments. On this übject, Ji^los, in tlu Aisln'.iiiai, wn(.j 3 as folio Wj :—": — " If eternal torment be much worse than tho anticipatory discussson, the tormented will have an uncheorful time of it. Why so curious beforehand ? Can't these impatient good folks wait ? They will know all about it by and b} c. They do hurry themselves so. They remind one of what Talleyrand said to his friend Montrond clutching tho carpet in an epileptic fit upon the iloor — ' II \ cut abaolumcut dcuccndre.' "