AND Ohinemuri NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 397, 28 August 1889, Page 2

AND Ohinemuri NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

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W EDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1889. i The monthly meeting of Waitoa Road Board will be held »t Morrinsville on Saturdaj next. The whole of the cargo of le.td ore from Broken Hill, consigned to the Te Aroh.i S, andGr.M. Company, Waiorongomai, has arrived tit Te Aroha railway station, and is being carted out. By yesterdays train Constable HowelJ, who in to replace Constable Wild (transferred to Hamilton), arrived at Te Arohn. ] Constable Wild and family left for Hamilton by train this morning. At last meeting of the C'own Lands Board a letter was read from Mr Williams of Cambridge, asking for a survey of the district between Taraweraand Whakatane i rivers, for grazing runs. The request was favourably entertained by the Board. Matters in connection with the flax in-dui-tiy i'" p v f*' v brisk just now. Wo notice an advertisement in the Auckland Evening Rtar, offer'ng 16a to 20s per ton for green flax in any quantity, delivered at Customs street west, from ha'f ton lots and upwards. In our isßue of Saturday last appeared a local to the effect that a gentleman had arrived at Waiorongomai under engagement to thoTe Aroha S. and (x. M, ComDany, to tako charge of the furnace, in view of tho commencement of smelling 1 operation* at sin early date. W> have since learned that our correspondent was misinformed with reference to this matter ; no such person having arrived, and no person is under entregement, or expected, to fi'l euch a position ; as Mr Ho well, the Cornp>my'« Manager, in training men alread}' in the Company's employ to «ho wink* These men are now working tho leveiberatory (or matting) furnace, under the personal RupprnVon of Mr Ho we] I. Lend or" from Broken Kill, and concentrates are now being put through the 1 rpverbaratory furniice, which is working splendidly* ,

Mr J. Wil'nune has first-claws early seed potatoes for s;ile. 'Ihe Waikato Timbei Company notify by •Hdvertisement that oil r questions for timber, e(c, prior to Aii^nat 15th, have b'-en cancelled. Present prices w ; ll be rurnisWd on application to tin* Company's Manager, Mr J. S. Biowne, Lichfiold. Tenrieis will close at the Tic AkoHA AND Obin-kmuri Nkws office to-morrow, for supplying fencing posts. Tenders must ne endorsed "Tenders for fencing pos^s." See ndvj. Rinff purchasing Messrs Whitaker and Staffoi d's intprest in llie block of land I 3 ing on l)oth side-> of ilie Te Aroha—Waioiongoniai main road. Messrs Adams and Gav'n liavu had it nearly v\\ fenced in. The upper side is pretty well covered with flux spread out (o dry from Mr Adams' fkxmill. Mr J. MoNicol will hold alive stock sale at Hamilton to-morrow ; nt W.-iiloa Rale yards on Friday. Also, a special sale of hoises, cows, pigs, produce, etc., at To Aroha (Bradley 's Bazaar), on nest Saturday. The sale of thcWerahiko Licensed Ho'ding, takes place on Friday next, at Te Aroha tX noon ; Mr Jas. Craig, auctioneer. No reserve, must be sold on account of dissolution of partnership. Mr R. Harris notifies bj r advertisement that he has early seed potatoes, etc, etc., for sale. Mr J. Cochrane has a supply of fvstclass bonedust for sale, at hisOo-opeiatjve Storesi, Te Aro'ia If the Properly Tax Bill should begone on with Mr Cadman, M H.R., intends, when in Committee, to move the insertion of anew clause to give foreign Companies, investing in mining,freedom from taxation for five years. Last week, in the presence of a very lar^e number of dairymen and farmers, n public test was made at Fielding, of Stevens' and Mountfoot's cold vacuum process for preserving fresh butter, etc. It whr shown that unsulted butter keeps perfectly sweet for a year. The process is entirely mechanical, and may be used by any dairyman. Practical men are all of opinion that it will revolutionise the dairying industry in New Zealand. The Premier stated in the House on Monday that the Government did not intend to pioceed any further this session with the Hospital and Charitable Aid Bill. On the motion for going into committee on the Selectors Lands Revaluation Bill, Mr McKenzie moved that it bo an instruction to the committee to insert a clause to remove doubta that have arisin as to whether land acquired by individuals under the Land Act before 1887 should be taken in account in calculating the amount of land allowed to betaken up under the Land Act, 1887.— After some discussion tho Government agreed to the motion, which was then carried, and the House went into committee on the Bill. A football match has been arranged for S tturday next, between teams representing Waiorongomai and Quartzville respectively. The following are the names of those selected to take part in this match. Representing the Hill (Quartzville) : Meßsiu Thos, Clarkin, J. Clarkin, W Smith, B. Hill, S. Gribble, T. Grace, M. O'Keefr, T. Goldsworthy, J. Walsh, D. McLeod, Fred. Marietta, Thos. Hill, G. Großse, W. Morgan, G, Fitzpalrick. Emergencies— D. K. Young, C. Flynn, J. Slavin, T, Murphy. Representing the Flat (Waiorongomai): Messu W. Morgan, G. Walsh, T, Cahill. J. Samson, A. Samson, W. Goldsworthy, E. Roberts. M. O'Connor, W. Ellery, D. Young, R. Samson, R. Janson, J. Collie, A. A. Wallace, G. Newman. Emergencies — P. Hogan, R. McLeod, C. H. Koffey, W. Aitken. The match is to come off in Mr Janaen's pad" dock, play to commence at three o'clock. Last week Mr Cadraan, M.H.R., asked the Minister of Mines under what Act, or by what authority, have rente, miner's right fees, or other revenue accruing on the native lands of the northern goldfields been reduced ? The question was consequent upon the presentation of a p3tition from interested natives last year. Mr Cadman expressed his opinion that if the law authorised the reduction, the natives were entitled to some compensation. He urged the Government to consider the matter promptly, because the longer it was delayed the greater would the compensation claim become. Hon. Mr Richardson said that by the original arrange ment with the natives, they were to have received a miners 's right fee for every persoD mining, but by the Ac* of 1886 licansed holdings and special claims were authorised to be granted at an acreage rate, and holders were not required to take out miners' riahts, but an acreage rate was paid to the natives. They, however, still claimed that eveiy minor should hold a miner's right. In older to meet the difficulty, instructions had been given that for the future no special claim or licensed holdings sliotild be granted on native land, but that every claim-owner should hold a miner's right. — Thames Star, The following railway bye-laws have been gazetted :— l, No person having paid the fare for a ticket entitling him to travel by an excursion train or any other fpecified train shall be entitled to travel by any train other than that in respect of which such fare was paid without previously taking out the proper ticket and paying the proper fare therefor respectively, 2. No person holding a ticket issued for travelling for certain Specific purposes shall use the ticket for travelling for any other purpose I*.1 *. Any such ticket found to be wiongly u<ed will be forfeited and its further use stopped. 3. No person having tißfd a ticket for any part of the route for which it is issued m.iy afterwards use it for travelling on any preceding part of auch route. 4. Any person committing a breach of the foregoing bye-lawn shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding 4510. The agriculture and live stock literature of America is being rapidly enriuhec' by the quarterly bulletins which are issued from the recently organised experiment stations. There are now nearly forty of these stations thoroughly established, and with numberless experiments under way, and under the law which called them into being they are lequired to issue a bulletin at least onoe eve?y I hree months, detailing the trials conducted and conclusion* reached in whatever may have buen the field of experimentation* A number of the stations iesue their reportw oft" j n«r than thin, dependent both upon the nature of the work undertaken, and thf activity of the station officials, These bulletins are sent free of eotft to the residents of earh State, who forward their names and addresses to their State station, and usk to be placed on tho mailing list. ,

Mr Pritchard Morgan is still discovering < gold in various parts of the Kingona. Hie latest find has been in County Wicklow, on the estate of the Ear? of Mocilh. He has obtained the lease of 25 miles* of the river Deny, and intends to proceed with j his investigations. A contemporary states that since^ £he flax hoom began £3000 hnar been paid in rents and royalties by ffmanHlers to the owners of the Oroua esint'-e, Wnnganai When the Government sold tilts land at 12s 6d per acre there was eno^ffh flax on it to re.ilisn now a sum i>i tffieient to build another Taranaki* Jj.nsnkwnter, or a harbour for Wanganui, or ) We * n , nn sufficient to purchase the frbeho W, w^ 1 all the improvements, of tho Oroim X> mvns estate. Unfortunately the present." P r0 ~ prietorß were unaware of the fact, Jin ° spent large surriß in eradicating this v ** n ~ able natural product. Voluminous report upon the minincri *" dustry by Mr Gordon, Inspsctins: Rn<> *' neer, have been laid on the table of tht House. Mr Gordon guys that the mmmg 1 Industry is slowly, but gradually, progress ing, nnd it looks now in a more hopeful condition than it has done for some yea*B past. The report states that the total quantity of minerals produced in the colony last year was £1,531.614, as against £1,487,888 in the previous year. Of this £801,137 represented gold and silver, and £570,933 kauri gum. The yield of gold for the year ending 31at March showed an increase of £16,941 wortb of gold, all the districts contributing except Thames, where there wan a decrease of £1303. The number of men engaged in gold mining was 12,699, an increase of 855 over last year, and th« earnings were £65 19a Gd per man. Rather a sericus state of affairs has developed itself in reference to the water mains lately imported by Messrs Morrin and Co. for the Thamei County Council,; Mr Bagnall hae been in communication with Mr Gordon, Inspecting Engineer of the Mines Department, as to whetlur it would be advisable to lay them down. Mr Gordon, in a long letter to Mr Bagmll, enters in detail into the technical grounds on which he bases his opinion, and than proceeds as follows : — " The question resolves itself into this — the pipes have to stand nn ordinary pressure of 701bs p»r square inch, and in addition to tins Ihey have to stand the resistance due to the impact force which takes place when water is suddenly cut of , by a atop valve. This force is very considerable. Pipes, 30 inches in diameter, with three-quarterg of an inch metal in the weakest part, ar« of sufficient strength to resist the pressure of 701b« per square inch if the pipes are ised as a siphon, and have a steady discharge but pipes of this diameter and thicknest do not have a sufficient factor of safety to resist the pressure nnd impact force aVeady referred to. The County will, therefore, be running a great risk in using :hem. The question of deterioration by oxidation need not be entertained in tie present instance. The calculations are kased on the pressure you stated, namely, 701bs per square inch ; pipes 30 inches in diameter, and with metal $ inch in thickness." Mr Bagnall telegraphed to th© Couttty officials instructing them to withdraw th'o offer lately made Messrs Morrin and Co. (they not having closed with said offer). — IVames Star. We are in receipt of the ttt^ual Report of the Minister of Education, recently laid on the table of the House. Frun it we gather that : The average attendee at public schools during the year 188^ was 90,108 (the strict average being taken) as against 85,637 in 1887 — an increase oi 4471. In the period from 1878 to 1888 the strict average has risen from 45,52 i to 90,108 There has been a marked improvement in regularity of attendance. In tho distribution of the pupils according to age and sex, tho Report says that " the old proportion of 51,8 boys to 48.2 girls persists with the constancy of a law of nature." It is shown that the percentage of pupils under 7 years has decreased from 18.00 in 1887 to 17 .80 last year, there having been a steady decrease in this class since 1884, when the percentage was 21.46. Increases are shown la the percentage of children over the age of 7, except in that of children between 10 and 13 years, which shows a slight decrease. There were 20,058 children under the age of 7 in the schools last year, 41,341 of 7 and under 10 years, 37,216 of 10 and under 13 years, 11,903 of 13 and under 15 years, ar,d 2167 over 15. The total number of schools in December last was 1128, as against 1093 in 1887, and the number of teachers' 2839, as against 2863. The gross amount of teacher's salaries last year was £277,754, about £16,000- less than in 1887. The number of children admitted to the industrial schools was increased by 31 last year, and now stands at 1554. The Report records a falling off in attendance at High Schools. There are 21 of these establishments, with in average attendance of 2004, and to the teachers are paid the following aggregates in salaries; — 114 regular staff £28,154 11s Bd, 51 visiting teachers £1190 10s. The cost of High Sohool Education in New Zealand appears very excessive as compared with the average attendance at the High Schools. Now that the cultivation of flax has re ceived an impetus in New Zealand it will be of interest to learn that the Department of Agriculture of the United States i«« interested in the same subject, The secretary r.f the Department recently published three reports respecting 1 the existence- of a machine that will take the flax fibre from tho stalk without wettjng. A manufacturer, who has invested 100,000 dols. io the business of fla» manufacturing, states that he hau made two trips to Ireland and Belgium, and has seen the operations of the machine referred to, which does all that is claimed for it. He believes further that the country is on the verge of a revolution in the production and manufacture of flux. There is considerable interest shown in the correspondence on iccount of the difficulties and burdens forcod upon farmers in the north-west by the Twine Trust. The price of twine has bepn increased by the trust till it costs the fariiKT a bushel of outs for a pound of twine, and tho farmers are clamouring for rpJiei'. In Michigan tho Legislature ap» pointed a committee to report upon the expediency of manufacturing twine in the prisons as a means of a relief, but then investigation showed that the corner of the trust extended to tin raw material itself. The Department of Agriculture is nov r'onniderintr, iv connection with the flax question, the whole Biibjeet of the growth of fibrous plants, especially reinie, nenp and jute. ' '