The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1878

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 146, 15 April 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1878

Wi, remember lilmi in<^ yhe following story A w 'entleinan was in search of a friend's house ; he asked se\?'al labourcvG, who were basking in Ihe -.mi. for inforniatiou. One of them pointed with Jtis leg ni tbe required direction. The interrogator >v.is so struck with the Jazine>B of the individual, that he offcied filial f-ii-cro-vn foanyof the party who t-t mid display greater lethargy. One of them, pointed 10 his pocket nnd tnotoned to insert Ihe coin The .settlers in this district, politically speaking 1 , tould be fairly compared with the man who pointed to his pocket. The last two elections for tho (ienprai Assembly are fcuilicient to justify the comparison. So little importance did they attach to Jl»n ability of the members they returned, that in the first instance they sent an cxponqnt of their \iews who only stooil for election iv order to get a billet, in the second, there was no opposition to the member who at present represents us. The latter \% a most estimable settler, but ihere are few men i;i the district vho will be bold "jiough to as«ert th.it ho is calculated to fill the office of legislator with credit to himself or ad,van^ago to the Wailcito. The .settlers, nevertheless, have much to thank Major Jackson for. He recorded his votei t xactly in accordance with the interests of this distiict, and generally speaking, those of the colony. ,\o man cojld have voted better ; but wo want a member who is capable of leading the opinion of otherß, not ono who. from his limited experience and previous inattention to political maters, must necessarily be led. Mnjor Jackson, fortunately for üb, was well advised, und we, on behalf of the settlors, thank him most cordially for his conduct during the one session he has represented us. He took us in hand when, through the apathy of the people, we Tan the rink of having the seat for Waikato unoccupied. The next Parliament of New Zealand has many very weighty matters to settle. The Public Works Scheme isjetiu its infancy; ifc has, it is true, bpen pro, rooted to short frocks, but the stage of short frocks is a very primitive one on the road to manhood. On the intelligence and patriotism to bo found in tho next House of Representatives depends the immediate futuro of the i-olony — wp w^'ite tho immediate futnro because we believe that, no present incompctency ran do more than retard its progress for a limited period; whether that retardation shall take place or not, is entiiely in {.he hands of tho people. They have yqt to lean} that they are the £»o*ernmeut! Every member sent to Wellington should have the confidence of those w}»o ..tnl him ; hi>> views should be thorough y Mftcd ; h«> snou'.d, not, however be tied ■ low n to pari)nil,i<- action in pi tly detail* ; each constituency mu&t lemeuiber thut it is only an item ; it must be pie^arcd, if necessary, to sacrifice personal interests on the altar t>t univeisal progrps^. It rhould be the object of every man to establish patriotism. i'ainsiism is ,t broad U,rni, but we ui-jh it 10 bo understood to meun. as regards the ■-'•Kiel's iv this colony, a wi'lingue-so to sacrifice m)U, if nccesi.iry, in order to general progress. When most of us left the old co,uittiy, we considered oiir«elvesonlybiidh of passage; experience has taught v-> otherwise. Many have inai 1 icd, and got families ; others have got monetarily involved; in fact tnc ni.ijority have become htnpi cd of their ot^giual utc]ii»iu di a. To make rapid loi tunes has proved a myth to nl L.i i 111 1 to '-oimj Ui iitc, a Ljcitauity. J^et i h tdeieloie divest ouivelves of the iiloii of returning ' home," and throw ours>l\\'B hcnrl.ily into the arena of New Zealand politico. ]jet every man \\ ho is pt>s.ses*cd of the ability feel that it is » duty lie owes to his country to como forward 'qiepresent .1 section ol its inhabitant-* VVilhm <i fc»f wcoka tlieto wiii tipubtluss be a general iltction. Thedut_y ofe.uh oettlc it> to look lequirebuini whu will; suppoi tit wuhuuoie^aid to tho jtljout fr the best iiiau to re, rib -.it him; by the 'oust niuu wo intai) he wln» knov. >> what his ditttriut lutuitbtb oi the colony ; ht niusb aLo be possefcsed

of sufficient coinugo to act upou his convictions. Provincial Governments are etfete institutions, bat so long ;-s ihcy cxkl it is to the intuiost of every constituency to send good men to represent them. .Small things conduce to general progress; we unroot, therefore, affqrd to neglect them. Let ua send inquisitions to {ip most suitable man for £he General Assembly, «'in,d to those who could fairly represent us in the Provincial Council. It may entail inoouvomence upon those fixed upon, but ihey | must remember that " Where duty cilia, the good I'itizeu is to be found."

The Melbourne Arjus writing in reference to Mr Waterhouso's conduct says :—" Party warfare nnd the rancour of partisanship are carried to extreme lengths in these colonies, but we do not remember an instanco m which malice and vindictivenoss have been exhibited so olfeninely, and at tho same time so ludicrously, as they have just been manifested by Mr Waterhouse at Wellington. That ' gentleman 1 was at the head of the New Zealand Administration, andfindnig that his chiefship u as more nomin.il than re i\, because he[i> apparently inferior to Mi- Vogel in ability aud forco of character, he sent iv his resignation to Sir George By wen, us also that of a sympathetic colleague. As this step would involve tho break up of the Admiuistrat iou, and Parliament was not sittting, the Governor demurred, and suggested the calling together of the Legislature.' Jiut Mr Watorhouse wns obstinate. lie -was more— he was impertinent. Hi* read Sir George a scolding lecture with reference to his duties, and as to how lie should porfona them ; awl after an interchange of letters, the Governor informed Mr Waterhouse that ho had no longer any option but to accept Ins resignation. But before he did so, the Premier by way of impending the movement j of Sir George Bowen, and in order to prevent hi.v leaving Wellington, ga\e him to understand that he would not bo permitted to uso tho Government •teamer to convey him to Auckland e»» route for Sydney and Melbourne. This it must be acknowledged was a inaster-htroke of smallminded malice and petty annoyance, while, as an incident in colonial btateMi'imship, we believe it is, nnd \vs hope it will always continue to be, perfectly unique Ab the parcular lequestoi'Sir George Bowen,Mr Fox consented toaceept the position of Prime Minister ad interim', and thus our new Governor was enabled to leave Wellington on the 3rd of March, carrying away with him the disagreeable reminiscence of Mr "Water-house, and of tho embargo which that petulant politician laid upon the Government steamer. As the exasperated ex-Premier s.uv tho Luna steam out of harbour, be must have wisluvl that Wellington could boaat of an old woman, like Be-erie Millie, of Stromness, or Norna of tho Fitful Head, from whom to purchase a foul wind wherewith to buffet the departing Governor on his voyage to the north w ard." The 2?ehoii Examiner, under tho heading, " Electors and Elected," says : — " The electors, and it is well to say so with tho utmost plainness, arc largely aud primarily to blanio for the selfishness and personal scramble that too often show their cloven feet in the. House. They have tho choice of members, aud too often they el ojse neither w.soly nor wellT)r Johnson, iv one of his notes on Shakespeare's Henry IV., goes out of his way a little to lament the costormonger timo 3, * when the prevalence, of trado has produced that meanness \\ Inch rates the merit of everything by money.' Wo are not prepared to admit that tho prevalence of trado has produced thib meanness, but there is no denying its existence, and it is as rampant in our time as iv Johnston's, and ns applicable to New Zealand a^ to England. Considering how independent ti\ cry man ought to be iv this county, tho power of richer is astonishing The 'almighty dollar 1 goes a long wnj with electors. Wo have henrd a poor creature enough talk unctuously of his ' large stake in the place,' and receive great attention when ho did so, as if ' his staku' could slaud him instead of either brains or character, in both of which, as it po happened, he was lamentably deficient, and yet ' the stake, — not a great 'stake' probibly if every bodyjha.l his own — imposed upon not a few who ought to have known better."' Tho Auckland correspondent of tho JTiuoks's #ay Jlerald describes a petite battle as follows : — Yesterday afternoon, there wa* a great cricktft match in tho Albirt Barracks ; also a " battle royal," between a long-lodged lmbbbily-hoy, named llaultain, and a plucky litcle telegraj h messenger named Kockley. The youthful Haultain seoms to inhciifc some of his "sire's military insomcience — no,t to say insolence, but poor little Kockley is also tho son of a soldier, though his father is not a colonel. Young Rockley is itiit q,b,ouj; half the si^o and weight of his foe, but he knocked Haultaiu "into tho middle of next week." It seems that the hobbledy-hoy is imbued, with aristocratic notions, and objected to httlo Rocklcy taking part in a game of football. The Haultaiu rather showed, the white feather, I was told ; his antagonist I know, and have always found him to be a respectable well-behaved boy, and that id why I ehroniclo his first fight with a scion of one of tho " upper crust." The Lyttelton Times states: — "The generality of tlie crops in the Lincoln district ha\ o been very light, some not averaging more than seven bushels to the acre, but those about the Swamp and Tai-tapn haye been very good, and have materially helped to make a fair average all round tho district. Tho heaviest crop is that of Mr H. lumber, who by his perseverance has had the following abundant yield : — From 12 acres of Tuscan wheat, 64-8 bushels ; 12} acres of pearl wheat f 475 bushels ; making a a total of 1123 bushels of wheat, and only 72 bushels of seconds and tailings. Tho land was all twice ploughed, and tho seed, which was his own growing, was all sown by the middle of May last. It was fed close to \\\c ground by a mob of sheep in August, and the grain was all harvested perfectly sound and dry ; and now Mr Kimber reaps tho reward of his good farming by an abundant harvest." Tho criminal sittings of the Supremo Court -were completed on Saturday, when his Honor Mr Justice Johnston vas occupied from nine a.m. until se^en p.m. in hearing the cisp of William Odium, who was charged with having, in September last, killed a horse, at Tararn, the property of Francis McCormiclf. A great amount of evidence of a conflicting nature was taken, nnd the jury acquitted tup prisonor after a brief deliberation. A nice point of law w t is involved in the ease, the particulars of which will bo found in another column. The calendar, although not a full one, has been gone through in much thorter timo than wa<* ! anticipated. — Cros«. | The following is a list of Vho^causes to be tried at tho civil j sitings qf the Supreme Court, commencing on tho 21st I instant : — Fitzgerald v. To Monanui, Mr Jackson solicitor for tho plaintiir, and, Mr Buddie for tho defendant; Graham v. Thomas and nnptlic? (special), Mr Jackson for plaintiff, and Mr Meyers (or defendants ; Harris v. Macfarlane (special) , Mr lice for plaintiff* and Mr ■Richmond for defendant; Lou-day uad another v. Jones, | Mr Rocs for the plaintiffs, and Mr Devorc for defendant ; Slioll v. Warner (special), Mr Rognit for plaintiff, and Mr i Kecs for defendant ; Macfiirlano and another v. Harris, Mr | Richmond for| the plaintiffs, nnd Mr Mnelicchnie for ! defendant ; Eraser and another v. Buchanan (special), Mr I Buddie for plaintiffs, and M,r Richmond for defendant.— | Ibid. We (o\vhoii Uxamhier) have good evidence thut the trout turned into (lie MiiWi threo ur t'mr joars ago -ire doing woll. A few dajb ago, nearly thii-ly fish uflait season woro found in the stream at tho head of Brook street Vulloy. One i>\ cuing recentU a lad rode » lioiie of Mr Lightband's, of Nile street, into the Matai tQ dunk, when tht umuml put its foot upon and killed a magnificent fi^h, weighing ten pounds. We remind our readers that Mrs Colclough will lecture in Ngaruawahia to-jnorrow veiling. Uowe\cr much we may 1 difler from the fuir lecturer in her notions of "Women's I Eights," we ai tiei i.ite a i ipit-il e\eiiiiig'h amusement. 1 The Nebraska will k\ne Auckland on .Saturday next , tho , 10th inst Klin will carry the European mail as Usual. Letters poitcd m the W.ukulo to beca.-ricd to Auckland by Thursday lnornm^V coacli will be :-i time .\ party of A nneil Const abulnry v ill M.v* to-morrow for ' T inu]>ii\, wJn u> tin i will L.c imnl'Mud *n jmjuoung Uil niaiu rjad in that neitjl b-uirhcod

Au mimest was hcl J tit the our llv>:ol, X ir.mg.iK * rj > i, ye.terdav afternoon, bofo.e Dr Philson, 'Corunor, upmtli-3 body of u child rniiccd Bridget Ann Kcllj , daughter of M.iry Kelly, reading on the Gieut North rood, Newton. A jury «f inehe was swi m in, Mr George Gall .ghci; being cliobcn foreman. The mother o£ the child was cxau.incd, uni dep>sed that h^r daughter \i a« sud-'e dy taken ill early that morning. About seven o'clock she heard a gurgling in the child's "throat, and went to call a neighbour. When bhe ; «iunc bacL the child was dead. The child yras five years of ! sige. \l)r J. It- Nicholson said ho had made a post mortem v xamination of the bodj. The causool death was sanguineous •ipopleM . The jury returned ft verdict to that effect.— Cross, Saturday. The proprietors of the Hhidrated Lou lon Seivs announce, .imong->t the special arrangements which will bo made during 1873 for obtaining sketches for that paper, that "Australia and New Zealand will be visited by a correspondent, who has alreaJy eet forth on his voyage to tho Antipodes, and who will procure fresh illustrations of whatever may have recently occurred of local importance in the several provinces of those remote liriUsh olonies."