The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

♦This .hove all -tn tluno owrt' «olf he true aiH it must follow as tho night the day, Thou oanst not then bo fnl^o to any man.' — BHiKKHPKAHK.

SATUUHAY, (KTOUKU 15, 1887.

HIE NEW TIME TABLE.

Hissati^faotion n> i t ! » the now lu.ilway i'mi'' 'iai'lo, in lar as il nIT -c^s Ti Aioha, may woli tiiul strong expression ; md notwithstanding tlio exideut necos Mtx lor retrenchment in oxoiy department nf the public son ice, wo have a right to n^il .to until ill- 1 eaiise i»f onr dissatisfaction is lemoved. Allowing tilt* neces -ih for \\orkim: the railways as eeouom icttllv <.^ possible, it io.^ imt by any imimim f >llow th.it tlio nay to 3 cure a k-tlor into of interest on the cost of o:i«.fnu f tii!ii i> to deploy the ellieioncy of the seiviiv. In iK relation to To \ roll. i tins nutter may be looked at from (wo standpoints. Unr aotu.d requirements have first to lie considered, Butnu0 li"r ji.vini may alao will receive some attention. m., the facilities (or rather i!ie w.ni ■>!' shorn), affoidod to To Aroha l»y exi-f ii^ ■•> inngements as compaied with tl.o-.i- .ilYur led to olner |>laco-}. With u'lmi i to the Hut it is easy to >*ny tint all tno iratlie can l>e earri d by tinee trains a week each way, an I th it if niMio tra : n> are lequire ', they can soon he put on. l>ti! it i> Muvly Ihe du:y of those \\h(^ manage i\ public i.ulway to enoovjr.i^o fi.i\eliuit;,an'l not- to le^trict it. lO^peci.dly |j iln's nui-of i place .is L'eAroh » -a Siiiiatoiiuni and tlie centre of an ex I on-, -ive dii'ld. Last Mimmer in adiiition to the dailv ti tin e\ cry aflurnoon, thtio was nUo a l.ilu tiain on two da) s a week. Ifttjlit trains tiom Aiit kl.uitl each week 1 ist s-MsoM instead ol three now. Surely the*' 1 s.s U'ltl'iiiir to wain 1 nt the expeeta- i tiou that the. tumisl trallic during the com nt; Miui.uer w lM be mi much less than it. was list yenr as to justify Mich a -wecj)ini» tedm-tioii. That the new w laii^ciiHMit will be vory inconvenient foi tl.u.se who live in tlu place, and do l>u-ine-s with Aucklml without ■^ayin^, aiid need not l>e argued. Coinpai in<r our tiuin arrangenv^its with other plue^, what ilo we find : G li'JDi'.di^e ami Te Awamutu both huve i a u.ulj service .nth Aucklan I e.ich way. | Or let us ,'o noarer Auckland. In addition t(.> tlw^ two tn rout; n tr.iin- fr.»in Audclend, theie aie >till two other trains iiinni:it, r daily each way betw en Mercer and Auckland, no rotr-'iiehment having been .riailo there, (see time table.; jNo.v any one wlio Luowd the two places, U aware that Mercer is not in any seas-; so important as To Arohft. it borrows a large share of what little importance it now ha 1 - fro.n the fact of the thiou^h trains all stopping there twenty minutes, tuul the other two trains mali : n^ it their teimiMiH. If we are reminded that these tiM'ns leather both passengers and fi>?i^ht a>i they pioceed towards Auckland, the leply is very ready: so doo3 the train from To Aroha. Now tkerc can be little doubt that the train leaving Auckland for Mercer at 6.20 a.m daily, and returning fiom Mcrcorat 11.30 a.m any serious incouveniejwe to the people along the whole length of the line. They could be d^penseil with without causing wouiil still have three trains each way daily. We do not ilosire to uii'luly curtail the piivileges of others, but if it must be somewhere, surely it ought to be where it would cause the least inconvenience, and the least loss to the revenue, as wall as secure the greatest saving in expenditure. Vi«'W tne new time table from what ever stand point'one may, it is only too' apparent that, if not its aim, ceituinly Us results must be in ovary way prejudical to tiie progress and piosperity of Te Aroiia. Wh.it cou.l-1 be mare indesirable •md u]i.«ntisfactoiy than that invalids should be \M\ded in Auckland at nearly roii o'clock at night, as is now the case. Fancy again its taking 1 two days to visit Cambridge, or Hamilton and return to Te Arolm. A score of different ways could bo pointed out wlieieby the daily train service could be continued to To Aroha without increasing working expenses to any appreciable extent. Even as a lust le-ouiue the engine on anival at Moiiinsvillo from and to Lichneld could urn down to Te Aroha and back (twelve miles) with a couple of carriages attached in little over an hour, and then resume tho journey to or from Auckland.

It is a matter for relict that the public meeting held at Tl Aroha on Tuesday evening, ko far as it related to the Thames [Hai hour Board business, did not yield; more bati* factory results. As will bo aeen ' I by refming to the report of the meeting I which will bo found in another co'uinn the resolution proposed by Mr Mills was of a very milk and water description ; in fact tlieiui>- piactically next to nothing 1 in it, a-i Uk j County Councils of Pinko and Oliineimni have already appealed tv \ Government in this matter. Mr Wooc 1 pro{)osed a resolution far superior in every way, which in fact covered the whole <.'ircumstiinceb of the case, and which if it bad boon passed, we understand it wan Mr Woods desire should have been forwarded direct to Government, Although Mr Mills weundeistand prior to th© opening of the meeting intimated to the chairman that he had a resolution he wished to move, and thereby obtained precedenwe, we consider he would have acted much more in the interests of the district if he had withdrawn hi* resolution, in favour of the on» piopoued by Mr Wood.

Mrs Judge Ward is at present staying ut Te Aroha for the benefit of her health, in order to avail of the baths. Mrs Ward spoakw in the .highest terms of the mineral waters of Te Aruha, and bejieves if their wonderful fcurutivo properties were more widely in.ido known, and the interests of thoi place properly fostered, Te Arohti bids fair to become a Smalorium of groat repute. Attention is diroetod f> Mr« Farrell's new advertisement. Mrs Ifarrell has recently opened up in grout variety new spring and summer goods in all departments, including the latest novelties in millinery, dress \u;oods, etc ; an ■ early inspection of which is invited. Outward English mail (by direct steamer) will close at Post Office, To Ar ha on Monday next, ut 1 20 p.m. T.-iiioiiow evening .ut Waiurongomai the Rev. iS, Luwry will proueh a funeral sermon in connection with the death ot the late Mr G. Reed. Mr.J. P. Viwe, the local agent <>£ thu Government Life Insurance Department, lias been veiy miecesblul in taking; a bugo number of 1 within the last few weeks, the total amounts insured totting ti}> to quite a largo s>uu». Mr Yause is tin excellent lilo insurance canvass >r, and never loses an opportunity to dilate on the f> re.it advantages offered by thu Government ollice, MK'h us low premiums, absolute secuiity, etc. We arc glad to bo able to report most favomably lespeetiug the health of Mi Thos. Scott, who w.isinjniod by the recent mining explosion at Waioiongomai. Mr Scott was up and out on Monday, and is nipi'lly prog i easing 'towaidb complete recovers , The following is clippod fumi this week's .Onsen ur ;— (l Die ,' We ' of thu To Aioha p.i[u;r has boon getting into hot water lately. ttonifbody wioto him a letter signed " Fail Play," which, instead of going into •' your valuable columns, " wont into the waste basket. Theicupon Himdry resident^ hold an indignation meeting, at whn.li i\ paity by the name oi Whitehouse was the mo\ ing spirit, A letter from thu much ah'i-^ed editor w.i« road at the meeting. Amongst othei haul tilings let "IV by the scribe was :: — t( Allow me to infoun you that I have not the slightest intention of being present at )our meeting to-night, and can only attribute your attempt to interfere with the management of this journal to either »ioss inMorauee or eoniummato impudence." No wond< r they passed a resolution of an uncomplimentary nature, to the ' We' Ihe s s. Ahmieda with ICurop.'an and American mails via San Fianci^co, arri vud in Auokhmd on Thursday afternoon. Mis J u.l 40 Ward, who during her residence in Auckland so actively identified heiself with v.ii'ious movementH or a philauthiopliia chai.icter, has we nn<l.'i«tand kindly consent d to addiess the children oi thu \Vesle}an church Sund ty school to-morrow afternoon at tin t*o o'clock ; and will aUo take the evening Hervico in tin' Wusleyao blanch to-morrow uvL'isuig j in both cast's, weather pouuitting. Tlru-e will boa hitting of tho Uesid,«nt Ma^i.strato's and Ward -n's Uouits, Ie Aioha, nt 3. 30 p. m. on Tuesday m v \.t. At thu Auckland Clown Lmd's Uoaid , on Thuisday list th-j following applications for laml in this district wero irranted. U, B. Knorpp, Section 10, iilock 12, (To Aroha), Waitoa, 264 acre^, to be offeied for nale ; to be lepoitoil on by Assistant Surveyor- General. Tho following perpetual leaso tenders wcrv accepted — U S. Brown, faectiono2i, Block 11 ,Te Aroha, 37 acres, ut 3s Gil per acre. E. Gallagher, section 13, Block 1 1, To Arolm, 77ac. 3rdrf, : at 5s Gd. per aero. Tenders arc invited for dnining on thu Auckland Agricultural Go's). Wai ton ustato. j Messrs Frazor -uid Hanmar offer them- \ solves as candidates to represent To Aroh.t Riding in Piuko County Council By advertisement it will be soen L. J. Fiasser h.is, in addition to tho bakery business now a<lded that of general storekeeper, and judging by tho prices quoted interns offering every possiblo inducement to cash purchasers, lion. Mi' Richardson ha 5 ? oxpressol his willingnebs that any parcels of Waitoa dopofiit, sent to the Thames School of Mines for that put pose, bliall be ahsayed free of charge.