TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1872.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 15, 4 June 1872, Page 2

TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1872.

W'l: flio s-fllcivs ill the W;iikrif< :in flic cshiblislniiciit. nf.-iti Ag-ricnlfural Asso >'i;itiitn Cur Mm whole district. It would bi ■1 ■ fTi--iilf lo mvi'-rstimiit!* M\o advjinlvirres whicil .••irr:-v:c fn>m llirso In (.lie firs pirn'! l I hey bring- purindicilly all in forest- 'd ii M'rricnlf.iirc In imc spot, w\\o two thus cnablo •; > r\-cban--n opinions ;rirl rolnto their expopi rnc.i'S of (lie bi'st mole of pvoceo lino; nnd"i any (:ir;;!iiTHf,i!ic;\s. Tlio fyr > cu <* mi.--.-lit. (he ve'eran fni-'nor, who is prm-orbi ally r,»sidy lo impart all i.bo information o wlu'ch In* is There is no room f» j'vilo'isy in pursuits; nobody harinvt.liiiin, I" l-iid<\ lf;» man boon sneci'ssfn in n-rowing (lie bi'st crop in fhi> district,, lie i* oii'y too hnppy to impart, Uie secret of bis •success, if Micro bo any beyond industry and Htleiitii.on to Ins busiiioss. The f-xliibiiions! of slock and ayr'cultural iinpleuietifs which are to bo (.•otmecf.od with m\r S >c-u<*v will be to the advantage of all. r l'he inexperienced will be able to see what a -•"oil beast should be like, nnd will learn where, to purchase well-bred stoe'e t) improve bis own flocks and herds. There is another :nlvantML;-t" iliat. in a scattered district li'cethis. is of n-rc-it iiii|>ortajico. The settlers, when ■>fhey meet, will have an opportunity of ttlkinv over matters (M'tber auricidturul or jXistoral. rite proiim:tioii of a, la rye crop of yrain or a. splen lid stock ol Ciit't'.e and sheep are, of •course, the principal aii-is of a farmer's life, but be ennnot alTtrd to treat political matters •with total in lidcrence, otherwise, from the of those who have undertaken the o-iivornment of the country, he mav find that ■the resu'fs of Ins labours are eaten up by taxation without any benefit, either immediate ->r in the remote future from the expenditure of ■the money the interest on which the taxes yo to pay. IVo m-a,n, however bumble b • hinositMiu or small h\< s'aVe in the c-.irii.rv, is n< yood ("tizen who dors nnt fed >t <<~> be hiduty (o int.'res: !)''m-e'f in i:s politics. !t" rhe Vew /Vul.nnd had in past, ;.i;n.'S feir this !o be <)\v n-e, and acted n;> to t'hei; , e.vivict!-:i-? -h > ivin'il be in i verv d lu.-e ;r p -s:;i hi to day. W e may .•■einark. i:i i .-it fis nt at all c: editable to tlu Waikato sen eis t'l-it on'r ono Q-eiitieman could be 'found ii, t ! ie disrr-vT willing to take uv>on ri.« dutv of repri'seatiag it iu die Iloase of .Vs-e ■ 11) 1 \-. 'Vaeiically 'he n-iliticil iiferests of the •viiolc id ;lu« \\ :i!<..;>> se-tlers are i lentica!. We trust, liiar the Ag-ricuhu.al Association will have ihe wie.cfc of making- them feel this. Asa united body they will form a power worthy of respect; otherwise they will neither deserve nor obtain the esteem of any yovern•ne:>t or .v.rry. and. in consequ-Mice, none of ♦he j:,--o-A tilings t:u\t happen to be movin >• will ti'avei their road.

We remind our .settlers that some support to the j Auckland Acclimatization Society is due from them. ; We understand that if subscriptions are raised from ! the district we shall come in for a share of the \ birds, * beasts and fiaheST that arc periodically , ; released. Sonic time hack some Prussian carp were '. sont up and released by Mr. Hunt in some lakes in j the neighbourhood of the coal minus. Some star-j lings have also been received and released in the dis'rict. A very small subscription from each resident would be suflioienfc to .secure to us a fair fihare of the Society's importations. We have j numerous lakes which .in; well fitted for the recep- i tioa of fish of almost cvsry description. If put | in they will speedily increase and multiply, and

afford many a-good day's sport to the angler. The schooner-Charyhdis. laden with wheat for the Waikalo Company, arrived at the Heads on Friday from Canterbury. The null at Ngamawahia wii n >\v work regularly ; it has been stopped for some time for want of material to work upon. We have received a complaint from a settler that on the main road to Auckland, near Kahuipykika, there is an open drain, ile states that when ruling after dark, had his hor.se not stopped suddenly lie would have been thrown into a drain four feet wile. We call the attention of the authorities or contractors to the fact that if any accident happens they will be liable to an action for damages, ftxperiencc has taught u.-s that the risk of pecuniary loss is the Lest incentive to the performance of duty.