The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 674, 14 September 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact jmtico to all men. Of whatever Mate 01 persuasion, religious or politic.il « * ♦ # # Here shall the Pre«i the Pkuflb's right maintnin, Uimwed hy influence and unbribed by pain.

TItVRSDAY SEPTEMBER!*. 187(5.

We have -before said, in these columns, that when public necessity and common Reuse compelled us, we should write with an unsparing haud against any .wen or measures that might seem to affect the interests of the ppople. We have never descended to invective, and consider that personal -abuse is the least likely to gain any desired object, and are oven cow loth to speak as strongly as we intended to upon the actions of the so-called opposi tion. But, when we find ourselves at the close of the third month of the Session, with the estimates not passed, with scarcely one measure of public utility introduced, and the whole- business of the country brought to a standstill, we are confident that we shall not be accused of partizunship, if we state that the rabid prolicy of obstruction now being carried out by a small minority of tho Housn, in detrimental to the interest of tho Colony, »nd utterly contemptible. We speak advisedly in using those strong terms. There must bo a limit to human endurance, and that has now been reached. Here are our public works, our railways, our bridges, our roads, oar every best interest neglected, iv order that a handful of men, elected to serve us, may wrangle over their different political creeds. The intelligence which we publish elsewhere that Mr Rees, as solicitor for Sir G. Grey, has caused wiits to be served upon Members of the Ministry, is tho last straw of folly that has broken (he patient and enduring back of the New Zealand people. In the face of the efforts of th? sensible and thinking portion of the UouBo to get together some sort of a stable Government, to transact the necessary business of the country, nothing will satisfy this "Opposition" but Jthe perpetration of thifi last piece of absurdity. The commencement of the Session saw charge after charge hurled at the heads of the Ministry — of corruption — almost of malversation and peculation. This course succeeded so far as to drive the head and front of the offending from his post and others succeeded him — men like Hall, Ormond, and Whitaker who have not been Ministers during the period complained of. But did the obbvruction policy ceaso ? Did tho s>u culled Auckland leader rally to the battle oy of Auckland — a fair distribution of the proceeds of the Land Fund. Did ho attempt to reconcile the diffeieut shades of opinion existing amongst the Auckland members ? Did he take one step in the direction of a true patriotism by holding out to an old opponent of 1861 who had sworn to uphold the great principle of one Revenue, ond Laud Fund, and one Government for Now Zealand, and who stated that he would abandon the Minstryof which he is a member, if this were not carried out What do these people want ? They have never condescended to tell us. If they would, we could judge between them and their opponents. We could decide once for all which party we ought to follow. But for two years attack and invective are all we can get from them, and peace and rest are as far from the country us aver. We do not like to be harsh, but the stem duty of the country is now apparent. Public business and private enterprise auo tuffering, and, wo must demand that those we have deputed to look after our interests, ahull cease from their petty iqiubblen, and giro them the atUniiou and care we are payiug fur. We warn them that they ure incurring i\ grave lespousibiiity, and, tiiat tho

oommou senso of the colonists of New Zealand will condemn their action, whilst tie posterity to whom the? are so often appealing will ascribe their actions to a hellish de»ire for political aggrandisement rather than to tho patriotism which they would persiuda the credulous ib Uio main-spiiug' of their actions.

The Government, it seems, have taken the bull by the horns, and whatever the result of the actions pending" for alleged ilk'gjil sitting, have resigned, and re-ibnnod with seven members only, instead of nine. Whatever may have been the status of the same men yesterday morning, to-d«y they are the legally appoiuted Ministers of the Crown iv New Zealand. We could have wished that other less useful men than Mr John Hall and Mr Onnoud had been left ont of the New Cabinet. Dr Pollen, at any rate, has beeu spoken of »is anxious to retire from public life, aud now was his opportunity to Jiavo clone to with advantage to his col leagues, who, we cannot help thinking, would have have been more itifluentially leprosenfed in the Upper House by MiHall.

Waikato Tub* Club. — The adjourned annual meeting of mumbert vras hoLi un Tuesday, ibo report of which will uppear in our next.

A SrNDAY schoolboy shocked his teacher who ueked what he had leiirnuu during the week by the auairer th»t he had learned not to triuip his partner's ace.

Mails for America, the Uuited King!om, aud Contin>'iit of Europa, will close at the Hamilton offiuc on Satindaj, j September 23.

The Hamilton Punt Approaches.— Noou of to day in the hour tixed Ijy the Hamilton Weat Town B«>ard for receiving tenders fur repair to the approaches on either bids the rivor.

A young ladt who vu rebuked by her mother for kissing her intended, justified tDe act by quoting the pant>as{e r " Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do you unto them."

Tnu Absesmbnt List of the Kihfkihi Highway Di trict, and that of the Rangiaohia Highway District aro now made out i»nd open to inspection, the former at Mr FarrelU stjre, Kibikihi, and the litter at the «toro of Mr Roche, To Awauuita. 11 Jack," snidanold gentleman, 41 1 have heard ono of Hie mo»t delightful aermons ever delivered bofore a Christian society ; it carried ma to the gatr of hearrn." " Why didn't you dodge in ?" rophed Jack ; " you will nerer yet another such a chance."

Mb Dkvitt, whoso son some three mouths auo met with a severe accident at Mr Johii'd biscuit factory, which deprived him of oho of his finger*, desires us, on his behalf, to thank Dr Wadding ton and Mr R. P. Sanden for their unremittiug attention to the case. The young man, we aro glad to luarn, has bosri «D.Vokd to return to his work.

The Hamilton Cavalry Coßrs.— Wioti a, viuw to enabling them to cut a good fisTura at the ganeral permde, and take them altogether out of the category cf *wk\sarcl squids, the asaiitaut drill imtructor at th© nquewt of aome of the members of the oorps Ins called * parade for Saturday afternoon npxfc, on Hie cricket ground, Hamilton West.

OCR SATCBDAY'a SUPPLEMENT. — The Supplement furnished to subscribers w itu our next i-suo will contain amongst other interest ng matter, a lony; tale en\i \oA '•The bridal wrealh," of thrilling, if not local interest ; '• Two Mighty Hunters — very;" (> how Mark Twain was sold ;" " Smitli, Brown, and Jones," and a Tariety of other miscellanoom matter.

The Auckland and Puniu Railway — The Chairman of the meetiug, held at T« Awamutu on the 2nd instant, to urge on the Government tbo importance of completing the Auckland andPuniu Hailway, was, as oar readers arc* aware, instructed to forward copies of the resolution passed at the meeting, to the loc il representatives in the Assembly, and to hi» Honor Mr G. Grey. The following, reply, by telegraph, was received by Mr Mandtno, from the Superintnidmc, on the stu iaatant : — •'Govern-nent UuiKlin^s, Sept. sth, 1876. TeU'gram reteived. I shall do my utmost to have the Railroad pushed on. — G. Gret."

Skating Rink, Hamilton. — The Gymnasium waa, on Tueatl*y, opened to nukers, and an opportunity afforded tbe people of Hamilton of trying their abilities at this nevr aniu3euient, which certainly has the advantage of uniting labour with pleasure, and, if persevered in, would put a man through aa aerere a coarae of training an any exercise we know of, Both on Tuesday, and again veiterday, the rinking room was pretty fully occupied and (^livened with tbe usual amount of casualties which accompanies tbe firat eeaayiog of an art, in which the alighteat mistake ia apt t> aend the novice heeli upward*.

Curiositizs of Lite. — Lay your finger on your puhe, and know that at every stroke some immortal passes to hi* Maker — some fellow-being crosses the rircr of death ; and if we think of it wo may well wondor that it shouH be so long before our turn comes. Half of all who live die bifjro 17. Only 000 person in 10,000 live* to be 100 yaau old, and but one in a hundred reyiTes 60. The married live* longer than f-inglo. There is one soldier in every ci.'ht porsons, and out of every thousand b trn only 95 weddtng« take placo. If you take a thousand persons who havo roachel 70 yean, there are of clergymen, orator* and public speakers, 43 ; farmers 40; workmen, 33; soldiers, 33 ; lawyers, 29 ; professors, 27 ; uooion, 24.

Death of Mb James Wallace, Sbnb. — Anoh3rof our old oolonnts has been taken from our midst ; « c refer to Mr J»mes Wallace, sen , of Otnhiihu, ne,ri oulmral implement maker. Tbu deca-Oied camo to thii oolony in 1854, li tvii>p been i iducod to do io at the reooinmendatiou of his relatives, Messrs John and James Wallace, of Papatnicoi Before leaving fur this country the deceased wan prelented with a fc-btimonitl from a number of his friends &■ an evprennioD of I heir eiteem for hii character. On his animal hero he established himself in business, aad by aNiiduity and fckill as an art nun, lim establishment has become of almost colonial repute. By his decease, the proviuoa Ins 10-tt a most valuable colon it-t, and the distriot in which he has lesided for io many year.*, has lost a, man whose walk in life was bx»iiip'»ry m all it* relation*. It i* plowing to noto thit Mr W*llhc« passed peacefully ftway, surrounded by his fiin'ly, bis tons an 1 » irarr.e 1 d mghter hivi >•• c^me down from tha Wailoto to bo witU their f^t cr iv i h:» U«t momenta. '

A 81.K10U3 Aocn>h>r the result oi rough play occune t on Tuesday, in w&iSli .% lad named Muhon, about 12 years of i ago, had one of his arnn broken Itiip- j pe.ira that t\> o b 'js, -Mnhon, and a ,)iid 1 lmuiud Ujdo, were on the tup of thevfuttins opposite the immigration bariiiks! oueol winch ij uaad us a school for>"nanii to i West, wlu'B 11 jde pushed MiJhou ov'ij 1 tlio cuUißg, a Ijighb of abont eisjly. or umu loot and iho latter falling ktlt^ilj broke uu arm. The limb was, so iflU'-li ' swollen yestenLy alternoon that Dr Uuale, to whom the lad was taken yestnday, considficd rt tdviaiible to let ltiom.in unset till the inflimation gubsidus. TJiis 13 tbo tiocoud accitieiit ttiat has huppeued at the etuno spot, tome {"* weeks agJ, it t>il) bo reolleoted, a man falliug over the bank and la mug himivlf tlirougli .)uo of tlu tuudous of tho loot booounug displaced.

A Possible Waikato ErroßT.— The Auckland papers have latdly been diicussing a somewhat cunoui phase which appears iaourcommeroial economy, as furrmhed by the Customs -returns. I Theic nhow that no lest a ium ii annually ! gent out of 111 a colony for fruit, tb»n £89,931, and £42,228 for j&ms aud jellies. The question very naturally arisen, why abould uot a considerable portion of this sum of over £132,000 be retained by the settlers, and chiefly »o by tue people of this province. It » true that some portion of the fruit "imp »rted, is of a tropical, or, semi-tropic*! production, but, a very considerable portion of the money u paid for tiydaey imported fruit, vrbioli could bd hupphed by our settlors. In the case of preaervei, it may be urged that this pi o vine© cannot compete with Taemama in the produatiou of one kind of fruit, currants, tvbicli «nt«r largely into the manufacture of prestrve«, but, in all other fruits useJ, -this portion of the colony is able enough to compete with Tasmania or oliewhero. If we had the cheap wa^es of Europe to compote with, we could understand the neglect with v. hiuh this brauch -of trade it passed by. 'Vh<i matter is worthy of being taken up by business men in Auckland, or, insuoh a district as this. Let it- ouca ba iuutvrit that a ready market for fruits require 1 for preserving would be secuie, and there are numbers who would turn their attention at onoe to their further cultivation.

SKRFANroißusji Kkbpked. — ♦' Atticus" contributor the following to |tue Melbourne 'Leader': — " The following is, 'without the alteration of a word, a story of eervantgulism that was sent to j me this week by a ladj : A w«li-to-lo | market gardener vrai talked «ver by bis wife to go to a registry office m tho city for the purpose of engaging help. A 'young lady' was brought in for inxpectiou, who overwhelmed him with questions 9.9 to the number of kis family, whether washing wu giveu out, how maay nights a week «he would have for herself, what part of the work the missus did, did they ace company, did they tl ow Tisiiora, &0., &c, <so. The market gaidener antwered all her questions in the meekest manner, and when the had exhausted herself, turned t > th« registry office keeper, aud asked if it wag bu turn now ? A nod was the reply. ' Can you play the piano, Miss?' he inquired of the fair one * No, ' she replied, too much mi r prised to tell a f ilsehood. ' Oh, well then said the marktt gardener, standing | up, 'you won't suit. In fact I've done without a servant for the last twentyyears, and till I can tiod one that can play the pinno and talk Italian, I'll learn to do without one a little longer. Good morning ma'am V "

TITK TICHBOBNE CLAIMANT 18 one of the most inscrutable tiring conundrum* of the nge. Ho ii irrepressible ; and though chief justice and solicitor-generals have aat heavily upon him, and the walls of Necvgato compass biin about, like John Barleycorn the moro ill-treated h<» ii the tuoro noi-e he .makes in the w .rid. Tlip latest and if true, llio most astounding phase in thi» eawfe celrbre U the alleged finding of the veritable Arthur Orton. Arthur Orton, the rpal, the variable, that legal myth of whom so many wore incredulous, has been found, and Tichborne bonda are up ag»in (sa.s the Melbourne correspondent of tho " Bendigo Independent.) By the time this is perused by our readers, the news will have been cablfd 1o England to gladden tho heart of the omflnee in Newgate, and the holders of Tichborne debentures will hite fumbled the crisp documents in tlieir cnh boxes, and hare speculated how they shall expend their prospective fortunes. To the Melbourne ngent of tho Claimant belongs the credit of the disoovery, for after incessant fossicking, he lias discovered, or believes he hi?, the real Aithur Orton, who has been for many jeais under the alias of Alfred Smith, an inmate of the lunatic anylum on the bank* of the Paramatta river, -within fifteen miles of Sydney. Like London Journal novelettes, further particulars are deferred until the next mail, but meantime the friends of the weighty Claimant are exceedingly gladdened by the Intel ligenoo. 'I ho Melbourue "Herald " of the 15ih August contain! a letter from Mr J T Wright, of the Enquiry Office, Little Collins-street, iv which he jays :— The credit (if any) of finding Alfred Smith, alias George Oreswell, who is now o >nfinod in the Paramatta Lunatic Asylum, New South Wales, "is due to me." I mentioned tho particulars, whioli havo been made public on my return from Sydney about ten days ago, to the gentleman luterested here on bebnlf of tho Cliimaut. I then thought ho would kerp sdont until further information had been obtained, but it appears he lias not done 50. and it no longer remains a «ecret, and I shall now give a few details. Alfred Smith, alias George Cretwell, also nicknamed Leuther Jacket, ii said to be identical with Arthur Orton. Some valuable particulars I have in my possession, I tliinlc will acoount for his (AJfrvd Smith having assumed ao many aliases. A Smith, or Q- Ores well, is aaid to be a gooi butcher, good rider, and a opital shot, and it is a well-known fact that both hr mid the Claimant wera sworn friends and mates together in Nevr South Wales Lking the Claimant's own words in his cross examination, upon briiigaßked where he left Arthur Orton when in Auatra in, he replied at 'Wasjga Wagga, Nbir vSouth Wales, in June, 1866, pasting under the name of Alfred Smith, Oe rgeOretwell is (aid to ba the lame person, and further, ttie Wag^a witness stated that Arthur Orton bad very large hands and feet, whereas the Claimant is said to have remarkably smill kands and feet. There is a decided discrepancy here, but ('reswell it said to have lar.<e hinds and feet and be a very Urge-frame i man, about i the same height as the Claimant, which in every way agree* with the description furni'licd of .Arthur Orton. The sisters of O't'JU have always denied that the Claimant wm their brothfr. Steps aro now being t^ken to obtain the photograph of Creswoll to send to England for identification. Should the photograph in question bo identified by Arthur Orton's mslers, inmy o'hers now living in Wapping mar possibly reogniso the likeness of George Cressvvell as that of Arthur Orton. This important featuro in the case once got over, combined with other evidence I"hi»e, and hope to obfain, will, 1 trust, be the means of cleanup up what has beoiii up to tho preseut, tho gre itest 1-gal uiy«terr on record. I have no doubt tho Cla-inunt civ, if ha likes, fnuisb tlio kt-y lo sora9 v.ry v«J.u»blmfoniution, icktrc to Alfred Sruitli, now hv i; toaui.