The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA" THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 180, 3 July 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA" THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1873.

Jr is justifying to us, as it mnsfc also [bejto eveiy man who fee's the importance of educating* tho rising generation, that our Educitiui Act h practicable. Had the Act been declaredly the learned Judge ulti a vires, education must lmve come to ,\ Btand-still. The old sj stern is dead, and had tli.Act row in force been unworkable we should Le \v the position nf Ihe vi.in who attempted to sit between two stiu.ls ; ii. othei- vord% the education of our children «ou!U have come to a sadden and disastrous ttioi.n liou. T!,e peoj W hero for mum yous pnst liave been too much in the habit 01 impending upon (to^erriinent tut- everything. Tin o'd rr.ntt(j. " Mail he'ji thy>eU,'' seems to h:i\e been ewntjl»tei) ex|iuii_<'<i Ircm (hcii br.iins. i'iio ednViiiMi o! owi chiiilrui (■. ouuut' t lie p rente st iu»pou

sibilitie.s thai, uevtrvos upon i>.ircnfca, and it should press upon the publ.u to an almost equal degree. Tt should be abundantly clear to every internment settler in this colony that its futuro depends to v. very great extent upon those who have the duei'tiou of its aff.iirs at this time. There is an euonrous number of children in this district growing up in ignoranco in consequence of the want of facilities to procure for them such an education as will fit them , to take an intelligent part in the polities of the | country. It is true that eveiy man cannot bo :i member of a legislative body, but the fact must not be lost sight of that the representatives of a people are only, as a rule, a fair sample of thair constituents. We wish to convey that inlelli" gent electors necessitate intelligent representatives. The rule is th.it the most intelligent of their class are those who migrate from the country of their birth, where thei'o is not soace for them to live decently, or rise above the position in which ihey are born. The old country has sent us some of its best material to work upon, and it would be an everlasting disgrace to every colonist now resident in New Zealand, if we, from our penurious habits, allow the race to deteriorate. A great outcry has been made against the tax of £1 per house for the education of our children. There aro men in the world who would grumble if they had all coni ceivable luxuries at their disposal. There are men, also, who are gods to themselves, and respect or consider nothing e'so human or Divine. We desire to point out that it behoves every man in this province to help those iv authority to carry out the system of education inaugurated. It may not be, and in fact is not, perfect ; it is, however, the host at our disposal. Iteform is undoubtedly required in many instances, and teachers are not equal to their work. This cannot be wondetcd at. The pitiable allowance doled out to those who have the care of our children is so me.igto that no really good man would accept the position of schoolmaster unless driven by the necessity of earning a living. Wo aro at a loss to see how the Education Hoard is to carry oul its work with the sum of money that will be at its disposal after the rates are collected. To establish a proper system of education would take more than twice tho sum that tho rate ui!l yield. The rate makes all contribute something, but this should not he sufficient to cause those who have it in their power to assist to relax thoil efforts Tho Board will distribute its funds as f.ilily as possible ; but those funds, as we said above, are clearly not adeqnnie to tho work to be done Private enterprise and private charity must do the rest. Whatever we do we must not allow future generations to point to us as a people who were too mean to do the best for those we brought into the world.

The annual meeting of the West Hamilton Town Board was held on Tuesday in the school room. There V.h it large attendance of ratepayers, and great interest in the proceeding 1 ! was evident. Several gentlemen wei'ep'oposod to oecupj the th'ur. A show of hniuU w.va c tiled for, a:. ! Mr Jolly was elected by a large majority The next biismcs" was to elect a secretary for the meeting. Mr Wil-on was elected to the office after some discussion. Mr Vialou took part in the dLcusbion, and ins power to tale am- pai t in the proceedings wni questioned Ivy Mr iMimll. We are debarred In the Act referring to libel to five 1 lie reason*. Mis»rs Farrell and Tnnfield were elected scrutineers The latter gentleman refused to net, and Mr Morris being next as regards the number of votes, acted in his plnco. The account* for the past year were read and agreed to by the nueting, afte>' some discussion aa to the fifcne?3 <>f one of the auditor to fulfil the duty, on the grounds that lie could neiuber read nor wiite. The meeting afterwards pioeeede'l to the election of a Board for the present \ear. A considc able number of gentlemen, were propotcd, but the volim; was in favor of Messrs T. Moms, ,T. Mprlin I. B. Viahm, James Ilaiper, ami Thomaa Katrell. We nre glad to notice the much more ouleily manner in which the meeting was comU'Ctcd as compiue'l with that of last year, considering the pai'ty feeling that e:.'3ts. There seemed to be a fce^ug jjredominating that such scenes as those of last year only brought local Bc-J '-government into contempt, an institution that is undoubtedly veiy useful when intelligent and respectably conducted. The following are the amended boundaries of the Hamilton Highway District : — Bounded towards the north-east by the centre- of the Wailtnfco river from tlu- «outli-enstern boundary of the paiish of Horatiu to My«tcry Creek ; towards tho south-east by Mystery Creek aforesaid to the eastern side of tho road which forms the western boundaries of allotments Nos 312 a and 312 of the parish of Teßapa; thence, by the eastern side of said road to the north-western nnglc of allotment No 305 of the parish of Te Rapa aforesaid; thence crossing said rood to its western side at the angle last named and by the western side of said road to the northern boundary of the Rnnginwhia Highway District ; towards the south by part of the northern boundaay of the paid district hih! parts of the eastern and northern boundaries of the Mangapiko Highway District ; towards the west by parts of the eastern boundaries of the Mangapiko and Ncwcnstle Highwny Districts ; and towards the southwest and north-west by part of the north-eastern boundary and south-eastern boundary of the Newcastlo Highway District aforesaid to the Wnikato river the phco of commencement, exclusive of the township of Hamilton west. The Pukekura Highway District is bounded as follows :—: — Towards the north by the Wai Into river; towards the southeast by the confiscation boundary line as far as the eastern angle of the parish of Punitt j towards the south-wc-t and south by the north-eastern and part of the northern boundary of the parish of Pnnitt aforesaid to tho south-eastern angle of allotment No. 181 of the parish of Ngnrolo ; towards tho west by the eastern boundary of the parish of Ngoroto aforesaid : again towards the south by part of the northern boundary of the parish of Ngnroro aforesaid to the western side of the road which forms the western boundary of allotment No. 301 of the parish of Te Rapa ; and again towards the west by the western side of the road last described to the north-western angle of allotment No. 305 o( the parish of To Rapa aforesaid, thence crossing said road to its eastern side at the angle before mentioned ; thence by the sastern side of the laid road to Mystery creek and by said creek to the Wnikato rhcr, the place of commencement". 11 A Man in the Bush," writing to the D. S. Oross, asks : — " Why do we not use. all our spare money in utilising onr ironsand, which would do us more real and lasting benefit than all onr goldfields put together? Tt is in itself ammo of wealth if properly used. With our immense supply of j ironsand, and our certain coal resources, both working together, we should make New Zealand second to no one colony connected with Great Britain. Consider our treasuresgold, copper, ironsand, coals, flax. Do wo not her* combine materials enough to make any country, well managed, wealthy ? — I understand that Mr J. S. Macfarlane does not intend to eUimp the country soliciting votes for the Superintendfney, but, it is said, proposes holding a large open-air meeting in Auckland, inviting all the country districts to come and hear him. This would bo popular, if ho would invite us all to cupper afterwards." Our obituary column contains the announcement of the death of Mr J. H. A. Lowe, who has for a length of been connected with the Daily Southern Cross in variot-s capacities of trust, and in all of which he performed his duties with the utmost devotion and thorough uprightness. His remains will be interred this afternoon. — D. S. Cross. Wp Icirn that the tender of Messrs Reynolds and Clark, of Cambridge for the supply of rations, foinge, and transport for tho Colonial forces within a radius of 50 miles of Cambridge, for the year ending Juno 30, 187 t, has been accepted by tho General Government.