The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 388, 7 November 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1874.

A hill took plnce in th« malt-hause attached to the jtretvvy at Nguruawaliia on Thursday evening. There won* about 30 couples (present. The room was nicely decorated witn emblems und evergreens, and uli appeared to liuve enjowd themselves. Tlmj ball wa* originally advertised to be 'givm undt r the auspices of the Orange Lodge, in theachool>oom 5 jHTrnnMtin for thnt purpose having been obtained iiom I lie school committee. In order that tlie mutter may ,|i.- understood, we premise that the school is one of the loon.- in t!io hospital, the property of the Coloni il GrowrnJi/'tii.', information reached the uuthonties in Wellington i • hi iho boll was lo lake place in the building, and the locul ■jkatiioi nes were instructed to prohibit, it* uso for such a )'u.j'')m'. On ihiu decision being communicated to the ••i >gi -liters i>i tlie bnll, tlicy gave nn a»»urancc that no colors i-i aii.v party emblem should bo usad, and advertised a " L •lot'ilor'* KaiL" vo behe>e that thin fact was wir<jd to flic ai'ioritiea in Wellington, they were obdur::te however pud -elised I lie room. The ball in coiiboqucuco was held in '% pviviti tuilriing, ami jh a matter of course the Orange juiouifl *ore worn. The refu»ul ef the room, therefore, had fl,lie el eat of bringing iboul that which it was ntteu>ptud to prcvrji^, and in pl.aee of ill feeling (uhicb it was feared ivouid result) being allnyed, il hws proved a fruitful sou ice ior " ill blood." We aie ot opinion that it was injudicioiiH }»u the part of the (.*rang<* fciociety to advertwft the ball as an '.'Orange IJiill." We cannot allonl in small eommumties to Jnive jmrty spirit introduced to divide the population. There }v«s nai no intention, limvevcr, that any such thiug ehould tesult. as every r<^p<rlablo woman, regardless oi creed, &,<:., \v as invited. An there are nuniberH of pcriDiis from the nei^hbouun<; nroviuccM visiting the Waiknto at uresent m &cur.'li of hmd, lud a-* it \* jjc't.ing a rather scarce cdintnodit), we coii:>.der it would bo adr.sable to call the attention of bh angers to n portion of the Wuikato where plenty ot laud is .mui.ible find of very good quality. In consequence of there bemj no conveyance on the road from Ngaruuwahia to Alevwdia, lhat pwrtion of the district has c;miped the notice of sU'iiiigurn in sciirch of f,innx. We are confident that, if viKitors know the extent and quality of the land on both sides of the Waipn rjver, that the country wonld be pooh taken up, not only to the hil vantage of the settlers themaolvos, but to the district in Kcner.il. The lirut Southern man who went up the Wmpa purchased % fi()0 ncre farm, | urciully improved, at £6 per Hcie; and Mr A. Buckland, wjio has just roino down that way, speaks highly oi the qunlity of the Innd. It in whispered that there is a gaeat deal moro truth in the repoit circulated concerning the probable appointment "it Sir Donald M'Lean to the Governorship of Fiji than mun> are willing to iiippoHO. It has been said that tho report originated ot a festive gathering, and was circulated ior fun. At ail ovonts, the Wellington Pod Rrti publicly gam currency to it, and that journal is usually pretty correct m what it says. We now Warn that Sir U M'Lean will very •Wfly visit? Haw ke- H«y to put his In use in order pieparatory to 'ffin^ tbo colony for Fiji. — Telegraph. , Sir Georgi <xri-y ba» iddre.ised another very lengthy peti♦aon tv the Superinlendent in referemo w the projjosed ConoVitutional changes It only reached us by toaoh J *-fc , fvpning ; vfont vt tiire prerpni« our publishmgeveL a digest *''il' is thia ...ue. 1< will appear in our next. °

Ihen win a lm^e atfcnd.ince at t'u« luuoi il of tlic l.Uc "i '•-•(■ n, t Phillips of the Engineer Volunteer Militu. As vulcnc of ilio 19,1 c. t in wlik!) llu voting m.m <.ms hel 1. we 'i<nv state tlmt a nunibpr ot Ids comi tides vol intanly walked ten miVs tn follow linn to the grave. Tlio deceased w i* an Odd Fellow, and an Oringoman ; in »pite of the bad weather tlmt prevailed nt the time of the funeral, botli this b .ilifs were f.iiilj ioprc3ented. 110 w\s buried with iiiil.tni'v honnu, and wo were pleased to observe tho stoadiness of tho mun — the volley fired over tho grave would nave bppn a credit to an Imperial regiment. Tho Uev E. Y. AshweJl rend tho impressive burial service of the Uliurch, and afterwar Is ail Irevcd sotno appropriate remarks to thoso assembled a-ound the gtave. At the conclusion of the lev t,iMit'emai '< remarks, Mr McOonnachie, tho Grand Master of tho local lodgo of Odd Fellows, read the service of the Order oior thp remains of hii departed brother. It ii pn posed to hold the following religions services in the Wnik to to-tnorrow :— Church of England— Hamilton, II a in. ; Ngiruawahin, 11 a.m. and G. 30 p.m. ; Alexandra, II a.m. ; To Awninutu, 3 p.m. ; Kilnkihi, 6.30 p.m. Ci>t'ioli( — Kihikiiii, 9 am.; Btingiaoiiia. 11 a.m. Wesleynn Mrtlvxlist - Cambridge, 11 ft in. and 630 p.m. ; Puljorunu, 2.30 p.m j Hunilton, G. 30 p m. ; To Awamutn, 11 a.m. ; Alexandra, 3 p.m. United Presbvtorian and Congro^atii nal — Kilukilr, 3 p.m. Our population, says the Taranaki IFerald, during the next twelvo months will bo so largely increased that, if our farmers do not add considerably to their cultivations, it will become necessary to import food for the reqmi cments of the people in the place. Wo remind settlers that Miss Adelaide Stonoham and Company wll appear nt Ngnruawtihia this evening. Amorican papers state that a j\fr Ilepner of Heading, Pennsylvania, who is not 60 yean old, has been tlio father of 41 children, lie married in G-erm'iny m IStO, and his wife, in the eisrlit ycais sho lived, boro him 17 children — twins twice and triplets four turn 1*;1 * ; but not one of the 17 are living His second wife, also a German, m her nino }cars of married life had 13 children, twins being born live times in succession; onlj two of the 15 aiv now living. In 1858, having emigrated to tho United State, ho married a fluid wife by whom ho had 0 cluldeen ; only threo of them are now living. So that 36 of tho 41 children hare died.— Tho Times. Somo unpleasant rumour »io in circulation, rcspaeting the lii^'h piny iiri-ong the Pi nice of Wales party during the r.v? wpek at Q-Jodwnol Ou-djli-ij «e«»in3 to bi« asiumni], colo P sal dimensions nmcwij; a cot.an set in society, and (i icvivnl of tho gipantic partw of tho tin.c of Pitt and Fox to bo imminci t. It, is nol a good sign when men say they cuwot afford to accept certain invitioiu which ought to be regarded as high distinction; and tho rogret with which tho-.e who romomber it speak of the "tone" which was maintained when the Queen and Priuce Albert weie at the head of London society is growing deeper and mort> grafo. Tlio only genuine effort that has been roado m this prorinco to encourage the location of bonajidc tottler* ha* been marked with a success that affords abundant reason for re 1 grethng the manner our provincial estate has been dealt with in time* past. It is but a short tune past. It is but a short time ago since u cousider»blo block of hud was sot apart for settlement, under the deferred payment system, and, thoujjli that countrjf vrca not to be (orapiired in quahtv to much tlmt hns been sold at 3s an aei c, the wholw block brtween tho Tiikituki id Makarelu rivers has been taken up. And it is satisfactory to learn thut tlio demand for land on delfrred payment still continues, but unfortunately, the demand, cannot be satisfied. With the object, howerer, of setting npnrt another Mock of country, and so prevent tho t'xndiu of intending settler*, wo understand that the Superintendent has issued a circular to the members of Iho Provincial Council, asking their consent to a further reservation of land on tho deferred payment nystenv It is proposed to throw open for selection a block of land containing about eight thotiMml nci'fcfl, »ituatvd at the base of the Ruahine Mountains, between the TukiMiki and Mangamnku streams. By thf Hnwke's liny Special Settlement Art, 1872, the S'ipei inti m!i nt is obliged to obtain the consent of tho Proxincial Council before 'ip tan deelaie arif fresh block of land open for iixcil octtltMuinf. As it is by no means convenient to call the Cornell tottcthor, -i circular letter has been ad dressed to members, and it will now vest with tho nature o1o 1 the replu - iw id whether or not the timely proposal ot the Supeiintciidcut will bo carried out.— TeUrj'rnph.