The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 349, 9 March 1889, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

• This abore all — to thine own self bo trot, And it musb follow as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man.' Shakespeabe.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1889.

Te A rob a Races to-day. Scarlatina is very prevalent at the Thames just now. Owing to pressure on our space this issue, we are compelled to hold over a quantity of interesting matter. A very interesting article entitled " European Flax Culture in New Zealand " will be found on our fifth page. Some further particulars respecting the same industry will be found on page 3. Mr Hicks, from Thames, will address the Wesleyan Sunday School to-morrow afternoon, and also conduct the evening service in the same church. A report of the Archideaconal Conference held at Te Aroha on Thursday evening, is unavoidably held over till next issue Particulars respecting the second shipment of frozen meat from Auckland this season, will be found on page five. By advertisement it will be seen Mr Jas. Craig will sell at Te Aroha on Wednesday, the household furniture, etc, of Mr Bancroft. A concert and dance will take place this evening in the Te Aroha Public Hall, proceeds in air of the funds of St Joseph's Church. An utlrnctive programme has been prepared for the occasion, and the committee of management have made very complete anangements for the entertainment which promises to be a great success. We may add several ladies and gentlemen from Auckland will sing during the evening. Full particulars respecting the new railway time-table, and reduction of rates for small consignments of produce, etc., will be found on our fifth page. What the hours of closing mails will now be at the local post office, we are unable to state, as on enquiry the postmaster informs us he has not yet received his instructions with respect thereto. A snd accident, which Imm unfortunately terminated fatally, is reported from Paeroa. It appears that on Monday last a lad named John Pennell, son of Mt Ralph Pennell, of Owharoa, was thrown i'rom his horse while racing, and received internal injuries, which were, not at first supposed to be Ftenoiis. He died irom the"i, however, on Thesday evening. Ait inquost was held nn Thursday, and a veidictof " Accidental d -ath " returned. The Thames Comity Coinril limvo received a telegram from the \lines Dj-pHi-tin nt st.iliii^ that the Minister of Alines has .uithorised » grant of L5OO for the construction of tho Mam to to road to this Tluiines county boundary, but it is .stimulated that it must not l»e less than 12 feet wide, nor the grade more than 1 in 15.

The monthly meeting of the Te Aroha Town Board will be held this evening. Amongst the additional New Z.ealand awards, announced in "connection with* the Melbourne Exhibition, we notice "'-Third Award : Te Aroha On,, mineral waters." Monthly meeting of Piako ■ County Council nt Cambridge to-day. Tenders for the erection of a traffic bridge across the Waihou river, at Murphy's Landing, will be opened. We have received from the local postmastor a oopy of New Zealand time tables of ocean maii service for 1889 ; published by the Government printer in a very neat and compact form. To-morrow, the anniversary services in connection with Waiorongomai Sunday School will be held at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Mr W,J. Elliott will conduct both services, and speciul hymns will be sung on each occasion. The Obinemnri race .privileges were sold by auction at Paeroa on Saturday last, and realised as follows • Publicans B;>otb, £17 ss, Agnew ; Temperance Booth, £2, J. Pennell ; Cards, Hs, H. Stonehill ; Gates, £25 ss, E. Bein. New Electoral Rolls for the Ridings of Pncroa, Karungnhake, and Waitekauri, have just been printed for Obinemuri County Council, and were ut>ed for the first time on the occasion of the recent licensing eleotion. The Rolls were printed at the Te Aroha and Ouinemoiu News Office. Amongst recent applications for patents Gazetted we observe the following: David MoLean Wallace and George William Graves, Waiorongomai, for an improved Al wire fastener for fastening barbed or plain fencing wire ; John Howoll, Waiorongomui, for a revolving cylinder or roaster. The Native Lands Court, which should have commenced its sittings at Shortland, Thames, on Tuesday last, has been adjourned until the 19th inst, owing to nonarrival of Judge Scannell ; much to the inconvenience and disgnst of many natives who had started for Thames to attend the Court, prior to tho postponement being notified. At the monthly meeting of the Board of Governors of the Thames High School on Monday last, the Secretary reported that during the month two pupils named Goldsworthy and Emerson, from Te Arohn, had been admitted to the school by virtue of their having passed the sixth standard, and he asked that his action in doing so without bringing the matter before the Governors, be confirmed. This was agreed to. On Monday last Mr G W. Ru«sell, lato proprietor of the Waikato News, gave a lecture at Cambridge, in aid of the funds of the public library of that town. During the proceedings Mr Russell was presented with a very handsome tea and coffee aer vice, accompanied by an illuminated address, expressive ot' the esteem in which he was held by a large circle of friends in Waikato, Mr Russell has gone to reside in Christchurch. On Tuesday next a soiree and conceit in connection with Waiorongomai Sunday School will be held in the Waiorongomai Public Hall. The programme prepared for the occasion is a lengthy and attiactivo one, including addresses, songs, musical selections, readings, recitations, etc., etc. The concert will commence at 8 p.m., the soiree at 6.30 p'.m ; and every provision is being made by the Hon. Sec. and Committee of management to ensure the success of the gathering. We trust all who possibly can will attend ; and they may rely upon spending a very pleasant evening. The following new regulations as to the delivery of telegrams are gazetted : — Tele grams shall be delivered free of charge within a radius of one mile of the station to which they may be transmitted by wire Beyond |such free delivery the charges for delivery of any telegram shall be as under : — For any distance not exceeding half a mile beyond the free delivery, 6d ; for any distance exceeding half a mile, but not exceeding one mile beyond the free delivery, Is ; for any distance exceeding one mile, but not exceeding two miles beyond the free delivery, Is 6d. The foregoing carges provide for ordinary delivered only. For messages to be delivered by special messengerthe cost of such delivery must be paid for by the sender on demand. If required to be delivered beyond the distance of three miles, all money disbursed in payment of cab fares, omnibus fares, horse hire, porterage, or any other exponse incurred in delivery shall be charged. All telegrams requiring to be delivered on shipboard on the water, or across the water, shall bear any expense incurred to defray boat hire. The monthly meeting of the Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was held at Hamilton on Wednesday. The ordinary expenditure for the past month was £126 19s 5d ; and for new furniture, £162 4s 6d, total £289 3s 1 Id. The contributions required to meet the expenses for the ensuing year, calouiated on the old Property Assessment Valuation, at l-9th of a Id in the £, will be as follows .—. — Piako, £431 8s Id ; Waikato, £307 I7s4d ; Waipa, £290 4s 5d ; Raglan, £82 7s lid ; Hamilton, £50 18s 6d ; Cambridge, £43 17s lOd, as against, Piako, £774 Os 5d ; Waikato, £552 7s Qd ; Waipa, £520 14s 4d ; Raglan, £147 16s 6d ; Hamilton, £91 7s sd : Cambridge, £78 14s lOd for the past year. — Mr Chepmell said a statement had been made that E. Thompson had been admitted to the Thames Hospital Board at the request of the Piako County Council, He had asked the Clerk to aearch the minutes of the Council, and he failed to find any authority for Thompson's admission. — The expenditure of £150 on newsurgicalinstrumentsand appliances was authorised.— -The Secretary read a letter fromthe Clerk of the Court at Te Arohn, with reference to William's ohildren, which stated that they had been committed to the Thames Industrial School by the late Warden Kenrick, and that there father w«s supposed to have gone to New South Wales. A teleeram from the Clerk of the U.M, Court, Thames, stated the Industrial School was under the control of the Charitable Aid Bnanl. In reply to members, the Secretary said the claim was £68, and the amount was still #oing on. On the motion of Mi- Ohi'p nfll it was resolved ''That l«fiiil opinion be taken, as to whether tho Board is li.ible for the demand nude by the Thames Board,"— Mr C. M. Brunskill £ii ye notice that he would at the next meeting ask whether it is true that the two nurses at tim Hospital are not on speaking terms with each other, and if! so whether it i« i-oiiducive to the welfare of the ilospitul. 11

Mr John Mcltae, of Waiorongomai, lost some plans owing to his house taking fire on Wednesday night last week. It appears that Mr Mcßae was busy preparing some house plans on the night in question. Having oocasion to leave his house for a short time, he went out leaving the door open, and during his absence the "wind, which was blowing strongly at the time, fanned the window curtain on to the lighted candle. The Braceman on vthe Alameda shaft, which is just opposite Mr Moßae's window, saw the glare and immediately rushed in and tore the blazing curtain down and extinguished the fire. Much to Mr Mcßae's disgust, he found on his return that in the hurry scurry oil putting out the fire his plans had been ruined. However all's well that end's well, Moß.tlianked the Braceman for his kindness and made a fresh start with the placs.