The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 607, 11 April 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justioe to «Jl men. Of whatever itutu jl persuasion, religious or political * * « * • Here ikalUheProsT thePcopr.R> right maintain, TJnuwed by influunce anil uabribrd by g»m.

TUESDAY APRIL 11. M 6.

The desirability of not leaving the Southern terminus of the Mercer and Puniu Railway at Ohaupo, until such time as the nitive obstruction iii the way of exteuding it Southwards across the boundary line shall have beea removed, has bopn the burden ot more than one corn^puinJen' s letter of late, and with m much show of reason, that we trust the matter will not "be lost sight of by the Government. In his recent speech at Wanganui, the Premier, while he deprecated the enter rig, at present, on new railway acbenieh, declared most distinctly «nd etr.p'iHt. ally that it would be the policy o°tho Gm- rnment to proceed as vgo -oualy <w pos lie 'with the mam trunk line of the C<>!« ny. To carry on the line, at ptesent in cour-e of constrnction between Meroer an" Ohaupo, to some one of the frontier te t'ementsiu a portion of sach artnviiil work and therefore conies unmistakably into the scheme of future gitvaruinnut operations. Nor, ~we "believe, wowld it be riocft-sary 10 apply to the Afisvrob'y fora further s,'tan to carry on the failwhv to the frontier When Dr Pollen, the Colonial b*frei*rv. and then Premier, whs >t *hort tune since in Hamilton, the District .Engineer, Mr Stewavt, waited upon him in tvferonce to this very matter, and, if we recollect rightly, it whs then stated that after the costof completing the line as far an Ohaupo had been piovuied for. there would still bi* a balance in hand of £46,000. Mr Stewart. we were informed, recommended that whatever sum remained on Ivand should be expended au far v* it would go in ox tending- the line beyo id Oaaupo, and to this, the Coloaial Secretary agreed* WV do not see if even a further sum be necessary to complete it on to one ot the frontier settlements, bat that tbe money should be at once forthcoming. To Btop short at Ohatipo when ten or twelve moiv miles would open up into direct communication with Auckland the most fertile and chief agricultural portbn of the Waikato district, would be, to say the least 01 it, a mistake. Ifc is too a portion of the maia trunk line of the Colony, and as such, according to tbe viewg of theGorernmeut itself, a portion of that work which, under any circumstances, must be earned, out in itß entirety. Our correspondent Enquirer asked vl* the other day to which of the frontier settlements the line was proposed to betaken That, however, is a question beyond the matter altogether What we want is the continuation of the line, as tar as circum 3tanceß will allow of its being constructed, ao as to open up the district to the largest possible extent, and whether one settlement or another gaiu the more direct advantage should not be allowed to enter into the question. " For Waikato" should be our common w^toh word, and as one map the settlers in all parts of the district should unite heart and soul in bringing about a work of such general utility ab this. To say nothing of the expenditun of so much money in the dibtrict, the open ing up of the further extent of thecounti > will be a great b .on to the district,. At to ihe course the line will go there oi'. we believe, be r*o doubt of 1 hat — pas' T Avramutu and Kiliikiiu to the tr. ntier v Orakau — as recommended in his lepor l by the resident Engineer, Mr Stewan, to tho Engineer in Chief, Mr Carrutlait. There are m.my und good reasons for d< ciding on this line of route which we net") not at this time enier upon. Wh \t weiir sire to point uut is, tluu in the niton**! of Wuikttto wid of the o'ilonv it l>i r^o, il would be a mutako to iod\e the ilu/>en vi so of miles unconstrucled, which would . if completed, bi ing our 'urllieriuOst Wai kaio «et leiftuute into dir»»ct ruilway com luutiicatiou with tho oapiiai of tbo Pro viuco.

Ohaupo Cattus Saj.b.— We nwil soardely remind our renders that the ro^ular inonthlf t 1« of etook taken place to-d»j st Obanpe. Th« mast ?B«in>B of Mr Bearj Anh»r; of ( Mnbridge, will b« g)»d to learn that \u hw meomafinced business m Kaaornl ttorokeepdr in 1 nt flounpbino towuabip.

& Watkato tiiooK. — We learn thufc the puro- i 1 red built, cowt, And heifer*, lately jjurcbusod from Me»Brs K. nnd E Maclean bj Mr Alfred Cox, and shipped by him to Canterbury, won first prizes »t the recent choir at Timnru,

AttjjNtion !— We are requested by Mesirs Martin, Cox, Harm, Longbottom, and L» Quetne \o direct the attention of eettleri to f.heir*»d»ert)«ement, vrhioh will bo found ia another portion of this journal. Taupiuj Potatois. —As an imttnoa of vrhtt potatoes hare yielded this teaoonat laupiri, three average roots taken op from a plot of land in the towmhip, belonging to Mr Lovel), jUlded HJlbe, and tiz potatoes weighed iepantaly 91ba.

Wajkato AastictrLTmux Ausooiaiiok. — We •w»uld draw tbe attention of the aubscriben to the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association to the fftf-t thai » meeting will be held thii morning, nt ten o'clock, At Ohaupo, for the purpoke of electing offtceri, framing rulei, and gentrally organising the Association. Tiijc Rbsibtration Oftxobb hai received

Electoral returns from all the Highway Boards in the Wnikato and Wai pa District! (twenty all told), exrepting the Newcastle Highway Dt»trict. The Returns forwarded by the Alexandra and Nguruawahia Towmhip Distriot Boards, hare been refuted bj Mr Sear&ncke, u beiog iaformal.

pBB3BirRBrAK Sbrtiob.— Aft tho quarterly meeting of tht Presbyter? held in Auckland, ou Wednesday, the Home mission reported on the arrangement* for relifjiou* tflrricei in Watkato Weat Mr McLaren had oondooted mrioe at the terecal placet in the district, with the ex ocption of two occ&tions, when Mr McLaren wai incapacitated by aocidrnt, but the servicei al Alexunnra hud not suffered any inconvemenoe as he had b««n enabled to attend. The amount of money rained towards the stipend vrai nearl) £100, the amouut they undertook to raise.

Eiohangk or Prisonius. — A oorreiponient in the " Gross" offer* th« following as a suggestion for Sir Donald McL»>an :— " We hive a Maori in our gaol, Himiona To Bua, condemned to death for murder of % fellow- Maori. Th\» misguidtd man doe* not believe himielf morally guilty,"neither do hit countrymen. W« hare "not' a Maori in our gaol, namrd Winiata. though oondamned bj trory one, fair or dark •kinned — with the exoeption, ai yet, of the Supreme Court — for being guilty of a oold-bloodol murder. My luggention 11 that Sir Donald thould try and affect an exchange of theie gentlemen, and if he ■ucoeedi he will deserve great credit."

Singing bibi>B — W« understand that the bird* lately brought up from the acahmatiiat'oa garden* by Mr Firth, and released »t Mr Beynold'a farm, near Cambridge, were linnet* and goldfinches, thirteen oftho former and nine of the lattf r. Cousidenng hovr well the skylark bai thriven and multiplied in tli« neighbourhood of Auckland and elsewhere, where it hai bi'ea introduced, »nd t,h»t, of nil oongbirds. tit notfti perhaps n the inoit welcouio to English eira, it is h matter of •nrpmo and regrat that uoue »r<» to be found in thin diet not.

War to thk Kni/k!!— -Tb« following—referring, we preaumi-, to the niiTertuuii sale of the bankrupt itock of au Auuklhucl draper to b<i diiposed of at Hamilton tm» week — wai picked up vetterday outside onrofßVe. Although the document bears the imtuJa (188, w« are unwilling to a', tribute it to tho poo of Waikato'* Laureate :—: — " And are our drapers doomed to death — Sii&llJenor M*rMn die? There's Cox, Harris, »nd Langbottom Will tee the reaaoa whj. Choru* of auctionrrri . We'll roe the reason whj— Oh Moien!', Mr Morting's Ooußrw*Tiow Tjiuhi »ppeiued for the fl r*t tirao m H*tnitton at the A. 0 Gymnasium last night. There wu a l»"g» and roßpec'ttble oudienee. The company irrwid too late to make the neceeeary preparations for the carrying out of their full prognunme, for wh'oh ad ap ilo jy wa* offered by Mr Morting, who, howere-, eaifiererything would he properlr arrargod by 'he following orening. Tha entertuiuioant ounisted of tome excellent «on<<i*, tr.tpezu teat* by Lottie, and a negro fame. Of Iw.tu we can tay ihe is the youngeit aid ■(nallt>«t fomtle gyinnsst we hare ev«r witn«s9*cl, and fearlessly goo* through a numbar of durinji; tr.tpeio feata. Wank of space coinpola u« to give only o ehort notice, but we may iUte the oomDanv ii well worth a risit.

Tobaoco CuiiTUß«— We >aye just been ttiown a eamplo of tobacco leaf grovra by Mr Lowii, of Taupiri. Tho sample in question «n in rather a tattered condition, having been well bandied before it retched ua. It, however, appeared (o be of the bett quality, and Mr Lewis inforrai us that ho has about 1001 bs ot the leaf pickftd and readf for drilling, some of tho leares being two feet long by eighteen inches wide. This has been grown without an/ extra preparation of the toil, tbe roots being merely ho«>l round at long inttrrals. He feels confidant that tobacoo might be lar^elj grown in his district at little expense, and would well repay anyone who went in for its cultivation. Mr Lewis also informs j us that hops grow in gro»t perfoofcion in T»upin, and in many place* splendid samples are found •tro*ing wuure the soil baa narer been touched * y the Hpadfl or plough. If this is true,«oroe of urenergetioftgricullunsu would do well to go .n for these branches of industry.

Th* "Tih»s" oar or JoftfT.— Oa Friday iglit, or rather Bstimlay morning, our printing rets had a chronic attack of its old complaint, nd quietly insisted on placing ittelf on the tick list— albeit, the inner tides of Saturday's papers hud yet to be printed. We naturally dernurcad to auoh giving way to the mere oracking of it* truiclei, nnd by some little bolstering up, and administering * tonio in the shape of a tempering nail, managed t* get our Saturday* usao off, though too late to catch, tha mails. We havo to {apologise to our numerous aubtoribers, j and to the world in general, for thi anaroidabia delay in the publication of J our issue of Saturday} and the more ao, as that day's papen *ill now rsao Auckland too lata for the outgoing. Europaan mail for an expression of opimou on the diplomatics relutionsof theterarai Powers it, we haT>; reason to know, anxiously looked for, not only by Mr Disraeli and his Government, but by nearly all the crown heads of Europe, and espe daily by the groat Chanosllor of tha Gorman mpire hi in self.

Th« Waif a. and Waijkato Eliotobal "OMjS.— It >■ satiifaolory to find that our efforts to induoe those quuhfled to baootae eleotor* of one or other of tboie district* haro not beon without aucoeas. One hundred and siity-flr ■ w application* from ulaioi&ntt to be pliodd on the Waipa roll, »nd one hundred and ten >i plications for the Waiitato roll hare been duly tent to the Registration Officer. That functionary and bi» clerks are now buny in preparing licti of t,i,e new applications, and expect to have thorn c mploted and read; for potting at the Court klouw, Hamilton, by Saturday or Monday next at the latest. TLore t'-tey will remain open to the inspection of the pubuo during the month of \pril in order that Any eloator having objection 111 1 make a^amat any of ihe applications on th* i> w list may lodge the snme with the R«giatra> ion Officer. Thu must be done some day be> *oen thi< and the l»t M*y,oud aocorJing to a inted form or schedule, copies of whioli may h procured from the Oiflje of t!i« Wjuciro T mes, the same as ware the forms of applioai.uds to register. As we pointed out on a former i cusion. it is exceedingly desirable, while erery ■ mi who has a nght to vote should be regiitered an elector, that no dummy names should iitain up >n the rolls. Suoh names can only ye been pmotM theru tor an improp' r purposn, i d for the value of election tUo ptessnt oppor- '. mt.y for prevtntinj; the carrying oak rrupt practiuus at future elections - iuuld be roadd use of. Taanks to the reral interest taken in th» nutter iioisr district in futorooan bo workod »u pookot which a dutrhit i» alfTuyM iooi\> or U*»

ibl* to be when tl>« electoral roll contain! but, eotr>par»ti«elT few runnot. HaYing afcoured th« right of frondiiaeto the people, lft on now take onre th»t th»t pri?il«g^ i» not neutralinad, m there i« totne reMQQ to fft^r, haw b«en attempted, by sondine jn to bn placed on the roll flotitioni cUiron, filucb, if Allowed to pa;*, will throw lha w»V ©pen to the pouihility of auocoMful peraonAtion »t future olectfona.

Good Pbiiut. — The people of Auckland, at uia»], are, we »c«, preparing to keep the moat solemn fMt of the wholfl Christian Church, with the U'titl Amount of boliday-makinf. Friday next beim Gwd Friday, Dirine »er»ic« (morning and eTening) will b» held in Ht Peter* Church. »nd ipncial nerviee* will be brld on the following S»bbith (Barter Sunday). With the cloteof Lent tb.<» proper fce*»on for holiday-nnkins; will oommenoe, and weaho«ld really like to tee Easter Monday k«pt op in «ood old Bnplish holiday ityle. Thert was wmc" talk ft little while »<?O of getting up a monster pionio for that day, in which all clams might join j and lat« in the day at it now it, inch » pionio, with anything like proper organisation,. nn'uhl y»t be made % «ui*peo. With fire nUamen belonging to the WS N Company running, it would be pouible to obtain the serrioei of one of them for the ooovriou. From (ho manner in which the proposal to hold * montter pionio wa« reoaiTed tome three weeks or a month linoe, we feel confident that the publio would heartily join in the mo»ement if the opportunity were only afforded them. Wh»t i» needed it that lomi one should take the matter in hand at «nc«, and put the project into practical form.