The Waikato Times. UNKNOWN.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 132, 11 March 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. UNKNOWN.

TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1873.

His Excellency Sir G. Pl.P 1 . Howen will visit this district, within a fi?w houi;B of the present number of our journal being iv the hands of our readers. Thoso who take the trouble to retrospect are of oourse awaye of the different position in which this colony utiyids to day from, that whioh it he'd on the arrival o» its present Governor. Time may have done 6om.etb.iug, but diplomacy has done much more. "We are awaie that the Governor of a colony is not expectel tjj act on his own judgment ; nor does lu>, but it must not be forgotten that he, aa the representative of H«*r Majesty, has great power for goo'l ctrevfl placed m his hands. Sir G. P. Bo wen baa, by careful htudy, made himself well acquainted with tlu* primes pf thin colony, and it would be unfair to a-sum,e that during Kis reign he hqs uot exercised great iullneuee over those who have from time to tune heU tbo position of responsible advisers. He came to ua possessed of greater political and diplomatic, experience than any of his advisers could puitend t,o. They may have gained knowledge Uy readying ; he had done so in the Bame manner, fi n d i,n addition, had by personal observation, traced cause to eflkct in colonies somewhat similiaii/ situated to our own. The Governor of a colony is oftcu, placed in situations requiring great iitmness of character; political combinations may place him at any moment in a position that is embarrassing even to men who. have the ability and experienco of the gentlemen who are usually sent hy the Imperial Government to represent the Crown in the Co'onies of Great Britain. We have not the spa.cc to trace the History of Sir G. F. Ho wen from his landing in this colony to the present time, otherwise, wo could show tha,t hehasumtormly upported the dignity of the Crown and added to that of the office he fills. The recent ministerial crisis is fresh in tjhe memories of all, thiouijhout. he pursued a dignified aud constitutional com se; his conduct contrasts strongly w^th that ot Ins pricipal adviser. Tlio latter appears to ns to have been sailing under borrowed colours. He took an office upon liituself that, if we aro posirssod of the whole story, lie wasqu,ite incapable of JioMiug. We know this much by Ins ow.n admission tlmt he found himself incapablo of coping on even tiinia vw'th his subordinates in Ihg minntiy. If

has practically said, " unless Mr Hall stands by I my side, I am inp.ipablo of holding my position." This is an admission that no leader of a ministry should be capable of making with justice qf himself, and to those who had sufficient confi lence in him to put him in the position ot Premier of the Colony. Unless there is some very much weightier reasous for the action Mr Waterhouse has talceu than those as yet publicly urged, we cannot help thinking that he is a mistake— and a omit otic— ail LVg-ircls the pu>p!e of this colony, We ahou^l uui have alluded to Mr Waterhouso lit this time had he not attempted to gubjeet the representative oC Her Majesty to an indignity ; we aaj attempted, because a mean act dictated by a small mind always recoils on the perpetrator. The fact of refusing the use of the Luna to His Excellency was mean in Itself; — but it was something more, it was indirectly insulting our Queen through her representative. He slaodd have known better than any man in the colony, that respect or disrespect shown to the Governor was the expression of irreverence or rcyeronce for the throne itself. The loyal people of New Zealand are not likely soon to forget the indignity offered by their Prime ]Vl)inistei\ to the throne to which thej ar,? proud to bow, ' and whjch they have been taught from their infancy to reverence, und we vopture to assert they have ever h^d good o.iuse to hol'i in the highest resr-e)'. Sir George F Boweu has perform© l his duties as Governor well. He bus tjkv respect of the peopK' of New Ze^leaud, and the slur attempts^! to be thrown upon him by Mr Waterhouse, their yery temporary Premier, need not cause him a second, thought Sir G. F. Bowen leaves us witn the goodj will of, all. Mr Waterhouse relit es from office i leaving the people disgusted that tjhey could have ] been so egrogriously taken in, and with a deUr.i i- ! nation to be more careful in the future.

The Governor, as will ac seen by our teltgrßphic column, will leave for Ngaruawahia tins morning. He will arrive at his desthia tion by steamer between 7 and 8 o'clock in the er«iiug. Wo trust that every effort will be made to givo him a suitable reception. The Europeans should not be behind their dusky fellow subjects, there will bo at least four hundred of the latter ready to welcome him. Wo know that it is impossible for Europeans to wander about the country in the independent manner of the natives, but we do trust that every settler who can by any possibility spare the tnno, will be present to welcome him on his landing for, probably, the last timo on the banks of the 'W'ailato river. M. Hourtcaud, one of the Mining Staff of the, French Government, arrived in Ngariuwahta yesterday. lie u travelling through the Australian Colonies for the purpose of collecting information for bis government as to the system of mining practiced at this end of the world. lie inspected the coal mine on the road up. A meeting was held last night up Ngaruawahia for the purpose of drawing up an address to his Excellency tho Governor. There was a very good attendance and a comra,ittcp appointed, to draAT up tho address. A meeting of a singular nature was held m Ngaruawahia on Saturday. A member, or reputed mpmber of the medical profession, had acted in a disgusting manner. The inhabitant* fult it desirable thnt ho should lpavo ; they thercforo galled him injto, the meeting wjiea the chairman informed him that the sooner ho left tho better, both for his. own and their sales. The loortfy doctor loft yesterday morning carrjing all hU instruments goods ani chattels in, a pocket handkerchief. Another of those si^l lon deaths which arc of so frequent occurrence in Aueklau I happened o>i Fnd vy morning to the wife of Mr J. C Brown, landlord of the Albion Hotel, Hob^on street. The deceased, who was fortynino years of age. had been out -w alking the previous afternoon m apparent heaUh, anil on Lor roturn home had. partaken of tea, and nftenranJU of slipper, before retiring to res! m umul. About three o'clock in the morning Mr Brown was awoke by a moaning noise, and found lm wife walking about the bed* room, who complaino 1 of a severo pain in her side. Ho administered a little brandy, and she went to bod again. A few minutes after he was alarmed by hearing a strange noiso proceed from tho throat of deceased, and immediately he went for a doctor- He vjas absent about five minutes, and on his return the medical man pronounced life extinct. An inquest on the body was held next ds,y, and the jury, in accordance with medical testimony, attributed tho cause of death to " serous appoplexy " Messrs Erogden $ Son's steamer arrived at Auckland fiom Wellington on Saturday morning w ith a full CQinpHlnent of patsei»gers. The. rUajngr is iron built, of 260 tons register, and 120 horse power. It is the intention of tho owners to keep her in the ousting trade. A flattering address w as presented by ths passengers to Capt Kennedy. The ship Polar Star, which left the port of Auckland for New York, laden with guano, returned to port on Saturday water-logged. The men wero thoroughly exhausted, having been at the pumps over 170 hours. The vessel encountered a heavy ga,le on the 23th February when distant off tho NewZealand coast about 200 miles. The dam&jul in Auckland for domestic servants still continues, the whole of the immigrants per Bhip Durham with fow exceptions huving met with engagements, We notice from the various criticisms that have appeared in the Evening Star, and which by-the-bye appear to have been penned by a writer who possesses excellent tasto and ju/lgmpnt^tha^ the .\rt Inhibition at the City Hall has been successful botli, as regards the excellence of the exhibits and the interest which lias been tajteu in the exhibition by the public. A. conjoint ball by tho officers of tho Blanche and J^osario was given to tho tlile o f Auckland on Saturday at tho North Shore. Some two hundred invitations were issued, and the al\air proved a great success. Dancing commenced at four o'clock in the afternoon, and did not terminate till close upon twelce o,' clocks at night. A correspondent of the Canterbury Press informs that journal of a recent valuable importation in agricultural machinery by a farmer of West Melton, o,f the uamo of Kemp. The implonient in question is a stripping maohine, which can collect iifteen or twenty acres of grain a day, and requires the services of only one man, to direct it, and a boy to drive the horse. The machine is of tho simplest construction, and effective iy. principle, th? machinery stripping the ears and collecting the grqan, simultaneously. The after cost of putting the grain into thoroughly marketable order is from 15s to £1 per 100 bushels, the expense of harvesting tho gram being less thwi Is Gj.l per acre. The machine is in common use in South Australia, and, is admirabjy adapted, for light soils. From privajto sources we, Jfapier Telegraph, learn that, notwithstanding the non-success of the Opposition last yeai^ another effort will bo made to oust the Ministry from office during tbo next session. A strong Opposition combination has hmi fonnod, witb largo monetary interests to back it, and though wo do.ubt whether any party can bo formed out of the pyesent House, powerful enough to accomplish tho desired object, wo know that constant dripping of water wears away the rock. It is not improbable tlmt the party, to which we alludp, will bo tho dominant ono at tho next goncral election. The s s Hero, from, Sydney and Melbourne, arrived in harbour yesterday morning at 3 30, bringing a number of pru<jeii"er» and a full general cargo. Captain Logan reports h iving loft Sulney and cleared tho Heads at %.4Z> pra. on the 3rd instant. Hissed the Three Kings on the Bth at midnight. Lntcrud Auckland harbour at 250 a in. on tho 10th. On the passage across the Horo experienced frc«h head w nulu and line weather throughout On the ith instant, ut, 10 a in , spoke the banjuo I>,iy Dawn, from Sydney bound ' toiToiu Koiif,' saikd L'Sth IVumi-ipv -Cio^.