The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1873

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 222, 11 October 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1873

hy were the CflntractoiL's given till September, 175, to' complete tbe railway hum the capital of o province to Mercer ? is a qnestipu that is injnantly nßJjK'd onrj) time that the present position d the prolmli c future of Huh district is diecnssed. c are of ooui-m' iiwinenf' the reasons that three *rs mts giviui for the pKifirrmifueof, work >vhich an old wmntrv would have been completed in s than int-t ,ii d ( «»f tlie time. They are, lgt : beiFe it was fcnreil fh»i» if a ghort d»i»e were named, 5 cost pt'i- iniie \v ulil \w considerably increased noiisffjiwrifj- (if* Inbupc I'piug forped to a premium ; il : Wfiii^L' tlie lar^«' clemaiid for labour, it was I--' 1 . >von'd .-^rfmi-ly li^irnpfsr farmers and aH plou'iV. '(lie first reason, no doubt is yalid^, bpt 5 s^copcl, nuifh mh it may apply to other distripts, of cotTi(Mr.itivt':.v little 'importance to settlers in i AVuiUito Oiie of the greatest dangers that inn ■; h.ivc fisircl li;ih been tlmt more grain should |>iu(Jm-t'l in the ilistrijt (bun (be inhabitants

could consu-ne, and in i, n nomine vi i ,> « w,-,,i«. r..te of freight thai it would be impossible Lo sell except at prices that would not cover the cost of production. The fear of the above result has checked to no inconsiderable extent the energy and eiitei prise of our best men, with the result that a l.irge quantity of ctre.Us lias each year been impoited to feed ourselves and our cattle. The Waikato must eventually become the backbone of the Auckland Province; time and cheap communication are all that is required to make the importation of •the staple articles of food from other parts, and the consequent oiilux of capital, things of .the past. It would be unfair to draw comparisons between this district — nearly the youngest ia the .colony— and others that have been inhabited by Europeans for half a century. To judge of the capabilities of a district by results after five years' disturbed occupation, would be imanifestly absurd ; our farmers until lately have, (figuratively speaking, had the plough in fcheir hands ,one day and the rifle the next. J^Tow that jt is decided to make the i ail way into th,e Waikafco, aiid . the .expenditure of the necessary sum of money J authorised by Parliament, .there ,can be no *easo,n | for more than eighteen month* delay, except Mose of inability tp urge on the conductors for the par- • tion of the line already -under .construction, by granting a bqnus for eve.ry mon.tjh .that .the work; shall be completed under ( conl^ac.t iime, ,or Jihe impossibility af procuring material frojn Neither of these difficulties jvp be,liey.e \q J?e insuperable if ,thos.e who hav,e ,tl\e .qouchjci &f .our affairs bring an ordinary amount .of intelligence and perseverance to bear on jfos fp^Ufir. is no work in the colony more jurgentfy r.eguiredj ,as until it is completed .the inhabifca^to ,<?i «n.ex»f its best districts must remain unable ;t<? de^^l^p itlie resources of the country with £jTa,tur£ hajs blessed them.

Mr G. M. O'Rorke is a candidate fi?r a seat in t%& Provincial Council for Onehunga. Mr Lusk expressed himself in favour of thajjicm4ng and Permissive Bill. He said be had always been jn favour of the Permissive Bill in its proper, full, and legitimate tense, and that » proper majority should have ,the power of closing the public nouses. i A great meeting of Raglan chiefs will be held at Kirikiriki on Mocday next. We understand the object ofjthe assemblage to be to condole with the local liapu on the death of Mary Barton. We learn that Mr Mac Lay has been iuvit«d to attend. A dinner was given on Wednesday evening by the .officers on board the Atalante, French man-of-war. Amongst the company invited were his Honor Sir George Arney, his Honor the Superintendent, Thomas Beckham, Esq., R.M., his Worship the Mayor, Dr. Campbell, D. B. Cruickshank, Esq.. (French Consul), and Major Green. After service in St. Paul's Church, on Tuesday, the Auckland Diocesan Synod of the Anglican Church was opened by the Right Rev Bishop of the Diocese. He alluded in very laudatory terms to the Rev D. Jones, and afterwards proceeded to speak on matters of importance to the Church. We regret the large space that would be required to report his address prevents our printing it. We shall summarise portions of it as affect this district for pur next issue. It is purposed to hold the following religious services tomorrow in .this district :— Church of England i Alexandra, 11 n.m. ; Cambridge, 11 a.m. ; Hamilton, 6.30 p.m. ; NgarHawaiiia, 11 a.ni. j Te Awamutu, 3 p.m. Catholic : Kibikibi, 9 a.m. ; llangiawahia, 11 a.m. Presbyterian : Cambridge, IX ,a.m. j Ngaruawahia, 7 p.m. Wesleyan Methodist : Te Awamutu, 11 a.m. ; Pukerimu, 3 p.m. ; Cambridge, 6.30 p.m. We learn that a chief from Raglan went to Kawhia recently ; ho saw Tapihana there, who was armed with a nunv her of pistols and other warlike implements. The following dialogue is said to have taken place, lapihana, standing, up slid : " You see that lam armed ; the reason is that I am u°' n g to war." The Itaglan chief said : "If war is to take place, why did Tavhino vis.t a European settlement? Tapihana : "He *-i<uted it privately ; had he done so officially, it would have been a sign of peaco." The above conveys to the mind of any man who has watched the farce , that has been playing for years, that there is a demand of some sort to be made shortly on the Government. To threaten is certain to secure anything asked. When will this weary game of imposition on the one side and politic yielding on the other cease ? [ The Eev Dr Lang has been pretty roundly abused for his remarks concerning the acquisition of land in this colony by missionaries. We extract the following as a sample of the rest of the speeches delivered at a public meeting in Auckland on Wednesday : — " Mr White said he was disappointed by Dr Lang refusing to attend the meeting. He would not give expression to his own opinion why he had refused, but after stating the facts he would request them to draw their own conclusion. When the missionaries came to New Zealand he said they found that they could not build a house in the air, and it became necessary to purchase some land, and thus the system of purchasing land was first initiated. Mr Fairburn had been selected as the very worst case that Dr Lang could find. The speaker did not think it advisable to go to Dr Lang's lecture, but he read the report of it, and said that that lecture and the one delivered at Dunedin on the same subject were very different. Ho had desired an interview with Dr Lang to show him that he was wrong, but could not obtain it. he was prepared with facts, and would at some future' time shew that Dr Lang was the cause of the New Zealand war. A pamphlet had been published under the instigation of Dr Lang by the Exeter Hall Society, whicli had reached New Zealand and had been translated to the natiyes, and thui had been town the seeds which germinated in the Maori war."