[From Our Own Correspondent.] Waiorongomai, Thursday.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 382, 6 July 1889, Page 2

[From Our Own Correspondent.] Waiorongomai, Thursday.

The Flood 5 : The heavy rains on Thursday, Friday, ami -Saturday l«st, caused considerable'damnge to the Te Aroha S. and Gr._ M.jCompany's \vater rage extension, no less than aboil b Forty slips having occurred: .One'foeav'y slip' of loose rock "•in* coming tfo^n bvoko away r a portion of the trestle* 1 work in one of the gullies.. The- slip^ iwill take some considerable time to Wtnovo, but being winter time the Company have ..sufficient water for motive power from' their o.d races, and '. consequently operation's 'will not be reI tarded . in consequence of these slips. Several slips have occurred also on the .Lower Horse Track, which will necessarily .delay Mr Fetgason in. getting up his machinery, .Mr JL JFI. Emett is it sufferer by i\\e flood, having lost a )a-ge quantity of , 'fencing materialaiid firewood, which were, swept down the Waiorotfgomai Creek -beyond recovery. A road he made at a very considerable expense into the' bush h£,g also been much damage 1, and Mr Emett fears he will not be able to use ie again until fine weather sets in. The damage on the County tramway was trifling,- and the slips were cleared and work resumed early Monday forenoon. Some damage was done to the Ferguson (Syndicate water-race. At Messrs Firth, Greenway. and Co's flaxmil], Wairakau, ;the .river rose to such an extent on Saturday last, that the hands deemed it advisable to leave until the river went down, spending the evening at' Waio-' rongomai, ' ' * ' Te Aioha S. and G» M, Co. : Since

my last the following: progress" has-been made in connection with the completion of the new 20 head of stampers. The stampers arc nil in position, and cams .keyed on t]ie shaft.' .Two six Feet.pttlleys have been fixed, one on ;'each .end' of r each shaft. ,'Each 10 head -will! be* worked separately. ' One' lot, I understand, will be used for dry crushing, and the other for wat crushing in the. ordinary way. One great improvement introduced in connection with theso new stampers, is that the grinders are so constructed that one stamper can be removed at any time, without disconnecting the whole as is necessary with the old ones. Another difference is that the guides are cast iron, whereas the old ones are wood. The floors to receive the concentrators hava been laid and the work of erecting the neceesary uprights to support the concentrators,, when in position, will be proceeded with at once. The tables are being got ready, and also the concentrator boxes. , [ - '■• • General News : The subscription lists • in connection with the late Air Andrews' .widow, are being liberally responded to, and I have no doubt a handsome sum will be raised. I much regret to h&yc to report tha^ , Mrs James Munro is vcM-y dangerously ill. About two years ago Mrs Munro was attacked with a severefib of paralysis, and during tb.6 .whole of the tiiile since 'then she has been gradually getting weaker and weaker. On Tuesday ing last' slie was so very ill that her family despaired oE her living through the night ; but lam glad to, say that since then she has slightly improved, though still very weak indeed. " I h.iar that Mr Fugill's second son, Frank, about fourteen years of age, is suffering from a severe attack of inflammation of the lungs, ■ The time-honoured New Zealand custom, viz., a " tin can serenade," was strictly observed on the occasion of Mr Butler's marriage to Miss Mace on the 27th. The youngsters rolled up in great numbers, and were well entertained by the happy bridegroom. Football r The match with Katikati did not come off on Saturday last owing' to the inclemency of the weather ; but I wa9 informed to-night that a telegram has 'been received that they will be here on Saturday next. The match will commence at 2.30. I trust to see -* gooJ muster of the public.