"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 193, 5 August 1873, Page 2

"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1873.

The intelligence reaches us by telegram to tho effect that cholera has once more made its appear* ance in London. AH who have lived in tropical climates 01* can remember its previous visits to Great Britain can appreciate the deep importance of the news flashed to us in so very few words. Cholera is a disease that has baffled the whole JMdical profession, in the first place to account for "lla origin, and in th» second to discover any medicine that will more than reduce in a very small degree the chances of death. It is yet a matter for debate in what manner the disease is imparted. Curious anecdoteß are extant as to ita eccentricity ; one in particular we remember reading. In one night every man sleeping on one side of an Indian barrack-room \v;is cc zed, and not a nasin who slept on the other side was aifeuted. This, would lead one to the belief ibut tho disease is imparted by impure air, and not newessnnly air that has. drawn its impurity from a huiuun being or corpse, as in (lie instance we allude to it w.™ distinctly stated tkat no cas-eof cholera had oecmved in the district for some jears. The di-enst* was fii-st known ia England about the year 1831, when, if we remember rightly, ir. made its appearance in one of the Norbnern seaport towns. The disease disappeared after hbwut. a year and dtrl not return to England till the time of the Crimean war, although it afterwards i t^w! <-i is ii«>>..liK hi . If .-niitl' of Euiope. Now that we are importing large numbers ot nniniyrunU it

behoves the authorities to take every precaution in their power to prevent its introduction into this colony. Although it is by no means clearly established that the disease is contagious, yet until the contrary is proved we must do our Utmost to prevent its introduction into New Zealand.

At the closing time of country telegraph offices, Mr Mackay, Mr Clarke, and escort had not returned. Some little anxiety has been expressed as to their safety. We believe, however, that there is no reason for fear, as it is Jmpowible to calculate the time Mr Mackays native business will detain him ; and it is equally difficult to. conceive the dotours the latter gentleman may have been necessitated to make in order to ascertain satisfactorily the features of the country. We were glad to observe that ship or rather barge building has been commenced on the Wnipa. A few days ba.-k we took a trip up Firewood Creek ; about half a mile from its mouth, we came upon tho frame-work of a biirge vrhieh is being built by Mr Eoss for use by tho Flax Mill Company. She will carry, when finished, about 25 tons of cargo, be very strong, and therefore able to stand with partial impunity the bumping on mags, &c> that all barges on our rivers are heir to. The failure of O'Neill & Thomas, contractor! under Messrs Brogden for railway works at Tuakau, has thrown out of employment some eighty men. We understand tho first intimation the men had of the stale of matters was the arrival of bailiffs to take possession of plant, tools, &c. A very great hardship is thrust upon workmen by these repeated failures of sub-contractors in the loss of employment, besides the delay it entails in the prosecution of works, an evil which certainly calls for the interference of Government. 1 Auckland seems to enjoy an unenviable pre-eminence for rowdyism over that of any uthw province in New Zealand. Its chief bete noir on these occasions seems to bo George Staines, an ex-member of various bodies, and a quasi'poYitic'mn of the genus pot-house. Mobocracy has twice thrust him in the chair to preside at meetings held re the Supenntendency, to the obstruction of a ventilation of the question for which they were convened, while at a meeting called by Mr Lusk at the Parnell Ha!la few nights back his conduct appears to have been of so obstreperous a character as to have warranted the interference of the police if a speaker enforcing bis views by the aid of a jug of beer, and the brandishing of a whip upon the platform, are not to become the recognised adjunots of such assemblies. Mr Knot will sell, at Hamilton, to-morrow,, a number of trees from the nursery of Meean Mason; that they are necessary in the Waikato must be apparent to every person who rides through the country, as tho bareness of the settlers' houses cannot fail to strike him. We have been requested to intimate that Mr Harms*! trap will in future only run between Ngaruawahia and Hamilton on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, in place- of daily as heretofore. The departure from London for Auckland of the immigrant ships Berar and St. Leonards are announced by the Agent-General. The Berar left on the 29th May,. with 250 adults ; and the St. Leonards, June 17, with 200.