The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 239, 28 January 1888, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' Thi* abovr* s\]\ —to thine own polf ho true Ami it must follow as the nt^ht the (lay Thou const not then be false to any man. — SIUKn3FE.IW3.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1888,

GUI! MINERAL RESOURCES. An advertisement aj pears in our columns to-dny convening a meeting of ciliznn* anil setters, to ho hold at the Auckland Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday next, for (ho purpose of forming a conin:iHce to mnlco nrrnngpmen t« for the representation oF the Auckland Provincial District at the forthcoming Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition. The object, of tho meeting is such ns will commend itself fo nil sections of I he conimiuiify.nnd we sincerely trust tliat (he Te Aroha and Ohinemnri jyoltlfieUls will ho satisfactorily represented thcre.il; and such arrangements made as will result in information respecting the immense resources of theso districts as bullion prolnccrs, together with s.imple parcels of quartz, etc., bring placed in a prominent nnd attractive form before those attending the Exhibition. There' is another exhibition to be held tiiisyeai ni?o 5 at which it is most important thalj the mining resources of the, Upper ; Thames distiict should be well represented, and to which we desire to direct attention: We rofffi* to the Glasgowlnternntionnl Exhibition, which is to lieJ opened in May next by the Prince of Wales. Those nwmblr-d at the meeting to 1)3 held at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday would do well to bear this Exhibition in mind, as the Committee appointed from that meeting conl ) arrange for our fields interests being rcpr- se/itcl nt both the exhibitions referred to With respect to the forthcoming Glasgow Exhibition, an advertisement hns appeared in the, Auckland Herald I.itely, which docs not seem to hare attracted thp attention it deserves, nnd regarding which veyy littlfl lias been hoard. The advertisement is headed "Important to Mine Owners," and states that u Meesrs 'The Gfofio Mill Company of London (sec London Times, 28tU of October, 1887 ; the Mining Journal, sth &o\ ember; Engineer; Engineering ; and the piiiu-ipw! tin le journal?.).

intend showing their mills and pytftom in oort : nnrn«» operation nt tho Ghisirow International Exhibition. They would require for treatment from twenty to in fifty inns of refractory ore each week, and ;\ like quantify nf free milling ore. The company will bo willing to receive, eon•sifumon"* of goldbearing quartz, paying Fnuuht nt their etui ; will (rent the ore tit (Up Exhibition, giving widest publicity to vesnlts : each week's clean npwillbe. . xhibitod/after boinsr retorted, (hiving ilx> follow'ng week. lfin S °M >rml^ 1 Mp«sp* Johnson and Mathey, the ocean fiM'i»hl deducted, ono half of hnlanoo remit (e<i topon lersof theqnartz,with coitilicftte, uuil the. other half appropriated by the com puny to cover cost of treatment pli\" They also ask (hat a few tons of tailings may be sent, The, nutter is worth (he attention ot mine owners and other* interested in our gold fields, as the offer nffnvds not. only a means of having parcels of refractory and other ores trentol in * thorough and scientific manner, hnt. of also at the same time afcI meting attention to our goldfields, as cvMfali«ta and influential men from all pn'vte wiU attend theExhihition. If proper mc^snivs are not taken to attract capital to our ooldfields wo ennno* eKjyct to have if. spent amongst n«*. This fact wn« amply demonstrated by the results attending the r-eont London Exhibition. The arrangements in the. Now Zealand Onrt. with a view of directing attention to theminernl wealth of the Colony, I were of the most primitive character. ! Quito the reverse was, however, the case with rpjrnrd to tho Queensland Court, whore, in mldition to other attractions a \ «snnU' battery wa«» kept .-it work almost dnilvon the reduction of qnai^.whilst attendant? were always at hand to explain the proce^, and oxpatiato on the mineral ' wealth nF the Colony they rep'resenl oil; 1 nn.l the result has been that foreign 1 rnpilnl ha«* continued to flow into lint Colony ever since, it ha* been estimated to the extent of over iT>.0()0,000. The lesson is one that Now Zealand' «honld long remember. It is to the revival of tho mining industry, nbove nil other*, New Zealand as a whole mn=t look to raise the cloud of depression which lm* so iong hnng over the Colony It was minimi made Auckland tho city that it i* It. wa* the discovery of the goldfield that first attracted attention and •settlement to To Aioha. Up to ]\lnrch Dl^fc l.'ist, duty has been paid on over 401 tens of g«ld won in New Zealand, ox'-ppding in valuo £43,480,000. By the ln«*fc census return* we find th t whilst r )1,07'2 per^ou^ in this colony fire entrnoed on agricultural persnit^, {he ariM-age per bead of tho product of Hieir Inbou7 being £. r >i 12s 2d;it nppenrs tho result of the labour 0Mri,920 persons following the occupation of mining and digging for minerals, averages £100 13? 5d ]ier head. Test after tost has been nnde and demonstrated beyond the shadow nf a doubt thovaluc of thn reefs jn fhi.s and the. adjoining county of Ohinemnri, And^'et what isbeingdonp — what indeed can ho done without the the n«*i"^anco of foreign capital— to turn all this vast mineral wealth to a profitable account. Many of our mo.«t valuable mines will yield np but a very «mnll per cent. age by the old stamper bntterv process ; new and more scientific methods of treatment must bo brought to bear npon our refactorv ores. Science, capital, and mechanical skill must be introduced for the advantaceons developemenfc of the va?t stores of mineral wealth that lie at our very doors. It is to her mines Tsew Zealand owos the advanced position the occupies to-day-, and if she is to hold tho grand position for which she has bo°n endowed by natnre, y'vA. that of being tho Premier colony of tho south, ib must bo through tho developement of her immense mineral wealth.

B»ink holiday on Monday next. To 4roha Public School re-opens on Monday nexr. Arum of ,CISO has htci granted for the pwrposo of nirling the complete prospecting of the Whangftmata reefs. The valnnt : nn of rateable prnppvtv in chc bnron«li of TlmmC* hilS jltsfc been completed, and shows an increase o£ £930 over la<!t vcir. Mr A.W. Edward's new advertisement will bo found in onr columns to day, announcing a special cheap clearance sale (preparatory to the arrival of now goods), nt price which should bpecdily effect the object donired, and avo worth noting. Mr Ilnrston, pianoforte tuner Tautvmgi, will pay his poiiodienl visit to Te Arohn, the latter part of next week. Mr T. U. Whytp, M.TUU paidTe Aroha a flying visit on Sunday In^t, and from thence proceeded to Pacrna. Mr Whjte on Monday visited seveial oC the mines at Karangahake in company with Mr Arg-all, who lately arrived from "England to pupcrintond operations in connection with tho Vammotri mine. From L'arroa Mr S Whyte drove to lliames, ami on Tneoday i v]h\\(i\\ several of the piincipal Thames butteries, etc. The January numhar of ih'j N.Z. Country Journal, published at Ohiifitehurch, will be found to contnin much information of special valno to agiicnlturiHt^, including reports on various midcea of chaff cutters, on ensilage, germination, Rheephus h'indry , resume ro iigiicnlhiml shows liehl in the Colony during 1887, etc., etc. As an illustration of the prevailing depression, it is stated that in a once busy thoroughfare in Dunodin only two houses remain tenanted — a public house and a pawn shop— Those interested in the cause of the evil will note Iho profound significance of this survival of. the fittest^). Typo. At there meeting on 20th inst the Auckland Chamber of Commerce pwerl the following resolution :—" That the C-iovernment bo advised to rnise the jnHlion !b f in. or part of if, in New Zealand." There can be no doubt that wore tSd loan flonted in New Zonhind it would be a^rcat inlvuntniro to the colony, by keeping thf uT-mfy in the country, and would s'iow confidence in n»v own resourcos.

Tho jv)«?t ivcfk hn<t beoii a bn*y one with fnrmn^in lliipriiptrirr, And on every hand | the raping machines have been k^p't^orn** uroadilynt work from morning till night. Tho wheat, c?np on tho Lockerbie potato, ! Momniviljp, is us a wholo, nn exceedingly ! *yen good prop, p.oth tho .wheat and oats on this property »iro bcintc saved by i contract, h;ilf n doz^n reapers and bimlers boing employed Arrangements have been mado to stack ;md thatch all tho corn this .nviNon. 7 1 Is to bo hoped 11m .system will nnivers»]]y provnil, n« tho loss tlint formers hnva nnnunlly sustained in the pint by ncfflert oC «o doing, and by thrashing thcTr corn fro nj thesto .|<, resulting in damp and spoiled samples, Ims boon simply enormous. Harvesting at Mali Mala is also now well forward and th« crops promise ix gf.od yield. Mr C. IT Gl<vKtnm»*. tho energetic storekeeper of Tvnli Kali, is, with his usual enterprise, arranging to open a branch store nt Waihi, in tho building fonneily owned by Messrs Bnrchell and Medium. Tho oljunge in tlio temperature during the pn«!t week, after the long *«pell of hot wea'her, hns been very marked ; a< since the rain of Friday of 1/mt week tho weiither has co-itinued quite cool, with frequent showers, which must have grcitly bane-fitted tho root crop, and pasture lands; whiKt fortunately tho weather has not been such as to materially interfere with harvest operations. Tho tuinip crop on the Lark worthy esht<?, \V«itoa, is promising exceedingly well. Taking advantage of tin fin A weatlrr Mr Wiseman is miking' go-^d progress with his drai'ngo contract on the Lockerbie ostatOjMorrinsvillOjnntl has nbontthirty-fwe engaged on the contract. Mr Wiseman expects to finish his grass cutting (for i seed) in about a week. Over one hundred and twenty liands have been employed on the work, and when finished between seven j and ei^ht hundred acres will have been tfono over. It will still take several weeks i before tho work of harvesting tho seed ! will have been completed. ! Acninmitteo mating of. tin To Aroha Town Hoard was hold on Monday evening j la<-t, when the matter of. providing a water supply was again under cr moderation, and roiiiih estimates as to probable eo^t of carrying out the work, best position for reservoir, et<j., were discussed ; also the question of ways and means, enquiries respecting which arc now being made. Mr Jas. Livery, one of the pioneers of the To Aroha gold field, having decide. l to leave for Queensland, recently disposed of his residence &c. at r l>< Aroha ; and last week the members oC h'u family took their departme. Mr Laverv lias during his long reiidenco -it To Aroha been intimately associated with the growth and progress of the place. In the eaily days of the field ho can io 1 on un cxtensivo business hs general ironmonger, which he disposed of in 1882 to Mc-^is 'I. \V. Carr an I Sons. 110 «va* agent for tho Thames River Steam Navigation Company for several years, and whiht under his mana^omunt woiked up an extensive local trado for tho Co. As timber me? chant, builder, and contractor, etc, ho was well known. MrLavciyamr his family werestannch nnA Hbr-ift'l supporters of the Wesh-yan Church, ami will be muchmUsetl by that body. In fact it was 'largely owinqto tin exertions of MrLnvcry thattho Wc^l^an (Jlmrih wxs bniltnt Te Aroha In the eaily days of tho field, and this building was u^e'd for other q»r\ice', I ami for public school pnrpo cs prior to the ' present school house being erected by tlio , Doaul nC Education. Mi^Livei y wis for' several years a teacher in tho Wcslcyan Sunday School, ami piior to her depaitive wns presented by the teachers thereof with a handsomely bound copy of tlio Oxfoid ] Teachers Bible, id i\ mark of esteem and regard. I Our readers will remember that after the | area and lines of tho Pvo*p»ctor's claim nt Marototo had been deci<lecl,the<?UYi Ins ground within tho Prospectors pegs xvw simultane-ou-ly pegged out by ov?r twontv persons afc noon on the clay the license for thirty acres was grante.T to tho prospectors. Tn oriler to prevent, likigntion, tlw whole of iheso parlies agreed to amalgnmap their interest*, and the cjjiim was called the United. Soon afterwanis tho surplus ground was ayardccl to Thomas Sncll by the Supreme Conrt on aT nppeal from the'decision of tbo Warden, nnd ho therefore pegged out ihe snme area ns that contained in the Unifol claim. Bh-Golds-worthy, aa the representative of those interested in tho latter, appli'ol to the Warden's Coi rt.Thamcs on Thwidfty last to vogiater tho claim, but Mr Stratford held that he had no power whatever to grant (ho request, as tho ground belonged to Mr Snoll by virtue of the award of the Supreme Court. The applicawas nccordingly dismissed. Mr James H. Nicholls, Postmaster, Paeroa, has been appointed Registrar of Births; Deaths, and Marriages, and vaccination Inspootor for the newly constituted district of Ohinemuvi. The To Aroha Troubadours are announced to perform *t Te Aroha on next Monday evening. Tbo members of tho troupe being well and favourably known, and as tho prices of admission are fixed to suit tho times, they should have a big house. Hot Springs Hotel, Te A rain, Visitors' li«t for week ending January 27th, 1888. Mr W. C. and Mrs Goodson, and Misses (toodson, (2) itrC. 11. A. Pmchas, Mrs J. We&ton, Miss Mannders, Mr and Mrs F. Ireland, Misses (3) and Master Ireland, Rev It. and Mrs Contcs, Mr A. J. and 2 Misses Bridgewater, Mr and Mrs Ilellaby and 4 children, Mr Murchie, Mr McCosh Clarke, Mr and Mrs Rogers, Mr A. T. Urcpihart, Rev Kin.iT, Master King, Mrs \V. A. Woolby and son, Mrs and Miss Wilkins, Mr Jas. Falconer, Auckland ; Mr T. A. R. Weigell, Mr 0. Elder, Mr Ilwbeit W. Bryant, Mclbourno ; Dr and Mrs W. 11. Ifivson. Onehtttiga ; Mr G. W. Waterhonse, Wellington. At the Warden's Court, Thames on Thursday: Protection was granted by tho Warden for three months for bUc vaa'ions claims comprised within the area recently floated in London under the tifclo of the Waihi G-.M. Co., Waihi, viz : Albion licensed holding, Nelson claim, Union special clnim, and Winner claim. The Warden said ho hftd_ perused the reports ro the floating of fcho' mine, -which now seemed to be beyond doubt, nnd expressed iv hope that further protection would nofc be required. On Monday next, Anniversary Pay, a a fast passenger train will leave Auckland for Te Arohaat 6 a.m, ; arriving at 12.10 p.in, ; and leaving Te Aroha on the return journey at 5.30 p.m., reaching Auckland at midnight ; return fares, first class, ten shillings, second elsns seven shillings and sixpence. This excursion will probably be availed o£ by a large number of Aucklanders desirous, ot a cheap trip to, Te Aroha, although the time for fitayin* at the sanatorium is limited to about five hour-*.

' A. special meeting of To Aroha School Committee w/dl be held this (Satmday) evening nt 7 p.m. Mr und Mrs A. F. James left by train last week for Auckland, on route for MeJbom-rif, Mr Jnvhcn fam resided on the Te Aroha goldliehl since 1881, and hiuHioen -intimately associated with the mining industry, not only as ft slmrcholder in many of tho chunjß, but as partner with Mr (±. Applo^ate, in the early duyi of tho field, storekeepers «t Waioronsjomtii, with br anch store at tynnrtzv'Mf 1 . For tho past throe or i')»tt' years Mr Jume«i has resided nt To Avi>lm. IT« will be missed fro»n umon^at us, as ono who took much interest in tho progress of the place. He was a Free* mason, and pi ior to his Ipnvinjf was pro Hentftd by tho members of Lod^e, Te An»li.uNi> 697, with a handsome illuminated address.