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The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA" THESDAY, MARCH 13,1875.

We have before us a letter from Mr J. H. Wallace, of Wellington, in which he gives a short detail of the troubles of the early settlers in the colony, and afterwards, to use his own words, writes "Will any impartial judge say that the pioneers and their families of the early days are not entitled to grants of land, as a substantial recognition of their services as the practical founder's of the colony 1 " Hi; draws the line at the 22nd January, 1846. The events he enumerates in support ot his vu>vv of the case are i all matters of history ; it is well known to every man in. the colony that the early settlers had to carry arras for their defence ; but the admission that the whole of tke early emigrants were armed before leaving England proves that they were perfectly cognisant of the risks they ran ; they risked much in order to gain in proportion. If the people (of New Zealand are to be called upon to compen. sate every body of men who have done the same thing, by grants of land, we take it that very little ! will long remain in the hands of the Government, j We do not wish in any way to detract from the praise, or, as M r Wallace puts it, tie gratitude due to those I ( men. -Were just claims on the Government to end 'with.tnose of the early settlors, we mi^lib be mcli j aed to suggest that a grant to each of the ancient ll families should be made; but if the principle of for dangers >md difficulties w^re once we can see no limit to responsibility. It *mußt not be forgotten, however, that in very Iyag.ny1 yag.ny instances the modern settler has suffered to aii equal if not a greater degree. .VVa have only to uaontion Tntuu.iki, Wangamii, '•Jad ,'the outaettlemeata of Auckland during the n/eAi3n /eAi3 186.2 to 1805, when the inhabitants were off their land and compelled to carry arms %r months. We »vo aware that compensation mmrta mat and 'granted suao'i of money to those 'V/jj <ruld subifcAatUte their cUiim. Tag early/

s uluv* also rooeivjd gi'dius of laud iv compens.ttion for their early troubles. We cannot help feeling a tinge of pity for the early settlers in having lost the .prestige which the fact of their early arrival in the country once gave them, but we are not prepared to celebrate their departure into oblivion by the gift of Untl which the colony can ill spare.

An unfortunite accident happened to a child of M• G sorgo M*ys, Hamilton, named Tuora is, aged J four nI a half years. Ho was play ing wkh sDmeother children — jumping oIY a bank immediately outside the schoilhouse. There was a drop of from four to five feet; the little fellow followed the exa np.e ot r j the elder children, and, owing to his tender years, his leg has been broken. He is progressing favouriiblv under the treatment of Dr Benle. fc We regret to notice tho decease of Mra Hamilton a Newell, late of .VgaruawahLi, where she had been j resident for more than ten years. The debased, ; owing to her urbanity and kindness, enjoyed respect a and affectien of her neighbours, who have to mourn . ( the loasLof ;a sure friend when in trouble. t We"Wna that Pu twain, the diver at the wreck of t he Gro£hKibm<g, killed two sharks, having a skull, ] human bones, and portions of clothing in their ; rtomaSi&k --One of the crew of the Bunyip found s <;250 Ka Wfc on a corpse floating near the Gothen- . bur°\ Tt(e body was too much decomposed to be identified, 'and the money has been handed over to the collector of customs at Townville. From an official return of the Mineral Statist u of Victoria we find that the total number of mineiemployed in the qnaiter ending September 30, 1864, were 82,258 ; and the corresponding quarter, 1 v4. 46,239, being a decrease of 36,019. It has been argued that the 36,000 have taken to agricultural pursuits ; but this, we think, is very doubtful. We visi^d yesterday the school in Hamilton West^rfcticfcjr over by Mr Panvers. That gentleman waVWnd enough to give us a practical illustration of the system of instruction he pursued. We admit-to baling strongly biased in favour of his pL-iudfoje^ "**lt differs much from that under which most Spans' Acquired the modicum of knowledge that has fallen to our lot. Most of us can remember the arduous process of acquiring information to which we were subjected. Our principal difficulty was that, after we had committed a certain fact to memory, we were not furnished with the reasons why the fact existed. A boy of an enquiring mind piobably found this out for himself; but the larger majority rested satisfied with the bare knowledge. We were exceedingly pleased to find that the children under Mr Panvers' care were capable of | telling its th§ reason why they had been told certain things as axioms upon which to base calculations. .TlTe school is a credit to the master, and it should be gratifying to paients that they have the services-pf a^entleman who does not rest satisfied with ci^mhjmg " show childien." An ingenious invention of a very useful nature, which we would recommend to the notice of settlers, has been patented in Melbourne by Mr Graham i Mitchell for the purpose of protecting horses at work in the sun during hot weather. The invention consists of a hood to cover the horse's head and neck, to be fastened b} tapes to the bridle and body harness. The substance used is buff-colouied holland, which is very light, and can be folded so as to occupy very little space whon not in use. The hood cm be easily m ide watei proof, and thus used in winter as a protection for horses exposed for a long time to rain. It would appear that ths raid nude by the Melbourne police on Monday last on the publicans of the city and suburbs, with the view of obtaining samples of the various alcoholic liquors sold, was most complete and well arranged. Melbourne proper and the various suburbs having been divided into blocks, two constables in plain clothes were told off for each block. These, in their visits to the different hotels, generally went into a parlour, and having called for drink*?, in the absence of the vailer poured the liquors into buttles specially labelled with the address of the house. This plan wis continued until samples were obtained of most of (he difl^rent liquors sold at the various hotels. In this way no less than 603 hotels were visited (all on the north 1 side of the Yarra), and 3,000 samples of liquor obtained. The sample? have been li aided over to the Governmenf analyst, ati 4 the results oi the examination will be made known in due course. — *' Austnlasian." v . v We notice that a new method of marking and - numbering sheep and**6attie has been invented by Mr J. J. Sinait, of Melbourne, and that it is becoming in gen tj l l use in^^Au.strnlia, and many of the : large stations South. The method consists in -attach ing a label to the animal's ear These labels are ' made of wire, rolled flat, and washed with tin, an 1 stamped with numbers from 1 to 1000, and wi J i ' i any name ordered, not exceeding nine litters; >i" 1 more, the name must be contracted, m- have t\ : in tills in lir^er letters. They are bent into li i- ' shape, and left opon. 1 1. is attached to the eir b • passing it through twcNioleSi punched in the e a*, or hung in one hole, and lapped around thn ed^eoft'ie I eai\ Them press the lomr-hooked end i % i even with the shovb en-1 ; t'ns is done by a i>rip b » u av >pii the thumb aid finger, or by pincers. These, libels an* - hiijhl'.' prized by breeders in Am >rica, a id are invaluable in registering stud stock. Asa "stition" p mark for sheep thov are prefer ihle to and more con- . v-nient than ftre-branding, which is oft-^n pnlv a 1 blotch. 7 One of the capital fellows who have h«pn i " home lately had a farewell dinner given him prior j to departure, by his friends enga^d in th« stock and ! i station business, and others. An old gentlpman of Scottish birth took a ticket, upon which he wrote ' his name. PTe did not, however, appear at- the j J dinner, M'hich was dla Russe, but he afterwards s°nt j j the ticket bark, as he. hadn't male use of it. TUp | t committee declined to release him from his responr sibilitv, and then something wsis hinted about absence at Fchuca. At length, however, he owned ' up, and his explanation showed national caution in ' strong colours "You s°e, the door was op°n, and ' I just peeped in before the dinner, and I could see , n°atl)incf but fruit, flowers, md hanip.i^ne And I can abide iiane of them. So I just g'iO'l liauie.' 7 Which he did — to a has^is. — " Australasian." Mr Lewissolin.onoof the traveller^ for Messrs L™ win 1 Brotlierp, whilst travelling fro'n Te A'vamutu to s Alexandra, came to rather s rions grief. Ho was travelling in a soring carr. and hid a qumtity of samples with him. WhiKt crossing one of the ' bridges it gave way. The diiver and h» wore ■ j precipitated into a swamp and Severn 1 of the cises ' containing cfoodsfell upon them. A"torsom° hours ! ofpre f tvharl work theca.'t wis ri and the boxes - repl;JC°d. Sever il of + h c s articles v/ero drn-jg"! P l'evoiifl recognition. We h tve, so often al'u l^cj to the stiteot the bri lgfnon thisio-id, that roiteraiion is manotonous. Wo have p'^'diu'ted a much more '' serious Hocidenfc tlian that w'ltcii lias occurred, when ' two or threo teams ami their drivers h ive been killed, we suppose action will be tal:e.'i. Panatirua is 1 appointed keeper of the 1 ferry at Port Waikato, vice Henry Shillito resigned. The gold r- turn from the Thames for tho week 1 ending April 10, amounted to about 2800 ozs. i We understand that his Honor the Superintendent (Sir George Grey), has consented to becomo president of the N. Z. Agricultural Society. It is gazetted that tlirc 1 judgea will sit in Wellington on the 19 th day of May to dispose of Matiimonio r l causes, ** - ' * » " .

A miner named 'iiiotnas Husker mcc witn au accident an Saturday lust at the Thames, ow nj to an explosion of gunpowder. Ho is progressing favorably. Wo have received from the publishers, Messrs Lmgbridge and Elgecumbe, of Tauranga, the ".Hand-Book to the Bay of Plenty and Guide to the Hot Jakes." It contains a very good in;ip of the district which gives acurately the positi <n of the lake country, which so justly attracts so inucii attention. The description of the country, which is from many different pens, is far above the average of descriptive writing. We can recommend all luierebted in the country to purchase tv • pun,) ih>. Tiie following letter appeared in the columns of i contemporary : — Sir, —The coubtit icncies of th 'Thames and Waikuto are, 1 think, beholden to Mr C. O'Neill, M.il.Li., for urging upon the GjVer.i ment tho necessity of road communication between these districts. Through his application, it appears action in this most important matter is to be taken. Knowing that the Thames river is the nearest wharti<?e for the produco of the Upper Waikato, and affords the nearest access to ttie Lake and Taupv country, in 1669, when the gold of Ohinemuri wa~ a m^s>[ asked the attention of the Government to t'lis sta|>ject of road communication. At this tim« Lidy Mere Kuru was in power, and from the N.itCv&xfliuister's reply i fc appeared t.mu tv suggestions contained in my letter would bt attended to when an opportunity occurred. The key to the valuable district of the Uppei Thames is now in our hands, and I hope Mr C. O'Neill and other representatives will not rest until a good road is made from some town in Wuilu.to to the Thames. A road from some places near the Aroha to Cambridge, appears to roe the line which would afford the greatest advantage to the districts intciested. This road would cost about six thous>aud pounds for formation, and fourteen thousand for metalliug ; a considerable sum, but the expenditure would soon be recouped by increased Customs at Auckland and the Thames, nnd most certainly \iy increase of population and prospeiitv both in \y*ikato and the Thames.— l am, &c, James Baber,\E.

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Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 453, 13 April 1875, Page 2

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The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA" THESDAY, MARCH 13,1875. Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 453, 13 April 1875, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA" THESDAY, MARCH 13,1875. Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 453, 13 April 1875, Page 2

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