AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1754, 2 October 1883, Page 2

AN D THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Efju.il .Hid c\ irt justire to all men, Ot wli itsoe\or st ite or pcisu.ision, religious or politu.ll. Here sbatl tlu Press tlio I'eopie's ri^lit miint-iin, Un.uM-d In in'hifiiLC and unbriberi by p.iin.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1883. * The prompt and viirourous action of .Mr Bryco will effectually remove all native obstruction to progress at Kiwliii. The flinemoa is to leave ' >punake to-morrow with a detachmon<- of the Armed Constabulary, numbering 110 men. The Native, Minister, himself, will join the steamer at New Ply mouth, and ac company the party to their destination. Kawhia will, therefore, be come a constabulary station, and the men, like their compatriots at other posts, will, we presume, be set to work road making. All this will mean that the district of Kawhia, so long a terra incognita, will have the daylight let in upon it, very much to its own benefit, The establishment of a military post will also have a most important bearing upon the native question. We are amongst those who think the danger of native outbreaks is past ; but we are not on this account unmindful of the trouble, inconvenience and loss to which the colony, no less than individual sufferers, has Leon subjected Ly peiiodical "scares," and if Mr Bryce never does anything else, ho has gained our warmest gratitude in purifying two such sedition-breeding spots as Parihaka and Kaw hia. 'I he latter place has long been the camp of refuge of the disaffected Waikatos, and its occupation is a serious blow tokingism. For, indeed, save and except the personal adherents of Tawhiao, the great body of the natives were never so well disposed towards their European neighbours as now. Had Tawhiao sought advice from his bitterest eiiPmy, he could not have adopted a line of policy so well calculated to upset his own pretensions as that which he has followed in rpgard to the beacons of Kawhia Harbour ; and if the settlers of the Kaplan district had met in conclave to devise means for increasing the measure of their prosperity, they could not have hit upon an expedient half so well adapted to serve their ends as that which the Maori king has unwittingly used. The long neglected district lying between the harbours of Whaingaroa and Aotea, will have cause to bless the day that brought Mr Bryce and the constabulary to Kawhia, for now there seems a probability that it will be brought into direct communication with the civilised world without — that the telegraph wire will be stretched along the Waitetuna valley. Good roads will follow, and the beautiful country around Raglan will soon wear a busier aspect. Bui the settlers in that district must awake from their condition of lethargy if they hope to reap the full advantages of their new position. Heretofore .Raglan has been ccleLrated above all things else for the utter lack of energy in its people. The observant stranger leaves their company with the impression that their chiefest desire is to be let alone—that they would prefer earning a penny without, than a shilling in the face oi competition. And the worst of it is that people of this complexion have the power to carry cue their policy of isolation it they wish it. Let us hope they will learnt wisdom in a better school. The grcafc country between the Hakarimata range and the sea ha* a magnificent future before it. Tlio Bip "Van Winkles who have slumbered there so long cannot, though they try never 30 hard, prevent that ; bufc they may for a time 'retard it. Bufc wo may yet entertain a hope that they will wake up to a Clear sense of the duty they are <$alUi4 ;; u ,p on . f t° d°> that, having yecog»ise4 |fc f they

A large number of books have arrived at Cambridge from Wellington to supplement the library.

Two essays, on "Elocution" and " Tobacco and its uses," will be delivered at the meeting of the Cambridge Mutual Improvement Association to-night, by the liov. Mr Ev.ms and Air Stringer, respectively.

The annual meeting of the Hamilton Cricket Club comes off on Saturday evening at tho .Royal Hotel. Old and intending members aie 1 equated to attend piactice on Sydney Square on the afternoon of the same day.

OnG of the horses attached to the Aroha co ich dropped dead when within a few yards of the htables at To Aroha on Saturday. The bad state of the roads, and thjomoquent increased demand upon the endurance of the horses was douhtlcm the cau^o.

In the Supreme Court, Auckland, in Chamber, on Fiiday, James Daley, storekeeper, Hamilton, was, on the motion of Mr (Jeorgo, declared a bankrupt. It will be remembered that Daley flitted for part 1 * unknown by the labt Frisco mail boat. The liabilities are net down at £1000, and the assets at £1200.

A cable message was received on Saturday to the effect that a rcpoit that Mr Pavnellhad been shot had obtained currency, though it was generally discredited. Subsequent telegrams say the leport was entirely unfounded.

Mr F. H. Edgecumbe, Government surveyor, has just completed the survey of the allotment of five acres generously piesented to the Board of Education by Mr W. A. Graham, as a site for the proposed s>chool at Tamahere. The allotment is on the main road, a short distance from Camp's Tamahere Hotel.

His Honour Chief Judge Macdonald, of the Native Lands Court, was a passenger to Hamilton by yesterday's train, and proceeded to Cambridge by coach. The Native Lands Court will open at Cambridge today, but the business will all be adjourned except the Tatua case, and no witnesses will be icquircd in that.

The usual monthly meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council, called for la^t night, was adjourned till to-morrow evening, owing to there not being a quorum present. Thoso in attendance were : Hi« Woiship the Mayor, and Gis. Lovett and Yon Htunnci. ()ne of the newly elected councillors, Mr Davy, wab alw present.

The weather has been most unseasonable dining the last few days. On Satin day and Sunday rain fell plenteously, accompanied by cold, biting wind-*. Sunday, indeed, was a wretched day. Yesterday theie wa., a change for the better. A spell of mild weather is gieatly needed by the fanners, who for the most pait have exhausted their supply of u inter fodder, and aie depending on the giass.

A correspondent writing from Cain bridge, say*:— The Maori minstrel combination, started in Cambridge some few weeks ago, has had a brief and uneventful career. Though the constituent paiti of the combination were all gentlemen possessed of a variety of musical talent, and of that class peculiarly adapted to entertainments of the gomis minstrel, still they lacked in the cohesive element, and thus have iftuonuniously abandoned their pioject without one single effort.

Nothing has transpired to alter the aspnct of afhum on the Waotu block. The old chief Tiunai, of tho Ngatihnn (Hany Synionds' tube), returned fioin Rotoiiu, where ho had been attending the .sittings, of the Land Cimit, on Sunday, and was gieatly incensed at the action of Whatuaio and his pjople. So angry was ho that, butfoi the piosence of Syiuoiuli, it is pi obable bloodshed Mould have endued. He was, however, ])io vailed on to await the leailt of the negotiations now being canied on with a view to a settlement.

The Wellington correspondent of the N. Z. Horrid telegraphs on Hntuiday : —Mr. Wliitakei'rf coiif-ent to bo one of the 1 epi esontativos of the colony at the Sydney Confcience was not definitely leceived till tliis afternoon, but the matter is now decided, and New Zealand will be lejneseiited by the Piomioi and the e\-Preinier, whicli i.s ])iobably tlio most satisfactory aiiangoinont that could have Jieen devised. I may add that the Nev Z Mland representatives'v/ill go with a strong conviction of the desirableness of taking all available steps to prevent the flooding of the Pacific Islands with the scum of France and the worst type of Fiencli ciinnnalh.

The following "specials" to the Pi c-is Association, elated London, Bcpteinbov :28th, have appealed in the Now Zealand Hoi.nld :— Money i~, cheapening, and colonial secuiiiioh aie ii->ing in value. — The piospeets aie considered good for the Adelaide loan on Tuesday.— The Biitish Association has voted £100 for providing scientific apparatus for any expedition to New Guinea of which the council may appiove. — Me->sih Healy, Small, and O'Connor, M.P., ha,\ c been assailed at the meetings, and the campaign in Ulotcr has been abandoned. — The Rev. Mr Shaw's case is exciting strong public fecjling against the action of Fiance. The Fiench Press adopt a very defiant tone.

The regular meeting of the Mangapiko Road Board was held on Saturday last at Patei ar.gi, all tlic member* being piesent. On the motion of Mr Newland, the boaid made a rate for the current year of 'I of a penny in the £. The following tenders wcie iecei\ed for the largo works on the M.uigapiko Foid road :—: — Coicoran Bros., £238 (is (id ; Alexander and Hughes, £197 ; McCallum, £185 jfMillar and Kay, £170 ; Crowin and Offersen, £100. The last tender was accepted. The boaid decided that all works should be repoi ted on by two members, and approved by the whole board bofoie execution. It was also agreed that the grading of the Paterangi load be pioceeded with. Pay7nents to the amount of £20 were authoi ised.

October is a good month on the aveiage to get on with .spring ploughing, especially wheie the intention is to break up new land for exposure to the summer's sun, for the purpose of getting it luady for cerealb or other use. Nothing excels the ploughing of new land in spring, and letting it lie up to summer fallow, for getting ameliorated, generally sweetened, and rendeied fine and available for almost any kind of tillage. In some seasons, October often proved not too late for the sowing of lucerne, rape, prickly couifiey, and similar fodder plants. It is claimed for this latter plant, that it comes in early, and lasts well. It can be propagated by pieces of the root, or by crown sets, and it's growth is .so luxuriant during the summer months, particularly if .supplied in a moderate degree with moisture, that lepeated cuttings may be taken during the seasons. It requires rich deep soil, and there i& no fodder that horses, cattle, and pigs are moie fond of.

A meeting of the ratepayers of the Cambridge Town IMbtrict was held in the Public Hall, Cambridge, on Satin day last, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of taking into consideration whether that part of Chapel-street, extending from Queen-street to Whitaker Terrace, should be closed. There was a fair attendance, and the chair was taken by Mr. T. Wells. The chairman, in opening the moceedings, read the advertisement from The Waikato Times convening the meeting, and proceeded to explain the necessity of clo&ing the portion of Chapel-street referred to» The board hadcallod the meeting at the instance of the railway authorities, who required that it should be closed before they could proceed with the laying out of the station grounds. Without discussion, it was unanimously resolved, on the motion of Mr Houghton, that the proposal regarding the closing of the atroet be given effect to.

The first meeting of the new Hamilton Domain Board, as constituted under the Domains Act of 1881, was held last night. There were present : The Mayor (Mr John ICnox), wd Messrs Yon Stunner and Lovett. His. Worship the Mayor was elected chairman. Permission wan' granted Mr ¥. Crawford to transfer tho lease of lot BG, Hamilton East, to Mr W. Wheellen, The secretary reported that no tenders had been received for clearing, ploughing, and grassing five acres of the recreation reserve abutting on tho lake. He understood that there were one or two persons anxious to tender if an extension of sJflK} w ere granted. It was resolved to extend 4he 4»ne for receiving tenders to Monday, the " Bth imbi The secretary read the notice in the GaaeUfi Y^ting Sydney Square in the board, and it was resolved, on the motion of Mr Yon Stunner, th.at the secretary write 1 Mr H; Steele, informing MjiJ &«4 the other applicants that {%£> fepVa is grepweii to Bnb,jisise subscriptions foj? faneipg WB M&m af ftft F»B e °f „«'» for £ up"td*3o, U^ww'MSOlve^^aJi Messrs Cfochrane, Tippen/and;E6v^tf pa a committee to' carry out such woi-Ks'Mimay be agreed upon. f - "A'few Bmall passed) for payment,? andjftho':'Mftrd.\ad'J WrnedM fh'e Bth^, !fi '• Hl^V^^

"Wahanui," says a correspondent of the Taranalu Herald, "is still at Mokau. The object of liis visit to Mokau is to ' get the signatures of. ,the Mokau people to his petition about the ring ' round his block of lantl, viz, Ngatimaniapoto block. It goes from Kawnia to Pumu (Waikato), from there to Taupo, from Taupo to the Wanganui Rivei 1 , follows the river down to the mouth of the Tongataku, and from there to Paraninihi. The whole of the land, with the evception of a few (3) blocks owned by Government, belongs to Wahanui's people. As soon as the block is surveyed Wahanui intends to allow the land to be leased, and he also stated to me that the gold should be worked, but not until tfi# ring of land is surveyed, as he is afraid that Tawhiao is trying to get a portion of it. It is very evident that Wcvhanui intends to submit to our law, as he says that there will be only one law, "the Queen's law," for both races. When hia " ring " is surveyed, it is quite evident that Wahanui intends to become a very peaceful subject, and I .should not be very surprised to he«vr of his taking a seat in the House in a short time. He intends to z*eturn to Totoro as soon as he has received replies from the Government in answer to some letters he has sent down. Now for another matter. I suppose you are aware that the Amnesty Act that was passed to pardon Te Kooti and Te Wetere does not extend to the people who killed Moffatt some years ago in the Tuhua country. It appears that Moffatt was on his way to the Tuhua country to get some money he had left there while he was building a mill for the natives. He had occasion to go to Wanganui for some ironwork for the mill. At that place he was taken and tried for making powder for the natives, and for that offence he got three yeais. After he was released he went up the Wanganui, and commenced to put' iit pegs and .say the land was his. He also pulled out the old boundary pegs put in by the natives. He carried a very large cheese knife, and when asked what he was going to do with it he said he intended to cut Ngati's and Tukematu's throats. Of course word was sent on to the people whose li\ es were threatened, and they sent word that they would shoot him if he did not go back. Although Maffatt was repeatedly warned, and on the very day he was shot Ngati sent word three times to him telling him to go back or he would be shot ; " No," he said, " no living Maoii will ever turn me back. I h,ive conio to cut Ngati's thi oat, and I will cut it. And within a quai tm of a mile of the place wheie he m.ide that threat Moffcit met with hit. death."