Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. 'This above all-to thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man.' Shakespeare. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1889.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 362, 24 April 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. 'This above all-to thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man.' Shakespeare. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1889.

OvMiiij to ii'iii^ivi! pressure on our space wo me r-iaiu'lU'sl to hold over a groat deal of m.iH'M till oin n>'\t issue. A t»iii|(>(>!:mi d itod London, April 17th, *tat> ii > tli.it ,•> (> Tli • money required by the New JJoaLiml Midland Railway Company has been subscribed/ The following tenders for work* to be c:\rrU"d out bv I'isiko County Council, were opened on Sntiuday last at the office of thb Knsrinoi-r, Mr F. Pavitt. For cutting down sevev-il t-t'^'p grades and otherwise improving thu Gordon Special Settlement road : It. Hyde, £23 ; B. Montague, £18 10- ; J. Finnerty^illS; Jas. Oir (accepted), .U!8, For repairing 1 the Lower Hill Track, Wuiorongonjai (leading to the F'Tiruson Syndicate Co.'s batten): IF. Hyde, £19 15^ ; Meieer and Go* £18 5s Gd ; B r Montague, £18 ; Jolin Currie and Jas. Munro, £17 10.s j J. 11. Eroett (accepted), £17. On Fiiday last a cricket team from Thames visited P.ieroa to play a match with the P.ieroa cTub. A fler a good {j.uno the latter secured a victory by 13 runs. Paeroi moured 68 n>ns in each innincs or a total of luG, and the Thames team 41 in the first inning.*, and 82 in the second, a total of 123. We regret to state thtitPatiiek Milligan, a miner, who was seriously hu r t by the fall j of a stack of timber at Waitekauii (under circumstances lepoited in our last issue), and who was conveyed to Thames Hospital on S'ltiitdav last, died early on Sunday morning in the Hospital, On examination it was found the poor fellow* *s breast bone was badly fiaotured, and severe internal injuries had been sustained. It was ar ranged to convey the body by benrse to Paeroa yesterday, and for the interment to take place in the afternoon, Rev Father Keogb officiating. The "Minister of Public Works (the Hon. E. Mitehe lu on) xiii Mr lilair, AssistantKngineei -in-Cliief, arrived in Auckland on Mond-iy by the o.*:.0 .*:. Penguin. Mr Mitclwlson's movements aic not yet deiinitely fixed. Tie intend? inspecting the Kaukapakapa section of the Helensville line just opened for traffic, and will also proceed to Waikato to yo over the Waitete contract, which is neaily completed. It will probably bo nece^aiy foi him to go to the Tliames, to see wh.stia to be done with the section of nilway in hand there. It appeais that the section fiom Te A .vamiitn to Te Kuiti is being woiked at a loss. The principal traffic was by contiactois on public works, and as these woiksare being closed up, the traffic is shrinking, not an acie of land being acquired or settled along the route. A special meeting of the Te Arolia Town Boaid was .held at the Palace Hotel on Satuiday evening last, all members and the Clerk being present. It was resolved that summonses be issued against all ratepayers still in arrears. Also that the rate roll be posted on the notice board, and hung up outside the Palace Hotel. An account from Mr F, Pavitt for sei vices in connection wtth preparing the Annual Valuation Lists, and attending the Assessment Court, L 3 3s, was passed for paymtnt. The following tendeis for removal of present bridge in Whitaker-street, near Bank N.Z. comer, providing and laying 18-inch pipes acioss the street at this point, and filling up the hollow that at present exists at this phice, were opened : H. Hyde, L 24 ; John Bow, L 23 15s Gd ; Wm, Hethrington, Ll9 ; W. Thomson (accepted), LI 7 19a. Some discusbioji took place respecting the desirability of extending the footpath in Bridge-street down to the river bank. An entertainment by the members of the T.e Aroha Brass Band came oft in Te Aroha Public Hall on last Monday evening. The following was the programme ; many of the pieces beingencored :— Song(com'c) I owe ten dollars to O'Gradv, Mr G Devey, junr. ; song (comic), Two lovely Ulackeyps, Mr C. Gardner ; song, The Ship that never Returned, Miss Muller ; song, The Old Red Cradle, Mr J. F. Cocks j song (comic), It's sdl over now with poor Tommy, Master H. Tonge ; song (comic), Mrs McSorley's Twins, Mill. Brooks ; song, Mr J. Simpson ; gong (comic), Mountaineer's Ball, MrG. Devey, junr.; song, A Boy's Best Friend is Ins Mother, Mi 11. Bi-ookb ; dance, Highland Fling, Masters F. and fl. Tonge. A short farce, entitled "Jim Jones' Cousin,"' brought the enlettainment to a close; after which the Hall wag cleared for dancing, which was kept up with much Bpint for several hours, the music being provided by the Biass Band.