THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 108, 27 June 1885, Page 2

THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

'This above all — to thine own self be true, Au> it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man Shak espeare

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1885.

It ir very satisfactory to know that tinn««(tluti"n passed at the reuont publi< »u.'«tiu« in Te Arolia, viz: "That tli Cliuirman of tins meeting be authorim-ci td wir.j to Mr J. B, Wliyte asking him t< l-uquy^t the Government to declare tin l'.uiwsiy Inidgd open for tram'u, atidbolieil ii-i Him duo to obLdla a si'dnt of £50

beim,' two- thirds of tiio amount required hv the contractors to form temporary apprunuiitS) as bUlol in a loiter for'ucr\v sent to the Minister for Public Work*," has so soon borne fruit. On Thursday lust a telegram wus received from oui member, M»- .T. R, Whvfro, stiting that the Minister of Public Work" hud acceded to the request, and givei instructions that the temporary approach to the bridge should be at once gone on with, on tu<understanding that the local residents eon tribute one tliird of the cost. Mr Ahier, as chairman oi tho meeting, hat) wiied in reply requesting that Government, in arranging with the contractor, shall stipulate that tho work be completed within a month. The following circular from the Minos Department has been issued to the various icoldriolds oflkes in the colony :—": — " As the Government io desirous that tho products of the mines in the colony should be fully raproaented in the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, to be held in London during the ) ear 1886, the Hon. the Mini&ter of Mines wou'd be glad to receive any collections you may bo pleased to forward here for this inhibition. Each parcel should be labelled with the name of the mine or locality where it was obtained, imd it should be received here on or before the Ist November next, ft is needless to point out tv you the advantages that will be gained by having the mineral products of New Zeal md represented in this Exhibition, and the Minister hopes that you will use your utmost endeavours to get as valuable a collection as possible. Any information which you m.iy wish to furnish as to the extent of the mineral deposits, the output, the machinery, and number of men employed, or any other particulars which would convey an intelligent idea of the operations of the various mineB> would be forwarded to London with the exhibits. Our local Mining In■jpftetor, Mr 6. Wilson, is at present ac- j tively engaged in bringing the circular under the notice of the various mine manager's and others, and pointing out tho •jfeat advantages likely to accfuo to this district by having a goodly number of specimens of our quartz reefs, together with other useful information respecting our mineral deposits, etc., etc. } forwarded in due course. We trust the matter wii) ! be taken up heartily, and that at tho forthcoming Exhibition Te Aroha will be wel represented. Three tenders were received by tluDomain Board for ploughing, «owin,;, etc part of the grounds, viz. : Mr W. liet!>lington, £3 Ut per acre; Mr P. Dillon, C 3 do. ; and Mi P. T. Junson, £1 IG* G - do. Tho lowest tender was accepted. The i tiils are now laid trom Moirinsville to about a mile p>tat Mr Mvi i a^ 'b t evidence Piuko. Tho framework of the new cheese fac toiy, at Tauwharo, is now up, and partiall. boarded in. The building is T shaped and situated within a few hundred yard of the Tauwluue Hotel. The British Hotel, Te Aroha, is to b grnatly enlarged and improved by the owners, Mesfeis Blown, Campbell and Co., at an early date. The small two-room cottage owned l>\ Mrs Hasaell, occupisd by herself ami daughter, and which Was situated near tin Post-office, Te Afoha, was blown ovei early yesterday morning, and completely broken up, the occupants escaping with out pereDnal injury. Te Ai'oha School Committee meeting on Wednesdayovening next, when the question ef introducing Dr. ltiohardson's Temperance Text Book will be again brought up, and it is to be hoped satisfactorily settled. The Thames lliver Steam Navigation Co.'s boats will in future only make two trips each week to and from Thames and Aioha, Tho Hot Springs Domain Board have applied to the Auckland City Council, asking that they may be favoured with? a donation of young spare trees from the Auckland Domain, for tho purpose of ornamenting and beautifying the grounds of our Hot Springs Reserve. Te Aroha is to have a skating rink. The ! movement was inaugurated by Mr Gew. liobson, wnd has now assumed a definite tonn, and promises to be a success. ihe following committee have been appointed: Messie G-. Robson, G-. A. Burgess, G-. Wilson, A. H. Whitehouse, A. Meuzies, and Gillies. The committee have arranged for the use of the Public Hall on Wednesday evenings each week, and the season will open on Wednesday next. Peisons desirous of joining and engaging: in the pleasant and healthful exercise, should at once send in their names to any J member of the committee, from whom all fmther particulars can be obtained. j A meeting of Te Aroha Band of Hope ; will be held in the Weslej'an Church on| Tuefcday evening 1 next. A good pro- j iiraumio. All are invited. Airangementb are being made to hold a monster meeting in the Public 11 all at an early date. We have seen a plan of the Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain, prepared by Mr H Crump, ILngineei , sliowiug the position of oath-houses, springs, roads, paths, etc., with uatuial ieaturob of the ground and houses m peispeutive, lilled in by Miss Uuthwaite of Auckland. Tue plan is prepared with a view to present the appearance of the j Domain alter the works, nOw in progress, are completed, aud under the hands of the uileuted aitibt, haa^beeu made into a very

hundsomo picture, whicli tha Domain Board would do well to havephotogr ipiied. Mr I§van^ the contractor for tho eroCtion of a cheese and bacon factory Cor the Wuikato Lund Association, Tanwhare, made a start on Saturday, upon tho work. This will bo <i groat adv.intige to the settlers in this and the Scotchman 'jj Valley district. Since the closing of the hotel and blacksmith 1:*1 :* shop in connection therewith, at Tau whore, there is nowMi good opening for a blacksmith's Binilhy. The want of an active blacksmith has been much felt by th i settlers, who could have furnished at least three day*' work a week. In conjunction with a small dairy farm, now that a chesso factory is aboat being: established, an industrious blacksmith would find a fair opening here. • A French physician announces that distressing or excessive palpation oC tho heart can always bo arrested by bonding double, the head down and the hmds hanging, so as to produce a temporary oongesuon of the upper portion o£ the body. In nearly every instance of nervous or anemic palpitation t:ie heart immediately resumes its natural function. If tho movements of respiration are arrested during this action, tho effect is still more rapid. — Some interesting particulars relating to the amount of colonial possessions possessed by different states ha/c lately been published. Brivain heads the list ■ with 65 square miles of colony to each mile of her own area. Then follow—^ lloHand, with 54 miles; Poitu^a!, with 20 ; Denmark with six ; and France, with not quite two miles of coloniul land to each mile of mother country. Land and Water has lately dono a useful service in pointing out the fallacy of the widespread belief that ivy trained against the walls of A dwelling house is productive of damp walls and general unhealthiness. The Very opposite of this is really the case. If anyone will carefully examine an ivy clad wall after a shower of rain he will notice that while the over- i lapping leaves have conducted the water from point to point Until it has reached i the ground, the Wall beneath in perfectly dry and dusty. More than this, the thirsty shoots which force their way into every crevice of the structure which will afford a fiim hold act like suckers, in drawing out nny particles of moisture for their own nourishment. The ivy, in fact, acts like a greatcoat, keeping the house from wet, and warm into the bargain. One more virture it has, in giving tho ugliest stiucturean evergreen beauty. Mi J. 11. Taylor, of Rotoru i, has decided to become u candidate for the Tan nmga district. The suggestion thrown out hy our cor ivspondent signing himself " Pro Bono Puulico," is, wo consider, an excellent ono The niait'T is deserving of immediate atattcnti on. List of Visitors to Hot Rnthis this week : Rev. Mr Ilaseklen, Mr and Miss • UthwVitf, Mr aud Mrs Cruickshmk, Rev. Mr Wai pool, Messrs Patterson, Lawdon, F.illon, Uavender, Fnitor, llowden, Sytnons, Cairncs, W. J. lieal, Egle, Dayi***li, Kosnol, Chattaway, Park. Coudon, Auckland : Mr Markey, Thames ; Musics Uox ,2), England ; Mr Dick Mr, Miss, and Musters. (2) RuLlieri'ord, Miss Law, Dunuiiin ; Miss Stotliard, Onehunga ; Mr and Mrs Jftcobseu, Chribtchurch ; Mr DArcy McDou^all and servant, Queensland ; Rev. Thos. Kehoe, Southland ; Miss Graham, Wai word ; Mr and Mrs Richardson, Sydney ; Messrs Goodfellow, Grierson, Reynolds, Waikato ; Messrs Bates and Dillon, Cambridge/ Miss Quinn, Paei'oa ; etc., oic.