The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 215, 13 August 1887, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCAT E.

'This above all— to thine own self be rue nd it must follow as the night ihe day, Thou canst not then be falBB to any man. 1 — Shakespeare.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1887

A largo amount of matter in type has to be held over till next issue, owing to unusually lengthy report of Ohinemuri County Council ami other matter. The electoral rolls for Wniknto and Wai pa are now piinted. The tender of the proprietor of the AroHA. AND OuiNKMURI JNIfiWH, being considerably tlio lowest, was accepte 1 for printing both these ro)K , Special meeting of Te Adlih Town ; Board this evening for c mfinnation of By-F-aws. I This evening a public meeting will be held in F.ieroa Public Hall, to discuss the Il.irbour Boaid business, proposed loan of £7000 by tho County Council, etc., and to t.vke such stops with respect to these uiatteis as m.iy be thonglit advisable. Rev. B, Host, from Tlumies, will preach at Te Aroha Wesley an Church tomorrow both morning and evening ; aluo (it Waiorongomai to-morrow afternoon at three. Mr Best is an eloquent and cinu-st minister of the Gospel, and we have no doubt large congregations will assemble to hear him, both at Te Aroha and Waiorongomai.. Band of Hope meeting in Te Aroha Public Hall nt*t Wednesday evening.

We hear with regret that Mr Edwin FTadiield, of W.,iorongoniai, whilst workin" at the New Find mine on Wednesday last, met with a serious accident. It ap-ix-ars Mr Hadfield was working on Courtmov's contract, and whilst breaking down (ho surface put of the leef, some of the oxeihead suddenly catno away and 'ailing on Mr HadnYld', broke his thigh. The sufYeier \\a^ pjnmptly conveyid home by hi> mates on a stietcher improvised 1 lor the occasion, and tho i'racture (which is a simple one) was set by Mi Cooper, of To Aroha, under whose care tlie patiuiit is progressing fiivour.tlily. | The nomination for a member of the Houso of Representatives for tho Western Mioii Electoral district, will take place .it Alexandra on August 17th; the poll •>n 7IU September. The following are ; amongut th? polling places enumerated in the (ia/.et<e: — M >naia, Hauraki— -Kunanga House. Titiiua, Kaht Coast— Public Hall. Shoitland— old Couit House. Miranda— tfchool-house. To H ic-a-Tainni, Piako— Unnan»a House. Whangamata, Hauraki — Ueneti to Wlum Whim's" House. Paeroa, j Ohinomnri- Public Hall. Te Aroha- I ■Court House. Waterford, Katikati — Comt House. Tauranga— Court House. The Associated Banks have agreed to reduce the interest allowed on fixed depobit by one per cent viz., to f our per cent, and there can be little doubt but what the New Zealand Banks will do likewise. The Cierk of Piako County Council notifies ratepayers generally, by advertisement, that summonses are now being fcakun out against all defaulting ratepayers, three months in arrear, and advises a speedy settlement to avoid court and other expenses. A lt'iiti. n is directed to "Messrs Alfred Buekl mil &C<>.'s advertisements, announcing foiiln inning sales by auction. To-day, at C«iinl)ti<ii;o, of produce, fi nit and .11 n. inter. t.il trees, horses, etc. At Ohaupo, <>n Tuesday n- xt, important sale of cattle and sheep/including 125 lieud of well bivd cattle from Whakatane. On next Wednesday sale .it Mr Russell's farm, Scotchman's Valley, of dairy cows and^ other cat tie, draught hoi ses, hacks, farm imple mi-nts, 25 beehives, oaten straw and cnaff, etc., without reserve. It will be observed the Waitoa live stock sale will be held on Friday next week, instead of Thuisday. Piako County Council iuvito tenders for making about six miles of Matamati ro.id. The road leading to Te Aroha We^t, p-ist the Cemetery, is in a bad state just now, and we would advise anyone riding that way ; to bt: caret ul of the part just beyond the j cemetery gates, eke they may find them- j solves bogged. ; A sitting of the Native Lands Court will shoitly bo held in the Public Hall, Paeioa, tho date fixed being August 17th. Business : To determine the ownership of a large number of blocks in Ohinemuri, as set forth in tho Native Gazette, August 3rd) amongst them Otamauianganui ; block, Mackytown, and blocks at the j Junction, PWioa, etc. Also for the purpose of appointing Native successors to deceased gianteea with regard to seveial large blocks. The proceedings will be of an important character, it being essential that the vexed question of j ownership in several of the blocks referred j to should be speedily decided before these j lands can be utilised. j By advertisement it will bo seen that ; the Waitoa Road Board purpose at their next monthly meeting levying a general rate of a half-penny in the pound. At tho Civil Sessions of the Supreme Com t in Auckland on Thursday last, before Justice Ward, the case of ThamesCoiomandel United District Charitable Aid Board v. County of Piako came on for he-iring. This was a suit for £406 0s 6d, being balance of contribution due. Mr Alexander appealed for plaintiff, and j as there was no defence filed, judgment was given for amount claimed, with £13 lGs 6d costs. Mr James Mackay, candidate for Coro inandel electorate, has arranged to address the electors as follows :— Paeroa, Thursi day next, 18th inst, at 7.30 p.m.; Karrngahake, 19th, at 7-30 p.m.; Waihi, 20th, at 7.30 p.m.; Whangamata, 22nd. Mr J. W. Walker will be a passenger for England by the R.M.S. Alameda from Auckland on Monday next, in connection with the floating of the Union mine, Waihi, and others on the London market. Mr Thos. Russell, C.M.G.. will also be a passenger by the same steamer. Mr W. H. Hazard's new advertisement appears in our columns to-day. Mr Hazard ia a thorough practical gunmaker, and has always on hands a very largo stock of sporting materials of every description for dale at moat reasonable prices. •The following is a notable instance oi successful advertising : A business man in Richmond, Cope Colony, advertised for a couple of smart boys. The next day his wife presented him with twins, sons. He rushed in a fury to the printer and stopped his advertisement. Newspaper men always | stand to lose somehow. A contemporary, speaking of the Midland railway woiks, says :— At some of th^ roadside hotels, when work is over, a very mixed community congregate to while away the time with the everlasting euchre. In one room one night last week were seen an Oxford M A., n Cambridge B. A. and a Trinity College (Dublin) man, assisted by anM.D., an ex-clergyman, an architect, and ex-wine merchant who was familiar with the classic precincts of the Portsoken ward- Each of these men, drawn to the East Coast by want of proper employment, j is now manfully handling the pick and shovel in the construction of our great Midland railway. j A man, sued for his newspaper subscrip ' tion at Melbou.-ne, pleaded that, though he \ had received the paper, he had never oidered it. Asked the Judge (Cope) :" If a baker left a loaf of bread at your door, and you took it and ate it, would you pay for that ? " Defendant : " Certainly, your Honor, but that is a different thing." His Honor: "Not at all. You eat the loaf and devour the newspaper." Verdict for he u mount, with costs. Thompon's truck : At the last monthly meeting of Tauranga County Council, held on Tuesday 3rd hint, £10 was voted in aid of prosptcting Te Poke district. Captain Turner, County Engineer reported that the To Aroha road the survey was completed on this side and camp moved to Thamoß Valley. He expected work to be completad in a few days. He suggested alteration in line to avoid heavy cutting und filling. Man doubles his evils by brooding upon them.