Wit |lxfl!in AND ©Mnamra li« AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCAI E.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 290, 15 August 1888, Page 2

Wit |lxfl!in AND ©Mnamra li« AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCAI E.

1 This above all —to thino own self be true, And it, must follow n.9 the night the day Thou canst not, then be ihbe to any man. — SiiAiCBSVKAnrc.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1888.

Tui<: evidence thickens that the vast inintM-al resources of N"ew Zealand are \oiy poorly represented afc the Melbourne Exhibition ; that indeed New Zealand, as was the case at the Tndion anil Colonial Exhibition, is likely to a certain extenttobe overlooked by visitors ami investors through the neglect of (hose entrusted with the important duty of seeing that th<> Colony was adequately represented. The actual position of affairs will be found fully described in our third and fourth pages to-day, and is also rclerred to in our last night's telegram? ; and it is at least satisfactory 'o know that even now, at the eleventh hour, vigorous measures are being adopted to, as far as possible, yet make amends for past neglect. It will be obseived that the Mayor of Auckland is amongst those who are taking 1 active steps in this direction, nnd also thathchas written to Mr H. H. Adams inviting his co-operation, and also fciiggebting the advisability of a public meeting being convened a> Te Aroha ro this matter. We are sure Mr Adams will fully iccognise the importance of having the mineral wealth of this part of the goldfield suitably represented, and take steps accordingly. We trust also those interested in the Tni district will see the wisdom of doing likewise ; also the representatives of the various mining centres throughout Ohinemuri. We are pleased to learn Ohinemuri County Council have already taken action in the matter. The impoitance of the subject is such as surely cannot fail to impress itself upon our leaders ; and all who can in anyway do so, should render prompt assistance to th ;se now endeavouring to rectify past neglect with respect to this matter.

Bv refeience to oui List nights telegrams it will be seen the Champion G. and S. Miniftg Company Limited, capital £75,000, has been placed on the London maikct. A long letter from Messrs Lloyd and Invin,re the pun tut Murphy's landing, did not reach us in time for publication in this issue, but will npppar in our next. At Waiotongomai, in connection with the Te Arolm S. and G. M. Co., a number of hands aie now employed dealing and levelling the site for the buildings 10 contain the laree additional plant about to be erected. The contractors for supplying the 200.000 feet of Kami are busily engaged iufoiming the necessary ti neks into the hush, falling hush, getting logs ready and other preliminary woik. Work in the mines id progressing much as when last repoited on. The new offices for the Council aie now lapidly approaching completion, A bowling pi pen is contemplated foi the Domain, and Mr Crump, the Engineer, is making enquiries with legaid to the necessniy work. A chief of Irgk rank in the Ngatirahiri and Ngnlimaiu tribes named Tutukc died at To A'-oha on Monday at a very lipe np,e A tangi -will be held o\ or the hody which will be attended by the in<Mnbeisofthe four confederated tribes ovei which he held authority. There was a good attendance at the Electric Skating llink last night, some 30 membeis beins> present. An enjoyable evening was spent by the rinkers. Mr D. Puchaidson (aichitect, Cambridge \ invites tenders for the election oC Hospital buildings, and Old People's Refuge at Hamilton. See advt. The net proceeds of the concert in aid of the To Arohn Library amounted to £7 7s. After expenses are paid there will be about £3 to hand over to that institution. A photoeranber from Hamilton, Mr Xouiick, will shortly open at Waiorongomni, >n premises near the post-office An exceedingly useful little invention, known as " W.iit^'s Patent Fire-lighroi," fan now be obtained at Me&sis T. and S Monin and Co.'s Te Aroha store ; and as the pri^e is only one shilling, whilst the invention is sure to be highly appreciated by nearly cvciybody, we may safely picciiot a laigc sale will follow In (Us- , cribing the character of the invention we perhaps cannot do better than quote the dii eclious for its use, which ai c as follows : " Fill the tin with kerosene to a depth of two inchoß. Leave the composition bulb in the tin till required for use. When wanting to light a fire, apply a match to the bulb, nnd place it under the fuel in grate or other fireplace, It will bum strongly for five minutes. No fear may be entertained of replacing the bulb in the tin, a* it in impossible to ignite oi cause explosion." We observe this useful little domestic invention was recently introduced to Melbourne, with the result that an order was cabled for a larger supply. Mr Balcke announces by arhcrtiscment that he has a large assortment of mv.sic, songs, etc., on sale. At the last Pinko County Cuuncil meet ing several letteis and telegrams which had passed between the clerk and Mr Percy Smith, Assistant .purveyor General, Auckland, were read, respecting the river reserve on the west bank of the Waihou river. In one of these letters Mr Smith writes as follows : " The sections just opposite Waioiongonwii on the west bank have, been granted with a road along tho river bnnlcj but lor no*gieat distance, and the Assistant-Surveyor General in replying referred to thin* »' ° "" ° I wish to fiorvciil the imprecision that all reservations! alopg rivers are loads, for it is not so." The clerk was instructed to look up all past correspondence between Council and the Department le road along the west bank oi! Wniliou river.

Aroha Biass Band Bull to-night. On Sunday next the second anniversary of St Shirk's Church will bo celebrated by special services. The offertories of tho morning and evening will bo devoted towards the reduction oi! the debt on the building, which is about £100. Mi* F. Strange advertises first-class dairy -fed home-cured bacon, ejc. , for sale. Tho«e who have tried Mr Slrango's bacon and hams speak in the highest terms of it, both as regards quality and cm ing. Mr D. Ci\iig, of Wairakua, adveitises a iiist-claisK saw-bench, with saws, etc., lor sale. Piako County Council, at their meeting on Fiiday, showe I they fully re.cognisod tho importance of having 1 the To ArohaWaiorongomai road repaired, especially in view o£ so much heavy caiting having to pass over it at an early date, by voting £30 for expenditure thereon, the woik to be done by contiacf. We doubt not J the Engineer will lose no time in having the work started. Wnitoa Road Board give notice by advertisement that all rates shall be payable to Mr Alex. Biemncr, Waikulcu, Morrinsvillc. Notice is given by advertisement that on September fomth tho right to occupy residence sites, allotments No. 76 and 77, Waioiongomai, will be sold by auction at the Wai den's oflice, Te Aroha. The balance-sheet of the Mount Morgan G .M. Company for the past yenr shows that the actual leceipts from tho mine since lastrepoit were £227,882 9s 2d. The expenditure *vas £85,191 Gs 2d, and the dividends paid amounted to £100,000, leaving a balance in hand of £45,091 3s. The quantity of gold produced was 45,4G00/,s Bdwts. Mr J. 11. Pollok, assistant to the Piofossor of Chemistry in the Univeisity of Glasgow, has patented a new piocoas for tho recovery of gold from refiactoiy ores. It is claimed that economy is seemed by the smaller cost of the process and gi eater efliciency as compaied with any other processes. Tho older processes aie said to cost about 20s per ton, and to extract only 80 per cent of the gold ; wheieas this costs 6s Gil per ton, and extiacts 97 per cent. Experiments have been made in the Glasgow University in the presence of various scientific men of distinction as well as of men acquainted with the practical business of dealing with oies ; and the most favourable impression has been made as to the ■value of tho new invention. Samples of ore from Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand and ulsewheie have been successfully treated. Professor Feigusson wiote that the process was especially applicable to "light" gold, was a rapid one, that the apparatus was oi the simplest kind, and thattheio as nothing about it to get out of order ; that the cost of materials for the extraction ran from 4s 6d to 6s per ton ; and that the gold was almost enti-cly extracted. At the meeting of the Piako County Council on Friday last the following (amongst other) applications weiereadfiom those desirous of being placed on tho rate* payers roll. Anna Beeson, in respect of allotment 137, Grnham->strcet, WaioronafO* mai ; from John Read requesting that the name of Walter Beresford be placed on the roll as occupier of lesidence site 61, Lipse3 - 's block, Te Aroha. The Clerk was instructed to take the necessary steps in the matter. The Waikato News thus refers to the money bonowed by the Hamilton Boioucfh Council: — "'ln the hey-day of W. A. Grahfimisin we raised a loan of i'GOOOat 5£ per cent interest. We wiped out bank oveidiafts incurred in cutting goise and forming bye-roads in back sheets, the localities of which are scaice known to the oldest inhabitants ; we built public baths above hiuh "water maik; fenced and improved Domain lands and let them to tenants, who rival tho Parnellitos of the " ould eounthiy" in tlieii antipathy to rentpaying, and managed to get lid of L2OOO out of the L6OOO we bonowed. But the remaining L4ooo— what shall we do with it? The ' public buildings 1 h.ive turned out to be veritable Chateaux d'Espagno, and the money for which till last week we got 5 per cent, now lies at fixed deposit for another term at 4£ per cent per annum." Owing to carelessness in conecting the proof, &ome of tho passages in our leader on Satmday last did not read exactly as intended, We therefore take this opportunity to make the noccbsaij corrections. (1) The last few lines re Cambridge Boiough should read — "From the balance sheet referred to wo further notice that the salaries of Clerk, etc., amount Jto £110" (not £110 more). (2) "Surely all our lenders will admit the smaller the popu lation and rateable value, the heavier must of necessity be tho expenses in connection with tho Borough form of government." The idea desiied to be conveyed to our readers is tha*". considering the small population and rateable value of Te Aroha and Waioiongomai, tho expenses in connection with a Borough would necessitate much heavier taxation to the individual ratepayer than need be the case in a larger place, where the population and jateable v?lub is much gi cater. (3) "Wo are decidedly of opinion that many in Te Aioha who have been pestered into signing their names to a document just sufficiently urn oiled for them to sign, etc." the word just should be read, and nonprossed as appeared.