The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 254, 11 April 1888, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' 'Iliip above all— to thine own self be tme And it must follow tie the nighfc the day Thou canst not then be false to any rr>an. — SriAKUSPK.ntE.

WEDNICSIJAY, APRIL. 11, 1888

There will ho a meeting in the TVAroJm Public IIa!l thin evening' in connection with the Band o£ Hope. Mpbms "W. J. Hunter and Co'h large horse .sale, Hamilton y.iiel.s takes place loi))O)row, 12tli hist. Special attention is diiected to this announcement as in Kiihhendina; of adveitisement, which appeared in oui Snttudriy.s i.shiie, the word Tuesday, Bet by en or /'orThtirsdayjCscapedcoirection Ovej one htindied and twenty Jim sea are to he submitted at the Hamilton .sale to-inonow,and n#ood oppoituuity will be thub 1 affoided tho.se desiring to Hccure a good horse. Mr 11. Brett dining a \i*ot at To Arolui about a month a»o, hearing oi the iiu onvenienctj experienced owiiig to there hcireonly u tri- weekly mail service via Auckland, ascertained £rom home oi" tho local rosidcnfsparLiculnrs respecting the mattci, and at their icquest promise J to in^rvipw Hon. Mr Mitchelson on the niatu-i. iiy | ret'pienecj to Uwt i)i^))trf icli-^ams it will b»i wi, lie I. .it, tluiH' ou. |

Mr T Liwlor, arrived from Thames last ueek, and has now fully entered upon the d'.fies connected with his recont appointment tf the position of receiver of gold loviMiiu and cleik of the Court at Te Aioh.t. On its becoming known, on Monday hist that Mr Geo. Wilson, who Was recently promoted to the position of Mining Inspector for the whole [Hauraki District, (vice Mr Jas. AlcLai en— retrenched) bad received instiuctiona to pi oceed to Thames next diiy to enter upon his new duties, a number of his old friends resolved to invite him to meet them at a semi-private farewell t-uppci, to bid him farewell; although it is nut absolutely decided as yet that of necessity Mr Wilson must go to Thames peimanently to reside, still lie lias to a ,01 tain extent severed his connection with Te Aiohn, and in taking over the i duties hitheito performed by Mr Me l.areti, his head-quartets, will in futnro jbe at the Thames. The limited time at the disposal oC those who sot the movement on foot has pievented a number of poisons bein^ notified who it is known would have gladly attended. The spiead was laid at the Club Hotel, in a manner that gave the greatest satisfaction, and at the appointed horn, nine o'clock, about twenty sat down to suppci, Mr tf. Pavitt in the chaii. After justice hid been done to the good thing* piovided a number of toasts were proposed and duly honoured. In proposing the toast of' the evening, _ that of Mr Wilson, the (huiiman spoke in veiy high temis of both Mr and Mis Wilson. Messis Hohson, Tlott, Kmeison and otheis, also spoke in waim teiins of the estimation in 'which they held Mr Wilson as a friend, 1 and of the *>ei\ ices be had iendeied To ' Aioha ; ami of the i expect and U'H.ud for ! Mis \\ il-on. Mi Wilson in responding i..f t >ii«'d to the great pleasure it nffmdod him to rccehe s-ich a hourly expiession of -rood {eelin-x tow aids himself and Mis WiKon, and said lie gicutly legietU'd h.nini; to leave his many old and staunch fiieruK. but wheiever he went Te Aiolw would always ha yea warm place i;;hishe.nt. A-nnn»-st the other toasts of the evening we<etl7e following "Mrs Wilson"(u-ho the. rhuiii:.ari icmaikrd h-ul by her kindly d«-|)i>M'tion and warm heart, endeared hei self to a l,u ge circle of friends.) "L he Mining Jmlusti\/' Mr T. Lawlor, (Mr Wilson's sucossoi). etc., etc. Altogether a \ci v «-nj(>).il»l( evening was spent. "Mi" Wi loim let c toi Thainesyesteulay morning. South Africa, which thieatens to rival AiMi.d.isi.t as a gold-j folding country, (lotted 4-2 mines on the London market with an 1u1 .n,,.it0 capitil of JC4.7G0.000. Tim teen companies weie legisteml us ci udiK'iini; op'-iations in Eolith Anionvn, theii tutil capital amounting to €2, CMi.UO'). Nine Asiatic companies weie |..tmod, with n capital of .C 1, .002,511, and *M weie PNt.ibli-hed for working mines in Knr..p.\ with a capital of C 1,730,000. The total nun.hei of mminn companies registeied in London duiitm the year was ->to) ; with a capital of i!:U f 002,041. In IH% the IV'iiie^ w.'ic;— Companies, '2,57; capital iI-29. i.V.»,72ft. From Monday last, 2nd in>t, the following amount other telegraph and h'lephonc orfif e=i will not open in tlm evening lor inblie business between the houis of 7 „„,! 8 oVIoi k ' Alex.mdu, Coidiimn.lel, Karan-;ahake, MonitiMille, Ohanpo, and W.llhoU. As an additional p:oof of tlm gi eat mipr,ilan<e tli.it tho Danish authorities attach to the rr 4 nj;li-h maikot, it, may be noted that the Danish Agricultural Society has 5. jintod a iii< \ilai coutaininu a number of ditections foi the heating of milk, cream, and buttei dining the vaiious stage* ot pienaiation. The msti notions ':ommenco with tin l ollowing advice :—" The Danish jnodneus of buttei must in every respect deliver a s<>od article, as tho English bu\ei- w.mt it. It is not snflicient tliat tin" flivoiii of the butter in fahly sitisfado'.v; its consistency, packing, &c, must also be so." 'I hi' Australian Illustiated News, (New j Z.mKhkl edition), foi Miuch 31st is to hand, iind is , in exceedingly atti active munbei. ft cont.uus -a large coloured supplement, ♦•ntitl-d, " Please Buy," roprescnting a pnoi fl .wer girl standing <m the stieet side \oudmir her wares, and in the act of oil.-Mny ,i beautiful rose to some passer bv. Theio is also an innei supplement containing seveial illustiations. All tlie illustnitiousaieexcoedingly well executed; one 11 pH'sentins? a kcpuo outside the K\i'h.in«ic in MoUmumo, entitled ''The Sil\ei lioom," will have special interest just now, as will also the aiticlc under same hea-liiiLT, and anothei aiticle on " The Biol.en Hill Piopiietoiy Mint-." Altojiethei the nnmbei is a most atti.icti\e and int'Mt stin-j, one. The otflirviry monthly meeting of tlie | Ohmommi County Council »vhich should haAO I'een held on Hatmd.iy hist, lapsed thioii£>h l.ck of a quoiuni, and w ill now lie held on Safuidav, Mth in-t. On next Fnday evening a mooting of the latcjiaveis will he held in each Hiding of Ohinemuri County, to /consider the proposal to bonow ,iillUI). Theie can be no doubt as to the advisabilty of the latepayers lecoidiug their votes in favou.* of thus loan, which is so urgently needed for tJie improvemont of loads within the County. We purpose referring to this matter at greater length in a future issue. For some time past in Auckland theie has been a steady enquiry piivately from Melbourne for the oiler, in writing, of good piomising mining ventuies lor the Melbourne market, and wo believe, that the sale of one or two of these propei ties will very shoitly be leported. The market theie is bj' no means exhausted, and yoteulay one of the leading citizens of Auckland received a cable message from a large and wealthy fwm in Melbourne, inxti noting him to organise and send out an experienced and reliable prospecting party, and to peg out a good area of countiy, should any reefs of promising appearance be discovered, The linn from which the cable message emanated is well-known in Melbourne, and has evidently leceived information about the Upper Thames district which it deems of importance. We believe a leliablo propecting party will immediately bo sent j out asiequosteJ. — Herald. Tlie work taken in hand by the contractors for footpath formation and improvements within Te Aroha township are now well advanced ; and when completed ivill greatly add to the comfort of pedestiians, more especially during tho winter season. These improvements were greatly needed, as in past winters it has been very unpleasant getting about the township , attei heavy rains.

The usual monthly meeting of the Te Aroha Town Board should be held on Thursday evening next ; but as tho Piakto County Council meet the fmme afternoon, and tlio Bnnqu°t to Mr A dun)-! takes pl.vee same evening, at which, no doubt ae\enxi of the Board will Uo ptesent, tho meeting wiM probably be postponed to u moro convenient evening-. The year 1887 has been marked by much activity in tho mining world. In the course of the year 52 Australasian mining companies weie legistered in London, having a capital of £7,508,000, Queens1 land comes out at the top of the list, having 28 companies with n total capital of £3,7(5 1,000. Next comes New South Wales with II companies and an aggregate cnpit.il of £2,480,000. Of this sum £1,200,000, or nearly one half, belongs to one company, the British Broken Hill Pioprietaiy. The New Zealand Mines are as follows :— A natral Gold Dredging, £0000 ; Cromwell Gold, £125,000 : Merrivalo Company, £105,000 ; New Zealand Antimony, £250,000; Waihi Gold £100, 000 ; making >i total of live companies and ft capital of £04(1,000. An Ameiican eontempoiaiy says there never wa^ so^ood u demand for first-class table butter as theie isjint now. England last year wanted 300,000,0001 bof 1 good butter, and out of our good store we (Ameiiea) could only spaio her 10,000, 0001b ; and so Holland and Sweden supplied tho balance. Why should we continue to make a large per cent. o£ our butter so poor that an estimated 150,000 0001 b are sold annually at from three to ei/;ht cents per 11) foi manufacturing pin poses.