WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1889.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 330, 2 January 1889, Page 2

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1889.

TSiohtbeh hundred and eighty eight now belongs to the pnst, a further proof, if such be wanting, of how swiftly time flies, and of how speedily our brief Jife on earth will draw to a close, and we too p»3B away from tinje into eternity. Everyfirst of January wearrjve, asitwere, at h fresh n>ilo stone on the ix?ad Qf Jife, whiph shquld behoth a haltjngf place for tljongjitnnd ined.itatiqn, and ahq a fresh staitin^ point fqr renewed exertion in the performancepfuiir joi}rn,ey. The page jn the book pf life just tunjed over contains for eaplj pne a record of varied experience, vyhji'lii will no dpiibt, in nearly eyery inBtf>jioB have taqght useful Je^sqng tljut will be of great value in tl),e future. A strange epchantmei>t always h,nng» pver the dawn of a new yaar. To alj ? bpth old and yoyng, the n^wyoar is aground of hope. J^et ns at least look forward with fnjtj} an<J trnsfc, determined to be tine pQ pf|i?elve3 and our better natur.es. "^0 each and all our reader? we wigh *! \ HAFP> r NEW YEJiV^."

At Te Aroha tlie transition frorj) tho q\d year to the new was ob,qerye.itl \r\ phe ijsual manner. The Te Aroj)a Band played a number of selections in tlje tpairj afreet for ab,ont ai) hoi}}: uf)rj if hulr j striking up the well-krjqwq etf;ifinn of '• Aijld j^anir S> ne " p\)Q >nidniKl)t ho^r; »nii then playiflff )f] th.oro r? ew y^^ r 1 eoiftQ njore inftpipiling selections. The usual amount of prackew and f}ya\yoy]cH were pf course J et pfl. Tl>e esterior^of both the Club and Hot Sprinjra hotels at f IJ Aroha were taHtefully decorated >>y rrip-rfrh of lartre ferns, nilcau, Btf., for jthe Ciiristmtiß nnd Now Ye.ir ; whilst jjjl nijrht l»uh wute lit np hy a fjiimber of (Jhinoso limteitis, thy elFei'fH of tho vhmimh coloured liirl»t*«

The influx of visitors to Te Arohn has been steadily on the increase during the past week. The New Zealand Footballers met a team al Cardiff on Saturday, and were defeated by a goul and a tiy to u try, . The monthly meeting of Ohinemuri Connty Council will be Ueld at Paeroa on ftuturday next. Yesterday being a close holiday accounts for the absence of our usual butch of telegrams in to day's issue. We would remind our readers that the sale of Mr GouM'b property takei* place on Friday next. The I t a Monte furnace (Karangahake) is advertised to be sold by public auction on Fiiday next. Yesterday was only observed as a partial holiday at Waiorongomai, a number of the hands employed by the Te Aroha S. and G- M. Co. electing to work as usual. j On Monday last a start was made to truck down quartz from the mines to the battery hoppers at Waiorongomai. [ Mr Westgarth, in the Economist (Lon1 don), endorses the statement of Dr Robert Giffen that Australian borrowing has been reckless, and that trouble looms in the future. Mr Coward, the new manager for the Crown mine, Karangahake, and Mr Hutchison, who is to erect the machinery now on board tne Tainui, arrived in Auckland on Christmas morning, and, in company wilh Mr Adam Poiter, will proceed to Kurangahake during the present week. There were a large number present at the Te Aroha public school children's annual fete, which came off in Mr Lipßey'B padlock,, yesterday. The weather whs fine. The Te Aroha Brass Band kindly gqve then services for the occasion, thereby greatly adding to the pleasures of the day, and the affair on the whole passed off very satisfactorily. We underetand Mr Howell, general manager for the To Aroha S. and G. M. Co., Waioropgomai, purposes with as little delay as possible to connect the large water race extensions made some time back, with, a \iew to mci easing the Co.'s water supply. A largo gap, about three chains wide, and Borne ninety feet deep has to be crossed either b} means of pipes or trestle work (piobnbly the former) before the extra water can be utilised. Lord William Beresford has laid the Duke of Portland, the owner of some of the besthor3es on the English turf, n wager of £500 that he will produce a two-year-old fiom Australia to run any two,-vear>old that the latter has in his stables. The race it to take place next year. We are pleased to learn that Mr J. Hart, who met with an accident at Thames on Wednesday last, had so far recovered as to be able to leturntoTe Aioha, where he anived on Sunday last. The drive, however, rather upset Mr Hart again, and he was obliged to go to bed immediately on his unival ; but after a, few days rest we trust he will be able lo be out and about again as usual. About fifty passen^eiw left Te Aroha by Unit) foe v.uinus parts on Monday last, to to spend the New Year holidays. Seven tiuek loads of cattle nlso left Te Aioha on the same day, consigned to Messrs A, Bucklaud and Co., and Messrs Hunter and Co., auctioneering firms, of Auckland. The Wninrongomni School Committee collected about £11 for their f-ehool children's treat. The nett pioceeds resulting from the lecent concert and dance enter tainment at Waiorongomai, will, we are informed, be given in aid of the general school funds, as it is proposed to have the school-hou^o painted this year, find Committee's are now expected to provide half the cost of carrying out this work. Mr W alter Beresford (of Messrs Beresfoid nr.d Baine, fnewood contractor, etc., Te Aroha), was married on Saturday last to Misß Gerrish, daughter of Mr Jan. Geni«h, one of Te Aroha's earliest residents. The ceremony took place at the reßidem-e of the bride's father, Rev S. Lnwry officiating. We wish the young couple every happiness. A colonial paper reports a curious Bp«»cimen of" English as she is wrote" in the Transvaal. A "proßpector," who lives in the wilder part of the diggings, recently sent the following epistle to a firm in Barberton :—": — " Dear Siis. please send me a bag of flour a shovel one pick half pound niggerhp.id teibacco and a wheelbarrow my wife bad a baby last week and a screw hammer prospects is good. Yours truly etc." "Isjggerhoad - terbacco" is good. The foot races and other athletic sports for prises, |n connection with the Waiorongonitii sehpol children's annual treat, did not take place this year on Friday 2 1st inst., the day the treat was held, in consequence of the weather being unfavourable during the early part of that day, but came off on Boxing Day instead, commencing about 2 p.m. The aportf, etc., were held on the Waiorongomni Government reserve, under the supei vision of the following members of the School Committee :—: — Messrs Bafkeft (chairman), Jennings (treasurer), Lovell (secretary), and Baskiville. Some fourteen* events for prizes were welf contested, there being a large number of entrioa in each case. During the afternoon an ample supply of refreshments were disti United both to the children, and aiso to parents and others who were present to witness the sports. Everything in connection there witn passed off most satisfactorily, and at the conclusion of the uporla an adjournment was made to the schopl-houße, where Mr Baskett presented pi tees fpr beat attendances during the past year to scholars in each of the standmviH,