The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 294, 31 March 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA. TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1874.

Frugality* is ono of the best traits that can characterise a colonist ; unfortunately, however, it 16 ono too seldom found in those who have adopted New Zealand for their country. One cause, if not the principal, is the want of a clear understanding as to how much material comfort, independence, and comparative wealth can be ultimately obtained by the weekly Baying of only a few shillings. It is too common a practice to point to those men who have made fortunes as " lucky." If, however, trouble were taken to trace their wealth to its base, it would be generally found that the fortune which so many envy has resulted principally from the possessors having exercised the firmness to forego small present enjoyments forthesakoof ultimately gaining a desired end. Acircular, pointing out the benefits to be dorived from becoming a member of a Land, Building and Investment Society, has just been liberally distributed throughout the VVaikato, and credit is most certainly due to those gentlemen who, if they did not conceive the idea, have had the energy to bring it before the public in an attractive form, — not more so, however, than the goodness of the cause fchey are working for justifies. One of the greatest clogs on the progress of men with small fixed incomes is, without doubt, the constant drain on their resources by the weekly payment of rent, and the rate prevailing in the VVaikato at tho present time js ont of all proportion to the value of land and the cost of the 6uildings upon it. We cannot more forcibly put the benefits that accrue from such societies as that proposed than 16 done in the ciicular alluded to above, — "Whetherviewedasa Savings' Bank, orasame»n3 cf acquiring freehold property, societies $uch as the proposed possesses peculiar advantages. To illns. frato the matter: A member subscribes i'»r five pharos, the weekly payment thereon being 5s ; in b\\ years ho will have accumulated the sum of £100. Again, should ■i member v-nsb to purchase *» property valued at £100, he may obtain a loan fioin tho society, which he is allowed to ropny at '• .1, <>f .! " r o!!rn' '" ? • f-rodp, •/•,, ;<t ■' '", P. <>t-rl !') ■ ' ' w 1 c-io»i ' ; ,

/>'■• Hitnum, lustk .i« b nib eu i c M ,'v • . , u , C-'pil bmJ inteiest ■ nri'ig- tho ter^a £ld'2 10s" "c \\i I quote another paragraph :—: — ''To ftorroweis the advantages are: 1st — To enable them to purchase or build at any time. 2nd— To redeem mortgages existing- on their lands. • ! ril — to repay their loan easily and cheaply, -ith — To pay the balance ot th. ir loan at pleasure, oth — Persons having familus, and being desirous of making provision for them at the age ot 21 years, nia y> by an inconsiderable weekly payment, place themselves in a position to have an uuencurabered property enhanced in value by lapse of time and advancement of the district." A meeting is called for Saturday next at the chambers of Mr Hay, one of the principal promoters. We trust that the jealousy existing between the inhabitants of the ditlerent settlements will not prevent those attending who from their intelligence and position should feel it a duty to assist any movement calculated to beneßt the district. It will be necessary of coutse that a Board of Management should be elected from those resident in the neighbourhood of the township in which the head office is situated ; agents, however* will have to bo appointed in each centre of population to receive subscriptions. We feel so confident that if this matter is taken up in a proper spirit, good cannot fad to result, that we urge most strongly upon all to throw their interest into tho scale.

As will be seen by announcement in another column, ' a sale of Waikato land will be held in Auckland in the month of Mny. We have on several former occasions pointed out the injustice that is entailel upon the settlers by the holding of tbc stiles in Auckland. The sjstem is little else than a premium offered to land jobbers to prosecute their speculations at the expense of the settleas. Any man who would become a purchaser at a land sale for legitimate occupation, it is fair to presume would consider the expense or the trouble of tra" veiling to the district to attend the sale as of little moment. A great number of the allotments at each sale arc put up for competition at the request o^ those who wish to purchase with the object of im" proving property already acquired and occupied' It is manifestly unfair that these men should be compelle 1 to proceed to Auckland at a cost of at leas t £5, to say nothing of the loss of time, which mns* necessarily be from three to four days. Whilst on the question of land sales, we desire to point out the necessity that exists to make it imperative tha fc every land purchase shall be mnde in the auction room. Let the sales be more frequent if necessary ; but the evil of allowing speculators to walk into the Land Office and purchase at the upset price, has proved so utteily di trimental to the interests of bona fide occupiers, that it is quite time some means were adopted to compel the land jobber fci work in daylight, and under the eyes of colonists proper. The two evils we have pointed out of the present land system are 'no apparent to require further commpnt »f. our hands, and we trust that they will receive the uttei-tion at those of the Government which the importance of the question demands.

! At last something liko substantial justicehas been tneted out to a poi-son charged with wßMilt, a.t the Police Court, Auckland, in the casr of Mr Dornwell, butcher. The frequency of thtse charges has become a matter of notoriety, as well as their cowardly nature. It will invariably be found that persons who take the law intc their own hands .-vie those possessing nnere brute strength, and who rely upon their social positions to enable them to escape by the pnyment of a small fine. At any rato in sever.il charges of gross and unpro\oked assault winch hare b en heard in the Auckland Police Court, such has been the poor satisfaction of the injnred party. This last case, however, was of suih a dastardly and un-English character —the kicking of a man in a vital part— that tho Resident Magistrate felt himself compelled to mark his sense of the offence by inflicting a month's imprisonment with hard labour in Mount Eden Gaol. Experience has proved that imprisonment for his offence is tho only deterrent. Not thirty years ago in England and Scotland 'it was considered a capital practical joke on the part of military officers and other sparks to commit unprovoked assaults on the police, who very frequently received rather rough handling. The infliction of fines was found to be powerless to check the evil, and it was not untd an in iependent magistrate comn i ted an officer to Bridewell prison for one month, an example speedily followed bj other magistrates, that terror was struck into this class of offenders. Since then a charge of thii naturo against Military officers is an unheard of oc currence. While on this subject, we may remark, that a petition to Hit Excellency Sir James Fergus*on, praying for a I'omiuion of the sentence on Mr Dornwell is in courao of signature. The grounds urged are of the roost puerile character, the chief of which appear to be " that ehe prisoner has for a long time carried on'n large business in the city," and " that ho is of an irritable temper." The more reason whyjio should be placed under restraint. We hare no doubt as to the fate of the petition, at the same time we cannot retrain from remarking that the originators have shown very bad taste and judgment in tho matter, besides conveying a reflection on the decision of the Resident Magittrate. Tho following it the addrow to the natives as reported by the Bay of Plenty Times, delivered by His Excellency die Governor when in Taupo :— " Poihipi" and all the natives preient, I heartily thank you. I bare heard that you have always been a loyal and well conducted people, and I tell you that I shall not forget you, because you are loyal good m«n. I»m glad to meet you, who are and hove always been, on our tide ; and I am glad also to meet thoie of you who have fought bravely in the ranks againit ut, and who have oom* lure thii day and expressed themselves at being now peaceable tubjects of the Queen. Th* Creator has made the world large enough for us all, and why not live at peace with each other? Let us have an end ot war and trouble. The Government of tho colony desire to acquire landt for settlement, and you ha»e asked to have townships ettnblithed It rests with yourselret whether you will sell your land or retain it ; my advice to you is do not cell it all, keep sufficient for yourselve* and your children, tho Europeans being good and evil. Some of you have acquired a liking for ttrong drink. My advice to you is this • keep from it ; make agreement with each other to keep sober, aud have order and all that is good in eacli settlement. Vsk for a nchoolto be ettablithed in ord.-r that your children may obtain the came education at European children recoive. I hope to meet you again coon, find trust that I shall lind more European tettlert retidont hore. I shall alwayt remember you and your kind facet who have given me tuch a kind and htnrfy welcome." The wheat crop in the Whau district tint year hat been excellent, both at retpects quantity and quality. Mr Allen of Mount Albert, has obtained 700 bushels from a p »rtion of his farm, or over 35 bushels to the nere, and for which he readily obtained a high figure. Mr Wilkie's lnnd hat yielded about 30 to 35 buthelt to the acre, while Mr Bray get 25 from ground that had not been turned up for years. Indeed so well satisfied are tome of the settlers with the peouniary retultt of tho venture that they intend to devote more attention to the cultivation of wheat than they have hitherto done, feeling now tahafiVd that with ordinary cure and attention the romlt will well repay their labour. The wheHt referred to was thrashed out bv Wallace* threshing machine, and we need scarcely sty, to the ontire tatitfaction of those concerned. Tbe statement that • wheat growing ■will not pay in Auckland" haa got at last to be believed through dint of sheer iteration, but the facts above named certainly thow its orroneomneet, even if we did not reraember that m years gone by the Maorit of the East Coatt and the Waikato tupphed the Auckland market with wheat, and hart a balance over for export to Auttralio.— Herald. The following public notification by tho Supermlendent appetrs in tho Provincial Gazette :— "Under and in pursuance of the powert in me vested in that behalf bv "The Impounding Act, X 867," 1 do hereby abolish, as a* public pound, those premises situated within the boundaries of the Hamilton East To-vn&hip Highway District, on allotment So. 24, Hamilton Bail, and I do herebj appoint in lieu thereof thoHO premises situated within the boundaries of the sa ' 'Ntr'er, nrppfed oi Pn I ),', • Squ ..?, Jjn <fio TIn»n ; l!o*i ' v! 1) us.vl ,> ,- y n.io :>rv yvl for ti.» purpos-s i^ •i . .t-IA-t. — .V V, >■<„:; V\ r.iu, , \,>,zii>.t *

i -.; „x uiu J i • , bu - u q \ t _ L'ummi bv Mr Lewis, of Wtllsford, Kaipara. If ia a hue b'mch. grape of delicious flavour, and grown in the open air. Adapted ni this province is for the production of the grope. | fc ht> tnno surely cannot bo fur distant when we shall bo able to dispense with the large quantities at present imported fiom Sydner. One of the effects of opening the railways North and South of the province will no doubt be to supply tlie city with cliOHp fruits. The gooseberry succeeds marvellously in the Waikato, and many of tho settlers in that diitrict are unable to consume half the quantity they raise Anyone who doubts this Ims but to pay a visit to the model ferm and orchard of Mr Reynolds, Pukenmu. — Herald. The Tribune deals with the legal profession in the following gentle terms :— " Talk of a prist-ndden countn," once said Lord We«tbury, "that England is » lawyerridden country, is beyond the possibility of denial." The remark may be applied equally to New Zealand. Already we haw a fair ahaie of lawyers— quite sufficient, and a little to spare— but what will it ho in a few years hence? The number of young persons in the colony who havo embraced the profession is amazing. In Dunedin alone, we are informed, theie are no fewer than 50 articled clerks. How will all these obtian employment? Kew Zealand is certainly a very litigious country, but we hardly thiuk that even it will bo able to support so many in the legal piofersion. The thing is overdone, and must ultimately work its own cuie. The clover men and good jurists will come to the front, while all the duller sort must go to the wall, and turn their attention to some other kind of work. An immense trade in timber is now being carried on from the Kaipara. Some idea of the magnitude of the business may be formed from the fact that on Monday last there « ere two barques and two brigs lying at the Kopuru, and no fewer than three barques and one ship lying 30 miles lower down the river waiting for a fatorablo wind to get out with full cargoes. When the railway is completed Auckland will be the dop6t for the greater portion of the timber cut in the Kaipara, which possesses a supply of limber equal to meet the requirements of the next 80 or 40 yeara. If a system of woods and forests conservation, or renovation rather, were in force, new plantations could easily be formed so as to make the yield permanent ; for what might bo planted now would be splended treei for a succeeding generation. — Cross. "Writing in reference to the ultimate route of the Waikato railway, the Taranaki Herald says :—": — " There are two theoretical lines of railway to connect New Plymouth with Auckland. One of these lines is via Cambridge, Taupo, and Wanganui ; the other by way of Alexandra and the upper waters of the Mokau, thence to tho Waitara- Wanganui line. As far as we can learn there will be no engineering difficulties in the latter route, but to convince the Government of it* adaptability to the purpose, both as regards the obtaining e.isy grades, and tho capacity of the country for settlement, it is necessary that an exploration from this end should be at once commenced." We (Otago Quardian, March 14) observe that during the past winter season 20 tinsmiths wereconstanllyemp'oved upon the Woodlunds Meat -preserving Company '• work* in tho preparation of tins for this season's supplies ; 20,000 tins of tho various sizes were on hand when the correspondent of the Bruce Herald vmted the works before the commencement of this season's operations. A sale of land m the following parishes and townships is announced to take pjace at the Waikato Lands' Office, on Tuesday, the sth May :— Village of Te Awamutu ; suburban allotments, Te Anamutu; Tuwn of Rangmri ; Town of Cambridge Ei»st ; Parish of Whangomanno ; Parish of Tmipiri ; Parish of Tuhikaramea; Parish of Puniu ; Parish of Niaroto. Tno receipts for traffic on the Canterbury railways for the month of January are nearly double those of the corresponding month last year. The figures are as follows : - Januiry, 1874, £8.123 10s Btl ; January, 1873, £4,67S Is sd. These figures arc instructive, pnmnu, «s they do, that a railway into the heart of an agricultural district is bound to create trnlfic for itself. Some time back tho Town Board of >"garuawahia purclin«ed trres for donation to those inhabitants ot the township who would undertake to protect them by fences. A number accepted theso trees and put fences round them, but in mo«t coses, of such a temporary nai lire that they are now useless We trust that this matter will receive the early attention of those concerned. Specimen stealing on the ■ art of miners tit the Thames is <.Uil rife. Two mem, Thomas Bailey nnd Eobert Robinson, wao clmrged on Saturday «t the Police Court with stealing 151b* of specimen* from the Kuranui mine. Jioth prisoners were sentenced to twelve months' hard laibour. No wonder there are no dividends for unfortunate shmeholders! Notification has been given in the Provincial Government Gazette "that pheasant u ran be hunted, shot, or killod " duniig the months of Mot, June, and July ; and native B»m<». except curlew, during tbo month* of April, May, Juno and July. The Timaru Herald ofiMbnday last says t— The farmers nro now bmy threshing m all directions, and those who have already got oats ready for sale arc in a very favorable position just now, four shillings a bushel being offered, with a prospect of a n«e. The Bruce (O\ ago) Herald is informed thnt a considerable number of sheep have recently died in various districts through their having eaten tutu*. In many of the gullies on the Terrace (Mr Ritchies run) they are to' be lound dead or dying. The Hylton Caitle arrived in harbour from London on Saturday afternoon. She had a long passage, being 112 days on the voyage. Sh« hat a general cargo and two pascengers only. There is a gradient of one in twenty on the line of rail passing through the Meat Preserving Works ot Woodlands, Otago, and the cngiue ascends and descends without difficulty. Constable Alennder Sommerville Hull, A. C, it gazotled gaoler of the public prison at Ngaruawahia. The European mail via Suez arrived in tbo Wuikito last evening. The Hon. Donald McLean arrived in Auckland by the Phoebe on Sundny morning.