THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 49, 10 May 1884, Page 2

THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

'This above all — to thine own-self bo tru And it must follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then be falso to any man.' — Shakespeare.

- SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1884.

Out of 10,000 sleepers to be landed here, for conveyance to Morrinsville for the Thames Valley Kotorua Railway, two lots have arrived, viz., 850 and 650 by the Ilero and Bonney, from Hikutai ; and Mr R, Parr has two waggons on the road daily carting same to Morrinsville. Mt Stephenson will preach in the Wesleyan Ohurcli fo-iuorrow evening. y The present assistant postmaster, Mr Braiue, in about to be removed to Thames, and will be replaced at the local office by a cadet. This is the last day for lodging applications for publicans' licenses. 'The divers finished their part of the work at the new bridge oirthitf day week, and took their departure on Monday. A ; number of hands are now- engaged at ilie c6ncicite work. ||^>Mr Coney, Chief Postmaster Thames, I^Viw here yesterday, His principal busi-> \y, Bwss buing to personally inspect the road , iixfxpw- Paerua to Te Aioiia, the uiail carrier,

who^ia JKuindto. run a Wh>el«jl £onvov»i)o£ oiLsonte isortf Saving Jiiwierto.-repreaented: the roada asrfotjn a fit state ofrjrepnir for the carrying out of thigj, part of* his oon-; tract. - yfe believe MrVConev considers thoro ii no reason why*ti vehicle ' should not be run in connection with the, inaiU', and that same will be enforced. The rain which has been *sojong.,thr£a.t ening still keops off. On Thursday atternoon it appeared as though it was at last going to come down in quaritiiyi'biit after a few showers again passed away. A good steady rain would be very beneficial, both to the farmers and also to recruit the motive power at the battery. It will be seen by advertisement that the consecration of tho Masonic Lodge about to be established here will take place on the evening of Tuesday, the 13th instant. X Another hotel, the Masonic, was burnt to the ground in Coromandel on Wednesday. This is the second house of thy kind that has been consumed by fire there within a week, but in a town so laigely supplied with " pubs," as we believe it to be, doubtless the two that have been wiped out will not be much missed. The house and furniture were issued for £1100. The whole of the books and regalia belonging to the Oddfellows of the district were lost, \/ We are very pleased to welcome back our esteemed fellow-townsman Mr Thos. Wells, J.P., after an absence of some two months. It will be remembered that Mr Wells was ordered entire rest from business and change by the doctors owing to failing health, and his eyesight being endangered. We are glad to be able to report that Mr Wells' eyesight is so much , improved that he has been able to dispense with glasses altogether, and bis ! general health is much bettor ; although | he is still very far from strong, and his medical advisers enjoin the greatest care I and but little work, or else a return of t\ii' i former symptoms may be expected. We trust that by following out the advice given his health may be quite restored ere long. During his absence Mr Wells has been through a good pait of the colony, including nearly every large town in the South Island. As might be expected from such a practical business man, Mr Wells has carefully noted what was going on around him in his travels and how those in other parts were ftiring, siud gives it as his opinion, come to al't^r deliberately weighing all the pros, and cons., that althuugh things are dull here, trade; depressed, and money difficult to obtain, yet we are better off than ihose iv most other districts of the colony. With repaid to mining (both fioin the shareholders and miners point of view), tr.id^, or farming, i fter visiting so many fresh fields, Mr Wells says he knows no part of New Zealand he thinks has better prospects, present and future, than our own. This refers to the Province of Auckland generally, but moi'e especially with regards to the Thames Valley and Waik.ito. We consider here in Te Aroh.i we ara passing through a trying time, but Mr Wells says in spite of our difficulties we are iur better off, and have much brighter prospects thiin in most other p.uts of the colony he has just travelled thiough. He speaks of the depression down South as being very severe indeed, and thinks tho worst ha? not yet bevti reached. Settler^ in many districts he has been in cannot obtain nearly such good prices for either meat or produce as those in our own immediate neighbourhood are receiving, and h« has met some competent, and expeiieneed judges who spoke most encouragingly of the great iutuie before our gold field ; their value will fully demons-tnited later on when the prejudice oi! outsiders wears off, more capita! is introilueal, and more work done. We are glad to have so encoui aging a report from one who has just been through the colony and in competent to judge* The concert which took place at Paeroa on Tuesday evening last, in aid of the funds of the Church of England, passed off very successfully. We take the following from the Hauraki Tribune : — Waitekami — Stevenson and paity, tnbuting in Waitekiuri No. 2, have banked 43ozs 13d wts this week. — Pocock, Welcome Extended tribute, banked 6ozs sdwts fioui one ton. Karan^ahake. — Hunt and party will puddle and pan off lewt of their dirt, as they are satisfied the stuff will lun 3 or 4 ounces if the gold can be saved. The last lot i\m rather more than what was stated, being barely under an ounce to the ton. — The Sir Walter Scott commences sending down stuff to the battery on Monday movuing, and I expect to repoit a capital return. The Grant and Foster settlement has not turned out very happily for Mr Grant, who has been adjudged a bankrupt. The particulars of his examination are interesting, but we are obliged to hold over same' until next issue. Mr Henry Barker, Sliaftesbury, late proprietor of the Shaftesbury Temperance Hotel, died- Thursday afternoon, after a lingeiiug illness. Bishop Luck was amongst the p/issongers on board theßotomuhana on Tuesday. The Bishop proceeds to Home and the Old Country. Rev. T. Spurger.n also left by Jlotomahana on a visit to his father, the world renowned Baptist minister, Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, of the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London. We beg to draw special attention to Messrs Stewart, Dawson, and Co.'s adveitisement. This firm have obtained a woi ld-wide fame for the excellent quality and extremely low prices of their watches, bringing a reliable time-keeper within the reach of everyone. On Monday evening last the annual teachers' meeting of the Te Aroha Wesleyan Sunday School was held in the Wesleyan Church, Rev. T. J. Wills in the chair. The report for the past year was received. The progress made during lust year was considered satisfactory ; 90 scholars arc enrolled at Te Aroha and 56 at the Waiorongomai branch ; a division of the two schools was decided upon. All the officers and teachers in the Te Aroha School were re-elected. Mr George Devey, the originator of the Waiorongomai School, was elected superintendent of "same ; and teachers for the various classes duly appointed. The, fruit crop of America may be judged by the fact that iv 1878 there, were more than two millions oi aorefi under cultivation as apple orchurds, that'! in twenty years tue.yalue of the* '^j Products j !iad increased from . £1,320,001) "-> Ito , & 10,000,000, and "' that-- the. unnudlv yalua

ftf tlie peao'i crop of the " Uuffcellf^taTteiliF ! \A<i instancing the vyrtndarfaUinpte^ei -tint hm kken plu'wJn^tho,vaiaa : M>land^ about A-uoklnrid dit.riii^itlie past few yeftrs^' we may cite 'the following fact :-#' Five years ago 100 afren <>f~lahd adjoining^ Sylvia Park was disposed of ?for £5 per aprc. . .Recently* tho same piece- of .landwas again in the market, and it found a purchaser ut JB4O per acre — just '£800 per cent, on its /nine half a decade ago."— Auckland Star. llie editor of the • New Zealand War Cry exhorts his contributors to put more " blood and fire " into their articles. The foundation stone of the new> St. Patrick^ (Roman Catholic) Cathedral in Auckland, was laid by the Right Re\V Bishop Luck, with great ceremony, ou Sunday afternoon, Nearly all the clergy of the diocese were present and took part in the proceedings, and the musical portion was contributed by the united choirs of St. Patrick's and St. Benedict's and the Garrison Band. The building to be now erected at a cost of £4680, will be the nave of the cathedral. The collection taken up, including sums promised on the spot, was £630. 'There were fully 25U0 people present at the ceremony, which passed off most satisfactory. The directors of the W-iikato Cheese Factory Company forwarded by British King a trial shipment of seven tons oi" cheese for the London market. Every advantage is being taken of tho continued dry weather to push on the railway works in this district. Platelaying and ballasting the first section of the railway, fiom Hamilton to Mori insvi lie, is almost completed, and very soon we may expect to see the engine running into Morrinsville. This section of the line will probably bo ready for opening in about four or five mouths' time. The station, good-sheds, and other buildings throughout the section are being rapidly proceeded with. An application for an accommodation license for the Temperance Hotel, rented from the Waikato Land Company in the Tauwimre township, has been applied for by the tenant, Mr Williamson. Sir Julius Vogel is only 49 years of age. On a small farm in Wai tali una distiict a settler has reaped this season a hundred bushels to the acre of a new variety of oat*, knowi. by the name of the 3uthorland oat. Hunt's Claim (Rotokuhu Gorge).— The trial parcel of 4 tons, crushed attheKarangahake battery, yielded 3£ ozs gold. It was understood the crushing was to have taken place at the Moanataiari battery. Complaints are rife. A Paeroa miner says that the treatment of the crushing was not suitable for the class of dirt, which is nmllocky. It is said Hunt has an idea of erecting a puddling- nmchine, as being more likely to save the gold. If the stuff exists in quantity, the return ought to be p-i3uble. The Governors of Thames High School propose to establish a School of Mines as an adjunct to their institution, and havo oppointed a Commute to repoit on the mutter. — btar. At Wringarei, lately, 100 head of cattle uere sold for £110. The Fenstanton's mutton is selling at 6d pn- Ib. in Loudou. Last week two Greymonth miner. , named Pcier Philips and John Fraser, weie fatally wouudtsd by the falliug in of a tunnel. A Stntinirtntal editor says, "It is comforting to know that ono eye watchefondly for our coming, and looks blighter w hen wo come.' 1 A contemporary is giieved to learn that his " brother of the quill has a wife with one eye." Archdeacon Edwards, of Dunedin, st-ite»l nt a public meeting that during a residence of twerty years in Dunedin he has not known such distress as at present exists. The Wellington Post says :—: — Mr. Mitehel certainly deserves great credit for thecouisehe lias adopted of personally inspecting the vat ions routes proposed for the main North Island trunk line of railway. Few Mini&ters would probaply care to face the fatigue and hardship involved in such a task. Engineers' reports are not at all times reliable guides in determining the line a railway should take, for they look at the matter too strictly from a professional point of view, and neither know un) thing or care anything about a number of other considerations which arc of impoitauce in determining a matter of the kind. In the present instance tlu 1 colony will haveMr, Knorpp's professional opinion, than which there is probably none more valuable to be obtained in the colony, and also the opinion of Air. Mitchelson as a piactieal seller and experienced colouiot.