The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 208, 25 June 1887, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

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

SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1887.

Jn our supplement to-day will be fountl u summary of English and Foreign news, received by R.M. s.a. Zcnlnndiii ; report of the Queens Jubilee celebiatiom at Home, and in Auckland ; particulars of the railway disaster noar Sydney, election notes, ote. Mr. .1. B. Whyte's address to the electors of Witikato appears .in this issue. The following tenders were opened on Saturday last for the erection oC a sixmom homo for Mr. John Wood, on his farm, Te Aroha Weat:— J. Lavcry, £325; Farrell and Ileathcote, £297 ; West and ! Devey, £293 ; Jas. Mills and Co., £273 lbs. r lho tender of Messrs. West and | Uovey, £293, was accepted. Judging ' by the plans, this will bu one of the neatest | and most comfortable houses in the district, having bow window, verandah on two side**, two double brick chimney*, etc, and all the rooms tire to be close matched lined, even with respect to tho rooms to be afterwards papered, etc. The materials are all to be of the boat, and Messrs. West aud Devey are men who may bo relied on to curry out their contract in a thorough and workmanlike manyer. Yesterdays Horultl has tho following : " There is on viow at the Chamber of Commorce about 501bs of rich oro from tho Union miiio, Waihi, which has been taken from the parcel of about 40 tons which the company aro now packing in Auckland for transit to England by the first direct steamer. It will be remembtned that far tho last shipment of lGjtonw the company realised in London a shade over £43 per ton, and it i.s anticipated that till** much larger shipment will be equally satisfactory. The sample of oro on view ia well worth seeing, inasmuch ns it is different in appearance to what we liave been accustomed to look upon us rich quartz where gold te scon in abundanco ; but here it is only by the most minute examination thut free gold can be seen. Nevertheless, it it not onh , rich in gold but exceedingly ho in silver, j the precious nictds b°ing found in a state that is technically known as sulphides, etc. The Mimph'd oro as it stands on view i.-. Mtid to b'i worth over £100 per ton. and as tho specimens aie of a distinct dabs of ore fiom that usually found at the Lower Thames, groat interest » s manifested in tho second .shipment which is about to take place." Mr. S. T. Sinnrdon has iccently if moved from the Premier Hotel, Waiorongomai, into the premises known as the Waiorongomai Hotel, formeily occupied by Mr. T. Lawless. Tho propjietor of th<* Palace Hotel had that building veiy tastefully illuminated on Tuesday night with many gay Chinese ■ lanterns, etc., both as regards tho balcony and verandah on two sides of the hotel the effect being very pleasing. A number : of nrewoiks, &c, were albO let off during the evening fiom the balcony. Ordinary monthly meeting of the To Aroha Town Board this evening. Mr. Barlow, with the Juvenile Southern Cross Comedy Company, arrived at Te Aroha by the steam launch Pearl on Sund\y evening List from the Thames. Owing to the darkness of the night, and the Cap tain piohably not being familiar with the channel of the river, tiie boat ran aground i close to the township. The company ! appealed in the Public Hull on Monday evening, according to advertisement, but the nttendcinco was most discouraging, | with which no doubt the darkness of the I night and rain had a great deal to do. The company, however, determined not to disappoint those who patronised them, j though few in nuinbor. faithfully went thro tight the performance, and were frequently applauded. Tho dresses and drop scenes were splendidly got up. An accident occurred in Whitakeretreet, Te Arohu, on Thursday afternoon, fortunately without injury to any person. It appears Mr. E. Gallagher had just returned from Waitoa aale in a ona horse buggy, and when oppoaito Mr. Fraswr's ironmongery store a cart passed by having a number of wheats of corrugated iron as part of the loading, and these flapping about, frightened Mr. Gillagher's horse, which rushed across the street, and with considorable force tho buggy collided with Mr. Frazers verandah, which totally collapsed with the force of the shock ; boyond which no serious damage was done. At Waitoa cattle sale on Thursday last but few cattle were yarded, and. none sold. Seyerai pens of good sheep were offered, but only few were sold, aad those at low prieos. The long continuance of wet weather is having an injurious effect on several of tho paddocks of: swede turnips in this district, which have commenced to rot more or less

'At tho last monthly meeting of the Waiorongamai School Committee Messrs. Hirst nml Cronin btated that arrangements had hecn made Tor clearing the school i'or twelve months with Mrs. Ryan. Messrs. Goidsworthyand MeGarvie were appointed a visiting committee for the current month. The head teacher furnished a list of irrogulnr attendants. It was resolved that only Jubilee day, 21&t instant, he observed u^ a general holiday. Mr. G. Becßon wrote resigning the position of secretary, which was accepted with regret. Dm ing the past week there has been an almost continuous rainfall, and as a consequence tho various creeks nml livers in this district have been bank high nearly all the time. At To Arolm no serious (hinage hai occurred, but at Paeroa and throughout Ohinemuri generally we regret to hear that considerable injury and loss has resulted, pai Liculars respecting which will be found in our Ohinemuri conespondent's report in this inane. Tho ball which took plnco in the W-ii- , orongomai Public Hall on last Monday t night was well attended^ dancing w.ib i kept u p^ with spirit till nearly daybreak, and everything in connection with the affair passed off moat satisfactorily. We are pleased to be able to state that Mr 11. Buttle, of Aunaiid&le, who received such serious injuries through being 1 thrown from his horse a few weeks back, is making satisfactory progress towards comploto recovery, and able to be out and about again, although obligod to be vory careful ns yet. By the It.M. s.a. Zealandia, which reached at Auckland on Thursday afternoon, an experienced engineer arrived for tho purpose of superintending the erection of the machinery in Meusra Thornton Smith and Filth's new roller flour mills. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Waitoa Road Board will bo hold at Morrinsville to-day.