THE RETORTING.—A SURPRISE!

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 25, 24 November 1883, Page 2

THE RETORTING.— A SURPRISE!

Instructions have been received from Auckland to have an interim retorting", which will take place to-day. Only the. amalgam which came, to hand up to Nov. 21st is to go into the retort. The follow in»' are the respective quantities : Premier, 1361^ ; New Find, 1605 ; Colonist, 1010 ; Werahiko, 917£ ; Waitoki, 185±.

An amusing- ttory, "The Mysterious Box," appears on our fourth page to-day. Mr Mitcheison M.H.8., left for Wellington on Thursday, where Jie will be swor.n in as. Minister of Public Workß. We believe it i« the intention the lion, gentleman to visit our district yearly- in* January. Mr W. J. Hurst, M.H.R., Mr A. Porter (K. Porter and Co.,) ( ', Captain ,1 Lloyd,* train c lnttaugcr Dune'dih' ■railwa / yB,- VeVu^ among the visitors ",to Te Aroha, thi^ Aveelc. We of- these gently ' ni6n s iiave shown tlftiir'Vfaithi iii ,the./district by investing largely in Boine of. th-j leading minus. * ! , ' ' ". ,VV

, -The usiinl fortnightly iffeejfcing: 'ofvtlie Btmd ot : Hope Society will.'- be held 1 "on,: Monday evening, Dec\3i'd. \ * i It is expected th'atihe additions beirig made to Kilian,s Hotels will be -by'Chriatmua. " Mr Craig, auctineer, has received instructions to sell by-auction on December 6ch various to\\;nship sectionsatTe Aroha, | with buildings thereon, tl/e property of Mr Campbell. '• r Mr Goodwin, Assistant Inspector of Schools, now at Te A roh n, has been for some time past' visiting the, ,gpldfiold communities in the order named : Tnpu, Puriri, Ilikutaia, Pneroa, Te Arolm West, Waiorongomni ; also, "Waihbu, Waitoa, Shaftesbury. A fair 'start has been made with the erection of the telegraph turret to carry the wires across the Waihou river. The poles aic all up between Te Aroha and Waitoa, and in about a week or ten days the office at Mr Graham's store will be opened. MessrB Wells and Souttor have completed arrangements with Government for a private telephone wire connecting their places of business at Te Aroha and Waiorongomai respectively, a distance of about three miles. The line is to be in working order within a fortnight. Mr Wells has received a reply from the Chief Postmaster .with icference to the implication for a (WilyAmail service with Auckland. The reply merely acknowledges the receipt of the memorial, and states that the same will be forwarded to the Postmaster-General for consideration, and that his decision will be communicated. There is some talk of introducing the electric light into Firth and Clarks battery, where there is splendid water power t") drive the dynamo, by its aid the lighting of this establishing will be very efficient. The Mercury Bay Saw Mill hns beeu lighted in this manner, the experiment having proved a complete success. Colonel Eraser, Mayor of Thames, paid a visit to this district during the week, lie was waited on by Mr Wells with j reference to the proposed line of tramway, the route of which may possibly be through the High School endowment. Colonel Fraser, as chairman of the Board of Governors, expressed willingness to favour any reasonable concession respecting the granting of permission to carry the line through the property if* it wa« thought desirable in the interests of the public to do t.O. Our Raglan renders will bo gl.id to loam that Government have authorised the election of a telephone line from Hamilton to Raglan, nearly forty miles. This will be the first move towards connecting with Kawhia The more direct route to the latlor place would h ive\beon via Alexandra, but it was feared that the natives might objoct, and though the Hon. John Bryce is anxious to establish tek'graph communication with his little garifcon at Kawhia, he is desirous of avoiding anything which might inflame the n Live mind, and will not at present attempt to put up telegraph poles in the King Country. Referring to the marri.ige of Mr Purcha^, the Advertiser of Thursday says: — "A considcr-il'le fathering assembled in St. George's Church yesterday morning to witness the espousal of: Miss Walker and Mr G. 11. A. Purclms, of Te Aroha. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Piirch"?, father of the bridegroom, the Rev. Win. Calder assisting and addressing words of exhortation to the newly-married pair. The happy couple left, for Aucklond by the Rotomahana shortly alter the ceremony. It is understood that several other bachelors of this district so highly approve of the spirited step taken by this gentleman, that they have decided to follow his example. A. very severe "storm accompanied by the heaviest rainfall within the memory of the oldest inhabitant," visited the Ohinemuri and adjacent East Coast District on Saturday last,' doing considerable damage to the country as .well as private property. The watc-race and tramway conr*ecting the Hauraki G. M. Co.'s batteiy withthemines atKrirangnhakev ere completely carried away, putting a stop to all operations for the time being. Several bridges are gone and damaged on the main Thame .-Tauranga road, between Ohinemuri and the Gorge. The rainfall was very severe on the Katikati side of Te Aroha ranges, as it swept down like an avalanche, carrying nearly all the bridges and culverts together with a great portion of the filling in through the swamps between Mount Stewart and Writara, The inmates of McDonald*s Hotel stopped in the building till the water, had risen on a level with the dining room table when a boat had to be procured to rescue them from their perilous position. A very sensible article, on the postal service between Auckland and Tauranga, appears in the last issue of: the Bay of Plenty Times. The writer suggets that application should be m>ide to the Govern-ment-to have the Katikati Te Aroha track widened for coach traffic. As this would be ia much shorter road f.iom Tauranga to the Thames than the one via Waihi. As there is no comparison in the traffic connected with To Aroha, and that with -Waihi, so that the mail for tho latter place could be still brought on to Katikati by horse, and the Tauranga-Thames mail coach run via Te Aroha and Pearoa. The track. 4ft, could be widened for wheeled traffic the whole ledgth, eight miles, in a very short time, for all timber aud undergrowth has been cleared for a, distance of one chain throughout the bush ; , and as Te Aroha will he the nearest point 'of faihvay communication, with Auckland that Tauranga can enjoy for some considerable time, it is only just to expect a coach road to that railway station. This section o the Thames- Valley llotorua Railway is likely to be completed and Opened within the next eight months. The track could be widened for a nominal sum; as it is for the most part of si ingle and earth formation, and, as mentioned above, it would be a much shorter rond to the Thames— l 4 miles in fact— than the present rough and ! duttgerous one via the gorges ; besides, there would be 'no' rivers to cross. Therefore it must be admitted that if the coach c£uld run from Tauranga to the Thames vja Te Aroha, it would not only be the shorter but a much safer .route for both paspen^crs aed mails, and at the same time .be kri inestimable, 'hoon to b'oth^ Tauranga and Te Aeoha. As is too wellknown, it is only a tow months sinc6 mail • ibngfl, coach, hor-ips," and driver wero lost " iii evoking, the Waihi.

l&The' boundai^ ql^tlie Hauraki Residents 'Magistrate's Bistnc\has been altered so us to' {ake in a considerable area formerly included within the \boundary of the Waikato District Mr Kenrick's jurisdiction over the new area will* 01 * commence on December Ist For the information of settlers we publish the boundaries : — Bounded towards the East, West, and North by the Frith of thcThatnes and the >ea from Orero , Point ' to^ Cape " Oolyille,' ; towards the North-east and again towards the East by the sea from Cape Colville aforesaid to Ngakuriawhare ; "thence towards the southeast generally by a right line in the direction of the summit of TeAroha Mountain to its intersection^ by ..another, right line, being the production in a northerly direction of the western boundary of Section No 15, Block IV., Katik.iti Survey District ; thence by. that line to the Southwestern corner of Section No 15 aforesaid; thence by a right lino to the north -.western corner of Section No IG, Block IV.; thence by Section No 16 aforesaid, and Ity Sections Nos 65 and 53a of Block VIII., Katiknti Survey District, and' by a right line to the north-western corner of Section No 63, Block VIII. ; thence by Sections Nos'o3, 62, and 70 of .Block VIII., Katika'ft'Srtrv'ey, District, ttvo v the south- western angle of the last-mentioned section ;tlicncc by a r'.ghj/line due west to the confiscation boundary-line, and by that line in a southerly direction to the north-eastern angle of die Waiharakeke E-ist Block, No 2723 ; i thence towards the South generally by a right line to the south-eastern angle of Section No 9, Block VIL, Wairere Survej' District, ami by the south-e.istern boundarylines of Sections Nos 9, 10, and 15 of «aid Block VIL, and Section No 13, Block VT M Wairere Survey District ; thence by a right line to the south-eastern angle of Section No 1, Bloclj tVEII., Manungakawa Survey District, and by the south-eastern boundary of that section to the Waitoa ltivor, and by that river, the Te-pae o-tu-llawaru Stream, the south-western boundary-line of the Pakarau Pa Block, No 767, and the south-oa^tein boundary of the M.itakirae Block, No 356, to the Phikoiti Stream ; and toward* the South-west genor illy by the Piakoiti Stream which forms part of the south-west boundary of said block and the Piak i River to its intersection by a right line drawn between the summit of To Aroha Mountain and the north-eastern angle of the Waikato Military Settlements Block ; thence by a right line to Hapuakohe Paf-s ; thence by a right lino to the most northerly source of the Whangrimarino River ; thence by a right line \n the nearest point of the Whan'kawa R ng^ ; thonce by a line along the summit of tlinj range ami Wairoa Range, and In [k*> leading spur to Orere Point, the place ol commencement.