Te Aroha And Ohinemuri News And UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE,

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 390, 3 August 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha And Ohinemuri News And UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE,

• This above all — to thine own self bo tru«, And ib «\usb follow aa the uighb the day Tliqu canst not then be false to any man.' SIUKKSPKARB.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1889.

For some considerable time past there has be«'n very h^rivy and continuous traffic on the To xVroha-Waiorongomai main road. And the traffic in heavy cuLing is steadily increasing, ond likely to still fur'hcr increase. In addition io the general traffic on the irind hithorlo, there are now daily largo wa^i^n loads of flax being carted over f his road ; and within a week or two the oa ting of fluxes, etc,, to the Tn Aroha S. and Gr. M Company's works will have ootnraenced. We sincerely trust that Piako County Council will, and that at an early date, rescind- the resolution passed by the Council lasl year, wheioby the whole cost of maintaining that portion of' the road referred to within the Te .Aioha Town' District was thrown upon the Town Board. It certainly is not just for the Council to place this burden oh the ratepayers of Te Aroha township, and still rate them and expend their rales outside' the Town District. The great bulk of the heavy carting 1 over this road is direotly or indirectly in connection with the goldfield. The whole Te Aroha Riding, and thfl other Ridings also to a greater or less extent, are benefitted by the large of money being expended at Wat'orongomai (and generally on the goldfieldj, and beyond n donbt the cost of maintaining the main road to there should b° defrayed out of goldfield'a revenue and general rates. Every portion of the Riding should be laid under tribute, for the maintenance of this road, if there is not suflPcient goldfields revenue available. We could advance many strong arguments in support of the view we take of the matter; but we do not desire to further refer to it just now, Wo believe any and every member of the Council must, on careful consideration of the whole question, sea that the entire cost of maintaining this road (we do not say footpaths), should be charged against the general fund.

Meetin°:of Wrtioron^omai Band of Hope on next Tuesday evening. The ordinary monthly meeting of Te Aroha School Committee will bo held on Monday evening nest, at half-past seven. There will be a sitting 1 of the Resident Magistrate's and Warden's Courts, at Te Aroha, on Tuesday next. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Te Arnliu Hot Springs Domain Boaid will be held this evening. The usual monthly meeting of Ohinemmi County Council will beheld at Paeioa this afternoon. Mr Adam Porter arrived at Te Aroha by Thursday's train, and spent the greater part of yesterday in inspecting the work lately carried out on the Champion (x. and S. Mines, Tui. As will be eeen by advertisoment, a grand fancy dress ball will be held in Te Aroha Public Hall on Wednesday, August 21 et. Mr L, Millett is the promoter. Wesleyan services will bo conducted to-morrow as follows i Te Aroha, 11 a.m. MrW.J. Elliott; 7 p.m., Mr Burton, who will also preach nt To Aroha West, at 3 p.m., and at Waiorongomai at 11 a.m, Rev T. A. Norrie will conduct Prenbyterian service at Waihou to-morrow at 11 a.m., and atTe Aroha (Publio Hall) at 7 p.m. A Waitoa Correspondent writes a-< follows : "At MorrlnBvilTe polling booth on Tuesday last, Messrs James Hume, for the Bank of New Zealand, and George Watfoid Sare, Acting Agent for the New Zealand I^oan and Mercantile Agencj* Companj, darailton, claimed to vote and voted (under protest), their'* names not i appearing on the i oil. Mr W. J, Elliott, Home Missionary in connection with the Wealeyan Churoh (lately stationed at Paeroa, but now of Raglan), ai lived at To Aioha thia week on a fhoit visit. Mr Elliott made many friends throughout the Upper Thames Circuit during his residence therein, who will be very pleased to meet him again. We understand he returns to Raglan about the middle of next weok. We understand that in consequence of the disgraceful state of the roads in the Ohinemuri County, the mail coach was stuck in a poition of the swamp road just beyond the boundary of the Tauranga County, on the Waihi Plains. The driver had to abandon the coach, as \yel] a 6"a 6 " a lady passenger with an infant, unt|l he got another coach from Waihi, It Was 9.30 p.m. before ho delivered his cjmrge in Kaitkati on Thursday night la6j:.-^Bay of Plenty Times. The Buy of Plenty Times }mu the'following .• — - lf The County Chairman, Councillor jtillen, and the County Engineer met Mr W. J, Walker, Manager of the Waihi Gold Mining Company, at the Katikati end of T^urunga Harbour, on Tljurbday, July 25th. Tba appointment was made for the purpose p£ selecting a site for a proposed wharf, by means of which 2,500 tons of Newcastle coal could be delivered for use at the Company's mine^ during the coming season. Mr W. J, Walker, of Waihi, proposes to bring a vessel wjth coal from Newcastle to Bowentown for supplying the Waihi mines. Wlion an Indian dies his relatives pay hh debts. And yet somo people think Indians can bo civilized, — 'Life,'

MirierH depirou^ of qualifying themselves 'or the position of mine managers, nndor the Mining A<!t, 1886. will no doubt l»e pleaspd to learn that, through thp exertions of Mt ! W. Fraser, M.H.K., the Minister of Mlnas hop promised to pxtond the time for passing the necessary examinations up to Amnißt, 1890. In addition to this, the cxumimition pppors will lie titoioughly 1 revised, so that any man with a sound practical knowledge of mining will bo able to qualify himself for the position. This is a most important matter, as unless some change in the diicction promised had been made, the number of those who could pass would be exceed in jity limited, as tlie~ knowledge nequued to pass the examination was altogether beyond most of our mining men — Thames Ptar. A conespondent writes from Matamata ns follows : — Miss Andoiaon, who for the past two or throe years lias been post mistress at Walton, has been presenter! with a pur.se of sovereigns by local residents, on her leaving for the Bnj r of Islands ; as a mark of esteem, and in recognition oil her e< u tesy and efforts to oblige in e v ery reasonable way those bin ing business to transact at the local post office. R'iibß Andeison and the other tuembeiH of the ftunily left by Tuesday morning's train. The same eoirospon lent in his letter says : The eftccts of the land boom of 1880 is now being experienced heie. Land that was then sold for three pounds an acre, is now being offered, with improvements sinco 1 thrown in, for one pound an acre. A meeting of the To Aroha Bond of Hope was held in the "Wesley an Chuicb on Thursday evening. Time waR a good attendance, the building being comfortably rilled. Key T. A. Norrie presided ; and in the course of his address stated that be f )lt great pleasuie in taking part in the meeting, and took very great interest in the prosperity of the cause of temperance. When ic-sident Pret-byterian minister at Te Aroha before, (some eight* yfeais ago) Mr Norrie remarked there wanhosueh thinga^a Band of Hope theie. Rev S. Lawry, anil Mr W, J. Elliott (Home Missionary), also gave iuteiesting addresses duiinjr the evening. Amongst the pieces rendered were the following : — Sonjr. Papa stay at homo, I'm Motherless now, Miss E. Gerrish ; recitation, The Wasp and the Boe, Miss L. Hyde ; trio, Watching for Pa, Misses \V. and S. Harris and M. Hirst ; song, Died on the Stieets, Miss M. Laverv;, reading, How to bieuk the Chain, Rev S. Lawry 5 reading, A last appeal, Mr W. J. Elliott ; etc. The seveial pieces were interspersed with selections fiom Hoyle's Temperance Songs and Solos. The proceedings closed with sinking Sign To-Njght, and the benediction. At the close several new members were emolled, and preliminary steps were tak^n for holding another mooting at an early date. The petition to have Te Aroha and Waiorongomni constituted a Boiou^h has not been sent away yet. Been kept back to Ivy and seciue a fow more signatures. A r o are informed by one who haw seen it that there is not a single word in the petition of two wards, one for Te Aroha and another for Wainrongomai ; that in fact although Waiorongomai and the goldfield is included, yet Waiotongomai is not even once mentioned in the petition. The petition shites it is a petition from the resident householders of the district of Te Aroha, Ire Borough is to be called the Borough of To Aroha, etc. ; and the need of a water supply for To Aiohu io one of the chief reasons mentioned in the petition Tor a Borough being desired Evidently our Waiorongom.ii friends who have signed the Slid petition have been e'everly (althou'ih nnnciupulously) ' had.' What else could they expect from the promoters ? How plausibly Waiorongomai folk were told at thf recent public meeting out there, they were to have the expending of their own ie\enue, etc. ; and how those who have been using that argument have bseu laughin* al l the time up their sleeve. Very little say Waiorongomai would have as to how money would be expended were a Borough formed (although no doubt they would be allowed the piivilege of paying taxes), as Te Aroha would hive Mie balance of voting power. If a Borough were constituted, as at present, Waiorongomai would have to take what Te AroKa would give it ; as Te Aioha would have a great advantage in the election of Councillors, because, although householders can sign the petition, only ratepayers can voto at an election. Te Aroha could practically elect men to represent the Waioiongomai end of the distiiot ; likewise the Miiyoi. But wo be'icve in fair play, and shnll have something to say on the matter when the proper time comes. Meantime let the petition go ahead and be presented to His Excellency the Governor.