The Aroha. Ohinemuri News. AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE..

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 139, 30 January 1886, Page 2

The Aroha. Ohinemuri News. AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE..

1 This above all — to thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.' — Shakespeare.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 5 1886. ,

The principal topic of conversation during the past week at-Te Aroha has been the result obtained from parcels of stone taken to the Thames Smelting Company by Mr C. A. Comes and brought from the Tui district, particulars of which will be found amongst our mining news. Those inclined to be sceptical in mining matters might decline to be cohvinced by mere essays of a few pounds of stone wilh lespect to the importance of the

find in this district, but such a return as £21 10s per ton for a parcel of quartz nearly 2 tons in weight, and obtained from ground upon whch work has so recently been started must surely satisfy even these that the rrecioutf metals "do exist in highly payable quantities in the district referred to. The return augurs will for the future of the goldfield. It is satisfactory to know the shares arewoll held, the owners evincing no disposition to dispose of their property, which they are confident will prove of great value as it becomes further developed. The great need of the district is better means of access to the mines, and we hope the Ohinemuri County Council will at once proceed to have the branch, tracks necessary constructed ; it is to their interest to foster in every possible way the mining industry in this part of their county, and surely nothing further is needed to satisfactorily prove the existence of both gold and silver in highly payable quantities in the vicinity of the Tui.

The long-looked for and much needed rain has come at last, and will gladden the hearts of many. To the great majority the change in the weather will prove most acceptable ; although those farmers whose corn crops are unsecured will hope it may not last long until they have finished harvesting operations. The scarcity of feed was beginning io bo seriously felt in some localities, many springs and rivers had completely dried up ; in the cities water was being hawked round for sale at high rates, and owing to the forced cessation of battery operations in this district a large number of miners were temporarily out of employment. As we go to press there is no sign of the ruin as yet ceasing, farmers will now have a prospect of resowing the turnip crop, which had so ; severely suffered by the long continued j drought.

At the "Wcslhyan Confeience, Christchurch, on Wednesday last, a resolution to divide' the Upper Thames District making Paeroa the centre of a new district, waa lost. As will be seen on reference to our telegrams the Upper Thames Wesleyan Circuit is about to lose Rev. T. J. Wills as their minister, who will be succeeded by Rev. Mr Dean, Mr Wills having been appointed to the Bay of Islands Ciicuit. A special meeting of the Domain Board vvillbchcld this evening to consider tendeis for the erection of further bath houses. The January number of Once a Month is fully equal to previous copies of this favourite inagazine. It contains four excellent steel engravings (including a portrait of Sir Donald Martin Stewart, G.C.8., C.1.E., 8.5.C., late Commander in Chief of ;ho British forceaiu India, etc., with sketch of his life ; and a groat variety ot interesting and instructive reading matter. As will be seen by advertisement in another column Dr H. J. Speer, of Auckland, medical specialist, is about to pay a brief visit to Tha\nes, aud may be consulted at Curtis's Hotel, Grahamstown, on Saturday and Sunday, February 6th and 7th. Mr Jas. Hosio, storekeeper, Owharoa, whose premises were lately destroyed by the fire which originated in Walsh's Uotel, purposes losing no time in making a fresh stait. The contract for a new store (to be constructed principally of iron) has been let to Mr Shepherd of Waihi, all work in , connection with flitting, etc., has been executed in Auckland, from which the material will be despatched ready to put together immediately on arrival, and Mr Hosie expects to re-commence business with a fresh stock in the course of two or three weeksAccording to arrangements made with the Rev. T. J. Wills, »vho is at present abseut attending the Wesleyan Conference at Clnibtchurch, special religious sjrvices h«ve been held during the past week in the Te Aroha Wesleyan Church) conducted by Mr F. B. Thomas, Holiness Evangelist, assisted by Mesbrs C. li. Lord and J. Bycroft. The services will be continued by an open air service this (Saturday) evening at 7.30 weather permitting (if wet in the Church as usual). The airangenicnts for next Sunday are as follows :-— A prayer meeting in the morning at 7 o'clock ; preaching at 11 a.m. and in the evening at 7. Address to Sunday School commencing at 3.15. Announcement as to further meetings will be made from the pulpit As will be seen by advertisement in this issue Government are noAV offering to the public the suburban sections on the western bank of the Waihou river, Te Aroha. The terms being thirty years' leases with perpetual right of renewal. The sections now offered are situated in Blocks 9 and 11, and vary in size from 7 to 13 acres at a yearly rental of £1 to £2 3s 9d per section. The position of this land, situated as it is close to the Aroha township and adjacent to the railway line, should give it a special value ; and those intending to invest should bear in mind applications for same must be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Auckland, by 4 p.m. Feb. 24th. Lithographed plans of the land and further printed particulars can be seen at this office. At a meeting of the shareholders of the Imperial G. M. Co. (Karangahake), held on Wednesday at the office of Mr D. G. MacDonnell, Auckland, it was decided to resume operations. Mr F. Hall presided. Mr J. Hart, draper, Te Aroh»i, announces by handbill distributed with this week's

Issue, the arrival of a special shipment of new goods. Judging by the prices quoted an early clearance should be effected. Mr J. S. Bicklnnd announces a sale of cattle,, -sheep, and -horseß at Waitoa on. Thursclaynext. J The. Pinko County CounJl invite tenders for the supply of oats and chafli. Mr J. F : Cocka will sell by public auction on Monday next a,' 6-iQomed house and shop in Bridge street. A Meeting of the Race-Committee was held at the Palace Hotel on Thursday evening last, when the secretary was instructed to register the Club under the title of "Te Aroha Jockey Club." The nt»xt Committee meeting will be held on Thursday evening at Ritcheson's hotel at 8 o'clock. | No 5 bath-house is now nearly com pleted, and will probably be ready for use next week. This is how the Auckland Leader moralises on the demise of a low-type infidel paper published in that city :—": — " After six months of life the "Rationalist has ceased to appear. Certain persons have, no doubt, lost money over it, end in so far as they are out of pocket they are entitled to some sympathy; but, after making due allowance on that score, the community is to be congiatulated on the disapperance of the papor. It did not do all the harm it wanted to during its lease of life ; but, that was not for wunt of will or of slapdash, extravagant wiiting. Its aim was simply destruction, the killing of the roligious instinct in the heart of humanity Its violence was such that it alienated a portion of the small circle of Auckland Fieethinkers, who, being sober and moderate men, were disgusted at the indiscriminate abuse scattered round each week. Mr Stout, Freethotight champion though he is, came in for his share of sneering rebuke, because he advocated temporate measures in the promulgation of the tenets he upholds, and refused to agree to the extreme course favoured by the proprietary of the Rationalist. It goes without saying, the Christian ministers of every denomination were treated with the lash ; there was, scarce a good word ever spoken for one of them. Bishops Cowie and Luck were two of the most prominent butts of the paper's ridicule, while men of lower standing were dealt with in the same fashion. As for argument, scarcely a shred of it could be detected by the most minute observer ; there was exceedingly little besides an inferior kind of blustering declamation. The public declined to be charmed with this sort of piping, and bo the Rationalist is to be published no more. As a motto for its tombstone Non resurgam will perhaps suit as well as another." Hot Springs Hotel. — Visitors' List for the week ending the 29th inst. : — Mr A. Scoular, Mr, Mrs, and Miss Edmond, Dunedin ; Mr and Mis Whitcome, Mrs A. Taylor, Mrs Taylor, sen , Miss Woodhouse, Mrs Walpole, Mrs Ashwell, Auckland ; Mrs S. Jngger, nurse, and 5 children, Newmarket; Mrs Noimin, Mr H. J. Baker, Onehunga ; Mrs Hickson, Miss Glover, Rev. C. H. Knowleys, England ; Mr Raymond, Kaipara ; Mr I\ Nott, W.iikato ; Mr M. Breen, Mr M. Gallagher, Mr A, Jones, Mr C. H. Peters, Mr H. Pope, Thames ; Mr J. Clarke, Cisbome ; Mr J. Ferguson, Waitekauri ; Mr A. L'jwis, Christchurch ; Mr T. G. Sandes, Hamilton; Mrs, Misses (2) Andrews, and child, Auckland. Park House. — Visitors' List :— Mrs Shipley and child, Auckland ; Mr, Mrs, and MissGw^nneth Cambridge ; Mr S.un. Whiu .Waiiganui ,• Mr and Mrs It. Mi-Douj-ull, Mi D. McDougall Mi R. Fulton, Mrs 'Jr. Watts Giime-i, Queensland. Palace Hotel.— Visitors' List : — Mr Hill, \ir Buckl.y, Mr OBrien, Mr W. Swanson, Mr and Mrs H.inison, Mr Smith, Mr Bell, Mr Miss Cairns, MrLaudci,Mi Grant, Mr Livingbton, Mr and Mis Pool and one, Miss, Hail, Mis Porter, Mr and Mrs 'Bailey and 2 childien, Mr and Mrs Maxwell, Mr S'larlund ; Mr Martain, Mr Lang, Mr Forbs, licv. Mr Jones, Auckland; Rev. Mr and Mrs Knowley, England ; Mr Craig, jun., Mr and Miss Coats, Mr Laurio, Mr Moore, Mr Humb, Mr Stewart, Major Murray and son, Mr Hosie, Thames ; Mr Carter Tauianya ; Mr Storey, Cambridge ; Mr and Mi>> Colonson, Hawke's Bay ; Mr D. M. Baere, Hamilton ; Mrs Hunt, Waikato ; Miss Belcher, Thames ; Miss Hume, Mr Walto, Anckland.