The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1871.

Waikato Times, 6 January 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1871.

CoinmDlßablk discussion has bien carried on of Lite as to t.ho desirability of cultivating the beeb intensively, and establishing manufactories to extract n d utilize its saccharine matter. There are three questions involved. 1. Cur. the butt be successfully nrown i °L Can it be nwnufnetuied into an article •if commerce at a price that will enable the profiteers to compete hucuessiully with foreign manuf.ictuiers? 3. Which i< the most suitable place to <>^»l>lish the mill ? As rpeards the first question, we be'ii've th.it In-et cab In* grown «nd to perfection „, the Waikmo; in t.iufc iln.t it will grow is a cer-f-mity, s.iti-f.ictmy ci ops on a small s-cale txenproductd Thisseuson some of our farmers have + )wn some seed procured fit mi tho Alvarado Com.m> of California; the result of their experiments j \ill ileuide the ipiestion, aa we undetstand it is , ended to -end .-amj-lesto Wellington for analysis, h.is been objected that in the neighbourhood of uc!l:»'.d there is too much saline matter in the r ; tin's drawback would not apply to the Waikato. 1 s i.»- iriU ihu second question, v.c are nnablo to ' Mjceive w.y '(• .son why, if the mill be established „ mitHblu locality, that those who enter upon > } industry should not be able to compete successfully with lov«s ; gn manufacturers who have the oost

of shipping dur^eh, freight, dut) , and commissions i auainst thjm ; iv odd.tion, the Government has offered a liberal bonus on the tiist 2DO tons produced. This bonus would go far towards defraying fclio cost of preliminaries and the loss that usually attends tho starting of any new industry. The quantity of relined sugar imported into this colony at the present time is very large, and the demand must increise in the same ratio as the population, and as population increases labour will become more plentiful aud consequently cheaper. We have i.ibtanccs of sugar mitlb paying very large annual profit to their owners, — that in Moreton Bay is ', paying liberal dividends, and the Alvarado Comptioy of California \s paying 100 per cent, on the capital invested. In reference to the third question, we do not hesitate to assert that the Waikato is cci tainly the most suitable place in this province, if not in the colony, to establish a sugar manufactory. It is so for the reasons that the beet will grow well in the district, coals are as cheap as in any other place in New Zeiland, and cheaper than in any other part of this province. There are upwards of 400 miles of frontage to navigable rivers, the cost of conveying the raw material to j the mill, wherever situated, would be very small. A railway will, within a year or two, be constructed Ih tough thodistuct to counect Auckland with the Waikato, so that if sufficient raw material is not piorluced in the district it could be brought from any place between Waikato and Auckland at very little cost. The cost of carriage of the manufactured tv tide would also be small. To conclude, another point worthy of consideration is that the Waikato being an agricultural and pastoral district, ready sale would be found for the refuse for feeding cattle and manuring the land.

In a few days it is the intention to tarn the first sod of the Waikato Railway — or rather, of that section of it which it is purposed to proceed with forthwith. The ceremony will take place somewhere about the township of Horotiu, immediately opposite Ngaruawahia. His Honor the Superintendent will turn the sod in the presence of several of the leading men of the Province. Mr Williamson could not inaugurate his four years term of office, as regards the Waikato, in a manner better calculated to gi atify the best instincts of the settlers. The speedy construction of the railway means rapid progress, population will flow into the district, our produce will reach the market rapidly, and at a small cost ; crops that at the present time it will not pay to grow will, on its completion, yield good profits to the lnilustnous farmer. A bright day for the Waikato is about to dawn, and we truat that the settlers will evidence their appreciation of the fact by keeping the day as a holiday ; the date fixed upon will, long after the present generation has passed away, be a red letter day to the inhabitants of the Waikato. To it ibey will look back as , the day on which the first real forward movement towards wealth and prosperity was made ; to the work commenced ,on that day they will attribute the ft.ct that every inch of land available for cultivation yields its annual crop. Plenty of hard work has yet to be done, but we trust that we may live to see peace, plenty, prosperity, and happiness reign supreme in every household in the district.

Sixty men of the road-working ] arty will arrive at Kanginn to-day. We understand that it is tlio intention of tho Government to raise two hundred, half of whom will bo stationed for the piesent at Rangirm and the other half at Mangnwnia. The«e men will be armed and to somo extent drilled, to that in the event of any annoyance they can be used ai an auxiliary corps. Provided the right port of mm have been selected, and too much time is "ot allowed to beg^en to drill, the Government has probably initiated the most economical and safest manner of prosecuting our public works. We are not aware of the term for which the men hute been enlisted, but trust that it is for ti lengthened period, ns by their means our railway construction will proceed regardlessof fluctuations in the l.ibor market. We remind settlers that during the months of January, Fe bruary, and March they can register their names as voters. We desire to point out that it is every man's duty to himself and to the community not only to secure his right to \oto, but »Ifo, »fter lie b*s done so, to exercise that right to the best of bis ability. It is not at all encouraging to find that out of at lea<t 1,300 setters entitled to Tote, only V7O names aie on ti c roll. The Wangonui Heads, says the local journal, are becoming fashionable a» a watering place, an embryotic Brighton in fact. Several families in town have recently taken up their abode there, the want of house accommodation not in any •way acting as a deterrent. All the romance of living under canvas is there to be found, and a little colony is fast forming. Should any of our languid friends, tired with the heat ami glare of the streets, deuire to feel the bracing sea breeze, and inhale the pure ozone, let them engage a tent, remove it nnd a portion of their belongings to the Heads, and on a pleasant green patch of grass, alongside of a rippling rivulet, enjoy a long picni". We are in the habit of receiving peculiar effusions, and being aslicd for advice on all conceivable subjects. As a specimen we print the following letter:— " Sir,— l will suppose you are the lessee of a bouse. lam in want of one. The wife comes to you and makes an arrangement with you about taking the hou c c ; you both a<*rre at the rate per week upon this understanding— that if the bouse is empty on the first of the month, wile and family tnie posfession . You must remember that your hou«« lifts been empty prior to this arrangement 14 days. On the 30th of the month, upon which the arnm<rem.<nt is made, you come to the husband, and, with the kindest smile possible on your benign face, kindly inform him that you have let the house to another party in fact, perfect strangers to tho place ; nnd at the same time jou tell him that you don't care a fig about the two days, only the party wn» hnrd up for n house. What would you do' in <uiuh a case, and how would you treat such an individual who call* hinwlf a friend."— Our correspondent appears only just to have found out that there are unprincipled people in the world. We recommend him to ask two or three old ladies to tea w ith him. They will no doubt be hn>ipy to discuss the " barbarity " of the defaulting landlord •o long as the tea keeps strong and the muffins hot. Perhaps, he will kindly furnish us w iih the rpvdiet if one be arrived ut Our contemporary, the Thames Advertiser, has thought fit to term our remarks published in our issue of the 16th ult., as nonsensical. He complains principally of our having " assumed " that threats had been made by residents at the Thames re the opening of Ohmemuri. Our contemporary, whoee blood was evidently heated, probably from personal disappointment, admitted expressions into his columns thnt he is now desirous should bo forgotten. The letters of" Red Cap," if wo are capable of understanding English, were, mo*t certainly, calculated to irntHle the people to commit a breach of the peace, nnd opinions expressed in his editorial columns were decidedly not likely to allay the irritation caused by the inflammable letter of his correspondent. If our conlempoiary does not wNh to bring the people amongst whom his paper "circulates into contempt, he should modify his language somewhat, and be careful that the sentiments of his "correspondents do not border closely on sedition. Tho particulars are not of sufficient interest to our readers to uistify our giving much space to the matter; our remarks however, will, we tnur, do our contemporary some good, and hr» thoroughly understood bj those wlio are conveisant with the question. Mr '1 homsis Ku>eell, of Auckland, N. Z , nssiHtecl by Mr Robert Tnrnhiill, late oi Auckland, N. 2 , but now of Northumberland, has selected this season 33 choice rams for exportation to Auckland. Of these ten were supplied bv Messis Pudding, of Panton ; thirteen by Mr Thomas Kukham.of Biscathorpe ; five by Mr John Walesby Kirkham, of Eadcby Hall ; and fneby Mr Clark, of Welton-le-Wold. Twenty-one ewe hoggets were also purchased from Mr Vrssey, of Halton, Holgate. Mr Russell has taken away with Lima ilock of llftj-four sheep of tbennpro\ed Lincolnshire long- wool variety. Very high prices wero given for all these sheep. The flock cost, with expenses, nearly two thousand guinea*.— Yorkshirt Gazelle. It is rumoured thnl Col St John will tnke the editorial chair of the Feu, Zealand Times, late Wellington Irdtpendent*

Wo nre glml to announce that Dr Hooper rejx>rt» farourably of Mr HardingWs jn.^re-, to words recovery from the sovu'c injuuea lie icccivoil on Hie vimpcouw. Tlic Kijiht itev the Bish >p will visit the Archdeaconry of Waikato '3 follows :-J<.mi.v>y Slbt, leave Auckland ; F,-brnary lat, Sunday, at Wwt Pukwknhe ; 4th Wcdnesd..y, Aiaou Church Board Mcmuu. at Kobanga; btli, Sumlay, at Nguruawnhift mid Ilvii.n.»n ; Hth, Wodnosduy. Nt Cnmbridne; 13th, Sundaj . tit AiriMiidra and lo Av>amutu — Church Gazelle.