The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 246, 6 December 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1873.

f wi pi'iiih.V <.t-e »%«■ U'|inrt in another column sho'ild tv sufficient to i(\. .ikon u^ td our duty to men »ffl et< d *Mth dipsCMuaniu Tin- mnn who, from there being 1 do other means of tn-»u .^ his c >se, lias been sen-t.-iuvd to tluee mouths itupi Uonmenfc as a vagrant, lias lii't-u jjtadually siu!\i q lower and lower ui.der our Mil y i yes, \et we ii.uc been powerless to check Ituu in lik mad onrfi-r. As ;i last resource, to prtit*ut Jii.s couiticuiuj;- suicide, he is sentenced to impn-ioiuneut in a ivuirnon gaol We have no desire lo civn ( o in the mii.d of any tnan mm bid pi.y Sor tho.-o who have brought their n«n disease upon themselves. In iho e.irly days of his inteniper.mce Uiedipso.mt.uiuu fails to control hi-, passions as he might ; the dir-e«!=c, howmer, does not, differ I rum many othtrs tlmt, if not cioateJ., are stimulated by a jiai tieu'ar uourf-e of life. We have our hos, itals for those suffering fioin any disenKe, no nuitttr what or how caused, v\ith tho single exception of mar.iv for drink. Jn the case i mined aiely umicr our notice we have a man sinaulaily gifted by nature ; a man who, except for his acquired thirst lor alcohol, would in all probability hold a high position in his profession. In ihe early days of his downward course* his excessive di inking was undoubtedly crimiiiu!' but that day has now p.i.-se.l, and by all the reasoning power at o.ir disposal we fail to see the justice of punishing a man because he is disea-ed II a man is mad upon any other cmCdiviblo p )iut than that of insatiable thirst, our laws make provision for his safe uu-tody. In other colonies — and in one portion of th.s, we are prou I to relate — an as) lum fur drunkaids has been established. We notice, on the estimates of i-xpeuditure for the Province of Canterbury, ihe sum of £i,iJOO voted for the building ol an us) lum. Auckland has geuetally bi.cu the h.st lo adopt incasuiesi ill it are piogiessivc, but il has a!ua\s shewn it.-c f ue.l uulu to follow, and nu trust in tins instance tnat the iXttnple set by the southern province will be spiedily followed by its northern sis>er. There Will be a or), no doubt, about the expense necessary to establish an asy urn, but we may point out lo those who grudge the money to save some ot their fellow cieumres Irani c-niliuuiug to be lost to all sense of right or wrong, that a large reveiiuu — in 'latt the principal re\ei.ue of the colony— is derived Irom the sa euud iiiipoituiiou of ltitoxicutiugdimk. Capitalists base a dvi} to ptriorm ; and ifc is iqu«li) cle.u- to us that a iegis:aturf, euuoled priuci,ially to cany on the business of a counuy by means ot a traiiiu that is a cu»e to son.c, is biuiud to provide f>r those upon whom the luise happens to i.tll. We tiust thiit during the next siting ol the I'rovii.c.al Council a sum will be set aside to provide an a.-) lum for drunkards.

It is notified in the Gazette that lun I in the following dibtrUla will be otlered lor Mile on tl c 13th dtiy of Jttiuuirt^ lit the W'uikuto Lamia Ullice, Amkl'ind; — low U"0l t tl£lunlf&iT Eiitlt, 7 «-ct on- ; ii wn ol iluinilton W tt>t, 4 t>6i<tio\ifr; lown ol Cambridge Ea-t, 5 tcct .one ; louu oi Altwumlm E.ial, 1 section; low ol W Imtu W liutu, ;0 M-et ions ; aiibmbd ol Ngnruiiwalna, 11 fictions, uluiti I(JU acies in all ; pur.sh oi Miiulign'nu hiri, 14 lot?, ot lrom 5 to 116 acres ; pariali o! 'J'iiii|iiri, l'J lolttjioiii 10 to dOivici; piinsli ul 1 uinkaramca, 4 lute, Iroin 8 10 461 ucree- j | ai-i&li ol Mgurutc, 21 lots, lrom sto 50 acre- ; parish ol iNliiu^iipiko, 2 lot.-, 50 ueics tuch; |)tu'i?h ot Piiiitu, 2 lot*-, 113 uiiu 50neiei; pun»li ot P ron^iti, 15 lots, from 7 to 50 ucies; jmrish ot Koinukoraii, 66 IoU, from 00 to 287 him es. C ur little poit ai tlieWni 1 ato Heads has been quite lively of late; M-Vt-rul oi tl.c settlers Itaie availed llii'niselM's of t,he en?} ruer transit to teiid their wi»e» anil cinlilren to the «a side tor chaiiuo-ofoiiv. Eveut all.v, i'ort Wmkalo will, Million! d(.ubt, become a fa»luon»blt; Muterii q j luc-e. The fueilitiis for Best bathing uro excellent. That winch is o! moro iinporlunee, lio«e\er, to tho eoinmtimty, is tliat the poit ia being reecgn'std by^nmsteVs ofltrudmg \eBselB as of e:is\ access. Thiee xesst'ls from other poits were anchored thetf* atf one time, v z., the i'ero, cutjer, ivnii'h left yes>ter<ln\ inorninu for .Manukau ; the Ainanuith, Bi'liuhi.t, lrom K.u|>nra, with timlier, consiuned to the Uisident •Engineer und Mr J. R, MeD.mahl ; ulm), the Chen beilis. sclio -ncr, from Ciiuterbun , uitli grain ; Aic hroii^ht 70J sacks of wheat and 200 sacks of oats. We tmil 'tlftt the* day is not far distant nhen a strtimer will tiade r.'t;iilm'lj betueen Ala mik:iu and the Heads. This ia a tubject we shall allude to nt grea'cr lenatli in a future i.-sue. lr m |>ro,/osed to hold the following religious services in the Waikato to-morrow : — Church of England — Alexandia 11 a in. ; Hamilton, 11 a.m. j Ntarnawalna, 630 p.m.; Te Awamutu, 3 p in. Catholic — Uara| ipi,B a in. ; Alexandra., 11 tt.m. Presbyterian— Oaiil^r.d^e, 11 am.; Humiilon Eiwt, 3 p.m. \Vesle,«an Methodist — Cambridge, 11 a.m.; Pukerimu, 230 p.m. ; iinnulton, 6.30 pm. W. W. Jone-, «i doctor of medic. ne, was brought up yesterday, at Ngarimwuliia, tin Jer t lie "Vagrant Act," and sentenced by the .Resident Magistmte to three months un-piir-unmcnt. The unfortunate mini was a most pitiable upeetacle ; when sober, which uufoitutintely lins been very seldom ol hue, is highly intelligent. Drink, ol course, list's bi ought nun to his pre^nt position- ho most hiiiiiuiU' coitres in the present state ol the law has been pursued. Tin inn Is for Europe nnd America, via "an Fianeij-eo, will elo«e in Auckland on Saturday, the 13th inst, at 8 p.ir. Letters and paper-, therefore, will have to be' pot-ted in the Wniknlo in time lor convex ance by Saturda\'s coach. Mr F ank llamley, son ol Lieut.-t'ol. Uumley, U.8., has been gazetted to a eoinint?aion in i lie Control Departn ent. AlrT. B. Gillies has resumed 'practice of h.s profession. He appeared in the ca»e of Crntg v Jtichinond. '1 he liovernor has accepted the resignation by the lion. Mr Sewell of his seat in the Legislative Conned.