The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 223, 8 October 1887, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' Thi^ ftbove all — to thine own self be true nml it must follow as the night ihe day, Thou canst not then be fal^e to any man.' — Shakespeare.

SATURDAY, OOTOBKK 8, 1887.

A mokk deliberate find baie faced at tempt to injure any place we have seldom if ever before seen than has been perpetrate 1 by the late Government in viihd rawing from Te Aroha a daily tnin service, and tint too ju.st at the opening of the season, when tourists and invali is aie commencing to airivo, nnd when oor goldfields Are attract in^r attention far and wide. Why is Te A 1 oh a, the centre of r most important goldiield, "in! a favourite sanatorium, to bo thus treated, whilst Gam budge, Te Awmnutu, and other places possessing no such attractions, *w« still to enjoy daily direct tr.iiu service with Auckland ? I<? ifc reasonable to euppfwe the people of Te Aroha are going to tamely submit to a tri-weekly mail an-) passenger service, when two or three jeurs ago, before either the line was completed or the W.iihou bridged, we enjoyed a daily service, by coach to and from Morrinsvilie. Tho proposal is so monstrous as to look very liko an attempt to fo^tnr truffio to Rotoru'i ai the expense of To Aroha ; and every effort must be made to have this now at'iMn^enieut set aside as spec lily as possible.

There is nothing fresh of importance to report from the W.iito.i Me-srs Pond. Whituker (Bank of JN«w Z-.il.iihl) and Blown (Th.'uneis), have Ivon en^.i^ud in prosjvxtiwg- ui tlj(S .d.'"itrfct dipiti^ tin;

We trust there will be a largo and re* pi emulative Gathering on Tuesday evening .next in To Aroli.t Public Hall to dis- ( ' s .|i« tlio present vory unsatisfactory position of a lTairs ow iuir to Government having placed the riv?rs in tliis district with in" 1 tin 4 jurisdiction of Thames Harbour Board ; and to take such steps aa shall l»o deem d mo-t desirable in order to have tlic pioil.unition lvseimlcd. United action with out friends in Ohineiuuri County, with the ol.j ct to having this grevious wiong I'-inovid, isjiighh desirable. On and al'tei Monday next, 10th Oetohtr (cynKO(|u»ut (<n the alteration in the uulwiiy inn table) niiiN for Waikato nlßec-, Auckland, &c, will close ut tho I'.i-t Ollice, Te A i <>li t, on Monday'Wi dii. mI iys, a>id Fndaynonly at 1 .'2O. p.m. .U iK fiom Waikalo and Auckland will «nii\i' ut Tost Oliice To Aroliii on Tue-da)^, Thiii^laN -i, and Saturday* only at :i o > v . Sv\cial app'ii-ations for licMi^-d^hold-inj, r a at lhkuttia .uKo-ti-'ed in thin issue. Mi F. J. Jon<- will tbi- day --ell by public auction on the pr- nu-es Te A.'oha, th.« whole (d th-'draperv stock, etc., in assigned estate of J M Mummy. The Pinko Comity C-uneil have resolved to postpone th.- County election, which f dl- dn.- on Nov. mber ( Jlh, to Nov- mber loth, in honour ul the Piiuee of Wales biithday. A lepott of tho U t meeting of Thames HnU'iii Board will be found in .uiothor e-'liiimi ; by which it will be hood Mi Oh.iil's Ahfer had nude application to bo app tinted collector ut To Aioha for wharfage dnert tn be levied by the Board. It is satisfactory to not* (judging from the ivpoil r iVii'tul to), that tho B.mid woro n it in si -h » violent huiry to levoy and .ippomt a collector of hai hour dues at Te Arolu u- Uio npplicant appeared to bfl. Th-» orliu.u\ monthly meeting of tho imvtM iioi.i of 'the Thames llii;li School v. as held at Thames on Monday last. li -h nt : Mohsrs. McGowan ((Jhainnan), Mn^hnll, Wood, Ih'iin, and Dinby. A Tiei-ur\ vouch r for Sl\, goldlields revo•i>i l.'i tliemomli >>£ Aujfust, wim receivotl \U> \ (1. IWnkett, of Waioronuom ii, uiot<- a^kin^ to bo allowed to tak>^ up two bnsii). «.s bites in tho Waioion^osuui tnwun. » ,i i.'sidi'iico sites, which was granted. 1' ,i '.'!> for the lease of ai>iicu!tui al heel, .0, No 17, 18, 19, and 20, wore opened and loiwd red. Mih Baskett, Mes«ri. li. .v.-and Binkovillo, :m-l Mo^n (Jarlick an I il.tuks tendeied I'm the whole of the sei-tionr.. Mr K. Mackio foi sections 17 and 18, and Mr D Ci.iii?. lnni., and Mi li T. J ,i hU i lvi bcction 17. A letter wih also u-.id fiom Mi' N. Uaskctt, «Hkin« thw Boaid'h permission to remove the dwelling house on hec-tion 17 to a Mte in the township, Ihiiing the considetati<iu of the tend. -is it transpiit'd that tho house had alt end v boon kmiiovchl, when it Was decided to take legal pit)cc-edings immediately with a view to it.s reiiiHtatemont on the act tiiui. Til- tenders wei u thon considcreil, and that of Messis Garlick and Hanks conditionally accepted. The New Zetland inland paicol poat rei;ulntions which came into force oji Ist uM. show the rates of pobta^e to iiuige |,i in 7d for parcels not exceeding lib in < .i . 1 1 to 3^ Id foi parcels over 1011) and p. t , ( edinglld; in other woids, there :. i ■• I'diui charge ot 3d per Ib after the In ... id weight up to lid, which is tho n- • "'.'im weight iec«ivahle under the in The dimensions allowed for N s(Mit to places served by railway, ■»i wteamer, aro :— Griatest length, .; , I", i ; greatest length and giith com- ,, „, j, (\[t — that i«, a paicel ineasuring 3ft T> i in length may measure 2ft 6in in girth, ,nd so on. For places not served by railway, coach, or steamer, only pircols not exceeding 51b in weight and not measuring more than 2ft in length and Ift in l)icadlh|»nd depth may be accepted, provided they are of such a nature as to be neat in mi ordinal y mail bag. Demuirage at the rate of Id pei day will bo charged on paicelK left in the poHt office more_ than seven dayß, except where there is no house-to house delivery, or to persons on boaid si ip. In places .served by letter earner, delivciy as far ns practicable will be made by b-t'ter canicr. P.ircels may not contain any letter or communication of the nature of a letter, or a packet or I parcel intended for delivery at an address other than that borne by the parcel itself. Parcels may be registered under the samo conditions as letters. Parcels may be delayed when necessary to do so, in order to secuie the due despatches of the letter mails. The Postmaster general is Lot leßponsible for any damages, delay, or loss of any parcel. The ordinary monthly meeting of Te Aroha School committe shonlo huve been held on last Tuesday evening at seven o'clock. The only members who put in an appearance however, were Messrs Laveiy und Ihtt, and the meeting stands adjourned to next Tuesday at Hie samu [ hour. Tho ennti actors for th© erection of n nix ioom Ikuibc nt Te Aroha West for Mr John Wo n d of Te Arolm, will soon have completed the work in hand ; and are canyiug out the contract in such a thoiough woikman like manner, us reflects the groateht credit upon them. Mr Wood evidently knew what he was about in giving Mchhih Went and Devey tho job, in prt-feiedco to accepting tho lowest tender. At the last Piako County Council meeting Cr Murphy united if theie was uny chance of the load being continued through the Maori reserve to tho Gordon Bj ecial Settlement, estimated cost £30 as a present the settlers Ink! no means of transporting their produce or bringing their stoics. Cr Gould said the settlers deaeived thoir sympathy, the settlement being ko lemotely situated. Cr Chepmoll was of opinion they must wuit until they miw what money the Council would receive under the Special Settlement Act. Cr Mmphy said the load was practically of little u^e unless the middle portion were in ide. The Chairman said the expense of hiidgos would be very great, and they hid got no money. They would have to wait A man who advertises fora ''competent person to undeitake the sale of a new medicine," adds that '' it will be found profitable to the undertaker." Tho change from the cold and wet which has prevailed so much ot Sate ; to blight sunny days has been movtacceptable. The gie.it stretch in the evening is also very noticahle ; and tho evidences th it summer is fast drawing nigh are manifest on uv.'iy hand.

At Pinko County Council, hold on 24th nlto., a communication ,vjis road from tho Chairman of tho Ohinewuri County Council respecting the recent proclamation sanctioning tho extension of the boundaries of the Thames Harbour Board Distiiet, ho as to .include tho up-country rivers, and asking that eoncorted action bo t.iken by the two counties — first, to onublo Local Bodies to act iinl**pomK*iitl> ; and secondly, to make strenuous efFoits to have tho eontiol of tho whole t»t' tho Wuihou and Piako rivers with their aflluontn icmovpd from the juri*dicii >u of tho Thames Harbour Board, and placed uiul.-r that of an elective body instead of tho counties or other bodies ; also Htiggestiug tho desirability of l'eprosent-itivi's meeting to discuss the matter at Paeroa. It was resolved that tho Government be asked to entertain tlio i pplu-atioti of tho Ohinemnri County Council, that the Proclamation he rescinded, and tho control of the liver* leit to iho County Council*. j Tho Wajorongomai Traimrry leaso was sis-nod at tho last Piako County Council meeting. Aw will bo soon by advertisement in thin is^uo, Mr Wm. l ( 'nsjau of Hikulaia has applied for LwoJicenM'd holding at Mara- ' toto, Messrs. Alfred Buokland and Co.'s announcements of forthcoming sales by auction \»ill be found in our column* today. Sale at Cambridge of hordes, produce, etc., this d'i\. Cattle Sale at Ngaruawahiu on Monday next Sale of cattle at Ohaupo on Tuesday ; whilst on Thursday, 13th hint., there will be a sale of livo atock at Moiiin«ville. The ordinary monthly mooting of tho Ohinomuii County Council should hare l)oen held at Paeroa,!on Saturday last. Tho only members present however wore Cra Cock (Chairman), Moore, Walsh, and Butler, After the minutes of the previous monthly meeting had been read confirmed. Cr Mooie proposed, and Cr Butler seconded, and it was carried •' That Mr Nepean Kenny l>o appointed lleturniug UilictT for the county with regurd tho general election of Council lorn whic'< t.ikee place next month. The Chuint.an B.Atd that instead of proceeding further u ah the business of the mooting, he would a*k lor an adjournment till 3 p.m. on Baluiday tlio Bth mat., us thoro wa*- business ut impoitanco to be considered which he thought should not bo dealt with at ao mnall a meeting of tho Council. On the motion of Cr Walsh, seconded by Cr. Alooie, tlio adjournment was granted according!), and tiie meeting terminated. The parcel* post system ia now in full working ordvr and has ho far been fairly will taken advantage of at tho Te Aroha oflice. Theie is no doubt as the sjstom becomes more gcneially known it will become very popular. ]\ov. H. Bavin, Onehungn, during tho course of his address at tho Wosleyan Chinch on Wednesday evening laat, ro- ! Itiri'il t ) in another column, boio valuable J testimony to the benefit he had derived Irom u course of tho To Aroha baths. The lev. gentleman Raid about three year* ago ho came to Te Aroha on a Monday morning bo bad with sciatica that he could scarcely turn in hi.s bed, and as a matter of fact, by tho following Satuiday ho was able to return to his homo quite rentoied, and since then ho had experienced no return of that, ailment. He had felt much pleusure in recotding hia testimony as to wondeiful curative properties of tho To Aroha thermal «i»rings, nearly every where he went, and ban induced many yiiflorers to try the waters for them elves. Messrs. Bradley and Ferguson have for more than twelve month* past lnon endeavouring to have arrangement* innde wheieby victors liom Auckland to Te Aroha might be able to pioceed thither via Thames and return by train, or vice versa. We are pleased to learn that at length an arrangement has been entered into between the Milway and steamboat authorities and Messrs Biadley and Co. whereby this propoaal svill be earned out, and will como into force on Monday, 17th instant. The price to he charged for these ruund tri > tickets will be 34* fur first class, and for Kecond-cKiHS, which it must be acknowledged is extremely reasonable ; and we have no doubt a large number of visitors will avail themselves of the facilities thus offored for a most enjoyable trip by raii, coach, and steamboat. We fail to see, however, the reason why this inducement to travel nhould be reserved exclusively to Aucklanders, as it is stated " Tickets can only be obtained at Auckland Railway Station." [Surely arrangements could easily be made for the issue of tickets at liamilton, To Aroha, Paeroa, and Thames. We commend the suggestion to tho authorities for their consideration.