The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 206, 4 June 1887, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' This nbovo all— to thine own self bo true And it must follow as the night the clay, Thou canst not then bo falso to any man.' — Shakespeahh.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1887

The ordinary monthly meeting of the W.iik.ito Hospital Boaid was held on Wednesday at Hamilton, a letter was re.ul from iUo Premiei in reply to one i'roin the Board requesting payment of subsidy t) the amount of £788, stating that Government could only pay subsidy on the amount of rates collect, viz , £558 ; but were a declaration made with respect to thu amount of contributions really due, pel haps biibsidy might l)e paid on that amount. Another communication fiom lie Fremier was to the effect that not apportionment could be made with 'espect to assets and liabilities on severance of Piako from Thames. The following list of endowments in the Waikato district under lease forwarded from the Crown Lands ofllco, Auckland, >vas read : — Lot 2(50, M in».i« piko, N'abba and Davidson lessee-*, rent £8 yearly ; 250, Mangapiko. J. Gibson, £3 ; 154 Mangapiko, H. and J. Goodfellow, £5 : 51, Pukekura, \V. Scott, £10; 122 Komokorau, A Xicol £5; 137 To Uupa, T. Hunt £5 ; 40 C.unluidge East, J. Wilson £7 10s; 24 Cambridge Eist, J. 11. Cnshney £11 ; 8G Pukete, Jas. Marker £5 8^ 0.1. lle^'lved that (he Secretary be instructed to write to the Pi enner requesting that these endowments, together with all other land or other hospital endowments be vested in tho boaul and duly gazetted. Local Poets, the opportunity for \ on to distinguish unn. selves is f«i<t approach in»;. A pii/.e is offered by the Jubilee Celebration Committee ior the best Jubilee Ode. Lord Tennyson had bottti look up his laureK If we are to judge, however, of hi* Jubilee ode fiom the portions that have appeared in si.nu of the colonial joum.il--, it should be no dillijuil m itter to beat that trash. Mr r. J. Frazer invites tendois for alteiati<»u-> to liis stoic. The lecture by Mr Ilussell, subject : "The Age in which we live," piooeeds iti aid ol Te Aroh.i Pi.blic Librai v, an nounced in last issue to take place on next Monday evening, will not now come olr" until Friday lUth int-t. The lectuie will be followed by a musical entertainment the whole to conclude with a dance. On Tuesday last Mr Henry Buttle,' of Annanclale, Piako, met with u seveie accident, being" throwi) from his hoi^e, falling heavily upon his shoulder. He was biought into Hamilton by ti.iin, on that day, and taken to Gwynne'&llotel. I)r Murch's services was called in, and Dr Kenny assisted. It was found that Mr Buttle had sint. lined a compound fractuie of the shoulder bones. By telogiam last night we are glad lo le-ivn that Mr Buttle is progressing* satistaetonly. Monthly meeting of Te Ar )li i Domain Boiud this evening. Ohinemuri County Council will hold their ordinary monthly meeting at l\eroa to day. We are informed Messrs Littlej jlin and party have taken the Ivanhoe battery, Karangahake, on lease for six months ; and that crushing thereat will be re-com-menced without delay ; u parcel of oie from the Scott poition of the Ivanhoe being now conveyed to the battery. A public meeting, convened by the Chairman of the Town Board at the request of some local residents, was held in the Te Arolm Public Usill hist night. Mr <^uinn, as convener, occupied t fi o chair, and stated the business for which the meeting had been called, viz., to consider 'he present land tenure ar/Te Aroha. Mr G. Lipsey, as representing* the Native owners, was invited to speak, and handed | the Chairman a letter to read which he had lecoived from Mr Miller, solicitor, Thames, relative to the matter under discussion, of which the following is a copy : — Thames, June Ist, 1887. — Mr George Lipsey, Te Aroha. — Dear Sir : In reference to the tenure of the residents and business people on your portion of the Te Aroha goldfield township, I think their title is a good and substantial one, and but ior the annual rent is almost as good as freehold. The present residence and business sites are held under the Act 1873, but by section 10 of the Mining Act, 18S0, may be exchanged for new titles under that Act, which gives them by section Go a continuous right of re newal at the end of each 21 years, this simply!) means a peipcfual lease. It is tiue by section 05 the Government reserve the right at the end of each teim to raise the rent, and impose conditions, but I do not think the tenants could have a better arbitrator between them and the Native owneis than the Government. 1 notice section 72 of the new Act provides for forfeiture of sites if unoccupied for three month*!, which the tenants probably consider a hard condition, but I think it a necessary one to keep tho township occupied and compel persons leaving the district to soil to tho«o who will occupy.---Youir obediently, Jam up A. Mim.eh. Mr Lipsey also pt:ited that the hnd of To Aioha was the pioperty of his wife and two children. The children wrc ininms, and their sh.ues were h< Id in liust by him Tor them until they came of aue ; and it was hm fji m intention to cm ry out that trust in the same manner a.s he had received it, in oth( r v.onh be would not be a consenting putty to a freehold I oing 1 &iven dniiiig the minoiily of his children., Hut on the other hand he was both will-; in] jiM'l {inM'ouh t'» forward the i

interests of local residents, and would meet them in any reasonable way, ho would not however, commit himself io any definite lino of action without conaulting hirf solicitor us he conoiderod it j was his bounden duty to do. Ho also thought the Win don ought bo cousultod in this matter.' After considerable discussion had taken •place amongst some half dozen of those prcrent, Mr MHls proposed and Mr Heathcoto seconded tho following resolution : Tlmt the members of Te Aroha Town Board and Mr Lipsoy bo constituted a committee to draw up ft memorial to Government requesting that the existing goldfields title to To Aroha township lands, be altered to a lease in perpetuity. Mr Dillon proposed as an amendment, That a committee bo appointed from amongst those present to draw up a petition to tho Governor in Council requesting that Government, purchase the freehold of Te Aroha township and hand over to tho present occupants a freehold title to their holdings at the price paid by Government. Socond^d by Mill \de. On being put to the meeting the resolution was carried by a large majority. A vote of thanks to Mr Lipsey tor the oonsidetation and courtesy he had shown in endeavouiing as far as he could to meet the wishes of 10.-al residents, proposed by Mr Harris, was carried by acclamation. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chair. The Bay of Plenty Times states tlmt: — r l he survey party under Captain Turner, employed in laying off Thompson's Track, though much hindered by almost incessant rain, have made good pi ogress with the work ; a portion of the line finally decided on has been pegged out, and the party will move camp in a few days to the siddle of the range and coinuuuice taking cross sections for the descending grade on the Te Aroha bide, along tho line laid off by Mr Becre, burve^or to tin Publiu Works Department ; owing to the lapse ot time since this Hue was run it will require re-cutting, having become overg.iown. At the Warden's Court, Thames, on S.iluulay last, the following amongst otlu-r applications weie dealt ivith ; — W. S. (iiecuville, foi piotection for tiio Me arid Rowed mnOwluioa. Penuissiun wasgiven to work tin.' claim with four men for two months.— J. \V. Walker's application for a machine site at Waihi was grinled. Mr W.ilker was also granted a special claim .it Waihi for 21 years, bubjoct to existing regulations. Look hero! An honest Miori chief, Hoi 1 Hopiha, has boon writing through thv> Wellington " Timob" to members ol tho Lc:;ib!alu!C, and he concludes thus :—: — •' I have another word to you, which will bo ,i mo,t suitiMo motto for tlio present ye.ir— the ye.ir of Jubilee. It is to be I'omul in Pioveibs \iv., 34—'Kighteousneos cxalteth a nation ; but sin is a repreach to any people.' " j A miner in Lcadville, Colorado, who can neither re. id nor write, is worth to-day .it least 3,0 »O,OOJdol. Four years ago he hadn't a penny except what he caned from day to dlyas a miner. His name is John L. Monis^-y. Ho i^ a ynjn^ mm, not over 3*2 or 33. Tho Crown Point mini, like Tom Bow en's Golconda, was just about paying expense.*-. Her owners uJl'oied tosull lurfor4'J,ooo.lol. Mot i isse\ went to Chicago and mt- rested Diamond Joe R^nolds" in the matter. Reynolds knew tliat Moinssey was. an authority on mines even if he couldn't write his name. Hi finally puichased the Crown Point, agreeing to give Mouivicy a halt interest after the ordinal sum was repaid. Within 30 days they struck a vein of high-class ore tlmt has yielded them a monthly income of 13,0'JUdol. apiece ever since. Theie is said to be 5,00(',000dol. worth of ore in sight. Morrissey cannot even tell the time of! day. It is a stock joke among the boys if you ask him what o'clock it is, for him to pull from his fob a 500dol. watch, and with a condescending air tell you to '• luk for yourself, an' then yell know I'm not 1) in' to yez." Considerable stir has been taking place amongst the Natives in this and surrounding districts during the past week. On Sunday last King Tawhaio arrived at Te Aroha from Thames, and on Monday proceeded to tho Ngatihako Settlement at the foot of Rotokuhu Gorge, there to await the airival of a number ot his follower, fiom Piako, Waikato, and Upper Thames district, piior to all making a stait for Tauranga. We learn that a number of Natives from the noith of Auckland are now assembling at Haur.iki, where the whole circumstances sui rounding the death of several natives recently, who had been attending the Church of England Synod, and were at first supposed to have been poisoned by partaking of tinned meut, will form the subject of an investigation. We believe some sections of the Ngapuhi tribe are very superstitious, and have thrown out strong hints that they believe witchcraft was at work. The annual meeting nf Te Aroha Licencing Committee will be held in the Couit lloub(\ Te Aroha this day at noon, when the following applications will be dealt with : — New licenses : Arthur Dowin'S, for Club Hotel, To Aroha ; George Ivbert, for Palace Hotel, Te Aroh.i; Annie Thomson, for Family Hotel, Te Aroha. Renewals : Arthur A. Smith, Hot Springs Hotel, Te Aroha ; Samuel T. Smardon, Premier Hotel, Waiorongomai ; Frank Rose, Oxfoid Royal Hotel, Oxford. Removal : S. T. Smardon, Premier Hotel to Waiorongomai Hotel, Waiorongomai Accommodation License : •— Renewal : Alexander Ileany, Lich field Hotel, Lichfield. The ordinary monthly meeting oC the Waitoii Road Board was held at Morriusville on Satmday la^t. The engineer ro poitcd that an outlay of about £100 would suffice to make the To Mimi road northwards fairly sorvicablo lor 11 considerable distance. Tho advisability of \ stiiking a late was discussed at some length, but no definite discussion ariived at with respect to the amount ; which will probably be fixed at next meeting. Mrs Biaut, wife of one of the throeacre allotment Ketllera at ShaL'tosburv, died in Auckland llospita on May 23rd

Attention is directed to Messrs Alf. Buckland and Co's nnnouncoment ol forthcoming sales. This day at Cambridge, sale, of produce, frjiitj potutoes,»iud 100 _fat tin keys. Also a number ,of horses, vehicles, saddlery, harness, etc. Sale of live stock at Ohaupo on Tuesday nex,t, including 180 head of very choice hWera. To remove paper labels fron) old bottles wet the face of the label with water and hold it for un instant over'any convenient Udinu. The bte.im penetrates the labol at once und sofiens the pabto. The Government Engineer^ has t-ifeon over tlio Ilikutau-Kopu scu-io.i of the Thaii'cs ruihwiy.