ONE AT A TIME.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 365, 4 May 1889, Page 8

ONE AT A TIME.

One st<-p at, n time, air"! tint "ell pl-iecl, We reach {he grandest h -iirlif ; One tslinl:e at ati>vp, earth's hiililon stoics AVill slowly ronie U ll^it; One koc^ a*- a time, an- the forest c;ro \s ; Ono drop "t a {-nio an 1 (he liver flows Into the bonndloss ?ea.

One wov l at a timo, nnd (ho greatest book Tfs wiitten und is road ; Our stone a(. a limp, and a palace rears Aloft Us slafelv head : One blow at a lime and tlto ti cc's cleft through, A ritv v>ill stnncl whpic the foiest glow A few shoiljvars befoic.

Ono foe n> a limp, and lie subdued, And the conflict will bt 1 won ; One grain «it a time, and the sands of life Will slowly all be run ; One minute, another, the hours fly ; One dny at a time, ami li\cs speed bj 7 Into eternity 1

Onegi-ain of knowledge, and *hat well stored, Another, and more on them, And as time rolls on your mind will shine With many a garnered gem Of thought and wisdom. And time ■will tell, " One thing at a time and that done well," Is wisdom's pro* en lule.

At the Ward en's Court, Thames on Thumiay hist, the following nnp'irations M'er) dealt with :— A. Shepherd for n licence for the llhodeiiek Dim lici'ii^d holding, Karangahnke. G.antod. T!w fallow in^ application* weie adjoin ised until the 2nd prox. to alow f'M theY'OPipltnion of plans : — T. 11. Kn -soil, Yii-tuii.i Special AVailii ; K. Csnnel!. waror i ace, Uoper Tarn in : T. IT. Hu^.'ll, v ater-iaoe, Waihi.— J. G.'Kalph and W. Y. Ealpli, applicl for three months' piotection for the 3k.'an£ak ir i and M,nij*osa licenspd holdings reppectivelv, situated tit Waitekanri. to enable the completion of a company in Melbourne, with a capital of £50.000, to work the two properties conjointly. One month w is giantcd in each case, operations to be cairied on with thrco men in the meantime. The c^be of J. W. Walker v. J. A Pond, for forfcituie of old Silveiton water-nice at Waihi, was furthei adjourned to 2nd May. The meeting 1 of shareholders in the Piiiiri {School district was held at Puriii on Tuesda}' evening, 23id nit., for the ]>uiposeof electine." a now School Committee for the en^uins," year. The leport of the letiiin^ Committee, which was read, bhowed that the thiee schools in the distiict of Pniiri, ILkutaia, and Omahu, had all be^n conducted in a most satisfactory manner. Over £100 had been spent on the three schools, find a credit lialance of los3d remained in hand. The following weie elected fi s the new School Committee : Messrs A. Tnne^. M. McKenzie, J. P. Ellir-tt, T. GiUnn,' H. Collins. J. L. Steven?, and H Wiight. A vote of thanks to the Chniunan and the outgoing Committee were unanimously ftiven. A meeting o( the hew Committee was held at the clo^e of the proceedings, when Mr T. Gilhin was elected Chairman, and Mr J. ?. Elliott, Seeietaiy.