WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1889.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 391, 7 August 1889, Page 2

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1889.

We desire to direct particular attention ;to a letter from the Chairman of Piako jC'Hinty Council, which appears in .our 'column* 1 to-Jny. The Repot t referred to in that letter, we publish in. lull, as bejngof trrneral interest to our teadeis, an<l in order that they may see for themselves in (hat Report iht-re is not one "-iuirle line leenuiineivliny that the yolilfields levenue be sllocnted in the manner asp.'ite>l by Mr Denis Murphy at the tecent public meet n a: at Waio»'on£otnni, an>l in wl'O^e st.itetnonip Mr Jas. Mills «ii»t»ifio«i his conenrreiiee.. We leivc fieqmnily beei, quite ths«u.-ted «fc the inwardly m.iniwr in which v,c hnvc he"''ii the Piako County Council rnali«_>nfd nnd wj/«-r<>pi ?«<•?» ted to the ratr-p •yors f>f this district, by those who plu.uhl know well they were speaking ivckle^ly Beyond the sha-'nw of a donl't. any di«tnct,in >u\y country, must inovitfti !y sufTiM', find \>» placed at a f?reat (^i^a-ivanta.-e, if n'prespnted by men wl'O biir^ no very regard for Ihe ti nth, or p^ns" oNioiionr.

'1 he oniiUiuy monthly meeting of Te Arolm fuwn Board will bo held on next S.(lmdiiy evening.

Ouinn to prp-iMius on our space wh tire obliged to hold over a &m»] deal of inter^tin^ mutter until our next isvn<\ Win. Henry fiporgp, miner, of Waiowngoinai. has fi'ed a |)etiliitn to be «<ljndtfwd ») haukmpr,. A° will ti(-> fl.H»n hv n<lv<M > Hsnin«- m l Mr J, MoNio'il will hold q miu'ci i\ >-ato at To \rolirt on Thursday, August Isi!i. On Fiidav last Mpwi'i Roberts and Littlejohn, butcher*, Wttiorotiaomni, lost? a valuable pack horse (together with about \r,wt of tneat), which fr\\ over the road side into th« Diamond Gully, » distance of .about 100. feftt, • and ' was. killed. • The Upper Hill Track at t\\U place requires immediate attention, as, owing to Rlips the ti'Hck is now only about four feet wide, sloping towards the g»:Mv, und altogether in a very dangerous condition, indeed. We direct attention to Messrs Stone Rroa.' advei tisement. This o'd estahlished firm are in a position to offer specially good terms to puiehasers of gen oral Rtores, fisrricultural and oth«>r produce, etc., etc. In bonedufit they do a very l«r<re Imstno'w and can giv<> PXfeptiona'ly qooW vnluo in this line. The firms market r^pot t will be published weekly in our uoluuinß. l\v adveitisflinpnt it wil be Been thfi Pevere and Moore Minstrels will give an entertainment nt To Aiolih on Friday eve-»ingf next at the Ptibic Hull, and at Wniororurotnfti tlie following evening (Satnrday). The Company are at present «t tli« Th.»mes, where tho 106.il Pi ess pponk ij high terms of the enteitaininont, and we hare no doubt they will diuw good lioitHHS heie. A wit and r lawyer were among tho guests at a dinner party. .The wit happened to be in hie best foim, and the lawyer thought he would crack h little juke at his expense, 'This is the first time that I have met a wit who ,was a rea! wit," he said. ' And,' retorted the wit, * thia is the flist time that f have observed a lawyer with )iik hands in his own pockets.' ' The MHrlborongh Weekly News has the following: — ''It has been found that the Road Boards are entitled to receivo subFJiHes on account of tea duty, which they did not expect to receive. Tho Omaka Bonnie uhate i« about £250." The following particulars culled from returns furnished to tho New Zealand Treasury, of business transacted by the assurance societies: in this colony for the year 1888, may bo of interest ( to the shareholder* of the offices mentioned ns well as to intending assurers, From the rupott we learn that the Australian Mutual Pro\ ident wrote now assurances to the amount of £473,341, nr| d discontinued policies to the extent of £411,631, the netl increase being £31,710. — Tho Colonial Mutual wiote £363,000, discontinu-d. £163,000, nett increase beine £200,000.— The Equitable of United States wrote £77,2ft2, discontinued £81,150, showing a decrease of JK3898. — The total expenses of management of the N.Z. Governnvnt, A."M.P. Society, and the Colonial Mutual Society wore aa follows: — N.Z. Government "£30,652 I3s lil, A.M. P. Society £7ft,413 7s 4d ; the Colonial Mutual Life SneiVtv £29,362 4s 2d . The first mentioned Society transtictn business in New Zealand ; the A.M P, Society, throughout Australia and New Zealand ; and the Ooloninl Mutual Society does business in Great Britain, Ireland, Capo Colony, Fiji, Australia and New Zealand. Tl.e Rev. Mr Rooney in Irs missionary lecture at To Arohn gave some interesting particulars coneorning the financial arrangements of the South Sea Ishinders. They understood, it Heeni", all about ten per cent interest.' It seems, alsQ when a cbitf haa l«nt out a quantity of shell money and ennaot got repaid, it is notified, by hoisting- out a sort of barbor'b pole, that no more money will be lpnt out till the out standing accounts are paid. If this does not fetch the debtoig. then a drum is beat i« the neighbourhood day and night, until they stump np. The community, in order to stop the row, generally bring pressure to bear upon the debtors, and get them to pay up. This New Britain practice miprht well be adopted in this greater Britain of the South with benefit to unfortunate and lamenting creditors. Bring on the drum !