The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 173, 17 June 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1873.

For once the people of Auckland are unanimous. Jlpcvting^ hare been held ' North, South, Kasfc, and West, for the purpose of -advocating the'immediate construction of the Wuikato railway to the confifCAtiou boundury. We tiust that our members in the Assembly will bo as unanimous as thepoople of the province; in other words, that they will do their duty to thoir constituents, themselves, and the colony. Tf ihey appear in. Wellington a united pbalanx they nmsl carry the day. (['he most dpteru.iued oppositionists hi Ihe £'outh must eeo tW it is to .their inturcst to vote on the Auoklaud •ide. The money that it may be necessary to ex. fend at any jnonent in the quelling of "n.Uivo <3is-. ti^r|xUMf« (ttl.ich a ijii.uiiy in all probability will

prevent), would pay the cost of us ooiihtr .lotion, :*; a ,Wiu* ai the present time, principal ly from fch« difficulty of communication, would be prolr.ioied, ftsid consequently" costly. "YJTe are not inclined, however, to enlarge the native difficulty into the i principal reason for its construction, believing, as we do, jbhat jthe day has passed wjben united opposition to tho authority of the Crown .is eitner likely or possible. A large section of the natives have become alive to the fact that to fight could not possibly result in gain. Another section is sufficiently, aware of the advantages roads, railways, and telegraphs must confer upon every holder of property. There is a third party existent, composed for the most part of men who never iad anything to lose, or who have by their 1 misconduct, had that which they originally possessed taken from them. One of the principal arguments that can bo used in advocating' the construction of public works is, that by that means we shall convince the Maoris that they jyill be, infinitely better off as quiet citizens of a country with its resources developed, than th^y can possibly be as wild and'untamed savages, with all the customs inherited from their ancestors intact. ,W.e believe that the true policy of the country i 3 to civilize tyy public works. We have tried to do the work with Ihe sword, but physical force being thje only test of greatness known to the natives, and that force having been only partially used, tho result has only been small.' If the natives once learn the nse of a railway, — that their laud could be leased at a much higher rate, that the produce grown by them was of much greater value, that the necessaries of life were cheaper, there is every reason to believe that the opposition of the old chiefs would be futile. This of course can only be done by action; it is next to useless to tulk to a native concerning the effects of that which he has never seen. At one of the meetings b^ld in this district a speaker alluded to railway construction as one of the necessary adjuncts to what he termed the "Waiting Policy," which he /Jefined Jp be as follows :—": — " That the increase of population will eventually render a native disturbance of any magnitude iin impossibility." Before population can increase in country districts, it is self-evident j&at agricultural pursuits must be remunerative to those engaged in them, and it is equally evident that this cannot be the case unless carriage to the place of consumption is .reduced to a reasonable rate. A railway would induce the suttleineufc of the most usefjul class of men in the colony — we mean the small farmer. These men da the principal portion of their work themselves when they first settle, but it is almost invariably the case that, they soon require and are able to pay for assistance" The necessity to bend to. popular opinion often leads a journalist to run in a channel that he feels to be neither safe nor politic. We are loth to bend to this influence, and in tact, never have. We may state 1 , however, that it. is our most sinpere belief that in advocating tlie immediate coustt notion of fie Waiknto Railway wo are aiding tho bring, utg about of a great benefit to this district, the Auckland province, and "to the colony of .New Zealand.

We learn that the Government has offered * reward of £1000 each for the apprehension of Purnkubu a'uil Hai'i To Tumu, and 1*503 each for Ibafc of If erewim aiid Wherft.r We are afraid that the rewards offered are not likely to result in a satisfactory ur u "aer. -We have not the aligutesi doubt that any atteni,) to capture the murderers wil { involve us in a fight r ha large -section of fixe " King" party. No matter w at consequences may result, they must be captured, h • a over, otherwise other muLdors-wiil follow. '' ' ' > A meeting wa3 i .1 at Cambridge on Saturday iast, for the purpose of ad vacating the extension of the railway. Major J Wilson occupied the chair. The following resolutions yere passed :— " That this meeting feels convinced that tho preient high rateof freight, and delay ni and of the transit of goodi has done much to retard settlement and progress of the Waikatb, and it desiros so impress upon the Government the necessity of of pushing forward at a more rapidrate the construction of tho railway between Auckland and Mercer." »f That tiiis meeting is of opinion that tho railway now being constructed between Auckland and Mercer should be extended Without delay to th» Upper Waikato, as.'ifsuoh were done, it woujdalgo tend towards the permanent pacification of the disaffected Maoris/I •' That the chairman be requested to forward the above resolutions to tho Government," and that a committee be appointed, consisting of Messrs CampboU, Runciman, and Major Wilson, to draw up a petition embodying the resolutions passed, such petition to be presented to the House of Representatives as soon as possible after it assembles." Wo regret that the report of detaili has not yet come to hand. We shall give fall particulars in our next. - ' In accordance with an advertisement, a meeting of those interested in the formation of a cavalry corns fpr Hamilton East and West was held at the Royal' Hotel on Saturday, 14th instant, at 6 p.m. R. W. Hammond, Esq., was voted to the chair ; and it was unanimously resolved that it is f desirable to form a cavalry corps in Hamilton to be called tlie " Hamilton Mounted Rifle Volunteers." Twenty one subscribed their names as members, and the following goutlomeu were elected a committee to carry out the object of the, fore going resolution :— Messrs Pilling, Sedlon, Parkes, and W. and J. Hunt. A vote of thanks to the chairman brought the meeting to a close. Captain Leslie had •letter from the Under-Secretary for Defence, informing him- that the Government' did not consider it necessary to raise any more cavalry corps in tlie Waikato at present. Two caso3 of sudden death occurred last week in Auckland. One was that of a man named Levi Cockerton, a messenger in tho Bank of New South Wales ; the other that of a woman named Maria Rapdall, a person of abandoned habits. Inquests were held in both oases. Tho result of the inquiry into'the death of Cockerton was a verdict of'j death from natural causes." Tho deceased was subject to fits, and it is supposed he expired whilo suffering from one. Cockerton was found dead about nine o'clock in the morning by one of the clerks in the manager,? room with a duster in hit hand. The body was warm. Oookc'rton was a man of steady habits, and had been a soldier in the 58th' regiment. He was 49 years of age and a single man. — The circumstances attending the death of the woman Randall oro very saddening. • The body of the unfortunate woman was discovered inside the cemetery, in an almost nude state, early in the morning by a man going to his work. Tho body was quite cold. From the evidenco adduced it is supposed the' wretched woman, who had been drinking Very heavily for some time past, had divested herself of her clot fas 'in thp belief that sho was retiring t-> ho I, f:v,_i tiio fin t M .t . ' hy »,re e:i. Jmi „ epread. out by her sido. Her husband ia a blacksmith, and residing at tho 'North Shore. A verdict of " died from natural causes " woa returned. • * " ' " Tho usual weekly parado of tho Waikato Riflo Volunteers/ was hold on Saturday In tho Volunteer Hal/, under tbr command of Captain McDonald, »uid the cora'pahy were exevqiapd >n t'no manual aud plutoon by Sergeant Taylor, A.C., whoso method of impartitfg knowledge is much approvtd of by bqfch officers aud men of the corps. It will not take any .great length of time for tho company to become' eicilfUl in' tho M«e of tho SnUW, judging from tho aptitude displayed on g.iturday» * . rs S ,

.Mr L. O JJrun, the revising oflieor for tho district, arrived I lust ru-iiing lit Xgaruawahia, and will sit in the Hospital , I'uiiouv; ji> tl'Ut township this doj at 11 o'clock, for tho pur])oso of hearing objections in refcrenco to the electoral roll for the district of Waikato. Jt w ill bo aeon by advertisement lh*t Mr R. Baird is prepared to supply plants and trees at a reasonable rato. It i s to be hoped that the tattlers in tlio Waikafco will avail them* selves of this and other opportunities at their disposal to beautify their land and gardens. A nis£ti*£ o£ the carpenters and joiners of Auckland was li,eld on Friday evening at tho Mechanics 1 Institute wjth a view to obtaining an increase in the present rate of \vage3. • Tho increase sought is to ten shillings per day, whfch is an advance of two shillings ou tho present rato. The chair was occupied by Mr Smith, who proposed, and Mr (^eorgc Soalc^ seconded, " That tho wage* of carpenters on and after the £3>*d June shall be ten •hilling'? for a day's work of eight Hours." WiAh. but ono dissentient t!ic resolution wa» * unanimously adopted. In the event of employers not acceding to the demand of workmen, it is intended to hold another meeting on the 23rd iust. to docido as to what steps shall bp taken. We would call iitfi attention of Waiktto aspirants to Provincial honors to the following method, which h,as b|een the means of securing the return of more than one candidate. It would, at any rate, give employment to our local photographer :—-"Mr: — -"Mr W. llowe, one of the candidates for the vacant seat at the council table, Daylesford, having j had several huudred cartes of himself, in eight different attitudes, taken by Mr Moser, of Burke square, used them yesterday as a substitute for the ordinary cauvaaging card." j Perhaps the caudidates for tho highest provincal post will j also act on jho suggestion. ' Ip mig^c procure them many votes (?) " Judge Fellows, of Victoria, is considered (says an exchange) a very eccentric fellow, and one of his latest arid oddest acts, thai) of appointing » youth aged. * a 7 sweet sixteen, as his Associate, at a salary of £300 per annum, has led to xpuch joking at his expense, and upon tho subject the Melbourne Herald recently published the following story : — Wo (tho übiquitous) heard :m amusing story up at the Supreme Court this morning. At the same time it is our honest belief that it i-» n cunningly-devised fable to point to a niorul. While the learned judge was lately at Saudhurst on circuit business, he whs disturbed while busy in his chamber, by a splitter-splattering noise on tho pavement without. He called the messenger in, and savagely ordered him to go ooutt t and btop that row. It at the mere sound of the judge's iimr. His Ifonor' fiemandod from the messenger what had been up. Reply — " Your Honor's Attociate had been spinning his top. 1 ' So keen is the competition between the rival lines running from Kingston to Winton that passengers Are cot only carried free, but Is a-piece has been offered for the privilege of carrj ing the corpus vile to its proposed destination. The coaches ate brought to the jetty at Kingston, and tho walk to that picturesque township saved into the bargain. This is not quite so good as in the days of "rivalry between eoaoL ow.nera on tho Ballarat«Geelong road, when' ibe drivers shouted two npbbjers on the yoad for his passengers, paid for their dinner,'* and' carried them up or down free of charge. — Lake Wakatip Mail. Tho London Gazette contains an official notico that Mr Walt or Kuottis, of tpndon, " in consequence of tho present obnoxious name of his ship, Tho IJevil, being strongly objected to by merchants, underwriters, and others, intends to appl y to the Bourd' of Trade for* permission to change tho name $o that of Newboy.'f