The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLDM FORTI PARTIA." THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1875.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 439, 11 March 1875, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLDM FORTI PARTIA." THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1875.

The address of Sir George Grey in reply to the requisition asking him to become Superintendent of the Province is dignified, and embodied in it are hia options tf r*el} expressed on the leading topics of the day. He has rather taken us by surprise by his enlarged views as to Provincialism. Iv fact he holds the same opinion with rejjirl to Lt, and as t> the duty of the G-jvevtimeut in fie present juncture, that we liave re)*H.teVi% expressed in t.iese co!'im*is. He tells us that although sincerely atidL-aed to Provincial iustiturijiis, 1p is prepirad as in duty bjuud to yield to the opiuio.i of tin majority, •' w ! ien those viewd and wishes ar^ ascjrtajuel by constitutional mans and are c'othed with the authority of l.iw." He go son to siv ''I believe that it is cleanly tke duty of rhe Goveinmeut to state in detail the^nitureof tet >c I istilutiris they propose to take v tHe place of the exis'iug Provincial ones, and to alow tie people of Nd\v Zealand ample time to consider them, and to express their opinions upon the subject. Bit if Provincial Institutions are to be swept aw ly in any part of the Colony, I should desire to see such change mule a general one, and to have such institutions established in the place of the exising Provinces as would Secure to New Z j aUnd generally üb. least thos^ exlensive rights in regird to .- idJjUli.i.m and other m itters which t'le P/ovi ic?s snov^p >s*esi; and t) thi varbus country districts -<\ iargor sharo of lucd sail:' g)verumg it an I a greater and mjre direct ontrol over local revenue-} than is now given to them." We believe tint t.heivi is hardly a thinking man ia the whole of the»"tV r aikabo, wlio will rut. endorse the above, and the eiceptijns will "be fjr the m >st pirt,'men who huvencompbtely given themselves up to Mr Vo^l's i^iiida'ioe, an I arc not piepaivd to ques'ion anyactt'ut he may cjmmi*-. These men are in the habit of saying ** Vugel is <i clever fellow ; he knows w\afc he is doing." On these grounds they are pr-pired to endorse his every action. Sir George, as' we have done before, points out that it is the duty of the Government to give the people ample time to weigu the schemes fur th-j substitution of oLher forms of Government for those they purpose to abolish. He also set-s the necessity of wiping out nil the provinces or none. We are gWI that there is not likely to h« any opposition to Sir George's return, as wetfeel very strongly that the policy h^ Las sketched in feis address is the only one t'j be followed with advantage to the spttlers in the Auckland Province. As we hive previmslv •written, we are sorry that Sir George has comforward to nil the office of Superintendent, not b ■- ciuse we doubt his ability and will tj ably en ry out the duties, but because we feel that his hoi I in.,' the position will lessen his iuiiience iv the Hjusj, but now that his address is before in, we stice uuJieS'Ulingly, tii.it no matter how mmy opponents might have come forward, it would hue beci >\u duty of tho people to return him to the Sapirinten-d-iiit's chair. In the liist \A ice because it is exC 33 hngly i.nprobable that any m in cjul I h tve cvm 3 forward with tli3 ability aid exp M-ie icj h) pos-ics^es; iv the seo.id l)r»c i i.sa wo oasiler his views of the Provincial q.i'isuo i sound, an. l in the third bscauae bis rejee ijn for the Stiperiute'idotiov Tvould havOr weakened his hamU more th m holding the office. Mon of higSi standing untrammelled by loc.il prejudices are much wanted, and we trust that Sir Guorge will prove himself equal to the occasion.

The members of the Waikato Gan Club will juaet for gyro practice on Saturday next, at two o'olock in ALr Claude's paddock. At Ohinemuri, the other day, when a man was brought up for stealing some pi*eserved meat, beer, Ac, at a store, the proceedings were threatened with sudden extinction by the fact tliat a Testament or Bible ou which to swear the witnpss, was not procurable. Ilere ware 1,200 men and no Bibles ! Pricks of Cards could have bee a gat in plenty, A daiaahms.ati of the Armed C^nbtub alary wts told oil

Tho proceedings tit the iast meeting of the Pe- 1 dusula and Oriental Company are fall of interest Hie wealth, importance and prosperity of the Cor>oration is shown by the fact that a dividend equivalent to 7 per cent per annum was paid on the •ipital of the company, which, including the d<*b n.nres, amounts to no less thin three and a half milious steiling, although the directors complained of i diminution of £40,000 per annum in the Australian, and £20,000 in the Indian subsidy. But the xost interesting facts connected with the present imnagemenfc of the P. and O. Company are only ill ud id to in the publishpd accounts of the proceedings at the annual meeting. The opening of the Miez Canal has made an entire c'langein the work.ag of the various lines of mail steamers. Formerly .he service was divided into two distinct branches, niiat between Southampton, or Venice, and Alexmdra, manned and officered by Europeans, and that connecting S.;ez with India, China, Japan, and Australia, officered by Europeans, but manned by Asiaatics. The opening of the Suez canal, combined with the cheapness of crews recruited in Bombay or Calcutta, com pired with the wages demanded by the nondescripts who man ocean-going steamships, hashinduced the company to dispense .altogether with\Eiropean crews. But, while employing unskilled. Indian labour, the company has shown by its tctsjthat the skilled laboir of Englishmen is both elie,i<W*ande 1 ie,i<W*and better than that of Indian mechanics. The large repairing and engineering establishments at Bombay and Hong Kong have been broken up, md henceforth vessels requiring any alterations or refitting which cannot be effected by private estab'ishmeuts at the various ports of call, will have to make their way to London, whither each ship, excepting those employed in tho branch services between* China and Japan, Ceylon and Australia, has to return every six months. — Asc. The following paragraph appears in the Charleston Herald : — We have been rather surprised at receiving notices of withdrawal of advertisements from fouv du^f the live public ins of Charleston who have trtthlrto favoured us with their support. The reason given in each iust nice for so doing being " the dullness of the times." Had nothing else transpired such would have been received as a genuine and satisfactory reason, but we know now that the p rions above referred to have, in solemn concave assembled, adopted the course to mark their disapproval of th^ conductor of this journal and the other members of its staff being members of a tempsrance society. The 1 publicans seem to overlook the fact that this journal is not a tempsrance organ, that it is conducted impirtially, and that the private opinions «£ rfny one member of its staff have no m>re right tiJ^be cillod in question, as affecting the pjUoy of the fMper, thin tho private affiirs of anvotlnr nrnmb/T of the community h.ivet>ba c tiled in question by the public. The proprietor of this journal, however much they may regret a loss of patronage, will not seek to coerce the conscieuti jus convictions of their workmen-— especially on fie subje -t which the publicans evidently wish them to do. We assert fearlessly that in the colonies more especially the upper classes consume far more alcoholic stimulants th-m am possibly be conducive to th-ir well beino. How is it that men c-mnot amuse themselves without ' nipping and shouting"? Is it not a f.ict that they cannot sit through a play or a concert without crowding to the hotel bars whenever there is an interval in the perform inc»? This is, we are sorry to say, a thoroughly coloniil lwbit. What would they say in Ertgland to see all the male pirt of the iiu li^nc •> rise a ( > tin first clo^e of the act of the op'ra, andswirm to the public houses, this J littlr episole b-un * rep-iate 1 whenever the opportunity occurs? A young in in from up-cmntrv who vUits C lristchurch c mnot appear in town witho'it run'iinjr the cfiuutlet, bung compile I to have a nip with every fresh mxv hi meets, probably shouting in return, or else he mist he ontent to t>eir the repata'ivi. of an unsociable fellow. There is no question that tin's promiscuous "nipping" yielded to with distaste in the first place trom the fair of being consid rel unompmionable Ins been the ruin of m\nv a ram, the uuonsi lerel nips soon leading to | a friving for " mornings" and " eleven o'cloeks.' — I Lvt'dtiin Times. I At l-»st we hive something about "Mr Vog^l's New Z-»ilaud handbook." The^^d »n correspondent of the A wit aliisian says :—": — " Mr Voxel's handbook for N"ew Zeal-m I is to mike its a r > f >p.iranc° v^rv shortly. It would have be^n iwblishel ere now had it not b'?e?i fpr^lie d*»hy occasioned in prepiringthe num^rousxJghivin^s th it are to adorn its pig^s and give it extra attractions. From the care with which it his beon cimpile,l, nnd the great interest -\t prasentyfielt in N<->w Zsiland, it is sure to hav^ a 1 ivge circulation in this comtrv. Jottings about New Z j al»md constantly find tlieir wiy into the pipers, and there is sc-u-celv ono that has not contained a piragriph lately announcing th) presence in this oimtryof a repre^entativ.-; of t'n Accli-uatixaMon Society of N.»w Z -aland, for tin p'irp)>e of collecting English pirtvilgo«< for oxpytation thither, to* be turned loos^ for breeding, 'lhey are to b » sent out c irly n month. There is sfill a scarcity of labour in the neighbourhoo 1 of C mibiudgm and the immigrants cottages are empty. We leirn fiat good labouring m^n are driving at the present' time, as much us 10s per dry, a rate which is much too high to allow farmers to cany on their work at a profK We trust that I a f lir share of the next arrivals will be forwarded t> tin district, sing 1 * m^i are pi'eferabl 0 , t) those who ha% r e wivos and families and get employment much more readily. T.ie following h\v a . be^n appoint 0 1 members of L : ca isiug C m-'to. ' For the districts of Cimbridge, ILimilton and Kirtkfriroi. Messrs Alfred Cix, iJ. P., and John R'l'icrm-n. Foi- Nevvcistle, AVhangip^, and RaugiKri, Messrs John Bvcroft and •fames Hume. For Mangapiko and Rantjiaohia, Messrs If. C. G. Gibson and El ward Wriddinsrton, J. P. Mr William Gilbert Mair, E. M., is a]> pointed c'inirm>in of the Licensing Courts of Rmgiaolii.i and M mgapiko. A nicrt |>ieee of alluvial cold, or creek washing, fro'n the neighbourho v\ oi the M ita Ore -k, s lys the '• Th im^s Alvertiser," was sold on Moivl iv at the Biuk of N-w Zetlin.l. w^iere it was tested and 1 found to b- wort'] £3 15s 61 p»r oz. Th" jnrcel f ?jniun>i 3oz 4dwts 12grs and sold fu > I £l2 4s. S >m^ of the s unol^s are v< j iv ric'i 1 >o'riug, O'ltaini'lg little or no q'lirtz.. Tin pirti^s ar^ engird pi'o^p-'cti'ig aiid fossicking tie crea' s betw^e l W iika»vau an I Cor>mui'lel, and moetiii^ with goo 1 one Mii'cigeni Q nt duri'ig their work. T.io new i;-fi sailing ship Tim if. i, has just I*f t Glasgow for New Z.ml tn 1, cirryiug i.i the hold a hugo wooden box, some 12ft square, in which are bi:woen 3D and 40 tons of ice iv solid blocks. B.irieJ right in the centre of this ice-house ar* deposited some 50 boxes, each the foot cube. Each b-»x is fitted with tnys ; in then tru'S ars a)'f nesting o\ er 200,000 salm >n pgg<. The eggs arj so packed that they cannot touch each other ; c io'i egg rests on and is surrounded by apagniun moss, .carefully collected for the purpose. It is expected that the Tiraaru will arrive in New Zealand about the end of March, and there is every reason to hope that thf ica in the ice house will remain unmelted all the time. Mr. 11. XL L'isk has b^e'i l^turnel to serve in the Provinci d CmWil for the didtrijt of Wiaro i and Mangapai by .\ majority ol three. Tiie number of