THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 79, 6 December 1884, Page 2

THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

'This above nil— to thine own self be Uug, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.' Shakespeare.

SATURDAY, DKOKMBKR 6. 188 L

At thn mating of the Thumbs County Council held on Wednesday last, the County engineer, Mr Alex, Aitken, resigned hN position, to date from January 3Ut. No previous intimation of the intended fctep had been given, nnd Mr Aitken declined to assign at present any reasons for" his determination. Mr Chas. H. Wilson has resigned the management of the Sir Walter Scott mine, Karangahake, and Mr W. H. Burch lm< been appointed in his stead. Mr Glassford a Gippsland squatter, Las lately purchased 7,500 acrea of the Richmond Block, Piako,and intends to commence operations there at an early dite. Mr Glassford has a large family, including several grown op sons. Tt is understood to be Mr Mitchelson'n intention to retire from a public life, at least for some years. It is said that Major Atkinson has urged Mr Mitchels >n to reconsidei his decision, but without avail. The usual monthly meeting of the Waitoaßoad Board was held last Saturday, all the members being- present. The engineer reported that Mr McCabe is making* fair progress with his cemetery road contract, and so is MrThos. Stanley with his on Murphy's road. It was reported that the sum of £36 4s 6d has been received on account of land disposed of on deferred payment. A letter was received fiom the Public Works Office, with the information that the Boards application for a grant under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act had been received too hit*"* -for consideration until after the3lsf Dec mbir inst. This is inexplicable, as h application is said to have been posted in plenty of time. Accounts amounting to £52 2s 2d were passed for payment. The usual monthly meeting of the High School Board of Governors was held .it the Boiough Chambers on Tuesday afternoon, the members present being — VV. Fra^er,. M.H.R. (Chairman), Jus. McGowan, Jas. Marshall, and L. J. Bagnal. A treasury voucher for £94, goldfields revenue, was received, also a letter from the Town Clerk notifying the resignation of Mr W. Speight, one of the Governors ; letters received. The Mining luspector at Te Aioha wrote respecting the laying off a number of rebidence sites on the hill Hf .W-iiorongomai, and sent an estimate of tho probable cost ; it was decided to have the work carried out in the manner suggested. At a meeting of the teachers connected with Aroha Sunday School, held in the Weslejan Church on Thursday evening last, Rev. T. J. Wills in the chair, Mr Ilott was elected as superintendant, that office having become vacant. Mr Lavery was elected a teacher. It was decided that after January the Ist the course of lessenas arranged by the Sunday School Union* be adopted. At the close of the meeting I a consultation took place between the | Sunday School teachers and Band of Hope Committee, with the result that it was decided to provide a combined treat for the children of the Aroha Ban 1 of Hope and Sunday School on Jan. 29th. Members of the Library Committee are requested to me^fe in the Reading roon on Monday evening at 7.30. Visitors to Baths since last issue :—: — Rev. Father Guinane, M r J. Muir, Miss A. W. W.Walton, Thames ; Mr and Mrs J. B. Whyte and family, Mr W. M. Hay, Miss Mary E. Hay, Mr M. Hay, Miss A. E. Seddan, Mr J. Petty, Hamilton ; Mr J. I Jerram, Mr J. Wickham, Mrs McPherson, j Mr R. Laing, Auckland ; Mr W. Pickett, Morrinsville, ; Mr. D. Win. Selby, Hautapn ; Mr Jos. Roulston Pukekohe ; Mr J. H. McPherson, Canterbury, A concert and dance will be held in tho Waiorongomai Public Hall this evening, commencing at 7.30. particulars in Reivertisoment. Messrs Bradley and Co. run a coach morning and evening to and fiom Waiorongomai in connection with the Moirinsville coach. See special advertisement. Messrs ChepmelF, Smith, Gould, & Murphy' (members of Piako County Council) accompanied by Mr H. 11. Adan.s, tramway manager, spent Thursday last, inspecting the tramway, etc, and visiting some of the leading mines on tho hill. We arc informed by the secretary that a totalisator will be on the ground at the forthcoming races. Members of Race Committee are requested to meet at Quinlans' Hotel ol Monday evening tit 8 o'clock. , A young man sent 12 stamps to an advertiser to learn " how to make meney fast," and was advised in reply to glue a five-pound note to the bottom of his trunk. On this day week the priveleges connected with forthcoming race meeting, will be sold by public auction.

\ The Te kroha Lodge of Manches|| Unity of Oddfellows purchased some t\xp% back a building from Messrs Wells dnh Sontter, and have had it removed to thejri section, WhitaKer street, Te Aroha (nearly* opposite "Peel's Mineral, Water Factory), where it has now been re-ereoted, having first undergone considerably iterations and t improvements. ,Tm\ Lo.flge was,, started ahont.a yehr.since. atid ha*i steadily "••linod srmnnd. both ns regards the number of members and fund's. The re<:nl:ir mod ings are held every alternate Tuesdny. • ~ ' Wp would direct attention to Mr H. J. Hawkins's ndv^rrVjinont. Mr T-T-iwkins'a strjn-bprrios.arp of a vow ,fino dp«orintion find ti% price quoted, viz , 3d*-ppr Ib., is so reasonable as to e:ive an pxoellont opnor-' tunit." to overy housewife to make her ] own jams. As will be seen bv advertisement the Wniton TtoaH Board, in this issue, call for tenders for the o instruction of a public road (known as the " Ngatnmuluga") across tho swamp near Mr Reu'^n Parr's This road, which was sadly needed, will bp the joint work of the W'litoa Road Board and somp of the settlers who, thouerh residing in the immediate vicinity of same, aro in the Thnme.s County. The road will be about one mile Ions?, tertninntinor on a dry fern ridge, and will give i more direct access to Waitoa township' to the Lower Waitoa settlers than heretofore. In fnct many of these settlers have hitho'-to had just to depend on the good nature of their neighbours to trot on to the pubHc road from their lands at all, by pacing through private property, or else go by oircnitons route over tracks of ttimes quite impassable in wet weather. Te Aroha Band of Hope hold their next meeting on Tuesday evening in the Wes- j Wan Church at 7 p.m. The work of conveying the sleepers froiji Aroha Landing to Morrinsville is luring steadily pursued. Mr P. Quinian has four 4-horse teams constantly engaged on the work, and Ins already conveyed some 6000 out <>£ his contract of 30,000 Hitherto the roads have been in excellent condition, but it will probably take some throe months before his contract is completed. All the members of the School Committee are requested to attend a meeting to b 1 held on mwt Monday evening at 7.30 in thu School-house, Te Aroha. Mr and Mis J. B. Win te .md family returned home to Hamilton on last Monday tnoriiiiig, feeling all the better iv health for the change. There is no Jas. Harding, carpenter, at present, or at any recent dat •, residing in To Aroha, as st.ited in soveral papers last week, and who is a btnkrupt. The party re fenod to belongs to Newton, Auckland. The .vnangi-nionts for the establishment of an Irii-.h oniony in Utah are now all but complete. A tmct of. 100,000 acres h.is been secured, an'l all that i-> win ted now i. that the water rights should be guaranteed. In the United States there is a newspaper to every 7000 of the population ; in Great Britain one to 20,00J ; but in the more backward countries the figures be come extremely insignificant. In Spain it is one to 75,000, in Austria one to 10 >,000, and in Russia one to 300,000. New Zealand " licks creation" in this respect, having a newspaper to every 5000 of the population ; and the nd Star h,is a circulation sufficient to place a copy daily in every house in the city and suburbs. There are now 236 steamers on the New Zealand register, many not to be surpassed in any portion of the world. Cambridge Cheese Factory will soon be ready to start operations. The offer recently advertised by the Gear Company, of Wellington, to send home frozen lambs as Ivew Year's gifts to friends in England has been taken advantage of to such a large extent that the company found itself unable to obtain a sufficient number of first-class Jambs to supply the demand, and although orders are flowing in, they had at last to be declined. The Ruapehu will take home upwards of 200 frozen lambs prepared by this company, and it is believed that they will be delivered to their several addresses in various parts 'of'" Britain in time for New Year's dinner. A largo number of prime joints of beef have been also shipped as presents to friends at Home. — Wellington Post.