The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 156, 12 June 1886, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News

UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. • This »t)OTB all — to tfiint own »elf be true, And it most follow as the night the daj, Thou canßt not then be falae to any man.' — Shiukspbarb.

SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1886.

WE have the pleasure of reminding our readers that to-day is the anniversary of the News. It is not vbus val to mark anniversaries with some special circumstance, acid, accordingly, **ti this occasion, we beg to present ow subscribers wibk an enlarged Supplement ef esgbt pages of five columns eadh. This improvement will bo * permanent o*« ; aud we trust that ih» variety of newt, information and anvsoment contained in tfee forty oekunns every week will be a welcome auxiliary t* the thfotiicfo of more purely }o««i events. Our justtication for incurring the extra expense, winch the enlarged tuppletnent will entail, He« in our vntwerving belief in the advaocing prosperity of the Te Aroha and Ohiuetnuri Districts. That they will go «c to i settled prosperity we have been «onsiefont in mainlining : and wheuever circumstances call foi a more frequent issue of the News, oar renders eoa rest assured thai we on ear part shall not be found wanting. The success of a newspaper w noc^e sarily proportionate to the prosperity o€ Uie iistrict* m which it circulates . and when Te Ai-oha and Ohtneniuri flourish exceedingly, while hoping te feel some oi the sunshine ourselves, we shall do our beet to be equal to the public needs, and not show ourselvet wanting in energy or enterprise. Looking around, the signs are decidedly hopeful. It is not many weeki ago that we had the pleasure of reoording the opening U the railway into Te Arob* twwaship, oo which auspicioofl day no lose than eighteen hundred risltors cwte to soe what the place wai like. It wvukl be conunonjplaoe and tedious to insist again on the advantages which direct railway communication with the metropolis confers ; bwt it is allowable to say that we hare as yet only seen the beginnings of the benefits we are going to derive from the railway. The authorities hare treated as liberally in the natter of excursion! ; and doubtleee during the next summer they will not be less forward in looking after oar interests and their own. Te Aroha is extending her communications in other directions. There is a probability ot* a coach road being opened Tia Thompson's track (now being surveyed), orer the rang« io Katikati, Tauraiiga, and the coast. Every increase to the accessibility of our district m to be wekftmed. Turning for a moment to th« industry which was the raiton d'etrt of Te Aroha and Ohinemuri, we cau regard with pleasure the important discoveries at the Tui. The yoluo of the ore taken hence Km been abundantly proved, and we earnestly hope that the district in question will be made to yield up its riches, and ptove the centre of • highly remunerative industry. At Waiorougomai, Ferguson 's'Battery, fitted up with & very expensive plant, is now practically complete. At Karangahake a largo new plant is now in course of erection, and the furnace is an accomplished fact. Then we ought not to forget our health-giving springs, which must necessarily prove one of the strongest and most abiding pillai-a to our prosperity. The money which has been sp«nt on the new bathhouses, and in improving the Domain is well invested, and wa believe that the future benefit to be experienced therefrom will exceed even present aanguine expectations. The railway has brought the baths within easy reach of the invalid and the pleasureseeker ; and next summer should demonstrate more clearly than ever heretofore what treasures Te Aroha possesses in her hot springs. Altogether, then, we think we are justified in this moderate exultation, and in congratulating the public on a good time coming.

In to-day's issue Trill bo found a full report of the terrible catastrophe at Terawera; supplemented by the latest intelligence obtainable up to the hour of going to press. This volcanic < utbreak is the most terrible on record as having ever occurred in Nevr Zealand. Since this eruption in the Hot Lakes district became known, Mr Cramp, engineer to the To Aroha Domain Board, has repeatedly tested the temperature of the local springs, which, however, have not been in the least affected thereby, either as regards temperature or quantity.

As will be seen by reference to oar raining reports this issue ; the New Find Gold Mining Company., hare daring the past twelve months paid th« proprietors of the Waiorongomai battery for treatment L 3488 18s lOd. The crashing bill in past yeart baa been much higher. In fact since commencing operations as large a eutu as L6OO has been paid in one month to Messrs firth and Clarke, for treatment of quartz. No wonder the mine does not pay dividends, so heavily handicapped as it is, and has been from the start. Piob.ibly it hew paid soiu.i L 12,000

to L 15,000 daring the pnst three years for battery treatment *t Wkioron<?omai. No wonder the chairman of Piako County Council at their last monthly meeting remniked something must be utterly wrong in the management when this excellent property was of no benefit to shareholders Trnly there is — but the fault lies with the directors and not with the mine manager. Again and again we have protested in these columns against the course being persuod, whereby each year the company were paying Messrs Firth and Clarke a sum that would erect a complete little battery on the Comp«py,s property, whereby tramming and other expensed, to say nothing of the saying i« coat of treatment would be effected. Unt it appears as though the directors are apathetic in the matter, as regards shareholders iwter^jts. The coarse pcrsued by tte battertr company in extorting snch exeesstta charges ia the past, has been the Tmeans of causing many mines to cease work, ami for the battery company themselres it is likely to be a case of '' killing the goose that laid the golden egg."

Me«srs Comes Bros, in addition to their extensive butchery business at Karnngahake kaye taken otw the business lately earned ou by Mr John Moffatt at Te Aroha, and have made arrangement! for supplying their customers with beef, routtoa ftud pork of the fiuest quality, which will be sold at lowest remuneration prices. Special inducement to cash cu«tomerß. Families waited on daily. A trial respectfully solicited. Meßsra Laybourn Bros., Waiorongoiuui, announce by advertitement in thin issue a a special clearance sale on Monday next of the balance of then stock : Also household furniture, etc. It does seem a pity that Government should permit the new aud costly rail and traffic bridge reoently erected at Te Aroha to remain bo long without painting. The timbers in many places already only too plainly show they hare suffored from exposure to the weather. Mr Wm. Wilsons sale of f urnUure came off on Wednesday lust, and attracted a large gathering; although the weather was unpropitiouB,and doubtless prevented some from attending. On the whole good prices were realised. The piano which was the worie for wear brought LI 7 10* ; and a very nioe American organ, was knocked down for L2O. Ou the Thursday the stock of drapery, and grocery goodt» were disposed of piece meal, in many intances realising we should say far beyond first cost. The result of the sale cannot be otherwise than highly satisfactory to Mr Wilson, Mr It. B. McGregor from Thames as auctioneer gava every Satisfaction. 1 The contractors for the new Anglican Church, To Aroha have the whulo of the framing erected, and » consiilemble portion already boarded in. Mr J. F. Cocks annouuoea ft special sale by auction at Te Aroha, this day. See advertisement. A special general meeting of the Woodstock G. and S. Mining and Smelting Co., will bo held on Wednesday next in Auckland. Te conttider the position of the Company, as regards tae treatment of its ores ; and other matters. Good pi ogress is being made by Mr Lavery contractor in the erection of a new shop for Mr Hart, draper, Te Aroha. The site is in ©very way an excellent one? boing that first occupied by the Bank of New Zealand. Mr F. Cock has taken over the Ohinemuri Agency of the Thames River Steam Navigation Company, and is prepared to promptly deliver goodß aniving by the steumers at reasonable rates. A meeting was field in the Paeroa Public Hall, on Saturday evening lust re tho foimation of a local volunteer corps. Mr F. Lipsoy, chairimn read a telegram from Wellington stating thut probably the services of such a body would bo accepted if offered. It was decided to forward a petition to th« Defence Minister request ing the establishment of a corps to be styled " the Ohinemnri Riflo Volunteers." A meeting of creditors in the estate of Mr M. G. Power, publican, Paeroa, was held at Thames on Wednesday. Liabilities are stated at over £800 some £350 being secured. Assets nominal. We would direc attention to Mr J. S. Buckland's annou acement of sales by auction in this iasn c. It will be observed next monthly sale .\v aitoa takes place on Thursday 24th. We trust the Ohinemuri County Council will at their meeting to-day sanction the expenditure of a small sum for the improvement of the road to the Adeline mine, Karangahake. The worst places beyond the present road, which branches off to the new battery, could be metalled and the track so improved as to admit of waegons going the whole distance for L2O or L3O probably. This is a work deserving of immediate attention, as every facility should be afforded for the conveyance of quartz to the battery. Tenders closed yesterday for forming and gravelling road the west of Te Aroha bridge for Waitoa Road Board, with follow - ing result: — M. O'Donoghue, £l6 l9s (accepted) ; 0. McCabe, £18 8s ; J.Jackson, £18 10s ; Jas. Shine, Ji I' 6 10s ; T. Donovan, £18 19s; P. Quinlan, £19 10s; Thuxter and Collett, £21 10s ; Collins and Voysoy, £29 10s.

Mr T. L. Groen, nurseryman and greengrocer, received on yesterday a large shiptnent of new fruit, including bananas, pine apple*, orangeej lemons, apples, ftgo, dutea, nuts, etc.. etc., which will be Bold wholesale or retail. The quality of these goods is Al. Excessively cold weather has prey ailed this week, accompanied by serere night frosts. Mr Isttac Bates announce* by advertissmcnt a special cheap elearaice sale. The excellent quality of all goods tmpplied by Mr Rate* is too widely knows to require comment from us, and the preeavt affordH a good opportunity for securing some geßtaiae bargains. Th Aioha Club Hotbl.— Visitore 1 List : Mr /. H. Pond, Mr A. E. Whitaker, Auckland ; James Craig, P. O'Hare, Mr S. R. McGregor, Taamce.