Te Aroha News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 67, 13 September 1884, Page 2

Te Aroha News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

'Thi« itviv • til -to thiiv? o v i-s tH" h 1 true Vnd it must follow xv thp nisfht the d»iv, Thou canst not then be f.tlst? to any m-m.' — Shakesppurc.

SATCKDAY, SKPTKMRRR 13 18RI

On Tin'.sd.iv night last 'i 2-room corta<re near Waiorongomai, p:irt of Iladfield's (bankrupt) estite, was burned to tlio iionnd. The place w.is imtoii intod, and the origin of (lie fise is unknown The usii il monthly meeting of the School Committee was held ;it the schoolhouse, Waioiongomai, on Thursday «i"ti*rnoon. Present— Mi ssi\s Lawless (in the chair), Ahicr (Sec), Ilott. and Brown. Then- was no correspond Mice to lay before the meeting, the only busin< ss done being the passing of some accounts for pa\ ment. Messrs Hales and Here. Government Engineers, were here on Thursday List foi the purpose of inspecting the woiks in connection with the construction of the railw.i) bridge, and stated there was really nothing to prevent the completion oi the work within three mouths from date. We do not, however, anticipate that it will he completed so speedily. In reply to our (jU'TV as to what had been done with re-i;a-d to haviiii; the approaches maile also, so that the blidge might be utilised a- soon as finished, these gentlemen stated that the plans ami specifications had been completed for some time, but no steps had bejn taken with regaid to calling for tenders to cairy out this work. It is to be hoped the whole work will be completed as soon as possible. M i ssrs L.iybourii Bros-, on yesterday week opened their new atoie (situated near Brown's Hoarding-house) Up-hill. They purpose sending up all their stuff by the tram, and will keep on hand at this store a getural assortment of grocme^, etc., etc. Mr it. La} bourn will personally conduct liiH branch, and all goods will be soid at the lowest possible lemimerativc piices Messrs Lay bourn's endea\ our to establish a cash trade in our midst at low prices, has, so fir, been most successful. The excitement of: "a rush" has not altogether lost its Jiann and thi*> was ■shown on Thmsday, when some of om townspeople started off in hot haste in search of a new El Dorodo, said to have oeen discovered somewhere in the sylvan soltitudes beyond the Waiorongoinaj Creek. Their search, however, was, we regret to say, un-uccessful, and fiom all we can learn the affiir was altogether „ hoax, but if productive of wo other good the trip doubtless proved to those who took part in it an agreeable change from the hum drum monotony of every day life. Last week a telegram was received from a man named Caiter at ranging fora match between (Jambiidge Footballers and the local teim, to come off on this day week. Hie visitors, howevei, did not put in an appearance, and it now appeal's the mes- - .iage refeired to was entirely unaiithoiiscd, | as Mr Pal fridge, Secretary of the Cambridge team, has written repudiating all knowledge of it, and apologising for the j disappointment occasioned by his team not coming over on the 30th ult , as ananged. A communication w.is sent to the Th-imes Football Club this week asking it to consent to play a match with the local team to-day. A meeting of the Thames Football Club was held, and it was decided th it, with the consent of the local teim, the match should be played on Saturday, | October 4th, instead. The match will I therefore probably take place on that day. i We are pleased to know the requirements of the mining community are being now so well looked after by the vaiious stoi c'kf-opers. Mr U. J. Friiz- r lum jn^-t erected a branch ironmongery store adjoining the Hill Butchery, now ennied on by Mr Fied Gordon, find will there keep a well assorted stock of general ironmongery and mining requisites, including both Nobel's and Australian dynamite, and has determined to sell at such prices as will defy competition. Mr John Goldsworthy, jun., will have charge of the store. We feel sure Mr Frazer will be well supported by those whose convenience he has thus sought to meet, and we wish him every success in his new undertaking. At Wanganui, a speaker referring to the consumption of intoxicants by the half million people in New Zealand during (he year 1H92, said that, if the liqtor had been

•ut into four feet qu.irc l.mU placed ,-idiIn side, Hiev w^ild li.i v<-* recited a (\\<- fmce of about eleven miles. All tin--parsed through the lias of the people of New Zealand in one v.snr. Th > cost of it nnonnted to tlie mmi of two millions and a hull of m>ni>v, or at the vote of £opeo pcl 1 hc;id for every man, wmii in. find chid in the country. No worul-r that there is depression with sii'"h an am >unt of money worse than wa^t^d each year. If this two •tnd a lialf millions were spent in op'iiiiiH up the eonnti'v liv railways, in manufaeturcs, in pr.mmlina; settlement, imd L, reue- • idly developing the re^ourc^s of tlii-? highly favoured land. Wh.it a change wo should see. At (he meeting of "Bnaid of Education, hold on L<Yidav, sth inst , the M-inlinv of the voting papers from the various school committees was cirried out, and the result showed 10G for Professor Turk t and 20 lor Mr Auckland. Professor Tucker was therefore deelared'duly elected a ni-«inl)or of the Hoard l>v a majority of 77 vot-»s. The Wjiioron^omai Wosley.in Sunday School Teachers' Meeting was held on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The Rev. T. .I.Wills pre-.id. d. Mr Devey having resigned the ofiice of. Superintendent o\viii£ to his leaving the district, the Secretary was instmctv-d to write to Mr Devcy tendering Jie thanks of the meetin.i; t'oi his earnest and successful labours in connection with the school. Mr Buttle w.ih elei ted as his successor. Thive additional teachers were Hso cled'd The pro^iess of the scho il wis deemed vi.iv satisfactory, and a considerable men aso of scholars hince la.st meetin<' ) was reported. Mr (t. 11. A. Purchas left for Auckland on Thursday noitiim; last, and purposes I'm the present to make that city his he ul-qu.irterb. As will be »cc in adveitisement liU.uhlicss \\ ill bo Pittstieet Auckland All I'iirchas has beui in the district ii r a pciiud of over seven }ear-, iormeiiy l.i\mg oil roads, township blocks, &c. whilst in Government employ : subsequently entering into private practice on ihu opening of tlie gold Held and employing a laigc htaft'in the survey of mmmg 1 U .^es. lie w.is albO in^tiucted by the Engineer to make the suivty of the County Tiamway from tlie mine to the Batten (which was a work of great dillitulty running through such a rough c-o.intiy) winch survey we learn, gave every satisfaction, and bhould in itself bo ci good icuoinniciul.itiuu tor i ui thei woik ot" a similar discretion Mi Purchas was iiluo appointed then engineer by the Piako County Cnuueil, carrying out tae torm.ition ot the new mads m the district, and on his resignation , it their last meeting received a vote of thanks for the satisfactory m inner in which lie carried out the duties th.it devolved upon him. Mr Puichas also exueut -d <i con.sideiable amount of woik with respect t> drainage and other niatteis for tue seltei&in this neighboiuhood. We have been (K-sired to state tli.it he has left all plans ol biirvey and reference in thu hands of. Mi Ciuinp, Mining Engineer, &c., who, he tiust>, ma}' be fa\oured with furthei work required in the district during- his absence.