The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 250, 16 December 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1873.

Ir v.ill bo u memboi-ffl hy Hvse who have watched l'iu proceed' ign of tliii Native Laud Court that u ic.it dignity was ei,)i rienced by ihe judges in 11 riving ctl a conclusion ad to whyh y wiiv tin* mvue •» ■if the II >i')vlieaua block, situate.l bctweeu WungaI'Ui .aid Wellington. Tho evulonoe on both sidts a id vo'u i! iJDiiB nn>l conflicting, but. tho l<md was .es e.J, fiuui the vi cess.'ty possibly, of vesting iv ,) Mf-b »!y d.)iibt tlice who adjudicated be.ovoa li.ai, they bad done justice as nearly as tho i ibLnciion i tit iho \cts mirier which they bad lo look *uji,l .illow. The natives, however, no doubt, leel tlmr :he restrictions imposed by Acts is our .c«r n d •■! »fc Mi irs ; they want h ecu rate justiic, ' 'i ;• >l auJi aa can be served by Acts uot framed ■> — » uj, „ u j- paiiiiuu.r Cit.ie. We c.vi t«o.trcely -x* .. i uil-uiiicd '•jd\aj i ca rccrting to force to

VUKllc.lto tlipir rights, r..« il or i n i^-i nr , wh><\ the s.trno course ia threat eued «U> be jairsueU by liwropouus in reference*© J^niw*.***. It U hot \* all creditable to us, an* iie<>|rie,tU»t*t*lie*.\rttetnom«ttt we have (he colonists n««rly ia upeu «beUic»i» at one end of tli»&»rth Island, and the ii*»ivev%M. in/ amongst tjjafli, elves in u m-wq-ieuoo of tie dec,\*um tjf^^^t'f.Mr uju-u, .it the other. We roiuiiiil our Ti muds sit tha Tli.imes that the white emu 1-, Ih-M m tj-»i o -julfiuieiir contempt ali-en ly by iljc- nutufs; Lin' m i,r m«iiiiblc, however, aro iin- • le-^od with th • jiii ( ),iiii.i ity with which Imv is ad-i-inis.ered, as reg.tnh ■> n »wn p.-opl.*, and the resjieot .shewn by the ol.wn ,i i lor us dictate*. We do tr.i-tr.li.it, althim^h L .cy Inn: bm*n b-e.i waiting, .vi Jtttily iiliuoHf ai^iiHt !io kj tli*y will not. .ill. iv thfir d-siru to.- tu lumper the Go frrnmout in it% <lcih.i ,-• vi' li the native popu'aU.m i'iioy mint ivinenibri tluitthoße who h ive the on* ■ I 'ct uf pub'io bu-,iiio"9 ui-q the ulectwl ot the people. L'ney [\A 1 i huii p »-, t i hi by t,he vjit.s'nt of tliose the jitoplesanb Lt> .•epro-cnb tlicm ; if they huvo sent tlie wronjj men to the A33enib!y they must abide by tlio ownsequtjiioes of tlieir own act . Theru hnve been times ia the history of almost every ofd country where resort to physical force tor the asseriou of their rights by the people has been justifiable. No historian, however, could pos^bly hold rebellion justifiably by a section of any people s >lelv for the purpose of monetary gain. It is to be hope.l that the good sense of the Tnames people will pre\ent their involving the colony in disgrace. A>j reif.ird^ the naiivo disturbance on the West Coast, we believe that the proper course to te pursued hy the Government is to oHer to re-consider the decision of the Court, not as a precedent, but because the caso in question has probably been wrongly treated by the Judges. Bat at the barae momout the offer ia made a f >reo of armdl white men should I'C marched to the scene of trouble with strict orders to quell the di-turbaiK-o at'any cost oflife if. teveremeasuie3 arc rendered nfc^^ary. -j

All having business with Hit llji mills, and those resident; in the neighbourhood will be glad to learn that the Vq&A oflice at Churchill has been re-opened, , • ▼^ Wo have to thank Mr James Mackny, jun , fop his <otirte-y in h.nin^ forwarded n ti-h'^raiii*to our office informing v* of tin 1 rli-turb moo nt Otuki. It w ill be seFn that the W. S. N. CVs steamera/will make but one trip up each mer during Christina* jyeek. Cambridge <J|V Monday, Alexmidia or Te ltore oh Tuesday, We loarH-tliat the Directors of I he Nnhoriaf Bink of New Zealand have purchased half nn acre in Pardise row, Ilauiilton, lor £100, a rate nnii'h In-low wlfut we should have consideied its value. It is intended to < net an imposing building on the site. The appearance of Hamilton will be great lj improved. We ng'iin lemind those who li.no correspondence with E u i ope -in d America, tliat they mu«t post their letter* in time to be carried to to«n b\ Sal ur.liiv's coach. Tuo Governor Blnckiill, the conm cling steamer, will leavo Auckland on Mondaj . We not ire that an Auckland coiiieinporarv complains tlint copies of the new Liceiwinj Act are not procurable in Auckland. The same complaint has been made to in bv more than one li.-ensed xictualler. As rlie Act is of little interest to the general public, we are not justified in devoting spneo to a digu»t of it. We shall be happy, liowetcr, to allow any inteie^ed paitic* to peruse it at oiirollice. A telegram in the Star of Saturday snys :—" Yesterday a paity of men went out fioni Ohinemuri to survey some luiid. Mr A. Thorpe, eiirtvjor, uccoutpanied b) a native named Te Warn, while snrtexiii'* eastward af Te Hira f 8 residence was fired on bv Horo Pap.iru, a servant of Te Him, who was with him. They firert three times but did not hit any of the pnrtv. who mad, trucks To Him express regret at the orcumNee. itoro I'.ipar.i fays there wn» no bullet lv the gun, and it "us done mereh to warn them. The following aie the prizes to be competed for in the district of WaiLalo. For C>.v ilr\ Volunteers— Eight prtes of a total r.ilue of £23 For Infantry, (in two net*,) First get —200, 500. and 600 vnrds ; 7 shots nt rnch. Eight prizes of a total wilue of £22 Second set -.—2OO, 400, and I 500 yard* ; 7 «hots at eacl . Eight prize*, value £12. Cadet* :— lOO, 200, and 300 \ards; 7 shots Rt each. Three prize*, £1, 12* fid, and 7s Cd. j The telegraph line along the «wnmp roid from Cambridge i to Te Anainutu is completed ond will be used in n dny or J two in plnroof the very insecure one via Ohsupo. MrChirke J who look the contract to supply the poto"* has had many | difficulties to contend against, and once or twice durin the progress of the wo»k has been n liltle 1-uV in the delivery of th» posts. No fiiult, however, can attnch to him, n<< he could not possibly anticipate tli«t the weather would be *o bid nt to present communiejilioti by (-en for sewral wc>k«. We trn»t thnt the Oovernment will not p»if >rev iinv pen dtie* fur whirl) he may have btoeme liable The line ha*6 been < rected under the immediate supervision of Mr Sheath which is sutlicient guarantee thnt the work bus been well done. A Melbourne paper tliii* writes concerning Sir G Bowen : ! — " The cuests cheeied the louder the Governor blew. I'lipy i were unquestionably o» opinion thnt on emth's surface thei'c wns none to compare with them, nnd Sir Georce, equally delighted with hmmelf nnd all round him felt tint he wn* the biggest G 'vernor of the bingedt cit> m Uiitain'* colonial empire. In Ins exuberai cc he nnnouucetl lnniM'lf to be a Victorian. His W, decl.ir.il ion on the subject of nationality wa«, if we remember rightly, that he was a New Z>>alander, and before that he was prepared to live nnd die n Quepri/lander. Some usg suggested lutely that his Excellency •honld dliL'litlv olianee lii» nnme and permit himself to be called Sir Georuc Blowm." The Aotea correspondent of the Cross writes ns follow*:— "Kawlua has been on the point of being opened so long, that the point is nlnvwt worn off. Ido not believe in the report, although Hniipokm, who was in Ratr'an the other day, is Minsuine in the matter Tliere m t^i be a large meeting at Te Kuiti, in January. Some of the \gali.mminpoto* start from Kawhiu on the 15th instant. It is jpil there is a great mortality at Te Kuili. ,\ gentleman is now here makm-jthe pieliminarv nriangements for opening a -ton- at M 'akotalo Hone te One's settlement Bnn»in.f goods 15 O!* 16 miles from the ncaie*t port (R.iglan), over .i bad ro.i I, w,ll require so ne couraue. as well na capital ; but t'.ese two necessities being forthcoming, the spec ought to pay well. Motakotako is on the direct road from Aotea and Kiwlna to Raglan ; so thut a proportion, and I think the larger one. < f the trade which has hitherto gone t<> the last-named place wi'l be diverted to the new busmen. Is it true that, according to post -office regulation*, the postmaster of a d strict i* not allowed to run the mad ? I *sk beiame, if he is not, I have some obscr\:ittons to make A deputation has intervened Mr Maekuv- it the Thames on the closing or opening of the Ohmemuri district. On this subject the Thames Adcerliser remark* :— There are, it seems two difficulties m tho way. Tie Government hive not \ el completed iheir arrangements for purcha-e ; and tho political difficult) is. that if persons went to o'iinemiiri they might s'lare the fate of Sulli\ nn As to the first of these, all «c haio to t-av is, that the Government hu\e been a monbtrously long time nbout the woik, and are apparently no nearer completing it tdan Hmr ucro Hiive or four tears ago. As to murders being committed, we do not belie»'e there" ia the veij plt-:hte*t nsk Neither tho Waikatos nor the Ngalimaninpotos would stirn finger if the majority cf the pecple of Ohinemun eliosp to k«11 their land. n->r even if tho Enropeins dißpo-.ics*e.l fliem without money nnd without price. Nor could the Kmgitc<i do «nj thing in' o'iinemiiri, however much they nn-lil bo disposed. Ohmemuri is two or Ihieo daj/Jmrl riding from the King 1 * p1,,(. 0 , nnd the retreat of any Kmgitcs coming to that district could very easily be cut iff. We sa\ there is ab-olutely no fear for the peace of t'-e country from European* sctilmg in Oliinemuri, a-id wo claim to knovN •ioinelhing of the matter, and to be disposed to gire the fullest weight to all poxsible risks Indeed, the very reverse would ho tin- ca-c. for nothing would so much tend to overawe any parties m the King country, dispo-ed to gi\e trouble, as a European population at ToAroha and Ohine1111111 W(> R eed not snv anything on the point so forcibly handled bv Mr l?,.we. of the importance of th b question fo ""*;■" ; " ' We hope thai Ministers w. II take note of Mr H ■ '"' M'l'iit*, and consider whether, while they are -I't'iirl i, j ... Mini* of money to introduce persons who, judging r | ,j 0 iirrn.ils will not be of much benefit to the culoin , the y ought not to do something to keep good colonists here. The members of the deputation appeared to be very much dibnppointcd at hearing no startling revelation, bat there is leally no secret to tell. We all know that the Government aie carrying on some misty negotiations, and the only thing further which Mr Mnckiiv could have told would have been how much money Jins been advanced to Te T.hii or To That. Mr MncJ%av uin nn aw-lcuurd position, for which he has him*"?!/ a good denl to blame, owing to the expectations he exchVd M>me yenrs ago. Ho i* now in the stui.e boil with Mr MtLeuu, and must be cunteut to bear p ut of ILo blume. '

A wi_\ (jam il i.iipu-sj,.)ii preT.i'.U, sIIJ.s'Mk" X^j^r T<. cym/i tnaS tie heart of ems Jhrih isLfcd U litlls bet'er ! than a pumice utoue dos«rt,' but, t'uu trrttla is tner» « » u-ry feKtuusifo tract of extremely taluaMe country for jttttle.nent •ituated in tie j»itea diatrtrt. Ont? of tito be»t blocks m tli* , " re " l *^ l «JH»<*t*i thewulro of tfhici i» situated M«veut> imWlr*tn Wnnganui.t onil^buttt ninety 1 fruin Jinpiei } three nutivo tracks meet h«r», Wing to tJto two last mentioned r towns and ♦.> 'J'»ni^». TnßT nB M) i h good, and there is abund-aiu-e ot timber, while its ot-iHr.il positum aditpti* it admirably I f»r special Mtle.peilt. Witmn Ino P-*tc« diJlrmt n the T Oiiiuhu niui P.Utmlmi native €>e!u>ol reserve of some sixty I tnixu^uii.i iku-res, aow in vaunt of bi'iujf s iirvr*>ed and luidob' | tn u/ius. Mem* Brvli Biud , bt-yiuvl t.jis rewire, liave an I exten f ;\o #U"-k of f»iu.tbli; CDimtri w.ndi tlit-y Ihit© leasi-d Ir.Mii iliu u>itiv«a a* i* #ueup »uuii>n, ttud bt7t>nd thw again tlii'ii* 1* a lln^ iiact of oven land, tlnj ovtiie»hip of whicli i» in dupuit* bo^v*e«n the Taupt* pud Wav ( >i»niu native*, and «lnuh, but for the dus^reaaiftit, would how bo occupied bf ' Ml'»sm Mnoriiouse, Studholnie, nmt Moiiin. Tukeit altu« | t»i. l h»«r, tlm Paten district Hill at some lumru i\,iy prove not i llio li-att valuable portion ofllie WVUingiou provinia, and us « «ood road to Nupi,,r nuglit be o.isilv u mairuL-ted, it m utit be m well if our Gb\ cruiuoiit Luok tiuicly sfcepa to i>pjn u,j %oot\ couiiiiuiiica4,uMi vnt.h i . A cast; was recefti lv heard b> tho JuJ o 'c of the District C)mt which reviff* an old cout, uiion between owners o( laiul and o\\ ners o? liv« alo -k The q-ie-tion raised is, "uluin the ouiu-p of 1.n»,l ]fK tfu.'iiled to danu^e for tivi+jjmi douo by iSiilK- if Ji^4«nJ \ t not fenced."' 't\\a form whu-b tho subject /brtn-rly as'iuuie 1 * »-,, sh.i'l i iv.vi be obliged to •'fi-ivcin" op ■"/omuoiit." I'hei'd have been ninny Aeta i v! onlin tiuvi pjwed in provmoial lt-gnLitUi-ei u,)on tlie I natter. But legislation, win hevor u.;y ib inclined, raised v,» .v f^'inul.ibli' amir of opposition. It was cunom that \ ii t Mv-ease neither Mt lleitketh, wlio wis counsel lor the ilaiutifrwho owiM-d the luud. nor Mr Jgy, who acted for the li'l'eivlunt who o*»'m> I tfie euttl.', vppe.ili'd to any of the provunial Aits. Mr H »ki>lh ur>;ui'd tliut in the c'iso of a man who xowt'd dim upon l^nd tr.neh wa-t u'lolh unenc^eJ, no |HM-son was entitled to tre-pHtn u|i ( in that laiid to the injury of the latul or crop. This \mls l.iyinjj dow i a broad principle Mr Joy replied, 'thftt if a vi.m cno-*»« to expose lm jnopertv to .such risk, he «ou not lauly nitillut lo diunages lor coiisequences clearly arising from' hi* own neglect. It was not, 8 What these quesoin useil to be argued in tho early days, k-theflegislurion bf Provincial i ouncils fallen into disiietu'le? iPerha, s we ate g.'ltui^ w s-r in a|. pealing rather t<» the w^ff known opcntion of the common law oi England than to the provision-i of local l.jjisl.itue bodies. As the case Was s/> broadly left to the judgment of the Court, no dpiibt, the Judge' will determine the issue upon tho principles appealed to, aiid not upon precedent or authority. The deciaii n. whether for plaiutilf or deftsn hint, will imolvpsomi* leir mareuul cuii-jnleiation^, lo ulucn piouert) owucis would do well to give attention— Htrald. Tho Timef of n Lite date any* in a leading article: — " It is impossible read the reports we receive fro <i Australia without being convinced of the genuine attiactioiw ol those 'settlements. New Zealand, for example, offer- e\erv H ;U\ vantage which could he desired evcept that of manifold upon industry. In all new countries the chief ji <3fork to be done Neither ujjricultuial or domestic. An | Agriculturalist or un emigrant with capital can set up for fciiimself and become a settler at once ; but, as soon as he lino lUeltled, lim winlhf help on his l.inn uud help in lv-< f.irmhouse. Field laborers and domestus scr\ants, therefore, can nl«a>s command a market." \n extiMin-lnuiry geneml meeting of thu iib.irelioidi m of I tli.J L'uioii &n,|| and Door Company was held at tne ollice of Mr T. L White, Cannda Buildings, Queen street, on Thursday afternoon, —Mr Joseph Howard iv the chair. It it as moved, ai,d ci-r-d nnanimou-<lv. " That this meeting concur- in t ,c ucliou tnken hy the Directors in the u iporhoumeiit ot 13(5(J ol tin* vim lolteil shares at a premium of £2 per share, sum shares to be 01113 issued to present slmivholderN t\ ho should m-ii. in their a, plicutious belore the 1-t January licit." — Herald. The two .young miiiistLis expected by the I'rnniliie Mithndiat L'liuiflj have jtu-t arrived in AucLliUid. They will hold i heir lir-t »er\ ices in the city to-morrow, at the Kdw.irdi s S.i(>iidai.-st>vet and New mat Let (.'lmpels, tor further paiticulain legarding these and other services, w e refer those inlpiested to our advertising columna One ol thtt ministers i» for iucLland und tho other for the Thames Both bear good reputation as preachers. — Herald, Djc 13. We iiutido that tenders are called from cat pcnU is fop . addition to the To Auamutu hotel.