The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 314, 7 November 1888, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

*• This above all —to thine own self be true, And it musfe follow as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man.' — SHAKEBPEARE.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7r7 r 1888,

We desire to draw the attention of settlers to the provisions oF the Slaughterhouses Amendment Act of last session. By the Slaughter House Act of 1877, the provisions as Fegards fees and inspection, etc., did not apply to a person slaughtering, or permitting slaughtering at his residence or upon his fam>, provided that he could show that such cattle- were his own, and that not more than two head of cattle were slaughtered in any one week. It is stated the Act so fains this section was concerned was greatly abused and taken unfair advantage of. Anyhow,it has now been repealed, and by the provisions of the new law, only those persons will be exempted from keeping proper record books, and from the payment of fees, etc,, who slaughter, or cause to be slaughtered, cattle at their own residence or farm, for tlie use of persons ami work people, resident and employed theieat or therein, and not bein^ for sale to other persons. Ihis piovision will j-iove a liaulbhip in some cases, and the woiding wiyhl have been considerably jnipiov.d upon si nd modified, wilLout affecting i(b dfiiioucy.

Wo leiirn with regret thnt Mr 11. 11. I Adams, general manager for the To Arolm S. and G. M. Co., Waiorongomai, has tendered his resignntion to' the Company's Secretary by cable. We sincerely hope the resignation will not be accepted, ajid that the misunderstanding that has decided Mr Adams to resign his position will bo satisfactorily explained. This district is greatly indebted to Mr Adams for having been instrumental in inducing Mr W. R. Wilson to conio amongst us, with tlio result that he lias invested very largely in local mining property, etc., and the systemsitic and skilful manner in which Mr Adams has superintended the erection of the new plant is patent to all observers. His local knowledge also, generally, should prove invaluable to x the new Company, We hope Mr Adams will remain on with the new Company, and at no distant date see his prognostications fully realised with respect to the successful and profitable treatment in a wholesale manner of local ore. A meeting in connection with the Te s Aroha Band of Hope will be held in the Wesley an Church this evening. - The Post and Telegraph Office will be closed on Friday; next, the 9th instant., being the Prince of Wales Birthday. Mr C. J. W. Barton, . late Mayor of Hamilton, has been adjudicated a bank rupt. The usual monthly meeting of Piako County Council will beheld at Morrinsville to-morrow, commencing at 11 a.m. The bank rate of interest has been raised to three, four, and five per cent per annum on fixed deposits, for three, six, and twelve months respectively. We would remind our readers of the soiree, concert, and dance (proceeds in aid of 'the Church of England funds), to take place in the Waiorongomai Public Hall on Friday evening next. Awards in connection with the special show of dairy produce at the Melbourne Exhibition were made on Friday last, and it is pleasing to note the success achieved by Auckland competitors. Messrs Rey« nolds and Company, of Cambridge, have carried off first prize for butter^ and the New Zealand Dairy Company has been awarded second prize in the same class. Prizes for cheese have been secured by Southern factories ; Hopkins, Hayr and Co. have taken third prize for honey, and Dr Logan Campbell has been commended for his exhibit of olive oil and pickle olives, grown at One Tree Hill. Whilst Mr Warden Northcroft has all along shown a desire to assist in every reasonable way those taking up land for bona fide work, or piospecting, it is quite evident he has no sympathy with those holding mining interests for speculative purposes. At the Warden's Court yesterday he stated most distinctly if Mr John Abbott continued to retain his hold on the New Era Special Claim, etc., at Waiorongomai, he would have to man the ground. Itis stated that the property was transferred into Mr Abbotts name some time ago, when he advanced £800 on it, It is further asserted that he has since been offered £2000 in re-payment of his claim. Monday last being the sth of November, the youths in the township commemorated the anniversary of the gunpowder plot in the usual manner, and in the evening, notwithstanding the heavy rain, a number o£ Guy Fawkes weie lurned amidst showers of crackers and shouts of exultation. Under the heading "Te Arohn," the Waiknto Times of yesterday states that "Mr J. McNichol held a horse and cattle sale at Bradley and Co.'s horse bazaar, on Satuid;iy last," etc. Nothing is known at Te Arohn of any such sale. As a matter of fact, Mr McNichol hns not held a sale at Te Aroha for some months past. The following statement was made, before the Official Assignee, by Thomas Mace Bumphreys, bankrupt, on Friday last:— "l came to the colony in 1883, having command of a capital of about £600. Finding myself unable to obtain a livelihood from my profession, I embarked in mining speculations, in which I was for a time fairly successful. In 1884 I was induced to purchase, jointly with a friend, two blocks of land in Remuera. This entailed a loss of nearly £1000, and forms the bulk of my present liability. In June, 1885, I became interested, with Mr R. K. Davis, in the establishment of the La Monte smelting furnace at Karangahake, and was largely interested in the mines there. The failure of this process involved me in considerable loss. I pursued my legal studies, and was admitted a solicitor in December, 1886, since when I have paid up several of my liabili- ' ties. Some of my creditors pressed me, and being unable to collect in any of my book debts (amounting to nearly £200), I deemed it advisable to file, after consulting my principal creditors. My liabilities, all unsecured, amount to £1112 4s Id. The only available assets left over are the book debts referred to. which 1 estimate to oroduce £20 r and my office furniture, worth about £10. I kept a cash book onty, from which I now hand in a statement covering the time I have been in business, and it shows all my trnnsactions. I have disclosed everything I possess in the nature of assets."