The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 236, 13 November 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1873.

It is an axiom that the progress of all young colonies is retarded by the necessity their inhabitants are tinder of importing nearly, if not quite, e\ery manufhctuied article that is necessary for <ivilised man. Wool i* thestnplo production of this colony; audit requires no deep thinker to arrive »it (he conclusion thut the most flourishing industry should be the manufacture of the raw material into articles ol The sum of money that loaves thin colony annn*lly for the purchase of woollen •I'illyg} »w proportion to our population, is enormous. '1 h« t'xeuHe that there is not sufficient capital to* spare for investment in the necessary machinery uu longer holds good ; we are all aware that tho

brinks throughout the colony uih giulled wil.i atone., . und that the b ranis of the managers are taxed to the utmost to find profitable and safe employment for it. It is of course for business men rather than ourselves s to pass an opinion as to the practicability of establishing nnd working ab a profit a woollen manufactory in the Waikato. Looking at the que.stion,' however, with the eyes of a man uninitiated in technicalities, we believe that it would pay, and pay well. In the first place : last year more than two hundred bales of wool were exported fiom the undeveloped district of Waikato ; the clip of the (•resent year will be much greater, as the number of sheep has materially increased. We Tiave not the means of ascertaining how far two hundred bales of wool would go towards keeping a manufactory supplied, but should imagine that even that quantity would be nearly, if not quite, sufficient to keep a small mill going. One of the difficulties that meets us at every turn is the want of labor. ' We are of opinion, however, that the skilled labor could be easily imported under the present immigration arrangements at very little cost, and each person no doubt would agree to be bound to serve for such 'i period as may be thought necessary to train hands. (Inducements, of course, beyond those to remain at home would have to be held out. More wages would have to be paid, and we believe that increased pay would induce large numbers of skilled mechanics to our phores. Allowing that sufficient wool ianot produced in the district to keep an establishment in full work, the cost of bringing a full supply from Auckland would be infinitely less than that of sending wool home and bringing out the manufactured article. Our railway is in the immediate future. Coal is cheap, in fact cheaper than in any other place in the colony, and could be supplied at nearly the same rate as to the large home manufactories, with which we should have to compete. We shall collate facts with regard to this question, and trust at no distant date to return to it. There is already more than one mill at work, and a new company has been lately launched in Otago. Wo appeal to the capitalists of the province to give this matter their earnest consideration, in order that we may no longer continue the last in the race towaids prosperity. New Zealand can never rise to greatness till she ceases to import to such an enormous extent as at present.

It is well that the people of Auckland should understand the disrepute into which they have been brought by tli* nets of the aspirants for political honors. We reprint, therefore, the following from the Smoke's Bay Herald:- " Mr Dargaville," says the Bay of Plnnly Times, "in rcplv to an opplication from the stewards of the Tnuranga Jockey Club, offered to give £2 2s at once, or £6 6* when he became ".Super." Our sporting representatives unhesitatingly declared that they would stand for the £6 6s. A short time since a similar offer was made by the same candidate at £2 2s or £10 10s, in rep'y to an application bj the stewards of the Hamilton Race Club, who also stood out for the larger money." Such offers are, of course, neither more nor le«s than bribery. It is amusing to observe with what ingenious innocence acts which elsewhere would be looked on as political crimes, are openly avowed in Auckland, us if they were rather of a meritorious character than otherwise. Just before the commencement of the last session, we had an instance of this open avowal still more extraordinary than the abovp, in the fact of Mr J. S. Mucfarlnne, in many respects an estimable man, giving Mr McLeod a sum of £200 to resign bis seat for the Bay of Islands, and then making the fact as widely known as possible. The report, it appended, hnd been started tbat he had brought pecuniary pressure on Mr 'McLeod to make him resign. This was a" tender point, with Mr Macfarlone. He shrunk from the imputation of having acted harshly, and thought, apparently, that it was b full and complete justification of his conduct from every point of view, to allege that, so far from having 'brought pressure to bear, he had given Mr McLeod accommodation to the amount of £200. The fact appears to be that the political conscience in the Auckland people — in the Auckland politicians, at any rate — is in atr tally undeveloped condition, tbat they belong, in short, as Judge Richmond says of tin Maoris, to an age prior to morality." Alexandra has (writes a correspondent under date 11th November) been quite in a state of excitement to-day, owing to the arrival of Prince I u J awhiao in the settlement. He is a quiet, shy, •mart-looking youth of about 20 years, uno»suming, and at first was not a little exercised in'hia mind as to the kind of reception ho would experience from the pakehas, with whom he seems very much inclined to try and ingratiate himself". I fully expect that the newspapers will make corn out of this visit in the shape of getting up excitement for subscribers lam very glad to sny thnt here we did not make any unnecessary fuss about him ; we received him cordially and trented him kindly, but did nothing to make him think himself anything very superior to the rest of his colored brethren of rank. He goes back to-morrow. The following are the acceptances for the Auckland Jockey Club Summer Handicap : — Mr Nosworthy's b m, 6 yrs, Hatred; Mr Nosworthy's dim 4 yrs, Calumny ; Mr Nosworthy's br m 4yrs, Lurline ;Mr Ray's ch q syrs, Tambourini; Mr Young's gc 3 vrs. Tattler ; Mr Redwood's f 3 yrs, Batter ; Mr Watt's b q 4 yrs, Pnrawlienua ; Mr Watt's bf 3 yrs, (by Dainty Ariel, dam Una) ; Mr Campbells eh c 3yrs, Castaway ; Mr M'Uee's eh m aged, Moonbeam ; Mr Waller's b m aged, Yatterina. The following is a list of the entries for the Auckland Turf Club Cup :— Mr J Stint's b m Simplicity, -Mr J. Watt's b q Pamwhenun, Mr J. Watt's b % iSever Miss, Mr J. Watt s b f Una Filly, Mr Isaac Gwynne's b q Flying Jib, Mr Gk Yon der Heyde's Castaway, Mr F. W. Delamain's b c Templeton, Mr H. Redwood's c c Papapa, Mr W. Walter's b m Yatterina, Mr R. Wynyard's b c Barb Oolt, Mr R. Wynyard» b q Bundarra, Mr Nosworthy's b m Hatred, Mr Nosworthy's b m Lurline, Mr Nosworthy's c m Calumny, Mr Nosworthy's b c Traitor, Mr Nosworthy's b c Defamer, Mr R. Ri»y's bg Tambourini, Mr A. Standish's bk q Black Eagle. — Cross. Mr Dnnicl Simpson arrived in the Waikato some few days ba«-k. We understand that h e has undertaken to cut up the large block of land between Hamilton and the Piako lately purchased from the Government. •He will also take the levels for the tramway which it is purposed to run through the centre of it. It will be seen by the list published in another column that Mr Williamson has still a majority of 435 votes. Thero are yet five returns to come in. We havo been requested to intimate that a meeting of the Committee for the Ngaruawahia Christmas Sports will be held on Saturday at 8 p m. in the Central Hotel. It will be seen in another column that Tuesday, the 18th inst., is appointed for the noinmatio nof candidates for the Provincial Council for the district of Waipa. The nomination will take place at the Court-house, Ngnruawahia. at noon. If a poll is called for, the votes will be taken on the 22nd. On Monday evening Major Green met with rather an awkward accident when stepping from the ferry steamer Devonport on to the wharf. The Major had miscalculated the distance between the wharf and the bridge of the steamer, and in consequence he fell henvily on the wharf. No serious injury was sustained, but he "(is severely shaken. Ho was ablo, however, to attend to bio duties the next day.