The Waikato Times . "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 394, 21 November 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times . "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1874.

The little episode of, to.pui; the case plainly, the mutiny of the passengers of the Hydaspes, naturally leads, to the consideration of free immigration. As ;i principle, free passages from the over-populated o,kl country to the shores of New Zealand, where labour is undoubtedly in demand, is indisputable ; but the principle only holds good as regards this • ,olony in the caso o,f the proper class being imported. That this is not so is solf-apparent ; the cry is almost universal that the people being imported at the expense of the colony are useless, f hey are picked up by the agents at home at so much per head. It would be expecting too much from humanity to anticipate tjiat agents employed on the capitation principle would not ship anything in the shape of t J.uman being. Much political '•jipital Ims beea v: -!e of the assertion that if popu*Ui»ji u-juld l>e ;. rpased the burden of taxation 'v;,l ]<1 . u !'i^p^'.-fy,n,.trly U.n.rncd, Ilm^c mIi«» lunc

n 0.l numerical sliei-gJi lor ,i basis h.ue on ml, not bvause thoio were natural blemishes in the hypo-tlu-.f.. but for the re.^on that mercenary and uuhoiupuloiw agents have beon omploye.l to proem o the necessary material to prove its accuracy. The dgonla aro not .ill to blame; tho majority of Lhem took the matter in hand simply as a means of earning a livelihood, the blame should rest, principally on the shoulders of those who employed them on the stipulated terms. It will be seen by a telegram in another column that a large number of immigrants may be expected in the port of Auckland within a few weeks. • Let us hope that they are not, as heretofore, almost a useless lot of human beings, incapable of farm work, and equally so of town work requiring any intelligence ; in fact, tho class that one finds in a home militia regiment, who proverbially are of the worst in the country. If the saino class of immigrants that have arrived lately sent to us in shoals, we may rest assured that it will be necessary to enlarge the gaols and build large workhouses after the manner of our ancestors. In place of helping those already in the colony to bear the burden of taxation, they cannot fail to prove an additional incubus on the shoulders of those already striving fora decent living. It is quite time the free system ceased, or that it was conducted on different principles.

Tho nnthes ore having a considerable number of cattle from the " King" country, which they have sold in Alexandra and the neighbouring townships. A telegram interesting to all who indulge in the co<m vwqh of Dune has reached an Auckland contemporary from Dunedin. Thorp are £11,000 left to the fortunate DuneWe are very gl-id lo Wrn that the concert in aid of the Catholic Church m Alexandra, given last Tuesday, wus a great suicess Detect »c Servant Robert Tcrnahan has lesigned his position. Tlin offiVcr, during his term of aervieerhns rendered good service to the public Uo has left, so far as we cun learn, because he can got better pay irom some otuer Government. Tho following aisea were adjudicated on by the Resident Magistrate at Ngaruawahia yesterday :— John Seal lan, for b( ing drunk and incapable in the public streela, was fined 5s and costs. Fran McCarthy, a man who appears to look, f upon a gaol as tho only residence protided for him, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in mount Eden John Meehan, for being illegally on piemise3, was let off with 24 hours' imprisonment, in consideration of the owner of the ' premises ha\ing given him a sound tlmwhing. j Eeturn of firing for choice of representatives by Mi'itia at Uaaruawahia on 17th November, 1874 • — Private H. Thomas, 22 ; Corporal E. i'itzpntriek, 27 ; Lieutenant J. Hume, -io • Se geant W. Butcher, 3G ; Private Niooll, 29 ; Sergeant a. Edgecumbe 86; Ensign C. Barton, 34. The new post and telegraph office was opene at Ngaruawnh;a on Thursday ; Mr Sheath superintended the transfer of the wires. The new building is a great improvement on the old shanty in which hitherto the business of the department ha* been conducted. Tho same amount of money, however, expended on u more suitable plan would have made a much more commodious, convenient, and imposing building. Sergeant Bernard, A C , has been appointed Sub-Immigra-tion Agent for Hie Wuikato. ihe success that the Stoneham troupe has experienced at Alexandra has induced them to perform there two additional evenings. The performances, therefore, advertised to take place at Egaruawahia are postponed till next week. It is purposed to hold the following religious services in the Waikato to-morrow :— Church of England— Hamilton, 11 a.m. ; Ngaruawahia, 11 a.m. and 6 .30 pm. ; Alexandra, 11 a.m. ; Te Awamutu, 3 p.m ; Kihikihi, G. 30 p.m. Catholic —Hamilton, 11 am. Presbyterian— Alexandra, 11 a.m. ; Ohaupo, 3p m. Wesleyan Methodist— Cambridge, 11 a.m. ; Pukenmu, 3 p.m. ; Hamilton, 630 p.m. ; Te Awamutu, 11 a.m. United Presbyterian and Congregational, Rangiaohia, 3 p.m. The City of Melbourne, with the English and American mails, arrived nt Sydney on the 12th instant, three days earlier than expected. A recent telegram sbvs :— A disturbance occurred at Ipswich between .Roman Catholics and Orangemen, owing to a lecture on "The Monk that shook tho Woild." A free fight ensued, and the police cleared the hnll. The Suprrinti ndent hss received the following telegram from the Hon M«nist( r lor Immigration at Wellington :—: — "Agent -General tele imjili*: 'Ship Dilhim-e, 330 souls; Warwick, 2*o souls . Inverne, 200 souls, bailed for AucKland in October.'"