"OMNE SELUM FORTI PATRIA" THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 301, 16 April 1874, Page 2

"OMNE SELUM FORTI PATRIA" THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1874.

It is curious to observe how some people, even those who protect themselves under the " we," are dazed by the spectacles through which they see. Out conteinpoiary the Cross holds the opiuion— u A s additional information arrives from Waikato, we more than ever doubt the propriety of His Excellency paying a visit to Ngaruawahia at the present time." As xegards the information at the disposal of our contemporary, we can only say that he is either purposely misinformed or his sources of information are particularly prolific of misstatemonfcs. To commence : In his issue of Monday last, be commented on the meeting between Mr Mackay arid Kewi. His version is, " Rewi declines to speak of the past troubles in the Waikato and the estrangement still existing, in Mr McLean*s absence. Had Manuwhiri (the King's adviser) been present, they would, he said, have settled the whole matter." This is simply untrue ; what Rewi said was — " I wish to see Air McLean about Taupo affairs ; I will talk to him about that question, as I have had previous dealings with him in that matter. I am pleased with Mr Mackays administration of affairs at Waikato, and wished to see him to let him know that he left it to him (Maukay) and Manuwhiri to arrange that matter, as lie had altogether withdrawn from taking part in questions affecting Waikato. lam going to Waikato and will see Mr McLean there ; Mackay can remain and look after Waikato." The two versions of the same story are very different, and ours is the correct one. How easy it is to tell a little truth, and to highly colour that little is a fact so well known and so largely acted upon by all connected with the native department, that only a small decimal is believed of any statement that emanates from the department or any of its officials. We can only attribute onr contemporary's doubts as to tne desirability of the Governor visiting Ngaruawahia, during the absence of Mr Maclean, to fear felt by the party tli© Crass represents, that His Excellency will see with his own eyes ani form an intelligent opinion of the state of affairs. His Excellency has given it pretty closely 'to he uqderstood that he will only meet loyal natives A fear, perhaps, has orossed iliK uiiuii of our contemporary that the attendance will cousist only of those who are receiving Government pay, or what is more lively, be fears that the prescription of th& HtdJ Doctor will b&

blazoned to the world. The power aud piestigu of many men bangs on the very slender tbiead of belief based on want of knowledge. It is true that comparative peace and quietness has prevailed under the administration of Mr McLean, but no man who has watched carefully the course of events can help feeling that peace has been purchased dearly, and in a manner that reflects little credit on anybody concerned. Wo rejoice that His Excellency is about to visit the district unaccompanied by the Minister who has the power of making matters appear — to the uninitiated eye — of any colour that he may desire. If the visit of His Excellency only leads him to have the curiosity to spend some of his spare time in the Native Office, good to the colony cannot fail to eventuate. We are confident that the settlers will welcome His Excellency most cordially, if only for the reason he has asserted to the natives* the dignity of the Crown he represents.

In reply to an enquiry bj telegraph, the secretary of His Excellency the Governor has forwarded the following .—. — " His Excellency has no objectien whatever to receive an addreis. He hopes settler* w ill do what they are disposed to" We remind settlers that a meeting will be held this evening at the Delta Hotel, Ngaruawahia, to consider an address to the Governor on his first visit to the Waikato. I His Ezcelloncy J. Dv Cane, the Governor of South Aus- ' tralia, will accompany Sir James Ferguson to the WaiLato. The vice-regul party will arrive at Ngaruawahia on Monday evening. We understand that it is the intention of the natives to ask His Excellency to allow them to paddle him from Taupin to Ngaruawahia in their large war canoe, which is being decorated for the occasion. The Hon Dr Pollen will arrive at Ngaruawahia to-day, ai.d, we learn, will remain in the district till after the Governor's visit. Mr Kirby's tender for the construction of ten miles of railway between. Mercer and Rangiriri has,, we learn, been accepted. The following were the tenderers : — Mr Edger, £33,567 17* 6d ; Mr Taylor, £33,485 ; Mr Kirby. £31,513 4s 6d ; Mr Beetham, £34,300 j Mr R. Marten, £26,500. A meeting of the Waikalo Turf Club was held on Tuesday, at the Hamilton Hotel. Messrs Carpenter, Hammond, and Runciraan were appointed a committee to ascertain what land suitable for a Race-course can be obtained, and on what terma, and report result to meeting of the Club to be held on Monday, the 27th instant. By the last Suez mail Dr Hector received from th* AgentGeneral half-a-dozen diaper towels, made from the phormium tenax exported from this colony to London. The phormium was spun by Messrs Einlayson and Ronsfield, of Johnston, near Glasgow, and manufactured by Mr T. W. Lockhart, of Kircaldy. The towels are said not to be of very fine quality, which is accounted for by the inferior phormium operated on. — Cross. A sheep farmer in the Clutha district write* to the Bruce Herald that until lately he shared in the common belief that hawks are an unmitigated nuisance, but having accidentally stumbled over a hawk* nest, he had the curiosity to examine it, and found one egg inside and thirteen rats' tails lying in a little heap outside. His opinion of them haa since considerably improved. He no longer shoots them. One of the first commercial results of the establishment of the San Francisco mail service, says the Herald, U a redaction in the cost of conveying wool from the Australias to New York. The company advertises in Sydney that they will convey wool through to New York at Ijd per lb., and no doubt the same rates will be conceded to shippers from New Zealand. The Poverty Bay correspondent of the Hawke's Bay Herald says :—": — " The rage for sheep-farming appears to be unabated, and we hear daily of negotiations being carried on for the transfer of pastoral property, whilst several of our settlers are continually on the gui vive with regard to tb» acquisition of new country." At meeting of Committee of the Wesleyon Church, beld on Monday lust, April Is, it was resolved to hold the anniversary service,* in the We«sleyan Chnrch, Cambridge, on Sunday. .April 26 ; on the following Wednesday, the annual soiree will luke place in the schoolroom, at (j p.m. Wp obi s^rro, after tea addresses will be delivered by the Re\s Reid, Bunn, ThoniiiH, mid other*. In addres-ing- the Hectors of Heathcote, and in reply to a question from a ]VJr Hull, the Hon Mr Stafford stated that he considered that in this country there was no one rave or people who should ride rough-shod over others.. They should consider themselves us New Zealanders, and lie-hoped that there children would call themselvaa by that name. The affair* of the colony would never be thoroughly well managed until they had a legislature composed of nativeborn N?w Zeatonder.s. Canterbury people are becoaiing alive to the fact thai in selling their land's os they have recently been doing they are parting with their birthright fer a mess of pottage. A Christohurch correspondent of the Herald writes — "The land sales are continuing to present enormous proportions, over £20,000 worth having been dNposed of the other day at one sitting of the Board. The worst feature in fclnr business ! is thnfc as a rule the land is bought in very lnrge blocks, and ' fulls into the bunds of capitalists and speculators. Ol course she money is paid down on th» nail, but how much better for the country to tee the land bought up in smaller blocks and for bond fide settlement. Most people have heard of the Treaty of Waitangi, yet few I'ave read it. We extract the following from a contemporary :— " Her MBJesty Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, regarding with her royal favour the native chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and anxious to project their just rights and property, and to secure to them the enjoyments of peace and good order, has deemed it necessary, in consequence of the great number of Her Majesty't subjects who have already settled in New Zealand, and the rapid extension of emigration both from Europe and Australia, which is still in progres*, to coastituta and appoint a functionary properly authorised to treat with the- aborigines of New Zealand, for the recognition of Her Majesty's Sovereign authority over the whole or any part of those ishnds. Her Majesty, therefore, being desirou* to establish a tettled form of Civil Government, with a view to avert the evil consequences which must result from the absence of the necessary J.iws and institutions, alike to the native population and to Her Majesty's subjects, bnu been graciously pleased to empower and authorise one William Hobson, a Captain in Her Majesty's Royal Navy, Consul and Lieutenant-General of such parti of New Zealand as may be or hereafter shall be ceded to Her Majesty, to invito the confederated and independent chiefs of New Zealand to concur in the following Articles nrd conditions: — Article 1 : The chiefs of the united tribes of New Zealand, and the separate and" independent chiefs who have not become members of the confederation, cede to her Majesty the Queen of England, absolutely and without reservation, all the rights and power of sovereignty which the etid confederation and individual chief* respectively exercise or possess, or may be supposed to exercise or possess over their respective territories as the 6ole Sovereigns thereof. Article 2: Her Majesty the Qnecn confirms and guarantees to the chiefs and tribes of New Zealand, and the respective families and individuals thereof, the full exclusive and undioturbed possession of their lands and estates, forests, fisheries, andofcher properties which thoy may collectively or individually possess, so long as it is thoir wish and desire to retain the samo in their possession, but the chiefs of the united tribes and the individual chiefs yield to Her Majesty the exclusive right of pre-emptioa ov«r such lands as the proprietor* thereof may be duposptf to aleniote at such prices as may be agreed upon between the respective proprietors and persons appointed by Her Majesty to treat with them in that behalf. Article 3 : In consideration thereof, Her Majesty the Queen of England extends to the natives of New Zealand her royal protection, and imparts to them all the rights and privilege? of British subjects.— W. Hobson, Lt.-Governor. Now therefore. We the chiefs of the confederation of the united tribes of New Zealand having assembled in congress at Victoria, in Waitangi, and we the separated and independent chiefs of Now Zealand claiming authority over the tribes and territories which are specified after our respective names/having been made fully to under»tnnd the provisions of the foregoing treaty, actept and enter into the samo in 'the full spirit andmeaning thereof, in witness of which wo have attached our signature* and marks at the places and dates respectively specified. Done at Wtitangi, thin sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty." The Age nt- General telegraphs to the Colonial Government the despatch of vessels during the month of March, carrying in all 4420 immigrants. Of thoso, 630 soul* are fnr Auckland, 1500 for Otago, 1320 fer Lrttelton, and for Nnpier 340 iouli. The proportion which the sexes bear to eacli other are nofc given. Tliose for Auckland will bo heartily welcomed, all kinds of useful manual labour being in demand, while of women for domeitic and farm *ervice we can, within certain limits, scarcely have too many. Tht i Premier, since interesting himself in the immi«,'ratirQ. department appean to have arouied our formerly lethargic AgentGeneral into action. It is, however, to be greatly dosirod that quality has not been overlooked in the anxiety to obtain numbers. The vessels which sailed during tho month mentinned were Weighted with some 3000 tons of railway material. — Herald. Mr Alfred UiicManA will sell by auction nt the residence of Air Farrell, Hamilton, on Monday, the 27th imtant, bin furniture and bouwhoM effects, iiho a large number of wollbred otttle. The «al« will be extensive and doubtlew attract • large number of purchaser!. • Mr J. £"iox wil! £*H bj auction on Saturday n»rt, tb» I go^rls Airne^ni from the late fire belongi^ to Yr Hough

Tut* failown.g loitoi up^oucU m t ie lo'uunij i<l >lie IT. /j Herald — Sir : I eeo the New Zealand Agricultural Society have recently had a mooting at Otabuhu. The subject of au ex|>erimental furiu was discussed at tho meeting. Would they not do more for tho farming interests of this province were thpy to use their tune and influence for the purpose of establishing a model farm (not to curry out the whims of any oue) /"or tho training of our souths who are* to follow farming as a business 3 It 13 well known that many of those who turn farmers here have not been brought up to it, mid many others are those who have laboured on farms, and who know littlo of the principles of farming, or of the different soils. What an advanatge to maiiy of those if they could send their sons for a time to such a model farm, where they would receive some practical training in the principles of rotation, manuring, soils, chemistry, drainage, <fee, all of which are necessary to modern farming. Xot the least, in my opinion, would be the economy of labour. It must bo evident to anyone that croping requiroa labour, and labour at a high price must not be wasted. How many of our farmers could crop their farms and employ labour to tho best advantage? Is this not one of the reasons why cropping will not pay, n»d that so many are rearing stock and employing no labour ? I throw out this suggestion ; but there wtfl be one great hitch m our farmers seeing it, — that is, everyone thinks he can farm, and, as Mr Gillies said at the meeting, ''every man thinks himself the best farmer.'' The Dorette arrived in our waters yesterday from London,, haying three ' hundred and nineteen immigrants on board, which incluJes ninety -six childivn. We regret to aav that it has been deemed necessary as a precautionary measure by the health officer, to place the ship in quarantine. The detention is not likely to be of any duration. Eight cassaof scarlatina were reported, but during thel&st ten days of tho passage no sickness had occurred, the patient* having become convalescent. Two infanta died dunwg the passage, but not; from fevers. Tup general health and condition of the immi-' grants is said to be excellent. It is quite probable that when the Dorette has been fumigated, and the passengers more closely examined, sho will be admitted to pratique.— Herald ' Taking the wheat and barley at 4,i 6d and oats at 4s per I bushel, Jhe gross value of the gram produced in Canterbury this year is calculated by the Frets at £050,905, or £12 per bead of the population. Contracts are called foa the construction of two bridges between Taupin and Ngaruawahia-