HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 30, 29 December 1883, Page 2

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The Press afe never expected" to foe weary, but nre supposed to be, always at their i>o-.t. lint surely tlio Press may even he conceded u short respite: anyhow*) moat >f our staff arc away for the Christmas holidays, and we must therefore ask our j readers to overlook any shortcomings in I this issiu and absence of telegrams. Un •iblp to j;et our supplement out in timo for las-'t week's issue, we now supply it in addition to that of tins would The fur-fa mod and much travolled " Captain " William Jackson Batty, author of the " Ups and Downs of Colonial LiiV," intends visiting our -township shortly en roxlte for the King country. We do not know if il is the champion whale catcher's intention to lecture hero ; iC so, wo should recommend all who can •njoy an hour's genuine fun, to go and hen him, and they will get it from one of the oldest and most amusing colonists in New Zealand. Tho ..rt union held by Messrs Whitehouse and Cocks, and the Chiistmas Tree of Mr C. Ualcke, in the Town Hall on Saturday evening, were very successful. A large crowd was attracted by the promise of all prizes and no blanks, and everybody got something from £5 worth of drapery to a box of m itches. It is expected that the survey of the King Country will not b n completed for over twelve months. The cost is estim ited !'L J2l,(>')o, or one-eiuhth of a penny jvm- aero. N wish the 1 survey to go on at once on those terms. The tria Mutilation sinvcy is to be dono at flu 1 cxji !tw of the r-rovornment, and the sum n imed above is the cost of. the boundary survey. One ol! the bacchanalians brought before the Thdim-s Court last week was a miner i roiii To Aroha, who h.td a sum of £07 in his possession whonjjai rested. As the Bench remarked, it was L"ortun:ite for him lh.it he fell into the hands of the police. The ordinary meeting of the Piako County Council lnving lapsed for want of a quoriiin, it has been form illy adjournod until Wednesday, the 26th inst., but will not in et lor business until 11 a.m. on Kritirij. the 4th January, 1881. We rafor all onr chousc-m iking readers to the Jollowing, which is taken from a southern exchange : — The annual mooting oi" the A.shburton Dairy Fuetoiy Couipmy was hs'd last week. The balance-sheet showed a balance to debit of EL 10 nn the year's working, but the statement did not show how or in what departments the whole debit originated. " Loss as per cheese account " was down for £457 19s. The report stated that mnch of the loss was attributable to the Company having tried to win the (ton eminent bonus of for which they held their produce instead of shipping as soon as possible;, a id they thereby lost a i^ond lmrket. The amount o! Ciiees 1 nude ws 4(> toinj in I tie cost of production wa-. 1-Old per* Ib. hist year it took llj-'b of milk to mak j 1 b of chef c ; tins year the in maevr stat'.-il the milk wis 10 p"er cent. l>^tt>e« for < i he^se-u). living, and 101b of milk made a pound of cheese. The cxp.'tiM's will b" much lowei, the machinery having been improved, and a less price is beini; i^iv -n for milk. The co^t of manufacture wis btati d to be now n t uioi\j than Jd per II). Shippcis of froz -n mv.it, lik" t!ie re^t of ma'ikind, hay- no< their pith always sirew n with lo^es. First, there \va.s the uufortunato car^o sent from Auckland, a !'e\v months ago which was found to be much injured through, some fault in the freeing process, and now the cargo prepared for the illfated Triumph, which was to have been shipped at Wellington, has to be delayed until the Victory, whiuh is due in a few zveeks, arrives. It is to be hoped nothing will happen to impair this cargo. In our advertisement columns will be found the very valuab'e list of prizes offered by the Waihou Sports Committee for their meeting on Now Year's D.i). Should tho weather lenuiu fine there will be, no doubt, a large attendance from the neighbouring townships, ami a good meeting may be expected. liiind of Hope meets tit 7. 30 next Monday evening. Return mi -It -d tvold : N»w Find, 375 oz°<. lOdwts ; Colonist, 104oz-i. 16 dwts ; Premier, 86^)7^. Sdwts ; Werahiko, 41o'/s. dwts. Re! urn for Lucky Hit crushing of 9 tons, (icated at the Thames and reported iat first a^ fiom H to 7o r/.sr /.s per ton, we understand turns out, to be only Oozs 9 dwts for tb." 1 lot. Vjry un -satisfactory I this for a trial crushing. Donations of books will bo gladly received for the Public Library Ciu.shing will I>j resumed at the llattery about January 4th. At present all the berdans are engaged on the blanketings as follows : Five on New Find ; four. Premier ; three, Colonist, the Werahiko having just been finished ; probably take about a week to finish the others jusl mentioned. Men are engaged altering the May Queen grade at foot of Butler's Spur, and other needful tramway repairs. W«* are obliged to hold over n repoit of the quarterly meeting of the Wesleyan Church, a communication from Shaftes* bury, and other interesting matter. Next San Francisco mail closes hero on Saturday wxt, Jan. 5tU., at 8.30 a.m. The school-house about b>>ing -erected j at Khiiftesbury will now bo erected at Waiorongomai iilste id, with all possible despatch. A dividend of Is per share luts been declared in the New Find.