The Waikato Times. " OMNE SOLUM FORTH PATRIA." THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VI, Issue 321, 4 June 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. " OMNE SOLUM FORTH PATRIA." THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1874.

We re»ret that we are called upon to annonnco tho emit, moated departure of tbe Rev Father Ilojno from the Waikuto, more particularly ns tlio immediate cau«e of his leaving is inability to perform the arduous duties which r.ecessarily devolve upon a priest in sole charge of 60 siattered a district as the Wnikato. He has exercised his sacred office for some years in the district, and during that time has been most zealous in the performance of his numerous duties We feel confident that our expression of ■orrovr at his departure, and hearty wish that his boalth will improve and that a long life of prosperity and happi* 1 t»s is in itore for him, will be echoed by a very largo proportion of the settlers, no matter what their sect or (i cud. We understand that the rev gentleman will leave by coach on Saturday to assume charge of tho parish of Punmuro and Howick. A "monster" meeting was held iv the Mechanics'lntitule, Auckland, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of protesting against the proposed Education Tux. There were about GOO present. Mr J. M. DargavUle was in the chair. The two following resolutions were carried :—": — " That it is the opinion of this meeting that tho educational wants ftiid requiiemeiita of the children of the centres of population arc amply supplied, and cipable of being liberally paid for by their parent* or guirdims " "That a monster petition hi presented to hi* Honor the Superintendent, calling upon him lo exeroue his power and authority under the 27th cl ime of the Constitution Act by refusing hia assent to any IJul fur an educ.it ion schema that has to be sustained by either a poll lax or a system of coercive taxation, or tending to trench on tho ctv.l or religious liberty of the people." We believe that the lirst pigeon match that has ever taken place id the Wiukato wa* f.rjd on Saturday lust, in a paddock attached to the Ohaupo hotel. The terms were — 20 \urds rise and 80 \ardn fall, 7 bird* each man. The pigeons winch were provided by Mr Edwai'ls, were in fine fiying order, winch probably account* for the shooting being indifferent. Captain Daweon was the winner with atotal of nine on'y. Tuo following are tbe scores:— Mr Hammond, 5; Ciptuin Morrison, 6; Captain IL.ch, <1; Mr K. Hill, 8; iJaptain Daw son, 9. We understand that a sweepstakes vud be fired on Satin day next, at 12 o'clock, by leveral fur it considerable sum of money, lhe sport will f like plaie in the panic paddock aa tho matcli reported abovo. A dipustiouiji fiie took place at Newmai kct, on Sunday fjiotiuiifXi nt 1 o'clock. The fire ooTxmeiited in the tinsmith* fiop of Mr V/it'iurl'ord. The total Una nuiounts to £5125. Tie tot ul insurance being only £1957. The detailed amount <ii 1 iet .uid insuruuce is as loll<i«3: — Mr Wlntherford, loss JJILB2S, insu a ice £625 ;Mr JenLin,, llosl o> s £1400, iusuratue jLlod ; Mi Mi-Neil, losj £1000, hibiirance JtlOJ; Mr Morgun, loas £700, incui-auco £150; llr Wriglcy, lo»a £510,

Tiae following dibciia-iou iihjlv [>I ill; in ilio I'r muLial C >uncil on the nutiun,— "T Kit in the oijtmou of this C >unul it is ikti^Je to open up fi road between the T lames ami W.nLito, via 0 m\imuri ; and thit a lespectful add-ess be pusented to his Honor the Superintendent asking him to place on the .idditional tstmiAtes a sum of money sufficient io e<wry out tb is work." — Mr Swan said it was unnecessary for him to say much in favor of this lesolution, tlie advantages of such a road as the one in question being geneially admitted. The Go\ eminent ought, as well as to make the road, to opeu up the blocks of land along the country through which it would pass. If Ohinen un were not sptedily opened, it would fall into the hands of land sharks. Mr Brown supported the motion. The importance of the road was second to that of none in the province. A good start might havo been made by building a bridge across the Kauwaeranga, a work much needed, and which would open up 15 or 20 miles of country in the hands of Europeans. The General Government — through some mysterious policy of the Nativo Office — had obstructed the opoumg up of Ohinon.uri and land in the Waikato. He had been informed that the natives of Ohinemuri were willing to sell the land, but that the General Government interposed obstacles They had issued instructions to their agont to prevent the pasiing of lands from the natires to European buytra. In the case of Sir Young they instructed their agent to throw obstacles in the wuy of his purchasing the land. Captain Johnson would support the motion, but thought the worn was one for the General Government to undertake. Mr Byron spoke in favor of the construction of the proposed road. Mr Carpenter said the road was a very c isy one to construct, .and not only would the Thames and Waikato be benefitted by it but Auckland also. He believed that with regard to his colleague* remarks about the Native Office that the road could not at present be taken all the way on account of objections on the part of the natives, Captain Morris supported the motion. Mr Cadnian said directly they applied to the General Government to assist them in constructing a road a " native difficulty " would crop up. He spoke strongly in favor of the motion, and urged that the road should be commenced at once. Mr B.UI said the ro*d might be a very desirable one to make, but where was the money to come from ? Mr Bagnail in reply said ho believed tho General Government were doing something towards malting the road, and would be willing to co-operate with the Provincial Government in accomplishing tho work. The construction of the road would open a large field of labor aad iaduce a considerable amount of settlement. Motion agreed to. The Queenslander says that in the very last speech his Excellency Sir Georgn Boren made during his lato visit to Tasmania, ho spoke words which deserve all the publicity tho Australasian Sketcker can give them. He said that his position with respect to the ladies of Victoria was something of a parental one, a fatherly kind of regard, as it wore, to his daughters. We have often heard young men speak of their father as the l Governor,' but have not thought it a proper way of addressing a parent. Now, however, that his Excellency is prepared to assume parental responsibilities, no objection cm be taken to our girls using the expression ; and those who dislike slang have to thank Sir George for legahsiug an impropriety of speech that has often grated on their ears. In future., when tho girls spexk of their new-found father, it should be as the ' dear governor.' It is considered by many that, paragraphs which often find their way into newspapers, containing particulars of large hail stones which have fallen at different times, are merely emanations from the fertile brain of a reporter hard up fora local. In the present instance, however, such is not the case though we state that during the stormy weather on Sunday last, hail stones an large as good-sized hen's- eggs fell, doing much damage to the windows of houses against which they happened to strike. The hail storm in tbis instance uas inland ; but, had it passed over th ? town, there is no saying what destruction it might havo caused. We leum that, in the houses of Mr Standish and Mr Ro i siter, several panes of glass were broken j besides other damn^e being dorip.. Mr A. Colson was near Mr Uj'john's place wbon the hail •tones— or, rather, pieces ot ice — fell ; and be brought several into town with Inm. Some of those we saw would not go in an eg<j cup. They took nil manner ol curious shapes ; some being pointed, whilst others resembled small kerosene hand lamps. Such a storm lias never been witnessed here before, and it is to be hoped tint we sluill never again be visited by another. — Taranalei Herald, May 27. A philosophical militiaman inllawke's Bay thus expresses himself regarding his twelve years' service in our national force. He sajs : — " As I wns only a nnlitiunmn, nnd one on whom my country depends to delend its heiirths and homes, I was not tnuglit to use my En field ; in twelve jcars I have only fired once ot a target, and then I missed it ; but what dyl it matter so long as mv thumb was m tin? front of tho rifle at the ' border harm*,' and I tover my front ra'iik man? I never could moke out how we were bothered with rifles at all. We could bay* through our drill just us well w ith Yankee brooms ; they would have been safer, nnd I fancy the Maoris would have been quite as much impressed with our appearance. In the course of my military cureer I have been inspected a good many times, but I have never been nskod if I could shoot n haystack. Great importance, however, was attached to the angle which the toes of my boots described ; and I have no doubt my boots, in the event of an engagement would have been far more serviceable to me tbon my riflr." An inquest into the cause of the burning of tho store bolonping to Mr C. Bell, at Churchill, was held on Tuesday, hy W. N. Searanckt*, Esq., Coroner. A respectable jury was srtorn, of which Mr Shirley was elected foreman. Five witnesses were examined, but as neither had seen the fire till the building was enveloped in flames ; they were of course unable to stale how it originated, nil stated that no fire had been near tho building, and their impression was, that tho store was fired by lightning, as a very heavy thunderstorm had taken place that night. The jury recorded a verdict to the effect that the fire arose from accident. Tl.e Prince of Wales is proprietor of a newspaper. Tho property consists of Vanity Fair, now raised in price to one shilling. It is also stated that most of the paragraphs are supplied by titled contributors. Only three numbers have come under this new manngement, one of tho cartoons boing tin' Duke of Edinburgh tuning his violin. It will interest many of the Waikato settlers to hear that nmon«r the officers who distinguished themselves in Hie Asliantee war, and who have been rewarded with promotion nnd the C.B , appear the names of Colonel McNeil, V.C. ; Colonel Baker, 18th Regiment ; Colonel Greaves, late 70th Reciment, and Mnjor Rait, Royal Artillery. Napier papers state that the Bank of Australosia is about opening a branch there. A site lias been secured immo dmtely opposite the Bank of New Zealand, and the premises are to be at once altered so as to meet the requirements of the Bank. We havo reason f o believe that the cutter Dawn was lost during the storm of Sunday night. She was last seen oIF the Waikato Heads on Sunday, at 3 p.m. She was then standing south; the wind at tho time was from the south-west. Land must be getting nearly as valuable in Dunedin as it is in Melbourne. It was at the rate of £90,000 per acre that the freehold on which Oriental Hotel, Princes-street, wa« sold the other flay. The Utayo Guardian says that applications for shares in the Colonial Bank are coming in fast, and already 31,000 sharf s have been applied for. On Sunday ni«ht tho Government itore at the Waikato Heads was blown down.