OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 213, 30 July 1887, Page 2

OHINEMURI. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Parroa, Friday. Onk of the first steps towards the inanguiatiou of a new ami bettor order of thing's here has been taken by Mr I). Snodyrasf, for whom a new building, comprising a store and commodious dwelling house, is now being erected on a freehold section adjacent to" the leasehold ono upon which his present establishment is located ; the work is being carried ont by Mr A. Moore, whose namo is a sufficient guarantee that it will be completed according to specifications. The new structure is 40 feet in di-pth by 2f> feet in width, and the studs are ]2 foot high in the clear. It is divided into six compartments, of which five will be fitted up for the use of

(he jtrnpiiefnr's family, ail (In 1 oilier one will he u^ttd as a i;."iei,d .(oh 1 . Ait o.ujli Air -Si'()l^)')> s is Ilie'liisl on the list i>t liUMiu"--; nuu hei'c to loa\ o the leasehold township, lie is nob by any .means likely 1.0 bo tho hist, for (he mnjonly of tln\ others hnvr already secured Hte.« in Ki;)sorV> township, and tli civ will bo a general stampede in thai, direction vciy shortly unless tin 1 owners of t.iio Pa<T<>ii block make r,n effort to ivl.'iin their tenants, by tliein Ivr.'lioliN. or by t i;iving_t'»eiu a reason nblc cxieii'-ion of (iieir ju'osent liirni, which n.^pircH in LSO'I,.) - „ ' ' -'• Mi 1 Vx. Wilson, 11 mii n in tf" Inspector,' has been inslructod (o cxaininc and ro|)oit upon all the n^iicullnral leasehold seclions wilhin the lor ihopurpo^o of enabling (io\ernment <o Hoierinine whether Ihe uff.uit.ini> 1 of I'reehol Is by niiV or all (>f the, applicants would be likely to ret.ird the proifn^s of or inlwsfere with tho mining irtdiKsjry. Of late the Ward cmi's Oon.it has been so ofloti occupied with the seMlcm^rifc of dispute.*, belweou niiner.4 and agricultural leaseholders, that more caution will bo exercised in future when grant ing titles to agriculturists for laud situate upon or in the vicinity of proved auriferous belts of couutiv. And quite ri^ht too, for Inn 1 of that description is, as a rule, valueless for am purpose other tha>u mining. There was a very well atien led meeting of paii-Jiioneis at tho Wedleyan Ohnrch beiv on Wednes \ny ovoning liial, to welcome Mr Elliv>t<, Homo Missionary, who has boon recently appointed to minister to the spiritual wants of residents in this pai t of the Upper Thames Wesley an Crcuit. r lhc Hey. ]\lr Lawry, tesident minister, pre-jided, and the church choir rendere 1 sever.d selections of sacred music very effectively. After partaking of the good tilings provided for the occasion, tho meeting broke up by singing the Doxology. No business will be transacted at the ordinary monthly meeting of the Ohinemui'i County Council on Saturday, the Oth of August proximo, but it will be adjourned till the the following Tuesday, h.r which date a special meeting has been convened to consider matters of vital importance to tho County. A concert, to conclude with a farce and ball, will come off in tho Public Hall here next Friday evening, and as tho proceeds are to be devoted to the Ohinemuri Public Library Building Fund, it is to be hoped that the. attendance will be a goo I one.