"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 368, 22 September 1874, Page 2

"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1874.

■Tile District Gaol for the Waikato is about us unlit /I building ;is coultl be conceived for the purpo&e to which it is devoted. More than one Government /(fficial has looked at il ; the looking, however, has .not resulted in either proper cells being elected, or .proper drains constructed. For the benefit of those # of our readers who have not scon the- place we will •describe it. It is a square erection with no windows; buildings are erected round the Wiillu of the interior, the roofs of which jill slant hnv;uxhi, consequently all the water that falls it; deposited in the centre of tbo yard, from .which it has uo means of escape except through the interstices between the bricks. During tiho late xiany weather ar o >t of water in the yard has been -W no meaiw uncommon. We have called attention Jto this matter before ; probably when a gaoler or two have died of rheumatic fevei;, and a few prisoners . ■brought nearly to death's door, the authorities will .awaken to a sense of their responsibilities.

A cai pciiter humr-cI Tbamns Ibbetson fell from the verandah of llie Bell* Hotel, Nparuawiiliiii, on Sunday afternoon. *Hib full Mus uitnisscd by -eveml ptopli* who \wio puling /it the time ; he was .pitkitl up innnedinlel) ; the lull of ' about iS feet linn shaken him ao much tlmt there is hltle loom for lio(,c tlmt In- will rc«oiei\ Doctor Bpiilo ivas iin jr-i'ilinlt'lj lelrgmphed Icr; lit* wos ab.«ent fi om home when j| l.c» ( <»!i'f»riMii aimed, and in ceinrqnem.'o diil not reach -N^iitiiiiunhisi till rloin o'clock. ' A tmiii mimed Aiidrrwtjwiio tiikm mo t-ustoil.v yrs-lcidn.y ii» JS 1 /: iimuahm on tl.e cl»ar»p of indeuont nsniult ujion a '•Ilihl of (oi dcr jeurs Tlio care us related to our u-porter is f»t tin* most rc\ oiling cl-nviicli'r. The iiici' i< not ulniiys t» tlie swifl.orthc butllo to flic -tron^r. Mv It J. Cicightou, tho n.enihcv for Kdon, vns j-erv li'tt* in taking his soat during tlio Idle ectsion, mid lu'itl.ci ftiul nor did unjllung when ho did Wiko it. Yet Mr J>ei{riitoi! bus lTiuimacd to t-airy off one od' the pri/.»-« lor jvhich to inaiij ini'inbers were labour; ii(;, longint.'. and striving, llmiy un i-Mgi'i rjo nui lixed on tl-o volo of JL'3OOO lor home Tmmiitroiion nufnt?, und gi cut will bo the iiis»ppointiii<>nt v ii n il is iinDOHiH'cd tlmt Mr UuMjiit-ton id to ho one of Iho Un by puiuicipuntH tlu-nin. lincli mini «dl fr<<! his own l- iint-e lt ? sdi(d by »t least u tlnnl. Mr CiiMgltlnu 'h mnl '.1 lo be \i i y aunt' rliiblo in his position m editor ol the t ai'diun, mid ll\c Otujio oliuu.le snilH not (la- Uciilth of his j ,nil\. Unrlci (hc-c cuvumstni'Ci'H it ie, ol coiust , kind and y9\iBidiV!itt' ot I is political chii'l to j)"o\idn him willi i-lmnwc of mrmil urn. Sull this trndrr aitlieilude will be iv»«idtd a\\\\ rm mil:? cue. ui;il muy bo attributed to other than the .• urn xv- U\es — PdU.

TeT >c Auckland wiu'spoiitlciit rt tho Otarjo Daily l\mes wntei — It ia \v\\ i!i in* that 801110 jiivit <■> m^o must conio over |mhlii< ojHiiiun hero ll r Vuj;ol is to stuii'l tins moot remote tliiiiu' of re-election. The idol ot \esturday nto-d.iT (.ifu'aivd 10 be.isniim — .i i ia'i nady at any moment tt> iniuitu.'the count ry to u.m-eli", and mteut only on keeping in i -dice, vou/e <]ut contc. There can bd no doubt of the turn tli- c uri ut Ik.s ukt'u, and as little of its lorce. Those hist lv-^oiutioiih cumo upon people likn a thunderclap, and were (t \i by non m«n us a personal insult. What hud the jSbrth Kl.nul done lliu'b it should be treated wnh tint, contumely ? Whs it nut us cv, üblo ol goi'train,; itself as tijc Soul !i ? Why mUcl ,t (or i. xuuniiu'ut, and why mako it practically subject lo tMi« South J Centiahst and I'rovmci.ilist nliko raised the cry that it wns an insult, and that they would be less than nii'ii il ti cv submitted to it. Nut that the feeling hero is iv i,i\oui* of Pr >viucialHin — on tho contrary, so far as at present inaniiented, Provincialism has become so poor thut there 13 iioiH* t<i do it »\ vireiitw. Mr W Piel.l, sen, of Woodvillp, writes to the South Australian A-'oertiser of tiie f!t!i July, asking, '* Why shoot hor*ei with broken "legs?" and he expresses his astonishment thut, &o iar as ho has heard, no retinary surgeon has over atlojiiptt'd to tct (lie leg of a liorse. After relerrta^ to tho i loss eiistniued by Mr G'rossinan throu«b. the death ofhii entire horsr Champion in this way, ho goes on to speak of the compile success jj^iat had attended his own treatment of a rain's broken log, and a horse's, und, though the latter always went a little lamf, for stud purposes he was as good aa cvi r. He concludes by expressing a hope " that any person who may read thia, who io owner of valuable horses, will not be foolish enough to have them destroyed, merely beciiii*" they huppeu lo Lave a broken leg." A letter appears m our corrL'spondenco columns from Mr John Lumb, of Jtiverhcad. It appears that when the Hin* dostan left our port for London luafc year, Mr Lamb entrusted lo the captain a bag of Auckland-grown w heat, addressed to the caro of the New Zealand Mercantile Agency Company, at the same time requesting it might be submitted for the opinion of eminent corn-factors aud millers. That opinion lias been obtained, and appears as an addendum to Mr Lamb's letter. Iv this it will be {•een that with some jud»es, Auckland wheat would be prefened to Adelaide, which, as is well known, hai lo.ng obtained the palm over all imported wheats. Mr Lamb, in bis letter, folU into a mistake when he aays, "We aru frequently told thut we ennnot grow wheat in the Province of Auekiand." We two not aware that wo lipvo ever boon told any such thing by any ono capable of offering an opinion. Because it is admitted I hat no crop unsworn better under judicious and skilful treatment of tl c soil. But it ha* been said over and over again, and we fear the statement cannot bo controverted, that the Province of Auckland cannot grow cereals to compete with Canterbury and the districts south of that province. This, however, does not refer to quality but to tbo cost it can bo raised at Canterbury jjossesses very rich plains, tho land of which is for the most part held in fee simple by tho fanners, or is leased at low rentals. The soil is not -yet nsod up, and it will be mnny years before much of it is exhaulcd even under bad or indifferent farming, phristchurch has a railway to its port ; radwftys rmi through the fertile lands of t he plains, machinery <n a Tery large soale is employed, the holdings are cxten^ve, and everything is iavourable for the produe.ion of wheat nt the minimum of cost. Hero much of our land is under mortgage, or is cultivated at high rentals; access to a market is more difficult and costly ; much of the land is exhnustod, and tho farmers aro not in a position to renew the Btrengtl| and fertility of the soil by artificial means. It is of no vie to blink the question. Some timo must elapse before Auckland can grow cereals to compete successful^wil h Canterbury and some portions of Otago. The superior quality of our wheat to that of the Southern-grown has never been doubted, but for this wo are indebted to our lutituda, soil, and climate. — 2?. Z. Herald.