Correspondence.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 9, 21 May 1872, Page 2

Correspondence.

[We do not necessarily endorse the opinions ex- ; pressed bv our correspondents. J J (To Hit Editor of the Waikato Time*.) | Sir.—l wa& much ajnuued at the attempt at , sarcasm on my letter from that business lookiny • man *' Three Half-Crowns." He certainly must ; have been in a great hurry, or very dull of compre- ■ hension when he read it. If he refers to it he will find I did wit boast of having " any amount of i bra3S." I also think if you refer to- it you will . admit my conjecture was not far wrong, as to per- ! sons to-be found with a good quantity of the shining j metal. As to his liberal offer, and lest the school j should lose the benefit of it, I beg to hand you my soake, and when he covers it, (which 1 doubt) you will be kind enough to hand the money to- the Treasurer of the school. For your and your worthy j correspondent's information, I may say my letter > has borne good fruit, as some of the wants have j been already supplied by private liberality, and: if j a few others follow the example set them, the hat , will nat have to go round for furniture at least. I be.' to apologise for trespassing so muelx 011 your valuable space.—l remain, &c., — (To the Editor 0/the Waikato Times:) Sir, —I request a small spice in your valuable paper ai a medium of making my thoughts public concerning a very important subject. I also request the aid ot your abilities to solve my doubts 011 the same. lam a bad writer and a worse logician, but I. think a man can express his thoughts so as to be understood without being boun I by those elegant rules of logic. Tiiere iy suofci a tiling as a law in. this, enforcing under a certain penalty the registration of births. Ido not understand the object or meaning of such a stricture. However, I have understanding sufficiently'clear to know that it lias. tc> accomplish something, otherwise why would, our legislators call it a. law and enforce it as. law There is. also in each district one or more qualified, person or persons appointed by the Government, througn the agency of whom, this law's fulfilment can be. accomplished or its violation punished. Then I think there is something serious about it. Now I ■ must reasonably be convinced that the compliance with

the law of registration confers some privilege, but lamat a loss to know what that privilege is. I am still as firmly convinced that if the Government have appointed an agent to fulfil their wishes in this matter, that [ ought to be afforded at least an. opportunity to approach him in his office and. thus fulfil the la>v. But if this opportunity is denied me or does not suit the convenience of the Government agent at the time, what am Ito do ? I travel say 24 miles,. I can or cannot see the Registrar, but cannot fulfil my duty as a subject of the law ; what then?. Am Ito be mulcted in a fine? Nonsense! la the law rigorous ? It cannot be so where such iudifference is displayed by one who is.bound to uphold it,. Well the public ought to examine the subject and find out the reality. "A stitch in time-saves nine." The Registrar is a. paid officer or he: is not paid. If. the iirst he is responsible to the public as a servant to a master. If not paid he is.still, responsible to the public by his voluntaiy acceptance of office. But if it does not suit the convenience or calling of the registrar of this district to lultil his duties in this respect as the servant of. the public I think the public very foolish in allowing such an abuse to exist- when they will ultimately be the sufferers. No. medical officer can vouch for his, time.. If he is a practitioner he is liable to be from, home at any time. The public call, they are inconvenienced,, disappointed, and return home disgusted, nonregistration effected, the law unwilfully violated,, and if: they return again the child is-too old, Jiw, so-and so.. What is the meaning of the law of.registration ? I know numbers of children who are .not registered. What will be the consequence. All the public require is- of little moment— " fair play." If any officer paid from the revenue of the country is not faithful in his. duties the; pub- ■ lie have a right to interfere and disclose his disqualification, particularly if they suffer any serious detriment, I have done all I can do by opening the question, and haw it remains, for your able qualifications, Mr. Editor, to place the subject in its propel light and force before your readers. This done, ll efficiency be required we must have it, "not in name but also in reality." I have, I fear,, occupied toe much: space in your valuable journal, but remember my cause is that of every one in the Waikato who is similarly situated.—l am, &c., Paddy.

Kite Kai tuhi ote Waikato Taima. EitOA Tenakoe, —Tenei kua tae mai ki Konei tetahi nga whananga o<te Kingi (heauwahinekia Tawhiao ko tonatuakanai marena kia ia ia) ara ko te tamahine tuarua a Tauiati Manuwhiri. ko-Hariata, tona ingoa hou inaianei ko te Reinga, he-tino-wha-nonga ake tenei kite Kingi, Inga tau e Iwa kua hori nei ka hore rawa tetehi o tenei whanau. Kia tae mai ki Waikato nei, a katahi ano. Kua rongo ahau te kai tuhi o tenei Rongo, te take-o tanahaere mai, e h&ere ana kia kite ia kawana, ka hoki mai i reira ka noho ki Taupiri, noho tonu> ihoki reira e kore e hoki atu kite kuiti. Na wbakaaroa ai e matou i'naiairei'ki'te tikanga 0 taua haere pera mai, tena pea e kitea he kitea he tikanga pai i rotoi. tona haeranga mai kia kite ia te-Kawana notemea i tukua mai ia e tona- papa e MauuhirL E koce hoki tetalii o taua whauau e tae-mai ki konei mehemea he tikanga kino kei a ratou. Iliaere tona mai hoki ia. i. roto tonu i. te whare- kingi, itc wharc- hoki o tona papa, i Tokangamutu, vehakaaroa ai. he tikanga pai kei roto 1 taua haere, koia ano hoki-te tino Porewarewa'o te talia- JEauhau. Koia ano hoki tetehi o nga tino kai mahi o te- Raugatiratanga o tona tangaone. oTawliiaO; kei te 22 ongara o te Maramu nei ka tae afcu ia ki Akarana kia kite ia te. Kawana ka hoki mai i. reira. ki Taupiri. Engari- lcua rongo ahau, kua Huihui katoa te Hauhau kite Kuiti kite tatari ia te Kawana. Ekoa tena pea a Manuhiri e hoki mai ki roto o Waikato noho ai he rongo hoki noku, heoiano mau tena reta e tuku kite nupeya. — Waipa, Mei 20, 1872. Na Pakeha MAGRr. [translation.] A persou has comc ht re, a relation, of the King —his sister-in-law, daughter, of Manuwhiri. Her name was Hariata, but she is now named Reinga. For the- past nine years none of the King's family have come here to Wuinato until now. 1 have heard' the reason of her coining: She is going to see the Governor, and when she returns she intends residing permanently at 1 aupiri instead of returning to Te Kuiti. Now we ace con- | sidcring about her thus returning. There may be some j good results arise from her visiting the Governor, j because she was sent by her father, Manuwhiri, and none of that-family would come here if they had any evil iutenxions, for she came from the interior of the o£ the King, and of her father, at Tokangamutu. I think, there-is-some good in her for she is a Kgular fanatiG of the- Haxihaus, and she is one of the administrators of the authority of her brother-in-law Tawhiao. She will arrive at Auckland on the 2 nd of this^month to see- the- Governor; and 1 she will return from there to Taupiri'.. I havs also he -.rd that all the Hauhaus-- have assembled* at Te Kuiti t£>? meet the Governor, and probably Manuwhiri will return to "Waikato to live I have heard so. Enough; you publish thi* letter in the newspaper. Waipa, May 20, 1872..- Pa>;eha^laorx.