SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1886.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 137, 16 January 1886, Page 2

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1886.

We are obliged to hold over till next issue report of the Piako County Council meeting on Thursday las^t, and a good deal of other interesting matter. At the Council meeting it vas decided to instruct Mr Pnvitt, County Engineer, to prepare estimates for various road works, etc. Mr Cornelius Murphy wrote stating the punt at Waiorongmnai was not paying, and ho would have to close it unless subsidised to the extent of 2s per day. On the motion of Cr Firth, it was resolved co grant the subsidy askod for. The mating was inform.il thro.igh lack ot a quorum, and all that wa» resolved on is subject to the approvil nf tli 5 Oouncil at noxt im'cting. Shomd there be no lain within the next few d tys work in the New Find and Galena mines at WaioroMgomni will have to be p ispenri'jd, as the battery cannot work through lack of water. The Colonist mine has not beon start jd since the holidays. A new low level i« to be put in at t:>e New Find, and tenders are now called for the work. There is nothing of interest to report from the mines. In the WaioioMgomai stoping has been com iu(;ncod. Vi .itors to Te Aroha express themselves highly ple*i.sed with the baths, and there is n>i doubt that when the railway is opened there will be a great addition to the number of visitors On Friday night last the anniversary b.ill \vu6 held in the Waitek.iuri Sehoolhoii^ei About twent y couples were p-e-sent, and dancing kept up till the small hours, Songs were tendered by Miss J. VYaite. Messrs W. Corbatt, Morgan, Bail ton, etc. All thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and great credit is due to tio Messrs Morg in, Cuibjtt, Gordon, and McLoghery for tlie able manner in which the arrangements were carried out. The following was the result of the election of a committee for the Thames School of Mines on Monaay evening lasc : - Messrs D. 11. Bayldon 220, J. Fr.iter ■220, A. Price 215, J F. lleighway, 194, J. 11. Moore 186, G. S. Ci.iike 181, J. P. Hall 179, J. H. Smith 178, S. M. Butchison 172, r l\ A. Dunlop 169, H. W. M-.ore 123, T. M. Humphreys 119, P. E. Chea 4 104, T. H. Crawford,B7, B. VVolflE 72, T l B. Hicks 70, C. D. W-ute 56. Th<j fmt nine were declared duly elected. Judge Gillies has declined the Presidentship, and the election of a Pr^id -nt will take place on the 20th February. On Saturday evening last a meeting, as previously announced by advertisement in the News, was held in the Hot Springs Hotel, Te Aroha, to consider the question of arranging for a race meeting at Te Aroha, at an early date. The following were present : — Messrs F. Pavitt, Hethrington. Mackie, Downes, Cowan, Hornibrook, Quinn, Rudolph* Goldsworthy. jun., Tierney, Frazer, Mills, Cocks, Quinlan etc , etc. Mr Pavitt, convener o f the meeting, was unanimously moved to the chair. After the matter had been discussed, it was unanimousty resolved that a race meeting be held, and the following appointments were nftide : — Sec. Mr Pavitt, Treas. Mr G Lipsey, Committee : Messrs Quinn, Frazer, P. Quinlan, Hornibrook, Rudolph, Don, Gavin, Hethring ton, Tierney, Bradley, Ritcheson, Haywood, Warren, Dobson, Graves, Lawless, rfmardon, Heuthcote, and Cocks. Mr J. F. Cocks was appointed to collect subscriptions, itfo date was fixed, but it was generally thought desirable the meetingshould be held within a few days of the Paeroa races (March 17), so as to admit of horses from a distance attending" both meetings. It was arranged that the Committee should meet on the following Snturda}' evening. The opinion was expressed that the meeting would probably >rove very successful, as hearty response ad so far been made by the majority oi" chose who had been solicited to Kubscribt . The Waitoa Sunday School children en-joj-ed a very pleasant trip to the Waitoa dot Springs on New Year's Day. Tlioii teacher, Miss ljyJia Strange, huviug

arrnncj*""! tn inept tliPtn nil at Wniton school at 9 oV|ock, drotre them to Ayle^ hurv, n distance of 8 miles wh (> re they arrived «oon after 10 o'clock." A tno^t lihoral repast awaited them of ham .samlwichos, plum pudding, niinee pies, ami tartß, gooseherrip-a, strawhorrieH, ini.k, etc. The >'>ung people, number n» % about twenty, then amused themselves by roam ing tinder the trees and about 'he paddocks, where hay-making was in full swing. Games were then the order oC the day, and prizes were given for running and jumping. A scramble for 'lollies 1 followed, and then a tea of bread and butter, cakes and tarts, each child receiving a present, and packet of sweets. Three hearty cheers were then given for theii teacher, who drove them all back again to the township, which was reached just before dusk. About 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning last Mr John Wallace's three-room cottage, Te Aroha, was discovered to be on fireSeveral neighbours quickly arriving some of the furniture was saved, but the house was soon totally burnt to the ground ; together with a quantitj' of household goods. An inquiry will be held on Wednesday next by Warden Kenrick respecting the fi»-o at Owharoa. Mr Walsh purposes rebuilding the hotel as soon as possible. The Hon. Mr Richardson, Minister of Public Works, paid Te Aroha a flying visit on Wednesday lust to inspect the railway works in progress. He was accompanied by Messrs J. B. Whyte, M.H.R., J. P. Maxwell, General Manager of Railways, C. Hudson, District Traffic Manager, etc. He was waited upon by deputations repiesenting the Domain Board and Te Aroha Improvement Committee. The former invited the Minister to visit the springs and Domain grounds, and expressed hearty thanks to Government for the £1000 grant for developing same. Ihe latter urged the necessity of the early opening of the railway, and every possible facility being offered in the form of cheap excursions. Mr Richardson said the Govei nment were most anxious to have the line open, and cheap excursions would be lun. The party travelled by a special train, remaining about an hour. We shall i evert to the visit more fully next i-wie. Visitors to the Hot Baths staying at the Palace Hotel : — Mr and Mrs Symington, Mr Fitzgerald, Mr S. Macky, Mr Kemick, jun., Mr Banks and 2 sons, Mr Kiikpatrick and friend, Mr and Mrs G. M. C. Harrison, Thames. Mr and Mrs Me Arthur, Mr and Mrs Scott, Mr and Mrs Cochrane, Mr and Mrs Nolan, Mr Smitherton, Mr and Mrs Jones and daughter, Mr and Mrs Tatifield and daughter, Professor BniA-n, Mr Dickey and 2 children, Mr W. Swanson, M.L.C , Hon. G. McLean, M.L.C, Mr Hurst, M.H.R., Mr Outram, Mr and Mrs Bell, Mr Knight, Mr Medcilf, Prof. Thomas, Mr Jones, Inspector Thomson, Mr Hudson, Auckland. Mr D. M. Beere, Mr Woolf, Waikato. Mi Lambourt, Matdiuata ; Mr Noble Scotland ; Hon. Mr Richardson, (Minister for Public Works), Mr and Mi^ Maxwell, Wellington; Mi Stud hoi me, Mr Pierceson, Mr Lanagan, Christchurol). Mr J. B. Whytu, M.H.R., Mr Ocom, Hamilton. Mr Montgomery and friend, Thames, etc. Oth ei Visitors to the Baths during the week : Revs. D. Whytock, and Mason, Mrs and Miss Robinson, Mrs Walpole, Mis Ashwell, Mrs Boyce, Mrs Jagger, nurse, and 4 children, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Mahoney, Mr and Mrs Williams, Misses Gordon (2), Weston, Woodhouse, Munro, Messrs Day, A. G. Caughey, Murray, Soames, John Henderson, John Howie, Tester, Rogers, Bookes, Booker, Auckland; Misses Fletcher, Belcher, Mrs and Master Kilgour, Mrs J. H. Smith and feraily, Mr and Mrs Gallagher, nurse, and 5 children, Messrs Pope, Grigg, Robb, Murdoch, Role, Thames ; Mr L. Edwards, M?s« M Clymo, Mr E. Morgan, Coromandel ; Mr R. Philliph, Marl borough ; Mr Holt, Mr U'Arcy MiDou^all, Queensland; Mr Gray, Melbourne, Mr Tyrrel. Sydney ; Miss White, Pakuninga ; Mr H. Ru^pll, Wanganui ; Mib Gly, Onehunga ; Mrs McLeod Melbourne ; Mr S. White, Wanganm ; Mrs Shipley and child, New York ; Miss Glover, Mrs Hickson, England ; Mr o lark 8, Gisborne ; Mr Ferguson, Waihi ; Mr Carr, Waikato; Mr and Mrs Allen, Chribtclmrcli; Mr Ntipper, W»ukato ; Mr Raymond, Dar- ; Mis Hick^ou, Mis .Norman, Mrs R lyinond, Mrs Baker, Onehunga ; Mr Mauniville, Wellington ; MrPeunson, Mrs Buckley, etc., etc.