The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 630, 3 June 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Ot whatever sute 01 peisuasion, loligioui or political m * * * • Here shalUhcPren the Tropic's right maintain, U unwed by influence and unbribod by gain.

SATURDAY JUNES, 1576.

Like Joe, the fab boy, about to make a startling revelation to old Mrjj ,Wardle of the flirtation he had seen carried on between Mr Tupper andJVtiss Rachael in. the arbour, our Wyndham-street contemporary approaches the old ladies of the ultraProvincial party with the prefactory remark " I wants to nfekc yer flesh creep," and goes straightway into a horrid disclosure of how it.£aw Sir Donald McLean put his arm round the waist (lands) of titie Waikato with the intention of forcibly j abducting that fair district and handing it over to its royal lover. But unlike the ' fat boy, who really saw what he described and got told for his pains that he was dreaming, the " Herald" was dreaming and nothing more. In its issue of Wednesday, the " Cross" gives a semi-official contradiction to the mass of unreliable information whioh has appeared in the " Herald's" Alexandra correspondence in reference to the Defence Minister's visit to Kaipeba, and on whioh more than one editorial article has been founded by that journal calculated to alarm the colony. The " Gross" reporter, who to a very great extent may be taken in what he -writes, and especially, wo « ipecfc, in this matter, to be the mouthpiece of the only other porson besides the King, Major Muir, and Taheri te Rau, who could speak authoritatively on what took place during the private discussions between

3ir Donald and the King, thus alludes to the matter :—: — " I have just qp y en the ' Herald. 1 The ■< statement of the ' Herald' correspond- " ent at Kaipiha, that Tawhiao or any " other Kingites requested the restoration "of the confiscated hinds, is absolutely " untrue The ' Herald' reporter obtained " his information from several half-castes, " against whom myself and the "Waikato " Timbs' special were cautioned by the " Maori King's principal adviser at the " commencement of the meeting. These " half-castes loaf upon the Kingites, and " aro simply despised as more ' tutuaa/or " nobody. They tried similarly to deceive " the Waikvto Tcme3' special and myself, " but being forewarned was forearmed. " No one but itho Native Minibtor, Taw- " hiao, Major Mafr, undTakeri could pos- " Bibly know anything of the discussion "at the con.erenco. I and the Waikvto " Times' reporter tried these in vain for " information. These half castes openly •' professed themselves friends of Sir " George G^ey ancl the Provincial Govern- " mont. In justice to the Turners, it " should bo said they aie not implicated. •' When the reports of the conference aro " published, the absurdity of the late can- " avdd will be sdciuonsirated. The story " about the demknd fur the restoration of " the confiscated laud was merely a rehash " of the old matter ocuuring several years " "go-" So rauc'i for the. information published in the telegraphic Correspondence columns of the " Ildfald," on whicli were founded two leading articles calculated to alarm tho colony us to the intention of the Government to givo back, if nob tho whole, (as impossible) btill, as the " Herald" express] ir, <r a Uvtyj slieo" of tho confiscated lauds in Waikato. The concluding sentence of the " Cross" i-u[ioi ter refers to .1 matter which if enlarged on will explain away the " appe.u.uiuo" which h.i-» so sh-ikcu the nerves of our Wyndhanistrect co'itemjKorary. Sj no years ago (to commence* our story iv tho orthodox iushioii) thero livod anumbt>r of natives in Hie Wuikato and otiipr p-.Hs ut the North Island of New 'A i »land, \v l u> lwi\in t .» risen in rebellion ag vinst^tho 'Jiuei, and having been diiven froui their l.uuU, lo^t, by our laws and tlnir-., all li^ht t,o their 1 nuls, whLh were coniiscnted aad held by their OJ'iquoro..-.. Among-t tlias-j lin Is was a lirge area on tlie weet^ilo of tho Waipi rivor on and aboui. i'ir jnyi.i. Among t tho nitives who bidcil wiL'i u>, and who in hi, turn !0.l IMi Is in c> 'sequ^uci 1 , at th • liands of l.i) folio .v-e 'Uiifciy.neu, w.is a cciai,i loyal ih'ef n mud lion 3 to One. As some recomponso the d jvernment q \e the confiscated lands at i\rongia to Hjikj te Ono. Now bdul/ as tho lebel nativi^ or Kingitej hntud the I\ikeh 1, they hite«i the Kupapas or native allies of the pale v lu worse. To have seize.l and have lu'd foi oar own u.se tho Pirongi 1 land-* w.is h ird to bo boine, but to hand them over for the usa an 1 enjoyment of nitives who hud fought for ua and] igainst tiui Kingites wab altogether 100 mucii for the proud stomachs of the latter. fyhey placed their aukati ai'oand tlio laud, and when the Government to foi 00 the qiit'Sli n of right, sent tho lato Mr T idil to auivey it, murdered him. It is this Imdth it the Government has been for homo time j urehusing fiom I f one te One and adding to by tho purchase of iifiy acre grants, chiefly timbered land a iilong its edge — not with a view ot restuiing it to»,tlie natives, but ol holding it for public purposes. It is laud which wo.ilJ be no wa} coveted for native occupation, but of \.iluu to tho public estate. \s the land of Hone to One, it would be ;i bone of contention for ever between the Government fend the Kiug; as the land ot tho Government, like any other of tho confiscated lands, the natives would leave it to our undisturbed possession.

PASBEKOKR3 roR Hahcltox. — Amongat the passengers by tlio steamer list ni^ht wore Col Ljoa, Mra Lyon and fuimly.

Cambuidg* Farjibbs* Cot. — Tlio next monthly meet ing of tho nboru Club will take place on Tuesday naxfc, the G h instant. This Ritsr — The Mercer correspondent of I the "Sar" writes to thufc paper as f>llows:— " 'Iho Quick jtep arrived hero og her way to Ngoruuwa'ua from the Waikato Heads, when she went for repairs. Bho will, id doubt, toon resume her trips. Tho Wai<ati river now hm ri->en to s'ich a height to guarintoo rapid ard regular I nps f ram Hamilton to Mercer, thereby rendering tho sfuno gojd aceommoduioa to tho travellinjr I'ublie wt wu« accjrJed to them last winter, when the roads were so bad that it wai almost impossible to go to the Waikata by any other route than the rirer."

Foot-rice at Cambbidge. — i correspondent from Cambridge sends word and ronueiti us to notify the fact, that * sportin » event will come off at that placo-ron wbj*t day uowerer bo do<"3 not tell us- to walk or run (ho does not »\y which) 880 yarda for LIO a §He, between Ja' McNeieh, tho Waikato champion, and Jo!i n CampbplL Our correspondent aaya pubhc opinion givos no ohanco to the latter, and tha fi betting it in farour of McNeish. Tlie event. comet off afc 4 p m, in Duke street, — date not •bated— but mo«t probably, we sbould expect),' to- I day. ' |

flUtltTOlf KWTBBTAIKIIIWT OOMM'.mtl.— Now that Mr Cox ha» returned, though only for a ihort tim* to Hamilton, the public will, wo J trust, be afforded in opportunity of profiting by the mutioal tad other talent of the performing number! of the Hamilton Entertainment Com • mittee. The lart entertainment giren took place, if wo r«oolleo» rightly, oa the 6th of April, and if auotlier can bo nnnagtd tome time towards the latter end of next week, we shall hare had a longer interval than heretofore, natnoly, full two months. Mr Cox's return will, however, doubtless, breathe some litklo life into the committee which has, we suppose, been hybernating, somewhat out of stason though. Siuco writing the abore we have raooived an advertisement notifying that an entertainment will be giren ou Thursday next.

Tnit BUKOT7BBD SIX MHXIOH lOAH.— -It is an old saying that it is not wise to spoil a ship for a ha'porth of tar, and if another six millions will enable the Colony to malts sure of her railway and colonisation aoheme in iti entirety, better let us go in for anothenpix million than hare spent •ixteen in only half doing it. W« do not know whether there it any truth in the report, but it it only natural t\at there should be. Just as an indiridual, so* a *tafc« finds that the first ortimata below the mark, and happy is the individual and the stata who\can command th» rsserve which render* really profitable all previous expenditure. At to the liability we can bear taxing and with profit to ourselves a greit deal yet before wo feel a pinch— the only question is that the money vrt arc taxed for should ba \ economically and reproduotirely expended — at least so far as any money expended by Govorn- ! ment can bs economioally spent. The liability is nothing, the difficulty is, can we get the money on reasonable term?.

LicEsaixa Commissioners' Coubts. — Wo would remind those interested that the quarterly Licensing Courts for henring applications for publioaus' licenses aud renewals will si< at Newcastle and Alexandra on Tuesday next, at Hamilton on Thursday next, and at Cambridge on the following day.

Whit-Sundiy — To morrow thore will be a celebration of tho Eucharist at St Peter'i Church at eight o'clock in the morning. Ti c mjrnmg tenice at 11 o'clock will bo condnoted by Mr Cox, and th<> vespers by the rcr incumbent. Thero was a full praolice of the choir on Wednesday «nd Tnursday erenings, rehearsing the mime which will form a specialty in the evening Borvicc. We must certainly gi»e the Rsv Mr Culder great credit for the energotic mannar in whioh he hat trained the Hamilton Church choir to its preseut very tolerable state of efficiency.

Shbbf Farming ih Nkw Zkjlland. — In importance m a wool-p-oducing colon j New Zealand has already outstripped Victoria and is second only to Now South Wales. From recently publuked statistics we lonrn that New South Wales etandi first with twenty-two million ei^ht hundred and seventy-two thousand eight hundred and eighty -two ; Now Z aland following with eloren million tv b;undrocL and eerenty-four thomand eight huudK'd am sixty-three, and Victoria clpae bohina w,ith eleven million two hundred add twenty-pne thousand and thirtysix. I '

The Abolition Bill, — The announcement which wo \fore en%blet| to friake in the telegraphio columns of our last i*sue, that the Queen had not exercised her right to disallow the Abolition Bill of the General Assembly, that is, in other words, that p ho assented to it, will be matter for goneral congratulation, and a knook down blow to the small but active ultra-Provincial party, which clung to the hope thai the refusal of the Crown to unction the measure would prolong the miserable existence of Prouncialum yet a little longer. In reviewing the matter, we notice that the Aucklund Opposition Press acknowledges that it is very doubtful whether an appeal will be made to what it calls " proper legal authority " or lo the Imperial Parliament. Even the most violent yirtiaana of Provincialism will doubtless see tlio futihtjof any such course, and whether the Bill comes iuto force at the end of tho » r»uing tc'Siou wnl depend solely on the Parliament oLtffcw Zealand* which rue?ts in tho co'irso of anowie^ fortnight.

Tub A O Foucis. -We understand that it is the indention of the Government <*oniider*bly to reduce t'no number of the Armed Constabularj force stationed iv Wuikilo, and this may bo rendered all the more jmsuble, and perhaps bt earned further into •ffoct thin at present intended by tho result of the lute negotiations between the I) j fence Miuutorand the King. The queatiou of reduction, a id ospooially of offioen, < so out of proportion as tbij pirt of it is to the rank and flic, usuro under any circumstance! to occupy the Attention of Parliament There was ne\cr, we suppw, it' we except the Irish Constabalary, so fi 10 and efficient a temi-miUtary force raided sal inii'itiinid as the Armed C.m«tubuhry of New Zdulam 1 , nnd it would be ft pitj to see such a body of inuU Uisbandid so long Ai thuir lervices oau ba proiltibly utilised by tho Icilony. lv both town and country a muoh larger polio foro is required than at pre>ent oiisu. Pofii'-itijo, and conacquontly enmo i* d.iilj on tiio jncieaae, «vid we- would thereforn aujtg-'St, not disband i • it, bat i» tko altered circumstances of tlic cobny sue » ro-org»uisi.tion of the f jrce far its a Kiplation to pu-ely civil duties as will dtill 10-um for u-t the nucleus of a semimilitary fjr^e nlmuld circum*tanceB, now uuf >rseen, at, any linn ten let 1 suo'i t force % matter of nocouity to the co'opy.

Tn<i Uistoky of a Queen-stone.— The i;re it greenstone uiu^if, purchased by the Waikato natives, is now boiu^ workud at Mr James Rolfe's creenatono factory in Auoklaad. lie his ju3t limsho 1 cutting n minster piece of greenstone, Wdigiri ig six luuare Iwoight, to tho order of Mr William Oliver, of Qu*ou street, for iouiij W*ikato native Jrumds who are tho ownors. The work waa completed by means of machinery, and took six month* in finishing. TUj greenstone was divided into ei^ht ilubs, six centre nod two outside ones. T bo saws employed were fed wi h einrtj- nncl wat*r, the cost of the cn.*ry alone amounting to over £ <0 ; our readert, therefore, maj rdKßonablj c W3luJe that grejnstono u of an exci-eding'j hard uatura. Mr Kolfe iaformed our reporter that tlio cuttng of mch a large piece of •tone has not hitherto be3n attoaaptod 1 in the olony, aul the nature of it 13 pronounoed superior to any other before operated upun. There is a Tory interesting history attached tj the transportation of this monstrous piece of po'ina.uu here. About tifteon yean ago it was brought up here from the West Coast, iho place where the Maoris at u!l times got the largest •upplics of greenstono. It waa shipped to Molb)Urnc, but ther^ wci'o no nieans means of doing the work thivo, and Sjduoy was tnol with like rjsulta. It wat then brought bick to Auuklauil, and a cumber of Walks to natives sold * block of land and purchased it. It was conveyed sabiequonly to tho Wiitba'o, and remained buried lor (we've years, unt.l Mr Rolfe's machinery was ereclod, an I tho natives, advised that the imtc'iincry whs leady to cut the stove at once unearthed their treasure nnd eont it down. King Tiiwht'O it supposed to b? the I largest eluieholder. The slabs will now be manipulated iuto meres The work has boen cpitnlly executed, and when the coutenplatol j transformations take place, the CJst altogethei' will not bo under one thousand pouud«. The slabs are no.v lopoditod w th Mr William Oliver. The details which we have given poisess several f-atures of an i iteresling character, and show beyond doubt lint when our brown brethren d'jgire to potsots •nythiuj.tieithar care, expends, nor other obstacles stmiX inVho way. They were determined to jjossess ±he weenstone, and they waited patiently the/ could get it cut.