SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3,1885.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 122, 3 October 1885, Page 2

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1885.

Such tests has have already been made', of stone obtained in the vicinity of the new rush at Tui Creek, have been of «n eminently satisfactory character, and as will be seen by advertisement in this issue, quite a number of leases have already been applied for, and we expect to see the number considerably augmented next week, the " find" is believfcd to be a most valuable one, and further pegging off has been carried out this week. We congratulate the members of the Gordon Special Settlement party on the success that has attended their efforts to obtain a right to take up land on the Waiharakeke block. On Wednesd \y last the secretary, Mr M. Robertson (Waiorongom«i), received from Mr Balance, Minister of Lands, a telegram informing him that the application had beon granted. Mr Ballance, we believe, all through favoured the application, nnd we know special i thanks are due to our member Mr J. B. | Whyte, for his efforts on behalf of tho ! Association. The block referred to contains some very excellent land, and is most desirable for the purpose applied for. Some thitty or forty are, we believe, pre- ! pared to settle on tho block. As will be seen by advertisement in another column a meeting will be held at Waiorongomui io-night, for the purpose of discussing ! matters, and deciding upon future action. ! The heavy rains of tMs week have, we regret to say, dpne a good deal of damage ! to the line of tramway to connect with the new battory. Messrs Gallagher and Lawless, fcontractors, had almost completed their portion of the work, when to their chagrin on reaching the "scene of opera- | tions on Thursday morning they found a serious slip had taken place during the night, on the northern side of the line ; a large quantity of earth having carried away, which will considerably retard tho completion of this portion of the grade. Messrs Booth and WeBt, contractors, for the uppermost section of the work, have so nearly completed their work, that we understand it is the intention of the engineer to put on a staff directly the tramway ceases running to-day, to lay the points and form the connection with the county tram at that end of the line. The services in the Wesleyan Church on Sunday last were conducted by the Rev. E. Best (from Thames). The attendance | both morning and evening was large, in ' fact at the evening service the church was QHed to its utmost capacity. The rev. gentleman is an eloquent and gifted preacher of the Gospel, of great earnestness and power, and was lis'ened to with the greatest attention. In the afternoon of Sunday he gave a most interesting and instructive address to the Sunday School children. On Monday Mr Best presided at the Wesleyan Quarterly Meeting, which was held in the local church, and on the evening of same day gave an address on behalf of the Foreign Missions. A special meeting of the Domain Board was held on Monday last, all members (with the exception of Mr Buttle) being present, for the purpose of considering certain alterations in the deed of agreement for the leasing of the overflow from the springs to Mr Kobson for ten years, as suggested by Mr Miller, solicitor. The Board resolved that the. agreement with additions and alterations suggested by Mr Miller, be signed by the Board. Tho Miners' Ball at Waiorongomai last night was a thorough success in every way, and the attendance very large. The arrangements were most complete. Dancing was in full swing at the time we went to press this morning ; funher particulars next issue. Un and after Monday next Gallagher's Bus will ply between Te Arohaand Waiorongomai at regular intervals. Fare either way, one shilling. See alteration in advertisemen"'. The sleepers for the tramway to connect ihe new battery with tho county tram have now all been obtained by the contractors, who are engaged conveying them to the site. Among the many candidates for county honours tho following have already declared themselves through the medium of the Press .-—Messrs Thorp% and Cock (Paeroa), Walsh and Humphrey* (Karangahake), Moore (Waitoa). Election day will soon come round, and speculation is rife as to who will be the successful candidates for the various ridings. The £oflowing places have been appointed by the various returning officers aa polling booths at the forthcoming election : — Paeroa : The Public Hall ; Waitoa : Mr Samuel Charlton's house, Netherton, Waihou river j Karangahake : The Bchool-house, Mackaytown ; Waitekuuri : Mr Corbett'a hut, Wftitekauri Bridge. We understand that in consequence of there being no central place available for a polling booth, two polling places will be appointed for Waitoa Riding, and the same will be the case in Karangahake. Mr Adam Menztes will, we understand, probably act as Deputy Returning; Officer for this end of the Waitoa Riding.

Skating at the Te Aroha Public Hair next Wednesday. A meeting of those interested in the To Aroha Tennis Club was held on Monday evening laat; Mr Burgess in the chuir. Mr J. B. Whyte, M.H.U., was elected President; of the Club ; Mr Geo. Wilson, Vice-President. The following to act as a committee Messrs Burgess, Crump, Bobson, Menzies, and Randolph. Mr Rob' son whs appointed secretary and treasurer. It wa» agreed that the Committee should draw up the rules for the working of the club with as little delay as possible, same to be printed for general information, and that admission be by ticket. The matter of playing on the Domain groanda was fur ther discussed, and no difficulty appears to be likely to occnr to prevent such a desirable arrangement, MrG. Wilson, on behalf of the Board, showing a hearty desire*to assist as far as possible in making the club a real success and attractive. Details re management and working will be ai ranged between the Board and committee, and the season be opened at once. J i

We would recommend our renders to obtain a copy of the N.Z. Farmer, Bee, and Poultry Journal for October. The current number of this excellent monthly abounds with reliable information on almost every conceivable subject of interest to settlers and those possossed of even a small garden. Practical information for the fanner, the gardener, the apiarist, the poultry keeper, the housewife, will be j found written in an interesting and popu- j lar style, whilst the illustrations are very numerous and of a high class. We are I not surprised to hear that the circulation of this excellent journal is very rapidly increasing. On Saturday last the usual monthly meeting of the Wuitoa Road Board was held at Morrinavillo. Present: Messrs Chepmell (chairman), Gould Turnbull and Smith. Air P. Pavitt, enginer, reported that Mepsrs Gallagher and Lawless had thrown up the Maungakawa-Waiorongo. m,dt road contract and it had since been let to McCabe and party. The Engineer stated Mr Heathcote had given up his contract on the same road which was subsequently let to Mr Jas. Lavery, and by him sub-let to Messrs Collins and Voysey. I?or the work on Te Mimi road, the following tenders were received : H* Thomas, £56; P. Dillon, £49 7s 6d, (accepted.) For the work near Morrinaville, the following tenders were received : —Jm. Shine, £90 10s, (accepted) ; J. Shaw, £117; H. Thomas, £163; Burge and Ross, £156 10s ; P. Dillon, £139 jlBs 6d ; Collins and Voysey, £140 Bs. For the work near Manawaru bush, the following tenders were received:—o. McCabe, £49 18a Qd : J. Heathcote, £74 10s ; P. Dillon, £47 6s 6d, (accepted) ; Caudwell and Higdon, £58; H. Hyde, £64 10s ; T. Stanley, £58 10s. Accounts amounting to £161 12s 7d were passed for payment. Mr Kenrick R.M., left the Thames on Wednesday last for Groymouth, to resume the business of the Commission appointed to inquire into the tenure of several native reserves in southern townships. The statement of the case of appeal, Comes v. McCombie, relating to the Silverton claim, Waihi, ha* been drawn up by the solicitors for tho respective parties, and has been forwarded to the Supreme Court. It is expected that the arguments will be heard by Mr Justice Gillies at one of the first Bunco sittings after the close of the criminal sessions. Mr Jas. Wilson has been appointed mine manager of the North Star Extended License Holding, Thames. There were 11 applicants. Mr Lane, who has erected the Thames smelting furnace, is very sanguine that the Karanguhake district will keep several furnaces going if a proper systuin of mining and breaking out o£ stone is pursued. Mr Harris, assaj'er for Mr LaMonte, and Mr Sterne his general manager, are expected from Sydney on Tuesday. The LaMonte syndicate have written to the Cambria Company offering to tako 500 tons of quartz (including one-third of tailings) charging £3 per ton for reduction, and giving the Company 90 per cent, of the metal in the stone. This offer has been made owing to the quartz from Kurangahake) not coming to hand so soon as was expected. Messrs Bradley and Co., by advertisement in this issue, notify that in future the bus fares to and from Waiorongomai will be Is. Mr Dickey, contractor for the conveyance of the quartz from the Orojjrn^ in|ne, Karangahake, to be tent to-t.hft'Thames furnace, will start work on Monday next, —The Kenihvorth, Scotia, atuj tyk? claimsiare alsol breaking out quartzf for transmission to the, Thames smelting works. , -» - ' Matters in connection with the W.oodscock furnace are fast approaching completion, and the vvhole plant should be ready ; for work* early next, month, i by.

which time the mine ought 'to be fairly opened up. • y. ( ! Te Arohn Bund oi Hope meeting on naxt Tuesday evening week. The Te Aroha School; Committee hold their next monthly meeting on Wednesday 7th inst, at 7.301 p.m. By the Morrinsville coach on Monday last 17 passengers arrived at To Aroha. Usual monthly meeting of the Domain Board this afternoon at 3 p.m. The well - kno^n Oainemnri chief, Ropata te Pokiha, whose audden death was reported in our last issue, was a firm friend Of the Eurppeans from the days of the early settlement of goldfields, Attd was one of the warmest advocated of the opetiing of the Ohinetmiri district to the miners. Mr James Mackay, iri the course of his recent lecture, mentioned that if it had not been for the exertions of Ropata and a few others the Government might not have gained a footing there at all. Dece<wed had for many years been in receipt of a small pension from Government as a recognition of the services rendered to the colony in this respect. A meeting of the Waiorongomai Bmd of Hope was held on Tuesday evening, 24th ult., Mr Lovell in the chair, Miss Gribble presiding at the organ. The programme of reading*, recitations, songs, etc., was very creditably gone through. The two principal items were perform ances by the children entitled, " The Bur leeque Band," and " Dare to do Right j" \ in the former eight little girls took part ; the latter being a dialogue by thirteen little girls, each bearing a neat card upon which was displaj'i'd a capital letter, these collectively spelling " Dare to do Bight." ! During the evening the Chairman addressed those present on the advantages of total abstinence, the necessity for renewed interest in the work, and the need of more help and sympathy in the temperance cause from the parents. There was a good attendance. The September number of the N.Z. Schoolmaster contains much interesting matter, in fact it is a credit to the class whose speoial interests it represents. " Once a Month" for September will be found well worthy of perusal. An article on Lieutenant Waghorn, R.N., pioneer of the overland route to India and Australia, and the original projector of the Suez Canal (accompanied by steel engraving), is most interesting. The frontispiece is a well-executed likeness of the Hon. Graham Berry, M.L.R., Chief Secretary of Victoria, with a brief biography. " Wanderings in a Fern Country" is continued ; " Our Doctor ;" " Our Gardener;" " Our Costumier :" are all useful articled. The journal is an excellent one. Judgment was given at the Native ! Land Court, Thames, on Saturday lant in the case of the Ohinemuri No. 20 block ("comprising 17,800 acres), which has engaged the attention of the Court for the last five weeks. The judges, in announcing their decision, stated that the case had previously been heard by Judge WiUiamn, in 1884, but the parties, being dissatisfied with the decision, applied for and obtained a re-hearing. The Court adjudged— (l) That the claims of the Ngatikaraua and Ngatimatau would be dismissed ; (2) that Rihitoto Mataia, and those whom she represented, were entitled to all land lying 1 south of a certain lina ; (3) that Mere Taipara and Ngapari \yhaiapu, and those of Ngatiraaru whom they represented? were entitled to 40C acres of the northern portion ; and (4) that Haora Tararanui, and those of the Ngatikiriwera represented by him, were entitled to the balance of the block. The Piako County Council expect to clear about £10,000 through the striking of the general county rate which is now being collected. In addition to the amount which the rate itself will realise they got the £3,000 special grant, and their share of the £10,000 voted for distribution among counties containing one or more gohlfields to bo divided according to the rates levied. The council take their share for the year ending 31st March, 1886. It was originally intended that the go Id fields counties should get a < pound for pound subsidy on their rates, i but as the amount for distribution was very considerably reduced, the subsidy will not be so large. Anyhow, if the council are able to dear £10,000, their entire indebtedness from which they have suffered for some time past will be almost entirely wiped out. — Waikato Times. j