SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1884

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 40, 8 March 1884, Page 2

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1884

All those who tiavel tip and down the "Waihou Ui\ui i.-imi'it but have Kin.irked with ri's^r'l the urcal wi^t* of a valuable and d"!iei<>u-, I'rniL that takes plicoynr by vtiir on its banks. We need sourcely sdy we refer 1o the peache>. Ton'- and tons of vpiendid poiiflics -ire; a'lowvid to rot, and no one seems to take nny noticu of it We are well aw ra twit a expense {ittunds the eaiei'ul gathering, packiriii', and tr.ii^P'irtinic of i'rnit. still, vith the riv« 1 fiteainei'K (i.iily pa'-^in^, it iloes seen) a pilv tlwit some one does not Like the ni.itter up To be snr<\ the pe'ioh harvest as far . s 1834 is concerned, is now jilmo-t ovo , but we hfpe the-^e f e y lines may be the means of leading Kome one to eimsidcr the •subject, and see if they c moot hd turned to a more profitable .iccannt another summer. Peach jam, pioperly mad«, would find a ready local sale at remunerative prices, and Auckland could utilise almost any quantity. Tenders arc now called for from partis willing to nniWtilce th- daily sweeping, dusting, periodical scrubbing out, and other work necessary to keep tho local sehoolH in proj'jr condition.

Mr C. 8. Pyno Ims leaded from Mr (x £ S. O'llallomn* his commodious, and well- 1 situated store in WUitnker strc?et,_and a number of workmen are now effecting the ( needful alterations. Sir Pyno is to he congratulated on securing siHi suitable premises ior carrying on the business of a J general storekeeper, »nd will no doubt ' lint] bis business rapidly increase on removal ; bis present premises being- dis- i advantiig-eonsly situated. ] Fanners in this district appear to have temporarily stopped all shipments of she< j p and cattle, owing- to the low prices at present ruling- in the markets. A feast will be given to the school children at Waiorongomai on St. Patrick's Day, to bo foil owed by a concert and dance in the evening-, to celebrate the opening of the new sohoolhouse. Two men were admitted Thames Hospital this week. One, named Drew, steward on the p. s. Piitiki, sustained a fracture of one of his ribs by coming- in contact with the saloon table while he was " skylarking. " After being- attended to he went 1 to his home. The other, David Lynch, an Auckland resident, was working on the railway bridge, To Aro-ha, Tuesday, when the scaffolding on which he was standing 1 gave way, and he fell to the ground, a distance of 14t't. Ilis right nnkle was dislocated bv the shock, and the left knee was also hint. He was sent down by the Patiki. At the sitting of the District Court, held at the fluunes on T.iesday last be Core His Honour Judge Smith, in Bankruptcy, the case of Thomas Cald well, a debtor, was heard. Mi Lush appeared for the bankrupt. Thorn-is Caldwoll, sworn, stated that the cause of his bankruptcy was through his having taken the lease of a dairy from Gould Bros., and in consequence oL' a breach of! agreement on then pait, and losses consequent on having lost l.iw&uit over the bro.ich, iiucl liavin«> to p iv the costs of the action and a subsequent arbitiation ; in addition to which he had sustained various losses- on his last two dairy farm", He would have been able to have met his creditors satisfactorily, as the present season promised to turn out a good one, had not certain of his creditors pushed him into *he Court by suing- him There was ;i bill of sale in evi^-tence given by the debtor to Messrs Oarr and Son, and assigned by him to Messrs Wells and Sonttcr. Had given up all his piopcrty. —In answer to Mr Carpenter— when he gave the bill oL" sale he was not, aware that it covered after-awjuin d pioperty. Owed Carrs estate si.brutr ut £157. The value ot the assets, after paying Can's elauu, would be nothing. The total liabibtios amounted to il-ii'6. — By consent or! the Deput\ Assii>nee, it was agreed tint His Honor should have .a case submitted to him next (Joint div as to dic(tious/v proceedings in connection with th'bill ot s.ile mentioned. The examin.itiou ol the baukruit was adjoined unti! ne\t Com t day Lur bin.li a purpose. The Couit then lose. j A inciting of Masons will he held, a s pel ad\eitiseiueut, at i.',)o this e\eumg. The in -I pi.v lice me -ting of the ,\ioh i Choial Society took place in the sHuml100m on Tue^d iy evening. Theie \ur.' present nine I. ulie- and th ; same nimiDei of male mi'inbeis. The pieces sun^ comprised an'hems and choru>e<, 'md for a lir>t combined eJlort the iehear>al \v;h ' 1110-t satisfactory. The IkM of th 1 ilent is decidedly on the .-.ide ot the I.idi -s. among whom there are some really lin.> voices. With st.sidy pi.ictice, nnd *i the e\peiiemcd uuidanee of su< h a billed musician as Mr Dew ar, the Society bids ; fail shortly to attain ti» a degree of c\ceiieuee .seldom to be found in rural • dst licts. The Band of Hope (Te Aroha) hold their next meeting on Tuesday evening, commencing at 7 o'clock si. aip. A wry interesting programme is provided, m which several \Vaioion<.»omai fnVnds tike . part, and we have no doubt there \\\\\ be a ciowded house. On Monday evening last, a mtn named . Smart had a nairow escape fiom being ■ drowned. It appears that on the evening named, about 8 o'clock, whil.'t in a stil/* of intoxication, he rambled down to the : river bank and fell into the river, close by 1 where the Patiki aas discharging, anil where the water is about 8!t dee))." Foitunately, Mr Lavcry and also the mate of the Patiki heaid the sp.'ash, but bad no I observed the man previously. The mate iiist obsfi ved him in the water, and immediately plunged in, and with sumo difficult) got him cose to the hink, when r he was hauled up with the assistance of J Mi Lavei),and did not .seem much tin: woise for the ducking. Grjat praise is due to the mate of the Patiki for the courageous manner in which he went to the rescue of this victim of strong drink. , It is with much i egret wp loam our esteemed fellow-tow nswian, Mr Thomas - Wells, J.P. (of Wells anil Soutter), is obliged to completely retire from all active I duties for some time through failinghealth. Mr Wells has not been feeling robust for some time past, and lately has suffered much from sympathetic ophthalmia. The matt'-r becoming really serious, Mr Wells sought the best medical advice procurable, the icsult being that he has been ordered complete rest and change o£ air for at least six weeks or two months ; and was warned that were this advice not : promptly actcM upon, the consequences-, as regai ds his eyesighr, might bo serious, lie left foi Cambridge yesterday, and i-, arranging to c it once follow out the ' Doctui's advice. Wo sincerely hopo we shall shortly hear -of his complete _' restoration. Ir afl'oids us much pleasure to be able 4 to strite that the site for a large, railway | station on this side tin river is now being laid off by a pailv from the f-Jovernment » Survey office Auckland. We hope this ! m-iy l>e taken aa decisive that the trains will be inn light into the township, di- - redly the. line \i completed. We are glad to be able to inform our ' readers that most of the shares in the now i Excelsior Battery Company have been ; taken up. We hopo no difficulty will he ' experienced in allocating- the balance, as I the Company, according to present arrango- " ment, do not purpose commencing work ' nntil all the shares have been subscribed ' for. Surely all who are interested m our fc goldfield will see to it that so advantageous a work is not now unnecessaiily i { retarded. The erection of a second bat- , tery at once is a matter of the greatest 1 importance, and to none- more so than to 1 the companies whose mines Ik* in its im mediate vicinity, for to it they must loo*.

for tho spoedy devolopeiuent 6£ those niinss, The new Roman Catlinlic Church will be opened to-morrow by Bishop Luck. Sale ol : Golden Hill G. M. Co. sham* in Auckland on Tuesday next for non-pnynienl of calls. S-ilo of M«iv Queen G. M. Go. shares thi« day by Mr G. S. O'Halloran, for nonpayment of c ills. On this day wcok tho loonl representative team play Tauranga Cricketers at Katiknti. A cricket match is being: arranged for the 22nd inst. To Aroha v. Thames. The cricket match on Saturday last, Aroha v. Waiorongomai, resulted in a win for the latter by two runs on the Ist innings. The score* were as follows :—: — Aroha, Ist innings, 47 runs ; 2nd innings, 7(5 ; Waiorongomai, Ist innings, 41). Cricket match this afternoon (weather permitting) Home Representative Team for Katikati on this day week v. 15 All | Comers. Wo b"g to rail the attention of our readers to Mr W. E. Moars' jidverlisojuont in another column, who offers to supply any hooks, music, &c, through post or otherwise, at low prices.