THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 120, 19 September 1885, Page 2

THE AROHA NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

•This above all— to thine own self c true, And it must follow, as tho night the day, Thou canst not the be false to any man. 4 Shaleaprare.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1885.

We regret having to hold over till next issue report of the Warden's Court case, j Fenton v. MuLiver ; a notice of the very successful entertainment given on Tuesday mid Wednesday evenings by Professor and Mrs Baldwin ; our leading article; and other matter of interest. In the Warden's Court on Tuesday last in the case of Fenton v. McLiver, in which plaintiff sought possession of the claim known as the Silver Kin^, on the . ground of illegal P'igying, plaintiff wua nonsuited with costs. On the same day the forfeited licensed holding known as the Lucky Hit was sold for JS2OO to Firth's Battery Co., and the forfeited j licensed holding known as the Vulcan, to Mr D. J. Fruzer for £20. It is satisfactory to know that the Piako County Council will shortly be, in a great measure, relieved of the incubus of debt that has so long hung over them, and be in a comparatively sound financial position again. la fulfilment of a promise given when here, the Hon. the Miaister of Mines placed £3000 on the Estimates towards helping them out of their difficulties, which Bum has been distinctly promised by the Minister out of the general vote passed by the House for goldfields this week, and at the usual monthly meeting of the Council on Thursday last, a general county rate of -|d in £ was struck, which should yield some £3500 more. List of Visitors to Hot Baths (two weeks) : — Mr Porter, Mv Wilraott, Mr Firth, Mr Hanmer, Mr Hales, Mr Oxley, Mr JLarling, Mrs and Miss fcscherff, Mr Margetts, Mr Clements, Mr Crombie, Mr Mill, Mr and Mrs Tliorne and 3 children, Mrs and Mahter Carr, Miss Harris, Mr O'Reilly, Mr Burnes, Mr Davis, Mr and Mrs Philsoii, Auckland; Mr Jas. Craig, jun., Captain Lewis, Mr Walker, Mrs Coutts, Mrs and Miss Murray, Mr Bawden, Mr Percy, Mrs Wiseman, Mr Lawry, Mr and Mrs Symington, Mr Macky, Mr Steward, Thames ; Mr DArcy McDougall and servant, Queensland ; Mrs and Miss Westley, Melbourne ; Rev. Jas. Mahoney, Tauranga; Mrs Chalmers and family, Mr Jenkins, Napier ; Mr Wills, Canterbury ; Mr Beere, Mr Ward, Miss Lees, Hamilton; Mr Downs, Bombay ; Professor and Mrs Baldwin, Chicago ; Mr and Mrs Swanson, Christchurch; Mrs Shepherd, Whatawhata; Miss Davys, Tuhikararaea ; Miss Day, Waikato ; Rev. Mr Kehoe, Invercargill ; also Mrs Gull, Mr Clary, Mr Thorp, Mr Kamu, Mrs D. Wallace, Mrs A. Wallace Mr Brown, Mr llumball, etc., etc. Mr La Monte, in a letter to Mr R. K. Davfa, states that the furnace recently erected in Melbourne was working admirably, and that the results of the " running down 11 showed a return of from 95 to 97 per cent of the a-tsaj' test. It is to he regretted there was not a larger gathering st the Court House, Te Arolm, on Wednesday evening last to meet Mr McKay who, as stated in our last issue, had kinily cn^ented to com. in and give gam ; information re the tenting of ores, etc. No doubt Professor Baldwin's entertainment was a strong counter attraction nevertheless those who are interested in mining matteis and went to the Public Hall missed a treat of arnther kind. Kvcti though one were to write down all that Air McKay said and did in the uouineof Wu experiments, still person il • dworVution would bd udces&iry to enable our readers to fully appreciate and under<Uu d the lorue of his remarks. One veiy -imple and yet effective method of test ing silver ore shown by Mr McKay, \\fc by placing about a large teuspoonfui of Ruely powdered quartz in a long glaM tube (about Bin X lin) and pouring on it a Miiaii quantity of nitric acid (diluted with ah- »ut 25 par cent of wattr), having first well iucorporateJ, by Bhutan,;, the two ingredieutH, and the glass tule •juiiig suouonded by twisted copper , wire, was then held in the flame, of uspirit lamp for .ibouL 15 minute*, and kept at bnilijijj> heat iull the fun , until ,th<J ttyiuea l>e«iii<; dvuif after Which the, contents yi'vfo

! turned into another glass tube containing about 2in in depth of very strong soliitionf of salt and 1 water— this, treatment c wised any silver** to" be quickly precipitsitlrl'to^ the bottom of the gla*9 as chloride of silver. Some very rich results were obtained from some Karangahahake atone tested by this method. Heartyf thank* are due to Mr McKay forkjndly taking so" much trouble, and imparting suoh useful information, and We express the hope that Mr McKay will be good enough to give ; some further information of a similnrkind at an early date in our mid«t. Those present on Wednesday. evening greatly appreciated the instruction given. A dividend of 8a in the & in the (estate of Win. Bennett, late of To Aroha, has been declared. Local creditors can receive same on application to Mr Jus. Lavery. See advertisement. The Waitoa Road Board in thin issue call for tenders for three seperate contracts; for road and bridge making. Plans and I specifications for No*. 1 and 2 contracts can be seen at the Phoenix Hotel Morrinsville ; for No 3, at the engineer's (Mr Pavitt) office, Te Aroha. Tenders close at neon on Saturday next. Considerable gaiety is in contemplation for the ensuing week. On Tuesday even- ' ing next a ball is to bo given by the i bachelors of Te Aroha in the Public Hall. Great preparations are being made for the event, which promises to be a; complete success. Tickets for same are obtainable from Mr C. Balcke. On Friday, the 25th, a Miners' Ball will be given in the Waiorongomai Public Hall, and in connection therewith ev«ryposfiible Will be done to make the occasion a thoroughly enjoyable one. On both occasions the attendance is expected to be very large. Mr Jas. Craig, jnn., auctioneer, reports \ Waving sold yesterday the. only available freehold in close proximity to Karangahake, " Rararu No. 2," within a few minutes' walk of the battery, LaMoite ' furnace, and leading mines, the property of Mr David Snodgrass of Paeroa, comprising 176 acres, to Mr Henry Smith, the well-known aud popular traveller for ' Arthur H. Nathan, Esq., merchant, Auckland. It will bft at once surveyed aihl out 1 up into suitable business and residence sited, and from its commanding, convenient, and picturesque position, should obtaiu a ready sale. The main road from the river to Karangahake running right through it. As will be seen by advertisement a horse, cattle, and sheep fair will be held at Katikati on. October 14th. Regular fairs at the place named ought prove a great convenience to settlers. To-day at uoon Mr Jas. Craig, jun., will sell at Warren's Hotel the reversion cf the Aroha Publ'c Library periodicals for the ensuing six months. The inward 'Frisco mail is due in Auckland to-day, and should reach the Te Aroha post office on Monday evening next. The next outward English mail by direct steamer, closes at the local post-office on Wednesday next at 8 p.m. In connection with the new County of Ohinemuri the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr T. E. Shaw to prepare the electoral rolls, and the following returning officers, viz. : — For Watekauri Riding: Mr R. Reid ; for Karangahake Riding :Mr John Phillips ; for Paeroa Riding : Mr F- 1 Lipsey ; and for Waitoa Riding : Mr C. J. Dearie. The first elections are to be held on Tuesday, October 17th. Meeting of the Aroha Band of Hope on Tuesday evening next. Mr Walter Fricker, who was here some time ago and received much benefit from a course of the baths, recently sent from Auckland a nice selection of young treed, etc., for the Domain grounds. The Poll for the Thamen High Levol Water .Race was taken on Tuesday last. 101 ratepayers voted for the proposal, and 4 against, with lin form il vote. The tax to be collected will be 3d in the £. Although it appears that the block of land known as Waiharakeke, respecting which a number of local residents, who some time ago enrolled themselves under the tit'e oft »c " Gordon Special Settlement made application to Gv>veniment, has bean included in an agreement with Mr Russell by the Government ; still it is by no means certain that the application referred to may not yet be granted, for within the past two or three week 13 the secretary at W'Ui-r >ngomai (Mr M. Robertson), was notified by tho Crown Lands Department the application was Under consideration. It is quite possible Home arrangement may become to between the Government and Mr Russell, whe/eby the block would be released. Our ener. getio member, Mr J. B. Whyte, ha< strongly urged the claims of the Association upon both the Surveyor General und the Minister ot Landa, and it certainly will not be his fault if the application is not acceded to. We aiuceroly hope the Association w.ll succeed in their endeavour**, to obtain a portion of this block of land* In our supplement will ba founJ farther information re Mr Thoa. Russell j aud this Waihur.tkeke block, whilst by i ' JLhUrsday V Parliamentary* news w,e fihd' that Olauaeilli'Af it|»e;§pecial Powers and/ Contract, Bill, ?making r it ;,lawiul ,;f^t{)pf 'niouias>#usßuJl^ o£Uso6dilwHtal9[B7^ keke eaat and :\v.eBt^reBpojLjt| i vely^w^y, on - r ,

ofy by 33 to 12. '^$o^%^'^ Aj special lneetinffXOf Arolia School Committee o|i"; ThwrsdaJ - last for the purpose/oft djsousning the new regulations re f>cliil^Wp|.exaniiniitionß. Present } t Messrs J., GfiHbonß (otyiiruitn) J, Ilott,«G. Wilson, J.(k. Dohsori, ant! t 3. P. Vause, It was tlie v ' opinion «f the Committee that the, new regulation* would, .lebar junior scholarship holders successfully competing for seriioTscholawhjps, as it would.be almost impossible for them to become acquainted with the subjects required in the time allotted. It, was considered the subjects for the junior division might be with advantage made identical . with those fixed f.ir Standard five ; and further, that subject* for the senior scholarships should be 1 so' arranged that holders of junior scholarships might own - pete with more hope of success. Tho following wire was de^patchdil to Mr J. B. Whyte, mmnber for the district on the subject :—" The Aroha Goldfields School Committee strongly object to the new scholarship regulations, and fully endorse the protest of the Hamilton West School Committee. Kindly communicate with the Minister of Education to this effect. —Signed JoBN GIBBONB, Chairman." „ Gold nnd bullion to the value of £143,484 wa«» on board the R.M.s.s. Australia, which left Auckland for Sam Francisco with the English mails this week. Messrs Walterloo & Sons are the successful tenderers for the si pplying of 4,000,000 telegraph envelope to the NZ. Government, the price being £369 f.o.b. London. For the supply of 16,000,000 telegraph forms, the Government Printer, Wellington, was the successful tenderer, tho price \ £1252. The only firms in the Province of Auckland who tendered were— for tho supply of envelopes : Th.unes Newspaper ami Printing Co., tin ir price being £854 3s 4d ; for the supply of telegraph forms, the same firm tendered at £1850, and also Messrs Wilson and Horton at £1750. The shareholders of the Diamond Licensed Holding (Karangahake), met in Auckland on Tuesday and formed the holding into a company, to be called the Diamond Gold Mining Company (Limited), to be registered under the Mining Companies Act, 1872 ; the nominal capital to be £15,000 in 3U.000 shares of 10s each, nil paid up, 29,000 shares to be allotted to shareholders, and 1000 shares to remain the property of the company ; all shareholders to pay a preliminary call of Id per share prior to being allotted their stores Tho company thus makes a start with £120 16s 8d cash on hand. The following appointments were made :— Messrs T Morrin, A. G. Gover, C. Ring, R. Lee, A. Carrick, and J. B. Morpeth, to be directors; Mr R. McDonald Scott, manager ; Mr F. L. White to be auditor ; Bank of New Zealand to be the company's bankers, and Mr A. G» Gover to be the company's solicitor. After the meeting the directors appointed Mr Thomas Kneebone mine manager. In 1875 tlio exports of butter, cheese, hams, and bacon amounted only to £5314, while In 1884 they amounted to £104,100, which, by the way, was nearly double the amount exported in 1883. So, during the same period the increase in frozen meat was from nil to £345,090, kauri gum ditto from £151,526 to £367,387. We understand that Mr C. A. Comes has given notice of appeal in the Supreme Court against the recent decision by Mr Kenrick, Warden, in tho case of Comes v. McCombie, recently heard in the Warden's Court, Thames, regarding the legality of the pegging out by Mr McCombie, of the Silverton claim, Waihi. "I like your custom of ze shout," said Dr Cdlembourg ; " but is sometimes peculiar, par example : I met one man last week. He says he vos married, and he say com' an' hey' a drink, an' I 'ad a drink. I met anozer man an' he say to me, my wife 'aye a child, come an 1 vet ze child's 'ed, anVe vet his 'cd. Then I met still anozer man an 1 he say, Oh my fren, lam in grief. I 'aye lost my wifo. She is dead. Cvm 1 an' 'aye a drink. An' I vent." The s.B Waitoa, belonging to the Thames River Steam Navagsition Company, will in a few days commence trading between Thames and Paeroa. Statistics from the Property Tax Department's Records, show that the depresoion has n«>t prevunted us from adding to our weilth. For example, in 1880 there were 64,1819 freeholders in the colony, wlieieite in 1883 there were 71,240. In 1880, the total lumber of taxpayers in the colony was 22,087, whereas their number had in 1883 increased to 25,460. > A« Mr Stead says, '* whe"e is there another 1 country in the world in which two-thirds of it* adult mile population are freeholders ?"