SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1883.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 5, 7 July 1883, Page 2

SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1883.

We are compelled most reluctantly, owing to a press of matter, to hold over ova leaeing article, as well as several matters of local and general interest" Our late Parliamentary telegram has to share the fate of other matter and be materially condensed. We learn that a shower of petitions from the Eoman Catholic section of the community have been received re the Education Act. Mr Montgomery has brought up a motion for separation of the islands and the debate thereon will come off on Tues day next There is no probability of it being carried but out, Montgomery is raising the flag, in order to make it an election cry at the next general election. In the meantime the Governtment aie quite easy as to the retention of officeThere is every prospect of a short session. The Bankruptcy bill has made good progress and has met with very serious consideration of the hands of the House. The little steamer, Despatch, though she has not kept the time expected in her trips from Auckland, has yet shortened the passage to and fro, most materially, and a large number of persons now travel by her. The little boat is kept scrupulously clean, the captain is genial, and altogeathcr the, Despatch is a great acquisition to the river ' and we hope sincerely, she will pay her enterprising^ owners handsomely. ' The remains of an old Maori were found near a whare on Mr Craigs property at Wairakau on Wednesday last by his two sons David and Richard. The skeleton, for it was nothing more, was lying just outside the whare and was fully clothed. It has since been discovered that the remains are those of a very old clnef named Te Kotuhi. He started from Matamata in company with Tawhiao, when the latter visited this district but becoming ill stayed at the whare where his skeleton was found. Nothing further is kuown of him, nor is there any evidence as to how he came by his death. It is supposed that he has been partially eaten by dogs, for only one leg is left. A letter dated the 10th of June was found near the body but. throws no light on the cause or suspician of death. The bones have been removed by the police to Lawless's hotel, Waiorongomai, where ,an inquest will be held to-day at 1 -o'clock. Mr C. J. Stafford J. P. will hold the enquiry. A Petitidn has been prepared to be sent to the Registrar-General* praying that a Registar of Births Marriages and Deaths be appointed for this District, as great inconvenience is experienced through having to forward all registrations in the meantime either to the Thames, Hamilton, or Cambridge. ' ' We aro glad to say that Messrs Hunt and White, the successful contractors for the formation of the Railway line, between here and Moirinbville, have already commenced opperations and on Monday last sent out men, plant and tents to form a camp. They begin at Waitoa as that is the driest part and will set out at that point both ways; In the summer they will come down here and will be able then to work ground that is now impossible. The contract is to be completed in eight months, and there is no doubt that the firm will complete their undertaking in the time specified. , Anything like rational amusement is rare in Te Aroha, so we may beJthankful for small mercies in the eni^rtainutent line. In our advertising columns will bo found an announcement that an exhibition will be given on Monday next, at the Public Hall, of a series of dissolving views, particulars .of which are to be been in the bills circulated round. We hear that the show is an exceptionally good one of its kind, and the very low prices of admission should induce every one to pay it a visit. The entertainment will commence ai hal^past 7 o'obe'e «h/irp. The a'di uner Waitoa h vs been laid up for re- , paiis during the past weyk. Wuen she gets V

- , j .„ . , „ , . _._ „r . , . .. ... rgtf i ■ ri* ■i ■ i;-**^ — '3: thoroughly right, it is probable tnat a race oetween her and the flying little Despatch will take place, and there are many who pin their B&ie filder»boat £ein;z the victor. & quarterly Biftetiggtof $ie Ugpih' Thofoes Giiwfc,{f\vas nel| in ths T& Arßha; ChuVdh on 'Tuesday,,- eyewng, th* Riv. in \he ehair\ The returns showed 37 church members and three on probation for pernborshirjj also u 144 Sabb'atli-schoorbhildreiiT^Wie mc6nie*for the* quarter was £35 17s 4d, an 1 the expenditure, including removal expenses lof ihe • new minister, £45 9s Id. A general conversation was held' respecting' the besi method of liquidating the accumulated^ circuit debt, and it was unanimously resolved thai a bazaar be held in Te Aroba next - November or December. A strong central cbnvnitfcee and circuit sub-committees were appointed, and Mr W. Ashby was made general secretary. It was also resolved that an imme.din.to effort be made td procure a new horse for the minister. The following resolution was unanimously adopted relative to a claim for £10 made by Mr Lavery as owing to him since June, 1881: — (1.) "A verbal statement having been received from Mr Lavery that the circuit, is indebted to him £10 for money expended, it was resolved, ' That Mr Lavery be requested to make a written claim and to furnish full particulars, to the circuit stewards, of the alleged debt, and that the stewards upon receipt of the said claim be requested to send the same, with the circuit account book, Bank book, and any other necessary memoran,da ,to ,the Rev. H. Bull, Messrs J., A. Miller and H. R. Lawry for investigation and arbitration, and the quarterly meeting promises to abide by the decision of the above-named arbitrators, providing Mr Lavery is also willing 10 accept their decision as final. (2.) That a copy of the above resolution be forwarded to Mr Lavery.' " The business at the Resident Magistrate's and Warden's Courts on Tuesday last was of tritling importance, and Mr Kenrick was able to leave for Paeroa by the afternoon steamer. He will take a well-deserved month's holulav on returning to the Thames, and consequently there will be no Warden's Court held till the 7th of August. In the meantime the resident J.'s.P. will hold the Resident Magistrate's Court and deal with any police c.^es that may arise. Mrs Hampson, the female evangelist, has boldly entered the region of speculative forecast, and in a lecture delivered in Melbourne declared that her mission is destined to shake the city of Melbourne to its very foundations. As an illustration of God's method of ' knocking ' she referred to the calamitous epedemics of cholera in London and Liverpool, and predicted that a • knocking ' would assuredly follow her mission in Melbourne. Such a mission may not be very desirable if such results are to follow. A warning to plaintiffs was given jn the R.M. Court on Tuesday last that may 'make people moie careful in properly getting up their cases when suing for the recovery of past debts. In the case Quinlan v. McLean, a portion of the money sued for was on dishonored cheques amounting in all to £11 9s. Plaintiff on giving evidence could not produce these documents, and the Magistrate adjourned the case in order to allow him to do so. At the expiration of that time ho was unable to find them, so the amount they represented was stiuck out, and a verdict given for the balance only. The monthly meeting of the Te Aroha School Committee \va3 held on Monday last the 2nd int>t in the new school room. There were present Mr Lavory (chairman) Allwood, Mackie, Alkn and Cocks. The appointment of Mr O'Conor as master of the Waiorongomai School was approved of. A letter was received from the Rev. H Bull asking for the use of the School-house at Waiorongomai for a Sunday School. The request wus granted on condition that it was left clean after use. On the motion of Mr Mackie reconded by Mr Allwood, it was resolved to ask the Board to snpply a large bell and erect a belfry for school purposes After some other unimporttant business the Committee adjourned. r^Grcat complaints are daily made by the Shaftesbury settlers, respecting the very poor accommodation existing for crossing the Waihou. It is true that there is a small boat with a small boy and that travellers cross gratuitously when fortune favours them, but sometimes the boat which is exceedingly crank topples over and pitches its ocenpants into the water. There have been several narrow escapes lately, one lady having been immersed twice within a few weeks. The residents on the other side of the river cannot bring their produce here excepting at great inconvenience and the trouble is so great that they would greatly prefer to pay any reasonable toll to a properly equipped punt, than have the present cheap and nasty means of communication maintained. We trust that the Piako County Council , at their next meeting, will take the subject into consideration, as by placing a punt there, it would be be amply self-sapport-iug and would prove an infinite convenience to residents in the neighbourhood as well as lto such travellers as pass that way. II — She Temperance hotel at Shaftesbury has recently changed hands, and Mr H Barker is now in command. Ho has added extensive stabling and also fenced in paddooks, so that now a great convenience is afforde-l to travellois and others requirug accommedation for their horses and stock. A great want is thereby supplied and Mr Barker will no doubt' soon reap a handsome reward for his enterprise. I Te Aroha has had the qustionable honor ' of another vi*it from Te Kooti and his followers. He left Ohinemuri on Tuesday last accompanied by a large of Ohmemuri natives, and a leading chief -Hanauru are of the Ngatimaniopo, one tube (Rewi's). The escort came up to Te Aroha so as to see Ta Kooti so far as his return route to his new settlement at Otema, near Kihikihi, where he intends living,' as the recent amnesty has saved his neck. The piece of land on which he proposes to settle has been been given him by the Ngatimaniapot'os in testimony to his prowess iri years gone by. Notwithstanding the brutal murders that he has not.v.only participated in, but has been the principal agent, there is a ieeling of at least half sympathy with him, amongst those who know" all his antecedents. He is said to have been a loyal native initjhe truest sense of the word till illtreated by transportation ,t6 the Chatham, tp r have been driven into rebellion by the' Government of the day. He stayed, a| the Omahu pah on his way, and made a half in 1 this township on his way >to his new home, - Though there was no formal korero, he has, throughout his , trip, earnestly exhorted the natives to. throw- bver the rnoelc pptentate. Ttjwhiad, 'dh&'pijfy the Queen's laws.: He.lias, as. far as "speech goes, utterly aba&doned Hauhauism, and has been a kind of apostle of peace on his journey. He appears to be quite an altered character, and, as was remarked 'to us by''a'ffm:nrr bitter enemy, the handshaking of Mr Bryce" seems to , have borne good fruit already. He "left about midday on Thursday, andrfora time at least, will [be quiet at his settlement. Board'^of Education have, on the unanimous recoipmendat|pn of the local School Committee" of" Shaftesbury accepted the site of turce acres, pa JEast si>le the river offered' by Mr'E. V.' dox. l We trust .that this step will be ! at ' btace by the erection of the needful buildings," -bo trr for School and Teacher's residence/ The room at present occupied does not accommodate more than half the children of' schoSl who are on tb'is seuiiement, an.l many of the now amvals ••omplain biiteriy o' fcueir olul uoii being aim: out. ;

Weregretlo say thaFMr „o'Halloran, The well known Knight of this hammer, met with a nasty accident on Saturday evening last, \vhert< i goin|af&oine frfterifche BorfiUßh^ftieeting. On^i^way|ie|PaiMit^ h<a'se|nd was taking it fy6mo fifth, |Epoa[ win jpntaipned over a Btump|and|fe|l^/v|reflbmn| His fmee very severely *'bUfi luckily 1 nisitnV* dislocating it or breaking any bones. Nevertheless he sustained severe injury and it will be some time before M;tKdfougllly r 'cdveTs:'~lOrfli*d Bch'ooT^Com"' smittee 5 mittee meeting on Monday -anil abjUhe opening 'School gathering on Wednesday he was* necessarily absent, and all sympathised with the sufferer. An accident 'happened I ' to W. Caldwell, spn of M Oaldwell, Wairakau on Sunday last. He was riding a horse .bajrebackerl iwh^n he was thrown and fractured his arm above the, elbow. , Fortunately, he >wiis ndl otherwise bnrt, and under the care of Dr. Bond is going on well. ' * At a' meeting held in Shafesbury at the Temperance Hotel on Wednesday evening last a committee consisting of Messrs E. Y. Cox, Knight, Haines franklin, Bellaany and Long was formed entitled " The; Shaftesbury Religious Literatuaeprimmittee." The o^jecfiii viow being to supoW Childijeu and others withmonthly maga/.iues ani books at a very slight odvance on the 13 ng i^h publislied prices and also to undertake he distribution of tracts among the settlers ia\ others. In an outlying district like this the o is much need of such an agency and nowjfchere; are so many publications of a gooTr moral and now religious tone it is a great advantage to give the settlers and their children the opportunity of obtaining; them.