The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 337, 11 July 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, JULY 11, 1874.

Lime above till other fertilizers is that most required in the Waikato. The exceedingly heavy freight from Auckland is almost prohibitory of its importation. It is well known that deposits of liincslono can be procured within a short distance from the Waipa liver; the cost, however, of making a tramway to its bunks Avould be greater than is likely to be undertaken by private enterprise. We suggest that a company should be formed for the purpose of producing and delivering lime on the banks of cither of our rivers. It would bo to the interest of every farmer in the district to' take shares,, and we feel confident, that the company would pay good interest on the capital invested.^ We are aware that the majority of our settlers have quite as much on their hands as they can well manage with the capital at their disposal — those who will urge this fact as an excuse could be reminded that taking a share in the company would in reality be investing £h to procure that 'which is absolutely necessary for their land if they aro to cultivate it on the most advantageous principles. It would, be better that each settler should take one or tw6 shares than that a few of the most wealthy should, invest a considerable sum in the undertaking. In the former case it would be toJJic interest of the shareholders to spll ai as, reasonable a rate vfo possiblo t whereas in the latter, the payment of.a. largo dividend would bo the primary object. We trust that this matter will meet with the earnest consideration of those, who from their intelligence and socia.l position, are able to influence their neighbors to exert themselves for their own benefit. We invite' correspondence in order that the most s,uitablo place for operations may bo made" clear.

Homo information lvspcofintf Llto "llmd-book for Now Zealand" has at lust been ehcitpd fr«m Uio Premier. That gent lonian lins confessed to the. Ifouco that ho undertook in its compilation a work thnfc enta'led more attention than ho vas in a position to n'vo Jt j, m liml Hint lie was not. cqvial lo Iliu crlf-iinposed ta«k. If ilhismliri)*bion could possibly huve the < fleet, of rcl urniiiy in(,o the collars of the exchoquer Jho money that has been frittered iiwny upon what Mr WukeL'eld oonsidera a v^eless pvoduuliou, the result would bomueh more calisfnctory* Wo, in connnon with othei* journals in the colony, hnvo not been fiwouicd wfth ft copy. 3?roni tho illicit nifliiner in which the pren has been domed its perusal, it is not unlikely thot tho woik is of n elmrncter that will not -xiffer the oidcal of critici-Hi. Wo caa only account for the the delay that hna taken placo in its publication by tho iMipposilion thnt tho Premier a not jirourf of bis production. Why the \york did not emanate from tho 'Government printing oßlcv iiflcr il» homing, .been " pet up" in (ypo and twelve impressions "pulled" must boa tnjbtory to thoso posseFsing :m nc[iiaintance with tho art of prinh'nir. Hiilcss it <M!i be allributmf to i>hm reasou* wo have just given. The (ioveriiinenl pnntin}? ofiico during a great part of tbo year h.is but. little lo. da, and.wt^'aire of opinion fhnti it would luvp liecn economical, and not detracted from Iho apponr,n i c ' f i lvi v.oit, bad itasproduuticm b«eu entiusted to that institution.

Iho 11. n the 2}.ili\ttand 1) litm M.nii»tt>i (\i, Mclii'j.n) nrni'l . tlfonilika. front Melbourne on tl'c lat nn,t , r i iiml* (<>!• It is satiefauton to luio.v tli.it he upon whom ell'] end.*, the udiintii-liatioii ol one o( tlio moit mljjlity iim-tioiis vi.li rthich our le^i-iati\e Ikis» to deal ha* arrived d In-* |fo-t Tihmv is Id Uo room lor doubt that considerable i\tere-t will in ftil uro bo taken by members in Lite treatment <>l tin* tuilive question, and it is a mutter £<tv congi at illation that 'Hch 13 the cusi . The clay when members coull be. silenced at tlio will of the Defence Minister when questioning the. uisdoin o''his policy is, fortuualeiy for the eountrv, past. Southern ai well us Northern mcmbois luuo r-eeii tho tk-tiiriibilify of giving tno subject more attention than they "hivo hitlterto bestowed upon it, and will therefore, no di.ubt, demand that informution be gnen them. A meeting of lbs JNow Z<-.ilatul Asrirnltural Society was held last Tuesday at tho Criterion Hotel, Otahuhu. The filloning resolution in refeienci! to holding the next tluwat KUeraliu was agreed to : — "That the managing committee li.ive full power to conclude arrangements with the ltacin CT i C'lubcoinmitleeon the basis mentioned bythe viee-prjsident.'* Tho following letter Jrom che Waitiku Agricultural Association w a lend— The Association did not consider that the proposed ploughing and draining match was. of a provincial eharacler, and \\a. j not in a sufficiently central position to contribute towards it; but if the Kew Zealand Agricultural jii ccty would get up a really provincial one, and in a more eentr.il plnee thin Mangorc, tho Association would assist to it* utmost ability." The letter was ordered to he on the table Freemasonry is apparently making groat strides in Britain. A home paper iiiys there are 153 Freemasons in the present Biitisb. Parliament — 55 in the Lords and 78 in the Com toons. An extensive cattle market is being erected near Ohristehureli. The land is ten acres in extent, and the accomodation will be equal to 1000 head of cattle, 10,000 sheep/1000 pigs, and 200 calves. It ia to cost £5000. ! John Eascoo and James Dobbins, the two men who killed a man in a house of ill-fame in Auckland, have got off 'lvcry cheaply. They wore only found guilty of the crime of m; n slaughter, and' sentenced to five and four yenrs penal seni tudo respectively. Wo agree with our Auckland contemporary that Ihe eentencoj considering the enormity of the crime, i* exceedingly light. To kill a man as pointed out appears in the eyes of the law "a lesso? crime than appropriating funds bo'onging to another." Somo few days since we announced that an attempt was about to bo made to navigate tho Piako rhoi- by steamer. 1 We have just recoivod information that the effort has been successful. Great credit is duo to those who were instrumental in proving the capabilities of the stream, as the circumstanco will prove of incalculable benefit, to the settlers, of what will doubtless before long become a populous- and thiiving district. The following advert isemont appears in iiTarnnafei paper? Ileury Wright, A C, not being at present in n position to pay his creditors most respectfully nsks theui to wait till ho is in funds, when ho will pay ail demands j and hopes as blood cannot be drawn from stones, they w ill accept this intimation. Sir Stafford 11. North coto. tho new Chancellor of the Exchequer, said, when speaking on tho financial affairs of Groat Britain :— ' Tha^sinco 18-12, the sum of £70,190,000 hove beon paid off tho National Debt ; and in 1885, at tho present rate of reduction, other fjOjOOO.OOO" wiH have been paid off. It is purposed to- hold the following religious services in tho Waiknto to-morrow:— Church of England — Ohaupo, 11 a.m. ; Te Anamulu, 3 p m. ; Alexandra, 7 p.m. ; 2Tgaruawahia, 1\ a.m. ; Cambridge, 11 a.m. j Hamilton, 630 p.m. Wcsleyan Methodist— To Awamutu, 11 a.m ; Pukerimu, 2.30 p.m.; Alexandra, 2.30 p.m .; Cambridgo, 6.3o p.m. United Presbyterian and Congregational— Kihikihi, 3 p.m. Nearly 5,000 labourers left England for Now Zealand alone during the month of April. Many of these have gone from Oxfordshire and the adjoining counties, and the present month will see an exodus of another 5,000 ormora, some ships having already sailed, and others being on the eve of doing so. All that parcel of land situated in tho Taupo District, containing 584 acres, more or lees, known by tho name of the Nukuhau-lopuwaeharuru Block (middle),"havo been declared to be waste lands of the Cronn. Mr A. Cairns, long and favourably Known in connection with tbo mail steamboats, announces his having taken the Koyal Mail Hotel. Victoria street, Auckland. The house has been renovated and furmshod throughout , and settlors may rely upon meeting with the utmost attention and eh ility from tho hostIt will bo seen by advertisement that Mr It. Arthur, of Aucklanxl has Coliforninn outs for sale at 5s per bushel. What are our farmers thinking about, that they lose such splendid opportunities of making their land pa) them ? Mr Kennedy Hill will sell, this day, at Ohaupo, a number of cnttle, farming utensils, &.cThe schooner Charybdis has sailed from Lyttelton for tho Wa\kato with 1,300 sacks wheat, and 300 sacks oats, consigned to Mr llobert Lamb.