The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 286, 12 March 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1874.

With tbis iisuo we present eaoh of our subscribers with an almanac for the current year. It appears rather late in the season ; the delay, however, has arisen from the d fficulty we have experienced i» getting the required information especially that relating to the San Francisco,, muil service, even now the dates of arrival and departure of that serriee as given m the alinaaac aro onJy approximate. We can safely fcay that it is a xery good specimen of printing, aad t>he niatfpr contained cannot fail to prove of use to the settler. The Tichborue case has ended, and possibly it i» almost egotistical to. express an opinion upon it, but as every man has formed some opinion on the matter., we may as well express onre, and it is that the sentence passed upon the claimant is scarcoly as severe ai the ktjff.uud perjury that has been perpetrated merits. It is a pity that the instigators cannot be got at ; the claimant is naturally a clever rogue, but his want of education prohibits the idea that he was, e.icept in name, tUe principal mover. A large number of natives pushed up the Wuipa. yesterday on their way to tie Kuiti. They brought up four large canoe* laden with dined Bhark, &c, for thoie that are to be present at tho native meeting thut is to be held at To Kuiti on the 28th nut. We had tlie pleasure of their company for a tew hours, during w hich time the atmosphere was redolent of shark. Our reporter, who is to be present at the nativo meeting, has since signified hut intention, of not impotin" upon native hospitality. ° Air GWathor*, the Engineor-m-Chief, accompanied by Mr Mackay and party, are now in the neighborhood of Taupo, for the purpose of judging of the practicability of carrying tho Waikato extension railway through tho oouatry. We trust that Mr C'jirriither9 will not leave the dutrict without thoroughly mspetting every possible routo available for thia line, and that auppositious native difficulties will not interfere in any way with his decision. We are g.ai to lear* that »oui« of our settlers are desirous ofoblaiuing the services of Mr Calvcrt, V.S. , in tho Waikatc That gentleman has xigniSed hu willingness to comply with, their request provided that a sum, of £100 por annum bo RtTflii him for a subsidy. The mattor.'we believe, ih in the hand* of thoso who will be able to bring it to a successful iosuo. It must be palpable to every one who knows anything of tho requirements ol an agricultural and pastoral district that th» presence of a duly qualified irotoriuary surgeon is absolutely necessary. Teudeit are invited by the colonial architect for the orejtion of a post and telegraph office- at Newcastle* Wo suppose Ngaruawahia is the place meant, and when officials persist in referring to places by names other than those by which nine-tenths of the population only know them some explanation should bo given is to th> place infant. Of all the attempts made to al<»r native namu, a more unfortunate one has never been mudu t'liu in trying te get the people at lar>»e to understand that Ng«.ru»wabia is meant, whoa 2totTcattle is spoken of. — Cross The first boat of tho Waipa Kowing Club was launched on Tuesday afternoon. b!io »*s built by Mr John Ross. She u2B feet long and lms about 2 feet beam. The event wdsmore than usually honored, as two ladies in placo of one administered the effervescing lluid to her bow. The two young lidien, Misses McConnncbie and Garmonsway, yied with eacli other in that thoy each trier! their best to perform the difficult table of breaking a champagne bottle against the bows of a fragile boat. Tlie result nas a, tie, it wts difficult to tell which chrmteoed her " Independent " in the mora c'uoite lunyuage, or whsct threw the bottle with the groater elegau.v A I an\ r.tt c ih* no< ne conliJ not hare failed to gratify the »!ye ot any Good Templar. It \wll bo seen thai an onterUinrnont of tho olass dramatic will bo given in the Cambridge School-room on tho J7lh. The performance will be by amateur* who have ('"rprnvned to amuse the public and do good at the same ti ne. We trust tnere « ill ba a large attendance and equivalent receipts. Mimuel joy .aid James McDonald were brought before Mr George l{ ay nur, J ¥ .atNgarutuvabia.yiaterrtay, charged with having been drunk and disorderly. The formw being a.n old otlcnder was fined £1 and costs, and th* latter rcpr*ma.ad3d only, ho having promiaed to clear out of the settlement.

It farmers would but carefully ntudy the requirement* of the nurkitd says tho N Z. Herald, they would be able to make their lubours far more prolitableithan they are We haie remarked b.sfore that farmers, as a rule, are too prono to lollow one another in (ho description of crop they determino upon growing for the season, and it is more frequently duo to this error in judgment than to anything ehw that tbo local inaiket becomes dependent upon other provinces for a'tventitiou9«up r jio3 of one eereel, whilst at » druggod with another. It is truo that to the full extent noticaUo el-»-whero this is nit the case in the Auckland piovi^ce, innma'ih aw a full supply of no one description 01 crjp a obtainable. A3 an instance of what wo lvfer to, vrc may quolo tho fact that wheat has been the prevailing crop this >oar, to the almost entire neglect of all else • oats having already well run out, and potatoes being difficult to obtain, whiUt thoro is a certainty of a very great scarcity of both those crop* prevailing. Tho fact will hardly be credited that Uit year Auckland imported very nearly 2500 tons of potatoes, under 500 tons of which came from Australia. This, year, cornDetent judges reckon we shall have to import fully as many tans, if no more. Thus eaily m the season parcel* nro not procurable at from £i 10s to £1 loi per ton, whilst there is every prospect of their running up to £6 or £7 before vory long. Uuder any circumstances, wo shall be dependent upon Canterbury mainly for our supply of potatoes for this year, and upon Australia for what oats we can get (but not nearly what we want), the Southern crops plained this year having consisted mainly of wheat. Thii is not a satisfactory state of affairs at aIK Not alone are we made depondent foY our supplies upon another province, but we are placing our•elves in the hands, of speculative merchants, who will not bo slow to take advantage of our portion, to their own pecuniary advantage-. Thus, whilst wo are enriching a rival, we ore impoverishing our own province. In our report of the Agricultural Show Mr Androw Kays name was spelt "Ray." The second pnzo for rams was taken by Mr Kay, in place of Mr Cowan. In calves Mr Storey took tho firit and second prizes. Wo omitted Mr Bright s name from the list of judges of poultry and produce. We call attention to an advertisement in another column catling for tenden for the carriage of mails between Whata Whata and Alexandra. This news will be gratifying to every settler on the side of the country that will bo ibenefitted by. the service. Tho outward mail via San Francisco will close in Auckland o*i Monday, the 16th inst, at 10 30 o-'clock. Letters from the Waikato, therefore, must be posted m time for Saturday's coach. It will bo seen that tenders are called for tho erection of a Telegraph and Post-office at Ngaruawahia. This has been Jong required, the present building being in a most dilapidated state. The Fairy left Mercer on Monday for Port Waikato to have a cabin put on her. She will return in a week or ten days to take up her running. Mr J. C. Young is engaged in tho purchasing of land in the laupo district.