Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 352, 20 March 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

• This above all — to thine owi self bo true, And it must follow as the nighb the day Thou cansb nob thejn be false to any man.' Shakkspkabe.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 188 ( J.

Mr John Pquivrell has mncio application to tho Warden for a licensed holding of fifteen acres at Wnioron^oinai, to be culled the Oceana G. and S. Mining- Co. On or about 20th mat, Mr J. McNicol announces that he will bold a special sale of sheep at Ohanpo. For this, sale ahe.tdy between 4000 and 5000 sheep have been entered. Tenders clo'-e to-day for the election of | works at Kiley's Buttery, Crown Wines, Karangahake, Mr J. W, Walker invites tenders foi driving and timbering' a tnil-race tunnel, a distance of one thousand feet. Tenders will be opened at the mine, Waihi, to-nior-rowat4p.m. ibpeadvt. MrH. Hughes has very kindly stilted u subscription list to meet the present necessities of the man Fred. Hyde, recently discharged fiom the Waikalo Hospital, and by this means raised some £5 or £6 for him on Saturday last Mr E. S. yon Stunner is pushing- on the piepjiratory works in connection with the erection of his fhixmill plant at the Gordon j Special Settlement with all possible dcs patch. By snivel ti-ement in our columns to~dny Mr yon Stunner invites tender*, for calling 18.000 feet of timber, and .ilho for the erection oi'w'x buildings. As evidence of the revival of the native flux industry, the J.;, tlolton Times notes that alocalfii m have beven or eiuhtFeparate oidera for iiiHt-hineiy for the preparation of the fibre of the Pliormium frnax on hand. The increase in the demand for the fibre is considered to be due to the fact that lr.ost of the Sit-al fibre in the maiket ik now employed ia (he manufacture of hiixK'r twine, and Pliormium iencue is used lor tho puiposea for which Sibal Vi us formcr'y required, On Wednesday next, 271h inst , Mr Jap. Oni^: will sell by public « notion the In use l.cd fmnitnn 1 , etc., <>£ iiev tins. AUn-sh.-il). at his ii^iiiciiLe, Te Aioha. This sau- will ,iJV:'n! ,'in e>.c(--li( nt oppoitunitv for local n sidt ntf- to obtain lcallj' j;< % oJ f uiiiiUiif < (it the spot. i\inun,«>st the pi"| city to In- j f)i iHwil oi is a iirhl clabb piano. J

MrJ. Pnndof Auckland, accompanied ( >y Mr Khodes, of Bank of Ne* Zetland Phcio.i, vjßitud Wairrongt-niai on 1 Monday j 'i-4, Aho, Cr f{eid fioui Thi'me**, ucctuu* <nmVd by Cr Ur)b>oti. from Paeroa. Wo learn Mr and Jira Peter Ferguson hnvft arrived j« flv.\v Z<aUnd, and may be evpeetbd to amve at Te Arohu any day. A fro^t on last F»id*y night did considcrtffcilif damage in gaidena not well shelved, by cheeking the growth of melon's, pumpkins, etc. There h little fresh to report with respect lo mining operate ns at Waiorongomai. The scat city of water in being naicU ielt, 1 there being at present only sufticieut power in connection with theTe Aroha S. and G. : M. Co,'y woiks, to diive tin head oi stainpesa, A stcn.m en»rne has been erected «t the Alumcda t«haf t, Waiorongomai, and pumping gear is now being- put together, the inflow of water being: 8o g'lestas to make it absolutely impossible to proceed %viih sinking: the shaft (whioh i«i now down about 100 feet), until steam power could be utilisod to keep iho water under, We regiet to learn that Mr \V. H. P. Marsdon, head teacher of the Te Aroha School, has been very unwell lately, and for peveinl <?''>' P ; 'st has had to keep to the hou«e, hta place in tho school being 1 tornporarily filled by Mrs Maisdon. Should Mr IMaisdon's health not gieatly improve within (he next few dayp, wo undetbtand it is his intention to apply for leave of absence. We trust, however, to bo soon in a position to repoit favourably of his condition. Although there are a good many mon out of regular employment atTe A i oha just now, it would appear as though this state ofafaire does not prevail in Ohinemuri. We arc informed that with lespect to several contracts, for \\ liieh Ohinemuri County Council have been inviting tenders, such as spreading road metal, etc., not one man presented himself at the hour and place fixed l)3 r tho Foreman of Works for showing the work on tho ground, We are very pleased to see that ourwo'l known local nurseryman, Mr Hugh Ross, of Waihou, has been again successful in securing a number of prizes at the Waikato Horticultural Society's bljow. Tho show this year was hold at Cambridge ; Mr Ross beinqf awarded the following piizes: — In the All Comer's Class, L-t, and also a 2i.d prize for dessert apples • 2nd for culinary apples; Ist pme for plums. In the Special Prize Class : Ist for best 12 pears ; Ist for outdoor grapes. Piioi to the ndj.uirned sitting of the Assessment Court, ye^tesday. Mr C. AluVr, Clerk to the Te Aroha Town Bo.nd ; waited on Mr Northcroft, Judire of the Assessment Court, and stated it was the intention of tho Board to ina.«e a valuation roll in the Course of a few day>*. Mr Northcroft referred the Cleik to the Rating Act of 1876, and pointed out that it \rus distinctly laid down there the local body must have the valuation li^ts completed not later than January 15th in each year. The Clerk then asked : Would it not do if the Town Board accepted the Pro pert)* Tax valuation, say to-morrow ! evening ? Mi Northcroft replied the j Board could do no such thing. If the Eoatd desired to discard the Riding Act of 1876, and adopt the Kating Act of TSft'2, it was clearly lni»i down in the 58th section of the latter Act, that the Board miut forward a copy of the resolution passed to that effect, not later than the Ist of December in any year. The Clerk • Oh ! well, I'll know better for next year, Apart from tho information contained in our Morrinsvillo correspondent's letter, we have heard the action of certain mem bers of the newly elected Morrinsville School Committee, in upsetting the arrangements mane foi holding the accustomed annual school children's feast, S*\ Patiick'a Day, being slrouyly condemned. The proposal to get up "spoi ts 1 at Moirin->-ville, as a substitute for the treat that had been arranged t'j be held at Annand.ile, is no doubt advocated by a fesv who have somo ulterior motive ior so dohur. The coiK'it tl'injj to do under the cirenm-stancf-s wo'i'd be to convene a public meeting of the househohleis, and Like the whole matter of this treat business out of the hands of the committee altogt-thoi, ignore them in this matter. Why should tho childien ba Jone out of thoir iinuual treat, and the labouiH of those kindly aiianging to :i^si t theie.it ho st a»ide to gratify fhe, whiuicj of a nanow uiiniled minurity ?