The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 620, 11 May 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justico to all men. Of \vhate\ er state or persuasion, religious or political # * • • • Here shall the Presi tho People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbnbcd by gain.

THURSDAY. MAY 1), IS7C.

! Tun letter of our Alexandra correspondent, which was published in our last issue, exactly bears out tho positiou of affairs r.B wo lately represented them to be, that T.iwhiao, although bearing 1 the tillo of King, does not really represent the feelings and interests of by far the largest portion of those natives of whom he ts nominally the head, and that the fact of whether he is anxious for the Governor's visit or not should in no way influence the latter in making or withholding it. That the bulk of the King natives, aa they are generally termed, should bo far from unanimous in blindly following tho dictates of the socalled King wo can easily understand, for thoii position is very different from that of Tawhiao and the Waikatos. Tho latter have nothing to lose by showing a hostile attitude or one of sullen issolation to the Europeans. Their land is gone. For the Ngatiinainapotos and thoso wheso lancb havo ebcaped the confiscation which followed on tho Lite rebellion to establish cordial and friendly relations with tho Europeans would be to close for over to Tawhiao and his tribe all chanco, for it seems they yet foolishly cling to such a possibility, of the Waikato or some portion of it, at least, being restored to them. The bulk of tho natives, those who are in no way interested in the restoration of Waikato, is the lever which the King, and such of his tribe as Manuhiri and other leading chiefs, are using to effect their object by keeping the two races apart and in antagonism. The other tribes are fully awake to this. Indeed it is scarcely possible but that they should be so. It i 3 no difficult matter for them to see that their true interests are being subserved by tho King and his tribe to worktheprivato endsof thelatter. They are themselves beginning to feel that it is u.ieleas to irsist the flood of civilisation and colonisation, and that all tha whilo tho barrier of an autaki is raised to koep it out it i> increasing in strongth and fullness till at some no very distant date it will break down the barrio*: t/.Yoepmg all before

it, and carry dislmclioi and ruin, Mlieio lfadmiUcd griuUi.illy and geniK, it tuiijht have brought peace, prosperity aud luii'pinefvs. That, there is a great desire, as ourroiresponilont points out, on the pirt ct' lending chiefs of other than the King's tubo and their followers to bo brought more nearly iuto accord with the Gioverimipnfc ami Europeans, and to nunage theii own domestic affairs independently of th,e interference of a petty tyrauny withiu their own borders, lias been now for some little time apparent, and we should bo glad to ' see the Governor in this matter of the proposed visit paying less hoed to thu wishes of Tawhiao and more to tho^e of tno great bulk of the Kingites generally and the leading indopondent chiefs, such as Hotti and others, whose ancestral rank, as our correspondent very justly putd it, is oreater than l,hat of Tawhiao.

Postal. — We notice that Mr Joseph Wjlie has been appointed Postmaster at K .ttikati, Mr P. E. Stevens at Pater iingi, aud Mr G. H. E. Mowbray at Wuitoa (Piako).

Hamilton Ivai'es.- — Ratepayers on the west side hare got lo pay up befoic the 20th instant, and now wo see that ratepayeia of Hamilton lust are warned that they have ecvon days grace from Tuesday last.

I O&T ENTKHTvi>HESr. — We would again draw tho nUenlum of our Good Templar readers to tho antcrt linnient to-morrow eretiuig in the long room at the A 0 barracks. Tha cliargo for admission ia rery low and we hope to lea a crowded house.

Mr F J Lawbpncb, of Cambridge, wo see, hat taken the premises lately occupied by Mr Elmsley, atCunbridge, and commenced busmos3 as bread and biscuit bnkcr, ai.d confectioner, and will no doubt receive a fair shire of gupport.

1.0.0. F., M.U.— Tho Oddfellows of Cambridge ar« determined not to lot the Queen's birthday go by without duo commemoration, and purpose holdtng a ball on IUo night of the 24th mat, at the Oddfelbws' Hall in that township. D.inomg will commenco at 8p m.

A Tbhdible Tkagedt.— Julia Barnard, a rlanseuse and rocahst, met wi'h a tragic death at Helena, Montana, lately. She wa* standing agninet ft board while an actor was showing his dexteuty in hedging her in by hurling knives at the board. Six knives had been stuck beneath each arm, just nbore each shoulder, at each sido of the head. One more waited to be planted just above her head. The aim of tho thrower was too low. Tho knife penetrated the brain and Ibe girl sank down to die on tho stage. Tho actor is under arrest.

A Fowl proceeding.— Chunlicleer writej to us from To Awamutu, saying " Tha fowl season commenced in Te Awamutu on Sunday nigktr The state of the moon, and the quantity of game, (fovrla) accounts for the large bigs made by two gentlemen, who, from their neat and expeditious style, viz, inking the fowls fiom theii-iuoa sand wi'ngins thoir necks, must bo allowed tin reputation of being ' dab hands' at this sort of innocent sport, but I should aclvigo the owners of poultry in this neighbourhood to keep th»ir car* open after dark to the cry of their innocent and unsuspecting chicks, and be re-vly to piuuco on the experts who seem anxious to keep their butcher's bill down at the expeuse of poultry owners."

Raiiavay Surveys.— Wo learn tho the Surveyors sent up by G-oTernuient to complete tho preliminary surreyofths Riilway from Ohaupo to T« Awamutu hare jU3t concluded thoir work, and lnve run up as far as the Mossi-3 GooJfellow's paddock, within about tbreo-qiiarlers of a niilo from tho townsinp, whero tlio Te Awauiuta sty (ion is to be. When the norksnro to bo carried on thus far we cannot stafe positively, but w# bel'ere that as little delay aa potiibla will take placo in tho matter. At present the formation oftlioline is complete as far as Oli.mpo where the Station ground \a now being made mid it would bo a voiy great disappointment to tho settlers further South if the lino wero to itip heio, the roadt being Tery binl in winter fioin both ■Alexaudn and To Awamutu to Ohaupo. Tho bridges between Nguruawahia and Hamilton are now very near!/ finished, and all is m readiness for receiving tho permanent way, tenders for laying which will be called for shortly now, the whole lino from Meicer up beiog in the samo finished state, or very near it.

Rit.br Accidents.— The Waikato steamers have all last week had the'r share of acilents occurring in connection with them, though lesa •erious than that of the unfortunate Qmekstep. On Friday as the Alert was leaving Mercer ono of the pasiengors goißg on boarl slipped and fell into the river. Fortuuntoly for him the wafer was shallow. The same day ono of tUo crow of the BlnonOße named Neilkon, wlnlo passing from the barge to the steamer slipped and fell into the river between tho two. Ho oould not swim and had heavy boots on which prevented him helping hitnsnlf. Robert Cunningham, ono of the crew, at once jumpei in, brought him to the surface, and with great difficulty succeed in keopmg JJeilson and himself nfloat, and but that Jamoi Ljall, another of Uie crow, jumped in and wont to big assi?tanco, mi^ht not hare been able to saye him. To complicate matters, a native named Paul jumped m to go to the general aasistance of ali, and had some little difficulty in tating himself. Eventuj'ly ! Captain iToiaon passed a rope over tho veefiel's aide »nd all eot safely on bowd. i

A Haiivb Wak Danok.— The "Adrertivjr" gives the following sonsational description of this (hncs ns lately exhibited at Parawai, tho Parnell of Grahacnstown :—": — " Tbo visiting natives are still being entertained at Knrauna's settlement, and have not proceeded to tho encampment of Brown and Taipari's people yet. There was a large number of European visitor* on tho ground yesterday, including a full piopoition of ladies. Tho war danco, with all ita horrid gesticulations and offensive diiplay, was gone through with even mere fury aud energy than on the fits' landing of tho visitors, and the unfortunate who " woroed " theoppoaing pa'ty happened to bo captured. The usago he recoivod was barbarous in the extreme. He was kicked, cuffed, and jumped upon, as a pnnishment for his want of opeed, or rather in the exercise of that priyi'ego which Maori ouitotn allows. Some of tho sight! and exposures during tho wild dance wero lorepulsivo that eoveralof the lady TUilora who were present were forced to bluah, and Bomo fairly burst into tears. Had they remainod at home, or gone in tome other direction, their feelings would hare been spared the (hock which they experienced, but which they might have reasonably expected under the •irouoiBtances. What attraction l.uly visitors can discover in a canin of native savages wo cannot imagine, f, Tub Waikato Eouovrioif Hate Defaulters. — A writer in the "Melbourno Leader" ii iom«what hard on tho six bachelor defaulter! whoso names we chronicled some two months since. We think the amount of costs inflicted was pun* ishmont onoueh, without the dreadful penalty which tho "Leader" would hare added. It •ays : "They have tried a plan of 'bursting up' bachelors in Now Zealand by lovying a special tax of 10a a hoad on them for eduoat'onal purposes. Ono would have thought that any man would havo gladly compounded for freedom at such » price, and that tho tax would have boen paid yean in advance, if by doing so a guarantee could be given of a contiuuanoo of Binglo blesiednoss. It wi'l, however, bo hardly credited that there are men mran and fooluh enough to object to it. Instoad of flying to meet tha tax-oollector, and welcoming him as their bc»t frienJ, they avoid him for the lake of saviug this miserable amount. They deny themselves the poace of mind and inward satisfaction that the posse^ion of a receipt fonnnlly proclaiming their celibacy should impait, and refuse to pay except upon compulsion. Six bachelors wero lately had>up nt. tho Waikato before th 3 Rrtidont for n^f'octing to piy their school rate?, an.l in each ca^o the Bonch mado an ordoi' ogaimttheni, with £2 17s coats. Tha propnr pum'hmsut for these paltry fellows would hayo btiou compulsory marnago."

Sx Piu'kb'b Vjatht Mrnrixo, Jf vjhltov. — A meeting of the vestry to^k plico on Tueslay r veiling, called to cou-ider, am jn^afc other nipttc, the settlement of the boundary hues botwoon tlio Caa.briJgo, Hamilton, and Ngarii'inahia parishes. A committee was appointed to examine 1 lie uvip and repot t to the liisUop. In tin?, if we mittrvke not, the vestry lia3 adopted a questiijniblo course. The correct tooda would undoubtedly have been to h-ivo appointed a co'ninit(e°, thit 1% a delegate or djlcgites to confer with other delegates similarly appointed by the Church committees of f.ho two o h3r pi-islioa, and for these to have come to 11 common understanding on the mutter, and, thia arrived nt, tho report, we Uka it, should be sent in, not to the Bishop, but to the synod. It 13 scarcely for tbo Hamilton Testry to dccido the \h>^-*.ov un.buuti consultation with the vestriea or Church committees of Cambridge on tho one hand or Ngaruawahia on the other, and it" all three Church bodies report separately, the party reported to, whether Bishop or Synod, will bo as far from knowing what is moat desirable as if no roport ytave sent in at all. A matter of this kind can only be equitably settled by mutiial arrangement. Tho desirability of making some improvement in the banging of tho bell of St Petei'u Church, so as to prevent tho touad from entering the Church io much a3 ie doci, was discussed, and it nas decided to try the elibct of closing up tho apperture in the wall. It was also resolved to do the necessary repairs to the parsonage fence.

Dairy Puodjck.— Mr Johns, ofleAwamutu, has heat (I that olten time* \a Hamilton thoie is a deficiency of dairy pioduce to supply the wants of t!ie luhaoitauts — so hu tells us ia thy letter w]iich aeeoinpamel tuo adrertujtMngnt; that appeirs in another cjlunin — and ha*, tbeieforo, como L) the rescue with bacon, bulter, and lard at reasoQiblu prices. Mr Johns is quite correct as to the difficulty at tunes of purch ibing either one of these articles, and uotne others toj, in that township, but it 13 ecarcely because our county setilei • cannot p oduco bntter, but that for some reason or another those who retail it to ua prefer that the ai tides shoulllirs inuko the grand toar of the province, and visit the sweot smelling auet/on umits and stores of Auckland. Weeat WaiLatobutterinllaniillou — very often, possibly, even BatniltoJ butter, but we get it as often as not by way of Auckland. So, too, with other articles of f <rm and dairj produce. Some time since a ge.it 'omin on iho slati'ot tuis paper wu told by a WhAta Whata tettrei' that he would uudertalce to regularly deliver to HumiLou stordkeepers 50 pounds of bucter week y, and wai askeJ ta try and arrange the milter for him, but the local dealoia would not enter into the arrangement, though often tney have to refuse butter eicept to regular customers, and, as we have known here even in the fall produ ing season, ask their cmtooiefß to be consent with one pound when they would have bought two, «o that all might have a chance. Now this rcada somewhat funny as occurring in the centre of nu ogricaltuial distucfc, but it is nevertheless true. There is eomething eitremoly rotten ia tht 1 state of Deninurk wbeu such cotnmoaiUeiin such cueu instances are both dear and scarce. A otnmunily must ceitaioly be in eitreme peril wlie \ the inhabitauls are unable " to save their bacon."

LiND AT Tchikabamea. — Many of our readers will perlmp* scarcely \^aow in wh.it part of tho the district Tubikaiamea is situated, so much is it cut off from the bc.ter known settlements by tho « nut of practicable roads. As showing the uufoitunute result of such a conditiou of thing*, we may mention tint, though the land in thm distuct bd\x» an excellent cuuruetor ior its richness, Mr Greenwood sold byaueton in Auckland on Friday 1 isfc a section of 100 acrea for the suai of Idj per acre. Many mou hi agj wo nouced a letter in an Auckland paper, tne writer of which, styling Inmselt " Yanfcee Doodle," regretted that l>he disioiLb'i oxiatenco was almost unknown, even in Wml.uto. Thu is what ha said of it: — "Lyuig quiot oa tho batiks of tho Waipa river, n'though 11/ possessed some of tkd finest land in tlio Wa.Lito, yet it is almost unheard of, and wby t J3 ocauae there's no cor e3po«»dent to opieail abioatl its nainp, and no road 9by which Uuvt'lie.a may Bad it out. Although tho district is dotted wit'i settler* of some eight or ten year 3* ita'iding, jet, even nor., they tre unable to go to any ton ash p fv»r their letters and papers — tho nourosfc bt'ins? Aleiandra, u disfiance of no great length, btuely ton miles — without tie^pasamg on their neighbours' p-opsrty. Th.s ihould not be. Surely, it i* high trne the Govern oiont did something to this neglected districfc regirJing roads. There 13 a iuiuou' ahout opening tho Lower Whita Whita lioad from Ngaruawohia to Alexandra. Tj.no it was done, as it is much lequired for tko transit ot goods and produce, especially in sumuior, whon tho river runs low — iho steamer being unable to put in her appearance. Be3ides, it would shorten the diaUuco l\v nearly one-half for horsemen by nviodaig the circuitous route they are now obliged to take. It would a'so open ai extensive block of land, which, were the roads ouee opea, would soon be brought mto cultivation ; tlv> fcru would dinappear, and iv its place wo should behold calllo &nd their kino grtz ag on liob an i p»sLurcs." Should 11 o,)yof thn papor pynesrate th.a " happy valley" und fall into tho hi.ndti of " Yvinuoe Doodle/ we should dj gl^d to near from him.