"OAMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 346, 1 August 1874, Page 2

"OAMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 187 4.

A ttti-rttng of the jutq.mrr* in the dialrut of t!>c TV r uurua > i !i>.i Town Boar, vns lield re^tcrdayat the Cunlrnl Hotel. { no ncvounU iov lUv |ui»l )i m were passed, an<l ft rate of Id r. il>c Cop ilic vhluv to hell di'flared. The folloniwg «"<«i c InU't Ti'ii«tef* for tlic cttru.tt« rear : — Mesirt Inms, ImUi/iiinok, iJtlnfi'uinbc, Ncwili, <wk! Uollowny. At a iub»cI n-t >noeting of the Trustees Mr lun» v\a»v)vclrd vbtirin

A meeting i , the Mtepaj era of the rsewuisUi 1 District vi;is \ held tvt <W IMtn iloiri on Thursday. Mr James Hume < occupied the eh.nr. Mr 13 » i-ou Uu[ the accounts of the \mst, 3 ear before tin* meeting; ul'ter aoino dismission they were passed. The rate for tho ensuing year, on the '. motion o( ,\O B3 ron, seconded by Major WiUon, was '■ fixed ut Id m the £ on tho value to sell, —the vuluatim '■ to *>c li-ft to U>e lburd. TUo following varo elected trustees ;— Moors H. Byron, J. Bu-roft, C. Barton, T. Y. FiUpatrick, and A. Dansou. At a tubsequeufc meeting of j trustees Mr Byron wan elected chairman Hj act-idcut, there was no representative of this journal present to report tlio address of Mr lijrou to Jus constituent* on Thursday, at Hamilton. The object of iuoh addresses w that tho public should bo nmdo conrcratnt wi(h the opinions of those who represent thorn, — an objoc^- ji^a ( scattered di«tnut like Una only to bo attained t^irouyU tlio co!tUH»9 pf n ncws|uiper. Mr Jiyroo, ut tbe reqUert of a considerubie uumbcr of \u% supporter-*, ha* comentod to aguin address bis constituents, at Xgaruavtuuta, ou Tucsduy j next, at hulf-pmt seven p.m., at the Dolta Uotel. We understand that the address was oxcea lingly well received in Hamilton. TSjc nnnuai meeting of ratepayers 1.1 the Hamilton Highway District Mfuhekl ouSuturduy, July, at 2 p.m., in the School-room, but aa that builrliMK nns »ni\er>jso'wr some nlteratiyns tin 1 meeting was adjourned \o ibe Uanuiton Hotel. Mr Win. Hunt w.« voted to the chuir, umi Mr K. Wilson np|;oi»tcd Secretory. Lt^t year's account* having been r*nd by the lute chairman, (Mr Iliunmpnd), it was ' unanimously ve-wlvcd ou the motion of Cuptnin Bjere, I seconded by Mr Webb, " That tlie accounts ns audited be [ passed." Tliv Chairman read the clause in the new Act with regard to r.iting, and o« the motion of Mr Hammond, seconded by Captain Boerc, it uas unftiiimoii-ly resolved that tl\c rate be the highest allowed by the Act, one penny m the !£ on the \ulue to sell. The following gentlemen were then duly proposed and seconded : — Messrs ft. W. Hammond, A. E. Cox, J, Atkinson, W. Jones, W. Hunt, and Captain Beere. The first tiro «cro duly elected. Messrs J. Ridler and J. Knox «ctv elected Auditors. A vote of thanks was unanimously earned to both tho out^oinq Bjard and the CUftumau of the meeting, wbieh clawed ptOLeeding* At a meeting of the Board elect, hold sutwequer.tly, Mr B. W. Hammond was unanimously elected cliairmon. j We lave news from the North to tho offect that a typhoid j epidemic.is ragin<r amonsst fhe Rur.iwa tribe, at Alupara, from tha tilects of which thirty-two lmd died tv a rery short ipace of Ituio before our mformntiou left tho district, aeTeral, also, being ill, mid not likely to recover. They hare no our<' for (ho disease aman^cst tin nisei ye*, anil liaring no medical adrice, arc likely to luHor severely. Colonel McDonnell met Mr Bersdie m the North, where they have succeeded m mnking arrangement with t)ie nahvi*s for tbe purchase, on behalf of the Government, of 200,000 acre* of land, m different parts, and Generally of good quality. We trust tlif- Govi-rmrent will niule strenuous endeavours to have the land put through the Ljnd Court and surveyed at tho earliest date possible. It 13 tho scry long delays *l>ich lake p\nvo m the completion of arrnngement-j with thu natives that cause much trouble and dissatisfaction in the native mind. It n true they obtain adranctt from fche Groternnient, but when the completion of purchase u delayed j for wgbtern months or ?», tJienntires think tlioy are entitled* to the enhanced of the loncl at the ilalo of completion of contract, instead of the value of it at the outset; of the negotiations. Such long delays also givo the natives too much time to think oicr their bargains, and <o compare rnltu's reeeiu'd for blocks in other districts &f the province. SeraM. It is proposed to hold tho following r* li>>ious serrieos in the Woikato to-mornnv :— Church of KucUncl — Alexandra, 11 n.in. ; Te Awatunin, 3 p.m.; Kihikihi, G3O p.m.; Hamilton, 11 «m.; Ngttmau ivlua, 630p m. Wesleyan Mrthooist— Combridge, 11 am.; Pukenmn, 23u p.m.; Hamilton, 630p in United Presbj lenan and Congre- ' gafcional — Te AwumuUi, 11 v.m. In another column w ill be seen an advertisement railing for tenders for Ibo erection of n bridge across the Waikato nver at Ng&ruawahia.