AND Ohinemuri News

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 263, 12 May 1888, Page 2

AND Ohinemuri News

UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. ' Thi* above all —to Urine own «elf be truo Ami it mibt follow as (he m^hf. (he day 1 lion Paint not then bo fjiKe to any man. — SIIAKLSPKAUK.

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1888. Mi Alex. Pnrkos and Mr J. Chambers left for Paeroa yesteiday morning, r>n th''ir way to visit Karan^ahake, after which they will pioeeod to Tln'iney. Mi A. F. .Tamos loft To Arohaon Thiusd.iy l,i<-t en jouro foi Auckland, fiom wlifiiM 1 ho puiposos sailing for Sydney am? MeH)ouinc !>y Tuesday'-^ boat. O\vin2f to picture on our space \\eaio ooinpfllfd <o hold over till next issue repoit of Piako ('ounly Council meeting held NM^teiday, and also i gieat deal oi! othci

interesting matter. The Second Sost-ion of the tenth P.uli.iment of New Zealand w.is opened on Tlmihday, by ll is ExeeMeney the CJovcrr.or, u ho'-o speeel) on (he occa.sion will be

found on our fouith pa^e. Sir William Pox and Mr T. W. Glovor me expected to auive nt To Arolia by tliis afternoons tidin, and are announced to deliver public addtcssc^ at Waioronirmnai and To Aiolui on w\t Monday and Tneh-

day evening lopeotivcly. At a mooting of the P>orud of C<o\ ornoisof the Thames J I igh School <m Thurad.iy Iti^t, on the motion of Mr Brodie, it was resolved to invite tenders for tho right nl' miniiii> foi Mold iimbr the Board's endow meits at Waioron&omai, and a commit too of thieo was appointed to report on the sain' 1 . Mr Alex. Paikes, (inventor and paLonteo ol liic Parkes (lold Pioces^, ior saving ftold and other tnineials), accomp.inicd by Mr John Cliambois, nrrivcd at To Aioha hytia : n fjom Auckland on Tiiokday la^t. On Wcdne&day an inspection was made ofthcTtti dif.li ict, and on Tliuihd,iv at the batteiy, tailings plant etc. at \V.ii<>roni;omai, Wf an 1 M i ry ploii.sed to Icnrn that "Wallace's Patent J^tccl Pick." (j)iitontccl by Messrs I). Me I. Wallace and M.ice of W'jiiuron^oiniii, (a full desci iptionoL" which appealed in our columns ji few months back), luive tiiken wcH'iinon^fct the miners. On (.1)0 Wc^t Coast, especially at I'cefton, they iiie thought a »io,it deal of, and wo undei-hnd the pa ton toes have been oflvrcd a !i ind'jumc hum i'or the pit.'ut MgliU.

Mr Anderson, M n.R.Jor Bruce, (01 a^o), is now on a vi-.it at To Auh.i, and staying at the, P.ilaco Hotel. At Piako (!ountv Council meeting yostoiday, the following tenders wore received iV r Repairing :uul Metalling the tapper ITill Tiaelc. Waoiongomai, from I'Yin Spur to Quiiit/ville : P. Dillon, £15(5 8s ; Peter Rice, £137 ; B Montague, .£111); J- Shine (accepted), £83. l?or making a tiack, for convenience of miners and others, connecting the tramway near the Waterfall Gully hi idge with tho Upper Track ; Vcttr iiioo, £8 ; Thos. Neilnnd, €0 18; H. Montague, JCfi ; P. Dillon, £4 10s ; J. Shine, (accepted) £2 10s. On Monday last a man named James Peiry had a vrv nui row escape of bpin» badly injured *if not killed, by ji bi}? bullock which was left behind in tho Te A rob a township by some one who parsed thiough with some oth^r beasts. The bea^t rubbed Perry in a most favai^o manner and tossed him will) his horns. Foitunatoly no bonos were bioken. but the poor fellow #ot a grcftt shaking and was rather badly biuised. Those in charge of mobs of cattle too often evince gioat carelessneSK by the manner in which they allow beasts to la<« behind theotheis to the imminent danger of pedesti ians, especially children. Several informal meetings have been helil during the past few weeks at Waioiongomai for the purpose of discussing the best means of providing icci cation and amusement of a desirable character, more especially for tho young folks, dming the u inter months. It was decided to establish a libi.'tiyand leading-room, and a committee was appointed to 'canvass for sunseiiptions for snppoit theieof. We understand Mi I). E.Cleik most generously oll'ored free of chaige the use of two fiont rooms in his store, for reading-room and libraiy puiposcH. Mi Cleik was accoided a hearty and \vell-dcsei\cd vote of thanks foi his libfMality. We may add, we believe it is Mi C!eik'-> intention (cither in connection with a gencial libiary, or apirt), to establish a mnall bianch libraiy at his ()uartz"Slllc* bianch stoic, for tho use of; the inineis.