The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORM PATRIA." TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1872.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 45, 13 August 1872, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORM PATRIA." TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1872.

Tile children alien tin;; thn Hamilton Day and i veiling Schools, were, through the kindness of W. Ts. SiviiMiicke and Patrick Leslie, Inquires, enfcert,lined in the Hamilton lla.l, on Tues lay last. A Hiiiupl.tious repast, consisting of tea, cakes, buns, ,Vr,, was first partaken of <"/ /ihlfmn by about 7o children. Several ladies presided over the feast. Alier the tables were cleared Messis. iSeavauoke .■•n't Ilijiley took their seats on the platform for Vlic purpose-uf hearing several pieces rcciled by the pupils, and the manner in which they went through their several parts was both creditable to themselves Mud to those on whom h;is devolved their ins" ruction. Mcssis. Iligliley and (Hark had provided a number of presents for the best-conducted children, which were presented by Mr. Searaneke. Mr. Munis kiiid'y exhi-ited the magic-lantern to the

:,itMt. amusement of the children. The hall was V'TV tastefully decorated by Messrs. (.Mark and Uultlev. The entertainment was a great, success, ini>l we trust that it, will have the effect of increasing tlve interest felt in education by parents au.l chiMren.

Kai auti, cue of the Ngatihinetu tribe, lias received from Mi , , limes of Ngiru iwahia, a number of hop ; plants for the purpose of planting at Te Kuiti. Mr. ; ] .Hies gave hiri the plants in order to encourage the | Maoris to grow hops, which they can do better than \ any other people, as they can command the services j of'a large number of women and children at the! picking season. The notice in the Wnk.ii Maori, \ fcubse jliently copied into this journal, in reference ' to hop culture, has ha I the desired effect. The Imp plants are to be planted at the head-quarters of \ the King, ail I as heps are useless to the Maoris: we. may "take this fact as fore'elling continued peace and quietness. They are to he planted solely with the idea of selling to the Pakeha. We have leeeived a letter from a settler in Poverty Bay, he says :—" I am anxious to receive reliable inform ition about your district, as 1 t'link wueii the railway is commenced, the Waikato will offer many inducements to settlers, and I have many f.iends who would be glad to hear of a really good district to settle in. Any information that you can f-ivour me with will be thankfully received." In reply to our correspondent, we can only say that we believe the Waikato District to be one of the tineat n New Zealand. There is plenty of land capable ot growing anything to he purchased at a reasonable rate. On the completion of the railway t> Mes-cer, ■which will, in all probability, take , place within eighteen mouths from this date, the Auckland. Avhieh is the dearest market in New Zealand, will be opened. Poverty Bay is, undoubtedly, a splemii I district-ninny portions of the Waikato are quite ( [i\ il, and there is much more of it. We invite our o>; respondent to come and see for himself ; we will £i\ehim a hearty welcome, and if our engagements -A ill allow us, will cross our horse, and show him some of the attractions for a settlor. All that is wanted in the Waikaio is settlers and capital, Mice introduce these and it will rauk with the finest districts in New Zealand.

The number issued for the List out-going mail of the Svic Zealand Illustrated //m<M contains a view of the township of Cromwell, showing the bridge pnrt the junction of the rivers ; views <>f the new \'icioriau Mint ; several sketches of places on the ./ne of the Australian Trans-Continental Telegraph ; ■Watson's Bay, N.S.W.. and of the great subterranean caves at Yarrangobilly, in the same colony ; also, a portrait of l>r. Perry, Bishop of Melbourne. This paper is published, in Duuedin, and offers to those who have friends at home a capital opportunity of giving them au idea of the features of the ttnatry of their adoption.

It may be in teres ting to th'«e employed iti the : Covern.nent Service, to know that au "Imprest Supply Hill" Has passed through all its stages on ; the 2itb -luly. ■ The following is the reply of the Superintendent of Auckland to a circular addressed to himbytho Hon. the Minister for Public \Vorkn, for the North Island, in reference to Chinese labor :—" Superintendent's office, Auckland, January 27, 1872. Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular No. 2t>, of the 22ud instant, inviting au expression of iny opinion as to the general expediency of allowing railway contractors to employ Chinese labor as allVcting the Province, and a3 to the extent to which such labour should be introduced. Ln reply, I beg to. state that lan sec no good reason why railway contractors should be precluded from employing Chinese labour in the couetruction of public works if they think- fit. The evidence taken by the Chinese Immigration Committee last session shows the Chinese to be an industrious, frugal, hard-working, orderly body of men. No doubt, they will noc become colonists, but the class of ordinary " navvies" ans not likely, as a rule to make good settlers. The objection that wh.Mi the Chinese leave they abstract from the Colony their accumulated savings, is, I think, more than counterbalanced by Mie saving of capital to the Colony in the cheapened construction of works, enabling more works to be performed. L quite agree with you, that if the proposed public works are to lie carried on only by the introduction and employment of European immigrants, economical administration and rapid development of the public Works scheme, which art so essential to its success, will be almost hopeless. 1 have, <t-c, Thos. B. (iillies, Superintendent. The Hon, Minister for Public Works" From the returns supplied by the Government emigration oihcials at Liverpool for the month of April, 1872, it appears that 2'J,4")7 cabin and steerage passenger* hare sailed from the Mersey for the United States during the past month, being an increase of :">,t>77 over April, 1871 On a comparison between the last four mouths of this year and the four corresponding months of. last year an increase of 12,144 passengees is apparent. As an example of the manner in which justice is administered in America, we give the following from the Ni'n) York Tribune-:— " The revelations of the evidence impbeatin..' Judges Bernard and Curdoza, at yest :nl; y pabKshe 1. arJ soaiething extraordinary, but, unhappny, are not new. They betray a condition of judicial corruption, both of Bench and Bar, which would be appalling if it were now for the first time suspected. To the unfortunate people of this metropolis who have suffered loss of personal liberty and of property it is not sM-ange and, therefore, not •startling; but'to those happily removed from the baneful influence of such tyranny the story told yesfcmliiv in detail must have read like a romance of the old and corrupt age, when fraud and force reigned supreme;. Not merely errors of judgment have been proved—the Bar Association w sely ,eft theso to be coirected in higher courts-but actual conspiracy to secure and to pronounce wrong judgments for pecuniary or political considerations have been established by irrefutable testimony. Not merely have the old and familiar processes of law been grossly corrupted, as we charged in this journal months ago, but the law itself has been perverted, and the accused Judges have indulged in quibbles im>re transparent and more discreditable than any conceived by the ingenuity «£ the most desperate criminal lawyers." We (British Medical Journal) Announce with pleasure that in view of the unblushing and scandalous sale of diplomas by the establishments known as '' Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery" and the " Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia,' the Senate and Assembly of Pennsylvania have votjd unanimously to repeal their charters. Europe has been Hooded with tliese infamous documents, which have been more than onee successfully produced in courts of justic as qualifications to practice.