The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UFPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 280, 11 July 1888, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UFPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

J 1 hi* above all —to thine own self be true, Avr\ if must follow as the night the day tifiion canst nof then be false to any wan. —Shakespeare.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 1888. Tn liu> W,-u den's Court yesterday Mr "W.irdcn Noithcroft spoke out vcry'plainty )pspprMnc: tl»e non working of ground ; and stated Mr "Wilson, Alining Inspector. wae now going lounri A'isiting thediftleient mining: cpntrpF, and would shortly rer<~«it with lesp-'ct *o the woi'lc going on. "Wifli ipspecf to tlie mea lield by the Tni Tied net i^n Works Co., the Warden remained little if any work was being clone '•n tlio ciniind, and if this state of things •»va-- allowed to continue lie should certainly l'.'i\o the around foifcitod ; as there were othpis wlm «•( nld be willing to take it up ••lid wik it if the present owneis did not d" fo. Tie (the Wai den) was willing to rrant ;mv quantity of g round, provided it wn<! worked but " if people wanted bush Fcrtinn<s (her could go across the read and •oiifiiin them." Mi TTowell, the mining expert, from Ainpiicfi, is still busity engaged in carrying on pvppriwients, and checking the ip^nlN a'rnady obtained for the Te A roll a f : . nnd 0. sf. Co. at Waiorongomai. A pepond concentrator is now at woik, and wp mm- <;oon expect to know particulars m ilb ipepopt to the method of treatment in ho ndoptod and additional plant to bo p- pptcd ATossrs W. I?. Wilson. J JfcCosli Haikp. and ,T. A. Pond left for Auckland nn Ssjfnrday, l\fr Wilson bavins: ananged <n ifjiun to Austialia. by the steamer whic'i left Auckland yesterday. Mr Wil*nn infoinipd «s prior to his leaving that br a\ a« upII satisfied with his pin chase of mmmc ])ropcit3* at Waiorongomai, and wifh tho result of the series of cxperijnonts that had been carried on under Mr 7 T o\\cir« direction, and he believed the Company would be able by ft combined yirrippcs (<o include smelting) to profitably lii'nl the Waiorongomai ores on a large i <\ilp. Mr. Wilson st.ited, however, that it would take Mr JTuwell some little time •"■t 1o fully complete the work he had in b iml. We b-ive been roq nested to intimate iltnt a Mentnpr will leave Port Darwin on Snnd.iv, 15th inst., for Hong Kong, VoA.isiP will lake about 9 oi 10 daj's. C.iblpoirtms can be .sent bj' this steamer at Bended risk. The usual monthly meeting of the Pi.iUo County Council will be hell at Monin-sville on Fiida}' next. Mr IF. J. Hawkins of the/Half Circle Nun-cry, 'lV Aroha West, advertises fruit t;pp«, etc., for sale. Ouhvsird 'Fiisco Mail closes at Post <W\cr. Te Aroha, on Saturday 14th mat. at 12 o'clo.ik noon. Due London, August 2">tli. Piako County Counoil invite tenders for about fifty chains of: drainina; at Waoronfinn ii ; full particulars on application to Mr F. P.-ivitt, County Kni^ineer. At P.iPio.i on Saturday, a spring c r 1-wulc'l with chaff capsized whilst leaving 1 1 io y.i'd of Mr Power.**, owing lo the driver t. iking too sharp a turn. Foitnniitclv no damage was done be3'ond brp.ik'mg a shaft of the cait. Tlu 1 contractors for the new Oliinemuri Coiiocil chombpn, Mr A. Moore, is making • •nod i)t'Oi»re«!.s with tho woik. Although h.' only comni-noed n week ngo the fi\un ing and mof isnow completed. Lat ui'flit the Ucv. Gen. Brown gave iiu i-ifPiehting and giapliic address on Missiisn Work in the .South Sea Islands, in the \Ve-lp\:in Clmreh. Tlieie was a lartre jitt.-iul.MK'e »nd the lecture was thoroughly n.jpio-i itc*l. The liev. Mr La wry preHuUd. An outli.n,! of i'jj address will appear in our iw\l ksii'\

.Applications me invited l»y the Property ■ Tax Commissioner from peisons competent to act as Assessois foi the Counties of Piako, Ohinemuri, Thames, and Coromandel. See advt. Application fovslaughfer-hotne licences, liv Messrs Garliek and 3 1.mk^, and Geo. Walker, will be heard by Piako County Council on Fiiday next. Mr W. llelheringlou invites tenders for raiding two acres of canots. We are glad to find then 1 is apparently some probability of the AV.iihi bridge being restored. The work is one of great impoil.mce, and we liopo tli.it piompt steps will be taken to h.ive it carlied out. The T.uiranga County Council at their meeting held on 3rd in^t. voted Die liberal sum of £40 towards theoostof roplu ling thisbridge. Thefollowingiswhatpassed at- the meeting referred to as reported in the Bay of Plenty Times :--A lottcr w.\<? rend from the Wnihi GoM Mininu C )., asking that the Council take steps lo have n new bridge erected at Waihi, estimated to cost £1 GO, and stating that the Go\ernment would give lialf the cost. — CrKillen moved that the Council give £40 towards this work : Seconded by Cr. Atmstrong. — Cr Brown tlionglit that if this Council gave £20 it wonld be enough, as the bridge is in the Ohinomnri County, lie moved an amendment accordingly : Seconded by Cr Crawford. — The Chaiunan spoke in favour of the motion The bridge wonld be of great benefit to the Tanranga district. ; and, as the other County is hostile to the woik, he thought this Council should do its utmost to have the bridge rebuilt, and not leave i!6O for the Ohinemnri j County to pay. — Cr Brown explained thai he meant that the Waihi Gold Mining Coy. should contiibnte £20, leaving £40 for the Ohinemuri County,— Amendment put, and 3 voted for it. — Motion put, and 3 voted foi it.— The Chairman gave his casting vote for the motion, 'and declaied it carlied. The voile of erecting the P.irkes' furnace at Karangahake is piocccding steadily, and it is expected will be completed'and ready for operations in about three week's time. The brick woik should be finished in about a foitnight; but the baking and cooling of the sand bottom, ipqmreu in the smelting pioce^", will take another week. Mi «T- M. Chambers is superintending operations generally. We understand the experiments during the first month will bo conducted privately, and that if they nre of a satisfactory nature, seveial other similar furnaces will be built, so that operations may be cairied on without intei mission. With one furnace a week's tim^ would be lo^t every month in the replacing of the sand bottom, so that otheis are required to Wp the woik in full swing. Smelling will be canied on day and night. Messrs Geo Fraser and Son I**1 ** rod notion plant nt the foundry, Mechanics' 13. ly, Auckland, is now employed to its utmost capacity on tests fiom various portions of the Corom.mdel peninsula. One s.nnplo from thoG r m fWaiomo) isju^l completed, and a tiial of 2Acwt gave a return at the rate of £4 4s* per ton. This was the result of a pan amalgamation te^t, and the product is worth about £2 prr oz. Messis Fraser and Sons are now crushing 5 tons from the Observer, a ton from the Young Colonial, and 35cwt from Boat Harbour, Mercury Bay. The latter shows very fair gold prospects, and justifies fnither trials There are 10 tons on hand from the Thames foreshore for treatment, and other parcels are coming to hand. Messrs Fraser and .Sons are now putting up a plant at Te Mat a Creek, near the Thames, capable of crushing from 00 to 70 tons per week, on the perpetual grinding process. The prospects and results fully warrant the expenditure, as there is a f.u'r run of reef, and the cabins: on each 'side contains a good proportion of bullion. The plant in the foundry is now very much enlarged, and greater and larger quantities can be dealt with. The laboratory is also kppt constantly going to ascertain the value of their ores by actual tests at this plant.