"OMNE S0LUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 184, 15 July 1873, Page 2

"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, JULY 15, 1873.

The principle of the resolutions passed at the meeting 1 held in Cambiidge on Satuiday last will be endorsed by every settler iv the North Island. There are few of us who, whilst discussing the last phase of the Now Zealand plague, have not felt the blood oourse fiater th.in is usual through our veins. That the authority of Dritisli law should be enforced over every subject of (jueen Victoria is a seutimout that admits to the loyal c >lonist of no discussion. It must not be forgotten, however, that the wholo responsibility for our present position does not rest with tne existing or any preceding Government. Smco we took up in ourselves the responsibility of conducting our own ail'.urs mid lighting our own battles we have endeavoured to quell the natives by force of arms; we all know with what result. A Ministry is the ewntivc of ti ■ people , it. is then>fore hardly just to turn round upon individuals for hating carried out. a policy that public opinion and our financial necessities tendered compulsory. The House of Re^ieseuUtives, or in otnei* words the people, would not allow any Ministry to maintain a force sufficiently large and more than propoitiunalwly codtly to enab'o t..ciu tv atdiid ujjuji their

dignity or that of the people. Wo do not wish to convey that a Minister is not personally responsible to the people for the errors thoy may have compelled him to commit. When he assumes oflico he should do so with the intention of resigning directly public opinion compels him to not contrary to his own notions of right and wrong. A Minister, therefore, wheu he acts in accordance with public opinion, and acts wrongly, is only responsible to the extent of having held power when, if fit for his office, he should have seen the necessity of resigning. The onus of the partial failure of Mr McLeans policy will very justly attach to him; yet wo must not forgot that he has succeeded in maintaining peace for the last three yoars, during which period road making has extensively progressed, — that if it becomes u-jcessary to fight to-morrow wo shall be in a better position to do so than hitherto. Wo refrain from expressing any more decided opinions than we havo iilready written until the meeting of the House and the policy of the Ministry is disclosed.

The European mail via Suez ariived in the Waikato Lwt evening by coach. On Saturday, the 12th instant, at 2 p.m., the ratepayers of Hamilton East met at the Bo\al Hotel, and proceeded in a quiet business-like manner to perform the duties devolving upon tKem annually. Mr Potter was voted to the chair, and the chairman of the retiring trustees informed the meeting that it would be necessary to elect an auditor in the room of Mr Mulhons, who was &ick and unable to attend. Mr White was elected, anil the two auditors retired for Hie purpose of examining the accounts. On their return they reported them quite correct. The report and balance-sheet were read and adopted. A vote of one penny in the pound on the value to sell was carried unanimously. Messrs Gumming, Pearson, Mullions, Tippm, members of the retiring Board, and McDonald were declared duly elected trustees. Messrs LeQuesno and Harris were appointed, auditors. The chairman, Mr Potter, then drew attention to the great want felt for a road on the cast side of the river to Ngaruawahia, and lioj ed the Board elected would do their utmost in conjunction with the lunkiriroa and Komokorau Boards to get it opened as soon as possible. After some discussion on this subject md the cattle rates, a vote of thanks to the chairman brought the meeting to a close. The trustees held a meeting ■übst-quently, and elected MrCummmg chairman. On Thursday evening, the 10th mst., at 7 p.m., the annual meeting of ratepayers in the Hamilton district was held in Court House. Somo informalities took place at the commencement of the meeting, but they were soon put right, and Mr Hammond was voted to the chair. The report and balance sheet as read by the secretary were adopted, and the rato of one penny per acre carried unanimously. Messrs Hammond, Atkinson, Morris, Jones, and S. Steelo were duly elected trustees ; Messrs Rnynes and Jolly, auditors ; and with a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting terminated. At a meeting of the trustees Mr Hammond was elected chairman. At a recent public meeting held at Parnell, Auckland, for the purpose of petitioning the General Government to extend the Auckland and Waikato "Railway to the boundary of the confiscated lands, we observe that MrJohnSheelun, M. 11. R., took occasion to remark that he was impressed with the belief that the chief opposition to the project would come from Wellington and Hawke's Bay— a singular belief to be impressed with, as regards Hawke's Bay at any rate, considering that she has much to gain, and nothing possibly to lose by the line being constructed. • We can assuie our Auckland neighbours that they have no opposition whatever to fear from Hawke's Bay in the matter, ami we may, at the aame time, ask them to accept no impression, with legaul to our views or our concerns, on the faith of any statement Mr Sheehan may think lit to make. There 13 very little love lost on either side between that gentleman and the scttleis of Hawke's Bay.— Hawke's Bay Herald. It is pleasing to find that the nati\ a in the neighbourhood of Taurauga contemplate again putting in large quantities of wheat. We have heard that 200 sacks of seed will be used for planting this next season by our sable friends alone. Europeans would do well to lollow their good example. Mr llyau, engineer, is down herewith most of tlit, machinery for the flour mill on the spot —and we trust he may see sufficient inducement to at once erect the null as originally intended. It would be a gre.it boon to the district, an incentive to the grower, a convenience to the consumer, and, we sincerely believe, a profitable investment to Messrs Ryan & Co.— .flay of Plenty Times. J J We call the attention of our Cambridge friends to the disgraceful state of their burying giound ; we passed it yesterday, and observed that theic is no fence around it, and that a monument, erected to the memory of one of the officers in a Waikato regiment, is in a disgr useful state of decay. We trust that, it is only necessary for us to call attention to this matter for a remedy to be speedily applied. The Melbourne Telegraph says:— Seven millions of acres are now in the farmers' hauds in Victoria, and last year the produce raised was valued at £3,600,000, and in tt'UUtion to this, 650,000 head of cattle were maintained on the farms, while the squatters kept only 150,000 head ; 161,000 horses wero employed on the farms, while the pastoral tenants used only 20,500 ; all tho pigs, 171,000 in number, were on the farms ; and, above all, two-fifths of the sheep were there ; and yet the pastoral tenants occupy four acres to tho farmers' one, and the selectors have as yet brought only one acre in eight into cultivation." The Reign of tho Servant Gals has commenced at Dunedin. A gentleman of tho city sent on Saturday to an office to obtain a "young lady" to look on while bis wife did the work. The fair creature who was offered for the place, after asking some fifty questious whether the "kitchen were downstairs," <fee , asked how many evenings she could have " out" in tho week. " Well " said the gentleman, " I don't see how we can let you have more than seven." "How many children have you ?" said the would-be maid. " Only one boy, eight years old, but will drown him if you think he'd be in the way." Amongst a collection of curiosities from Australia and >ew Zealand now on view at the Crystal Palace, is said to bea goat-skin cloak of To Kooti's.— Waikouaiti Herald. The, total number of sheep in the province of Hawke's Bay, over six months old, in May, 1872, tho latest date to which tho returns are made up, is 880,022, showing an increase of 72,778 on their numbers in May, 1871.— Colonist. The land fund of Canterbury, tho Press states, "is at the rate of £400,000 per annum, and increasing every month." The same journal adds that " the sales for the last month have brought in upwards of £60,000, or at tho rate of nearly £750,000 a year."— Colonist. The Nelson Colonist says:— "Colonel St. John is about to publish a book entitled " Pakelia Rambles in Maori Lauds." Mr H. W. Hubert i*nt>j)oinh>d auditor of tho Ngaruawahia Town Board account!, vee Jolm T. G-uTney, resigned-