THE Waikato Times "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRI" THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1874

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 283, 5 March 1874, Page 2

THE Waikato Times "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRI" THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1874

Wk were informed some time since that it was the itiiention ot the Government to commence the conrstrnrtion of the road from Whata Whata to Alex.mdirt. A-> yet there ure no signs of movement in ih:it direction, the winter will soon be upon us and » < Li ust that the old mi*take of making roads in i ho winter and remaining idle during (he proper • e.iaon for sach work is not to be perpetuated. The m I'eruil progress of the Waikato depeuds to uo ■^ • til extent on this work being commenced and r rii'd out with expedition. We have before pointed ', t that dozens of intending settlers have been comj. lied to look for land in other places because of there being no means of teaching the land otherwise ts.utablo for settlement. Large numbers of uiii'iiorranfs nre arriving 1 in the country, and unless provision is made for their settlement oa land many \. .11 tiud their way to other provinces, ibis road vis (ommeno'd many years ago, and land has been 1/ n^ht from the Government at high prices in the be. let that a road thtough the district would eventually render it worth the price paid for it. The settlers on the Waip.i have a justconrilai it, ;u" ii i^' ih<> (i.ivfM'nmpi.t on this hoad. No« <\< • Mk, 1 ioMiicial Goveinmeut hn*, ieceive«l £.i<jU,uiiU for ihe j.'uroh . Eof a 1)'!,a 1 )'!, and in addition that large tracts i.r .^onfiso-ited terr..oiy are to be handed over to ihnta, we oao with ju voe 1 ik to the local legislatori U'f! r ; "i work as thu one alluded to above. the road would be m\ .tl'nh'f r,o the settlers during t.io tUMimot uiuiitii-t ivhen tim river is usually un- : .vviys»!ilc At the [iwißtii.i, r,nn« all goods from .» leXdwum tinU Lo Awuiuuui «iro Uum^ umtviil iroin li.imilton at a ( ont rumour to the settlers. Tnu i*o. riwrrt can nlwnyK troi lotno (liatnuce up the V/uipu, -o tliut tho rouf) coiupletfl t.tie tim.l< i> to cirt, woulil ho considerably reduced. Wo tni-t ttittc tins naut'tT will Mici't with the euiuoot ■ .^."-i leiutiOi' o ' il)»i I'rovincial ; it is Jui tin in nther to nndenuko the work themselves 01 it it »a is no*, in their prowtice, to uiyu upon tho .. u. 1. 1 uo\criitut:>.i the important »f the under. l.ii n<_' \ t.»i-o'l (Ipijl of' land uiniK u^.iu: j4j 4 lh<«

Ljovi m nt vi w liiuli would Iv l»iii»v.^ i.kt. a*ed in vnluu I>> this iojkl; we ■ihoulil think the work ni this i'CH|ject would be more ttimh i m re|)rodactive.

lM.riiig the 1 1 union > at < ndn.g tue dedication and ouiiae or«(i i of St JuLn'b L nine of Fitemasonu, in Tiu.aru, the h. v W. 11 t^ofH-r, Oraud Ctiapiiuu of the order at Oauterh>\v\, i\ 'livit ! >> i*d v.-:,~> on s 'ii 1 hl.iu tliecouroe o( vvuiCii \>f is r;jK>. fed to luuo said :— "I do r.oi for a moment mean uv vi nvev that Masonry can do timl which Christianity <*s -mi it effect ; but I appeal to <oj, m^ bicliiren, who are boiikd by a two ibl.2 obligation; first, that oi Curuiianity ore o:>o tu* thei, ant. to i o to othei-d as you wo nd have i>'"o!'# 10 doyou; and secondly your obligation as M«son« to • t'lolnei"'* oi-jr — I fc^eal to }0u no Clir.»tiß.iia ar \ Mhhoih, \)v <*vcr) mran* m >onr p >wer to put do An this ullauvMis hnbit, wliu'li is growing with our growth, *u 1 .% huh is tasf bp'-oiHing the ours- of this province Shun thp He<>»Mlil-moH"»er ij you would an infectious and fatul due; Bf, an t hold In in or hf r up to tho just rejjrobaUon of ull h»Mi«t and woith^ men .md cor.aNtent Mq>oii»" Tv tPU'T-fsstid vxueniudiits ha-%e been made in the waj of intr'>dui iu^ froeh iv."it into England from Abroad. In the one c »«, 'i bil ook, tome fhee.), -md throe tuikf.y-) wen killed in C n'jitla, tro^'ii, ittnrod on boiird & tteainw m a cool i.rv place, jrnl found pi»rie?tlv tool and fresh on reaching Litir}xol In the other, a aa^e of mw meat, preened bj somi' undntilupd pro fas, the invention of a Belgian banister, wmr broujjlit fiom Buenos \viv*, m t \ut-lent eon ditiDn. It is averted thut this method of preservation will keep beef in a state of perfect fresh nc-* io.-je.us, tliat it doe-> not require to be hermetically nettled ; that it may be lupt three or fnur daysexpoßtd to tho atmodp'iei-e after the '.ase is opened ; and thai it may be sold ret ad m Engl.uul at Gd per pound, leaving a fair profit. Theae facts ou^ht to put our colonial mrat- prefer vers on tho qul oive. — Cross 1 . Mr Do nwcll, a gentleman ever forward m th proaecutiou of local industries in this province, has exhibited to us a bpli'ndid •ample of tobacco leaf gro»u by him upon his propei ty at the Three Kin^s. The leaves shewn U> us measured in leiigL 2i feet, and m breadth 2 feet, and the specimen s ' every respect a perfect leaf. Ot this sample he has three Her -s under growth, which will avernge lfc tons to the acre, Tho growth of tobacco prom -ip* to be an important iudurtr^ in (his jirovince. In the Wairoi, Papakura, and Drury districts there are about 25 acres uuder cultivation, but none of it, we believe, approaches in excellence ot growth that produced on Mr Pornwell's farm. — Cross. A portion of the immigrants per Queen of the Age were landed yesterday ; the remainder will be ashore to-day. Aniongafc tho immigrants are a number of French people, whose occupation is that of oignerons, or vine-growers. Ih^y are quartered at the depot, Albert Ru racks. We have not yet seen teiuWs advertised for the carriage of the mail between Whata What* and Alexandra Thn master has not escaped our notice, ami unless the local authorities ino\ein iho matter it will be our duty to impress upon the settlers the necessity of urging thuir claims upon (he head of the Postal Department. Nothing but the grossest ignorance as to the requirements of the district could have led to the service being discontinued. It will bo set n by advertisements in another column that the Bank of New Zeiliinr!, Ngaru >w.ihin, and the Rational Bunk of New Zealand, Hamilton, will be closed to-day on ac< ount of the To Awamuti^iShow. We lenrn that Major (ieoige is about to build a house at Pi.iko, where he intends in future to ri'3ide.