"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." "0MNE SOLUM PORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1871.

Waikato Times, Volume VI, Issue 328, 20 June 1874, Page 2

"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." "OMNE SOLUM PORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1871.

The time has arrived when it wo'ild be judicious to declare the Waikafco a di.-triob under the K?gistraUon of Brands A'jt, 1871. The number of cattle owners in the district has now become so largo, that great incouvenience is experienced from the want of a propeily registered brand being 1 compulsory upon every owner. As the provisions df the Art may not be known to settlers, we will give a short digest of its enactments. Clauses 1 and 3 enact that districts may be declared by the Superintendent, who may appoint a, liegistiar. 4, 5/ and 6. Every liegij-lrar shall; on payment of 10s> register any selected brand on application, provided it does not too closely resemble any oilier previously legitstered btiind. Tlio leg'isfoi 1 to bo open for ins{ection at nil reasonable hours. The peison regihteiiug 1 a brand to have the exclusive ust; of it within the district. 7. The ileyislrar may enter upon any lands sit all times for the purpose- of examining and notiny tho brands on any sheep, eaUJe, ov horses that nvay bo thereon. Any person obstructing him to bo liable to a penalty of ,1110. 8. Any person couvictcd of defacing- or altering, to be liable to imprisonment for any term not exceeding four months. 0 and 10. Every owner of sheep or cattle to qlve notice to neighbours in writing two clear days before musteringPenalty for omitting to do so, any sum not exceeding <£10. The Amendment Act, pasocd in the following Session of the Council, enacts that every brand in use at any time tlio Act shall come into operatioiii shall be te< i i-,t* i i« ! \ulhni two mouths by the person using it Onao^ion to register renders the defaulter l.able to ii poiulty not exceo liug £50. Tfc also pi"ovi(.'cs> l'.i.ic ovcry b:aud ttli.dl be rigislcred before beiny Uj<'d; tho!>c fLiihng to

do :-o 1,0 \m hablu to ii fine net exceeding iHD All owiioLs of c.iLfclo we leol onHduiiL wim d l>o l,euu lilted liy tin- Act b.'tiu^ brought into foi-co in this •tinti-icL, iind wu ir.i-t that they will lake .skips to m.lui'e tin 1 Hiiiicnnti'iidenL to declare the Act in force: iv tiio W.uLito

The inquest- on the man found dead outhidc Mr Mher'ey's JF-i tl at R'ligiiui lias boon adjourned, pending a post m n tun c\.uiiiii I'lmi \)r lii'.ilt*, we undeistand, wis teJc•iianhod for on Thui>|'iy U-r, hut when the coach passed yesterday lv hid nut anived. We are glad to i'md tli.iL in re is a remote probability of our run U b. m_' bi tt»»«* attended to than hitherto. 11h Honor fio Sujieiml 'iidoiit lias intimated, and the Council has approved, I hit ifc h thi' intention to make the road from X^aruawahu to Cambridge, and that from Xgamaw alna to Alexandra Ulj pioposed to do thia work out of the, propoihon of tiio proeeerla lio-n the vile of tin con fiscal oil lauds iVottud I) 3' the Colonial Government to bo expended by the Provincial authorities. Wo fear that tlio stable door is .shut a littlo too late; hod (he proposed system been in vogue for some jeai>, the Wo-ikalo s>ettler 0 would have little to coniplaui of to-day. The annual proceeds from tho sale of confiscated lands will bo less than hitherto from the reduction in quantity, although the very large increase m value will compensate to tome extent. We re^iet to announce tlio deith of Mr A. S Hall, the Gaol-keeper at Ngaruawahn. He had served for a conbideiablo tune in the Armed Const abulary, and on a°count ot his failing hedthwa-- moniiiiciidcd for the position of giol-keeper He wa3 will lespcoled m the force to w ll ich lie beloni'pd, and b^ i ivdi in-, who lml dealings w ,th him He will he buried at J o'cloilc, tins duv. We understand Mint, a eon-.iderablo number of Orangemen and Odcltellows will attend, the deceased belonged to both orders. lAir the List tuo or three d.i\s % great deil of unneee-^irj' fins has bei.n m-ide in the te'.eai mis about a certain Turn- I kutu, a natne of the North lslond, who had been missing from the settlement of Jxuiti for some daja. Onodxy we iiie inlornicd J-lut it wa» supposed he hud fallen in with some " fricndlie-.," anil that the^ had lulled him in order to sc( nro the Government ivward. Then, a day later, we are told, at the rate of so much n, word along the wire, that it was llicghfi po--«ihle he might be hing dead in the bush. In fait tncre was .is much fu--s made about him as though he bad been the Hon. the Premier, or his Excellency tbo Governor himself. And now wo bieathofieely again, for we learn by the latest '" bulletin" that ho lias turned up all right, and is laughing m Ins slee\e nt tho excitement his ib-eneo h:-s created. It nppenis that Mr Puiukutu has been I -rmlessl} emplo>ing hinibclf in the very prai«oworlhy work >>i cutting iia-^. Hcully we are sick ofihese senseless native I li'i;i.unf. It is a matter of puferfc liuhflcirncc to us whether a Mil on, either fnondly or ui)fricndl\, is lost in the buh or not. Indeed, had the man been killed, we are by iio means sure that it would have been a source of gre'tt iv',;ret to an} body ; at all events the mere intimation of the i k t would have boon quite suUieient. unless Mr Purukutu, or whatever native it mi^lit happen 1o be, chose to pay his own wire charges. "Wo trust the Anglo-Australian Association will fake the hint, and not trouble us with such rubbish in future.- — Olaqo (Jitcii'dicn. It will be set n by an ach ertisement in another column that Mr 11. O. Brown will vi^it this district tbreo times yearly for the purpose of tuning and putting in order, pianofortes. We notice that Mr Brown holds certificates of competency from some of the leading manufacturers m England. The visits of Mr Brown will prove a great boon to those settlers who have instruments which hitherto have been allowed to go to ruin from want of a little timely attention. I 1; will be seen in our digest oflho proceedings in the Provincial Council, that Mr Giaham lias moved an address to tho Superintendent requesting him to urge upon the Colonial C!o\ernment the ad \ inability of extending the telegraph from "Waiiiku to Port "Wsuk.ito. "Wo trust thai this work will be carried out as it would p^ove a great convenience to settler .. It is purposed to hold the following idiqious senice^ in tho Waikalo 10-nwi >w. Chinch of Eng'anit — Hamilton, II o.ni. 5 Ngaruaw.ihia, <> -10 p.m. ; Ale\.ui(lia, 11 a.m.; To Awamutn, 3 p».i.; Kiln kiln, 030 pm. "Wcsleyan Methodist — Cambiidgi', 11 urn ; Pukeriinit, 230 p.m. ; Hamilton, 030 pn. United Prcrabytenuu andCongiegutional — To Awamutn, 11 a.m. We learn that Ibex- will be u meet ing of the Mvonic L'xlge Beta, at the lla\.i\ Hotel, Hamilton, on Wednesday, the 2ilh, to celebi.ite Ihe annuersary ot St. John (ho iUipli.st. There will bo u dinner :d(cn\auN, to whicli beveral vMfroiN are invited. All haMng clmns at;iin-f the Hamilton FJour Mill Compain, are ieqtie«ted to send them m forthwith. We understand ii u nl at"*limoiiial is m course of bom? got up to Mr Carler, thedmcr o( the WaiKalo coach, in acknowledgment of his ability as a driver, and uniform civility and i'.tte.itiou to travellers. We learn that a petition against flic Education Act, the ta\ing cliuses in particular, has been foi warded to tho Suncnniendent. T!io inward mail via San Frncisco is expected in Auckland to-day, bo that letters and p:i|ieis may be looked for in tho Waikato by Monday's coach.