THE Waikato Times OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 1874

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 281, 28 February 1874, Page 2

THE Waikato Times OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA SATURDAY FEBRUARY 26 1874

tuft ])uu. he \ogdl tjj.e.ikr !jC sj\S /-•>methingf, suid Uiar sometime is l 1l 1 netiJly food ■>'<r thonght lo those who tiki <\u niteve-.t in the •Mfare vi tlit- oo:»>Ry. '1 he m.j/r t ■ f' \«-.v Zi iali»id qaestious tie worn larhi-r tlire«rllii ie ; Mie i'r^BS snH the puipie have tli-,tu>t>ed th» qnesHon of i\\ rtay— the Fublj« Woiks pulioy— i.uifioic-ui l.y ( tt-n f>r thf-rp lo bf) little new to be said, tiiou^rnt, -/»r wattcn on the snbject. Tho eijthn.iaaticrwpt <m that the Premier teceives in every centre of Ii § nation f-nys j)l.» nly that the j eople have ..noisid thni polity fr id i>i« conviction ihit if. is 'iii« correct on* 1 , Hi-d ;i pchcy (h it will ns ■/•> u \ngU piiHin i, jimm.g^fc ti,e sisUi colonies. . . wiJJ be r« n.o ..L re. tuut fr .iq tho first time we

took iuir pen in hand to udvi-cate th»- iutereSiVof. tliP Pottlois and innke known their omriions, we l*.vre endorsed the policy although n»u doubted, and still doubt. whether it is possible to carry it out aa t might have been f n the 'face of the stiqgi^e chat '»H t^tken place m eacn uistnct to obtain, to ose «••» hackneyed phrase, "our fair share of the ' oney." As his Eouor the Superinteitdent pointe<l >t in his speech wfoeu proposing the health of the ' i J remi<*i% on Thursday, <s lie believed they had found in their fiiend a man who wa» able to devise, if he cuuid not himsolfc.ir.ry out those things which he hud devised. An ablti architect might be found, and contrive, and design a noble edifice, but he must hand over to others the carrying out of those designs ; and in the carrying out of those designs very often the original one might be spoiled " Mr Williamson, in the few words quoted above, cxp'aiued very clobely ihe position in which Mr Vogel has beeu placed. We have before called attention lo the refc^al of the House to allow a non- political Board to decide as io what works should be undertaken. That Boaid was one of the principal features in the design. Mr Vogel, on Thursday otening, spoke as follows *.i reference to the cotiutotion ot Great Britain and her colonies : — When hi« Honor spoke of met in Hie neit sentence to that in which ho spokoof Mr Diaraoin h" paid me a compliment calculated io make me feel very nervous, and ono which I altogether deprecate. But In* liarm^ done so enables me to t&y that I thould \t 17 much regret to think that there was at all general throughout the colony a. disposition to ceaso to take a lively inteiest in the affairs of tho mother country On tho contrary, admitting as I do that I have endeavore 1 to nccommodate mj»elf to tho circumutunoes of the country, it would be to me a Tery great discouragement — in fajt> public life would bo robbid of nil ita churms for me— if I thought there existed throughout the colony any desire to weaken the ties which bind Now Zealand to the mother country. lam ono of those who believe that it is far better to be little among tho great than to bo great among the httle. Whatever position New Zealand might attain, if it censed to be interested in the affairs of the mother country I think rts position will bo far more attractive to those who will come to tho colony, an well »s to tiiobo who are in it or who aro born in it, if it remains one of tho dependencies of tli.it great Empire upon v, Inch tho 6un never *et«. (Applause). I speak upon the subject with something like enthusiasm, became I confess that 1 have for jtws, and do o\en vow, in apite of much discouragoment, cherish tho idea that this gri-nt Empire — so great as it is in tho vastnew of its component part^— may yet be consolidated into an Empire which, as fur as it is possible for hununi foiesight to perceive, will be indestructible and more powerful than any Empire ins been, or than any other Empire could be on this earth. I believe it is still upon the cards that the colonies will not , be, ii 'ho\ are now. mere -lssocintes of the Empire, hardly to be callow dependencies. I believe tho time will oome when it wiil be recognised, that science has practically ! broncht, will wiy this colony, which i« one of the most distant of the Empire, more within th« reach of the machinery of GoTernment by the mother country, than a few centuries »<;o Scotland was. It will be ono of the grand advantapM which science has placed aft the dispoail of tho-ic j who rule over the Empire, when, initoad of these colonies beinea-isoeinted with the Emmre a» they are at present by, I ndmit, veiy blender ties they «\ull bonme, to all intents nnd purposes and in reality, absolv e oountios of the Unitod Kingdom. I believe thar is porsib'f. It is gratifying that the above remarks were received w.th repeated appease. We forget of whom tho story w tol I — it w-is of a man, however, who afterwards took a leading poMtion in one of our cnlonies. He was dining; with some frionds jnst before undertaking a voyago which in those d-i\ s wa« thonght mnch of. He crnislnded his speech Umnkinp his frionds foi dri'iking h>s hen'th and wishing him pvosnerifcy, with the words, " I trust, thnt I shall never foreefc that I am a»i English1 roan." It :s: s to be hoped that, no colonial, whether born in the colonies, or he uho has adryced one of them as his coimtrv will ever Forget the fact The colonies of tho old Roman Empire were a source of we-\knes», and some historians attribute its downfall to their existence. The same fate has been piedieted of Great Britain, and from the sirae ciu«e we are unable however to trace its approach. In the one case, the governing power used the dependencies for the solo purpose of supporting the Romans pioper in Inx-ry and in vice ; in the other, which ji« our<*. 'b° yoke is not fi-H Pie c>n> e,'ti m with ♦he o'd conntrv gives us n p^<? tioti in fch e world w hich we could not otherw Re hold ; the c >nnecti m ad^R to our wealth because without it we might become a prey, at any moment, to the forces of any large naval find military power. Capitalists wonld fear to invest in onr securities ; tradesmen would be wanting in that feeling of security which is necessary if a country is to become wenlthy The idea of confederation is in us infancy, but we tmst to see this child born of tho feeling of loyalty and self-in-terest that animates the breasfc of all frue colonists prow into manhood, then the Great Britain of that day will be able to maintain peace in the world as she has before conquered it. We have frequently called attention to the very serious i< comemence, not to &ay monetary losa, thnt the settlors on tho "Waipa river are annually subjected to from tho stoppage of navigation. Jt is now quite three months since a steamer has been able to reach Alexandra. Tt is true that n railway in in contemplation, aod when completed will, to «.)•■ c extent, obviate thf> difficulty ;' in the meantime hovvevpr. the progress of the district is rett.rd<-<l to « greater extent than is thought bv tlinsp "hoonh take a superficial view of passing je^n'B. 'I he r.r ei . w j|j a | wa ys be us&l by the j s'ttlpra vrl.nse prop p v is on iis banks. This week , t.iic R'niil Rie-w - 0 mno'iis was navigated by (apt Lindsay »«s fir a. Tp H«> r , and he in". 1 form's- n, Hi,.t wn-« il. >n tlirty * n V i* lemoved ho wou'd have boea :'o!,> i> J, llVe reached Alexandra. 1 he uodii of iriisinjr the «n,.gs is estimated at about i 300, a sum th.it may bo considered Hb nothing c mpured with !ln> ioss and inconvenience that is I c rtxilod hy Oioii existence in the fairway. We ,(,] ust that tlu Government will give this matter their imnipd.a'e at ten 'ion. • The settlers have h ! ri/ht- to ask this at their hands, ami now is the i time to undertake the work, the river being ex. c. pHon;illv !o<v. fhw settlfrs feel the inconvenience ot'rhr present Ptnfe ot affair* to 6'ich an ex'ent I tltiit they huve promised to render every assistance in thrir power.

T'tc tonn*H;i of NfßruaTfaln'ii "f«« the srent* of conuilcr«l If inwrhiiim on Sutiirday afternoon last. There «er»* n c nsu'r ahl« nnmtvr of ir»"n prncijinl'v b^!on^fn<» to flu n- w fo^^ on the spree. A cnse of assault, at°will Ke m . wn< hrrtn-bt h'forp t'i>< B."sif?cnt M^is.i-.ifo, bu( al! tl • prmaniTH had to be diVlmrgoi! from want of oviclenee to r nvu'f Tt t- (uv.'Mitl; repor.od, a»d we 'iclii 'c rhat then \i- ».->ri • foundation for tl)O aw^rfion, that tho two won S. >tt and S-<v'ttoi)— w<n* thrfntrne'l wiJh fui-tiior violence if Ihtfv i«-oro to any of the parti -s implicated m the niwfi't n'licli -.iMiom* dmhfc *ook pls<«9. T?r r.^nvncul : 'u J t miard bo mounted of nn eroniDg to olleot; i^iiti»lo" «*»< i k<e -ordtr in tUc town-hip.

We lejCm by flbiegraph li»at liie pntrn-s for the s lotr 01 | the Cent in 1 WiEto l^ojiiiliun me very i.u.ueiom 'fie m tnbers *r© as fallows 5 -3d see, £&,.i i -i-#o j cat{W, (iltyun» j elipep, tlnrtv nine ; pi£*. lvr*lvt>. The entrie* of product' mid irnp'crn. n n vt-e «tli- > nuwrjus. Th> ibovelist prjtmtea a good show, and »f a>B fiiad of if, as io fat 1 at we c«/i learn, the gentlemen oon'itcteil with tb"e ihow are not to blame th*t thej^ is not ono iSowr comprising ererrtbing w< rth swung in th« district. The following nbtic* appears in Ox» OatHte: — "A V>onuB of •iipsnc« pf r gdlJo^ 1 » ill bepai-l <<n ksrjge ,c ,jr,.)JuodJ within tli 1 colony to an, extent nof exty^wUu^ 50,030 gnHons, on. qu intitit'ii of not less th n 10,000 gal ne it a time; ('if k.-'OBiuw to be of n <jU4lity approred of by G)Vi'mm n nt, nn(\ to bo «<>l l at A fair Hvoing" market price. Notico of mtention to c'oim tliis bonm m-iif be given ><> *he Cilonidl Scoivt.fr pn or bt A>re the 3ls( D Ci*mbcr, 1871" We (Wtmganui Herald) are mtofinet b_v ilr KiJdof I«i, of a Humewliat unumal' pliunomehoii m the uliajx: of imn.onßp flofks of sen-jjulls with vrlnch hit farm wu vuitod last week. Tins of itaelf i^ nn occur'-enco whicb. Occasiouall/ li»ppen», and U <^«neral)v considered a nif;n of linsett'le I wr ather — denotin(! either the approach or tho conclusion of a hetfrj gale at no grunt distnuce from the scene of the rieitahon by the M»i-bmU By tfle^'ram we nea" of tho lof^es to shippim; and buildings occwioned by the terrific gn'e which committed suoh extonsiro ra»agea in Auckland as reported oluewhere, but the eifecti of, which) probably ob ing to tho peculiarity of its bam:* bo oiljed circular, have no. been oxp'Tiencod in tlm neighbaurhood. But tne extraor in\ry feature in tho affair is this, that tho seagulls have eff'oted an outiro oloar.iuco of all cat.-rpillara and graaaliop* pc s, nune bi>in<» found in tho locality where the strangers em >or inly estabh-iiu'd tWiMulvtH. Wo refer the matter to | hi' consideration of the Accli.untizitioii S >ciety. A banquet wm given to tbo Hon Mr Vogel on Thunday •v.»nii!j. in thu Cuoral ll ill, AuuklmiJ. His Honor tlie Supertntendonb oocU|jieJ tbu ciiHir, an i the guest of thn evfnint! appearg to hsve receivod a euinpKfte ovation at the iinnda of thoue preirnt. Tlio at length of the s )eechet urohibita our givtug a rrport in. this issue ; we shall do io m our next. It is purposed to hold the following rHigique services in Waikato to-morrow : Church of England— Hamilton, 11 n.m ; N'aruftwahia, 630 p.m.; Alexandra, 11 ».m. ; TV Awa'initu, 8 pra. Preabytanan — Ctmbri'l^e, 11 'i >n ; Hnnilton, 3 pir Wml. \h-i Me' , .ii-t— Cv:ibn '»c, 11 ii m. ; Pnkenmu. 230 p m , ti - mitini, 11 »ni., nnd 63" p »n. United PriNtnttm, .u i C> pie ational — To A»a•iintu, 11 a in. In coii'i'q u- al.a 1 .- of 111 1 • üb^enoe of the Rev J P Ho % \ne there wilJ be i.o CttLliolicwfuicesin this dijt.net to moriow. We remind licensed victuallers, and others intending to npply for licenses, that Tuesday neit it the latest date on winch to lodge the necessary paper* at the office of the Resident Mfgistratc, Hamilton. ilr Charles Marshall i!« gazetted Diitrict Officer for the Waikato under the Native Lands Act, 1873.