"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 202, 26 August 1873, Page 2

"OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1873.

Session after session .attempts have been made to <ret a bill through Parliament excluding all Pro. vincial officers from seats in ihe Uouse of Representatives. To do away with the numerous puppet parliaments tlidt prevail throughout the colony is clearly an end to be desired and arrived at sooner or later. The first step in that direction must clearly be tho exclusion of Provincial officers from Parliament. Most Superintendents go to Weilington with the primary intention of taking caro (jf themselves, and if this be not the cuse a Superintondent and his Executive would certainly place themselves in an anomalous position were they to vote for the abolition of the institutions by winch they live. It is true that (here is one aspirant for the office who hak dec'ared Lib intention, if elected,

of ilunio „ll m j,, s p uUcl . tl , du^uoy the bhipofi which he defies to take command ; we are not, however, of those who believe that the death blow to provincial institutions will be struck by any ono of those who at the time hold ofliee. The effect of finding himself in a position to help himself and his friends we fear would be too great a temptation for the majority of New Zealand politicians to; resist. It may perhaps appear to some that by making 1 such an assertion us the above, j we h.ivo taken upon oumolvo* the ofHou and I deserve the opprobrium that attaches to the proverbial "dirty bird." All wo ask is that those who are prepared to point at us with the finger of scorn will, before doing so, count upon their fingers — they are sufliciently numerous — the number of their personal acquaintances whom they believe would not record a vote to-morrow for f ho pnrfy that offered them tho greatest personal adv<juU<>us, although they knew perfectly well at the time that the policy of that party must sooner or later inflict groat injury on the colony. When they have done this their hands should drop to t heir sides Superintendents of provinces have gieut power vested in them, and their elections are not coincidont with those for members of the House of Representatives. In the event of a member ha\ing thwarted his Superintendent in the House, he need naturally expect, and be tolerably certain to receive when asking re-election all the opposition that his chief officer could influence by virtue of his ofliee. In the case of our present Superintendent, one of the principal charges wo have heard brought against him is, that he allowed his political opinions on colonial matters to embroil him to so great an extent with the Ministry of the day that they would do as lit tie as possible for the Province of Auckland. We are not, however, prepared to go thus fur ; but we will ask any unprejudiced person if the above lenmik, if only partially, does not fully justify ours, and is certainly a strong argument why the Superintendent of a province should not be a member of the House. To sum the matter up shortly, a Superintendent who votes with the Ministry of tho day can, get more for his province than one who follows the Opposition leader into the lobby. The Government of a country must be carried on, ai d so long as the people only study self, so long will honest politicians be an impossibility.

We regret to announce the death of Miss Martha Barton, of Keiikaiiki. in her thirtieth ycur. The deceased, a daughter of the Res* WUliani Baiton, was for many years in charge of the native school at Kenkanki, and haying been m her youth educated at the Wesley an Mission School at tin- Three Kings, was w*»ll qualified to instruct aboiigwal children in a manner creditable to herself and satisfactory to the Government. She was a woman of prepossessing manners, comely appearance, and universally respected by all who {knew her. Her loss to the members of her fami'y and the children of the Kcnkariki settlement will be irrepaiablc. The deceased was butiedjesterdny. A considerable number of Europeans attended the funeral. An inquct was held on Snturdny afternoon at the Kailway Tprminm Hotel, Wynynrd Tier, before the Coioner, on the body of the unfortunate ninn, Charles l'enrse, who met with Ins death by hilling out the el ill at Fort ltritomurt. The evidence taken went to show that the body of llie deceased wns found on IVidin morning witli the skull injured and ieatun & niucli biui-cd, the result of injuries sustained m the full. The conjecture is that the deceased must haro missed his footing when pioceidma; to his work. Ve.uve wis a sober wan, and had been m the employ of Mr II J} Morton, of Custom-hou-e street formerl). lie was single, find about 30 year* of nee. The jury returned 11 crdict of " Found dead." A ureliininnrv meeting >Mh held at the Orcidentid Hotel, on Saturday afternoon, with a \icw to starting a new Racing Club Some twenty gentlemen were present. After much dncuusion it wns imunimously resolved that a club beiormed to be called the Auckland Turf Club. \i, is nitomU'd to ndopt the Victorian Racing Club rules in a ba?is of foundation. A general meeting will be held at the same hotel on the 3lst in-taut lor the adoption of rules and election of officer-*. Theie is » Maori paper called Kahili Maori, published under the auspices nt the Native Department. This ga/utte, ns stated by the Uon Mr Mantell, foimeily a natne minister, has pi bbbhed an article of " a dendedly paity tendency." Tin- pet. son referred to is a gentleman who does not underst wd Maoii. Tne gentkm.lll lcferred to, of coui&e, cotdd not ivinnv that he was subjected to tiitiusm until his attention wns called to the p'.uticul.ir article mciiti<Mu d. Very few other put sous knew anything iibout it. Being made acquainted with the tenor and tendency of the article, a conespomh uce with the Government ensued. The Hon Mr Mantell moved that th ; s coirespondence be laid on the table of tho 1 egislative Council, with a view to fuither action to bo taken upon it The motion wasag>ced to. The speech ot Mr Mantell undoubtedly points to the possibility of a Marri journal being used to affect the standing of particular Kuiopcms with the natives, The mattei is of bulllcient nnpoitance to inquiic whether such use has been made of a mere journal of announcements as to convert it into a Government political oigan. — Herald. AYe have been requested by Mr Mackay to correct an error _ which crept into his letter published in our issue of 21st inst. The error commences at the ninth line from the bottom of the column mid ends at jurisdiction, for the sentence between those words read :--" Jf the decision as given is not satisfactory, the parties aggrieved by it can apply fora rc-heaiing ; and if the peisons in favor of whom a decision is given desire any alteration in their title, or aie not satisfied with it. they or their agents should take advantage of other provisions of tho Act and apply to the Court, which nerer refu&es any application "whatsoever whcie it has juiisdiclion." A fatal accident occurred to n man named Craucbo, tho master of the cutter Bessie, on Saturday evening last. It uppeu-s Hint the decc.i-ed left the vessel, which was moored off the Bienkw.'iter, in a din^, and by some means or iinother in stepping out of the boat be slipped and struck )m head violently a»amst Ilio stone-, of the Breakwater The full lniibt hu\e Muiiued deciased, as lie iinniedialtly fell info fhe w nter The Occident, wns w ilnes* c d by two children, who gave the alarm. The boil\ was not ieco\ered for some time, and life was extiiu t. The decea- t »d was m tbc employ of MessiN Combes mid Duldy. Jle wns a married man, and leaves a nifcnud largo family. Anieeting of the Provisional Committee of the Ngaiuaw.ihia Ilowinj; Club w:is held last «'veniiig They have instuicto.l Mr Koss to build a ynur oaied out-ngged gig. Tbc boat is to be 2,"» ft long with 2tt Bin beam, built of kauri, and c«pper-f.istoned Wo saw the model <.f tbo proposed boat, and prophecy that theiowill bo very few boats in tho colony ,ibl« to show her the ro.ul. The trees mclercd by the Ngaiuawahia Town Hoard for ! distiibutioji to those who will undottako tjicir cam bavo | rnvived. The season is now f.ir advanced, and wo tiust I tliat those who intend applying will do so at once. j It. will be i-epn by our advertising columns Unit u meeting of tho Provisional Directors of the pio)io«cd Wnikato Setlli rn' Stciim Navigation Coinpmn will he held al Lewis's Hotel, Obnupo, to-morrow (Wednesday), nt noon. Tho mummer of tho National Bank proceeded on Fridny la«t to Coiomundel with a mew to making airnngeincnts for I the establishment of a branch of that institution. A lurgo slmre of support bus been promised by tho residents.