SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1883.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 16, 22 September 1883, Page 2

SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1883.

f r h.\s boon pointed ouf, fi'iies out n» ! mn'-iY, th(M<umm<>n£ ri*< tint both tlii.-•<mn-'sip an S that of W^iorojj^oma) run tluoiv^li Hit* utl.'r' u'.>s >4m,v of pirn ration .i^sisjst (itv, and fho npntliy 'o} »*.V pub'iu u( Ixjt'j places <>n tiio «u*>je^( 4as uiiiru'ilous us it is culp.iMo. I' has i een witii minx* or U\>h tru'h ii f 'jt r,iil.rAV mfuift^m^ut is n'»ver pr<» ji?riy Ioo'a»;i( aft<?r till a bishop or a ia ■ iiivdo.s nj).} numagers »^re> kiile'i fl.i'ou^ii neglect, ami it rca}fy secnis, ns duiu^U tt({ fare or precaution vtM be taken liore til- ouenrotl'.erofthcso (own,!«ij)B /ire btt/nt to Uie grf>un<i The warniujj i,'iven by the destruction of CoieuKUi'd Hotel won!') Unv,> beo/i suiTirfrnt U> spur n»y » .Jiijiry co>nm>jnifv into itisUut .m<i :utn.*oxottion, but with tilt: sul^idcncj of the fla«»it'« an! t.'«o {ying out of th n e)»ber- !»fl fur'lw'intcrtibt cviascd, jtwltlR 1 pullic w«."re couU'iit to fcfc tilings f.-o auil stay tiii .tnot'.er, :uk! even ujoro iJis;i-«tro»i8 liiv OfCird hi ank»r to »th* t!v%ir tl'irmuuf envi^.V*. Tliat fc'jey in.iy not haw to trait l«J!i£ U by no means improlutble. ujui that Hro will ncx.t nuike its uuwlcomc ujipvtU'aiU'H 'amongst crowded houses iiitottwl of iv a comparatively isolated biiiiding id on nil rctsonai'k 1 grounds U> be expected. Tie summer is rapid))' appnmchin^ n»«l fine u-eather iW tUo acj-ow ,setms tw have pot

in, so the comparative safety that the pouring wtft&r'ra'lw ,« aifyr^ed/* J.hfowgly t;>e saturajjhn "of tl\vp)fin^-!M>n«d) >?mj ternls, is nt an $nd./ jyQo-ifcnMree-tions thivt do <i<it y f<»t* houses wiH. if this weather continues, in h few weeks he as dry as tinder, wnd tin), '•uauliest causes will occasion ignition. In case of a fire breaking out in any jnrt of Whi taker Holiest on, or any other street where tinbouse* uro ereete.l close tofifut ier nothing in the world could save tho whole (dock from destruction, and the loss anji misery that woul« bo thereby ncca.'iotugti can he easily realised by the most imaginative of our readers. Tho sunie applied equally to VVaiorongumai. t tho present time thoio is not oven a X<K)d sized squirt in the shape of a garden engine in the township, still less an engine that would be of help in such a time of. need. All that people could do would he to rescue suen of their goods and furniture ns tney oould, and then fold t.te r hands and stare helplessly at the ruin that was being wr<utj? it, as was the two when the ot Springs Hotel whs destroyed. It id almost a nnraele that' the community h>\s enjoyed sue") comparative immunity from t<us fearinl •j»co irge. The die-piive«'3 m a threat, many 1 ouaes are by no means spccully sftUs an i care hii^ til {«ndy bevn exercised by hi/useuoider*. oti ersyid« we s iouid It.we had to;<*hrfijt\.'l« t'.ir more dw.jnt.eirt i'rom ttr«?^»unnore»uU>ie. Now, however, tne population at both towumi\n js r.ipidty beini,' increased, new luiildiu^rf u-e j<oiuf£ up in every direction, ui'i t.jer- is every prospect of this hitlux lur^^ly inereastn* within the next lew montiid." Ttvei'e is', tljereJ'ore, all the irreaCv-r n «od for at once ukitvjr stops to i\*M\rs the security of the public not vmiy a-* fur a^i is possible, but without losing t< moment t<>at can be helped. There h* no aayinvf when the lon may come nor vtw miv be the tirst victim, and to waste precious time s(iH aendahje is little U'Si than absolutely criminal, for not only property but life itself may be <:\\ Un^ore Iby aucii neglect. T.iere ia not eviMi the semohitKro of organisation nl any description in the event of n're. .\ii would b« captains and no privatea, r\)h\ tuo huW»ul» and confusion arising m >»ne t ca^es are well known. In case ot k Hro getting firiii hold, it is just as nine i use to tiirow buckets of water as it >.\(»ul I he if any equ.d number of people «?>ayed to queue;) it by spitting oiv it, .\\d when houses are adjoiniu_j it would be quite useless to <u tempt to stay it At any particular point. The police force of one could ri*n !er n»>p»>-aiblo aid, however zealous t uit do.iury individual niig.it be and, .ilt.-j/ot ier, how people can sleep coatente Ay in tueir beds, knowing the fearful peril that threatens them, is p'isitiwJy amazing. The cause is not fu- to sock. l\ t ere is no public local body to look after things, and private people are too careless and indiflxreut to ta!c<» in active part in promoting a public jfood. No one like» to make himself prominent in any #ood work, .in-} so wiiat is everyho'ly's business is no'ody'rf business, and it remains tin<lone. We are only surpmed under t .c citcumstancca tikat insurance companies will do business .it any rates whatever, where the risks are so great i To organise a roluuteer fire brigade would U) the easiest tiring in the world.' There are, no doubt, old firemen i ;iiito!i^3t ub who would be able to ' initiate novices in the duties, and we ait! ceitain tiuvt from the stalwart re»i lents here and tit Waioron^omai, a ijv'tgAh th«t wouhl be a credit to the district could be readily ami rapidly enrolled. All that is necessary is for some one to taKe the initiative. The pluck and energy required is ready — it only wants calling on in a proper way. If a few vi the leading residents would hold m^etin^s at both places* powerful eo»ps could easily be got together, and we ar quite the movement would l>e a^ popular as it woult be useful. TeT >c cost of plant would not ho great, mu\ in piocurin^ this "the 'insurance companies »ould uo doubt luid a hand, if appl.ed to. Tuu public, &uiely would subvj'ibe the, bal iueo % without the leas<' he-itattou, tor by a small donation they are actually providing additional security For the.n.-vUos and their >»ropertic^ T/ierc had .iJr «n y bcv fat too much pr«K"ra>tinatiouintl is important matter ; let us hope some oHhose mo«t materiaiiy interested will at once call . meetings uttd, before calamiiy comes, take all human moans to mitigate, if Jiot avert it. We might ald that, thanks to telephonic commumu<itum between het'o an 1 Waiorong(»m «i, <m an ularni being givtjn, in a vary s-hort timo by the aid wf horse* t'»o engine could he serviceable in either place. "Most (wn<"4ly coniJweniJing tiio question to public con sidcrtition with a view to prompt action, we tru^t that residents Mill not nit to shut ti»e stable door till after the steed has 'loen stolen, or postpone an absolute duty in providing for public safety till the time when blackened timbers and smoking ruins silently .proclaim tho painful penalty of such neglect.

Owing to pressure of space we are compelled to hold over a quantity of interesting matter, , including a letter of explanation from Afr VaUit Fergiwon vo Waioiongomfti roa<Xc - Every week fresh pegging out takes place, and thu local surveyors have quite as oiuyh m they can do to get through the work oifercd Ihetu. Town Hections havo also gone up in value considerably durmy the lasfc sveek or two, an I there i» every symptom ofc the great revival so lojjij lookel for being at hanil. Business of evory kind in iiiiinovinq, tm>l alto'ievher IV &.roha pro»pecfca could not wear 8 much rosier ha<i than they Jo at piosenfe. Confidence in tho futuve, r ; ghtly or /wrongly, «eeni« to h« fully eatabji-she l t an I thorb appears to be every justification for the B<*ng«ine hopes of tho future that are now now being indulged in. Competition is the soul of trade, and the public in iUI such o«y«3 ohtum the benefit ot

tho rivalry, Boih-BraUey and Co. ,nni {^aliagher now run hm*e* tws're n iay to ah I from VVaioron/nnui; Wit!®! i^ a groa^ ecwvemefoce to tho r«ja: 'oiiif ■ iii boih tV\«*hiorf. Tho fares, Is each way; nve n>o<^ moderate, ami wp hope tJmt the inciPMel-'tiatlio thereby iiuluool will jmy 'the enter^iisihg prb};Kofcora handsomely. -The committee appomtoi^t the..lata.KceL meeting to picpare a programme for the races to be helcL hejre oa Annjveraary Diy, Nov. 26th have, we underst*ud, pretty' well agreed ' qu" the prizes v to bo apportioned. If -we are rightly informed the gross tot&l of the added public mouey will be about £300, with whioh sum an excellent day's apovfc can be provided, with some stakes of couai ferabto value. The meeting will be greatly assisted by the fact that tho Cambridge clnb will hold their , Spring meeting on WerJneaJay, Nov. ,21«t., just five days before the Te Aroha races. ! This will encourage owners residing at a dtßtanca to send their horses to both ■meeting*, as they thereby have a double chance of picking np crumby or, at worn, paying ex- ; peases. The distance between hero' and i Cambridge is easy an I, ad the time of yaar the I races are hel<i, the rosvlu wilt be good, whifat the interval is just suflieient to allow horses to travel over comfortably and niill have an opportunity of a gallop boioro the^convincing day. Wo cannot tell for certainty yet, but think that Te Arabia's public money will considerably excee 1 that of Cambridge. At the latter plaue the list givos a Mai-lon Plate of 20aovs., Handicap Hurlles, 30*nv=?.. Spring Cup, oOsovs., Steeplechase, :K)-»ov» M S;ow \r.K Handicap, '25sovt»., and a Consolation of lO^oys. The program. ne in certainly an attractive one, a:\l we w;-jh our neighbor"* ovory success, Urge fiel]*, mil go-sl spoil. AVifch reference to om courts, it is capihlo of considerable im >rov»ment at vwy -tU^hi expense, anl we h >pothat ihr tt'ewards will see to it. Altogether there seems every probability of the coming races being all tnut their promoters can dosire. The Bi/^ht Hon. John Bright estimates that the coat of the standing armies is over £100,000,000 annnally, but carefully prepared statistics by Mr Hoj&j and others claarly show that tho cost of- intoxicating Ikjuors in the Unite I Kingdom alone for the last few .years has averai»jj-i year by year over £140,000,000, or £40,000.000 more than the yearly cost of Euiope's armiea. The usual fortnightly maoting of the Band of Hope waa held in the Wesley an Chapel on Monday evening, 10th inst. There was a very good attendance, numbering clo-io on oae hundred. Mr Ilott, occupied tha chair and Mr Ashby preside lat the harmonium. After the usual preliminaries the chairman addressed the meeting. A very iuteiealing ptogramme was then gone through, consisting of readings, recitations and songs, together with temperance Bongs, in which all joined, an I were exceedingly well rendered. At th« close several added their naniea and took the pledge. Ncxfc meeting takes place Moniay evening, Sept. 24th. The chairman of tho Thames County Council has received a communication from Mr Gr. 8. Cooper to the effect that his Excellency the Governor has declined to grant the request of the Ohinumuri inhabitants to be constituted a separate county, the reason given being the report of Warden Keniick. No other answer coull have been expected uudur tho circuinatauues, for whilo Warlcn Konricit appeared to holi views favourable towards sepaiatioti, ,the cvi } cnce elicited afc the enquiry wad of such a nature a<* to prevent tho prayer bein^ grantei Tlie Ohinemuri people will have to take more care in carrying out the etet«fiisf wheu piesenting another petition. The County Council are taking advantage oi fchd fine weather to improve ihe road between the two townships. Two {$&&%* of men have been engaged for tho last fow Jays fiiung up the holes and levelling the road, making it fairly passable for wheeled traific. Applicants for patents do^ not always get plain sailing. Iteceatly an Auckland rain applied for a patent for inlaying kauri gum. Another Auckland man applied for a pitenfc for making a certain kind of drain pipe. Both applications were' ;ojjposeJ by other Auckland men, and on hearing, both paienls weve refused; anl'the Rfiuri gum t applicant was ordered by the Paten i oificeri to pay £5 5a as co3ts ; and the earthenware applicant was mulcted in costs tg the tune of some £20 or £30. In neither case was there anything new, so the applicants have to pay for their folly. '* j - The New Zealand- Loan and Mercantile Agency Company are emoting a warehouse in Melbourne whioh is to cost £75.000, and will be the largest building m Australia, It covers one acre of.ground."; JCt- is six storeys high, the two lower storeys being of blue stone, and the other four of Oamaru ston*. The building is describe} as having a fine appearance. At tho sale of stud sheep at Melbourne, on the slh Seyittmbej,.one of ilr. J. Cuuiminj^' four-tooth nuns, by Lmlre, wa<; sold for three thousand one hundr^and fifty guineas. ~ Tne influence of Christianity upon morals in England' has been investigate I by a Japanese, commission, which haß male its 'report recently to the effect that Christianity ha •> lesq restraint over crime, and especially drunkenness, than Bu 1 ii«m ov ihe i\l.gl i •. '»f Shinto ; so the religion of ,/rpau will rum mi unchanged. In Chri»tchurch lately » praotial trial oi Ifcroecno oil obtains 2 from M«w Zealand petroleum was made at the Southern Cross Petroleum Company's o.llca, aud -n'ith decided success. The sample experimented on had been distilled at Mfc Cro.nptom'a Crown Iron i Works, and was beautifully bright, clear and colourless. It was triod ia an .ordinary kerosene lamp, and burned with a brilliant flame, steady, and free from irtiioko^nismell. Auckland Tobacco Company are pushing on l .\o»k ti A oarcful examination of tne leat now cured at th« Cnrapauy's place at Pahi tho New Zt-alanrl Herald) shows that fully a tou of first-class leaf is available for oiyar manufaoturo thiß year. The Company intend to carry on tho wo^k of cigarQiaijing at the farm, in9t<ja 1 of in Auckland as was at one tima contemplate I. i'enders ,a^ o about to be called for tho ncccsnary bail lings, and skilful ci^ara-makerx arc wanted. The quantity of cured leaf on hand in estimated to be capable of pro abo.ut a quarter of a million of good cigarf, AH the necessai'Xiteto^ 8 have been arranged with the Customs authorities for the work. The Company are preparing to plant 10 acje 1 ? of tobacco this season, ami it is expoclerl that a very considerable supply oC leaf will be obtained from the 'neighbouring settlers. Some of the^e have resolved to plant one aeve, nome half au acre, and ao on, according to the spare s labour they have at their disposal, " The amount oi capital ai^nk in printing establishment in New Zealand in April, 1881, which id-fche latest date uj> to whicli *the statistics have beeii compiled, was- nearly £230,000. This does not include the !Groverume«if Printing Office. Grain mill-, breweries, timjwr works, fioliories, aa-i ga> works w<rro t)ie only induatries absorbing move capital. The amount invested in sawmills, aa I sash aad door factories, was far beyoul any other industry, being more kbwi £77.'i,000. The quantity of limber tawa during 1880 was 150,000,000 feet. Wo are glad to' neo thu continued progress ma lo by the coa tractors for the Hot Springs Hotel, and understand from the architect that tiie whole work will be finished ia a month. The appearance of <he UuiHitv; whoa oornpirtot w ! U »fl«et ewdifc &a an e^«ernßd.

The Rpv H. Bull, of the Thames, will deliver a steimon in o*e Weal^an Church, toniom -.v eve)u»)}T at <}. 30> The jsnbjncfc "vail ha " t ) ie< I «euiuiuuon.' t ' • "* '• ,'' Now the fiua weather \\&& net in r th.e Pi&^to jLlounty Covfncfl' shouH lose notimo in patting incn on tiie pack "track to kftock-nowri the lamps and fill up the holes. It is umeasonabl& to expect the business people to pack Roods up the hill"" as cheap on bad ioaln as on good ones. Cheap transit of .provisions will offer inducement to prospectors to come and project our district. An alarm of fire was givea on Tuesday evening last, which fortunately uroved to be only the chimney of the Bank. A number of willing hamla quickly extinguished the fire, and put at reafc ail fears of adjacent propertyholders regarding their houses. We understand the Telegraph Department have arranged, to open a telephone office ftfc Waitoa, connecting with Avoha station. Morrinsville, ani Shaftesbury should wako up and make application, to be connected, now is the opportune time to apply, while the department have their staff of men in the dieiriot. VYe have no hesitation in saying an application" of such an nature would meet with a favorable reply, A team of our local kickists, left here at six o'clock this morning by the S, S, Despatch. to engage m a fnenlly contest at football with the Thames footballers. The team we are nen hug to do battlo for us compose a i number of new nam«, several of the t&aro I who pKyed in the late match being unable i Crom ono cauao or another to go to the | CiuvmoH. The following are the names ot ; the players: — MneUrlane, Hinton, Bm^oss, ; Stewart, Cook, Qmuley, S aith, Whttohou-iO : I'm In, Verily, OKn-Um, Moroni, Brcnntn Mv'DonaH, Ooie.iun. JCtnt:igi>m;y. — Morcer. | The Wrtrlpn dimii'* hi* last visit here, notified persons applying for leases oi ctama i that if some work, in the aUapc of «coapecting j was nti 4v>ne on the groun I, between the 1 time of apph«: ition and granting of license, !he would, uftor is3uuig the license, compel ! shareholders to fully man th« groun \ in accordance with the law, viz., three men to every acre ; but should a few man bo emI ployed on the ground pending the granting I of license, consideration would be shown by j allowing a fewer number of hands to hold | possession, when a title had been secured. j If we give the general public a bonajule tip for the gieafoat race in the Southern Hcmii sphere, the Melbourne Cup of 18BH, those who read it and the circumstances uu \er which it was obtained, can either put faith in the prediction and act accordingly, or severely let it alone. We do not advise either way, but in i serious earnest the f lets subjoined are ; literally and actually true, and we vouch for I their authenticity. About two months ago a | party of young people mot within a few tniles lof Te Aroha. Amongst them was an amateur .aeanieriat an I also tt young ialy, who was in the highest degree ««nsitive to nervoaa impressions. We do not exactly know how it came about, but at all events the result was that at the request of thono present the yuun^ ,1a ly was put in a mesmeric sleep or trance by tba gentleman above yefmel to. A vaiiety of questions were asked her whilst iv thn stale, all of which she answers! without hesitation anl in such a in 'inner as to cru.Ue the ucmodt astonishment amongst her auli<snc<\ As keepm,,' up the joke she was ask<U what hotsu woui I wm the Melbourne Cup in Nov. next, to which after a ttlurt pause she replied, Y 'Danon." On boin^ again questioned .she utterei ihaiineiiy, " First Demon." And noxv the aiu{j<ii,ir p.-trt conies in. Noiio of thow present knew tho i names of all the horses entered, or whether I tlwte. waa such a horse at all, aud it w.ia not j till some days afcerwarda that they ascertained there wa> a horaa sochnstenei, iv tho i entry. Movoover, when it ftrit ran it was in the name of Douion, tho prefix " First " beinf; al-iud afterwrarda. Again, at that time tho animal in question, was compaiatively unkuoAn, and Was not in the betting. Since then this horse has wou or ran seconl in several first-class races in New South Wales, and at the present lime in aa good a favourite as anything for the Cup. Ir the male portion of the party knew nothing of the horae— mini, it was two months ago — it was in the highest degree unlikely that the clairvoyant, if so we may term hei, did, and the fact of , giving the name of auy horse engaged is perplexing in itself. As wo said before, these ate I not facts drawn from the imagination, but what actually occurrel u<i ler the circumstances state 1 amongst most respectable people wiKliin a few miles of Te Aroha. We neither presume to explain, or in any way account for them, but nnwt leave our readers to do that for themselves. Anyhow, the prophecy comes before its fulfilment con be known. We may add that a speculative youthful pair have sent £1.0 away to back the horse in question, solely o» account of the strange "tip," and a gieat many more who h'.vvo become cognizant of the circumstances have done likewise in smaller amounts. A money order system lifts been arrange 1 between this colony and Cana la. The rate* at transmission are, for sums not excee lin^ £2, l» anl for £10, 5s 61. The. ex- I change will !>c equal to 19s 6d lov a £. ' Mt Bovno, until recently in charge of the \ telegraph and postal department in this vitsUict, left by the Hamilton Coaehon Frilay morning en route for Mercer, where he takes ! charge- Mr Stewart, of the Thames, is ftt j present looking after this station until the j arrival of Mr Vanse, who has been in charge of the* Mercer Station, and is expected here early next week. Mr Boyne has on all occasion« shown a desire to carry out tho one Qn< duties entrusted to him, in a most efficient and pleasant manner. The inhabitants of this district, who from time to time, have had occasion to do business with Mr Boyne will feei a loss hard to replace. We can only wish Mr Boyne success in life, and hope he may be able to keep the confidence reposed in him by the public of thia district, whero ere he may caat his lot. The very successful working of the Pern Spur Bc\t acting grade on Thursday last was witnessed by a number of people. The trucks were employed in bringing down ballast.