The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 250, 28 March 1888, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

1 This above all— to thine own self bo tnio And it must follow as the night tho day Thou canst not then bo fnlse to any man. —Shakespeare.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1888.

We direct attention to the first o£ a series of letteis fioni our special corrcsdent, entitled " A trip to Sandhurst," which ■will lie found on pagje fives oC to-day r .s issue, On Alul after Saturday next the Avoir.v Ani> OhinkmUiu News will be published in aln refer form than at present, and both on Wednesdays and Saturdays will consist of eight pages of seven columns each. The contractor for erecting the additions to the duelling of the To Aroha postmaster baa now almost completed the work in hand. Amongst, the various improvements about to be carried ont in the township by the ''own Board, that of forming a good footpath from- Wliilaktr street to the railway station will be one of the mo-t appreciated by both local resident?, and visitois. All last winter the appMuches to the station were very bad, and greatly complained of* Visitor's List, Hot Rrnings Hotel, Te Aroha, for week ending Fi iday 25th March : Mrs Moult, Rev. J.McWilliam, Mrs l>ennic. Mr and Misses Rain. (2) .Air Hogg, W.wiim mii ; Mr W. MeFarlane, Victoria ; Mi Ooilie, Mr Hawker, Mi Waddell, Mis G i <ili mi Mylno < and Misses Mylue (*2), Mis Wilson, Mis'; I'\v<m, tfwhioy ;' Mr Wnuhl, Taurangn ; Mis'j, Smith, Mr anil Mh S. B. Hiss, Mi French, Auckland ; Mi T G. Sandes, MrNorthcroft,R M-, Ilauiilt *n;Mis Scott, and Mis^ 9ymo»ds, (.nrhung.t. A shaip shock of euithqu ike was Icltin the, dist lift of Waito-a and 'IV Ai<>ha, at about 20 ii»tntito« past eleven on Sund i\ evening last, The hl>ot k Lifted about ten seconds, Although the TWit Unntt] ha\c ennsideied it advisable ni/t to immedi.itely pmcooii wiili the woik oL foiming the io.it pa-th from the Hot JSpii rigs Domain gate jiKmu' Whitaker street in the direction oL' Waioiongomai ; still we hope to see this work earned ont at no di-iant date; as it will add much both to tlio appearance ot I the township and also to the comfoit of j pedebtiians generally. The arrangements made by the, mil way untlioi itics for the conveyance of excursionists during the E'^ter holidays aie fairly satisfactory. On Good ITi iiiay and Easter Monday trains will leave Auckland |at 6 a. in, i caching Te Aroha at 1.15 p.m , ! Jeavinn again at G p.m. By each of these trains the fares wiil be 10s fiisr das**, and 7s Gd second class, return. On Easter Monday a train will stait from Te Aroha at 5.45 a.m., and hind passengers at Ellerslio and Auckland shoitly after 12 noon. Return tickets (to Auckland and back), will be issued fit the various stations on the line any time between March 28th (to-day) and April 2nd (both days inclusive) and will be available for return up to and including Monday, Apiil IGth. The charge for these tickets is 20s liist class, and 15s 2nd class ; holdcis having the privilege of breaking the journey at any s-lution, provided the specified <imc is nol ! exceeded, j On Good Friday there will be Divine , fervice in the Church of England at 7 p.m. The service held on Wednesdays will bo omitted this evening. Set vice will also be held same e\ ening in the We.-dcyan church, Te Aioha, at 7 p.m., conducted by the lljv. S. La wry. The contractors for some of the street improvement^, for which tenders were recently called by the Town Boaid aic 1 proceeding with the work. Mr Dovcroll at the noith end of Whitakcr street, and Mr j lietheiington in Bridge street, are both making headway with the footpaths. Jf the repairs required on the side walk from Whituker street to post office, for which the contract is a'flo let, were completed without delay the public would be gicatly convenienced thereby. The breaking up for the" Easter holidays will take place at Te Aroha public school on Thursday (to-mori ow) afternoon. The holidays will last throughout the following week, and school duties will be resumed on Monday the 9th of April. After breaking 1 up on Thursday a I'eiiht to celebrate Ihe occasion will be held in the grounds. The ladies who have taken the affair in hand have been cordially supported by the relatives of the pupils An abundance of good things will be provided for the delectation of the juvenile palate, and sports for which prifles will be given will also form part ol! the programme, li^ the weather prove favourable the little folks will have a most enjoyable time. Two more applications for special claims appear in our advertising columns to-day. Mr Jaa. Don applies for fifty acres at Stonoy creek, and Messrs McLiver and Gavin for a similar area to the north of Feigusons special claiu at Waiorongomai. We boor that the whole of the ground on the line of the buck reef atWaiorong-p-nuii, extending from the base of the bill i at the township to the Wailiou iivei- bas beori pegged off, and will bo immediately I applied i'or us a special claim*

The tender of Mr Richard Harris, £149, for taking down Ihe machinery and drawing the pumps out of thn Dart shaft for the Waihi Gold-mining; Co., has been accepted. The following is taken from tho Sydney MorningHorald of tho i4thinst : — *' Messrs Davcnpjrt, Miles) and Co. notify that the Matototo Gold and Silver Mining Company (Limited), New Zealand, has been duly formed, and the following gentlemen appointed as directors ; Messrs William McMillan, John Plumb, \V. 11. Jennings, Jv C. Smith, and James Anderson. Also, from a bulk assay of l£ tons, ox Mararoii, MrW. F. Roberts, assayer has given a certificate of 3G7ozs lCdwts 12grs hilver, and 41ozs 3dwts 4grs gold per ton. Picked samples from the same shipment of rubblo vein yielded at the rate of 30620zs lOdwls 3grs silver, 1240zs Odwt 22gr« gold per ton." SUuh splendid results ;im these cannot fail to create a fuvoumblc impression among Au^tialian capitalists leganiing the mineral wealth of the Thames peninsula. Typhoid fever is still pievalent in Auckland. One of its latest victims is Mr J. P. Morpeth, the well-known property agent and shnrebroker. In Melbourne and other large towns throughout the colonies numerous deaths have occurred from this dangerous malady. Heavy rain fell in the township foi some houis yosteiday morning. The season throughout has been in nuukod contest to the same period last year. A second and final dividend of 2j|d in the £ in the estate of E. Pool, formerly of Te Arolm, is now payable. The rif> lit to occupy several forfeited licensed holdings at Waioron»oniai, will be sold by auction at the Warden's office, Te Aioha, on Apiil 10th. See advt. Ohint'imni County Council invite tendcis for lopairing main loud. See advt. The Battery Company ftivc notice that all claims against the Company must be sent in at once. Easier postal arrangements at the local post office will be us follows : — Good Friday will be a eloso holiday. Mai's for despatch on t'lat date will be closed on Thursday at 8 p.m. On Eiister Monday the post and telegraph olliccs will bn open from 9to 10 a.m. P.ieioa, Thames, and Tauranga mails Mill close on that day n^ u-.ti.il. The m;iils foi despntch by Monday's tniin to Auckland ;ind Wnikato oiHces will bo closed on Hdlunlay t!ie 31st ni^t at <S p.m. It will be seen i'lom tho nbo\ c thai the outu;< in<£ mail to-day will bo tho only one dispute lx tl to Auckland \ii W'aiLito l)Lt\\eon now ami Monday next. It i^ plea^inir 'o know that under the oontiact lccaitly accepted by Mi ft. (iallauhci ioi the con\ r\.tiße oi m.iiU ;i lopetition of this di^cied:ta!)|e state ol tlnsvys \\ ill in futuie bo ii\oided.