THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 78, 29 November 1884, Page 2

THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

'This above all— to thine own self be true, Am) it must follow, as I In- night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.' Shakespeai-e.

SATURDAY, NUVEMBKR 29. 1884.

At the meeting of the Piako County (Jouncili'on Wednesday last the requirements of this district received a due share of attention. The forming of new goldfield tracks, the repairing of existing roads, and the f' rtheranco of other works necessary to the advancemerit of this poitum of the County, received favourable consideration, and it was unanimously agreed that the Minister of Mines shoul I be applied to for a grant of £1000 to supplement .1 sum <»f £500 to be expended by the Council, the Government contribution being at trie rate of £2 for every £1 expended iy local bodiei in the forming of roads ;iiid tracks on goldfields. There is every probability tiiat the application will be .successful, and with the money thus placed at ids disposal, the Council will be enabled to open up to the adventurous miner large areas of country which it present are almost inaccessible. The connection of the 111 tin bridle track from Waiorongomai to the Premier claim, v^ith the road formed along the top of the main range by the Thames County Council softie months a^o, is a matter (vat should receive early attention, as its completion is much required, and it .should be one of (he first works taken in hand as soon as funds become available. This ro<ul will give easy mea"s of communication between the Kaiangahake and Waiorongomai districts, and will prove of greai convenience to the miners in both localities, as well as give im'nen^e facilities for prospecting a very large tract of hitherto untried country. On the eastward side of this line of road .it the Waiorongomai end, there lies an enormous area of unexplored ground extending towards the head of the Waiuwuetn stream, which it would be well to have opened np, and, as gold is known io exht in that direction, fiere is a probability of a p.iyable field being there discovered, the ino 4 convenient means of access to which would be by the present road through t!ie Waiorongomai mines. The west side ot the Aroha suotmtain extending as far northward as the Thames County boundary should also loceive attention, and the clearing of lines over some of the principal spurs to connect with the main line along the top of the range, would tend greatly to the development of that part of the district. A good route might also be found in this direction for a bridle track, to give easier means of access from this township to the mines in the neighbourhood of the Premier and New Find than by the present road up to the face of the mountain, or the circuitous one by Waiorongomai. A moderate smn expen Jed in forming bush tracks on the ranges some mil s south of Waiorongomai where gold is believed to exist 7 might also be fruitful of good results. ,As the season for taking in hand such , works as those suggested is now upon us, we hope the Council will shortly be ••[tabled to make a commencement. Them can hardly be any doubt that the money so expended will prove of vast benefit te the communities of both towns'n'ps, and in an indirect way to the County gen-prrd'ly. The repairing of the main road from- Te Aroha to Waiolongomai was aTsn> token 1 into consideration by the Council, and it was agreed that a special rate of £d in- the £ should should be struck, to effect the necessary improvements. We are glad that our mpmber, Mr Murphy, has taken the initiative in these matters, and think the 1 thanks of the inhabitants are due to- him for taking the earliest opportunity of brimring them under the notice of the Council.

The picvjeet that is now on foot to form a Prospecting Association fortlie purpose of ni*in# funds to explore the untried ground, and to give a further trial to some of the gold-bearing reefs that are knrwn to exist on the western HJnpes of the , Aroba mountain, is on« tli it should be supp<>ste<£ by even incident in this township". JU woj;\hl ho RiipprflnoiiH to ''well her^ upon fie nvwifvilrl, benefits thut would, accrue iiom tlie d.JHuu.very of permanenily payable loddw i/n our \uuucu\i^^ nei^liboutv

hood. Them are bo palpjble tlisit to enumerate them would only bo a wist' of time *Tt behoves ev^rv one therefore whose lot is oast anxonofst n^, and whose mean* will allow it, to giv* a helointr hand in th» master. We have fir;ar tfk ly «ny doubt that with a united and per istent svst.Mivitic; effort this most desinWe object will be accomplished. The discovery of one pnvahle claim tnav Ivre, as has been the owe in otlrr districts, lend to the n'l^nin vnn n* m-tnv morn in tho snmo nei«»"hbonrhoi>d, and the fm-t of nunfei ou« quartz bavin? been found over such a larjje extent of on thi^sid.; of the mountain induces t te! >c heMef that «:o'd in rMnnnerativo qunntities wi'l ere long; bo met with. We lion" vet to «pp fie ranfife above us a scene of life and industry, and to hear t.he m a rry clattor oP th* 1 ata-np'Mx rinu'in 1 '" in nur ears. Time may bfi rpquired to brinsr about this desirab'e chan^, bnt patient and well directed eff u'ts in the wav now pronnsed are almost cerrain to have their reward in a c msummation no devoutly to be wish 3d.

Through pressure on our space we nrc forcer! to hold over Court. m i ws, report of Mr D'Arcfy Hylands exhibition and, a ndmbnr of locals of interest till next issue. Cricket match on local ground tin-* afternoon commencing at 2 o'clock, between teams representing The Hill v\ The Flat. For The TliU -M.^-r* Hornibrook, Verity, Hoyan, Scott, J Smith, D Young, J. Stanley. Jame Q , FT. Gordon, F. Syke<*, Trude. For Tin* Flat u team will be selected from the following — Messrs Burgess, Frizer, Parker, Hawkins, Steele, l'urdie, Qninlan, Lawless, Hunt, We&ton, OBrien, Crump. Pio»n«.ime of the forthcoming races will be found in our advertising columns. By advertisement our readers will see that a public meeting, convened by Mr D # Murphy, is to be held in Waiorongomai this evening re local government matters. On to-morrow the Rev. T. J. Wills will preach at Waiorongonmi 11 a.m , Waitoa 3 p.m., Te Aroha 7 p.m. Subject on each occasion " The evils of intemperance and our duties in relation to them 1 " A meeting of the Committee appointed to carry out the forthcoming races will be belt! at Quinlan's British Hotel, on Monday evening first at 7.30. The attention of the residents of Te A r oha is directed to an advertisement calling a meeting at thft Public Hall this evening at 7.30 of subscribers and others interested in the formation of the new pr )spbctiug association. Visitors in Baths this week: — Mrs J, Willcox, MihS CliappuU, Messrs H. S. J.ickson, J. A. Miller, Alfred Cutler, Harry Kenriuk, liuv. C. E. ami Mrs Barley, Thames; Archdeacon Willis, Cambridge; Messrs ChaHes Hunter, D. McNicoh Ohanpo ; Messrs R. Cameron, Josjph Fraser, Alex. Fraser, W. Stamford, S. Cooi u be-, Mrs Jelly, Auckland ; Mi- F. A. Whitiker and Mrs Whitaker, Mr Henry Oh! 'mm, Hamilton ; Mr F. C. Lewis, Ream era ; Mr VV. Liltiujohn, P.ieroa. James Clarke, local stotvke >per, has been sjdjudioited a bankrupt u>on his own petition. His unsecured liabilities am mnt to £[087 10s 3d, and a secured liability to the Farmers' Building So-iijty to the amount of £160. As the security, however, is valued at £340, the surplus will swell the general assets. They are set down nt £963 11s 10 i, thus leaving a deficiency. Clarkes largest creditor-; are VV. McArthur and Co., who claim £.'5(54 7s 4d, and the Auckland Agricultural and .Vlorchiintile Oompiny who claim £2uo 10s 4<l. The first meeting of creditors will be held at tl)3 om'ce of Mr John Lr.vson, OlhVial Assinnee in Binkruptoy, Stir Buildings. Fort Street, Auckland, on Monday next, Ist pi'ox., at 12 o'clock. The whole, of the foundations of the Auckland railway station buildings have now been put in, and the concrete work for the railway platform is now beJng gone on with. In a short time tho contractor, Mr Ahem will be able to mak c some show. At present ihe bjst of hi. work, like the doctor's, is underground. Here is the sliding scale of speculation £1, « thief II 1 * £53,000, ** defaulter! l ' £100,000, "shortage!" £500,000, "Australian Tourist!" £1,000,000." brilliant financier J" There are lots of thieves in Mew Zealand, but only one brilliant financier. — Auckland Star. The Rev. F. G Evans, of the Thames, is po seriously indisposed that he is not likely to be capable of undertaking his [ parochial duties for a couple of weeks at least. The pulpit of St Goorge's was occupied on Sunday by Yen. Archdeacon Dudley and Rev. R. Burrows. The next Australasian Wesleyan Conference is to be held at Melbourne in May, 1888. E. fv ia.il], publican, who- was adjudicated a bankrupt on Monday, has filed the ' following statement of his liabilities and assets : — His liabilities, which are 1 divided among 25 creditors, amount to £128733 2d, i the largest claims being as follow : L. D. Nathan and Co. £4&l 8d 6d. ; Hancock and Co., £405 14s ; Hull Bros., £290 12s. The Assets are net down at £20, viz.r £232 Is 8d worth of book debts, which are estimated to> produce £10 r and £10 worth of f urnutiire. How does- Pat propose to> get over s ingle Measedtoesß ? Why he proposes to Bridge-it, of course. The Thames Star has the following ;—; — The directors of the Cambria, G/.M. Company have, w,e are informed by -Mr Coutts accede(| to <a [request made by Mr Kissling that the specimens acemmilat^d' during the j mouth shduld lie treated at the Bank of

New Zealand, Auckland, instead of by the ■rocesa ordinarily in vovrue on the Thames Hr Kisslinu 1 ffufcmteeing that the coraptnV should not, he a lospi- by the innovation. Mr Onutfcs will therforo proceed to town townrds the close of the w^ek, faking with him nil tho specimens on hand. Tin. cnnvsp adopted by the directors ia not an ordinary one, hut the reason is statfd to l» a , that they desire to a<«p.rtivin the amount of gold really contained in the stone (it Iving heavily iniivivilixud) by a more delicate and reliable procesß than that of stumpers and berdnns.