Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 405, 25 September 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' This above all—to thine own solf bo true, And ifc must follow as the night the day Thou canet not then bo falso to tiuy man. 1 SIIAKKisPKAUII

\VEDNSSD\Y, SEPTEMBER 20, 1889

Mr Roche, ot Slmftesbuiy, is repoitod to have pm chased the Mill Farm, WhaUatam. The wenthor which find be-orj bountifully fine fui Home tlu^ «4 piuvioinly bioko on Monday ni»rht, and hoavy lain fell all yesteiday And last night. The Siilo at Te Aroha on Saturday last by Mi Jan IViig, oi Section" 20, Block 12, To A rob a \Vest, with buildings there on (in eshite l.it*i Mr G. Reed), r-sulted in Mr O'Gnuh becoming the puu-luvici foi £IGS Cutting it fine : At the Canibii<l»e Koad Boaiu meeting on Saturday ln^t, the wages foi Biuf.ine man with lnm>e and cait, were fixed at 8s pc» day. Mi .]. McXieol will hold Ijvo stock sileg as follows this week : To-.biv Oliaupo (horses) ; to-morrow at Ildinilton ; Friday ut Y\ r uitn,t. We b' i v to acknowledge receipt fiomthe Pliilosnpio.il Sooioty ofGicnt Britain, of u In iff it-port of M. Navilles,' 1 ite*t reinnrkuble di.scoveiies in Kirypt ; and iesp-»eting which wo purpoßfi giving a iiioip extended notice at nn early date. We would remind our v-c-ador-t of tho impoi tant s-ilc of vubiMble household furniture, t'ti*. (tho piopeJty of Mi C. Gallaj>her), at Te Aiohaou Satuidav next, 28th hist. The fmnituio to be offered was made to older, has been but a Khoittiine in use, and ia all loall^ iiist-ulahß. At Waioronifomai is ])rogie^sing \i\Qit satisJtautoiily at the Te Aroha S. and U. M. Company's llediu'tion Woiks, It has been ananged to bend twenty-five tons of ore from the Champion mine, Tui, to llietie reduction works ior ticatment, at an enily date, A football match haa been arranged far Saturday next, Uetveen the To Aroha footballers, and a combined team of flax mill employees. TLe match is to be p.layetl on theTe Aroha race-pour.se ground, commenoing at 3 p.m. sharp. In our ne^t issue we expect to be able to pnbliuh the names of tlje players. Although the yehr 1,1100 will be divisible by 4, still it will not be, us is usually tho cubo, a leap year. Twelve years miiht elapse befoie the interesting event agui« takes place ; but it wasju-1 the &amo in 1800 1,700, but not in 1,600, for that va,s a le.ip yet\r, and the year 2,000) will l^e a leap yeur also, The entertainment by Te Aroha Scliqol childr-eu and others, \n aid of the funds of the Te Aroha Public School, taken place on next Fridaj' evening in the Public Hall. Those who bava been present at entertainments by the school children in the past, know hew splendidly they have always gotna off, Elaborate preparations have been in progress in connection with the present affeiir for suinc time pa*t, and it promises to be a great success. It should he generally kuc\\v» the entertainment bus been got up holely i'or tho purpose of raising funds towards cobt of leparnting- the School buildingh ; imd seeing this>, we Jmvo no, do,i}bt there will be a great demand foi tickets, a^, .ill will be anxious to u^t>i-,t tho Committee in their effoits in thii malter. It \*> always a ple.mute to hear any local industry (no ninttcr how inudest iv propoi tioiib may bo) loi'ened to in terms of appioval and piai^o by vinitors to our dn-^iict. In the uoinso oi oonvns-iHon with Mr Isaac Wilson M.H.U., i'or Kui.ipoi), who i'oi sonic yi-.us has, wo uudei'htand, taken meat interest in tho matter of l'ruit culture c.nd piohcrvation ; he remarked that he had no whore mm with peaches, pears?, etc., more perfectly preset ved than homo ho had enjoyed dm ing hi& visit at rle Aioha, and which had been presoived by Mr Thomas Tc.ykv)', oi. Wiiitoa. In i'-a't Mi Wil.sou b.iid foi fine Ua>'our, etc., thoy t.ir .suip.ib.iod California.!! piv«»eived x'ruit>. Wo lia\o beaid oUiei visitors trutu u. dibl.tnco til^o speak very highly of ihe c<celU-ncc of Mr Taylor't. turned fruits. Those opinions bo gratiljiiig to Mi Tayior, and stimulate him tv tiigely incieabo hh yearly output.

We direct attention to Mrs and the Misses Hills advertisement. Those visiting Cambiid<*e, devsiiin.c the quiet, and enjoyment* of a lenlly comfortable homo, with good table., it most moderate chaiges, ; will find kik'U al Salthmvt. Tim house is most pledbdnj.ly situated within five minutes w.'ilk of (he town, commanding splendjd views of the surrounding couutiy for many miles, and the giounds are hatefully laid out. The Rangitikei Advocate reports as followß respecting the opinions of Mr R. 11, McMillan (who is largely engaged in flux milling- in the Ran&itikei district) on the future prospects of tho fl.ix industry : " As to tlie cost of production and present price for fibre, Mr McMillan does not complain, hr he Rajs that if a further f.ill should take plac-p of from £2 to &3 per ton, the industry nyould p-iy. Conttacts which were mailp in the l>o-omi»£ times have now mostly been filled, and the price j>ivon lpcally at present does not excoed i £17 10s f.0.1t. at Poxtnn. The coat of preparing" a ton of libro, supplemented l>y that of putting it on the train, he estimated at from. .-£ll to £13 a ton, so it will be seen tluit the|o iy a margin left yet. AJ.ay its shadow novel 1 grow losb." i