The Aroha and Ahinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 165, 14 August 1886, Page 2

The Aroha and Ahinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' This above all — to thine own <^el£ be true And it must, follow as the ni^ht the clay, Thou canst not then be false to any man.'

SATURDAY, 4UG. 14, 188 C.

Aru^n a lon£ and severe battle, victory tuts at length crowned the cffoils of our member Air J. B. Wlijte, to obtain the ifiparation of Plako County from the l'haniG«? District. The County is also ■ inch indebted to Sir Fred. Whitalcor in fiis malt-ir, as, with his asf-istanco, a ■,'i'vdi]-, and most unjust l>nidon upon i c-ruuutv iijvi'iines has been 1 enjoyed, io iio sine, we .should have pieferrod to ■iw I'iuko coiHtituictl a strict, or joined on to Ohinemuri ; but that may be accomplished later on, and

as it. is Piako, together with Waiknto, Wnipa, Baglan, and. Hamilton, will make a good hospital ilislvicfc,\which should wrvk well. The be&t thai\lcs of all residents within the county ard due to Mr Whyto, and to Sir F. Whisker, for Ins able assistance in this most.important matter. \

"By special who from Wellington l<V>t night avo arc informed that a vote will ajv pc.ir in the Supplementary Estimates foi the founalion of Thompson's track. Report of the Domain Board meeting ia unavoidably held over till next i^sue. Mr John Hiirt, general storekeeper, To Aroha having- recently moved into his large new premises has now opened up a splendid asboitment of goods both in the d: apery and q -ocery departments ; which will bo sold on tho co-operative principle at remarkably low prices, for cash. As will be seen by special advertisement in this ihsuo in order to make room for a large btock of spring goods under oider, Mr Hart has. made great reductions on all drapery, millinery, etc., for one month, and invitee intending purehaseis to inspect his stock. All goods will be found marked in plain figinos. In the Legislative Council on Tuesday, tho Mining and and also tho Hospital and Cliaiit-ible Institutions Bill were lead a thiul time passed. fn the List Government Gazette to hand is notified tho setting apart of 5000 acres situate in blocks 10, 11, 14, 15, Tairua Survey District, County of Thames, for tho purpose of State forest, tinder thu New Zealand State Forest Act, 1885. As will be seen by advertisement in this issue Mr E. A. Pavitt, suivcyor, son of our respected follow townsman Mr F. Puvitt, has recently taken up his residence at Te Aioha. Mr E. A. Pavitt is an authorised and licensed surveyor, and piepaied to carry out any work entrusted to him on reasonable teims. Quarteily meeting of the Te Aroha Licensing Committee will be held on Satuulay, 4th Septembev. In our last issue Mr Henry Crump, as agent for the owner of Ruakaka Block, Te Aroha (which includes the race-course), gave notice by advertisement that live stock found trespassing theieon will henceforth be impounded. This piopeity has hitheito proved very useful as a cheap and conveniently-situated glaring gioimd formany; but apparently Mr Biutt, the owr.u, think.-, he .ihouM derive somo'beneiit th^iofiom, as well as oiheis. Mi A. W. Ivl uai'ltf, who recently suited hd-^iv-/; at Te Aioha, h-u, i:i , d-ditio-n ro the gentlemen's outfitting branch, ju^fc opened up a larye and really e\c"'!lon! stock of boots and shoos. These goods have been selected with cvue fium tno hot makei->, and aie being sold at astonishingly low prices-. Intending puichasers would do well to inspect Mr Edwauk's, stock and note his prices. Mr ,las. Craig, jun.. on Monday last sold the PeUnn watoi -wheel, fl ix-mill, aud other machinery in lie b.iukiupt <y tit ■ of Jcbn Gi!>b ii.s, IV Ai<-h, l} f o < jj-Ji, Mr 11. Cibbon- being the pnolrisor. Sunchy othei outdoor efiVeU l catted £ ( J. Applications for i!u; position of Tii»m \\ \y Matia^cr foi (Mako C'nunry Council au in> it !ei.n habie by oi befoie lotli Insl. bt *j advei ti->eiiK'nt. AVo would diiet-l attention to the a'lvn tijcmout of Motors Y ite and Smith, genrral stoiekeej.eis, Avaioiongomai. Intend ing pmcha^-ib will find at this btoic ;i huge htov.k of (iist-cln.ss goods to select from, and their ie([niiements carefully attended to ; whiNt pi ices ay il I b^ i'c uud most jca^onable. Me.-,sis Y.'le and Smith for the convenience of miners, have a branch stoic at QiuuL/ville, wiiich is> also i post-office. By the Government returns, N.Z.Es., it appears the revtimo on the Auckland i ail way for tliu four weeks ending Jene 2GLh last v. is X 7,G I JO 9s Cd, for 222 miles open for trnfiic, whilst for tho same poriod last year with 108 miles open the revenue v, as £9783 Is -Id. The average for a twthe monthly peiiod of lovenuo per mile being b}^ last return £525 5s sd. conesponding poiiod last year £740 lGs 2d. The recent alterations in closing of mails at To Aioha, whereby the time has been extended from 7.30 a.m. to 7.45 a.m. applies only to Utters passing- through Auchland office. 'Frisco mail clo 'es at Te Aroha postoffice on Monday 'morning next at 7.45 ; papeis, etc.. at 7.30 a.m. Mr C. H. Gledstanes, storekeeper. Katikati, has been appointed agent for the sale of the Aroha & Ohinemuri News in that district. Mr E. Y. Cox, of Slmflcsbuiy, has planted a huge number of fiuit and ornamental trees this season. The Temperance Hotel, which is the property of Mr Cox, has been closed foi some time, the building is, however, slill utilised for public school purposes ; Miss Munro, of Waiorongomai, being the teacher in charge. The platform surroundings and approach at Te Aroha railway station have recently been fenced in with neat picket fence, and r.he cattle pens ahonld now Hoon be completed. Mr C. 8. Staffoid on Monday evening last arrived with another mob of cfUllo fioni Whakatanc. some 375 in numbei. The journey this time was niado via Kali- , kati truck, and occupied nine days, or

about throe days less than if tho route had boon via "Waihi nnd Paeroai" Although in crossing the lange some twenty head went over the .side in coming through cuttings, those have all since been successfully rescued, and none actually lost since the start. The stock weie placed ox\ Wairakau ruii, and will bb sold by Alficd Buckland and Co. on Thursday next at Wail oa. The extensive new buildings being crectod by Mr Lavory, contractor, .lor 'Messrs Bradley and Go. at To Aroha, aie r.ow.almost completed, and will piobably be out oi the contractor's hands in a lew da\s. Tljc main building is 52ft x 30il x 1 2 ft, stud ; large double dooi, occupy the crat.ro Croutngo, and on oithor side arc two neat and Cimifoi table oilices, one I'or Messrs Bradley and Co., the other for Messis Alfred BucUiintl and Co., who purpose holding periodical sales of horses, produce, etc., at To Aroha ere long. The interior is bong divided into loose boxes and stalls, etc., and at the lower end large dooblo doois access to the allotments at the 1 ear, which will also be utilised in connection with the new airaugoinenLsThe Messrs Bndley are deserving of great credit Tor Lheii entovpiise, and wo hopo the sales reforrod to-, whon inaugurated will prove a thorough success. Forthcoming sale hy Allied Buckland and Co. will bo found duly advertised in this issue. To day impoitant s-mIo of produce, cattle, and hoises at Cambiidge, including some twenty horses, the piopeity of Mr Isaacs, p^uticuluis oi" which appeared in our last issue. Usual cattle sale at Ohaupo on Tuesday next. We would direct special attention to the sale of cattle, etc., at Waitoa and Waihou sale yards on Thursday next, 19th inst. ; and which will include about 400 head of highly-bred steers, lioifeis, and weaners, the propei ty of the Whakatane battle Co.; to be bold without reseivc. About 1000 Jieep, including COO fat wcthcis, and a number of cattle for other clients, will be brought forward for disposal at tho saino time. For paiticulars, see adveitisenient* In our last week's supplement appeared paiticul-irs of a flagrant case of incendiarism resulting in the total distinction of the Auckland Daily Company's buildings and plant at Remuera, by one Stephen SpaUhng, who immediately aftei wards gave himself up and apparently was suffering- from mania. The description of! the man his family, and picvious colonial history, would appaicntly identify the man wi<h Stephen Spalding who come out (o the G'-ant and Foster ecLtlcment> GUoftes l >u>y, abo.it three and a half yoaii ago, spivdily lost what little moatm ho had. uul but lit Jo wojL being obtainable at tShiiftobbuiy. had to abandon hii home there and came into To Aroha, wheie he for borne months Hvod in ,i two-ioom coit.igc at the io,a of I\lr Lavcry'ti, and employed himself 1 intlububh '-idling fe'icin» material, liiuwood, etc. ; af ioi wai <U bomg placed m cha'-go of W limkau run and d.'Uiy by T-lc^i. Whilakci and Sl.vfto.d, wiii^h j),)siiiL)n lie held uiitil the piopcty was cold to lUi Downe-s. It vAl bo 10metnboicd t'ho, that a daughter oC SpaldingV, a line yo rug girl of J6, was in the i ci vice oL I\l. Hopkins, at JEatamata dm 'ng hci piiciits iO'-Jcaw in this dhltici, and hhc i>-nrvo-{ to AucrJand when they did, 'i d <-!'o. Py t ii(/.-\v. l id^ died ti om Ihe effects r f i i uiw.iv l i^>.-(l?ni at one oi the s'lbiu bin f Liiio'is. The family, since thfir 'ai I•i\ al in the colony, have met with many ie\'iT^v"js, ant' boon "Oiely tiicd. Mr E. A. PaviLl, .inihorised E!iir\cyor, last week completed the cutting of a •ino ileMpJni 1 eMpJn: J iho boundary between the Timing <v\d OhiiH-muri Counties. Staiting at the source of the Otabu liver the couis'j of tho lino is diicct to the nearest souicc of the Ilikutaia liver (viz., tho brunch known n-s tie Waipaheko stieam). and tliuiico follows the coune of Ilikutaia river, etc. The counting of the kauii Lees both miiiked and unmaiked, also stumps, within Ohinommi County is ncaily com])lel.ed. T'nc tiack to tho claims atStoney Creek, To Archd, will piobably bo finished ith in a foitnigbl, should tho weather prove I'a.vouifiblfc. Johnson'iS Gieek extension drain, some 2^r miles in length, which was commenced some six months ago by J. Wiseman, whose contract for i! 377 was accepted by the Waitoa Eoad Board, and who subsequently sub-lot the woik to GaudweH and paity, is now drawing- towards completion, and will probably be finished within two or three weeks. This chain lias already proved of immense benefit to the settlers on tho Dofened Payment Block, through which it runs, and is a woik of real utility. The oidinary meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council at Paeroa to-day. In the House on Wednesday last, ITon. Mr Tole informed Mr Cadmnn that the Governments proposal is that Mr Noithcroft,R.M., shall perform tho late Mr Kemick's duties for the present, and that after the session .Government will consider whether they will make a new appointment or not. It is stated both Messrs Cadman and Tole have received numerous lequesta to support applications for the position. | A return laid on the table of the Council shows that the Hum set down in (he PubMe Works Statement will carry tho ThamesTo A.roha line of, railway to tho end of the 17th mile, and the amount required for the

formation of the 14 miles necessary for its completion will be £85,000. The petition to the Queen, signed by 30,000 women of Ulster, which prayed Hor Majesty not to give her assent to tlie Government of Ireland Bill was 371 yards lori^.

Tic Akoiia Cluv, llo'tel,— -Visitors list for week ending August I.3th : Mr E. N. Smith, Mr Davis, Hamilton ; Mr VV. Ashman, Mr Cr. Dale, London ; Mr and Mrs Mr A. 11. White, Mr J. doom, Master 11, Coom, Mr JJudbon, Auckland. The Auckland Agricultural Company, on Llieir Waitoa Station (some 24,000 acres in extent), reuonlly burnt and surface sowed with grass and rape about ' 1200 acres of swamp land, adjoining* Mr Strange's property which will bo fed off by lambs and owes. Some 10,000 sheep arc at present on the station, viz., 4000 wethers, 4000 owes in lamb, 2000 a mixed lot ior butcher ; these latter and the 4.000 wethers are being 'fattened on the older | swamp and 200 acres oC turnips, will bo drafted oil between now and Ist Oc- ' tobtr. There are also about 1000 head of" cattle at present running* on this properly, 800 being cows in calf, (and ' which will bo allowed to reai their calves), and 200 2-year old beit'cis which will be pat to piofit next spiing. An liish candidate for Pjrli.imenl, in a speech at Dublin, said that £5,000,000 had been spent in Ireland for dunk in the Id&fc Ihicc years in dib tacts wheic laboureis wcie starving", and whcie, it wis said, the tenants could not pay their ients. Biead is the staff of life, and advei Using is the staff of business. Six and eight-pence — a lawyer's fee — sometimes — sometimes it's a little more. Sir Win. and Lady Fox and Mr T. W. Glover anived in To Aroha from (Jambad* o on Tuesday last, and the same evening Sir William and. Mr Glover addressed a Lugo meeting in the Public Hall, Te Aioha, in the inteiebts of the New Zealand Alliance, for the suppiession of the liquor tiaffio. Both gentlemen weie listened to with attention, and fiequently applauded, and at the close of the meeting a number enrolled themselves as members of the Alliance. Mr Glover combines considerable dramatic power, with great ability and argumentative foice in his addresses, and established a reputation ia lung I and as a temperance leeauei Sir Wm. i <A o::, Jt'ioiu bit, long colonial ox_ peiicnce, Jjoin the hououiable po^itio'ii he has hlled as a representative in the New Zealand Kuliament and as Picmier of the Uolony, and itOui his oppoituiutied of obseivaLion gained dining Adiious touu extending" neaily all over the v, oild, is a gicat authoaty oa this subject, and on Tuesday evening wes HsLeued to wiUi tln.t deep attention a man ol hi& acknowledged cahbi'c and patiiotism mubt aiw.^s command. On Wednesday evening both held a highly f3UccL; J s.lul nueting at \\'<uoiongoinui ; paUieuUu 1^ of bulb meoliiigb \sill appeal in our lica ibbtie. J The paily left foi Ti/a;nes and Auckland on Thuihday, svlieie fmttier mectiu»b be held. A contemporary st'Ucs that " iJishop Cowio, Vv itli t.cveral of hi i eleig v , atteikLd a u-eent peifoim.iuco of 'O.lk-Ho' m an Auckland iheatie," and ad(K : " 'Ihe cause of moial pmgu c oh' w^j] not bo aided by this act ol* IJishop Cuwie.' . We would direct attention to the advertJ:«jineiitof the Ooininiasionci of (Jiown Lain! «, and al&o to au adveitibemeut i'lom the Te Aioha Domain Boaid appealing in this issue. The Bachelor's Ball at Waioiongomai laf-l night was largely attended, and a gicat biiLCCbs. PaiLiculais will appear in next hsue. Ohinemnri County Council notify by aciverlisment of the appointment of Mr Wm Tetley as Inspector of Slaughter Houses and Registrar of Dogs. Waitoa Iload Boaid invites tenders for ccjtain load works. Mi 1 IT. 11. Adamf, whilst riding towaid Paeioa on Sunday last, had his arm broken tinough his horse coming- down whilst crossing" one of the wooden bridges near the willows, made slippeiy by the late lams. The aim was sot by Dr Cooper and is progressing' favourably.