SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1885.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 92, 7 March 1885, Page 2

SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1885.

The position of affairs at the seat of war becomes more serious every day, and general anxiety prevails as to what the upshot of the whole matter will be. The hill of Kassala and massacre of the garrison will have the effect of greatly strengthening the hands elf the enemy. It appears that the garrison made a most determined defence, and only succumbed when reduced to great extremities. The Russian invasion of Afghanistan, although stopped for the time being, is another real cause for much uneasiness, and, judging from present appearances, the vacciilating conduct of i'tne Gladstone Government may result most disastrously for England.

Welcome indeed was the good news wired to the Chairman of the Domain Board this week, stating that on the recommendation of our worth}' member, Mr J. B. Whyte, n further stun of £200 would be granted tof expenditure on our Hot Springs. This sum will enable the Board to considerably extend the enlargements and improvements now being carried out. The Board is deserving of great praise for the energy they have displayed in improving the accommodation and developing these springs so much, with the very limited means at their disposal since they took office, and are determined to leave no Rtone unturned to make the Te Aroha Hot Springs and Domain as attractive as possible to all comcrw. The bevSt thanks of the whole community are due to Mr J. B. Whyte, who has let no opportunity slip of urging in the proper quarters the~ claims of our springs for farther aid from Government. Mr Whyte has: over and over *again proved hiirfself as being ever ready to promote the interests of our district, and is a member of whom we may well feel proud. The railway authorities commence on the 16th inst. to issue excursion tickets from Auckland to Te Aroha at very reasonable fares, | via., thirty-eight shillings first class return, and twenty-eight shillings second class, conveying passengers by Bradley & Co.'s line of coaches from and toMorrinsville. Wo may expect to see a largely increaßed'humber of -visitors as a resultof these cheap fares, to the benefit of all concerned. > The copious rainfall this week will prove most welcome, very especially to those interested in mining. ,as' the long spell of dry weather had caused an almost complete stoppage of batteries in the surrounding districts, and necessitated half the stampers at Firth and Clarkes battery being Imng up, and also, almost complete suspension of work at the tailings plant. Farmers have 'had ample time to secure their corn crops in prime condition, so that they, too, derive innch benefit from the charfge, as the' flbbtni'os ' w&r& ''beginning to suffer from the long spell of Hry weather. The return cricket match,-- Aroha v, Cambridge—is - expected 'to " come off on this day week at Cambridge.

"*" Tho pijle* for the nmv baths nre mv\y«Q&* tile groulk no time will be ffjl in having tlvettJ placed in position, ami^itj? expected that these additional baths will ! be ready for use before next ipsue. A contract has been let to Mr John Ciirrie to iimlre certain alteration in the •interior of -the local Court-house, uiolUoY ing the lowering of one of the benches. The Waltoa Road Board held their ordinary monthly wonting at Morriiwville* .on this day- week, 28th \\\t Them- was a full attendance of members. For Cusaen's road contract, nine tenders were received, .and that of Messrs-, McOabe.-aflcMJackson ! at £25 waa* aojgpted. Mr 6'Donoghue'u tender o£&Bo,ls'4d was accepted for the contract between Waitoa river and Wai- ; wera creek. Seven tenders were received for the cpntrkct between .Piako river and Morriiwv'ilfe* that cf H. Thomas at £37 10s being accepted. A mlraber'-.of accounts amounting to about £100 were passed for payment. Newly elected licensing Committee hold their first quarterly meeting in the t Couft Hquse Te Aroh.i, this day at noon. Attention is directed to an advertisement in this isBuo inserted by Mr Warden Kenrick, giving notice that any person setting tire to ndtive bush, fern, or timber on nutive or Government lands, within the Te Aroha Goldfield, will be prosecjted. British Hotel (late Quintan's), to be sold by public auction this day week. See advertisement. On Saturday a quantity of dairy utensilß (nearly new) from Wairakim dairy will bo sold without roservo by public auction by Mr Jus. Craig, junr,.to close partnership accounts, and include cheese press, curd mill, etc. Sue advertisement. List of visitors u> the Hot Baths since last issue : — Mr and Mrs* Gould, Mr Heldt, Mr Howard, Mr and Mrs llmnn» f Mrs Milne' and 4 children, Mr Gorrie, Mr Stepenson, Mr and Mrs Raynes and 2 children, Mr Lusk, Mr and Mrs Motion, Mr Jas. Coates, Rev. T. G. Carr, Mr Thorne, Mr Brett, Mr Mullinger, Mr Philip Heath, Mr and Mrs E. Carr, Mrs and Miss Swailes, Mr J. P. Lunnard, Miss and Master Lennard, Miss Char! ton, Mrs Robinson, Mr Thos. MucfEarlane, Auckland ; Mr Crewdson, Nelson : Dr and Mrs Cameron and servant, India ; Mr Grimsh'iw, Mr Gairett, Fiji ; Mr D.ircy McDougall, Queensland ; Mr Smith, Mr Hudson, England ; Mr Jas. Craig, jun., Mr Ehreufried, Mr Dunning, Mr Freeman, Mr O'Brien,. Mr Js. Jfynrick, iVlrs and Muster Hansen, Mr H. S. Jackson, Thames ; Mr snd Mrs Graham, Miss Craig, Waikato ; Mr and Mrs Wells, Cambridge ; Mr Dymock, Mrs Gould, Dunedin ; Mr Tovey, ChristciiurcU ,' Mrs Bealby, jOta huhu ; Mr, Dore, Mr Cottage; London •, Mr J. H. Innis, Ireland ; Mr H. S. Hareton, Tauranga. An entertainment in connection with the Waiorongomai Band of Hope will be held at Te Aroha West on Monday evening next-, weather permitting. An excellent programme bus been prepared, and the meeting is expected to be a success, several friends from this side have expressed their intention to be present. There will be no clumge for admission but a collection will be taken up to d«*ray expenses. During the evening the magic lantern will be displayed ; a cordial invitation is given to all to attend. Protection granted Colonist mine for three months. The Rev. T. G. Carr, Wesleyan Minister from Ponsonby, will preach in Te Aroha to-morrow morning, and at Waiorongomai in the evening. In the afternoon he will address the children of the Waiorongomai Sunday School. Te Aroha School Committee, meeting on Monday evening next at 7.30. Tho amount of subsidy' received from Government to the local public library will be very snviU; only amounting to £15 7s 3d, being at the .ate of about 20 per cent on the income of the institution. This is co be, regretted, a.s tho Committee are most anxious to provide a niore ssuitablye v building and do away with the item of rent. Last year £29 was receivod as Government subsidy. The committee appointed at the public meeting held in Te Aroha Public Hall on the 2lpt ult., to draw up full particulars which might be deemed necessary to support Mr J. B. Whyte in urging Government to appoint a commission of enquiry into the whole matter of the cost of the tramway, etc., and 'also to take prompt steps towards the formation of Te Aroha. Waioreruromni, and Quartzville into n borough, was held at Waiorongomai on last Saturday evening. Only two members of ' the cbmriiittee were absent. A considerable, am^nt^, of , important evidence was taken respecting the construction of the trajrfway. Some very serious statements were made respecting- the way • things had been conducted,! ; with, regard ! to thiß undertaking. 'Vigorous measures were adopted for the re-canvaasing for i signatures to the petition for the forma- , tion of the proposed borough, a fresh plan > ,has been made, and a canvasser appointed, t The application for protection for three i months, applied for by the Colonist Gold ■ Mining Gompany,<si!^as,g*a&ted l i.on Tiiesf day.last tyy^ard^ Kenrick, fpr ? the, fol lowing reasons j— l*st. (cjie^Companyi^ it , ( debt and consequently .not in^a, posjtipti t< f employ labour* *j,^uc[. ,Tl^e\ quality' cjf th quartz for some months past has been s<

l^^^^^^T^H , V '■i"'l.if-|f Jl VT-^Ui*- ■■■ II y^fr -X --...rlr-iT^ I ■ -W-l ■I I -.■■■- .-.7 l^poor tlmt^the diisotor^;ty>uld not' feel fU,«tified?m, employing labour until in a fcpwition^pay for it from other. *a'ourcea thfln the proceeds of the quartz. 3rd. That with a view to ,the 'payment of debts due and employment for the farther development of tlnfmine, ft call 'has been made,s'ut Boine, iitne^m'ust elapse before same can be collected. 4th. That the (jolonist Company has carried "on" for- the pfitg^ two years and five.months continuous operations, and, may* fairly lay claim to, • • ' • ' ; The. Jews are returning ..to the Holy .Lans in large numbers. There nre/now ■over 50,000 Jewish families in Jerusalem ; alone. A receut number of the Pall Mall Gaaette contains a very interesting sketch of the advertising methods employed by Meßsrs A. and F. Pears, munufaeturets of Pear's Boap.' This firoi spends pearly, in calling public attention to its wares, from £30,000 to £40,000, and is regarded as one of the most original advertisers in the world. It does an immense business and employs over one thousand hands. Tho Pears have been manufacturing soap for four generations past, and their great sucoesa is due to the energy, persistency ! and skill with which they have kept their ' products before the public m md, as well as to the fact that they have produced an article which,, when tested, always gave satisfaction and made a, patron. The present extensive use of Pear's soap is an illustration of what judicious advertising can accomplish. Mr J. Craig, of the firm of D. R.Qellion and Co , sold by auction on Tuesday last, under warrant of distress by the Bank of New Zealand, Smile of Fortune mine, with 15- stumper b.ittery, water r.toes, &c, situated at Owharoti. The biddings tar te< I at £400 and finally the property was knocked down to Mr John Abbott, of Auckland, for £500, The sale is, of course, subject to tribute agreements. Mr Abbott is the owner of the Radical and othei claims near the Smile of Fortune battery. England paid £5,000,000 last year to foreigners for choose. It is understood that the profits of the New York Herald for 1883 were £190,000. For the same twelve months the profits of the Time were £30,000. Oh 1 indeed, Mr Grindstone, so poor Gordon's death was " unavoidable under the circumstauces," wan it ? Never did you utter more substantial truth. It was unavoidable under the circumstances of the scandalous maladministration and contemptible bungling of your Cabinet. His death lies at th^ door of the Ministry, of which you are head, and if that Ministry is not ousted from power, its door will absolutely be blocked by other and greater disasters that will, plunge the nation in a sink of infamy.— "Exchange" The Dunedin Herald bus the following : — "No more free homesteads in the United States of America after next year ; , so writes the Secretary for the Interior. The best of the \&nc\ fitted for settlement I has now vanished, and nn important Hue in 1 the viltie of land is expected. A similar rise in values may be looked for in this colony in a year or two. When the best of tho Government land is sold, and the areas taken up by land speculators forced on the market finally disposed of, there will be a remarkable cVange for the better. In the meantime great deadnesa still prevails in the land market. We have advices from the Waikato that several farms have fallen into tho hands of the mortgagees, represented by a powerful loan institution. Improved farms have been parted with at prices much below what hind sharks a few years ago asked for land in a etate of nature." The Waikato Timber Company have secured the contract for - supplying 300,000 sleepers to the Government. A first dividend of 2a in the £, in the i estate of W. Waring Taylor, will be payable nt the office of the Official Assignee on Monday next. Dunedin has a school of music with a skilled professor at £600 per annum. Pie has two pupils. The Dunedin Evening Star says : — "A fact which speaks for itself is that there are at the present moment between 300 and 400 vacant dwelling-houses in Dunedin and suburbs. Such a large number of vacancies , have not been known for a good many years." One exception, at least, can now be found to the practise fo'lowed by bank rupts of putting- extravagent values upon their assets, which are often made to present a very respectable appearance, when the sum that can be realised will barely cover the expenses connected with their sale (remarks the Otago Paily , Times). Mr John McPherson, a storekeeper at Nenthorn, has recently filed, and though his debts amount only to £238, he shows in his statement a deficiency of 224. The btfok d^bts} 'amounting to' £000)"^ estimates will realise £5, leaving' a rather liberal discount foi bad debts. His stock in-trade he values «t £2, and two, horses at the sum of 30s each ; while a saddle and bridle are also putdbwn at the moderate value of 30s. It is hardly likely the creditors will meet with fresh causes for.tUsUppointment in. the investigation of this case, and in this respect the bankruptcy i^ likely to 'prove remarkable. The TaraniHi.Newa states that in the Waikato it has been proved positively thai

u farmer can make $8 per \nnum out <»£ each' dnivyjtoow by supplying milk to n ,ajfc^d , per . gallon , and, i ( t Jnnst be remembered that the cow stilJ rein-iins, and when it is remembered that tiie farmer receiveß hard cash from the factory for his" milk, the ad^antageytfThim cannot be overrated. /",•.'' Baked milk is recommended for invalids* To prepare it'puta half -gallon of milk in a jar and tie it down with writing paper. Let it stand in a moderate oven eight or !ten hours. It will be like cream and is ivery nutritious. ' A German statistician, in speaking of the liquor traffic, says : — Germany spends between 500,000,000 and 600,000,000, fr. annually for their armies, but 2,200,000,000 francs for drinks— -i.e., more than four times as muck The French spend three times as much for liquors as for their soldiers, and the English four times as much, and the Belgians over ten times as much. Truly such figures furnish a good temperance argument. The rector of a London parish ha" not been seen within the limits of his parish within seven years. He leceives a salary of nearly £1200 a year, while hid duties ' are very acceptably performed by a curate, to whom the rector pays £140 a year. John Roberts. M.P., owns about 300 acres of the land on which Liverpool is built, containing at present 7500 hoHses, with a population of about 40,000. No liquor saloons are permitted on the property. What is the difference between a donkey and a postage stamp ? The one is licked with a stick, and the other is sticked with a lick. Small-pox hospitals are being constructed of waterproof paper in Liverpool. The largo buildings of the Amsterdam Agricultural Exhibition are constructed of the same material. At a meeting of the Board of Governors of the Thames High School held in the Borough Chambers, Thames, on Monday last, the following matters of local interest were discussed : — *,Mr Peter Ferguson, chairman of a recent public meeting of inhabitants of Waiorongomai, wrote asking for a grant of £500 for the formation of streets in the endowment township, and also requesting that about 20 acres of section 23 (now leased to tho Battery Company) should be set aside as a cemetary. — On the motion of Mr Brodie, it was resolved that the receipt o£ the letter should be acknowledged, and that the writer be informed that road-making is not within the functions of the Gover- I nors, and therefore they are unable, to assist the project financially ; also, th«t the law did not permit the board to set a'pnvt any portion of its endowment for cet notary purpones." — "The Secretary of the Piako County Council requested the board to dedicate as a road to the river certain lana through Mr W. Wilson's lease-hold section which that gentlemen had agreed to cede for the purpose ; also soliciting a contribution towards the cost of construction. — The Mayor and Mr Marshall were of opinion ihat the road could be of no possible use to either the property through which it passed or the township. — The Mayor moved, that as a good and sufficient road had been laid off by Government the board should decline to interfere, which was carried." It is stated that Mr Allen, M.P., has purchased Mr W. A. Murray's Btation, Annadale, Piakd, for £6 10s per acre. Mr ' Allen will settle his sons upon the station.