SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1885.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 102, 16 May 1885, Page 2

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1885.

As will ba seen by reference to qur tntn-^ ing report, trial parcels • of qaartz4iora the New Fiad Company's; mine andifne Moa No. 1, are about to < be fo/l^rcfedto Sydney for treatnient^wiin^j^'ptt^ vionsly reported, trial lots frbintlier Inverness and Phoenix 1 mines have alreagiL been shippel to, the same place for K similar purpose. Bnt not only from thel tV Aroha goldfield but frmri .several other mining districts also we of trial parcels being sent away to be .tested. The results will be most' anxiously * looked forward to by all inte*restel,'and will be* a matter of the greatest importance, to the, districts immediately /son-. cerneii,,as well as to the whole colony. To those on this goldfield + it matter little whether flie/prqeesa' found most successful* is tWt knbwii as Lamo'ht's or some other, provided the gold is saved at a moderate cost. All who are well acquainted with the Te Aroha mines readily r « admit that gold exists in the stone ift considerable' quantity, * but its extreme fineness is where the difficulty comes in, the common mode of treatment by stampers and berdans, etc., being found utterly ineffectual to save more than a very small proportion of it owing to this peculiarity. If at a moderate cost 75 per cent to 95 per cont of the gold can be secured, even when fine, as against 25 per cent to 35 per cent paved with the appliances now in vo^ue, what a reaction would quickly set it, where n>w the mining industry is at such a Yery Iovt ebb. But it is of the utmost i.aportance with respect to these tii.tl lots sent away for treatment, that they shall consist uf stone of fair average quality. Nothing could be more detrimental to the interests of all concerned than that anything in the form of picked stuff should be experimented upon, as the result would be both unfair to the existing methods of treatment and also im•fairly- favourable .to the naw .processes, and would, of necessity, lea 1 to loss an-1 disappointment to those pecuniarily interested. Timt under the present mo to of treatment a very great proportion of the gold escapes has been amply demonstrated by the lar^e amount obtainable from the taiiimrs of even low grade quartz. Even were it granted that the new processes will do all that the' patentees claim for them, still there comes the question of cost, and on this the whole matter hinges.

It would appear that after nil there is every probability of the Anglo Russian difficulty being settled without a resort to arms. The prospect of pence would he indeed highly satisfactory, provided it be "peace with honour." The exact terms of. the proposed settlenrent are not yet known. The- Afghan fryntier once satisfactorily defined, England mti^t ,without further delay take steps to fortify; the frontier and secure the safety of llerat and the approaches to India. The parade of forces that has recently taken place will not be without good effect, and must have plainly demonstrated to Euro , pean nations that England is 4till r able to protect her interests against any invader, To this colony a continuance of -peace w\ll be most welcome. „ War in any shape would be a great calaiuity, speciully so in its effect on New Z -aland. We confesa we have uot much faith in the foreign policy of the present Government,*- nevertheless we feel confident they will not be peri mitted by the English nation to do that which would be dishonourable, or submit to terms which would disgrace the grand old flag. !

Mr Geo. Wilaon, chairman of' ilie i Domain Board, who has endeavoured in every every possible way to- improve and ! make popuJar the Te Aroha h<>t springs, lately wrote to Dr Lemon Superintendent ot .Telegraphs, .stating that_ a we|l-known medical man had given it , ( as~ his opinion I that the application >of electricity - t tq in- j valids whilst bathing in the ! waters, would probably prgve,he ! neficial in obstinate, pages,' and wh$fe the ailment •was of long standing;" '"add r requesting thut Dr.Leiuo'n' would lnh$y^p)pw a ; spur| battery at the djspo^o^ .the , B,oard, ; ( in drder that the 'advicemj^ht ba acted uporj, and tecoffi^ended ' beff atr1y^ie(feA v te^^i^M\f^4- \ r'eceiyeSffqfeipr,- 'W Offers \ supply an|r of the three kinds ii| l «FuMliV J?ri6hroii)ate ? and ;t r f Le eiatfc]'i)ei' 'TVy^rust thWt ■when/pbtainedi r thi8 > ; acces,j^ry^ay J pwW.o^ gr^at 1 Mnefit. I N V • '' ' j '^Waj)$yeaf& %pnde;i;f ui ' f ciVc, hs -giyea i f perMinange to-night ■' Morons ville and inmonday neictwill take^up^itflsposHioH onljpe va4aatgh)up«-ifl itront' ofie'the^ I ttn p^Vf^7^ ;thia p/;pn4i^l«;opi 1 occasion they v (

tfe WWW W V^eir&d; t'oyjitfd ! l|sf jffllf will be )ar^c>]^/j)atn)niBed l ,aB > .thb oii^uf fr a really ' first' olass, one. See advertise- ; School Committee was held on lasf Mon(in the chair), tot, DrfWn^thrioSl^ii. ,Dr RichurJBO^V^tnpcrdi]C9 o leiami tr bo<)k i\ Jiesson book ; f or "tjfe elder pqlj^JAfs, was a&ain adjourn^ uture" j^ta^etings will bft hehLot*|the| first Wednesday of e«ch men th&|| f|'' %U. , ~-~4o^?sL jj * ! List of y ; igi^brs^ f the|si'fife^infeiBalo<*t tissue r—M^G^ey.MrJHtketlley,^ 0. !*Mfl£svii Mr^t;^>^ej)Vilr $IftVnJttJ Mr IjHon,^'atid Mr 3 £jox, t: MrV Leys and IgKhgbtor, Miss O^le^Mr^entoUjfM^Hury, J&v Grant, Mr Weston, Mrs Ilott, Hen., Mr Ap J. Pai^Qftpt^Lindfeis', Jtltss ilayhour:), Mr F.,olarrwf^e, Mr' Wykes, Au(jk]ap^; [tyrh faurtiß; 1 iiyUtor 5 Rifely/ Mr°Wl»it«^ ljouae, Mr . Little, Mr s^erry, , Mr Kenrick, . lk.ii. t Mr Maxwell^ Atra'MoKny, Tlnune's ; li/liBS Law/ : Dunedin, ' Dr Carey, 1 ' Mr T. 'Jlollowtty," HAiuilton ; Mr D. McDou^all anUservant, Queensland ; Mrdlarkp', Tani' rangn; Mr McGregor, HayV 'Mr B. 'Love, Wrtikato ; Mr Olark,j \ , Mr HuCohings, Cambridge,; Mr, (Yavee, Onehnhga ; Rev. B. Callinan, , Sydney ; Mrs \yintef,' Qiieeasland V etc., etc. ' The Gazette' contains new regulations for the examination of teachers. The annual examination for certificate** is to be held between the 14th and 24th of Dejeniv her of e/ery, year, and candidates miist give notice not Jess than the 15th September preceding. Every candidate for examinatiori j^v'ith certain specified exceptions) must pay to the credit of tlie public account at any br.mch of. the 'Bank of New Zealand the sum of £i as D contribution towards dofraying tiio expenses of this examination. Every applicant for exaniiaiition shall furnish a certificate t!iat he has passed a satisfactory examination in reading, spelling, dictation, and writing, • '• Gn and afcer- Sunday, June 7th, and until October 6th, a upail for England wijN bo despatched by the New Ze iland Company's stoHiner» every fourth Sunday. If we may judge from a communication published in a northern contemporary, the visits Of \t|ie Aincnc.an»EvangelJ9ts to $o,ijfolk Island ia not regarded as an unmitigated the »ood results arising from a former visit which Mr Phelps paid to the , Island, hut on 'thi>« nccasioii he and his compauions in .travel 'have earnt-^ anything but the universal approval p\ „the,c|)m--munity. Tojour les ftmmes. Mrs Pholps, it .seem", i« commander-in-chiel: of, tho ovangeiwtic contingent, and to her influence s attributed the dissenions that liavo been introduced in the little community that hitherto had been singulary haruu>pious and united. The Norfolk Islanders were probably not perfect ; but to divide their congregations, to sut family ! against family, and t> generate- a spirit of religious uensortousness was scarcely the way to make them perfect. That the-^e 1 evangelists mean well goes without saying ; tht) pity is that their good intentions should, iv the case referred to, have such, an unhappy iaauo. — ISf.Z. Methodist. i We bear that the Battery Company are about to forward to' Sydney 1 ' t»m of i quurtz from the Moa No. 1 claim, to be there treated hf t o^ie of 'the new processes fwr gold saving ? so highly spoken of. " ' The attention of those, in arrear with their rent, for either business or residency bite.s iv Te Aroha or Waiorongomaj townships, is directed to ah advertisement} in this issue, by which it will be seen itj such arrears are not at once paid, legal proceedings-; will be instituted agaiusi them. '- ' , , '«'',< So much ignorance appears to prevail with respect to the ' laws relating to thq sale and transfer of mining shares, that we this weok publish for general inforraatioa the more important portions of the Stamp Act and Mining Companies Act Amendment, by Which it will be seen that the very prevalent practice of signing transfers in which the name of the purchaser has not been duly entered in ink, renders the party executing such transfer to a penalty of, 'n'otje^s than, pounds* in addition to which the party selling or trkhafering shares in Such a manner,' remains liable thereon,, .ju-t as if he, had never sold his shares at all. That the law relating to such transactions is continually being set aside is too well known, anil shares are often boUgHt a*rid '^old "irijiny times ,befqre r the .Dame ( of ,^e h §e ( jler ; is regist^ejed, the Government being of cours^tiilTßDy defrauded rever>ue,*'and all concerned in such .trans-, •actions render themselves liable to be proceeded against at law. * I writing from Thames this week says 'stu Mr Edward Tiioinus is working a. claim . up, the'" Karaka ,for some Auckland; Wpitalis^l;¥^ f i^e re^sf^tfp' M each —^e, J3eeii ; brp^n jri to^id if "Wiejrj where dyßteia'atio^l/y-^prott^euteld^ Htfcfe doubt coulki^eu|e Lrtaiat?fi%fs!&>L rtaiat?fi%f $!&> »'*''# *, * One the rhpt afjfl $$k- l s*#Y*^jsWpt Tw^) 1: toif^/hi^^i^li^|ttttffe

; works whs MrffP^frM^P" 00 bein S /fl7 r 642.' . V - ■ ■ '(• /,A« tip Lboui'B dtfrmg v<"AuJK^|J^lthBjfw^)l - Wt opened to thepublic; haye^een shortened *t^ 4^KrWifttref^mrtmto^s^tit)W lfc are('*fron^ 7r»>\tilJ/10p.m7 :': ' a^nnged to h<>)d athlfltio^port* in their -ujwnahm pn Monday week „ (25th inst), w|hiclrdlj[y \jill be observed* jh§ a genejrnl hpliday. A committee has oeen formed niid a subscription HBt|^pen|>d\wliieh is being liberally responded to;, and there .is e^ery-fettfipn to expert j^at^goop ineetm^ will? result. The (programme ik>£ events \yill be found in ourU^Wrtising 1 oblnmns. •/ ) Mr^' Stanley' tfa^^fng <$% jifflfhti I vprkfip connection, , witj^fyis contract re , footpaths. ;Good . progress has I b*een m«de, and when completed the imjjrovementj both: as rogurds appearances a[nd comfort to pedestrians, will be very 4 reai ") \-> ->„ j About 200 loads of * stories for facing ! tjhoS embankment when formed, have already been got' together* close to the J bridgH by Mr Livingstone^ men... * " ; There' are now on '"view* { at' this office ! some really fine specimens of locally grow.n garden carrrtts. Three weigh 1 31 b**, tho Ifirgest .being 4fll)S. The, crop , front which they were selected' was 'grown by. jVfr Ilott and is a ve'rVWen one; tlio roots being very olean'and well Heaped. The need was sown on September 30th, the jvariety bejng Altringham. I Mr Thomas MacfEarlane, who was severely injured 6n the 6th inst/ at tl)e Auckland Railway Station, died ojq Kuucay .afternoon at the Jlospital. , The accident took place about half-past nine o'clock on Tuosduy morning, and 1 when Mr Mucffarlune was taken to the Hospital, it wa-> found that tho loft log had been broken at the ankle^ that Ithero was'a.;cooipo»ind fracture of the right elbow; and that one of tho ribs was fractured, besides smaller injuries. It was found impossible to perform the noceasary operations owing to the condition of the patient, so that from the first but little hope could be entergained of his recovery^ ,Sinpe his admisj sHoiT'to 1 the Hbspftal, N he^had'been occasionally couscous; jip till !,Sufiday afternoon, when he passed away. — Herald. The, * Hamilton 'correspondent of the Auckland Hern Id writes as follows :—"* It is stated on good authority from private communication from; Wellington that it is the intention Of ''the 'Government to 'propose, as the firt»t step in initiating reform in' railway" manugeinontj to have three Uail way Boards 'for 'New" Zealimd, composed of fifteen members ou each Board, seven of whom and the Chairman will be nominated by the Government, the retraining seven by ,the people. . 0- c Board will sit,-\vitHi Mr Richardson as its Chairman, for the South Island ; another Board will sit at Wellington ; and the third Board, with Mr Maxwell for its Chairman,' at Auckland. Mfes,BrB pjenk an^d Aileri tire the'sncce'ssf til tenderers for the erection of , the Robert .Bums Hotel, , Union street, r Auckland, the* price being £1484. / ■ Rev. Father Mahoney purposes residing at Paeroa. The Auckland Star of ilie 'Bth inst ha.* the following :—": — " A fortm'arljt ago Mr R. K. Davis,. who is lurgHy interested in the Phoenix and Invernean mines at To Arolia, left hem for Syflh«y in charge of five tons of qm-itz from the mines,; which it is \m intention to te-t by moans of Lamont'p patent gbld-extractin^. pvuces'*. Stampuj 1 crushingB from the Pliceuix mine liavt* yieldetinn uverago^of "o^er 2oz pe| ttui, but' it'i'a believed 'that in * consequence " ol the'rcranrkublc Jan-Mies^'rti tlie gold that a *'very' lni'ge percctib/gcr is I6si by the' ordinary process u£ 'extraction. One of the prin cipl'es bf Lamonfc's process is tho non-u^e of w.vter^ the calcined and ground quartz l>iong pressed dry through beds of mercury. The result of Mr Davis's mitsion is anxiously looked forward to by persons interested in Jnoney ventures, as its success would render many mines payable at Te Aroha that axe' now lying idle," ; > ■ The first case "which has arisen under «! The , Workmen's'- Wages Act, 1884/' came before "ki- Justico ' Johnston at Christchprph recently. According to,th:e Press the case was as follows :— #< A contractor entered into a contract with thje Mother Superior 'of the convent 'at Ashburton to bujid'-JHuohool' coimpcto/i therewith. p.^«n^^ of 4uo}i ( , wntrapt 1 agent of « tim3(m hnerefhant in Invercar•gfli. J' 'm ; Wages of \tlje"-m;en. iii ' hfa cii; ploy •h'a'dj'ftim::! tfiii' (JoJati'i/uafibe *; <Vf ' ll r trie, , contraot,yj*o.t[ \\t\g |ar/eprv the s y>ntn|ctor l»is s righto mopejy accruing dne;qtfj^e contract to the tiinxboT; xnerohanti notioe of which was igiv;e»j to. the Lady Superior on tho stls,df the" month.* On the 12th the worfethbnjnm^er the pr^>visions ofj\tffi4!cV; j oi>t!iined orders jui rjagcjlj^t tj» # e;iuo^eys.ot : the contractor ti-oin! the Reside^f rMngif<trate at Ashburtojir hoa*eiy set tip h|s ' 'WQivACtfxiumyd^mmnng in the; handis ; of

having ;piisB6d "to hfs asfu£nee. On'th" other|haTi<^ itnvas contenojod that claiw mye M'solnte prio%ty*|o w^rkmewi'vwi^*** I^rfall others. "^Tbardlfftißl 4 is ns^folr Ao , Jd^^U stan(|ing|or| pq% controot undertaking shall [be a first 'bharge uppn'any |»oney in TC'liTinßi^rW^ accrued or may aocme 1 and'bA'coiiid'due to the pontmctoi^ t oi\ account qf such con tract or .undertaking." His Honour uphold' this coriten|;ibn', and' ihade 'aii brdejf fpr tne payment of" the- money to th 6 workmon." ;3 * ' " ~> - " >"" J The UM\ aA. • A ustralia lef t n Sa'n.^' fiJitncihco on the 10th inst, one day tjfjfiind cpntract 'jfcim^-table *|late,f the { hpme mails from JJondoi?"«ip to) ;the,)2§tjij » I^Bt. The Au^ti'/ijia may^be; lopped for It? Auckland about ithe 3,otjuinf»t.,. '„„■;, ,,,. \ \ Cajnbridge is progressing •^/", / I^ ff s* an : nrionyinous autlior'to j ivHtfe' l iis '* ohronioles.". '