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The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1873

Thk Legislative Councillors have, by a large iimjnrity, thrown oat tlie Provincial Loan Bill. We will not panse now to again dii.tte ujion the merits or demerits of the measure, but will proceed to consider what will be the probable result of the Ministerial defeat. It appears to us that there is only one course op'>ti to the Ministry, and that is to apply to his Excellunay to giant a dissolution. Jt js abundantly clear that Iheie is neither the ability nor the cohesion necessary on the Opposition bencliis to form a Ministry flmt would have the

slightest chance of living. A general election is ] very much wanted by this province; tho antagonism ! of one member to another has resulted in Auckland | being practically unrepresented. We believe that \ the people are awakening from the lethargic sleep into which they had fallen ; they are undoubtedly becoming more alive to the lace that their own prosperity and that of tho colony depends very much upon the class of men they send to represent fieui. If we are right in our surmises :i great alteiation will i take place iv t\\Q posonad m{ the nevt House. The | disgraceful scenes of last session should have opened the eyes of electors : the members of the Assembly by their action declared that there were no men capable of administeiing thy alFuits of the colony. The whole of the lights wero not as to whether this policy was right or that wiong, bill luv.mv i:i turn every member voted i\rv\ ailur memo, r incapable of carrying out honestly and judiciously I a policy already dee.did upon. This session! wo find no oryani-ed OppoMtion ; in place of; an army well under the control of ono of J our leading statesmen, we find nothing but a dis- 1 organised mob (we do not use the t? rui in a disrc- ! spectful sense). On the other side, we 6ud a number of members who have seceded from the ranks of the Opposition and joined those of the men they had previously declared iucapable of carrying on tho business of the country. In fact, many members have supported iho Ministry because they commanded a majority, and because they saw that it was hopeless to get anything for their constituents unless they cast in their lot with the ministerial party. Another reason why a dissolution should be granted is that the present Ministry does not fairly represent the ability of the HouseWe do not, of course, allude to Mi Vogel, but he is certainly the only member possessed of the debatingpower that should be a characteristic of a minister. He has more than once had to appeal for mercy on the Minister for Justice, who proved incapable of defending himself. In addition to all the other reasons, if we are to believe the correspondents of our contemporaries, log-rolling, from practice, has arrived at such a stage of perfection as to be almost raised to the dignity of being christened a science. It is to be regretted that the business of the country will have to be delayed until the writs can be returned, bob that of course is one of the necessary evils of representative Government. If the people are true to themselves, and return members to the House, not because they promise to advocate the miking of this railway or that bridge, but on account of the soundness of their political creeds, better legislation and administration are to be looked for in the immediate future.

In another column we publish a letter bearing tho signature of Rihia te Kauae. It certainly puts a different feature upon the matter than from our previous iufoiniation we thought it was capable of beating Oui informant ( stated distinctly that tiiu owner of the laud <>n which the men were working did not orkr them to leave; the I legality or illegality of Mr .M.icLiy'b action, of cmi-t, j hmges on this fact. The cool manner in w Inch the iuh\ os appear to talk of murder to the representative of the i Government is a sort of thing that cannot be quietly subnutted to without rcudciing it cci tarn that such threats! v ill be frequent. The n.itnvs should h-n u been distinctly told that to threaten to commit mimlei is an indictable offence, and rondei- them liable to \ uy bu- eie punishment. It appears, however, fiom our < nnespondent's letlei, and he seems to be particularly wc!l mfoimed, that they were simply told that it would not bo politic to mur.ki a inau for a civil offence. We agree with the peison who composed the letter for our coj respondent that no man should entice away another mana wife; but if it were our case we {should not trouble to foieo her kick to the homeshe had thought lit to desert ; on thu eontraiy, we should deem ourselves well rid of a bad bargain. These things, however, are matters of taste. On Friday eronin^ List a c'lild nboit ]G months old of Mr Rose's, of Hamilton, hud a very narrow e^ape from being poisoned by ealimj n number of matches. It appears that the mother was busy doing some other household duties, and her daughter, a girl of seven jenrs, lighted the lamp about 6 p.m. and left the matches on Hie t-ibl" .v.'hin I'u boy't reach. Heat once put it n.imk'i U i h.;> mouth, and the mother knew nothing o f Iho occurrence till about 7p m when the smell of phosphoric iitlr.ieled her attention. On questioning her daughter, .sin- Vm- 1 liiat the child had eaten some matches. l)r Cinvn - i -it once sent for and prescribed antidotes which h.ue had the effect of preserving tlie child's life. Such occurrences as these ought to be a warning to parents to Keep mafhes out of the reach of children. We wish to call attention to the state of the wharves on both sides of tho river at the Hamilton ferry, as both are in a very rotten state, that on the wr,t sido more particularly; | and we arc certain that unlcsa hoinoLhiug is done shortly to | prevent it tho whole aflhir will collide, as tho late floods have washed all the s.md wlneh was under the land side of the superstructure away, lca\ ing it hanging on nothing but j the transverse beams, which aie gradually bending under the weight, and will most certainly sooner or later go do« n, w hen all traffic of cour-e will be siHpend»d l.ir a time We trii^l | that those whose duty it is to look after the lei ry will I at once see to it, and save both tro.ihk- a<id expense to themselves and the public. A great amount of dissatisfaction Hevpressed at present in Hamilton on account of the demand inside by the boy who carries the telegrams of one pemn for imcli telegram he delivers on the East Hamilton mdo of the mer, ullhough he may ut the time bo carrying n number of them. All in East Hamilton consider that they have as good -i right to have their telegrams delivered freo as oihers uilliin a rert.-uii radius from the telegraph office. Some arrangement should be made with tho ferryman by Government, or he should he compelled to carry all telegrams free. We are informed Unit tho boy has a contract with the ferryman to cross him backwards and forwards for 2* fid per month. If the Government paid this amount the difficulty would at once di -appear The immigrants per Borar have signed a testimoni il to Major Green, testifying that the it-ports in circulation as regards Major Green in keeping us without rations is en.iicJv false, and that we have found him at all times w llhii;.' to do his best for us, and that we have had a fi-11 ' -M.pl y •>. lations. The testimonial is bigned by John V» '.!>">.)•, and 43 other immigrants. We believe Major I <;it'tn his done the best he could with the accommodation at his disposal. The Government, and not the officer in charge, is to blame for the defective arrangements,.— Star. It is purposed to have the follow uig religions -services m this district to-morrow :— Church of Knslind - -Alevandn, 11am.; Hamilton, 11am.; X/uru i« in i, (J ,M p.m. ; '1,.' Awamutu, li p.m. Catholic— -Cambridge, 11 am. I'rebytcnan.—Cambridge, 11am.; Hamilton East, 3 p.m Wesleyan Methodist. — Cambridge, 1 1 am ; J'ukeriinu, 23J p m. ; Hamilton, 6.30 pm.

A sense of humour is nut an invariable attribute of tlir> Australian native. That he is not quite without, it tins \»ill nbovv. A week or two ago a blackfellow called «t cue of tlie Government offices in Adelaide, heaping in tlxil ofl'li-md agreeable manner which the eon of the >.oil iisuu h jillect* Anxious to be rid of bun, a dignified civil «cn nut /mxlueeil from his pocket and bctowed upon his black brother a Imltered tb reepi'iiny piece. The recipient examined it inti nlh, nnd promptly rotimurl it to the tfeii.-i-ou- (I'm,,, Miibt'ii"! comment : — " So jjowl ' Tliut eKiime^atKui ni.nn \ "

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Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 213, 20 September 1873, Page 2

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The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1873 Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 213, 20 September 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1873 Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 213, 20 September 1873, Page 2

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