The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 201, 30 April 1887, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

'This above all— to thine own solf be true And it must, follow a» the night the clny, Thou canst not then be false to any man.'

SATURDAY, AVMIj 30, 1887.

We, avo informed Unit Mr Ycsey Stc\v<irt its expected to nuive from the old country vtry shortly ; nUo th.it there id every probability of the railway from T.uuanga. to tho Hot Lukes, being conminded by an English syndicate 1 . Mr Vesey SU-wait's tliiid son, Air ITiii^li Stewart, has been st.i> my: aJ To Aroh.'i foi boveral days lately, it is believed fur the purpose of. ascertaining the views of electors je.siding- in tliis district, as we undei.^tand his father i« hk<-ly to be a candidate for Tanntnga electorate at the next general election. Sergeant McGraih, of Hamilton has been appointed Inspector of weights -md measures for Piako Count}'. The Waikato Hospital and Cliaritable Aid Board invite tendeis for the supply of bread, meat, giocerie^, lations, etc., for the current year. Tendeis will close at noon an Tuesday next, at Hamilton. A copy of the specifications can be seen by intending tenderers at the office of this paper. The annual meeting of Waitoa. Lieons" ing" Committee will be held at Moninsville on Saturday June 4th vt noon. We direct attention to forthcomingsales ndveitisid by Mes*is Alf. Buekland and Co. 1600 fresh mouth Lincoln owes will be offered at Cambiiilge to d»y. At the Warden's com t, Thames, on Thuirfday, Mr IS X Cooper's application for a water lace at Waihi was gi anted, the Warden staling that he could giant the application for that poition of tho lace only which ran through Crown lands, he had no jurisdiction over that | poition {3G chains) which W2nt through Mr Walmsey's. The applicant btuted he could obtain permission to construct tic race through Mr Walniefelcy's Kind. On Wednesday last the camp of Mr Hugh Kelly, on Mr Jenkins pioperty, Mohunaoho, near Morrin^ville was burned down, and some £30 woith of clothes, tools, etc, thereby destroyed. Parliament was opened on Tuesday last by His Excellency the Governor. A full repoit of the speech and pioceedings will be found in our supplement to-day. It will bo seen by reference to our Ohinemuri correspondent's report that the proprietors of Kailey's battery havo decided to adopt the scale of charged pro-pos-ed at the recent public meeting' of miners at Karangahake, and tho Minister of Mines has been informed accoulingly. The Auckland City County, very ranch to iheir credit, havo r^fn^ed the pei minion asked for by the Tnnmv.iv Company, thioug-h tlicii Sceietuy Mr l'\ A. White, to o!l"W the ti.uncaM to utn on SunA 5;A 5 ; announced by Xrws ivdinnn Thut^day, tho Wellington Po^t ami Tek-grafjli oliice^ wcio completely demolished by iu ¥ c only on Tliiir^hy morning. Tlie loss is e-.tim..t» i d at ovir i! '.'. 0,000 ; and theio being" no insurnnce will fall on the whole colon\. 'ihe oiigin uf the iiru i^ unknoMn. The buildings weie on'y completed in 1884. Ordinary monthly meeting- of Waitoa Road Boaid at Momnsvillc to-diy. Stnteirirnt of receipts nnd expenditure, assets and linbil'tiem, of Piako Comity will bo found in our juhcrtising columns to day. The last Grazotte to hand notifies the appointment of Mr John Ilott (Ivlitor of tho A Ron v an'p OmxiSMuiu l\\-:w*,) as a Justice of tho Peace. The comparative return of tho quantity and value of gold enteied foi duty for cxpoitation from Auckland district foi ([uartcr ending" Mai eh ,'Hst, 188G, was 'JCB4 ounces, va'.uod :it £31.),0403 l .),O4O ; and for quaiter ending March 31-t, 1887, ( M)L ounce?, value JL3.5.200. The local agent o? the ss Kotulcu informs us that some impoitant alterations \rith jespect to the weekly trips of the above steamer are about to be made, dating from May Ist. In future the Kotitlcu will ierve Auckland for Th lines and Te Aioha on Monday evenings instead of Tuesday as heretofore, and will make in each week a second trip fiom Auckland to Thames. At n suite f>£ mining stock in Ancklnrnl by Messrs Tonks and Co. on Wednesday last, the following pi ices were realised : Camlnias, 3s lid; ttoses, Gd ; Adelines, lHcl ; lvanhoes, Id ; Crowns, sjd ; Silveitons, Is Cd. The following 1 Gold fields Committee has appointed for this Session :—: — Mesfvis fioNan, Cadman, Pyko, Duncan, Colonel Fifi'-er, Mickenzie, Men tea th, (/Conor, Seddon, and the lion. Mr Larnach. W(i direct attention to the New Zealand 7 weed Company's new advertisement which appeals in this issue. Gentlemen can at this establishment obtain first-class clothing-; well uif.de to order, at short notice, at very reasonable pi ices, and have a large stock to select from. English and European mail via Rio do Janiero and Plymouth, Hoses at To Aroha Post Office on Monday next at 7.30 a.m. Due Plymouth 10th Jmu\ By advertisement il will be seen that tho Welcome Claim, 1 Karangahakn, and Golden Gate Claim, Wailti, havo been forfeited, and applications for the right to occupy these claims rtiay be made to the Warden on May 25th. By advertisement it will be seen that steps are being taken in the direction of having Ohinemuri constituted a River District, under the provisions of the lliver Boards Act, 18S4; The right to occWpy reaiderfce site No. 5, Church Block, Lipsey's Block, Te Aroha/ will bo sold on May 10th. Electors' rolls for tho several ridings of Ohinomuii County arc now open for invnertion in o»U'h riding* ; so- 1 ndvt.

Visitors' List.— Hot Springs Hotel To Aiolm, for week ending April 2911 i : I\lr and Mrs 'Marslmll, Mai lon ; Mr and Mid Waymoutb, Mrs McMaster, Mr Ilammeiton, Mrs Wlicclej, Mr and Mia Coldwater, Mr Or X Webb, Mr and Mrs Cooper, Mr Greenaway, Mr R Tebbs, Mrs James Smith, Mr Bias, Mr Coombs and son, Mr and Mr Tlios. Nasb, 2 children, and nurse, Mr Itoge»s, Mr W Westley, Auckland ; Mr Craufotd, Wellington ; ttov Mr Long, North 81iore ; Mrs Mollsopps, Mrs Jolly, Hamilton ;Mr Tucker, lHji ; Mr Ilollowsiy, Mr CJroenwood, .Nelson • Mr Williams, Katikati. Tho correspondent of the Herald, writing from P.ieroa on Tuesday last, sa,\s : <( Captain Monis, M.L.C., while receiving deputations yesleiday, remarked that, as tin' proposed Act to give Thames Harbour Board power to levy rates on tho river districts of Ohinemuri and Piako had not been locally advertised, its fate wus> a foregone conclusion, as not being in aecoi dance with the standing orders." We are pleased to learn that the poll of uitepayeis taken in l\iletere tiding 1 , iesnlted in favour of the special loan of ,tlsoo to continue the road, now hi/ing made from To Atoha thiough (.joidon Srltlement to Matainiitu, so aa to connect with the main Oxlord-Hotorua load. The total number of votes recoided were five, all bun"' in favour ot' the proposal. When thi.s woik has been carried out. llotonm will be within an easy day 'a drive of Te Aroha. Lists ot defaulters and rolls of county electois xoi the ridings of Piako Comity aie now open for inspection in each riding ; see advt. The following appeals in Tuesday's [fcralil, under the heading, Wellington Ncwk: ( Te Aroha M*ineral Spiinga. — The medicinal quality of these spiingsappeais to have attracted some attention in Kngland. Dr Wii^ht, an ox/c ienceu me<lical man, has anived by the Aomngi from London, for the purpose of making tests of the Spiiugs, etc., for various curative puiposcd." The following tender? were received by Mr 11. U. Adams, for erection of the building to contain the revolving furnace and other new machinery iibout to bo added to the present plant of the Batteiy Company, at Waiorongomal, paitieulars of which appeared in lu«t weeks issue. Tho tondois were Hor labour only, per 100 feet of timber measui ement, placing of house blocks, and putting on of the corrugated iron, to bo included In the price quoted : Cr. Beckon, 15* ; Jas. Ingals, (Thames), 14s ; J.is. West, 10^ ; J. Farrell, 8s 5d ; Jackson, 8s ; J. Comes, 7s Oil ; i.l. Devey, 7s : I<\ liooth, (accepted), 5s 4d, The contractor coniLTienced his work on Moad.iy last ; the site has been cleared, tlu'ee teams of , ho\ses aie engaged calling out the bricks from Te Aroha, a large number of which aiv already on the ground, and it id evidently the intention of Mi* Adams to have the work completed with all possible- desnatch. Inward 'Frisco mul is expected to nrlive in Auckland to day (Saturday), and should reach Te Aroha on Monday evening next