The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSAY, JULY 16, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 339, 16 July 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. " OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSAY, JULY 16, 1874.

We arc glad that Mr Gillies lias succeeded in turiying Iris uiulion for an enquiry into the ChapmanWard scandal. Nothing could bo much tend to evil as that two Judges should remain undci a cloud. One ov the other, as* Major Atkinson veiy tritely remarked, is unfit to bit upon the Bench. On the one hand, if Judge Chapman swerved one tittle from his duty to favour any litigant for the reasons alleged by Judge Ward, the sooner he is relieved from his honourable- position the Letter ; on the other, if Judge Ward is Tumble to show that his accusation was well founded on fact, ho has proved that he was guided to his action by animus to a brother Judge, and took an underhand way of venting his i.p'ceu. If Judge Ward were not a Judge and con-j-oquently not accustomed to weigh evidence and deduce facts, there might be some excuse for him if he has made -a, false accusation, but none can be urged in las case. It is of the utmost importance that the Judges who sit on our Bench should remain, as they always have done, above suspicion, and the llou.so showed its sense of this fact by carrying Mr (Jillii's' motion on the voices.

We hnvo »ccn tfip prosppetii3 of a company about to bo formed to bo called the Hamilton Hotel Company (Limited). II h proposal, as wo lonrn, by this document, to form a joint stock company for tlio purposo of increasing imd improving Ilia hotel accommodation of I hat district. The promoters o( tins comp.my intend to creel a fiibt class and commodious hotel, pioviding special accommodation for families arriving in tlio district, not forgetting the. wants of those necessary nppendnges to civilized society— commercial travellers, for whoso aso show rooms, &r, arc to bo provided. It is also intended to establish, under efliciont management a first-class livery stable, where buggies, horses, and every' description of conveyance is to be kept for the use ol tlio public. Wo should imagine persons travelling through the "VVaikftloaj route for Tauj.o, Napier, Tlir bales, ke, would find an establishment of this sort a great boon, ai.d would fiiggrit that, an efficient guide should 1101 10 uhv;i\s m readmebs to (ondiict porsoni, whose know ledge of (he country tlnougli wlni-h tliey have topa-s i» limited, fa their different destinations. We hinfl inspected the list of gentlemen who have alreruly tnLcn slmiih 111 (he venture, and are happy to perceive I hat they compiNu names that are a guarantee of the auccess of the uuUiTUkiug. Jla\ing in view this jupidly inereasn.g population ol the WuiUato, and the very large number of tnnellers pacing through tlio distiiet, an hotel coudiulud ns this will doubtles-bo, ennnot fail to be ;i gient Bucctsc. Tentleis w ill short l.v bo railed for Wio erection of the hotel and «liihlmg, and it. \<* e\pet(ud Xhal, the pieini-us will be ready for business in about thieu months Irom this date. We bail this umlcrtakiiig as u guarantee of (ho faith of moiiied men in the futuro prosperity of tli« Wnikalo.. We aro informed that tho Hamilton township on tlio ■west side of the river has been extended from the Critorion Hotel to tl»e Government offices, and that the Hamilton J.uslit ute baa been prevented by tho Government with a Mto for their new building. The erection of a number of business allotments in this pnrt of the township, will pro\o of considernbln bonefitto (hoße who are desiious of budding, but have hitherto been deterred, from the wunt of suitable sites. The land will, no undomtimd, bo shortly fold by public nuc(ion,m)d we hope tho tolo will lake plaio in tlio Waikato. It is palpably unfair to (he bettleia that they should bo put to the expen*} of travelling to and from AiiuUuml, with no letter result than to sufl'er the keen competition of land sjjeculfllym iwidn.g in thai, fily, who uauullj rehun their purplnfes until they rue consideiably in \alue Ibis tnct ' has been a great drawback to eveiy «etll«>ment in the Waikato.

A (Oiespundeut writnit; f oni l{ mgiaolua aa.- -A piper hunt will take plau> heiu on Friday the 2ith, u Inch piumuses to bo n biiiluint all in, as some of t 1 c -M^u-berg of '<>ttr two troops ot Voluniiur Ca-wilry uro to take p.i'l, in it, duo or two Indies .ire u,!so expected 1o rd» .it fir hunt. Tins wo.ild be j. first rate opj ortfoiity for sliaig nto visit— thu— one of the mo»t« lo.ily spo nin tho |in»Miici> J'!h» course is over a splendid limiting* country , distance about Jour miles with twenty j"inps or so. ,'fhe Mart will he from Mr Oill'ard'b across jMc^is'irol.len'h rid Bertram's to Captain Bockett'<>, thence Messrs Wliitli -Id's, Welherall's, aacl iLong's furins (Mining homo througo Missrs Corlofs and Cunningham's, .nil fin <-Ii at the U.oi'k-liouor, from which point with thu aid of a gh*s neirJy all the jumps can bo seen, or the main road may be followed by those wko object to follow the hounds acioss the furza hedges, or huxe a sacred respect lor their prcciou? necks. As we tire about to elect n new butch of highway trustees it is to be lipped that men will be elected u ho understand sometlnug about {heir duties ; what with yearly elections and yearly amendments in the Highway Acts, the term of oflice expires before our lpcal boards have begun lo properly understand their business. I should also like to see a new system of bridjjc building instituted in the Wailcato, cither concrete or iron, or botli combined, for after all wo have dono and paid, tbero is not one permanent work in the district ; or one that any man would cavo to acknowledge thnt he bad had nny hand m tho building. In a report upon the Castlomaine Gaol, lately published in tho Melbourne Affe, we liud the following moral, which has its value for younger communities: — "As regard* the actions ot society from which prisoners are recruited, the opinion of Mr Hyland is. that the old convicts have almost entirely disappeared. One class which now furnishes a large mrnber of recruits to tho criminal population is, that of Colonial youths of neglected education, brought up in the streets, wiio adopt a «M % oor of crime, pa % tlv iion uii»illingne*s to work, and partly from an ill -directed lovo of adventure. Iii"; the men who swell the ill-omened muster-roll of our criminals aro pejapns who, having lost their characters nnd acquired bad habits in any portion of the United Kingdom, are shot up mi Victoria as if it weie a dust-heap, in the hope that they will never again trouble their friends and relatives at home." • Wo obsorrc that the Government purposes giving a situ for a Literary Institute in West Hamilton. We trust that before all tho land passes into the hands of private individuals that, they will do likewise for each of tho townships in the Waikato. The principal cinisc of daunkcnne»s being so rampant in country townships is the want ol rational amusement in opposition to tho attractions of the public houses. If a suitable building were ready for use at any time for purposes of readings, concerts, and other entertainments, (here can bo littlo doubt that the inhabitants would exert t heimelves to promote a tasto for amusements other than tlnm drinking nnd euchre playing. Mr William Bartley, a barrister, committed suicide at the North Shore, on Mondnf last. It appeals that tho deeeesed was subject to attacks of asthma, and it is thought that fear of another attack caused him to blow his brains out. If wo have read the l'/th clause of the Highway's Act correctly, it is necessary in ench advertisement convening mretings, to state the business to bo transacted. All meetings held, such notice not having been given, would consequently be informal, and the proceedings thereat invalid. On Saturday last, Mr John Knoxs sale of Government horses took place at Cambridge. Thero was a capital attendance, and competition was considerable. The horses realised from £-1 10s to £31.