The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 636, 17 June 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Fnu il md exact justice to all man, O wh.it?* pi suta or persuasion, returns or politlca * # v» * *, Hero "linllthoPiesi thoProrn \ i i^ht mamtai-i Uu.iwcl lij lafluence and uiihnlcil bj y.jn. '

SATURDAY. JUNHVI, lh7G.

Oue Auckland contemporaries are sorely exercisea respecting- the report which has q lined circulation that the Government mtendto piorojfiie the House, and, the (list session of the new parliament lu\ini> come to a dose and tho Abolition Act having "come into operation, to re-as-s*mble in a few days after for a second fics&.'ou for the despatch of the ordinal y business of the Colony. Tho " Cross" in a letter in its issue of tho 1 kh discissus the question, and tho " Herald"' in a leading aiticla of the following day hints th.it, tho letter is an editorial which has found its way into the correspondence cohirnuF, and ih.it it is written with the pni\iode of preparing- the public mind for suo'i coup d 1d 1 ctntxva that compassed in the action accredit'd to the Ministry aa about to be carried out. Now, when we first heard the' report some two mouth's a^o of fiuch intention on the part of tho Ministry, and 'igiin the other d.iy, we set it down ab once lo an invention of the enemy originated with the object of damaging- tlu nini^tr.y in the em of the general public. Locked at in the lig-iil of a dods,-e (»-uc'i an the " Herald" conceives: b <n bo) we 00i..-id«. j red it not merely unworthy if, but ut'erly unnecessary to the government, snon:r as the pivjt'ut' .Ministry slants m the ccuMeueo of ihtscoiuitrv, a-ud did uoi, hesitrfce to dpnoiir.coaiiy intontion of foi^in^ a>> 'imnirtki!,-' prorogation of tho Assembly for tin h ] nrpoM) as an unjustiß x'jlo act. Tho Wukavo Times n.>t b.-ing what i.s usually uiideiatoodasci«>ijvornuipnt organbeing, in fac>, sin.plyanii.depfmdent'joarnal giving .support or otherwise to the GoveL-mnent just as it consMfiß lh.it tho htter li noting in t!io public interests or noc, and m the {.result itihtance'snpp n-ting the Go\ eminent heart and soil (or the simple roason that its policy U tha most conducive to the interests of the Colony at large, and especially of this district— we are not in a position to know wii.it is really the intention of the Government in the in itter, It se^ma to us, howevor, that the chmaotei of tlio proceeding depends entirilv ujiuu vvhethrp tha intonUou' is to take the iioivio by snrpi-i'-e ov 1, .:,. If iL were propo^d and ministers vi.-c -ht.onir enough to tarry out such piopoul, thai the lluir c should then and t lior--* be u.-uro-gued with (he object of uukuur t\v> Abolition minute law and witliont affa;ilin««an opportunity of shoeing- wh-it wa-? the opiuiou of the uewly elected House find of the Colo.iy on the tuhjoct, then we should .say that the Giovcmmonb v.-asioulfcy of a gross atterr pt to override .the voice of the people and the compact made last session with tho Opposition. If on t ] le ot i, QP hand, when the iormal opening bu.sins.sa of tho sc&sion is over, it shall lie announced that it is the intentioti of Ministers to move the Governor to prorogue Puilinment, say. in a week- or ten d-iys time— which nvoald give tho auti-Abohtion party full opportunity lcr bringing the question forward —we should simply look upon it as a fair and opon challenge to settle for once and all a question, the non-settlement of which is likely to interfere with tho regular course of legislation- -md the onlin iry business of the sesbion. Hueh a c->urse\vould not be taking either the opposition party in tho House, or the country, at, a disadvantage. We can well understand that it is essentially desirable that the quostion of Abolition or Provincialism, or of Abolition amended, shall be finally discusso'l and settled as a noeossary preliminary to legislation, the special features of which must to a very great degree depend upon what is the conclus'on definitely arrived al oa this tho basis of the futuro Constitution of tho Colony ; and therefore are weutclinecUolook upon an oady prorogation, (fpo uo'lice of •which shall be given, in tho light of a fair challenge. llow indeed is the business of the Session to proceed with the question of Abolition unsettled ¥ AH financial legislation must depend npon it. The treasuror can bring down no 'budget, nor the House discuss one until the basis of all financial arrangements has been first detinitoly settled j and that must be done in one of two ways— either by prorogueiug the House to again assemble at an early date, or by the Government p'irty moving the repeal of that, clause in the Abolition Bill which provides for its not coming into operation until the day after the present session. Of the two wo prefer tho former, as affording tho Opposition the more time and opportunity for discussion, but either one would be a simple challenge and n fair one. The delay granted to tho opposition last ses-iion, ag regards the coming into operation of the act, was made simply to allow a- newly elected parliament an opportunity of approving or annulling it. That opportunity has now been afforded, and if the Opposition, after a fair notice, is not prepared to proceed, with a view of a'nondinq- or setting the Act libido, it must be taken for granted that tliocountiy ij satisfijd witk tho mea sure.

10 G- T, Cam kudos;.— A meeting of tho Hope of Cn'r.bridtfo Lod^e is advertised to take pl»ci> on vfoiiday exeinng no\t, when it ia ashcl thiit both brut lust 8 aiul bisiern will muster B*rony and the tnduceuie:it 'a olToml tbit the business to h<i tuvusaotod u nut only ioiportaut but pka aut.

Tin; W^ikuo Hospital — The qne-tion of lip.il'iy bus, we i:ndc<*3uin 1, be"n dcii !'ivj'y sLtll'd by the Go\t'riiinont and fho ho jjitnl in to be at NgaruafTdliia, ks oriymillj proposed.

Town of Mkrotr TTrsnwAYDt»rni('T — In a 'Pnnrciul Gaz'tle"of t'u lltu ms\ tho 1 cumlories of the Tot n of Mc-cir Hijhwiy 'IV t' ict nre d- fmei, anil Lmo llig'iw.i^'s -\ct, ISTi, ute brou'-ht into operndou within then, ilia frst aiicii.if; ofralepavera I'einj called for the •3rd of July next, i»t the Point Eusscll Hotel, Memn'. Mr Thoa Wells is appointed Chairman of Mich Die^tuif;.

Waipa KKvrsiONr Couet.— H C Imylor, Esq, ifte Revising ofiicer, attended yesterday at the (. ourl llou-c Hamilton, to consider the objections recorded against certain names, appuarm^ m the roll of the Electoral distncfc of Wtti.n. i oino '10 names olijecteil to on the old i oil we>c struck out, a'i-1 2!> wuic struuk out of tl'O li'-w list of apphoitions. A L'ouit will be hold tof^y ut tlie same place for the ievi^o'l of tno Waikato roll and new list of apphcints to to'jO.

Ths Late Accident at thj: Post-ohfice — Wo nro -Lid to find that tbo Hamilton pos'master, Mr Taylor, is »ot so seriously injured s was at first supj oaed, by the bursting of thy kiroanc lamp on Tuesday nighfclast. The burning oil fell mor« u,-on tho back part of bis head and ehouldca tbnn on bis face, aud tho burnrd part does not como further forward than the temples, nnd fortunately both ej'es eaaaped, though the lid of one was slightly acorchud. a. few weeks at farthest will, wp trurt, soo Mr Taylor recovered again. Meantime Mr Lublin, juu, of Te Awnmutu, hn.3 assumed the dutios of postmaster and Idle^raplnst at Hamilton till Mr Taylor shall be ngain equal to tho work.

TjiPßACiririNT ot Mimsters. — The Provincial Goveinruunt Guzefcto of Wednesday last contains amongst o'her mailers «i memorandum and opinion by Mr W. L. Rees, Solicitor and 41. H E., furnished by the order ot his Honor the Superinton3ent us to the duties of public officers, iheir impsai'hmeut, &.C. We scaicelj consider the arguments of Mr ltees on such a subject worth the spaeo they would require in our columns, and simply state his opinion, that no public o'Gi^er in the Colony can be imperiled in the Colony, but cun only bo proc -oried ngiiuunfc bcf>re tho Hou*c of LordH. Truly, tlu Aucklan 1 Provincial Government Gazette bids fair to beenno a very en< yclopcdin of useful knivfloil^e und.T tlie editoiship of the ptv*ont Saperiutcndunt.

Approach: to tub IlA\3ir.TON Punt. — Wa -would draw tbo nttcnlion of the authorities to tho need there i§ of executing somi repairs to tlio roathv.iy undo. 1 tho hill lending down to the punt on the East oido of the river. Up above the Co'oij.nny'* store tho road has T>eoa lately putin it ■pooil stuto, formed and channelledi but below tho skT' tho w?t has guttod away blio rcndway on the river aide, till in aouio places it is so uarrowe \asto bn Hlsi!igerou3. A vory little -•ciptfUi'J would act this m ittcr right, as we notice that wherever tbo-e narrow spots oc -w, the cu'tiu^ away of a mere point, coiieiol.n^ of light, soil, would give sulH^ioi t tvuLh to tlu road. It wdl be uiujh betlcr to do this at o ice befo'e somo flcci-lent ocenrs, tlmu to \vut t ill some end ovent renders it no longor possible to delay the work.

BOAD BHWEBN NeABTTAWAJEIf K. 4VD TaPHRI' —Numerom complaint! from Waikato sottl'rn who havo cattlAto drive to lAuckia'id, oro rc.tchtnp.HisoE tho stifco Of tho road Jbotw.on Nguviuwaliia uud Tuupfri. For a cUstancij of fire miles the so-cAlled roid is nothing but a track ttn>nt;li thick ti-treei bordered on ono sulo bj swampy bush. When -onco the cittle break nud eat in umongst ihis ti-treo thoro isrtho grcatesl diDQculfy and capcciilly in winter, of gaiting thorn on •aguia, and scarcely a mob of citlleis driFen down to town, but ono or morj gut lost; nltogctb.fi* in passing tliis spot. "Wo hive been requested by •moro than one-up-country setller to draw attention to this matter in tho hope that tho nuthon tieaoftlio highway chitrict ia which this pieco of road i* *itiuto, 'may bo iuducc 1 to have tho road wiilenod so as to render it more ensy for llio?e driving mob» of oattlo to kcup them from breaking.

'"KnjUSD'BY'THir Fbost is not bv ntiy oicins a usual source of doatk to Ncvv Zealand colon. iits, but a c*Be haf just occurred i i iilenheun. A. te'egram of Wednesday iitatos that the body of the man found in a paddock withri tho outer cot.fines of tho town h-is boon proTcd to be tho body of Walter Long Uroy, an ni'e'.ligeni-, wollpduonted man, who hns be^n over liero from Nelson about two months. At first ho conduo'ed himself exceedingly well, an I, being- pofB**s3ed of poodl powers of coavorsation, liis company was lnuch fnvonrfld bj the residents at tbo Eoyal Hotel, wliera ho stared. He had,'however, buea a great drinker alrNeNon, and ho roturned lo the habit, in I,ho latter part of hia lime h°ro - before liis de»th — carrying it to suoh on exous^ that no publican would give him a lodging, though meals were not refusod-him. Mr Fenny, the landlord of the Royal Hotel, was willing to give the deceased .all the food hr reqirir°d, and would hivo kept him ultog.tlier if he had abstained from 'drink. Tl is sii|.p}3cd th.it in t» fit of drunkcnnrsi lio liud down in tho pal loJc to sleep, anJ was killel by the fio<t At, tlio inauttt the jar? returned a vordict of— 'Found dcid i but thera ia no evidonoe to p-ovo tho means by winch his death wns cmsed. "

The Pigeon Match Tropkt. — On Tiie^li}', sits yesterday's Oo>b, was rxliiMted, in Messrs Ko'in'i window, .Qjoon-^tred, a beautiful iilvor claret jus*, which is to form tho trophy on thf roturn into''procincml 'pigeon mitch, winch will bo flroJ probably in the course of tho month It will be remembered t'mt the last pontjst, whi-h w&3 fir.nl on Alarcn 25Ji, rallied in a v'uto -\ for our local shots by n largo number of point, And should hko pood foriuno nttond tli -in mi tlto coraiag ovonfc, tnoy will liol'l in pos^o^io i tho hanaaomeit ipcciino'i of N.-w Zjal i ! .silversmith's work yot pridiicei. Tao jur 'u <n poliihod silver and stands 1(5 inches hig'i. 111 1 tlie front is engraved » opiiting Tic.v f spvnrsportsmen and cloga being port ra rod iti mtun 1 positions. Thij is oneloseil by two apr.jyj of trep-forn moal ele^mtlj on^mvod, and firmiDg ths chirf beautjof the work. The rc^t of the doconitions -consist of nriidcnhiir *n't other ferns, ftrrang^o'l with g^'d taste, th* wor';manship beinsj oiquiiito. Tlio handle ia formed of a stem of a grape plant, -with tenln's nnl leaves true to nature. Tho lid is handsomely ornnmantcd, and is surraou-itoJ with a pigeon worked in silver. Th« inside of tho jti; is wosliod with gold. Messrs S. ftohn and Co., of Dunedin, are tho manufacture c of this mnequ:iUed specimen of tho jewellers' nrt in the colony. Tho raluo of tho trophy is £GO.

Thk Late Epsow Mprdeb. — Amongst 'tho late arrivals in N°,w Zealand ii the brother of tho unfortunate voting man Edwin Paoker murdcrod by Winiata ivt £p3om. Mr Paoker naturally feols surprised to find that hig brother's murderer is still at largo. For thu, of course, 'he must blamo want of energy and lack of intolligenco on tho parb of tho Auckland polico though wo see tho Auckland Oppoail ion papers, #lad to malto political capital of anything, nrj enieavouriDg to throw the blame of Winiata's boing nt large on the Ministry, as though it were likely that any Ministry, on their own resp>npihilitv. would take step* which might plunge tho whole countrj into war in OHOl* to €Tect tho capture of tho murrlfrer. Tio ' Herald' says "Mr PacLorhad an interview with Sir George G-ro? pievioui tohisdopaiture forWe'hngton in relation to thetnicody," but nothing seems t> have o^no of the intorvicjv, noUvitlisUndins,' the iutiraa.o terms of rt lation^Viip osisring; bdtweea SirQ-eorgi" and tho miu-dorer's family, as s'lown by the loticr of Pare'garen^a to lua father Sir George, published in oil" las!, is^ite. If "randpapa Gnsy could p'T-ua lo his niu^hty g"and=on to ccno in and deliver himself U|> to Mr Broham, therj I might be somo q »o 1 reison for the idol worship boatowed upon '• Graudpipa" by a section of the Auckland p»ojlo. At it is, Mr Packn* we loam ha 3 givmi lip any stic'i hopes, and proceeds lo Wellington to lure tin matt r laid hoforo the House of Bepresentati\pi, .md this ia his prapec course. Wvh tho pirliarnent of the colony, not with tho Mini3)ry, mutt rrst tho responsibility of demanding tho extradition of Winiata for once tho demand is nuJe it meant one of two tliiu^e— iiouij/lianco, or v/ur.

NUKU, TH'< MUHDTRhK OF 'loiUi — A 1,1 .1 dca' of strnss ha' beou m k'" by t'io-^ u< n ■ of throwing obstic'es in thr» w- o r . ct-iV j rajvprochment bet worn the Govern m n f n" 1 i • mt)vf«, tluh Kuku, the mu'.doier t Jo i !, ••- ]> eßoute B out at K-U- i''a during thi' f-onfere •(- b•' Sir Doimlil \TcLea- anJ th . Xn-^ T! .» f >\\ > ■ i'^p, published bv the O.;«s froia its -V cx.n l ? c rre^pondent, shews th-il sue i v.ms m\ the eve: — " Your ckver s. e-ial, in spite of ap jfm.inc 1 -, must be a very confulinv in'li\idirl Had Ins credulity only been known at the tune he was at Knipiha, there is littlo doubt he would hare tven piesented to To Kooti, Purukutu, WiUiala, aid other similarly distinguished parsonages, na f ivas boing fond of practical jokes of the kind. Nuku was not present, he remaining at Waitomo as u*ual, and tn ho invariably do.'s at all jncftin^ when, any Governmpnt officials a.ye likely to I c present. I hnv.j scon Kuku frequently sinca the nuiid^i' of Told (wbi -h, however, ho ds-n es !. nvtng committed), but I could obtainno tidings of hi i at Kaipiha.

Waiku-o B pet. —That Waikato is supplying t'le most of the be*f ivquirocl for the An kk.iJ market ninsf hare bei<n pietty evident of lao t > any noticing tho constant announcement of (•it catUe forwarder! fiom this district. It would seem th-it Wellington haß been arrogating to itself a peculiar fitness to supply tho larse ocean-going steamers with meat, &c, as one reason why ifc should be the port of call, ill* Dornuell, tlie Prince of Auckland butchers, comes to tho rescue of Auckland with tho following letter, aud it i* pleasia^; to find that not, only 13 Waikato aole to k<*ep the market supplied, but, that the quality of the meat is superior to that produ-ed in Southern Prjvincca. Mr Dornwell, writing to the Herald, says :—ln: — In to-day's iasue, of your widely-ipre:ul jouanal I observe a local clipped from the Wellington Post. Tho swno liomg untruthful, in the interest of the public, I tnko leave to contradict the same. The Australia only took in two beasts and a fe»v <-heep in Wi»Uiu(;ton, »nd tho moat of the meat, epg?, poultry, and reo;ptables from this p^it, being about tujrht tinvs the amount taken in at Welluijrton. Tlio supply of beef and mutton from the Wailcifco, th 3 aeison, 13 e^ual to nnything in Ifow Zinltmd. The purssr and tho '•tcwanl of (lie Australia expressed t leir opinion 'hat thn merit wis superior to anything they sjofc at the other nort^.— l am, &c. — A. Doenwell."