The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 390, 12 November 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. " OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1874.

.Our Hnnipipi eunvpondent writing under date GthKov . •a^ ; — "l)uiing t)ie past very dry wiudy weather, tome .(mischievous M'oundrcl fired the fence close to this sfitlejniciit, and ns it was blowing very hard at this time, the fire tprcud wry rapidly and burnt all beiore 11, crowing & large in tt» course and destroying several chain ofh>o bedg.- UMind I lie paddock of one of the settlers. Mr ir^Tliofftj mv. .\ I (» if the principal sutlercr, has oftoied u reward of £5 iin il»- "i-eovery ot the poity who slatted the fire. If .p«op t »ci i w.tie that they are liable to a heavy penalty for jinduljiii » v their inflammable tastes perhaps they v\ou)d be n littlv in.Mt i iiu'Mil. No doubt a conviction or u few weeks in Mom t Ki.n. would do good. We him infixed tiie lirst two numbeis of The Echo: it i- one of the be-t punted papers in the colony, is well written, and t< ntaui- ewry item of news procurable at this exceedingly dull )enod of the year It the programme it has d.ttwn i>p Uir itbill' be honestly carried out, it cannot fail to ( io i tumid ll c icspeet and support of o?ery reepcctuble citizen. AVi' (junii- ile following iiom it* opening article: — '' The Eiho will fii-t of all, and most of all, be ajourualof news, la our i • i me will be found an Echo as complete as possible of v\hni, iiil.ts place, and as truthtiil :ts po^ible ot what 'public opinion may l>e in ii'l parts of Kew Zealand. oir '•politics will bo nitiur colonial than local ; our objects the y.O'><i <if tlii the colony it large, and not the udvuneenunt of a pi'ii\ Our tup] ort wd) beaflbrdid lo all umisures that iippcui' t«> bi> in tbeiiioelrcs beneficial, livin vvh.it ever paity *i he_\ :i a\ i nine, but our political faith w.ll be pinned to the -»ktris ot no pohtictnn. Our sjmimthtes will be unlisted on 'ti.e bide of real progress, whether vn the relonn ot uur Goit inuieni,or in the development ol oui resources as a country, pur iui\ot:icy nuty bo iclied un ior the cause I hat lack* a-Bittaiicc, wlieuc\er that cauac \a not only weuk bi.t d^orv"nit»; and oii> dcnuiiciaticiH will not be uithlicLl iron fear, _ J lntour, or hU'i ttion. whi;ne\er ieal wrongs dcv and redress, 'aciiiul uhnseo call for Mini exposure Tn our pages will be '[' unri no -,( uinlous fibuso of indivKlii.ils — no pandeung lo 'll o nioibid (notes of those who s-eek a sensution at the expi >ne of lioiit .sly, and of the good name oi ol her men. Our oo'ijn n< will be frrelj oprn to con c>pondoiieec>i) all subjects \.l | ub ie inteiest without refeience lo th- opinions ol our i rt- Hjiuiulenls, so long as their litter* conloriu to the prini | !< « b\ which, us we hue ?aid, our own uitiou will be L" Mrncd. Such, in to fvxv wordn, is out piogramnie, and t) tui we *hal) adhere. Ti> be the tool ol no clique, the, n.oultij nee of j-o politician, the engine of no mini's malice, Ihe in*! i nn nils lo gene no man's piivalo cmit — is the ui>i lift all? dele ru. ma( tun ol thin juurnul. ilia Uoiuv the Siij). rintondeiit in the course of his speech . in it |ily to the todsl ol Ins health at the Agncnllurd SoCietv's ilinner »iii,! :— *.^ lthou^h not an agriculturist none 1(i e« loiter than he did tie disadvantages which the p'Ople J ot the piuvinot) h.boured under from ihe veiy beginning in I ie#pcil t.> HgruHiliuiv, iu«d it gave him great pleasure toob. aeiTc if travelling about iho piovince that m ho many portion* '.'fit the sod wiis guiding to the labour and industry I of pir-Liermg folonisle, and that both on thoEust and West 'Coatts there were prosperous plates \Mlh, if not a guile conJented people, y»t men who were, tomparatively speaking, in bappr and contented circuiust.iuces. But we had not long since addiul (o our domain the great territory of the -Witikato. in visiting that portion of Lljo province the other tln\ in company with a delegate of the English Laborers' iAsudc-iation he was pleased to find tliat bo much of it had been taken up, and that the ft it ihsing and powerful agencie* of nature were at woik assisting tlio industry uf mm). lie was sure from observation that it that work procee Jed as proppei ou»ly an it was commenced the Wnikato country Would be second to none in the Australian colonies for the pioductiveness of tho.»e crops that would be calculated to gnefoodlo man mid beas>t. It was marly time that t lie .province ol Auckland should (ea^e to import brend&tuffa, iiiul I c «a; suretliut the railway uhich was now progresbing tounidt) the Waikulo would gi\e encouragement to the setllci* .n Ihatpait ot the country— his fuend on the right, Mi Cox, among the rest f imd that if there were no othrr •place in t lie piovince the Waikulo would contribute everything that would be needed ioi the rcquircimntsoi the people, in nn ngriddtuttil e< n«e. 'Iher^ were, however, other parts of the piovince wntrc agri'.-ultuial pursuits were being can lid on, and where hoi>e existed m the breasts ol Ihoie who were engaged in them. So long as ho re- j tnaiiifd in olTice, be would not cloee bis eyes to the means of riicoumging the Hgriculturints of the province, and he I was glnd to find that notwithstanding many drawbacks lately, there were so many hopuftil enough to (ome togetlur to lelebrate the anniversary of the Agricultural {society " ' The following advertisement in the Wangamd Herald can ,i h its own n oral : — " For talc cheap.- The pewter drink- | n fc 1" •> given b\ tbe Wanganui lliflo Association as a silver pi tht l»*! ej.ring meeting. Priu3 — Any sum e\< ceding ' Tb" pot wuk given as lirst prize, the second pine bring

1 V Haifa's Baij Times has the folio winy m 1 defence to Sir Oiurgo Crioys petition : — "Sir ttooige Grey docs uot assume tiint ihe constitution o! tlie colony, like tho laws ol the Merles and Per<i.un. ciiinot be altered," amended, or impiovod ; but he justly objects to any de| rival ion of the rights and privileges ot the Colonists under fnlse pretence*. It the colony m convinced that centralism pure and pimple i* more in iiecot dance with its weul than the present more eomplos. system ol Pio\ mciahsm and Centralism eombu od, and moves th- Imperial Parlnuiioiit to mako the nm-ssarv change in accordance) with its expre-hed will, neither he nor any one CUI possibly object, but when it appears that u man >:rec>dy ot power attempts the destruction of the constitution sdinply because the legitimate checks it. imposes are found to obstruct his ambitious projects, the thuiihs of the people are due to tiny watchman who will sound the warning note of caution I against the threatened revolution. Under the bend of cheap foorl, the London Medical GaZttte sajs tliut " during the year 1673 10,061 tons of annual food have been added to our homo resources from the Australian colonies, and have been sold at u value of £733,818. The continental demand is increasing. It is a curious fact that, while the consumption of the meat by the poorer classes aro creating an extended and permanent demand for these meats through the higher clus* of dealers. The Australian Meat Agency declares a dividend of 10 per cont. per annum An American paper saya :—": — " A Masonic expedition to the Holy Land, which will include the prinoipal cities and localities of intere-t in Europe, Asia, and Africa, will leave Now York on September 12. The party will consist of at j least .")U Master M-isoin, under tho leadership of Robert ■ Morris, LL.I). Past G-rwul Muster of Kentucky. The trip will occupy 114 da^s, and will iunbr tee Egjpr, Palestine, | Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Italy, SinUerlaml", Fiai»-e, ¥.nc. I land, Scotland, and Iroland. From mi outline ol thojoui uey, which is published in tW Kew York Ttibmie, it .ippt-aii that the party will sail from Constantinople o i O( fober J2 ai ruing at Smyrna on Iho liith; thea by rail to Ep'iosus returning to Smyrna in tune to meet m Convention with the seven lodges of that piacw They will then «o to Be^rout, Syria, where they will arrive on October 2U. From this point they will begin their font hfo, which is to continue 30 I days, during which timothe party will vint G-ebul, Tyre, ] Hiram's Tomb, Baalbee, Damascus, Mount Hennon, ibo' 'Sea of G-alilee, Niizaref.li, Nablus, Bethel, Jerusalem, Heth kh<M», the Bead Sen nml Hiver Jordan, Hebron, and J |i|>a During this tent lilo the. lodge will be opened whenever opnorlunityoccuM, under the travelling warrant of the Erfnal Solomon Mother Lodge of the Gity of Jerusalem. While at Damascus and Beyrout the party will bo received bv the M'isoiis in those places. In Jerusalem it u proposed to lay the corner-stone of the new Masonic Hull lo be erected in thntcity. When the party returns to Kew York, next' February, ' The Most Travelling Lodge* will be dissolved." A "Northern Farmer," writing to the Adelaide papers, offers the following \cry sensible suggestions, "the result of 30 jciirs* experience ainon,: immigrants":—" There arc three tests to which every working man offering himself ns an emigrant should be submitted : — The bund, the handwriting, and the power of speeclnnnking. Ist. The H*nd.— The finijers should be short and square at the ends ; if over 80 jears of age a 1 1« do knobby on the knuckles. The palm should be hard and e.rj, and, when the snner is asked to put Im hnnd fl it on the table, it should be found resting on the wrist and the tips of the fingers. 2nd. The Handwriting—ln the early days of the colony a majority of the be-»t immigrants who came here had a habit oi making the »ign of a cross in lieu of signing their names ; but although I i.m willing to admit that even now those who adhere to that practice are mure oithodox than the average, yet it is a confession of faith which I would not now insiston. A man should not b? condemned becauie ho is able to write Ihis narnp, but to a nood farm labourer it will be always an effort requiring n sigh after it is finished. Any attempt at a flourish should catiso the mima rejection. 3rd. Speaking Capabilities. — Make the applicant stand on a chair and a^k him a few questions ; if he spoaks as readily as when on the ground bo doubtful of him, but if he shows the least ten. dency to wave his arms rondemn him at oneo — ho is a born orator, and if brought out he will never work himself, and will try to prevent others from working, but will possibly get into Pnlument, or come to surae bad end." Wanganui is, it apprtirs, likely to become a wine growing district. Mr Todd, of Victoria A\enue, is said to have manufactured 300 gallons of grapo wine this season, and bus produced wines which will hold their own with those imported from the neighbouring colonies. The Herald says that " the first is a red wine fullbodied and rich, with a fine* bouquet, but requiting a<re. It Ims all the qualities of a g-nuine wine, ns it is, and tho palate of the connoisseur has ut once n satisfactory expression of the fact. This wine is exceedingly pa'utuble without the and taste of colonial wines generally, and with a very palpable sense of the grape, which timeonlv is required touiellon into u high-class wine Wo tn«ted three different kinds of champagne, and were pleaded with tho result, especially with two of thorn." The unfortunate man Neary, of the Volunteer Militia, who had hib leg broken, was brought to Kgaruawahia jesteiday. Dr Beale set the limb, and we learn that the patient is progressing favorably. At an influential meeting held by the members of the Sydney Chamber ot iVmmerce it was determined to establish a direct Cilitunuaii mail service, irrespective of JS T ew Zealand.