"OMNE SOLUM FORTH PATRIA." STAURDAY, MAY 31, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 166, 31 May 1873, Page 2

"OMNE SOLUM FORTH PATRIA." STAURDAY, MAY 31, 1873.

In aiiother column will be found the Prospectus of tl-c Waikato Settlers' Steam Navigation Company. Self-reliance is the best trait that can be developed in !i body of colonists. "We notice that the pro\isu.nal directory includes the names of some of the tno;-t influential and affluent settlers in the district It must have been abundantly clear that the plant at tie di-posal of the W.SN. Company has for some time been inadequate to sustain the strain that the sudden increase of business consequent upon iho jnmp towards prosperity the district has tikon during the last twelve mouths, if we undeibt,md the question, the company at present, in existence need not look upon the action takea by tho settlers as factious oppos'ton to themselves. An effort has been made by them to conduct a largo business with an inadequate plant. In spuo of the best efforts of those who have had the conduct of the business, they have been unable to do the work of the district ; discontent has been the result. Discontent has led it number of the settlers to attempt to help them, selves. That there is ample employment for hulf-a-do/oii steamers on our two livers is an undoubted fact When no further freight offers tho steamers should bo employed in conveying coal to the Waikato Ueads ; as we before pointed oat, if the coal trade of tho Waikato were properly attended to, it would increase so rapidly as to astonish all connected with it Wl- t.rudt that we shall see no nouseusioal reduction (it heights. JNeither party should woik below the nwirjfin Mt which the carriage of goods pays a fair percentage on the outlay and expenses. There in*plenty of 100 m lor all, and the present company should had with pleasuio the advent of a boat that will ltlieve Ilifin from moult of their responsibility* Our motto and theirs ninst he " Advance Waikato.'

\\ < Km ii lnim \ii\.uhlm th.it no ) <>\j ii. v 1W taken pLcc then. [> i l''t Ii "ii \' t> .' i" '| in. nitne-s wtit ilu<-lviii^ ii.i > 'In ( ny, .^'.ij) -i iiii iii< ii [jioiiucc, wlncli they exchange tui 'rtLtiUvoi tL*.y any i-.^uiiu, aaJ tlicn go peaceably home.

The head-quarters of the \rtned Constabulary are to be removed to To Awam.itu. We have otten exptesse 1 the opinion that the Constabulary should Le stationed on the \er»e, if not beyond the boundary of civilis ition. Wo tiust that although the he.ul-quaik-rs are at Te Awamutu the defence of the other settlements will be considered* and not as in the days when Col. Moule commanded in the Waikato ; 400 men he kept in one spot, and every other place left neaily defenceless. A coirebpondent wutea to us from Harapipi ; he saays almost all the inhabitants are in rather an <wmous state of mind owing to thepiesent unsettled stite oi ailaus with the natives ; and up to the pi esent, nobody sctma to know whether it is to be peace or war. He lufouns us that the garrison at that place consisted of one man of the Armed Constabulary. Since the uiuider, he has been reinforced by three others. lie writes ironically : •' Ail the settlcis •round here must feel a gi eat deal safer with such a strong garrison n h ind to protect them. 11 c would like to know , and has heard many others asl. the wunc (question : ' How i-. i- that all the most exposed places aie the least looked atter, and all the large townships th.it could, oi should be able to take care of themselves, always have the bulk of the A. C. Force stationed in them ' " We learn that a meeting w,U be hold at Alexandra this day, at 2 p.m lor the purpose of advocating the e\Icnxsion of the i ulw.iy thioiigh the Waikaio. It would lie as well if the same petition weie adopted aa that printed in another column as hav.ng emanated from the meeting held at Ngaruawahia last Wednesday. We learn from Hamilton that the Government have authorised Mr Seaiancke to hold a judicial enquiry into the circumstances attending the murder of Sullivan. We unnduistind that wan int*. will be placed in the hands of natives for the apprehension of the mmdeiers. The coach bioke down liibt evening scincw here in the neighbouihood of Raugiiin. We aie not awaicof the ex.ict cause, but are infoimed that the axle of the caach succumbed to the fkram put upon it by the heaviness of the roads. Up to the lime of going to piesb, neii.hc r coach nor passenge s had arrived at Ngarimwahia. We have received a copy of a map of the Waikuto district compiled by Mr J. Wareham and drawn by Mr C. Palmer The map embraces the section oi country from Pukorokoro and Pokeno on the north to Kawhia harbour on the south From east to west it embiaces the land from Kawhia harbo r on the west to Tauranga harbor on the eaat. The bcaleupon which the map is drawn ib four miles to one inch. During the present time, when co much excitement exists in respect to Waikato affairs, the production of tue nmp is most oppor- | tune. The boundary of the confiscated land, the position of the various Waikato settlements, the 3ticanis>, roadi, native tracks, &c., arc nil shown upon the map. It w ill be exceed, ingly useful for reference, and ought to be in tho hands of every newspapor reader. It is being sold at a price which is certainly within the reach of all. — Cross.