THE AROHA NEWS UPPER AND UPPER-THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 84, 10 January 1885, Page 2

THE AROHA NEWS UPPER AND UPPER- THAMES ADVOCATE.

'This nbovo nil— to thine own self be truo, And it, must follow, n$ the nijrht the day, Thou canst not then bo fit Iso to any man.' Shakvsj.eare.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, JBB5.

Thk work in connection with the now ! attery at W-aioroiuomai is being pushed <-n, am! yool progress lvis been already i.tailo. We, t. ink, therefore, tint tlio (|Uc.«tion of fonuing a, branch lino in order to connect it wit'i the County tramw.iy, shoulil receive attention without fnither delay. No doubt the matter will I'c '.r< uu'.i: up at the forthcoming meeting of t lie Piuko County Council, and we woul 1 theiofoie take this opportunity of uryiiii* upon our. local ropre-••-cnLiuive, a& \wll as iho oilier members i'or this ride of the County, the desirability <>f acqu intin*; Tiemsolves with the ehar;icter of the work neoedfu 1 , in ordor lo provide th -s connection. It is ni>>^t ,»d\is.)l.le that immediate stop* be taken n the mutter, that it may be completed lu-foie wintrr .^ets in. ft is < ' 11Hmlt to iiu.ii'ine that any member of tiie Council will in any way >ppo«»p tliP promised work, in fact we fail to sen what .jiouuds could be brought forward for >>ucli a cciuis", sceitia 1 that the Govern-oit-nt and County money expended in i-onstni ting- the present tramway, wa^ .'or the purpose of u^istintf the. general le\elopment of the mints, and te connect thorn with nny battery tliat mi'jht be elected. Still it i> well to bo prep.ireil for such an event, bearing in nniid that tlie parties now en^aL, r ed in the erection of tne new battery have had many ohstac'es to overcome, and much to discourage mem, 'and ar • desen in if of areat. crevlit For sfcaddy sticking to their deteniiiuntion to erect additional cinching 1 power, and ret'ubini? to be tinned irom their purpose. Addivional maciiinery for dealing; with the quartz, at a moderate charge, is the one thing needful on our golT field, and surely every ri^ht-minded man will sen the necessity oljgivintf all legitimate aid and encouragement to those willing to expend their capital in erecting the some. Hitherto the existing baxttry has derived the sole benefit irom the many thousands of pounds expended in the construction of the County tramway ; but there is no reason why this state of things should always continue. The gra>;d all round returns for the past year's operations on thishVlu cannot faill to attract the notice of capitalists and others, and we feei confident that before lorn? the lack of reasonable crushing power will not be so felt as at present. It is the duty and interest of the County Council to assist and encourage in every po-.sible way every one willing to help in the development of our gold field. The buttery now i, r oin,^ up will afford w.>rU directly and indirectly for a numbei of additional hands, and in many ways benefit the di.sfrk't generally, and it i^ tl c duty of every member of our County Council to ai<J in !^i"int4- any reasonable assistance asked fo r by those engaged electing Fame. Jt \* especially neo «^ary at the present time that eveiy facility and encouragement be given For tl.e construction of other batteiies, as recent events have proved that without such theie is little hope for the field.

All shareholders in tho Te Arolri Public. H<tll and Reading Koom Co., Limited, arc pai ticulnrly reqnsted t<> attend the seconci iinnual meeting oL the Company, which is to he heid in the Hail onTnesd'iy evening, 13th iiibt., at 7.30. Business is or importance. As will bo seen by advertisement the partnership hitherto existing between kessis Lavery and Ahier, local agents for the Thames iiiver Steam Navigation Co.'& boats, has been dissolved, dating from Jan. Ist. Mr Ahier will continue to act us agent ior the above Company's boats. Mr Lavery, we are glad to say. has no present intention of leaving the district, but will continue to supply building materials, of every class as before, and is prepared to supply estimates for any class of work. Having had many yeais' practical experience as a builder, those having work of this class to do, c.ai place same in Mr Layer) "s hands and lely on thu work being talisfaetonly performed. On Wednes-day hist a rather serious accident bejel iierbert, the second boh of Air J. Sop'pett, of Waiorongomai. While ruling u hon e bared backe the animal shied and threw him hvavily, the unfortunate hid receiving in the fall such severe b/uiKe« io the 'left arm as will prevent him finrn using it for the ,uext month or ttix weeks. Air T. Wells has been re-elected chair.man of tl»e Caiubndge Domain Board. The tanito of the Te Aroha thermal springs having now boon iiui^d abroatl the influx of' visitors during the holiday .^•a.-on uas l;ecn iiionnoup, as niay he jinlged from the fact tlmt ruore tlian 6CO bath tickets were ihsu. d, and list d during (.isL week, 'ihe vihitoru.' book contains the hign.ituruft <,/ touikiß from iingl-.iid iintl Audtmliu, besides niuuerous ir«\ filers from the southern provin< c^—'ihniimHi Advertiser. I

The 1 Paterubgi. Cheese Factory liatj commenced butjter-making. Tlu centrifugal cream separator is used, and is an item of much intetowt h the working of Hie factory. As yet tho amount )t butter thnt bus been made is small, but us the , milk supply increases^so will tlu operations. A Fiji exchange* states that a local tradesman has adopted a novel method of putting the seiew on along-winded debtor, lie gives n<.ticu by card in the wi'idow •that if X— Y-*lj— does not cull nml pny his account, then he, A—B—C-, will ii!' in the blanks Liter ho notifies on a card in deep mourning t'le death of hH debtors cicdit, with the" signiliea it uddonda "lot him IUP." The debtor has threatened legal proceedings. The aninu \t of monies granted to th<> Pi.iko County Council utler tho Roads and bridges Constnietion Act is l'l(H7 All this is for m tin road earthwork-*, no bridge monies having bee 1 applied for. Mr Forbes Gordon, Kihikihi, wrnt.» to the Waik.Jto Times a^ follows on Monday: — ".Mr W. T. Firth, Matamata, called upon me on Satmday with t'.j ohj -el in view of buying tho whole of my one to three yeir old yo mg Gooseberry bullies, in number about 13,u0<). lie iiiuMiilrt plmtiu^ si\ acres or 10 acres (I forget which), and can th ' I'iuit as they do in America. J diil not sell because 1 intend n -ing most o!" them nnself." Mr Gordon has cut 17 cwt of goobebetiies to Auckland this season, fn expectation of good prices frozen meat tarnuis are going in largol}* for swedes and turiips, and th I.'1 .' founer are coming rapidly l'orwml beyond the attack of the Hy. In the Waitoa district a large linn of these root-> will be grown. Messrs Go ild Brothers have just completed the sow m» <u 30 ) acjes, and Mv .MrG-l.i-.han is pnttmv; in some 60 acres also, while some 20 ' acres ar b^inu; prt'paied fur the crop on Mr (jH.issi'oid'-, newl} pun,!ii^od property at ivichmond. The Waikato L,\nd As-joeiation are totting on with the sou ing oi 1200 icres, winie we heir ot considerable arer< of turnips b-mg sown in all parts of the district. — JJerald. The Vmoriean papers contain di^tressiiiL; accounts of the privations MiiL'ered in many manufacturing towns. At Fall River (Ma--^ bus'-rts) 10,745 p.-uip'e have been tin own out of employment by tlm closing of mills. At Tro^ 2,000 ii.mwitikcrs uio destitute, and altogether u,o')o peoph in the nei rhbomhood jire without work. Allenstown (Pennsylv snia). one rolliig mill, which u^ed to employ I.bOJ men, employs but 300. In h ilf a duzen eastern states it is computed that 70,000 nu-n are idle. Visi-ors to the Baths for the week f ndj in^ 9th Januaiy, 18«5:— Mrs Wulpolu, Mr ancUlrs Piv;., Mr Y. E. Grc»n. Mr T. V/ickham, Miss Jackson, Mr M. J. Bi idson, Mr Ily. Teuna, Mr G J. Phillips Mr A. Wilmolt, Mr J. Gulliver, Mr W. Ilodgc. Mr D. O'Donoghue, Miss Burgess, Mi F. Burgess, Miss Hancock, Auckland, Mr 0. W Clark, Mr C. A. Foot, Tnuwlure ; Mrs lsa te Coatos, Mrs and Miss Bn'M'o, Mr and Miss Gavin, Waikato ; ]\lrs G,i\in, O^aupo ; Mr and Mrs Storey, Mr W. Qusdtrough, Ki'nikihi ; 11. U. Hyatt, i Mis? Gwynueth, Mi N. J. Dougherty, Miss L. Young, Cam budge ; Misses Katie and I Lucio GiUespie, Mr J. 11 O).ul, Mis Ronald M,u U.;n,ilcl ar.d/amPy, Mr E. TWildinan, Mr T. L. Murray, ilr and Mis | L. Eliroufned, Thames ; Mr J. S. Cooper, L.Mce^;r, (Kngl.md) ; Mr John Tsrrcll, Queensland ; Mi T. Heid, \Vanganui ; Mr B, Myjr h} Mrs L. M. Myers, Mrs and Miss I Myers, Wellington ; Mr G. Chandler, Pneroa ; Mr J. Williams, Wuiuku ; Mr A. Blight, Opotiki. The recent spell of fine weather has hastened the ripening of the corn crops, alietdy harvesting has commenced in some piaces. One or two fuiinoin in tho Wuitoa district have commenced cutting, and, a" will be seen by advertisement, Mr J. B. Smith cf>lls for tenders for thcßtook inu: of some 503 acres, which will be fit to cut frobably by end of next week. j"*\Vc regret to hear that some of our iead"iB at h distance who are .".ot well up i in local geography, seeing the repot re 1 Te AroJia West School Committee in last issue, have mistaken the report as refening to Te Arolia District School in charge of Mr VV. 11. P. Ma radon. For tho information, theicforo, of such wo would state that there is no connection whatever between the two schools. Before our next issue tho monthly meeting of the Ti Aroha School Committee will have taken piece, and the Inspector's report been laid before the Committee which we shall pub lish, and we may here state it will b<> highly satisfactory in every way. The; teacher of To Aroha 'West School is Mi VV. H. Hawkins. ' t i A meeting of tho School Corainrittee iappointed for next Thursday afternoon in the school- house, Waioi ougomai at 4 o'clock A punctual and full attendance of all members is most particularly requested, in order thatatiy twitters requiring atten tion may be Miitisifactorily arranged prioi to the^n -nual meeting, which will he helu this month. Among local contractors a good deal oi dissatisfaction exists witji regard to tlu di->»dvuritag< s they lubwur under in tendei mg lor buvunujciit woikti in tins neigh bourhood, ,As instances of the grievance of which they complain they point to t 1 contracts about to be i'dt i'or iorming tin.

approach to the railway bridge, find for certain ro{\d, i m pro vem ants at Waitoa. TondeiM for thwe works tire now culled for, but plans and specifications can only b" seen nt the Public Works Offices, H'uniHon and Auckland, and it is considered unfair that local contractors should I bo put to the expense and inconvenience of travelling to one or other of thrse : p'acos, •when') copies of the conditions, &c, lni^ht very wo)) be to any' of the public <>uVo«s heiv.- We think there is just e-iuse for compVmt in this matter, and hope that in future the grievance will be remedied. Tho sporting spirit which 'us'inlly prevails at holiday tiuie is still being kept .•tjive among some of our residents. Diuinsr tho week several matches have been •cot up by owners of local horses, and M)ni" rather excitinir races have been run. ')n Sifurd iv la^fc an event came off b'i!t ween Mr A .Jhmioson's horse P.iddy Jinn Mr Ca^idv's Piebald, the sf-ikes being CIO. There was a ronsid'T.tble muster of [ people to witness the result, liut the heavy win th.it Ml (lining the afternoon ten l< d to spoi! thoir plea.iv". The ra^e was, for a tinn , doubtiul, both horses keeping well together the juioater part of the ( out P.i. lily o\ Mil \ ill v forged ahead and won by several lengths. Tho J.irao influx of visitors to To Aroha lately has iu.lnre..l coui'u titi<m in the 1 ; lhv% and a 1 * will be seen by • peci il a hei tisciiK'tit in another column Mr K. (jall.i^hor now daily runs a wellappointed f.mt coach to Moirinsville, leaving \j '.wife's IfoU-l, Waiorongonni, at (>.lf> a in. an I starting from To Aroha at 7 'Kin. T ! iis co. if hto Mo>-rinsvill»MH quite (!ih.ti'ut from C-{.ill<r;hor\s bus t'"> a r id from To Aiolm and W.iioron^om^i, which conlinut's to run at intervvls daily as heretofore. Wo Im ve no (l.>u!)t tho now vntnre will l)>wt-li siippoited, as the proprietor is long and favourably known "on the rond. %> P issent;eiH can book Beats in advance either in Waiorongomai or *To Arolni. At th* recotit meeting of the Tninahere Fanner's Club, the question of selling cattle bv live* weight was discussed at considerable length. It wa.s agreed to writ" to .Mr liuckhind and Messrs Hunter and'Noinn, asking them dcfitiitely whctijor, and when the)' intetukd erecting their scales. Should they not agree to de so immediately, the farmers will be prepared to take steps to &ive effort to tho scheme themselves as great discontent prevails on tho malt' r. The Swiss Cheese Factory has been stalled at Pukerium, the propiietoi's pa) mg 4} p r gls«>n for the the milk supply. If tho operations are attended witii success, they will commence making coiiilen.ied milk ivxt Reason. On the 1-t iust the new system of '•time nomenclature" was to be adopted at (iic-nwieh. Twelve o'clock niidn ght will bo known a^ Uveuty-t'our o'.ilock. The Thames Stir of Wednesday last has the following :—": — " Mr David Miller has for some months been perfecting a hoi.semot )r lor dn\ in^ a tin ebbing machine, !>s well as improving the thieslier itself. Having micc -jeded to his s.iti-l! iction, he thought the motoi woulil answer arlmii ably for diivin» snifill crushing batteries in outlying distiiets where engines would either not be easily obtainable, too expensive, or water <md riiewood be scarce This loieiioou he incil ie <it the Quetn oi beauty batt. ry, but the civeumstanc.s wciu not ho l.ivourable as could be desiied. However, the principal drawback was that the two hoioCK employed vveie not aoctib turned to the work. The motor may briefly be described as an equine treadmill — in other wordsj is a revolving piaUoun on rolleis. This platform is like a band pacing lound rolleis. The planking oi the putfoim — that is, cross pieces on the band — i.s m laid that the horse's ieet cannot blip. They serve the Same purpose in this, motor, that cribbing does in u pass in a mme — a ioothold. It the motor is once btarted the horses cannot but keep lifting ' their feet, and this keeps the plank revolving constantly. The motor once in motion sots the imi'-hiuery going by means of a connecting belt in a pulley. To-day's trial, although not thoroughly successiul, demonsli ated that the method is feasible. Two utampejs were driven at the rate oi 55 blows a minute. Three and four ' stampers were also made to work. There , can be no doubt that if one of tho horsefc had woiked as well as his mate, much better results would have been obtained."