THE Waikato Times OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25 1874

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 279, 24 February 1874, Page 2

THE Waikato Times OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25 1874

The answers of Mr Vogcr to the deputation that waited npon l)iin musfc be couaidered satisfactory i — at any ruie, as rogurds the pattioulur questions ihat vitally interest the settlers in this district In- the first place, the Government purpose offering the oontiactoib for the Auckland ami Mercer Railway, .if oo {>cf month Ibr Hnch time ns they Bhall ooin. plete the work boforo September, 187b. That the work I'ould be readily finished within the year we bavu little doubt, provided the rails aud other material required from tue oid country can be Hronjflif. t«» tho K|»ot, witl) sufficient promptitude. riie oflbr should be a tempting one to- the contractors, uud we are of opinion that plent.y of men can be (.ecure«l if » vm\' Hflompfc in (hat direcfiotf is vnnrfe; labour » iiot ]>Uvts for Pome time to be cheaper than at pvemnt, m (hnt the bonus would bu i3e»ir pruRC 'Ihu -bridge lo orOs^^fchc rivpr at Kgaruawabia: is to bfc proceeded with forthwith,— a:- least Mr Yog-el tells us that he hopes to be in a position to uhH ,f or Oo ubrncts wii.hin the next two months. In which direction the railway will proeeeU eolith fiorn »he «hove jilaan, Mr Vogel tells u» ib u)t as yet deoided. fie pniuts nut, bowevcr, tha' to otrry it through I'uupo would be h very circuit, ouii «md e*ueus»*6 roiile. Wu uro unable to express any opinion aft to the engineering difficulties thai wul havef to be met by any uf the poSbible route*, and are thtrelWt^ only iv a position to express half au opinion 1 . We are confident of this, however, that to carry, the 1 railway turuugli Thuuo. aud (hence ibrougtl Hawke's Bay, would have Uie«neot of throwintf tbe trade of Taranaki and the countn'

between i\ew PiyjiouJi auu Wau^auui Mto cue hands of the Wellutgtnu merclmuts, whereas it our railway joius tli.il f.otn Taranaki to Wei. lingtm the greater part of the trade of the finest d.scnct in the colony wouU necessarily pms through Auckland ; in due tirst place because her markets will be much larger, and lv the second because freight and insurance are less to Auckland fclian to Wellington. Unfortunately there are natives'iu the country, and a native department to manage them; much will depend no doubt upon the prescriptions of tlio Maori doctors. The time has pretty nearly passed, however, when' the people of this colony will allow themselves to bo thwari-eJ, and thoir prosperity delayed, because a'han.lfal of natives tell us that they will 6*ht if we attempt to pass through their laud. Wheu'onee we have made the railway to "the frontier, -g.j ahead it must, and that by the best route, boih iv aa engineering and commercial sense. ]f the Maori chooses to fight, rapidity of cOmnidnieuGion autl the increase in the population- will' render- his- flagellation an easy mattet. The rOad between Cambridge and Taurunga is to be proceeded- with, as- tlwre can be little doubt but that the Council will consent to burden ,bhe province with- the intereat'on'the sum required. It is gratifying to learn tbat the Govemmant is impressed with the very grave importance to this portion-of the colony, of carrying tae railway south with the utmost speed consistent- with prudeuce.

.. We "learn that a largo hotel is about to be erected in'Catnbridge on a site facing Mr Halley's brewery. It is also purpurposed to buik a firat-clnss hotel in Hamilton ; the large number of travellers tbin pass trrnjgh the district justify thoso who are about to build in the belief that their speculation « ill prove remunerative. The len»e of the punt at Hgnruawahiawas sold by auction 'on Saturday by Mr John Enox. The bidding was very .spirited, and ■ resulted in the lease being knocked down to Mr L. B/Harri* for the respectable sum of £175. It has been decided to declare the lock-up at Ngattiawabia a. jail for 1 the incarceration of prisoners sentenced to short terms of imprisonment. This seep will save the colony a good many pounds in the course of a yea*. Mr W. H. Randerson ia gazetted anaember of the Cam' bridge District Board, vice William Jonas Smith resigned. The European mail, via Suez, arrived ia the Waikato l*st mght. Ifc is rumoured that the member for the Thames is about to jeßign. A contemporary says -.—Messrs Swan, Mackay, and borton are sp.»ken of ,«> probable candidates. The Thames people have iuvited the Him AJr Vogol to a banquet He has-accepturl the invitation for Tues lay next. A cricket match was played cv Saturday between eleven employees of the 2f. Z. Herald and a like number of those on the staff of the J>. S.Croat. Tie Cross won in one innings J with 'eleven runs to spare! The respective ages of Mr Gladstone and Mr Disraeli are sixty-tour and sixty-eight i Pressure on our space has compelled x& to hold over n number of intetting items of European intelligence culled from the home paperi,- Wo shall devote -considerable space to this object in the next i36ue. In nonseguetici: of the lino botwwn foe Waikato and Auckland harinj; been out of order hut night, we did not receive our usual telegrams giving the latest lrflelligoncc