Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 377, 15 June 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, JUNK 15, 1889.

• This above all— to thin* own self bo tro«, And it must follow as the night the day Thou cauet not then be false to any man.' SuAKESPEAR*.

During the past week the weather had been very wet, cold and boisterous. Tendeis me invited foriepairn to a house at Te Aroha. See advt. A pupplemontary English mail (via Sin Frmci^co), will he made up at the post office, Te Aroha, this (Saturday) morning, closing at 10.45 a.m. Yet another robbery. Thus lime at Te Aroha West ; the clock from' (he school houAe being- stolen . The teacher stri;es "verylhincr was hfifc whon the school was chined Friday even in tr, and the clock must hfive been Klolen Friday ni^ht or Saturday. No clue to the pei petr.stoi , A lecent Gazette notifies that the applif iitiori ma.de to the G'lvurnor by Wirenui Utiit.in^ala, the native owner, to have the rest i ictionq on alienation removed with respect t'> ruction 14, Block 12, Wuitou, cont. lining 9G icies, it» granted KoMc. h given in the Gazette of the jrian'ini' of ,i le sc, dat»'d April bth, 1889, of lots .H, 4 mil 5, Section 28, B'ock-9, Ta AioliuSuivey Oistr'cr, by Erueti NgukoLi and 1 «>k.u P'nki to J.iuii'ii Tj.ivery, Mr John M Cou.hii' ba«s nifid.» nppliontion !(» the Th unes WfirocnN Court, f»»r a licenced 'loldmg of (en u( teb at Karaisgahakf, to ho c.illtd the WaM'iley. The i-laini i» b')iind"d hui'th «nd east l^v Mie Wo d tock, K'*ni!\vurth, and Malballa, liceiibed holdings.

Wo ar<* in receipt o r tiit> June number of ! The Il'ustrabd Ati^tutliin Now- (N.Z. imli'iiimj). Ab iu.ti.il tlit- illuatiutious are both "numerous and good, Ihe reading matter of touch intuie<*t, whilst the present number, as an additional attrition, con tains a piere of mu-ne ■entitled " Herenudvi Andalous." v j Application has been mnde at the' Warden's Couifc, Thames, bv Ml- D. H. Bnyldon, <->n behnlf of Mr Melville, fora licensed holding: of thirty acres at W«ihi, 1o be called the Martha Block, G. and & j M. Co. : The land applied for is bounded on the north bv tho Martha Extended, Britannia, and Victoria, licensed holdings, south and west by tho MJi'tha Extended,' licenced holding,' and Walker's special claim. The ordinary monthly meeting of tho Te A roha District Library was held on last Monday*, evening". Present: Messis F. Pavitt(phairman),Menzie, and Lawlor. Minutes of the previous monthly meeting wero rend and confirmed. Two accounts were passed for payment, viz, Librarian (salary), L 4 5s 6d; A. W. Edwards (rent), Ij2 18vs0i1. Mr Lawlor save notice that at tho next monthly meeting; ho .would move That members of Committee who have not attended tho last throe meetings be struck off the^Oommittee and new members elected in 'their, stond. On Tuesday last a telegram was received by ..Mr J* Burgess, clerk to the Warden's and Resident Mn°'s{vate'B, Courts, Thames, from the Undor-Secvet.rv of the Pep irtmentof Justice, countermanding the order" recently' given that Mr Burgess should exchange positions wj.b Mr .). B. Stonoy, chief oleik to the Auckland Resident Magistrate's Court. . The reason given was tlmt the health .oE Mrs Stoney would suffer by removal to 1 lie Thames. Mv "BurgeaE* is a most e.Ticient public officer, deservedly popular, and his removal from the Thames would undoubtedly be n great public lotw. A well attended public meeting was held in Paeroa Public Hill on Wednesday evening last, convened for the purpnge of deciding noon some united course of action, with a view of making a presentation to Mr F. J. Burgess, prior to his departure from Thames. Mr 0. Rhodes was voted to the Chair ; and it was resolved that notwithstanding the fact that Mr Burgees was not now to be removed from Thames, notion be at once taken to make him a presentation, expressive of the high esteem in which he is held ; and the follow ing Committee uero appointed to take the necessary steps with that end in view :—: — Mcssers C. IS. Fanner, Read, Russ^ell, Walker, Moore, Qninn, McKenna, Coote, Oampbelljllarley, Nowill, Gordon, Ilei^hway, Loekwootl, Me Cornbie, Shephard, McGrner, Kelly, Cowar-1, Littlejohn, J. Shaw, McNamara, MeLoghery, .Byrne, Lemon. Ileitman, Powell, Morgan, Bennett, Mitchell, Phillips, Robson, Rhode 4 ), Edwards, Suodgrass, Rlli«, Kenny, Dickey, Nicholl", Lipsey, Power, Nash, Wick, and Hollis. Messrs C. F. Mitchell, C. Rhodes, Edward", were appoinied as an executive. Subscription lists will be sent to each of the Committee, returnable by July 3nt, and a Committee meeting to settle the form of the t»stiinoniil will bo held on Saturday, July 6th. A meeting of the members of the Auckland Baptist Tabernacle took place List Monday evening to consider the lesignation of the pnator, the Ut.v Thomas Spur-g-eon, whicb bad been tendered at a previous meeting, on tho grounds of ill-he-ilth. There was a large attendance. Mr R. Fry piesided. Mr Spurreon's resignation was accepted amid numerous expressions of regret. Resolutions were proposed and adopted acknowledging the eminently snrcessful services of Mr Spurgeon, and his untiring devotion to the interests of ihe Chuich within the limits of his strength. Also of thanks for the faithful proclamation of the Gospel, add the nurneious additions to the inembciship of the Church during his pastorate, as well as of affectionate sympathy with him in his physical weakness and ill-health. The officers of the Church were empowered bv resolution to take such measures as would best secure the interests of the Church, It was arranged that a meeting of the officers he held, at which they, in concert with Mr Spnrgeon, will consider wbnt is best to be done, so that stops may be taken by the outgoing mail to pnt matters in train for procuring his succossor from the mothei country. Tuesday's Auckland Herald hns tia following :: — '• A very unusual eircutrstince took place at the Supreme Court yesterday — the compromise of a misdemeanour with the approval of the Court and the Crown Piosecutor. The case was tba< of Wood.committed for trial from Te Aroha for stabbing a bush contractor named Hvdewitha stick in the face, whereby Hyde had lost the use ot one eye, and may lose, the uso of both. The Grand Jury found a ti uo bill against Wood on the second count in the indictment of "unlawfully wounding ;" but it *eems Hyde was in no way the prosecutor in the lower Court at To A roha, nor had he in any way promoted the criminal pro'coedings, and only gave evidence at Te Aroha because he was compelled by subpoena to. do so. Meantime, however, he commenced a civil action for Lsoo damages against Wood, and it now stands set down for trial at the civil sessions to be held next week. Yesterday, when the case against Wood was called he pleaded guilty, and then Mr E. Hesketh, who appeared for him, addressed the Court to the effect that Wood had pleaded guilty under his advice, butthathe asked Ilis Honor to approve a proposal of compromise which had been in.tde to tho injuted man (Hyde), and to take such compromise into account in passing sentence. He referred lo Dr Laishley, who appealed for Hyde, as approving of. the proposed compromise. Dr Laishley then expressed hi.s willingness on b'ohalf of FJyde to agree to the proposed compiomi'-'c, and stit^il that it ? as only fair to Ilydo th.it he should mention that he was in no way a party in promoting the civil proceedings either in the lower or th« Supreme Court, and ho Raul he especially mentioned this in vr«w of the reported New Zealand case of Wilson v, Wilson (3, N.Z, L.R.H.0.) The Crown Prosecutor, under the ciicuh^tancesj said that be did not oppose, on buhalf oil the Ciown. Ilia Honor thereupon stated that 1 as the circumslancea showed that the matter really pai took piainly of the charao ter of a personal injury rather than a public ■ wrong he would, under thtj circumstances, t allow the proposed compromise. He sen- • tenced the ptiaoner to be bound in his own ' recognisances for £100, to come up for > judgment if culled upon ; which, however, , he will not I>h required to do in the event of tho compromise being carried out."