The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLDM FORTI PARTIA." TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1875.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 426, 9 February 1875, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLDM FORTI PARTIA." TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1875.

T/e are inclined to the belief that the meeting of Sir Donal I McLean with Tawhiao is the beginning of the end. In the first instance the meeting took plnce in consequence of the the solicitation of the King, whose reception of the rainist.-r was cordia', and by whose direction he was treated with more than the respect due to a great chief. Tawhiao made a speech ; as a natural preliminary, long habit led: -"Rim to speak of the restoration of the VVaikato. 3?he Native Minister •equally, as a matter of course, informed him that <even the consideration^ a,ny such proposition was impossible, and that tn'e Government was prepared to treat him with every* consideration provided he would keep order amongst his people. The Defence Minister has done a plucky thing ; he has invited discussion on his policy by bringing it to a climax ; lie has been allowed, and has exercised almost unlimited pjwer for some number of years, he has now voluntarily asked that the people of New Zealand shall judge him by . results. There is no man in the colony who is not prepar«L ■to give £ir Donald credit for an intimate knowle^flj of native matters, and thk^opinion of his abjiH discretion has by the partial ad miss 'on, bjßi '" Kmg>" that his ways hitherto have been tfl| •of the foolish, goes far to prove that his patienc? ;and reticence have been jrntitted As we have, in previous issues, pointed" (Kit "those who hold supreme power can only be judged by results. We have judged Sir Donald by the crucial test and he lias not been found wanting. His meeting wi*h the "King" has laid the foundation of permanent peace and quietness, and if the seed which iias been sown wit.i much labor coineq to maturity, the name of Sir DjiuM wjß.b^justh handed down to futurity as that of th^ma^ who solved the greatest difficulty with which the people of New Zealand had had to contend. «■*

A wharf is being constructed at Taupiri by Mess- 5 ? Brlttain and MoVee, who has extensive contiaiti for the construction of t'<e railway line between Mercer anrl Ngaruawalra. The wharf is to be of the most substantial kind as is necessary for the landing of the heavy material of which the rolling stock and permanent way of a raib^y line is constructed. A deputation consisting of Messrs I*. Leslie, Cox Hume, Morris, Jolly, Hammontf Knox, Cmnming. .and Capt. Steele waited upon the Defence Minister yesterday. Mr I eslie spoke at^ouie length on the advisability of making a road -from the WaiUto to the Thames goldtiekls, he urged substantially the .arguments in favour of the desired scheme, embodied in u memorial forwarded some time back to jbini for the consideration of the Ministry. After several remarks from the memhera of the deputation, the Na:ive Minister suggested as far as he •could discern the deputation only desired to impress upon him the sentiments expressed in the •memorial he had already received. He felt the ne•eesaity for the proposed road, and would use his influence with his col eagues to have the matter careffiilly attended to. As regards the bridge across the Waikato at Hamilton, he usketkthat the settlers -.would give the Ministry time for consideration, the .expenditure on the district had heen large as he .thought that all present would give the Ministry fd-edit for having done all in their power for the advancement of the Waikato. At a meeting of subscribers to the Ngaruawahia library held on Saturday last (Mr B,ron in the ,chair), it was resolved,—" That Mr Byron should 'be commissioned to purchase <£ 25 worth of useful Jbooks in England, and forward them to the secretary." The report for the past year \v\ts read and jUoasetl. The following gentlemen were elected to Act as d committee for the present year :— Mr Geo MgccimU*, secretary: Messrs Byron, Matheson, iuchol s and Laing. A vote of thanks was passed fto the late committee. At a meeting of the ratepayers' for the Ngarua■whia Highway District held at the Cental Hotel on < {the 4th insu, Messrs Salmon and Stock were l ♦elected in the place of Messra lnnes and Holloway fifsijnei i

pensation will be made, and if granted a lodge opened.