The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 678, 17 October 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justice to all men. Oi whatever «tute or persuasion, religious or • • # • • licit- shall the Presi the People's righi maintain. Unftwet liv influence -.in'l unl>rihf>rl hi- <■">••

TUESiAi OVTOlitUi i., t t3,o

The despatch of the Governor now published and which was forwarded together with Sir George Grey's letter of Jane last to the Secretaiy of State for tho Colonies, apart altogether from personal matters necessarily mixed up with it, and apart also from its reference to the bombardment 'canard,' deals trenchantly enough with the real matter at is ue. Sir George Grey at that time laid great sti ess on the plea that no such opportunity, as in a free country is allowed to its inhabitants of expressing their opinion upon the destruction of their Constitution, and the I substituti <n of another for it, had yet in this case been afforded to the inhabitants of New Zealand, and that the Councils themselves before being so destroyed should have had their opinion taken on the matter. The falsity of this reasoning- was pointed out by tho press, and by this journal at the time. A special appeal bad been made to the people on this very question at the Lite general election, and though the election was then one of members to the General Assembly it was the same body of electors appealed to who would, had the case been otherwise, have been c tiled upon to return a newly elected Council — the lists of electors for the constituencies in either case bein^ compiled from one and the same general electoral list. This has been, however, so fully and clearly shown that tin* p .sition then taken up being no longer tenable has been abandoned and the cry now is, not that the country has nob had the chance of appeal but that that Government has bought a larje portion of the pipsn of the Colony and by general bribery and corruption procured the return of a House of Assembly which do<snot represent the opinions of the electors. This is the cry now i raised on every possible occasion by Opposition members when they find

tliemseUes in .1 niinoiiiy with u the llou^e «md by their news}). 1 jut or!*in*nnd supporters onihide, and i-i, to say t!io l.Mst ot it, .1 poor compliment to tli iv intelligence and independence of the electors whose alleged misrepresentation in parliament these members protc->s to bewail. Now we uru fcii" Jpoin believing that such was the case. The hustings oideal tor candidates at the Kite general election was a searching one, and a tar more than usual interest was taken by the electors generally in the polling than on any pievious occision. Perhaps we can give no more impa'rtinl or conclusive evidence of the satisfactory result of the Lite General Eectiun in returning a parliament which possesses the confidence ot the people than that given by Sir George Gtey in his speech on the Piako debate early in the iSes&ion. Turning to the Hansard reports of the present session, No 2, page 65, we find S.r George Gray saying ' i urn compelled, from tome remarks witu reference to my roi impendence with the Home Gkmrument, to allude to pj. ii ical subject* which *h 'uld not otherwise have bten bi ought into this (lijC is-l.'ll ; und i would tay Ujis, ttniL tliii present Parliament id failed Ujjo t> do wuitt do other Ang'O-S nou louiniuiiity, except the United States, ) as, 1 beJeve, ever been culleU upon to do ; ami it ib u^ki-d t > do ii in a i euoeHOle waj. It it anked to allow the liib.ibiluiits of New Zjiumd t.umselTcs tv dei ermine mid adopt the form of Constitution under which tluy ftn.l thiir duM'tiiiduuts are to he-, *ad tv glide thi m iv tli.'ir choico U| on thit gieat hu j^it. I ieit, wh u I fintiuok my teat i > this liom • tins en s-ion, thai 1 wua pr. sent ia an Aisimbly charge! wild greater dutiea th >n any oilier AsScinbi.) m winoh i had ever spoken m my .iff, and 1 co.itess thtt it vtas wilh dcli^hi — with \eiy grrat nu(i exietdun joy — iliat 1 f'Hiuii wli.it the temper und tue rp ri ol t.us House wore — when I frit tuut around me wad V bjdy ol g. ntleaun . quul to the exigencies of the occasion * * * * It wad «iih wonder and delight that 1 saw ih.it u great a d noble UHiruuient, of rigbt tiad thiou^h tin* throes of birth into a lifa.thful existence, und showed a dete tmn ition i hu ri^tit Rhould ue douo. It «ai with pleusure I saw thai the moment a htiui Has luia on thu new in-tiument, it viorate.l with eiH.rtions an I fieiings, ttitit right sbould bj done, t'<at justice should run its cmrso I fe>b mmj owu mind tnut which the l'reuuur feifc not when he mudo tfiat speech. l«n d to uij«'li, ' Tljjnk ileavt n, *t last tin lipur and iho men itre uivt. togetlier.' 1 fe>t that I, w»i turrounded by men equal to ihe of the task tue^ had io achieve.' He would be a rash man who in the tace of so eminent and disinter cstcd an authority as this would vein me to any, that this same House tf .Representatives is unworthy or incompetent to deal with the qfnestion for which they were specially elected- The hour and the men are met together, ijo.ii we do less than SirUeorgt* Grey, in thunkiug Heaven that it is so.

„ _ - o^.. uimg ti press of iidveitiseuiems wv ar« compelled to h I<l n»er si'Vi'ial leitcrs. an article on tie Njiivi u i^.-hiivluui . ale. c iCKtt reports, &c.

Tun Hamilton Punt, accordiufj to min< uuueuieut u now open for ordm*ry traho.

Mb John Knox will *e!l to-mrrrow, by a.'C 1.-ii, on Uw wharf Cambridge ; •orne 20,000 feel o( general builiiiug iiiuber.

MH-boubnb Cur.— The subcriber» to Walk r's Annual B»eepatnke »re re-qne-itoil 1o \>ay their gubscriptiona b,j l ljiirnlay j ext as tho d.awi q will take pl<iCH on Fndttj.

Black Champiok who«e departure f'ooi Aucktaud for V^ai.ato we uo i>ei in our i-iiie of 6>» urday, pissed ihrou.h i I arm) ion ou Sunday, and realty conns ! up to ei|)cut ilions loriued of liiua. Uo ii a line upstaml ng bl»ck hone wit i gruun wiiiier m.d cicst, has plenty of bone and all the cliuru teii^nciot » good »tud sire of his kind, and who'i ayear or two older ■md he fill* out to his full bizj wili not be tasiijr beaten by any hoive in the ColotiT,

Wb are glad to learn tbat Mr E lvr»rd'« little boy, ot 0h» p->, m ruj>i >]j recovering from wu.n wa« a> pruvi I~iui,i) rxu^pu tioui * terete and peimuie-t i jiry. F*llmif on an agricultural im pleinent one of the aba>p hooka entered lh« gr. in ripyinx up \ho «kin ami fledh, and m*kiug a lar*e »»ii(i txt.-o»ive but- ! faoo w-unil. Dr WmUhnaUm, who wan •out f r imroe lia.eiy toned up the wound Auit d eased it.

KENEWID DEHVND FOR NEwZfiitAND Flax. — A. limp hat boen giveu to a uame iudustry t.y thr receipt by a loading H-ni in tht N»nth liUutj of an ortlei Mom Me> t ournß for ]()00 ton «f <Jre»«e<i flax it £22 per t»n. Thu material ia n<iw "ci m exc« usivtly u stJ( l by AJe bourne luaiiaUotuies, and if the ruling prio« cau ue mst..iued a i.um<ier «if flax mi 8 c o-eit when the material only realize-! ibom £10, will he reopened with rciiiuuerAiive revulti.

Boa Poisoning.— During the Unt few di>» a valuable ilog belonging to Mi Hyde, while lent to » noighhor on thu b,»st aide of tho river at Hamilton ha* bi en posnued. If puiton haa be«u lti« oy »ny ou« in ocjupatu.n of laud, it •i.ouM, wo ibinlt he via 'c Uno»vo, at valu.blu aporting au«l other (lokh oelonijing to ietilew may uiett with the aame fate. It is qjiio comp tout f.r (jeraons deairing to p eveut tieipus t om dog* upoa ilitir prop^tty to y\»vr [Miaon 'boat, but die Act r«quiei th»t pu(>)io notion of such inVniiona mlioiil<l he given by advertui q aurt oibef nitana, ami that the pnUoti i-h'vi'd be plac d at certain (lut»uo-», a least, fr»m nny puMio fovJ. We are u<it aw& e< f m»y »uc » no ice having be n given acuo'diug tbhn Act, in tlio looili y uameil.

NKW AND VIBWIiBNT ■ •IfIKASBJ IN miei-p —We learu fivw t ie " Lyitle:o-. I'iiuhh" th.n aloiiit the imb. ftul of \ustr*l>» a w w due a i ha< broKen on .vnong the fheop, tuu nafcuru of which .loon not atein in» very woll uuder^t ku! ut it* ravdgm »m ntarmiu^. «» u one run ail the «!>«• p-2u,01)i) in imtnbe i,*</< •lirifl. "ihe B .uler VVntch" it>» : O - a B'conrl ttation they die he ttie rate oi 3 ><) ier dititn ; and it is punul 111 1 tray. I ovo>- a tlnr.i statioo, fnm bh« numh-r 01 ■ i ep lying <)evl on it. Several ota io s ti.vo been clenne/l outiy ihis <lim-H». , ai<l on one a nt.mbrr ot iet«h<ophar' •uocornb'i'l t it. Ynung Ut nuep -lit • < tit rh nol crawlers ; and in 110 two c*'e»ar the inturniil up(>iaMMce« of the d- a-1 Hhcepam.la . If the di-ca c raJiea f '« '""'flr dista-u, tho rtiu u will Uo dreadfal.

Waik\io Lvxdi Sale — A N w Zi a i«l G>i/ U , - f tin- otli ins' , c n *m« a lint ..| 58 a lotMii-ut", iN.»,. 87 to 1 13 i - o lii ". of N(iU UiW<tl ii dill urh'Ui lan • ; lot :?t7i pan-h of U.iut.pu, imd 1 -t 344 pn'is'of M tiigipiko, all ot which wil lie fl ic>l f.ir puMic calf by auction, af t >»• VV<i^.ifo Ljturi $ne Offit;.-, Auckland, at no in, on the 21st pit xi no.

Na\HUAWAiirt Poiicr (' TOT. —There wore only tlire.- ci-e* >»>i<fei\lay. tlmt of Kay v AlolFelt, a j irJ^m. lib summon*, amount, t,o bi» uiiid in two ii^t.lmoiiti In th.« c\sk R Ralph, t EnoKa, a claim of BiGd Milue of a epade given to de'enri* Hiit to erect a (litci, thejliint was di»mi^fcd. .Tu^pmeut fhr amount an f l cos's was eiren in tha case of Kay r Bread le.

Timber Sale. -Mr Bright h*ld a very nucte-isful sale of *t>uiM>n.; timbpr on Siv uarday atC»mbruJs;e. Not^ithstanding the ehwrt n tioe <h vrl o!e of the lots vt( rti sold excupt a few lengths of tea 1 t\'wn atui PT G. Pwcet obtained w^re : H»wn, 8s 91 to 10s 6il ; PTG 13s 61 to IS" 9 I ; sf«et palirg*. 13* 61. It appeals ttn if tlie spirit of competition were »hvo m this rtep irtmei.t of buiineps Waikato has tntfercd greatly in ,tbe pant, by th»* want of a reasonably supply, »t mo Cerate price*. Henc , tbo number of merr Hhimti. s wi.ich form io ltr^e a proportion of our buiMinns and the monstrous rents a^ked in our township for anything in the shape of a bouse. ■ With timber at a re*Boi able price, and a Waikato Freehold Land and Bmltiiag Society a marked improvnn a nt iv our dnrelliu ft 8 would iouu be visible.

Tiir Waitoa Hiqhwat Board b»»>, as yet, received neither this year's nor la«t yejr'i sub»idy, 111 aid ,of thelo:al rn'e», ttom the Colonial G ivermneut. Wliy such cxc p ion h.w been iv the cane ot thi-4 particular board, we are »t a loos to i nsgine ; certainly not because the onus-no i has not b-en formally no ified by the 13 ard to tho proper authorities, no» y«-t, beoAuae the di^tr ct is exc-p-toiully situated 'I lie <inn9sion u ali the more to be regietted, as the W»i oa ill trot is not one of tho-e wind li >»• UiUtl in putting \U own should r to thwhet'l, but, o» the contrary, had doi c much where niu h was wautiiitr to be dm. c, to assi-t the work of snttlc >ent, whuh i^ m.»kiug r-tpicl Btri>ie« in that part ■ f ilimc ii'ury. We shoul'l have th< «jht ' (>h<it th< Giiveriinicat vr.iul I r«a<li : y have Ht en tee gr-at public advantage, b >th a" a matter of political ticnotnv and <>f ss f rate v y, in filling up the Fiako and Wai'oi country with Enropesn Hetller» as r i p idly an poesii) c, •<> as to have caused h- ax to have given eveiy pumble a^intaime to a struggling lli^hvvay Bjard, iucli as that >;f (he W^Uoa.

The Shaw Kki,ief Fu^d, Hamilton Enik.iTainmk.nt — We are iufomud ibat t large nuuilier if tickets fur tio abovp which mfty be obtains! at. the sove»al a < r^, ba*ie t-cn already dis- ( ...SH,i o», »ud hat thu a'teo(i»uce, both iv the reserved and back teits, is likely to be a, large one. Thoie who intend tiking pirt in the entvitunmont, on l'tiursday ovmiing. are reque< r »d to s^nd in iheir mines to th TIMEa Office, in th*course of to-morrow afleruoou, and the UtltJ 1 * of th" eO'tgs, Ao , for publicatioj iv th« piogiamuie. There will ba * rehear>*l at th«- Hafi ' ba Tliur^day, nt 2 pm. Wt felt quit* mre, fr>tnthe firnt, th»t Unuiton won Id n » ne behind- hjiud in furniehini? lti quota tow»rlt the r*hef of the widow and her fath.r ess ohiltlreu, M»d it U gratifyibg o rind that vuch i« tha c*«e The entertiirim^rit just given at Alexindra, on c alf of tiie fuuil, »tnDUnted to £9. and 0-m >ndg« itself b«s fully done its •>>*re. We have not hear! that aitythmg haa ii-eudone in N^aruawahia, n r, hejond th- fjirt thit one Hood Templar Lod«»- i . rT.™n «.. „.., u I /«.•! .CO, -urc- nt» aTV.H'cwh^t hrfS lie»-n donti by the ludge* generally. Shaw was not merely a temperance m«n, but aa earaunt _aud titicere G-ood Tempi »r.

Trbspa-s of Cattle on Nati»e Land. — We liaat^u to correct au trror intu whiih we fell in our msuo of Saturdi}, with resp'ct to mi alveit'senient which buara the name of Mr Ri hirl Patkcr, aiid which expreanei his wil)ini»ne«3 ti» allow the native* to kill all cattlu belonging to him, having a brand of u. circle with dot in centre, fouud tresj.iasmnu b. ynnd ofrtixin houu'<aries. Iho manuscript in question w»« lelt at our office, aud we, uot. uouaturally, took it for au aiherti'emout, and imurted it as cuch, «rlurea», it wasBin>plv a copy of an a^'* " mfut given l>y Mr Pnriier to certain Atives, tod nb.«wu by thorn to our in. formsQt. ■ Tho matter has referei ea te ao alleged gripvsuceco^inl^ined of by certain native* at tlm late Maunjutin^nri niett mg, of tl c tretp^Es < f cattlwof Eu<«i>ea<>* Uf.ou their lauds. It will I 6 eeen I y tli" copy of agnement publuhrd, that Mr Parser has tiiui rmnoved any c»uif trouble that luikihf poaaibly Ihvi arisen (run the tri'«p^B coinplaiuod tf.