"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume 355, Issue VII, 22 August 1874, Page 2

"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1874.

Vfe »n> ula<l to hear that the re-fencing of, and improvcau.i.u ti> lie 'IV- Awamutu Church-yard are of a most subsiwntiiul i liiivncter ; provision is also made so as to obviate tftu nccet-ity of horses boing taken into the grare-yard on Sundays, by having a separate enclosure contiguous to it. It was partly owing to this oversight m the first instanco, that hanea were allowed to be tied to the fence, and thus, hv degrees, brought it ultimately to grief. It woul> appear that tho Hlatecpiit contained in a paragraph not long since »mt u« by n eoi i espendent, waa grossly exoggeratcx-!, as the »iost unqualified contradiction is given to that part of it ttarmir reformer to tie tooting of the graves by pigs. The follow inj: reroaik of Mr Spurgeon's ii full of point, und may not be inapptopriatc in tin* rnsfcance: — "It would be fur xnoie pK'asniifc business, aft lenot for other people, if faulthunters would mm their <'ogi id hunt out the good points in oilier folk*, the gume would pny better, nnd nobody would Btui-d with a pitchfork to kesp the huntsmen off hi« fiirm." Mr Juliu« Vo(jel ii a Napoleon. amongst colonial finanoieri. He i« not the man to be put out by trifles. The debt of Sew Zealand, I see, he stoles at twelve millions and ahnlf, and he 6.i.\s, " Furthpr ntiihority for borrowing to complete ,hlie railway will hme to bo jjiven." And, to ciown all, it m sucrgf'ted to givo u ,r», r » ppr cent 1 . Govcrnmpnfc guarnnteo to »t uidonte (ornmrn, hj»l. « million (pronpecfive) eiipitalj whose busmen will bu h> mnnngp tl c I'a ifie Wands eenea:iHy—in fo.ct a South! Sea Conipnin. I would like to be about w hen the promoters' shares are in procoss of distribution by » Frederick Wliitnfcei; ■j)d.ofchqrs J " Who. VK UU nthen ?"—J.egln.

It 13 purposed to hold ibe following' ii'lii/ious s.oi \ ices in tlie Woikalo to-morrow: — Chuieh o' JCngland — \\»aiu>iwahia, 11 a.m. ; Obaupo, lln.ni.; To Awiunntu, «> j>m. , Alexandra, '/p.m.; Cambridge, 11 am.; Hamilton, '•')■> p in. Catholic — Kihikilu, 9 a.m.; liangiaoliu, 11 a.m. "We^leyan Methodist — Te Awanmtu, 11 am.; Pulicnmu, 230 p.m. ; Cambridge, 630 p.m.; Hmmllon, 6.30 p.m. United Presbvtorian aud Congregational — Rangiaoina, 3 p.m. It will be seen that Mr Yon der Heydc's election has been declared void. We are glad to notice that •the suceeasful candidate, as regards the number of votes recorded, is to have a chance of retaining lho soat he has held for so short a time. In place of giving Mr Macfarlane tho seat another olecb on is to ha held. Notice is given in the Gazette that a larce sale of confiscated land will be held in Auckland at the Waikato L-inils Ofiice on the 29th September. The h^fc is a very lon» one 5 we presume that we shall receive the notification m tho shape of an |ad\ctlisfincnl m time to gi\e intending purchasers an oppoi ttiuity to decide as to their action m tUo sale room.