Te Aroha AND Ohimenuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 355, 30 March 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohimenuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' Thia above all — to thine own self bo brue, And it must follow as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man.' Shakespeare.

SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1889.

There will be a sitting of the Resident Magistrate's and Warden's Court on Tuesday next at Te Aroha. The monthly meeting of the Waitoa Road Boaid will be held at Morrinsville to-day. Messrs Berresford and Baine, invite lenders for cutting fifty tons of firewood. The annual meeting of the Kenihvorth G. M. Co. (Karangahake), was held in Auckland a few days since. The balancesheet, which was read and adopted, showed that the total receipts during the year had been £493 17s lid, and expen liture £392 I7s 3d, leaving a credit balance of £100 0s Bd. The share list for calls showed a total of 13010, of which 7390 shares li ad been forfeited. The amount of capital called up was Is per share. The following were appointed directors for the ensuing year : — Messrs R. C. Carr, J. MeCombie. H. T.Gome, D. G. McDonald, and D. B. TonkP. The man William Malonev, who was arrested in Auckland on Monday last, and sent on to Te Aroha the following d.iy, was brought up before Mr N. E. Beamish, J. P., on Wednesday morning, charged with wife desertion from the Waharoa j Settlement, Matamata, and reminded till Tuesday next, when he will oj.pear before Mr H. W. Noithcroft, R.M. Bail was allowed, himself in £50 and two sureties of £25 each, but being unable to obtain the sureties, he still remains in the lock^up. Some members and attendants at St Mark's Church,TeAroha,havingascertained that their esteemed pastor, Rev J. Marshall, would prefer not having a testimonial presented to him on his departure to E^eralie, thought that they could not do less than make up a small purse of sovereigns for the late organist, Miss Amy Marshall. The presentation was made to Miss Marshall on Monday evening last by Mr Smales, who, on behalf of the subscribers, thanked her for having so long presided at the organ, and conveyed their best wishes for her happiness. The funeral of the late Mr E. P. W. Miles took place on Tuesday last at Auckland, The cortege started at 10 a.m., from Winks and Hall, Shortland-street, under whose superintendance the arrangements for the funeral were carried out. The interment took place at the Puresva j Cemetry, the Rev W. Calder, incumbent lof All Saints, Ponsonby, reading the ; burial service. Mr E. W. Hamner was ; chief mourner. Mr James Craig, on Wednesday last, sold by auction the Rev J. Marshall's furniture, piano, etc. There was a large attendance of local resident I*,1 *, and from the surrounding districts, nnd the various articles realised fairly good prices. A potato exhibited at Wanganui turned the scale at 21b soz;, Three apples have also been shown, of a total weight o£ 60oz. At the last meeting of the Resident Magistrates Court at Te Aroha, it will be remembered the evidence of Mrs M. Biggs and her son was taken (to be forwarded to the Auckland Court), in theease of Parker, Green and Co. v. M, Biggs ; claim £39 6s 3d. The case »vas heard in Auckland before Dr Giles, R M., on Thursday last, and judgment was given for plnintiflajjwith costs, £4 14s.

Mr C. Murphy was the successful tenderer for throe road contracts recently lefc by Ohinemuri County Council. Mr Jas. Crai*, auctioneer, announces that he will sell at Tw Aroha on Wednesday next, the household furniture, etc., of Mr Bancroft. The ordinary monthly meeting: of the Te Aroha School Committee will be held on next Monday evening, at half past six ; in order that attending 1 the meeting may in no way debar any of the members from going to hear the Jubileo Singers that evening, should they desire to do so. Fisk Jubilee, Singers are to arrive by train fiom Hamilton to-day, as announced in our last issue, and will appear on Monday evening in Te Aroha Public- Hall, for one night only. This taiented Company have been delighting large audiences in Auckland of late, and as this is their farewell visit in the Colony, we stiongly advise all who can, to avail of this opportunity to hear them. By advertisement it will bo seen that the Valuation List, for the Town District of Te Aroha, is now open, and may be inspected up to April I3th, 1889 (Saturdays and Sundays excepted). v Those wishing to object to their valuations must do so before the 13th April. We understand Rev Jas. Marshall will preach his farewell sermons in this district to-morrow, and purposes leaving for Auckland early next weetf having been appointed incumbent of Ellerslieand Epsom. Rev Mr Evans, from Thames, will take charge of St. Mark's Church, for the next month, pending more definite arrange ments being made. Mr J. T. Davenport (Sydney), liqui dator of the North Marototo Amalgamated Leases G. and S.M. Co., Limited ; and also of the South Marototo G. and S.M. Prospecting Co., Limited ; gives notice that creditors of either of these companies are required to send particulars of their debts or claims, etc , to him on or before 30th April. A correspondent, who delights in listening to the Jubilee Singers, desires to express through the medium of our columns the wish that the following two pieces may be given at Te Aroha on Monday evening : — Solo " The song that Touched My Hea.t," (Miss Johnson); "I love a Good Laujh," (Mr Loudin). Five Judges sitting in a London court had recently before them the question whether a woman who had learned from general report, and believed in good faith and on general grounds that her first hus« band had been drowned at sea, was liable to be indicted for bigamy if she married again, and the original husband afterwards returned. The five Judges thought the point of such importance that it will be considered by the whole Bench. The bus band, who had deserted his wife, turned up, and it was sought to impose upon her a sentence of one day's imprisonment for bigamy. It is stated that Queen Victoria has lately added a codicil to her will which relates exclusively to the Jubilee gifts, the value of which is very much greater than most people suppose have now been collected at Windsor, and there are nearly 1100 of them altogether. A correspondent writing to the Auckland Star with reference to the apathy shown by the Minister of Mines, with regard to the exhibit of New Zealand minerals at the foithcoming Paris Exhibition, says : " The grand collection of mineral exhibits forwarded up to date by our Mines Department to the Paris Exhibition, consists of 521bs weight and a few laboratory specimen's not specified. Out of the 147 cases sent from Auckland to the Melbourne Exhibition, only 52 lbs are worth forwarding to Paris. The local Committee and mineowneru must feel proud of their judgment in forwarding such a lot of rubbish to Melbourne : but perhaps the Minister of Minister of Mines, in his wisdom, has ordered the balance of the stone to be sent to the Dunedin Exhibition, with the .£lO,OOO granted by our paternal Government, who voted £500 for Paris and £10,000 for Dunedin Exhibition", In one place our minerals would be seen by mil - lions,in theothorby dozens. Men of science and mineral experts from all parts of the civilised world would see the nature of our complex ores, and point out how best to treat them ; in the other Professor Black and his pupils will be able to enlighten our darkness on the subject. From one Exhibition, capital might fljw into the colony, from the other littlo or none is ever known to leave their own provincial distiict." There was a pleasant gathering of representatives frorr. the various departments of the Auckland Evening Star Office in the editorial sanctum on Monday last, the object of the meeting being to present Mr J. L. Kelly, for seven j'earssub editorof the Star, with a slight token of the esteem in which he is held by all with whom he has come into cont-ict. There were about thirty present, and Mr T. W. Leys, e.ditor, occupied the chair. Mr Leys said that the object of the gathering was to say farewell and wish success to their friend Mr Kt>lly, who, in company with Mr Balfe, had pur chased the Observer, and would take charge of that paper on the morrow. He referred in complimentary terms to Mr Kellys conspicuous ability as a journalist, and to the good feeling wliich had existed between him and all with whom he had been associated in the office, and then presented MiKelly with a handsome embossed leather album, containing an illuminated address and the signatures and photographs of the literary and commercial stuffs and heads of depai tments. Expressions of regret because of Mr Kellys departure, and congratulations on his having acquired the proprietorship of the Observer, were also expressed in feeling terms by other heads of depai tments, and Mr Kelly responded. He ex pressed sincere thanks for the many kind words that had been spoken, and referred in a hopeful tone to his venture as part proprietor of the Observer. JHe would cherish the present that had just been made to him very highly as a pleasant memory of his connection with the Star, and so many worthy people connected with it, and although he was going aw.iy with fhe intention of never coming back again, he would always take a warm inteiest in the success of that journal. The Observer must, to a ceitain extent, be run in opposition to the Star, as it would be to every other newspaper in the world, and tha kindness now shown was, for this reason, much enhanced Mr Kelly then shook hands with those present, who wished him " all sorts of good luck," and the proceedings concluded by three hearty cheersjbeing given in his honour.

The Te Arolia and Waiorongomai Football Clubs, announce by advertisement that a united entertainment and dance will be given in Te Aroha Public Hall on April Bth, in order to raise funds wherewith to cover the cost of having the old football ground, on the racecourse (Ruakaka), put in good order for playing matches during the season. We have no doubt a bumper hou^e will reward the efforts of the promoters ; and we expect to see this time honouied game well supported in our midst. Some years ago great interest was evinced in the game of football at Te Aroha. and many friendly and and exciting matches were played between the local team and teams from adjoining districts. There should be no difficulty in getting together a team at Waiorongomai and another at Te Aroha, both well able to give a good account of themselves in friendly contests. It is to be hoped the present movement will lead to the revival of other manly outdoor sports in this district. Touching upon the policy adopted by the banks of " putting on the screw*' in New Zealand while making lavish advances in Australia, the Auckland correspondent of the " Australasian Insurance and Banking Record" says :—": — " Although in the 'Record's' review of Australasian banking returns for 1888, last month you note, as a sign of ' the progressive condition of Queensland,' the fact that its indebtedness to the banks has increased by £3,983,037, we prefer to regard the contraction of our bank advances to the extent of £364,136 irrespective of the £800,000 wiped off their securities by the Bank of New Zealand, as a better proof of the progress of the colony, when the movement is accompanied by an extraordinary increase in the productions of the country. We do not grudge the northern colony of Australia the supremacy which she has gained over New Zealand in the volume of her indebtedness to banks. No doubt the signs of confidence implied by the enormous advances to Queensland may be taken as an evidence of prosperity, but it does seem somewhat remarkable that a colony with a smaller population than that of New Zealand.and infinitely less bountifully endowed by nature,shouldhave furnished thoroughly sound additional securities to the tune of nenrly £4,000,000 in a single year, while a policy of ' putting on the screw' was being so rigidly enforced in this colony as to produce an actual decrease in the amount of bank advances. It may fairly be said that if the indt.stries and commercial undertakings of New Zealand can safely come through the simultaneous contraction of bank advances and Government borrowing (the two operations being of course allied) without serions disaster, the country is sound at the core', no matter what temporary depression may afflict it,"