The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 215, 25 September 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, SEPT EMBER 25, 1873.

Jn another column will be Reen a letter that has lppearoil in i ho ll'e/Jitiq/ou fnde/<£»nlent One ij our contemporaries (whether lie be possessed of plenary information a^ lo the w liter, we are of course not aware, bat presume nuch is the case), has devotel a column to f-ho consideration of its contents Our readers are well aware of the opinion that wo hold an to the advisability of handing over the construction of the railways aud public works to any company or individuals. We now nee no icaßoii to hHit tl c opinion \\hn.h uc l.uu- .tlw.-^h lit Id and

•MiunruituJ — "Th-it tv grant to hi. y company the monopoly or our railway cmage would bo practically handing ovor the government, of t ho colony." >» « ito badly enough represented ut present, but wo would ask what would bo the likely result of nearly every seat being at the disposal of a company? The result in our opinion coukl only be ihat iNew Z al.u.d would ! c governed \>ith the sole object, of letmning revenue to the participators in the vast proposed monopoly The argument used in the letter that oui fiuauoul position would be temporarily if not eventually unproved is exceedingly doubtful. The whole maitcr hinges on the two questions ; 1. Can wo secure the services of competent men to carry out the works ? 2 is \t probable that a company Can borrow money cheaper than the colony ? As rcganls the fust queMiom v>o believe that it is possible to secure the suivie.es of men capable <<i administering tho Public Woiks policy upon wh'eh the colony has out. -red. As regards the second, wo believe that ihe colony can bomjw motioy at equally low rates as any body of speculators; therefore, presuming that our first assumption is justifiable— and we should be very sorry to insinuate a doubt — the public works of the colony can be executed at a cost Ips 9 Iby the amount of the pro tit that would pass into the pockets of the speculators who are so anxious to patronize us. No ' we are not an effete J people, although those who are not acquainted with our habits, and who only judge of us by our actions 1 might well be pardoned for thinking so. Where can be found a free people taking so little interest in the questions that so \itnlly affect their interests at the present time ami thosu ot their desceudents in the future ? This question must not be misunderstood. The only object in handing 1 over our business to other peoplo is in order that the borrowing power of the colony may be immensely increased. Borrowing to conduct any business, whether it be that of a private individual or that of a state, is only legitimate so long as the money borrowed does not exceed the limit at which there is a fair and reasonable probability of keeping faith with the lenders. There is at present a mania for borrowing ; scarcely a paragraph in our columns devoted to Parliamentary intelligence is free from the word '• loan." Some support excessive borrowing because they have not devoted suilicient thought to tho question, or arc incapable of calculating upon or caring for results. The people ot New Z"a!and at the present moment are undoubtedly agitating for present prosperity regardless of nil future consequeucos This is truly a pitiable picture to draw ; our duty, however, is to wiite the truth no matter how unpalatable it may bo to ourselves and to others.

j The nativo disturbance rumour .alluded to by us in our lust issue turns out to be founded more on fact than is customary in like caßes It appears that Purukutu and his people have returned to their own land, which is not very distant from Cambridge. A story is current that Purukutu has expressed his intention of murdering another pakeba in order that the tapu on the hou«e in which Mr Mackay was struck may be removed. It is impossible to ascertain the amount of crcvlence that is to bo given to this report. We regret to have to rupo-l tint Mr Clarke, the iepicwith a serious accident yeslui.iay mm uing. H o W as sitting on the top of a case of samples in .in express w.iggon ; descending the hill to the punt at Hamilton, the wheels of the trap Laught m a rut .mil jtikod him from his seat ; he fell to the front, and before the diner could stop the horses one, or probably both, of the off bide wheels passed over his leg, which we understand is broken. In the House of Reprcsentai ives on Tuesday the question of the remission or enforcement of Webbs penalties on account of tbe San Francisco mail Hervice came under discussion. Mr Gilliet urged the innietion of the penalties. Mr Rolleston supported him. Mr Fox spoke in favor of their remission. M> Staflbid eventually moved a resolution to the effect, "That the House was not at piesentawaie of i caserns for the remission of Ihe whole of the penalties, but the members should await further ! information before deciding. " Thin resolution was eventually earned. Yesterday nfternoon, says the X. Z. Herald, a nugget of very pure gold, weighing five mid n-half penm weights, was brought to our office by Mr Anbin, MoreKecpmit Alexiindro. It was obtained by two Haulmus, at Pnongin, who brought it to Mr Aubin, believing it w»s gold, but not knowing its intunsic value. The nugget, which is in our possession and may be seen by those desuou-. of inspecting it, has been tested, and the quality found to be worth £3 17s Gd an ounce We relate the bare facts without ottering any comment. There is the nugget. Tbero is the storekeeper, who bought it at Alexandra and who brought it into town and placed it in our possession. There are the two Hauhaus, who dug tho nugget up and sold it. U^ond this we know nothing, and can cay nothing further than that puch a discovery of alluvial I gold in any purt of tho colony outside the foundry line of Maori land, would produco a large ru«h and a great pegging off of claims. Referring to a paragraph winch recently appeared in this journal as to tho wholesale destruction of hawks in Napier province, Mr E. G. StcrieKer write* to us to say, that ho lias found dead on his farm alone, " cW to tht> poison " hud, no less than 223, " and for every two that die cl<w, to the poison one will fly away a mile or so" and then fall. In round numbers Mr Stencker reckoni tlitt ho hasdestio^ed at least 300 birdn, and goes on peitim-ntly to remark, " how much more sport m duck- shooting -should we lune if settlers in different parts would amuse Ihomsehos in the mime win,! and how many joung ducks would bucli n numbei- of lmwks ! ai tho above have kdlod overv year " Mr hteneUv further says:— "l poison with strychnine only in tho months of i July and August, a» food in winter must be rather difficult for the hawks to find, and the sheep arc not then lambing, or they would find food from tho dead luinbd, and not be bo easy to get."— Ttmaru JTcraM ! It Mill be seen by an aunnnncemrnt in another column ■ that Mr W. Lcary purposes io pnc'iee in the Waikato .is a barrister and solicitor. Thobe who «ue desirous or cum- I polled to appear iv our local couits will now »c corUm ; of being able to secure the services of one or other of the ' two gentlemen of the long lobe with whom wo are ; blessed (?) to advocate his caa* . ' We leirn from tho Press that by tho outward J£n«li>h mini I k n b} the Alfoambni, therefore forniirdod fi-ym Can- ' t.'i-lmi\ applications for 540 noninnted immigrant-, equal if. ' ■lo -fitute adults. Tho cash deposited amounted to 4;ia% , We learn that the election of Superintendent i* not likely ' to take place till tbe latter end of Xu\ ember. I

The ; Westland ifryw/rr of the 30th ultimo, says ;— Lite last night a Mrs Tomkins, who k-bklcs .it the Jsil' Paddoik had ;unved in HoUikr, as f.u ,\t .Vw.iilord-siieot, opposite Murphy's store, where a most mx-oriv-in u\cnt occurred. This Mbit of Mib Tom kins, who was arcomparnod \>y Mr Tom In ns, was for the imipocc (,i obtaining iu^,ljcaj aid on an impending interesting ika-isioh, l>ut Mis Inmkins had waited too long 01 fjom some cavsc or othei ohe van dubtmed to get tho Jittlo uil.m o\ei m the opon street, and without tho ordiraiy -ulu-ilous attendanr-i« of nune and doctor. The patient— not, wo are happy to say, tho worse from the extr.ionlin.itj cneumstanccs in which she was plaied— was, with lu-r mf.int <! m^Jilci conveyed to iir Npwito's house, whom l)r AJ.uuibeH l.mctionod the f-veiit liy his poit n.ital ,it(tnd.ui( < , ,md |in>n.mrucl mother ,md iliild as both fit in,; w, II