"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1875.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 412, 5 January 1875, Page 2

" OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1875.

.A movement is- being made in different country < districts in this colony to establish Hospitals for the treatment of those suffering from accident or sick- • An hospital on a small scale, is an institution much required in the Waikato. Thereare a large number of men working in the district at the (present time, and there is no knowing the moment j'a envious, accident may take place. If such a thing ■'were to happen, tho sufferer would ha^e to be taken 4o a private house or an hotel, neither of^ which are : suitable. It is true that when the patient is capable *of being moved, the hospital in Auckland is open for his reception the metropolitan hospital howeveris • only useful in mild cases, as when , the injuries by accident are serious, it is obviously impossible to ■transport a patient ninety or a hundred miles without running great risk of his being past all medical .aid when he arrives at his destination. There are buildings belonging to the Government in more than one of our townships nQtably in Hamilt6n and Ngaruawahii, cpukl be, set aside for the purpose and fitted up as a hospital, on a small scale, at ?no great cost. A inedicai man wo.uhl, we take it, jforl small annual fee, undertake the treatment of the cases too serious for removal to Auckland'The Government should give a subsidy to the extent perhaps of paying the medical man and pro_ Tidin^ the building. The remainder of the cost -we feel confident would bo willingly defrayed by the contributions of patients and the subscriptions of the settlers. We trust that this matter will not be allowed to drop till one of the greatest boons that <can be conferred upon a scattered population is within reach of the settlers in tho Waikaio.

lv is gratifying to observe the large number of people who care travelling backwards and forwards -ifo the Waika-to evory day. The coach is crowded '«Tery trip, in faqt it has been found necessary of late* to frequently run two coaches as far as Ngaruarahia. Ttifa evidences, two facts, first that the pop ulation is increasing, and secondly, that the commerce of the district, is greater than hitherto. It is evident that the time has arrived when the Waikato jsbould have a Daily Mail, the large number of pasfiengbrs' that travel at the present time, and the cerfaintyrf^ B y^ fjSO \ crymoDijhsll<>ul(i induce a -oßtmcto/to run 4 niail at » saiftll increase on

Inspector F. Y. Goring, has been appointed to the command of the militia in tlio Opotikidwtnot. _. . It will be seen by advertisement that Mr tanned i,^ Hill will nell Colonel Ljon'e furniture, &0., ou the 13th mst., at Hamilton. . , • »._,.|-_f Colonel JDCauUrin t«u» bwn appoineed collector of theacootint of land in oultivation »"f f . "\ >< agricultural produce thereof in the ProTinc6 P r0Tinc6 of -^uolcland, to be taken in February. B wu ww n A« nunArt-' The following appointments in the mental gazetted £-Franoia He^ry *lei* and draftsman ; Augustus Van 2am t M aodonald, H. H- Beoro, surveyors i Lawrence Cussen, assistant wameßr. correspondent of the *rfto*rf « «J ' • ■»*» that ihe Mayor of Melbourne is willing to allow Blond.n to carry him across the rope conditionally that the proceed of the exhibition be Riven to the Melbourne ■ oham tu». We have received the first number of the *ew Zealand Bonder, it obtain, the word, of soventyfour aongj *o™ !of which aro of ftn objectionable character. Mr Bra jth wte of Dunedin, ia tlie publisher, the book is well printed, .and worth the 8d asked for a copy. We hare been ahown.a aplondid cample of peas grown by Mr Anderson, at the Half-way House betweo » •"? Ranginri. The land in the neighbourhood w Benora8 enora ! l y l ? ported as being valueless, the splendid sample of V^Z office is evidence that it i» not nearly so bad as common report vronld lead one to believe. /T *% A f « ft f ß P We have often heard (says the CW of oate eating chickens, but not of their hfttohinft them. But .uoh, we are assured, is the fact in the following «nat«j«:--Some few week* since a catb,lon R in* to Mr G-lover, of Moonambel vrent and kitlened in the stable. A hen had P»™u.lv an egg in the same upot, and the warmth of the kittoni hatched the eg* On Wednesday the chick was walking about the yard, and mother puuy, thinking it in daajer. carefully took it in her month and carried the chicle back to its warm buarters with the kittens. It ia .-tated. Bays the Cross, on what seeme to be good authority, that Mr R.bertKirßwood, of V aikato, who ha. already pnrchaaed -aome flrst-elas. stock, imported froj Australia, hss become ftp po-sessor of the bay Stranger, lately the prouertj of Mr John Buekland, of ' Ooromandol. The price ha, not transpired Mr K.rkwood Was made an offer for the well-known racer Tui. It s sat s factory to learn that r-cing apirit has not yet declined in Auckland, and the incentive given to ■portm* and the i intro. (notion into nd of pure-bred atock by Mr Kirkwood - and others is well worthy of imitation. • For some time past the growth of the wool trade in London has been so marked that t he wa» t of „ or^l accommodation and better arrangements for se hnj th«M; ha . been much felt by members of the trade. Tim want » now extinguished by the opening of a handsome and commodious mart having entrances in Coleman and Banngholl street, and, therefore, in the centre of the ™1 qnKrter of the oity. The structure presents an imposing appearance ..utaide, and within is replete with W™™™»- ™ ietdal auction room is surmounted by a fine glass < me and . the seats arranged in semicircular lievs those in the aroa, numbering sorr>e 400, being numbered, and «•* *• jgjjgj a member of the trade. There is a gallery «nnn»b>j vrith the are* by staircases, and this is mon f"**™?! 'outsiders," if we may nae such a term. AltOgethW "the ™rti, capable of seating about 500, and of weomodatin« i «ome 600 persons. Livntorie- are in com ? tt " l f^? n 'W' '. n short, the arrangements are compile, and vfd! Wflßiatod I u ensure comfort. In connection with the , -ous offices for the use of members of the o1 ™™^; ,nd where they may conduct their business. There aw . ibout 300 rooms available for offices, and these are light « «a «ry, ventilation through the w!>ole huilding being carefully ptprided for. A new hotel is in course of erection, and will , >ccupy a part of the site of fhe exchange. It will be seen ' therefore that the London wool brokers and merchants have .n the new building every facility to* conducting their trade 'he importance of which may be judged from .the fact that the imports of raw wool into the United Kingdom now imount to twenty millions sterling per annum, and the ex oorts of manufactured woollens to thirty millions.