The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 267, 26 May 1888, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. 1 Thi* above all -to thino own t-olf be true, And it mu^t follow a* the night iho day 'J'hou canst noMlum be false to any lrnn. — RhAKI'.SVKAHE.

SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1888. Attention i^ diiected to Mr J. S. BuckInnds announcement of forthcoming sales by auction. The Mi«5«o«» Oold^worthy notify by ndvertwement that they are prepared to undertake dressmaking, etc. Mr 11. Ilocho, C.E., notifies that ho is prepared to carry out suiveyinjr, mining engineering, etc., in all its branches. Mr X F. Roche of Shaftesbury advertios prime fit cattle for f-'alo. It h stated Mr J. Hart purposes starting a bakery in connection wioh his stoic, conunencing business at an early date. It \* stated Mr B. MacPonald, Katikati, proposes electing a new hotel, on the site of th<^ old Post Office; the present Urutiira hotel not beinsjj large enough for his incie.i^inaf busine^'*. The piemise« furmeilv occupied by Mr John F.urell at To Aroln have been le.ised bv Messrs C. II- White & Co.,duipeis and

outfitters. A special mooting of Pinko County" Council wa*. held at Momiihville ye>terd.iy, when the annual balance sheet was rea ived and adopted. The following delicious sciapfroman Tiish newspaper, in spite of its antiNationalist tendencies, has a thoroughly national way of expressing itself :" The key of the' Iri«h {difficulty is to be found in the empty pocket of the landlord." Constable Wild from Hamilton has been temporarily stationed at Te Aroha ; nnd we understand it is the intention of the Department to permanently station a constable at Te Aroha, to assist Sergeant Emerson in working the very large dis-

triet under his chargeThe work of cutting clown tbe footpath to the perm.me.nt level, as recently fixed by the Engineer, is hi>ing pushed ahead, although the wet weather m.ike^ it very unpleasant for the time being for those lining the portions of the footpaths being 1 altered ; but the woik when completed will be a very great improvement. At the sale of Mr D, J. Frazors household furniture and effects on Wednesday l,\st, by Mr JaR. Craig, Junr., auctioneer, there was a large attendance, and pood prices weie realised. The store nnd dwelling in Whitaker street was knocked down for £200, but the sites were all ptiesed in, not reaching the reserve prices. Thursday last, the Queen's G9th birthday, pawed off without any unusual stir at Te Aroha.the closing of some of the stores being 1 the only indication of holiday keeping. Several expressed regret that there was no excursion to Auckland that day, as considerable interest was manifested with respect to the football match England vAuckland, which resulted in a win for the colonial team. Yesterday, at Te Aroha Police Court, before Mr J. Ilott, -J.P , a youth named Horace Wood was charged with breaking and entering Mr Bleasdale's dwelling house at Walton. Richmond, and stealing therefrom one double-barrelled gun, and one pair spurs, on Sunday 20th May, Sergeant Emmerson applied for a remand, on the ground that as the prisoner was only into his custody the previous afternoon by the Constable at Walton station, just as the train was leaving, together with a memorandam requesting that he be remanded to Hamilton, he was not acquainted with the circumstances of the case ; hut thought it probable the Contablo ht*J arranged for the witnesses to attend tne Court nt Hamilton. Accused whs remanded to Hamilton, to be brought

uu there at 11 a.m. to-day. The unfortunate British fanner, it appears, ia in future not even to have a monopoly in supplying milk to his fellow countrymen. Professor Long, in a recent lecture :—": — " AMr Meyer, of Christiania, has -fiscoverea a new method of preserving milk sufficiently for its despatch and delivery in the English market, and so miucenhfni lias the. experiment heen that he has rccentty purchased a farm in Norw.iy, where he intends to prepare his milk for despatching to the extent of 50,000 litreß per day — a litre being about J { P int - There is in Noiway a large milk-conden-sing company, which obtains milk at a low price for condensing, and Mr Meyer will pay a similar price to that paid by this company, which is moie than farmers obtain by making butter, and will therefore induce them to come to his aid in this new venture. We may depend upon it that if Ruccess attends (his experiment, other poisons will go into the business, and we tiha)) bo flooded with milk from the nearest European countries, moro esppcinlly from ITolUnd. Mr Meyer intends to do his work thoroughly, find in order to miiintain the quality of his milk, and to oriiible the faiiucs to produce it in a sufficiently perfect manner for his trado, he will keep a consulting chemist, who will not onl\ tent the milk, but will periodical!) \ i^it funnels fioin whom he purchases it in ruder th:it (hoy urn ioc( [i c the necONMiry guidance and advice."

A novel -lnd ingenious armim'Mit was ■nit I'nnvird 'tiy Mr liny, solid' tot for defendant, at oiip nt,nsrp of the proceedings hemd at the To Aroha Police Court on Tuesday last, the charge being a^ain^t a publican Tor selling liquor during prohibited hour*, etc. The sale of drink having boon proved by the evidence of several witnesses, Mr Hay submitted that thorn was no evidonco to show that (lie drink supplied was strong; drink of an intoxicating nature, it, might have boon hop beer, etc. This'remark caused much amusement, and His Worship remarked ho was* afraid that would not do, some sirojiffw argument for the defenco than that would have to be adduced. A very sad and striking instance of the irreparable 'injury that may result from unskillful persons undertaking the treatment of injuries to the eyes has just bebn brought under our notice. Some few weeks ago a fine powerful young Maori nanK'd Taukiri, only 22 years of age, and i known throughout the Waipa district for his JcNcellenco in all athletic exercises, was engaged in placing a heavy sack of potatoes in his whar cwhen a piece of tawa bark flew up and struck him smart!)' acinus one of hi? eyei. The lids became swollen from the severity of the blow, and a Maoii of the same hapu applied tn them some fluid which he called a "lotion," and which he said a European had given him for tho purpose. Instead of reducing the inflamation, the so-called lotion considetably aggravated thesweliingand so intesifiedthe pain resulting fiom itthatTaukiri w as forced to come to town last week for medical relief. Upon consulting 1)v Wilkins that gentlemen at once saw that some coiosive substaneehad been applied to what was a very simple swelling, and that as a consequence the man's sight had been completely and irrecoverably destroyed ; in other words the oyos had been burnt out of his head. Had nature been left to herself, the sight would not have been in , the slightest degree impaired, us the doctor's opinion is that it was merely the lids that wore originally injured, and not tho eyes. Aa it was, the doctor could give the unfortunate young man no hope, and he haR returned home maimed for life by someone's ignorant bungling. — Auckland Star. On Thursday last Messrs Dobson, I F razor, Cleary. Cornea, and Brigham (the Committee appointed at the recent meetJ ing, held at Te Aroha, with reßpect to the I road to the Tui mines), took advantago of the visit of Mr W. G. Nicholls, Chairman of Ohinemuri County Council, at Te Aroha, to wait upon him regarding this matter. The deputation informed Mr Nicholls of what had taken place, of their | interview with the Warden, etc., and of ! his giving instructions to the Receiver of Gold Revenue at Te Aroha to inform them as to the money which had accrued from the Tui district. Mr Dobson said in compliance with that request Mr Lawlor had informed him that from the opening of the Tui district, to Dec 31st 1887, there had been already allocated £424, whilst I the revenue from other claims applied for would bring the total amount up to about £470. The revenue since January first i would amount to about £100. Mr I Nicholla asked that the deputations put their wants and proposals in writing and send it in to the Council, when he promised I to bring the matter befoie the other Councillors, and endeavour to have the work requited carried otit. He fully recognised the impoitancp of the matter and admitted this portion of the County had good grounds for claiming nssitance ; but it was only quite recently the Conncil had been paid a considerable sum that had accrued from the Tui district. The depuation having thanked Mr Nicholls for his courtesy and attention to their wants, and for his promise of support in connection with the proposed work, withdrew. Tenders are now beinsr invited by Tauranga County Council for the fornuI tion of a horse road on the Tauranga-Te ; Aroha line via Thompsons Track. The Oamaru people are feeling the taxation, for their harbour %vork<s, very much Somo of the taxpayers are willing to give their properties to anyone who wonld take them with their burden of taxation, and they are movjng across the boundary to get outride tlhs taxable area. We are informed that there is a dangerous bole on the Te Aroha track, on the Katikati side of the range, and our informant states that ho had some difficulty in getting across it with his horse. This matter should be seen to at once. The Bay of Plenty Times ha« tho following : — "Things must be pretty bad in Oamaru as the Deputy Assignee in Bankruptcy advertises, in the North Otngo Timps, the names of 40 bankrupts whose discharge he intends to apply for at the next sitting of the District Court at Oamaru on the 23rd inst," At the Warden's Court, Te Aroha, on Tuesda}' last, Mr Cotter, solicitor, from Auckland, appeared in support of the application by Messrs W. R. Wilson, J. McUosh Clarke, J. C. Firth, and 11. 11. Adams, for the Alameda Special Claim, Waiorongomai ; but tho plans not having been received the application was not dealt with. The Warden having, however, when the application for the Golden Crown Special Claim by Mr Don (> came before him (as reported in our last issue), stated lie would have to personally visit all Special Claims, and that lie would visit the Golden Crown prior to next Court day, Mr Cotter asked the Warden if he would kindly visit the Alameda also before next Court day. Tho Warden asked were there not Home difficulties spoken of with respect to this giound, being part of Thames High School Endowment. Mr Cotter replied he could see no difficulties ; lie had tho previous day, with the Clerk of the Warden's Court gone over the plan, with the Gazette defining the boundaries, and it was quite clear to him that the whole of the High School reserve was within the goldfield (Hauraki Mining District), and a licensed holding had been granted by Mr Warden Stratford on that very reserve. No notice of any objections to the granting of the Special Claim had been lodged ho far as he was aware. He would also usk that the conditions attached to the granting of a Special Claim by Mr Warden Stratford, on May 9th, last year, might bo produced (which was accydingly done), showing that a special rent had to bo paid for that portion of the Claim upon the High School reserve. By next Court day Mr Cotter said he hoped to have ascertained clearly and definitely the exact poßition of affairs, and the powers of tho High School Board with respect to this land. The Warden promised *o tiy nnd visit tho ground as requested beforo next Court day.

Why should you never teil a man to bike a hnck ■Wt?— Heeause, if you do, he'll 1)0 su v o to take nllront. For six clerks at 50a a- week, required for the Melbourne- Exhibition, tho Commissioners have received G75 applications ; and for several junior clerks at 30a a week, there were upward* of 1000 applicants. A son of the Emerald Isle meeting a countryman whoso face was not particularly remembered, after saluting him most cordially, inquired his name. " Walsh," said the gentleman. " Walsh—Walsh,"responded Paddy, " are ye from Dublin'? I know two mild maids of that, name. Was either of them your mother? " A new departure in printing has just been started in London. The instead of being set hip letter by letter by tho compositor, are in block, so that greater speed can be attained, and the cost of work reduced. It is found that $00 words iv common use can bo ananged in cases within reach of the compositor's hand.