THAMES.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 338, 30 January 1889, Page 2

THAMES.

The annual festival^ ooiiiWojt.ioa W*^" 1 tho various Sunday' to-day, which .wtf»rgtftfetp^o^V%iaici «*' a half holiday. -t -The Presbyfcejrja n /(Skfd 1 ' scholars) and Str-^tem^if-M^Qf tf ro- " ceeded to the Ta^aru^ ©ar^iritrld'f he Wealeyan (450 J. PrimitVeyMft&isV (15(X), Bapjtiafr, (I&Ofr an# Qqjfgrfegational (100), spent the da^jfrj^pjWjw, while the ' Cbnrcii of pJts&J*sflWtj, School proceeded to tl£r t I£r "Bq^herVp.ad - ' dock at T6tara. % The "jspmi£& were treated to a^ountifulr'aapnjyiTgfreifibleß, , and all, had /almost. enjoyable days ' The weather jhere durine^l, past few day's fy« bee'ftjexceptipwl&'jjpfind. unlfisi fain falls sooaapme of fc'.b'atiefies will have" to sus'|^ed^Vpew^6|p«, v M tho 4 ' water in the rafce'W nowg^fjg'reryjbw. The tender.'ot*3CrC)?'iii,*^idifp, has been accepted by -Mr_ Jo^^Se*dj.lfoi the delivery of logs from th«;^mkjjii?i Creel* booms to the Thames BirefiSajrimll. The question' as, to wbethw jot. not Christ's Second Advent took place/at the destruction of Jerueajem, i? being debated here between Mrlf»mpiie%Coolv r , congregational minister, anjl t'lole 'of the , public whochoose to attend the meeting/. Another me'etkig'was. heldOlast night ''at which there was, a large attendance. - It \s jiuore than likely' tii&t ? there wf] I '-, b» an a^Bewion to the ran^Vpf 'the le#al ' profession ,«t ' the , Thames j very, shortly. It is tBtajbs4>^ojsn,g t 8tajb$4>^oj$n,g Mr Kenrick and Mr Porchss '.(*o'n bfcdbr Burchas,, of £ Auckland) contemplate commencing practice here.- - ' ;4 -'* ■-- - <"• ' r In the coarsest 'a conversation with " Mr J. H. Moorerm'anager bf the Marototo Gr. and S. M. Co.; lie.ihjforftt'ed me that work 'was proceeJing a^ltisaal \in this mme r where several men 'ar^e, employed. ' Sevreral works of a prqspecliing. nature are in progress in what is .known as the •BMB M drive, amongst Jwhielr'are two efcsscwts in the hangingwall and fo>>twall o-f the reef, and a'simihir uumbec of rises on the lole. The prospects met with are fairly encouraging. In addition to this stoping is being carried ou, v $ upon the reef, and although the quantity of ore coming to hanJ is s?omewhat limited and }>rincipal(y secoml class, it contains an encouraging percentage ofgold aid silver. The tt&Atuient of the three tons of ore at Fruser ami Son's pi unt, Auckland, is now finished, and the yield should soon be known. Ife will probably be equal to about £«s«£, per ton. The tmtueious other liceiiwsnf holdings taken np ajt Marototo- som-3 time ago are all i lie, and no'other worlj: is proceeding in that district, with the exception of the company mentioned, which was formerly* known as Mcßrinu'a, or the Prospectors'. Here at Hie Thames' there 1 is nrtfc much change to report 'in' the various mines this week. ThY Saxon,. Co.'d mine continues to lam out a considerably tonnage of quarts, 22 head of stampers being: kept going ,upon it day and niuht, while it is probable that when the new No. 5j5 j leirfcl' is f opened up tlie number of stampers! will be further increased. The qa.irtis'js' shaping for a really good return, and as the result "of the fortnightly cleaning up and retorting, which wiH "take place next Monday, it is almost 'curtain that another * dividend o;6d per- share (50,000) will be declared „ Orushmg 1 for the -Waiotaki Co. is proceeding,- and the return promises to be more thtu p4y4b!e r „ ' » x , Mr G Bv*Gl4i|e-ni|k4 j^wJjliaVgdof Ne\r StartJ>atairi ; ,C(),. s Vmiie ou Thursday n^^/'aWr will decide \\\\^ a plan of derations as soon, as possible., •The K^r^Tanakftn is't on the \wju>le ruuclrbetjer^ariuj {jjiriilg ,th*- jia&t y^fe' sereral small parcels' o-f gboJ pi4kj>tl stone hare 'beeri obtained. -\ Eveiy thing isquiefnt' Wuiomo- ami Te Mata, as the batteTifs cannot commence until rain falls to provide motive power. •• V-