AND Ohinemuri News UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 238, 21 January 1888, Page 2

AND Ohinemuri News UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

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SVTUiU)\Y, JANUARY 21, 1383

I T:i .mi- -nppiement to-day will 1)3 found { ««.me .'i.l'litiMi'. •! particulars iv prospvts or fl -.tin- the Xj.- Km U M. >'o.; vqv»rts on ! thrt b'Ht'M jlfp-irtm-nt of tho X Z Frozen Mout and S. Co. ; llcr*:kiuo S;>eciul S»ti!ement; Australian " news ; Cablegrams, j Uc. etc. I Wo noder.-tmd th.it Mnw Reid, pupil j te klkt, his at her own ivqn"st been rej moved fn>m Te Aroh i. Tin 1 vncnncy will, ! >»t least for a time, be filled by Mid* Se!i:>a F. Alui^.m, of Onohungi. 0-j Wednesday list Pi trick Low:: v* s vivtmet! at T<; Aroha Police Court, bufyiv ■Mr ,/. llott, J. l\, with being clriin 1 ; in , \Vhir:iker-street.Te~Aroha tli • previous il.iy. ! Fined live shil ings and costs or twentyj four houia imprisonment iv Tj Arolu Lcl; 1 A meeting of the Te Aroha Town jßoarrl ' Cninuiittee. re proposed vViiter supply and other improvements, wm bi-ld on Monday J evening la^t. A li-t of footpitlv* to ba j formed and improved within the township was drawn up, and the en^ine^r will b • instruct, d lo call" for teml-Ms for curyin^ • out the work <it an enrly date. Steps are also bein'j; taken with n viaw of nn»nnir»^ for a 4iu\»l pit for the use of th« Boaid. The qn«<ti >n of providi'iu: a w»ter -supply for the township xvna discussed at on- 1 siderable luii«?th, and the committee j arranged to meet a^iin to further go into j the iiintter next .Monday eveniui;. Tlie j chairman stated the valuators hud enmpleted and handed in their valuation li-t. There was :i lar^o gathering «t t'»c Te j Aioh.i B.ind of Hope mealing in the Weeloy..n church on Monday evening last, to hear Mr R S. West, of the Thunw», recito one of the lute J. B. GougVs celebrated ov.itioi.s on u The Liquoi Traffic." The building wim filled to thr. doors. The iinv. S. 1/twry occupied the chair, and in a few preliminary remaiks, introduced Mr Wet, who at once launched into his subject in a thoivusjlily m-istcriv style The address wus fall of interesting am usin«r, and in>tructive anecdotes, and kept the individed attention of thu lar^euudience for fully un hour, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. The lecturer wan frequently applauded, and at the close of his inldress (on the motion of Mr Vanse), whs accorded a most hearty vote of thanks, togotlj.-r with a request that ho would atfam favour Te Arohn with a visit on s-»me future occasion. Several temperance son^n and solos WiT3 snng during the evening, Mid a lecitation, '"Dubil Cain," was ably given by Master John Erasmus. The meeting lcsnlted in a goodly number «>f new leuiuit^ being emitted. It is n nuitter for r^^rot that owing to "ack or funds the Oh:n«'inuri Cou-.ity (^i.u'K'il have b-f?n nn«ii>le to av.iil ot th« sub-uly ot LMV) for continiMlion of prodpHcting tnok K<i«WKf a !»<dttt to Te Aroha, :Jon«r the top uf tiie r>ng^. The formation of this track would be a most useful work, opening up to prospectors a large u-ch of Hiirifuroi-iS and argentiferous country, tnuch of which is now practi' nils inncesKjhle. The subsidy has now di<uppoared froui the K-ti'u':tte«, and Kovoral otlu-r hiib«iilifB for Ohmo:i:uri County h.tvu tmfoituniitely shared the saino fate for a simiJiai* reason. 'J'ho following is a Rynopsw of In^p^c tor O'Su'livuns report upon Uie'pjcent «san»ir»»stiou at Mnrrinsnlle school. Numficr on roll foi ty three - In" Ktindards twenty X v «* } below ttahdnrd one, eiubteen ; .aba-.'nt, one? ; excepted. four; failed, tvo ; p.isHfd^eisrhtHen. , t Per cv tjeeof pmsea-«41.86.' Frtilnres 10.' - XVork below stQjidmd .one • fairly, canned on, , hohool vety fairly t»t>ght. . - . . Jlot Springs Jl«iteI t '£$ Arolm, visitors li^t for week ending January 20th, 1888 , He*' it. nnd ''Mr* Codtesj'Mr imi Mn« <3oodsot!,'MraQfl,Mra F. Ireland, Misses (3) 'and Muster -Ivelar'B; Mr (tud'MMHtogi'iN, Mr him! Hrs-F. 0. Shßrlartd, »M«ter Shurland, Mrs and Master t'onle*; Miss Goates, Miss N«l*on, Miss Brid ice water, "Miss Jessie ■Bridgewater, 'Mrs .J, Webtoß, )>Uj\ml Mr■fllelhby am) 4 children, wh* Brnffefttt)jl M Ul and L'lieyni A. B Wrt«»!l f - I^rlrfW: WyU. W-'Jr. -ton: 'Ur aud Mrs A. Y/r^lit.

At tho last monthly meeting of To, <Wm -School ..-Oommjtte^ there > *vero present; . K*vf^^^ ttrt #\^ ttl^ft Messrs IIW. Dobsb^l»Wer«i<i^arrJll,Minutes oE the 1 pi^Vious meeting "were mt <! and confirmed, The head teacher h reports were <?f'u suUsfretoryi character. , Number 911 roll £or December, -144 ; average attendance 1J4.4., V lueomtequen'ce df alteration in level of -street fr.nting the teacher's residenco, it )8 necessary that step* be innde nt hi-* entrance Rate. Mr Lavurywus requested to have the work carried' out ' " Inspector O'SullivansV report-on* tfid recent examination was laid before t ! ie committee. In l)oth singing -and needlework -18 marks (out o> a po-eible 20) were given l)\ the Inspector, and Urn repoit generally was 'most * satisfactory. " Tho chainntiu submitted the annual report to the Board oC Education;' and the sWetivV the nhstrnot of account* for year ending 3l»t Dj.ember; both of which wv re received and Adopted, und have been duly f toward d to the Beard and Auditor respectively. Receipts for the year ; Capitation allow a nee, £25. Grant, (part proceeds ofrlncal e»teit»rin»i»ent)'to\\aids cost of piovUing r g-iat-r graces for aohool houso and teav'heis » evidence, £ I; •• ilanoe at Januun It, 1887, 10d. Total, £290 I'M. Ifixpen. ilitiuv : (;io-ming,£is Cs 3d; firewood ami coal, £3 13a; repairs, etc.. £7 0-1 6 d; books, tups. ,et«, 19* ; planting trees, etc, £1 Us. 8d; sundries 9s. Tot d, £29 08 lOd. At Te Aioh.i Police Court on Monday last, Patrick Iv-lly, was brought up lief ore Mr J. Holt, .1.P., charged by Sergeant Ktier..on with {1) being- drunk in Rolleaton Street, To Amha, on the Saturday uiv»ht provions ; (2) .in'l with disorderly b^hftvour in the public streets of To Aioim th» saiiu ni<;lit, Accused pleaded guilt\ to tliu first charge : but at:ited ho had no ivcullcctism ro«p«i'ting tho second charge*. TheSttr^eantsUtod in his evidence that accu>i«ii \mis vnrv noi<*y, an«l went through the town shouting, and generally creating a disturbance?, an«l finally lay down full t-t'eU-h opj o^iU; one of the hotels, shoutinsf ,u thf top -if hi-* voict*. Bofore taking him in chargo ho hied to got him to £•> homo auietly*. Hi* uNj had con.-iderable trouble in »etting hi-u to tlu lock-up. Fined for the first off -nee five shillings, or six hour--iujprisoninent in Te Aioh.t ".ock-up ; anJ tor the seoon I offence, £l or forty-eight \us\\v* in the lock up ; the aei.tencjs to run C">ncunently. Woik i» now boinv carried on with energy in connection with the Mammoth mine, K.iraujiahake. As already stated in ouv column*. £5000 has been made available for expenditure in op-ning up thin mine by the Home Syndicate, who have taki»n the matter in hand-*, and should re •»ults piNivu fiati-fact.>ry,a Rtnmg Ouiupan> wi'l bi» ft »»ted to work tho mine in a systematic manner on a lar-re scale. Mr \V. Littlejohu is snperiuten ling the present workings, which are as follows: — A <ros*-out is b«»i ng put in, and has now been driven «b>ut 140 fo«t. From t l iia crusS'cnt, and 118 feet from the btui ting point a drive h-is bacn put in northwards (part at' tlm distmco being through old workings). This drive, known as N^.J,| i- now in n distance of 55 feet, can ic- j quaitz along the fl jor the whole dtstanoi.*,anti the reff where cut i-s about 18 ilK•ho^ wide. 15 foot bpyond No. 1, and south, No. 2 drive fus been put in to a dis. tmce of alunt 45 feet; with a 2 Uel 6 in.-h reef the whole way. The crosscut is in some 20 feet beyond No. 2 reef, and it i.s expected daily to cut No. 3 reef, whist vet another reef lies some 15 feet further ahead. From No. J and 2 drives quartz i« being broken out some of which shows nice gold, and appsurs also rich in sulphides of Kilvur. and from any of it a prospect is obtainable. About thirty tons are now to grass. It is seven or eight week3 since woik was btarted ; sixteen wages n>en uro regularly employed, and six otheifl are engaged on a contract, tlrivintr to cut th« tliree reefs already referred to, about 300 fe*t 'further south and at a higher level. Within the past week a second contract has baan U-t to lied wood und party to drivo 50 feet en No. 2 reef. Mr Aigall, who has buenM'nt out fiom Home to supei intend operation » at the mine on behalf of the syndicate, arrived at the scene of operitions thiw week The proprietors of the Sydney Evening News ure making nirangomentsfor a grand Press banquet to be held in connection with the forthcoming Sydney centennary celebrations, and they have cabled to Mill. Brett, Auckland, extending the invitation to all New Zealand journalists its follows :—" H. Brelt, Star Office, Auckland : We invite all Australasian Journali- ts t« the Centennial Press Banquet on the 25th January in tho Sydnty Town Ha.J Please extend invitation to all New Zealand journal ist8 f The Mayor of Sydney presides. — Proprietors Evening News and Town and Country Journal, Sydney." A notification appears in the Gazette of December 22 stating that the public o-iices in New Zealand, excepting the Postal and Te'egraph imd Customs, will be closed on Thursday, the 26th January, in celebration of the Centenary (anniversary of the colony oil N«w South Wales. The Hamilton Borough valuation roll for this year, is some £1100 less, in annual value, than it was hi-tyeaq being now £6700, int»teatLo£ £7800, The total amount won in shakes by, Nelson is £7817,'-wiiict£i»< the largest sum ever won by a h<»ise in New Zealand.