The Waikato Times. UNKNOW TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 389, 10 November 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. UNKNOW TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1874.

.Sn: (Jtjorge Grin, as we nnnounced to our readers in the last issue, has forwarded a very long petition tv the Superintendent. The story he tells of past 4e rt r:sJ,itio'i, and of paht intentions, is of little benefit jn. tin.- present day. Political necessity is that to j^limli iiU have now to bow. The burden of Sir petition in that no power exists, or ever did fxijst, which could vest the lnnd of the colony in jhn pi pt»\ iuees. To discuss this would be futile, p > ilr 1 U.id has been vented in the pro\ inces, disp.i^.x! uf b\ them, and the proceeds spent on local w ' . vi- <'.j\ eminent. The natural conclusion to l>t- fii.iwn troni Sir George's arguments is that the piv . i iOos. should be abolished at as early a date as possible, in order that the evil of the system hitherto purau. il liny be remedied. The statement that the l,tud «>t tho colony is the property of the whole British jutiou and not of the small section of the people resident in the division of the colony in which it happens to bo situated is incontrcv ertible. It may bo instructive to read a condensed history of Hie colony written in. the form of petitions to the fiu\ ornor and Superintendent by a man who lias j3 yojed the opportunities of Sir George, but writing ft history of past events does not in any way direct us as to the proper road to travel in the future, more particularly when nearly all the bones of contention have been crashed and swallowtd by the provincial clogs. The question which has brought Sir George, from his island home to enter once more into tin; political arena is, whether the provinces in the North Is'and shall be abolished and the southern let'c iv govern themselves, tax themselves, sell their U.i 1 fur their own benefit, and yet have an equal h u with the North in the disposition of the land \.i I hit inland and the imposition of taxation. Lvirthorn politicians must not forgot that we have b-vn kept poor by native disturbances ; the natives luuv not o lly prevented the spread of settlement, b.tt tor m my years they have in addition maintained ,i luohnx of insecurity in the minds of those who have occupied land. The North is consequently P'>or ;it gaols, hospitals, schools, <fee, are not up to a standard, of elhciency much below that of the South. We are told that if the provinces are abojibheil in the North all this will be remedied, an assertion equivalent to Baying Unit the act of abolition, would produce funds, or that the Assembly would impose taxation for thos<^ purposes. If the Provincial Governmoiits had money they could do the work themselves; it is money and money only that is required, if the whole >A the provinces are abolished there is every probability tji.it the funds would bo drawn from the revenue of the whole colony, as is just; but if abolition ib only a parti il measure, there can be little doubt that the Assembly, with more than half itr; members not directly interested, will impose special taxation. :

Mr U. M O'Rorke is gszeUcd a iiii'inber of the Provincial K\tcnlMr Council. Tim province is 10 bo eongmtuluted >ni llic uu'dtion of Mi* U'Korko to this ranks of tho lirecuiiiiivc. When we rend tin; nbuw; imiioiincemeiit, we looked :»s a mutter of ii i our'-e> for tliu <i'roTinciul Iroiuurer's re4i(!iiu(iin Tl)« Sii|)cM'iutendeiit is evulenfli luarinn^ tho !«'>aou — lie u old enough to havo karnt it long ugo — tlmt when or.c*« 3011 liumpor your.elf with iiicoiiipetcnU it u not (MHV (0 Kit '"Ml <>f Ihflll. ' Die Wa»flafit i Hi rufd, alluding to (lie sale in Aiickliuid at 1 }»viilot Culiloniiun upplcd mid onions, tuks: ''Does this r/lii-ct credit 6a the farmers of ll»e coloji\ ?"

We regret to report that a man belonging to the E.V.11 , named Willinm Sfeary, stationed at Ilnnmriri, mot with n «orious accident yeßterd.iy It appears that a ' fall ' in a cut! ing save- wa\ suddenly, and struck (ho unfortunate man. Hi* log j-, reported trt be broken and his chest injured. Dr Beale «-a» telegraphed for from Hamilton at nbout 7 o'clock last evening; wo are hit nware whether ho was at homo at the tune, or that his other calls have allowed him to attend tho wounded man. It must be r. me inhered, that the distance fiom Ranginri to Hamilton, where Dr Beale resides, is over thirty miles. Those m autliority are, in our opinion, neglecting their duly in not providing a medical officer for the orco. We understand that the men are willing to pay liberally for a duly qualified practitioner, and it ia certainly not unreasonable that the government should be asLed to participate in the cost. On Saturday night the members of MisaStoneham's Company gave their first entertainment at Ngaruawahia. Tho perfonr.imee commenced with Miss Stoiiehnui's delineations of character ; wo shall nol describe the different personations ; it is more just to the young ] nc j v t liafc we should confine 0111«elvcs to tho statement (hat she per«oimtod a Yankee girl, lushman, French woman, swell, sailor, and servant in a manner thai drew lengthened applause from— for tbis district—a crowded audience. She sang a song appropriate to oaoh character. She has a very good Toice. andfsings with taslo. Mr Stonehnm, as Evergreen, supported her in a manner that proves him au actor of experience. Mr Verner sang some excellent comic song«, and elicited more than one well-deserved encore. A email comedietta aomowhat after the plot of tho " Unequal Match," followed, in which Mr >Stoneh*m personated tho country lad with considerable success. Mist Stoneh&tn took naturally tho part of the wifo moTed into a sphere for which her village education unfitted her. The entertainment concluded with the burlesque of " Faust' and Marguerite. ' In this piece Mrs Stonobam took the rar.fc of Dame J/fnrgaret, Mr Stoneham that of Marguerite : his get-up us a ludy of the period given to tho Alexandra limp and Grecian bend was capital. Mephistoplnles was taken by Miss Stoneham, and if his Satani* i v.-sty has «uch winning wajs, and looks as pretty as »ho dvi >ier personation, it ia hardly 10 be wondered at that weuk i/ioitals w led by him from tho p.itha of rectitude.. Mr Verner, as Flint, contributed his chare to the sueress of the pjeoe. Mr Mclnnus accompanied tho songs, ami played elections during the intervals upon the violin, an instrument ho is evidently master of. Tho company ga.e a second performance last^pnifig ; the little time- at »nr disposal prohibited our ntfvndnniv, but nil who -ni-rp present expressed tbeinselves well picked, ihe company, as will be scon by advertisement, purpose t levelling through thu district ; we lrnve n'i hesitatio» in recommending all m .«euroh of amusement — and who is oot in u country district— to Btteud. A meeting was held in tb<> Ohoril flail, Auckland, on Friday evening. Mr Reader Wood oeeupieU the chair. Mr Dargavillo moMjd and, Mr Geofge Stamps accouded the followiMT resolution "That in tho opinion of this meeting his Honor the .S'uj ernit»ndent should be requested to tumtnon without delay tl.e Provincial Council of Auckland, and recommend to thut l*il\ the appropriation of io mucli of tho mini of £25,01)0, vnled last session by tho General Assembly as special allowance to the province- of Auckland, as may bo required to ilofr.iv all charges on account, of liducaInm pnrpi.ois tv Jnnu 'JO, 1875, and so render all further attempts to colled Hie ed nation tax unecessary " The Itov Dr Wallaco moved, an amendment " Insomuch as the purpose of the hoiuholiter and bachelor tax is to support n system of education which is doing much harm, anrf which dishonours the Bible and religion, we hereby r 'eel»f9 that our conscience will not permit us to | ay tho snid tax." The amendment only fuunrl one to r.ote. for it, and the original resolution was carried almost unanimously. Tho Telegraph Ageno», says tho Herald, hare commenced Io .-upply us with anoilmr lot of cheap advertisements m the interests of Miwj C-tocidnrd. The General Govornwient have recently sold the right to advertise and bill-post on tha railway lines of the colony. We would suggest to tho AucL!md Press thnt if it is necessary passing theatricals shall have cheap advei tueinents through the means of the Pre«a Telegraph Agency, the ri^ht to advertise in this war should nlso be let by tender. Wo am very glad to learn" of Miss (inddard's piogross, but unle*3 her agent is willing to defray the cost of the telegrams announcing sncli, and to pay for the notice as an advertisement, wo shall be quite content to await tio nrriral of our cxch»ngo file:, t« learn how Miss Goddard and party have been received by our Southern friends While tho attention of the Health Qfliper is direated to vessel* coming from distant countries for the purpose of overturning wlelher the_\ bring with them mfectioui diseases, the mter-cotonial steamers and sailing ships arriving at our port" »ro not inspected ; the result of this is, at wo wercinformi d !>y Dr Hartmnu, that an intcr.colonialateamer arrived here some days back and landed a female itruck down with scarlet fever, this fcrr.nlo is now in a fair way of recovery, but her ««ter has caught the infection, aud is now lyinc in «-oroo darner lln* t\r tho infection will yet ipread remains to bo asceit.mied. It will bo ecen, however, that we have at least two ci-es of ma ignant tevt>r in our midst, and that I lie Health Olln-er shou'd not allow the powers ho possess to be relaxed .'i th" dighte't degree — Herald. Mr Caruell has fa\ouu,d us {Tltumes Advertiser) with an extract from a letter received b\ him from Mr l'homas Douglas, late of Coromandel, who is now at *ho Palmer Kiver. Thoso who were acquainted with Mr Douglai will know that any statement he makes may be relied upon ai Keing quite free from exaggeration. Under date Sept. 2, Mr Douglna writes:— "l reecited your letter of 14th April on 27th August. It «as two months coming from Cooktown here, a distance of 200 miles, so you can easily fancy what sort of a road it is, and what grand postal arrangements we have in tins important part of Queensland. There i* gold here, and if tho claim I hold wis in Coromandel, I could mnko a good bit of money out of it ; but tins place it so backward, I see little chanco of doinc anything on a reef for tho ne\t 12 or IS months. I thought until lately that wo should have a machine on the field this season, but, I don't expect one now for the next 12 months. Cartage from Hie coast is about £180 per ton, and tkat rate in of course quite prohibitory ma heavy article like machinery. I s'lall \ary probably Irave here in a month or two, and not return till after tho rainy season. Life hero is a sort of blank — a kind of banirhmont from civilisation. No literature ; scarcely ii newspaper l.'ss than six or eight weeks old, so that we live almo«t in utter ignorance of what is goin» on in the out«id<> world. Living hero is very expensive. Flour costs from 2s to 3s per lh ; tugar 2* 6d to 3s 6d ; and other things in proportion. Tiese are prices now the weather is fine and good ; what the.\ will bo m the wet season I fear to predict. Many wiio have made a little money at the late rush are clearing out on account of tho high price of provisions and tho approaching wet season, when many anticipate a regular famine. I have enjoyed excellent health, for which I cannot, bo too thankful, for" of all tho bad places for a tick man thin is tho worst. Care, attention, and nursing, ao essentiul to the comfort and welfare of a sick man, aro no l^ to bo had hor<- ; and unless a fellow's cjusfitution, without assistance. issuluVienfly good to carry him through any sickness that may attack him, ho has a poorchanio of recovery." People often talk of thi« colom maintaining a regiment of official?, bit 'hi* h often looked upon as a mere figuro of speech. Tho number of persons m receipt of sal tries from the colony . however, is really very considerably in excess of what, would form nn extraordinary strong regiment in the nrmv. From a return just i^uod as a Parliamentary paper. we learn that, there were on the nominal roll of the civil establishment of New Zenhml on the Ist July last uo loss than l."» 89 individuals, ia addition to 160 natives employed »n olfi -era in the nat've department, thus giving u grand total of 1719 times The officer with tho greatest length of service is Mnjor Heaphy, whose appointment dates from April, 1539, thus giving him 35 years and 3 month*' -vrvic« to the d.ile of the return. Next to him stands Mrßeeklmm, Di«tnct Judge of Auckland, wiMi 31 years and 3 months' servi<e. Ntxt Sir F. I). Bell, « ith 33 3'ears and 6 montlu ; and Mr Or. S Cooper, with 33 rears and 3 months The return also informs us that tho C.uel Justice, Sir G-. A Arney, ha more tlmn completed the fifteen years' service necessary to entitle him to a pension. Ins appointment dating from February, 1838 It .iUo shows thai; Mr Justice fl-roseon is senior to Mr Justice Johnston, bavins; bo^n upI pointed in ISu7, whiV Judge Join. foil's appointment clatas fiom November, 1853.— PoH Importers of sheep will, Bays »!ic Knpicr Telegraph, be glad to learn that the Sheep impeclorlus ivsolvfd to revert to tho u»e of tobaioo and sulphur fin 1 dipping al the Government yard-, Port Ahuriri. We are sorry to report thai the province has recently lost two vulu-iblo Hlieep through poisoning by tho u*c of enrbohc acid. The Taianaki Nciox writes thus of tho new journalistic venture in Auckland. All hough distorted in some measure, w.» liomp 1 1 c assumption of thewiiter may be realised .•— " 'Hie /V'jo, another evening paper, is going to be published 1 Vt 'ffj IHs. reported " tho china," as represented by I ( >' W'icfarlane and Ins compeers, do not receive sutfi- • " • ••md»' ration -it the han.ls of the Evening Star. We mi ■ Mile t!i.it it. w, II bo veil got up. if tno publisher is the san.r us the publisher of the Waikato Time; as appears possible from the name. Dr S>hesier s.i\s ho has no doubt that healthy trees may heiufeelcl by the poidjn of diseased ones, corveyed upon -aw or pruning slumw, unJ ho advises that the implements bo (arelully washed in a solution of carbolic acid after being used about a blighted pear, or peach with the jellows. Wo understand thai tho p.s. Golden Crown has been purchased to btf umplo.ted us a pisspngcr boat at Sorrento, a new settlement 111 Hobson'u Bay. On this land villas are being built mid improvement* caine-.l oul, and it is the intention of tho purchase) s of tho G-oltimi Crown to convert this land into a witeim^ place for tho citizen* of the Victormn oipiial. The Golden Crown ia to oonncob this now locality with Melbourne, a dibtance of 33 uulea. Tho surrey retailed tin* condition of tho to bo much bc'tor thiii HUS stippuied. —.lihcrliior.