The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume VI, Issue 317, 26 May 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1874.

Henry Molfiitfc was brought before itr \V. N. Senrunckp, E. SI., at Ngaruawahia yesterday, charged with having stolen a heifer belongingto natives. The native who cla mccl tlio beast, in his evidence stated that he had not seen it for some months. The prisoner it appears sold the animal to a butcher in the belief that it was one of a mob of wild cattle. Mr Wlnttaker appeared for the prisoner. The man was arrested on Friday afternoon, but no information was laid till Monday. Mr Whittaker pointed out the irregularity of such a proceeding, tho Magistrate however dacided to proceed with the case. The prisoner ww discharged as liis action could not bo proved indictable under the 10th Section of tho Lnreeny Act upon which tho prosecution «h'l>onded. We take the following from the Thames Advertiser :— ' ' \ v u understand that the gold found lately at the Hape Ciock, and which, caused s,o much specvlation, has been claimed by Mr William Buckland, and if what we hear is true, we think that a pretty stiong case of ownership can be made out. The circumstances are very remarkable, .".ome yoais ago a madman bioko into the safe of the Una battery,tlhen the property of Messrs Buckland and Gibbons, and took away a quantity of amalgam, which he retorted on a shovel, and then broke up the gold, and tawed it into little bits, under the confident belief that it Mould bring forth 'some hfty and some a hundred-fold.' Thu m.ulinan's theory of how gold could be produced proved as baseless as that of several saoanit who have attempted to I instruct the world upon the same subject. Tho arguments {« prove the identity of the gold are, that the stuff found at the Hape creek had been coarsely retorted, as if on a thovel, and that in some cases it was imbedded in the ground, in a way that looked as if it had lain for some lime Ou the other hand, we have been informed that the a.u.iljram taken by the lunatic from the Una battery could jioL pofcoibly have produced &o Luge a quantity of gold as thai found. Whether details can be established sufficient to shew that the gold lately found was slolen from the Una luttciy we cannot at prcseut say ; but we greatly desire to see it made clcai how the gold came where it was found, and alfo to see it, or rather the the worth of it restored to its proper owners. The loss of the gold has likewise been accounted fin by some from the fact that early in January last a pared bjlnnging to one of the companies, which had been lodged in whit was thought safe custody for the holidays, was found to bo missing when it was next looked for, and h.is not feince been jecovered. The quantity of thu last paieel is also said t-> hare corresponded pretty accurately with that recently recovered, which makes the circumstance the uiwc mygteiiout.."

The following eoinmuiuuition luiu out- Tiuai. s coimc S| )0!idont is \v ( r'by tho attention of the members iiow 111 Council assciiibi-.l —"Tho petition that was recently forwarded from li.»i t . to Ims Honor the Siipenntendont, pr.yi'ig him to brmg un.Kr the Homestead Act certain blocks of land thut «ere piia-ha^ed by t!ie General Government, and handed to the Provincial Government undoi tho Public Works and Immigration Act, is one fraught with great interest to many in this locality. For je.us these have been families heio desirous of acquiring small blocks of land in tho Thames Valley who, tempted by the erer-recurring cry that the whole of the upper country would bo thrown open to tho gold-digger and farmer at no distant date, have been content to wait patiently for the event, ; and now it loema as far off as ever. To my own knowledge, there are fully a scoro of families here who have got a little money, and would bo able to stock a small farm and work it well, who are now earning money m the mines, a work not at all congenial to them ; and they, ono and all, vow that the Government arc not using them well. We hear of settlements on the East Coast and elsewhere being provided for emigrants who are coming out at our expense, and those who pay tho piper can't get an inch of land, and are willing to pay for it, yet it is the duty of those in power to see that the wants of tho people here are attended to before being so charitable to those abroad. If those lands which are available for tho so-callod 'Stewart scheme' had been offered to tho residents of the provinco— to men who are on tho lookout for small parcels of such land— there is no doubt they would have been taken up j and it would redound more to tho honor of our Government to provide homes for those who hare borne the burden and heat of the day for year* past, than to provide for the scum and refnso that are being sent from home, and as pourtrayed in the Cork Examiner of February 27. The policy of tho Government in introducing a large population 13 one that (meets general!/ with tho approbation of this dial riet, but on the other hand,;therc is a leeling of distrust arising that the many promises which have been made to this community with regard to the upper country will end in smoke, and if opened— if ever it is so— the Government will have little or no land to offer to the small settler, it being absorbed by immigrants or capitalists. The country is being gradually bought ap by large capitalists, and daily wo hear of an Auckland or a Southern capitalist becoming the possessor of large blocks of first-rute land at a nominal figure of 5s or or 10s per acre, whereas if the Government had stepped in to purchase such blocks— and we understood that an agent was appointed for such a purpose— they could easily have realised from 20s to 30s pr acre fo? sections of from 300 to 500 acres. It is the duty of our rulers to provide for those who are already here, aud when that is accomplished, the grand scheme of immigration can bn carried out ir. its entirety, but not until the wants of those who pay the piper aro satisfied." — Crosi. The ' Anglo-Australian in London,' writing to the European Mail, soys : — ' Fenrs have been expressed on this side that emigration to Now Zealand is being overdone, but when I remember the scope thero is in that and the adjacent colonies for the extension of labour, I must confess that I do not share in them. 'Wo live by one another ' is a maxim thnt holds good throughout the globe, and when I reflect upon tho millions that run through the several avenues of trade within a circuit of ono hundred miles of London, I cannot see that we ought to despair 1 of the success of the emigration scheme in which Now Zealand has engaged. In a word, tho schemo is practicable upon its merits, and if it should fail, it will be for want of good direction.' There is not the least fear of New Zealand being overdone with emigration. With us, as wo believe, is the case with most of the other colonies, it is altogether tho other way. Wo want all tho immigrants that can bo induced to como to us, but we require a very much superior quality than wo have lately been receiving. The difficulty, however, is likely to bo got over by the great increase in the number of nominated immigrants. These are of a class which will prove valuable. Colonists do not sond for friends or relatives who aro likely to prove a burden upon them, or put them to sbnme. And if the number of nominated immigrants ncroise in the ratio they have clone during the last few months, we shall remain content to dispense with tho sweeping* of workhouses and reformatories.