The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 221, 9 October 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1873.

Thk' ses-ion of Parliament jnst closed cannot be considered, altogether. nnsatistactoiry as regards the :illocat,jqn ( o,f woncy. I:i the first place, the horyvxtfpg i* aufchi>riiieiJ ••* £506,1)00, to be applied to $he pouchy of land in the North Island, and J8250,000 of this iiiiiuunfc is to be invested in the Aucktmd pr'uiiice. The fjovprnment are already in 1 1 city for large blocks of hud which, when secured, wi'l ha lia-H"/? to t!ic p 'ovince ; this step Will, io some extent, remove tlie injustice that the ijnh.iliilants of tho M « t,h have boon labouring under fog so.ijue yeaiss fiMiii the Cudtoms' revenue having been. appropvi. ( <wl by the Ocneral Government, ft js to be sincerely hoped that, when the land becomes I'lminoial !,»/•», crty, the authoriiiea will leave no intone u^ntnrneil to prisun* ha utilization by the location of- population unon ifc L'he powers of the Bnporintend,e»t to iHa t »om' of enormous blocks to speculators in order Id ilmuj'Oimi ily inflate the Proyii o'jil «;l'^-»^ j:,?, h^sis !»ei-i d-»no in Olago, should be rtihumuid — not one m ere should be alienable until afu-r iH-ciii •• for » term of years, and improvenicnls i Ilifie i »•» to a certain vuluo. Cquditioriiil cuuveyaiicc?, 0. , more j>roperly speaking; leases with purchasing clauses, the |''i'ice to be paid per acre at the end of the term being fixed, should be t,.he only terms on which Government should deal with any laud. It is absolutely necessary that the

land-jobber should b- shut out of tho market, otherwise, at tho te. miuation of a few years, our estate will have passed into the hands of men who I »vii| — as many are doing afc present— hold for arise in price consequent on the lapse of time ami the industry and exertions of their fellow settlers ; the laitd, o! course, in the meantime being useless to thyruselves, and the progress of the colony retarded. It has bpen frequently argued by the land-jobbing party that it is to. the interest of no man to buy land and let it remain in a state of nature - X experience, howover, has taught us that whether to their interest or not. large areas of land have been locked up for years because tho owners would not lease or sell on terras commandable at the time. It behoves every colonist to watch keeuly that the estate of the country does not pass into the hands of individuals except on terms that cannot fail to induce population, or otherwise add to the wealth of the colony. We must be careful that no politicians recklessly dispose of our estate for the sake of gaining temporary popularity. Liberal terms should be made with suitable immigrants ; there can be no possible objection to granting them blocks of land on lease at a very small rental indeed, or for tfaat matter free, they occupy and cultivate them, the right of purchase to. he reserved tot them at the expiration of a term of years, at a price to be fixed at the time of entering into occul pation. The election of members for the Provincial Council is at hand, and we trust; that every constituency will ascertain the opinion of candidates on the above matter ; and unless they are prepared to vote for a bill clearly defining the terms oa which land shall be acquired, which should be somewhat as above, they will not return them as their representatives.

We have every reason to believe fcbafc the report that Tawhino had passed through HamUion is unfounded. Mr Gillies has distinctly stated to the electors of Port Albert that he h,as no intention of standing £>r tb,e Superintendency. \\\' learn from a Canterbury paper that his Excellency the Governor purposes visiting Christchurcb during the race week. It is intended to hold all aorta of festivities in his honor — a fancy dress ball being among the number. The strictures of Dr Lang on the missionary mode of acquiring land in this colony has reused, the ire of some of the Aucklnndites. A meeting is to be held for the purpose of refuting th« learned doctor's statements. He has been invited to attend. The little steamer Lalla Rookh passed down river yesterday, bound for Auckland. Since this vessel has been on the river alie has done good service, and her commander, Mr Fernandez, hai, by his uniform attention to the wants of the settlers, rendered his departure from our river a subject for universal regret. The Lalla Rookh was only chartered by Mr Scherff pending the building of the Waikato. The Acclimatisation Society is prepared to deliver Prussian Carp to applicants on the same terms as last year. Some of these fish were liberated about 18 months back in some of the lakes near Taupiri, and other lakes in this district. We understand that one has been captured as an experiment; it weighed Hlbs. We trust that subscriptions will be received to secure some of the present years hatch for this district. The anniversary tea meeting in connection with the Wesleyan Chapel in Union Street, Auckland, ' was held on Monday last. Trays were provided by several ladies. After ten, the Rev A. Keid took the chair, and called upon the choir, composed of Sunday-school children, to sing the opening hymn. The rev gentleman then gave a short address. The report shpwed that (he average attendance at the services between 70 and 80. Several other gentlemen addressed $be meeting, and were listened to with marked attention. It will be seen by our advertising oolumrs that Mr Byron has intimated his intention of standing for the election to the Provincial Council, We have been requested to intimate to the candidate that a numtfer of the electors would like to hear something of his political creed. We trust «oon to be able to announce that other candidates are in the field. Wo remind electors that the disposition of the land to be purchased will rest with the Provincial Council, A coal field has been discovered at Raglan within n mile of deep water. We understand that Mr J. S. Macfarlane ha.s visited the district with the object of taking steps to work the field. We notice that the Under-secretary in Wellington has adverti&ed for coal, making it a tine qua non that it s,hall be froni New South Wales. If the secretary had made it imperative that the coal should be that of New Zealand there w.ould have been some sense in the transaction. We notice that a meeting of the Waikato Turf Club will bo held in the Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton, on Saturday next, the 11th October. We trust that local jealousies will not b,e allowed to prevent us having a race, meeting worthy of the district. We observe that nearly all the local sports are fixed for New Year's Pay, it would therefore be advisable to fix the gem iul race meeting for some other day. A Mr Bogle, we observe by one of our contemporaries, has published a map of the Waikato frontier. The spots on which the murders of Lyons, Todd, and Sullivan are marked upon it ; also of the redoubts erected in bold defiance of the murderers. We are indebted to Mr Robert Kirkwood, says the Herald \ for the importation, per s.s. Hero, of the pure-bred Clydesdale stallion " Campsie 3rd." Ho was imported three months ago by Mr William McCulloeh, of Melbourne, and from him was purchased by Mr Kirkwood for a very largo sum. Campsie 3rd is (as reference to his pedigree will shew) one of the best bred Oh desilalos in tin* world, and is from a line of wmneri of the most fashionable prizes in Scotland, both on the sires' aud dams' side. He is undoubtedly the most powerful and evenly built stallion ever imported here. He is four years old, a beautiful black, stands fully 17 hands, and is as active as a carriage horse. The thanks of the community are due to Mr Kirkwood for this great evidence of hja. desire to improve the breed of horses, and for jhis pluck in purchasing so costly a stallion." We trust soon to see the horse in the Waikato, when it will afford us much pleasuue to give any further particulars in reference to the horse that we may be able to glpan, The Neic Zealand Gazelle, a paper published in London, very properly culls attention to the evil that lias arisen from the exaggerated reports that have gone home in reference to t-.li* late murder.^ He says. : " The outrage in the Waikato had been magnified to such extent that many immigrants had been deterred from emigrating to New 'Zealand even for the South Island, as ignorant pooplq were unable to disabuse their minds that wifh regard to the native difficulty one part of the colony was affected as much as another. Mennwliile, says the journal under notice, every succeeding mail brings us fresh and surprising evidence of the xeistenoe in the greatest abundance of coal, copper, iron, gold, petroleum, and kaolin ; but there are, unfortunately, comparatively no hands to develop these deposits of practically unlimited potential wealth. Besides all this, flax, wool, and silks can be produced abundantly ; if there were but sufficient labour, the whole colony would indeed rap i illy prow in manufacturing no less than in commercial wealth. Li Victoria for oxaniple, there is at present a dearth of coa.l, while in New Zen land, in every province, coal is knowr to exist in the utmost profusion ; and yet, notwithstanding this fact, steamers are seriously delayed for want of fuel, and coal remains of course at absurdly high rates, considering the immense stores that nature has so prolificallv provided."