The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 219, 4 October 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1873.

Ihe (.or i unit nt t uiur Luna had not been able to gtl oat of I lie X ighm harbour up to the tiiuo the mail loft ye»tml.i\ morning. [ Complaints havo and murmurs are ilaily made to us to the effect that thcr<i are no means of getting a book out of the libran tit Ngiii'ii.nwiliKi, On making enquiry you are told that Mr Jainc* hat got the kty, ami that lie is away in the bush three miles distant. We call upon the committee to rectify this unhappy -*Ute of nil'iiiis. We regret to announce tlie death of Mr James Arthur "\\ oollo\ ill-, direct' took place on the Ist mat., at the r. sideiico of Mr F U. Claude, of Papal ortoe. The deceased I lud been s-ullenng fop a coiw Icrablc t une from »,very painful I and n.ouiable disease. I}> li;s /Icutli the Wuilato has lost one of its mo-t \,ilu-ible seltleo, and a largo circle of acquaintance-. .1 true friend uud jdeasant companion. It is purposed to hold the- following religious services in the Waißato to-morrow : — l-'hnich of England — 'Alexandra, 11 funi ; Ilaini'ton, 11 a in ; IV Awnmutu, 3 pm. Catholic — ll.iiMpipi, R a.m ; Ale\.inilr.i, 11am. Prcsb) terian— Cambridge, 11 u in. j ll.tnulton JCn-«t, 3 p.m. Wesleyan Methodist— Cambridge, 11 a in. ; Pukerimu, 230 p.m. ; Hamilton, G 30 p m.

Brci'OßE this issue of our paper is in the hands of our readers it is more than probable that Parliament will be prorogued. The session will always be remembered as a remarkable one, from the fact of there haying been no organised opposition. Mr Stafford refused, and no otlier was found, or probably looked for, to lead the discomfited army of last session. That there should Lave been no organised opposition does not reflect credit on those leading members w ho have never lost an opportunity ofpeekingat the Ministry. Is there no man on theopposition benches capable of taking the reins that Mr Stafford lias resigned? or have private members at last discoveied that there is no field in New Zealand for party ppliticg, and that they have hitherto been following leaders with the effect, if not for the purpose of allow ijijy their chiefs to vent their personal spleen. There is room for belief in the latter supposi. tiou ; there having been only one policy,and two sets of Jeadeis desirous of carrying it out, has long been apparent to the public, and can scarcely have escaped the notice of members. A large number of local acts have passed, but with one or two exceptions, the legislation that has taken place can affect very little the whole colony. TJip Educatien Act, from its having been made optional with provincial authorities to adopt or not, is little else than a sham. The acts referring to natives and their lands will, there i 3 every reason to hope, prevent future misundei standing ; at any rate, whatever the result, the colon)' has this to console itself with — it has fenced the natives round to such an extent that the ready breathers of blander will be disarmed to the extent of ,not being able to impute to us as a people that we have left a loophole open through which the thirsty for land can thrust his hand and wrongly seize the coveted possession. In the future, we shall not be liable to be maligned as the people of Hawke's Bay have been by a vindictive settler and his employe — an Auckland lawyer imported for the purpose. The only exciting episode of the session took plnce a few days. back. The Assembly passed the Provincial Loan Bill by a large mnjority ; the Council thought it consistent with prudence to cast it out. A number of loan bills were then passed by the lower House, and sent upwai'ds for approval. Consistency compelled the Legislative Councillors to refuse it passage. Threats were held out, previous to the fact, that if the Council would not consent to reduce their func tioa^ to 7ii/, they would be very severely c]eajt with. The threats have ended in a promise to introduce a measure next session to tlter their Constitution. The Council, however, will be supported by public opinion. Those even who do not agree with them in their opinion as regards provincial borrowing, cannot fail to see that they haye only acted constitutionally, and, it is fair to believe, as their several consciences dictated. We regret that an appeal has not been made to the country ; the people have had an opportunity to judge as to the working of the Public Works scheme, and it is fair that they should have an opportunity of deciding whether their destinies shall remain in the hands of Mr Vogel or be placed in those of the coming man. The session has not been a satisfactory one, and the people have by no I means gained public confidence in the Ministry. The Premier's | shift of ground on a question of polonial importance may have been & politic) party move, but the people of this colony have a right to demand that their interests shall neither be sacrificed to keep any Ministry in power nor to make the cushions of the ministerial benches more soft for their august persons to recline upon. Mr Vogel is admitted by all to be the man in {he House c.ip.ible of conducting the business of the country, yet there is still remaining more than a vesiige of the old feeling, " he is clover, but he is not safe.'* The present session, however, .should have considerably removed this impression, as in fact he wanted to be safe, but his onemies would not allow him. If heb,id cariied his measure, the scramble for the oxpendi.ure of public money would have b.pon wholesomely checked.

•* Wo have received a letter fioin a correspondent asking to be informed as to tlio co^t per n\onlh of \\w clerical staff, Armed Force, and labourer on;plo}cd by Mr Mackay at Cambridge and on tin 1 frontier. This, of course, is a question that we arc unable to answer, but if it bo true, as ho points out, thai nut i\eb arc receiving 5s per chain for clearing fern land for the load, a gicat deal more is being paid for the work than would be if European labqur wore employed. We agree with linn m thinking t'>a.t tlie tuno has passed when the presence of a General Government Agent in the district is necessary. A3 we ha\c frequently before stated, there is not the .slightest probability of the natives becoming troublesome if they are left alone, and wo fear that this course is not being pursued. A correspondent writing from Harapipi says: — "The weather in this district for the past week or ten days has been \ery rough ; blowing almost a gale every day, with cold rain and hail. This morning the top.* of Die Pirongia ranges were all covered with snow — a thicker covering than any theie has been this winter; thunder and lightning haro been almost daiU . Of course I need h.irdly say tl>at the above description of weal her is not favorable to fanners or their crops, and tho result is that the feed is< very scarce for the cattle oiul the crops not looking as they should do for this time of jear." The same rcirarks apply throughout the Waikuto. There appears (,p bo a change epining o\cr the weather for the better. We have to acknowledge receipt from the Government Printer of tho following papers: — Papers respecting the Governor's allowances, \ Reports on Confiscated I<ands i Immigration to New Zealand j Further Immigration Returns; Mpmorandum by Mr A, tynckny, on tho Origin ol tho New Zealand Company's Tenths Native Reserves ; Report on New Zealand University; Report of Civil Sen ice Examination Board ; Petition pf the inhabitants of Whanganui and other places; Petition, for a Lighthouse 011 Cape Wainbrow; Government Printing D?pi repent Keportj Report on Postoffice Pepji'tnu'iit ; Corn -jpoiicleiite with, Agent-General; T01 1 cs Str.uts Mail Ser\ ito , Repoi t of tlio Select Committee on the Timber Kill; Fi.incioco Mail Sen ice; I !I.i\. Lc 1 l!i\ Mi. ii ilii'ij ('(iiiinii— 1.111