The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 234, 24 December 1887, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' This above ail — ti> thine own fotf hp ti no And it most follow as the night the day Thou canst no» then be false to any iran." — SIIAKESPFAEF.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 186/.

To-morrow will l>o Christina' «lny. 11 vn shico the mnrniii" which u:is uelioiv i m by choirs of nntH*. Mnuiuy (< Pi-nee on en.tli, fjood will towjinl nicii " has dps season heen always looko.l foiwaul to as a time foy family nn-1 s<«'inl voutiioii?. nml is «PiHTi.lly thonifht an.l «poko:i "t 1 «s a nine ol" ri joicuig. To all our loadcis we whh A MERHY CHRISTMAS

In the Warden's Court, Thames, on Thursday, the following applications wore granted : \V. S. Greenville, licensed holding for tie ant Rowe Claim ; «) . F. Clttvke, protection for +wo month* for the Ro3eiriont v and Aminantn r lninn, Waihi. A largo number of applications were adjourned until January 12. h, TU i n lev of .Tarne * Shine for Nj •> «mtiact, .Miuc'i'nain cwek, Shafte^hmr, being the loweSi, has bceu accepted. To-morrow evening Rev S. La wry, wi.l pie. eh in i he W'eslevau Church, Te Aroha Both hymns and sermon on the occasion wil ha\e special reference to Christmas Day. | Fo-tanl Telegraph offices closed on Monday uu ( the greater part of Tuos-lav next, nil mails close to-night. Outward 'Frisco umil closes at P.^t OiTiuoTw Arohaon Friday next 30th mat iv 1/20 |)iu As wiil be soon by un advertw'm -nt vmt-'i I appears in another column, a miv\d (JlmoniCarnival wU be held at (Jambrilgp on Moy day, Tuesday and Wednesday next. OvoA preparations have been made for theoi'-asion, and' with the many and varied attraction*, we iia\e no doubt a \er\ large number will avail of the opportunity to visit Cambii li*e during the holiui}>>. Special tram* vwll bp run in connection 'with the carnival. r lhe c.nicett b\ the «.cli..M childriii, wind) t-;nno oif in the To M»\v\ Public Hall !^t evening, v><i^ »n iimncn^e mk co^ in fSH'V way, and tlk- h.il! ri'twded to its utmost cajvifitv. Uti «.!i»nnos woie desuiviiuof notire, ami Mr ■ml "Mi" Mnisdon.-'indothen who assisted in t 'ii-jli'.Mti i!-e i isiMren their several ptrt.«, (lg.j^v-n urrat nr-dii. We shall ivl'ei i,r.r» fnl's t<. t fje ont-it'iminent in °ur | u->.t iscu r l],e m\u!lh "f the rocfnt examinations of To A.ohu an I Yvaiorongonvii Public Schools, bv Jnsp'iPtor O'Sullivwii, ore veiy satisfactory At To \roha. m Standard 7 one w is pvoseated and pas-ed ; 0 1 presented and passed ; 5. iriC£cnt-d and passed; 4, 10 presented, 6 i p'i"«3»d ; 3. '^<» prc-seutod, 18 p.ttrsod ; 2, 17 nesemed. 15 pa««.el; 1, 24 piesented, 23 waa^eJ. fcicentage of passes by the new method of calculating, being -18.9 ; ox (by the old n etboo) 90 9of «ho*e examined. We in>iy add bince Mr Marsden took chtu-go of the To j Arolia school, the average oi pa«ses has always : Uen ovci 90 pov cent, of those presentel. At Waiorontionjui, in Standard 5, 2 were presented ; in standard -i, 5 ; standard 3, 10 ; standard 2, 11; standard 1, 14; total, 42 ; j and ail passeJ. Pexuentage of passes as compared with number on roll (74)56.7; or accord* ill-; to old method of reckoning, 100 per cent. The " Te Aroha Troubadours" will perform at Moninsvillo, Waiorongoraai, and Paeroa duiing the holidays. The company ia sure to Jiaw goo I hniscs at each place, the pro-gia-vnvne* pwparol being of a varied and hiferesting charafi(ei,and the performers have j giun ample proof of their individual ability, for programme and further patticulars see handbills. \ At the I?. M. Cotut, Te Aiohn on TuesI da) la-i. Mr Cha-. Tuck, clerk to Pi«\ko L'oimtv Council .ippfined on behalf of Council in qyveial complaint- 1 brought for lierovci) oL' .uie.r^ of i.itce, and obtained jutlyeniont, tlif bench, however, refused to nlknv the i-lfik :my expenses, staling that no powci vas given to allow costs to witne&ses. u.ile-s they weie summoned. The fiuobliou iiiibes who then is to p.sy the I cluks eNpcUf.es in tlie^e eases? Surely it | should !»u borno by tho flefaultini* rate 'payers themselves one would think. In '-iini'ar c-.i-^is bi ought by Piako Count\ i!iiun< il in tho past expenses were allowed tho cleik by tlu- Kite MrKenrick H.M. Afcoiding to the Public Woiks Slutenieiit,Goveinnient intend that the railway, Tlhiiues To Aroha, shall be complete.! us 1 hir as Ohinenimi, twenty miles, in 1891, tli * expenditure for the four yfar-, piiding i Msnoli 3Ut. 1891, to be £41,921. It.is estunatoil £65,000 will bo. lenuired U* j cmnplcto the line frum Ohincuiuli to Te ! Aioha, a distance o£ 12 mile?. i A meeting of the committee of the j 'i'hiiines School ol : Mines was held on I Tuom!.i> last for tho purpose of opening |t..'ndfr3 % in connection with the proposed 1 ( xportmiMita! plant. The following tenders weif retji'iveil for the supplying and erectin/'- the plant and machinery, Messrs A. ( and G. Price £398 10b, and MrC.Judd £398 17s. Jt was d^t-idejJ to accept the tender of Messrs Pi ice Bros. Only one tender was received foi the rc-verberatOry furnace, viz., that of Mr G. L. Ginn. but as the amount was above the estimate it was resolved to defer its acceptance, and modify the work originally intended. For the supply and delivery ot about l2,oUoft of Mx-inc\i cast iron water-pipes, E, Porto i and Co,, of Auckland, were the only tepdereis at Is lOd per foot, which was iiccoptod Tii'-jadity Thames Star bits the following — " Mr P. Comiakey has communicated with the directors of the'Moanatairi mine with reforence to itn sulo in London. Ho Miyt it could bo effected by giving the old conipany 25,000 paid-up shares, the English syiuMcite taking an equal number of puid-up bharob 1 in consideration of their taking not less than ] 0,000 out of a total of 25,000 contributing shares. This would make a total of 75,000 shares in the new company, and tho fact of tho syndicate Liking 10,000 of the contributing fchar.es, I Mr Comiskey think*, would have u very favorable effect on the English market Ihe matter was conaUeied at a rocetiVig | of- the dihsotot'-si i'u.AuuJihmd .on Tu^diiy, and tho Allowing resolution wiw agriicd \(\ a/jiJ c«.l»led to Air Comwkvy :— n TUni thii*2f>,ooo gharos, f>o allotted . to Auokhind •»Uitruh«ltlfrs without uny reduction fni uu)M!ii*-ioh or other eipensos ; that 35*000 contiibiitin^ shares bu all Rubst'ribed fore tmt thai, 10a jper hhall be paid (ou iiilouucutt "

Gie.'tl sale of hordes, etc.. at To Arolm Hmxe Hii^nr, by Messrs All. HucUand ■iiui Co., to-day. It tln.'sliltliMu 4 no £ood to dial 1 posts. It simply pi event-; the outside from decay* iu<>, but do^s not prevent iv miy iini'inT (h^-.iy inside Mo i/hanvd portion. Tir or iiny points does not pro\ent deciy, the p st bp'iui in llio "round, for tlio moi-^'.tii'j \< cMistunily sMtuiittin^ the sub^t;m.. % " I'iO-u below, lint ii. wo «:!tnr,lte the whole siiV «U\iK'e of the wood with poui" nond\iu^ oil, the poal wiU bo ptv^ol'ved until tln^nil ig enrried ii\v:jv bv nutural me ins requiring many yoirs. "The best oil to use is crude petroleum, b.'CftU-e it is che-ip ami easily applied. The prop?r nu.uw is a l-ink doej) fnon^h to bold the pot>tin an upiiiibt posi-tinn-ur.til saturated one Coot luu,lkm- than they ai" l<> be s»l in th'j ground. Tf not, eouts nuv i>o .mpli'd with a brush »,t intervals oL" thr-e di)s until the woor. will take no more. Three eoits will uentM'nlly sußifo, and sue.h po-^t^ will last fully threo tiirus as lon» as thov \\ ill when ret in their natuul stite. Uut they inuil be tbovongh'y diy b>M'oi« planting. — Cliiea,'/) fi-liitiie

A u-ohil i-> it'M.r tin' tin n.^St.u }>,t\es the following partim' irs re-^vtintf a u«'W method of "eotH-emi.itint; tilling tor s.miotkyspist Mr Oor-r U-irc-omt ha* been ongngtid ereetinu a woikms* modol tit the premiss of Mr N -a', «" Owon str«el, WliU'li hits for it-s ol'j'tt th • cN.n^ntiution of t ulinu-. The idea w.i- roiuiMvod I>v Mr ll»Mv«»uit hiin^if, »ml tin' trinl wliidi t«»..k |,!«c-< t(i-«lav r<^n t"d viM\'-.iti-,l\iotoiily, < "« th.t the s\ste.u l»:»s fit twirled no sum! ninmmt ot attention tiom l!ios« int.M-H-tiMj in minium. X »-i "» tllf ' linOs ° r !l11^"" 11 re&i«U-iiLi'. Twoshp.'t.-. ol \w»tt» ai«Hor»Jo.l nmiinst metal plale.s m*t in .1 1 > «»«i*o .«t t.»n bottom of n \v.»t.Mtis»Ut tank ; the division of the watci \>y tlu« i>latoa c.ins»»|f n throbbing pulsation above the cvolui la! ourvu uppi'itiiiimis; tv ten ciicK^, nm\ tin, a^it.ition holds in&n-ip.in-ioii .my nrtiTißl li.nl byj in>mm.il or&b;iltinii^ei\eorM»')o: to !',.. oC the \v;it«»r iv the v»«b^l, wlm-h is LMiu-ed to imi off fiom tl«« top sluifo »;,jt» f all under i jjr.ivitv ol ?. lollivlimi sulphide**, i>j>it^, &i' »u» u |U<1 ' ct.n bo diMwn off nt eitlihi o-itU'ts- ii-'cni.l in« to tlwir !«»m\ ity. A Ln»n^ •nt the bottom <•!" tbe UnU, eluded \\ itu ni'MCury, o-!!.->cL, .my wA iK tint ainnl{(.xunite. "Wljoi ; tin* ot v -. l ' t;1 18 s..ar.-o, or the fall iusufli -itfiit to K«vo Uie 10-ini.sito force lvqiuicd loi the binpension „t the nuiltoi to b-> tie.itod. t'.ie »"nc •»n^!c-sel plates :uv made t>. involve in a similai tank, find tbo speed n^ul.itea to allow for tlia settlement ol tb^ raiti«.les,a stiuam of. u.'itei beih« tVd in uitli tlie snbstnuoc to be ticatcil The van .tion ot the speed of levolution can b«'so adjusted that after tbe disclmrgi- of th»« whole ot the matter undor trcatm«nt ot. specific gravity 2, «ny w.-i^ht to speciiic XK 1 '"^ 1 )' 8 can lje Re P iU ' lllert at the H:\tne bluicV. There are ah) outlets A convenient distances for hoaxer sab etuics. The patentee fluitus that he can Mive Hilplndes uf &i!\ei\ if th.^ oic n droned fioe imioukl), by Npcriliu giavity ,dove. For the concontration and bepauition of. tailing, black s<uu\ s n«i«i sliiko" this maohina should prove in v.ilua.>l^, p:u tiouho 51} win re m> much mewnvy is lost (as at Kaiangnhakf) in treatnKMir, as nono can escape out of this venscl. For treatment of fine silver slip*. coAtmi with mercury, a«o suspended at tho sluico-fiite for the [»urpoBO oc c«ituhin?auy floatft»;icl. Mr Ilarcouit is now i-ngafteJ opentmg upon about . -i ton ot the i^fn-e ironi fie Mdii'o'o ore inn •djiu Au k and by M "3a.s Fiusor and Son-:,"