The Aroha AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 319, 24 November 1888, Page 2

The Aroha AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' This above n'l —to thine own self be true, Anrt it must follow as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man.' — Su\KR'SPKARK.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1888.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Waitoh Road Board vs- ill be held at Morlinsvillo to-day. At Waitoa sheanng is progrocpin sr briskly at the Lnrkworthy estate, and the clip is likely to be a large one. The Cambridge Road Board at their meeting on Saturday resolved to oppose the Public Works Amendment Bill. At the YVpsleyan District Meeting (Auckland) on Wednesday, £41 was granted the Upper Thames Circuit out of the Home Mission fund. We understand that Messrs Biiidley and Co. intend to inaiißuriti 1 some exclusion trios to the Thames aiming the Christmas holidays. On Tuesday, 4th December, tlif riHit to occupy business site Allotment 7, Block 4, Te Aroha (Rollctnn street, with good honso nnd shop thereon), will be sold at I the Wnrden'H office. ' In compliance with the provisions of i the Foreign Companies Act, notice is triven by advertisement that the ofllco of the Te Arnha Silver and Gold Mining Company, Limited, Ims been removed fiom 75 Queen-street, Auckland, to Wniorongemai. Mr McCombie invites tenders for the erection of a machine house at Karangahake. Messrs A. Clements and Isaac Coates have been elected Mayor for Cambridge and Hamilton respectively, unopposed. For the Mavorn'ry of Thames Messrs A. Brodie and W. Carpenter arc candidates. Mrs Collin", of Wuihon, wlin, it will be remcmbeied, was severely scalded some time a^o and was Bent to the Hamilton Hospital for treatment, hua now returned. Although she is out of danger, she i-till suffers from the effects of the accident. Contractors who purpose tendering for works advertised in this journal by the Whakatane Road Board should bear in mm 1 that it occupies about six days for n letter to leach Whakntane by ordinal y ijnuiil. We believe the mail arrives at Whakntane on every Monday and Wednesday afternoon. Tondeis must be in by 11 a.m. on Wednesday, December sth. At the meeting of the Mntnrnnta Road Bonid on Saturday last, a letter was read from Phiko County Council regarding the expenditure by the Board of the oum of £17 2s l^d receivable from rates on native lands. It was resolved that the Board agree to undei take the expenditure of the money, nnd furthei, that as suggested by the Council it be spent on that portion oE the Lichf.eld-Te Aioba road running through Block IV , Tapapa Sm %ey Disti ict. Mr Funded submitted his report on the Lichfiekl-Te Aroha toad, and an estimate of *Le cost of making the roau from the southern boundaiy of the road district to the Wairere stream, namely, £844 3s. It was resolved to hold a special meeting on December 21, to consider the desirability of adopting the. Local Bodies' Loans Act, 188P, At the Wealeynn Distiict Meeting on Tues-day last, it was resoived that the request fiom the Upper Thames Circuit for pei mission to build a parsonage at Te Aroha be granted. Wednesday's Herald hns the following : — " From advices to hand from Captain Wnlmsley, who accompanied the shipment of New Zealand homes by the Bucephalus to India, in August lust, wo regret to learn that the shipment is not meeting with as leady a sale as could be wished. We undei stand that the market is at present glutted with animate, and of the local lot but 40 have been quitted, but it is satisfactory to note that these had realised the good average price of JK4O per head." Cn Thursday last Mr C. A. Comes, Mine Manager Champion G. and S. Mines, New Zealand, Limited, Tui, received tenders for cuiting as follows :*r-(l) To ' Upper Drive, (2) 'lo No. 3 Drive : G. C. Dcverill (i) U G«, (2) £3 i7s Gd per ton ; John CUikin, £3 (for both) ; W. Hetherington (atcepted), (1) £2 78, (2) £1 ls'a. The Meicantile and Bankruptcy Gazette, rcfeiring to tlio Inspector General's Repoit on the Bankruptcy Act at lloine, says :—: — *' The total iuss to creditors in England and Wales through bankruptcy proceedings for the your TBB7 is e.s'iiiuited at £7,114,905. Pul'iicuns and hotel ktej ers head the list, hiA their nuinbem appcHi to be steadily risiu«. liultheid ,md l».ilfers jilho seem HnlOitunaic. Buihk-is ttli>y hh o iii 6 largely] in the. libt."

,The annual meetings of Goi'mty Cgul^cils Pnr election of Chairman for^tho ensuing' term will' bo Ivtdon Wednosdsy nexf, SiSth inst ; thajK of Piako' ( nt Cambridge ; that of, OhineinuVi^at'Paeroa. \ / , ( Tenders are invited "by Ohinemuri; County Council for forming and draining about sixtj -three chains of road in Waitoa Riding. See advt. * , ,+* , * The "Right lion Cecil Raikes, t Post-* ' mastor-Genenil, intends to commence Mio' ¥ system of fourpcnny mails from January Ist next, if tho colonies aro willing' to agroe to that course. On Thursday night Mr J. Wise, of Tauwiiare, narrowly escaped mooting with a serious accident whilst ongaged in driving some horses to tho Thames. In the vicinity oC Mr Goulds estate one of tho animals broke away from tho rost, for which lie giivo chase, but in doing so his horse slipped, hi inging him heavily to the ground. Luckily, howover, ho escaped injury. A dance was held in the TeAroha Public Hall on Wednesday ovening hist, given by the bachelors of Te Aroha to their friends. Some 30 couples responded to the invitaj tions and a very enjoyabje evening was spent, dancing beinu: kept up till about midnight. Tho music was supplied by several members of the Te Aroha Band, while Mr 11. Maco acted as M. C. in his usual efficient manner. The members of tho Te Aroha Bftfcrnft Club contemplate holding tho unnual metis in about March next should suifkiient inducement bo offered. Mr J, Woods' paddock across the river has been suggested as a good bite for the racecourse, and the various events will in all piobnbility be r in there. Our old fiiond Max Rinklo is going to pay us another visit at the end of the month, and will bo .vcornpnnied on this occasion by some members of a company that ho lias brought over from Sydney and Mell omno, to poiform in Auckland during the approaching Christmas season. Accompanying him also on this trip are several of the loading artists, and during their stay they will give performances as follows: — In Waiorongomai, Tuesday, iNW. 27th ; Paerou, 28th ; and Te Aroha, 29th ; returning to Auckland on Friday. All these nrtists, it is staled, are stnrs in their particular lino of business, and as Max Rinkle himself is one of tho most reisatile comedians thathasever visitedTe Aroha, we anticipate the Company will have bumper houses on each occasion. The price of admission should be within the reach of all. A cablegram dated Sydney, November 21st, states that ifc is expected th.it crops in the Albuij district will only eire onethiid of the average yield. A laige propoition of growing wheat has been cut for hay, which is commanding unusually high price*. A cablegram from Melbourne on the same day states : The rainfall this year is the lowest recorded since 1865. On some stations scrub is used to suppoi t sheep, which are dying by thousands. Bcisb fires nre burning in all directions. Tho. National Mutual Life Association notify ihat they hare appointed Mr. Joseph A runt, Te Aioha, us their agent for the district* of Piako and Waipa. Mr Arrait no doubt will be pleased now to " take lives" to any extent. Mr Armit informs us ho has also bt*en appointed local agent for the famous Wortheim Sewing Machine, by Messrs E. M. Uallett and Co., of Auck' land, OnThursduy evening last Mr R.Browne's thoroughbred horse Kf nil worth narrowly escaped being rendered valueless owing to the defective state of one of tho small bridges, a little beyond tho racecourse, on the To Aroha- Pueroa road. One of the planks of tho bridge referred to in quite bioken through, leaving a moat dangerous hole right in the middle of the bridge, into which Konilworth, on tho evening in question put his leef, and as a result was thrown very heavily, but fortunately escaped with some The horse's leg went down right to the chest, and it is really remarkable how it escaped being broken. The bridge is under tho control of Ohinemuii County Council, who we trust will take immediate steps to have it made snfe for traffic, so that an accident may be averted. We direct attention to Mr C. W. Good son's new Advertisement, which appears in our columns to-day, Goodson's London A j cade has long been known for the wonderful variety of articles on sale at marvellously low piices ; including toys by tho thousand, jowellery, glassware, stationery, and nick nacks of all kinds. Mr Goodson has becomo proprietor of Montague's Bazaar, a portion of which is set apait as a Japanese Court (on Saturday nights being beautifully lit up by means of Chinese lanterns, etc.), for the sale of Japanese fancy goods, of which an immense stock is on view. A very large stock of Christmas cuds, to meet all tastes and pockets, will be found on salo in the Japanese Court. Count d'Abbans, the French Vice-Consul at Wellington, makes a aeries of suggestions to the Lyttulton Times in reference to the Paris Exhibition. He urges the importance of sendingexhibits oC preserved meat, New Zealand flax, cheese nnd butter, grass weeds, especially cocksfoot and grain ; further, that Sir Dillon 801 l be cabled to instruct him to secure a few hundred feet in the section for extractive industries and alimentary products. Ho says : ♦' Certain circumstances which I am aware of, but not yet at liberty to state publioly, will ' secure, before very long, a very large share of the Continental market for New Zealand, producers of many clashes.