The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY MARCH 28, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 293, 28 March 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY MA RCH 28, 1874.

W«» »rr glad to be abl»s to inform our nadeis 'Jia* notion it. abuut to betukui by the Colonial Uou-riuiitut towirdi maling the Wnrna ioafl

Wo aie exceedingly son y to leartu that tlkj Key b\nhei Hovne is compelled to announce that he will reit fiom Ins koonre during uev.t mouth Tho rev geutletun.ii is unable to udu ; he informs us that he was considerably shaken bv tho late coich accident fin Rnzmbaek. We trust that, the no i>or,m rest will en ihlo him to return to his ardnona dntas at the time ho anticip.Vf-s. Referring to tha subject of settling the Crown Lunch in thit province, the Thomea Advertiser of the 34th instant, B»y» !— " There is, however, not so muon hncf remaining to bo di«po*eilof tis many gnppow. In tn« Waifc.ito and Mannkin tnera wero 1,193,306 new* ccniseateil, iincl th*w at present otand in the following position .• — Granted to military settlers, 124.603 j granted to Waikato immigrants. 15,988 ; appropriated to natives (loyal), 182,516 : appropriated to native* (otherwipo), 119 705; area of land sold, 160,805 ; reserves for various purjhwod (including university ivserve of 20,000 acres), 24,393 ; miscellaneous town belts, sands and hills, rivers and lakoj, roads, <fee, 49,089 ; nrea UOt ojherwiao disposed of, 517,307. Ihe lavd m wold have realised £90. -W-i ltw at tho average of 11s 3d per acre. No doubt tho best of the Waikato confiscated lands were given to tho military settler«, and tho remainder has been pretty well picked OTer. Of the 517.000 ncres at the disposal of the Government in is calculated that 61,000 acres is good hoil, level or wooded ami hilly ; that 51.0T0 ia fair averago sod. with level patches j lhnt'ls3,ooo acres ie only medium ml, hilly and broken ; that 133,000 neves is but poor soil ; and that 102.U0J acrea i« swamp. Thew figures are taken from u paper laid before tho Assembly laat session, und we think they arc about correct. But supposing that 500,000 acres are *old at 10s aw acre, that would form for the province u Tery handwmo windfall of £250.000, not to mention the indirect benefit received from the extension of settlement. Xhe lands at Taurnngn ntnnd m rather a peculiar position; there bare been oO.OUO acres confiscated, and 80,000 purchased. Of the confiscated hmd there are 19,&tl lr the hands of thn Government chiefly of a wry good character In the Opotiki and Whakatane districts there are still at least 56.809 acres m tho hands of the Government, not very good Jfind perhaps We hate not tnken into account the Poverty Bay Islands of Fatuiahi, which apparently are to be dealt Tith specially. For years pai>t these lands hare been lying worse than useless, and have been kept from being used by simple nrgleet. There has been conspicuous mismanagement in respect to tho lands at Taaranga, which ought all to have been settled long ago, and we hear that m respect to that district it if> exceedingly likely that some blocks will be set apart for special nettioment. if Mr Williamson can mannpe to make arrangements by which tko confiscated lands will be sold for the benefit of tho province on favorable terma, he wi!l do more for the province than he erer ha* done, great as his service* h<»\c been " It must not be forgotten, however, that there are at present some twelve to thirteen millions of acres of land in the hands of the Maoris, which, in the course of a fe* years, will chiefly come into the hands of Europeans. These blocks of land are principally of good quality. It will be remembered, also, that Mr Togel stated in his speech at the Choral Hall that IoOiSOO acres of good land which had heeu recently purchased from the Maoris was about to bo handed over to the Provincial Government for administration. The following ronmrkswere recently mndo by His Excellency the Governor :—": — " lam a firm believer in a good public works policy. Ido not behev9 that r. colony situated so remotely ns New Zealind, can poev.bly develop" itn-own resources spontaneously. To make the country what it should be you must induce population to come to it, and in doing bo there ore many counter-attractions to con lend with, for you are entered in tho race with America, which being so very much nearer the home country, and offering land equal in quality to your own, and with people speaking the lame language a$ ourselves, ii specially inviting to intending emigrants. You must offer tempting inducements to people before you «»n nxpeet them to undertake a voyage half round the world. There is one aceney which is perhaps more powerful than any other, and that is the accounts tent home by immigrants who have succeeded in New Zealand. Only to-day I was addressed by n body of workman who have come from ono of the poorest town* in my country — Girvan — whose inhabitants were dependent on" an obsolete trade — that of hnnrlloom weaving. The people were to poor that they were unnblo to emigrate, and I remen.ber «c need to nwisr them to go to Canada-. lam moitglad to find t lint some of them, who used to present a poverty-stricken appearance in Ayrshire, are now bappy and pro*peK>u» members of this community. When 1 used to b« asked what was the u«e of fending surli people to the colonies, I was sometimes at a loss for an ai'*wer ; but I shall be no longer, for those weavers are pood colonists nnd cnpnb)« men." The adjourned meeting of the members of the Church oi England took place «>n Saturday evening, at the Church., Cambridge, the Rev F C. Lloyd in qhe char. Th iv were present Messrs Reynoldp, Ewen, Selby, Lamb. Stewart, Walker, Parr. Tbe bal.mce sheet, which showed a balance ta credit of £4 7a Sri, having been adopted, the following resolutions were passed :— '• That the autn of, 30s be expended annually for tho purpose of defraying ttie travelling expenses of the clerical representative to the Diocesan Synod." "That the auin ot £5> be guaranteed for the necessary repaiis of the parsonage house at Hamilton, aud that a rpecial subscription be irwdo for the purpose." A church committee was then formed — Mr Reynolds, nounnatpd by Rev F. C. Llojd; Mr Pan-, pioposed bv Mr Kwen, seconded by Jlr Sdby ; Mr lUwitl, proposed hy Walker, seconded by Mr Stewart. Votes of thanks having been passed to thf out going church committee, aud to Mr Stewart for pesiding at the harmonium, the meeting was brought *o a close. There are four can didates in the field for the vacant «eat in the Assembly for Franklin, viz., Messrs W. Woodward, William Goodfellow, J. May, and J. M. Daia&ville. It is to be sincerely hoped that the good sense of the electors will secure tbe return of any other candidate than the last in the field. The exhibition he made of himself during hia candidature for the |Supeiintendency should prevent any man with a spark of intelligences voting for him. Iv our opinion he has no political knowledge and very little couitnon sense. It is purposed to hold the following religious services in the Waikato to-morrow . — Church of England— Hamilton, 11 a in. ; Ngarumvuhin, G 3O p.m ; Alexandra, 11 am ;Te Awamiitu, 3pm.; Kiliihiln.fi 30 p.m. Catholic—Hamilton, 8a m. and 11 om. Wesleym Methodist— Cambridge, 11 a.m. ; Pukenmo, 2 30 p.m. ;'iiamilton, 11 a.m. and 6.30 pm. United Presbyterian and Congregational — To Awamutu. 11 n m. The Woiknto railway between Auckland and Otahubu has been fcrmnlly opened by Messrs Brogden. A train consenting of nine carnage* conveyed a pic-nic party to tho present terminus. Tho party eeenis to have enjoyed themselves considerably. The tram left on its return to Fort Bntomart at Gp m. It will be seen by advertisement that Mr J. Low, our local photographer, has commenced business at Nganwwuhia. We inspected hia etudio ye&torday, and from the specimens of the photographic art with which the walls are decorated we have no hesitation in saying vhat he is a master of his profesi-ien. Mr Kennedy Hill wiL sell by auction on Tucsnay next, on tbe premises, Ohaupo, the furniture and effects of Mr Lewis, who ha* sold the hotel. It will be seen thnt in consequence of rough weather tbe first trip of the Fairy has b<>en delayedA meeting of the Lodge Beta will take place on the 2nd imt, at the usual place.