Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 406, 28 September 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

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bATUROAY, SEPTEMBER 38, 1889.

A general feeling ol relief is experienced that the Session is really over y for it appeared hopeless to expect that any good end wo,uld be achieved \ft its bein.3 prolonged. It opened with an unu9vul amouut of promise and there were go^d nrpunds for hoping that it would pro,ve ,itt every way an exceptional\y profitabje [ Session ; bu,fe such hqpes wdre all too soon, most effectually ■ dispelled j and instead it has. proved a Session of disappointment. The Governor's opfning speech load one to believe that various questions of much importance to the community generally wt\uW be carefully considered a,nd satisfactorily dealt with. The Estimates were brought down at a moat unusually early period, and oil the whole were diacusseil' by members i,n, a very, amiable sp^ti ; and generally speaking members at tbe outiut- slewed a disposision foj.\ useful work. But tUe scene soon, changed, and comparative harnjiony wa§. speedily succeeded by gross personal attacks by members on -each other, and bitter pacty speeches-; and t^e v , House sooti becaipe utterly Tlemoralised, and apparently lost to nearly all aens^of decency,an,dof the important meaßuresth*t I required tobedenltwith. Nearly the whole Session has been spent in unseemly squabbles, . initiated by the Opposition it ia tiuo, but the Premier and several; of his colleagues have been guilty of grave blunders nnd mismanagement, and shown an amount of unpardonable arrogance. The Fiiher episode, and Ward-llislop expose will nojb be oasily forgotten ' r whilst the Session, will lpng bo ijemembered in connection with the prolonged stonewalling cxver the Representation BjM- The $rat Representation. IB-ill bei,ng \yttb.dravf^ in, no, auiiable spirit, Bepresentntion Bjll ijlie second was promptly brought down, but in such a form as couk! not fail to irritate and the memorable stonewall ensued, resulting however, in the minority asserting their power in the defence of what they reasonably considered right and just. Much to blame as the Government were, the Opposition showed themselves quite as bad ; and seemed bent on opposing measures only, instead of discussing Ministerial measures in a ; practical and intelligent way. A strong fi«jht was made by Government) over the Otag.o Central, Railway Bill, but that ; shady scheme waa remorselessly thrown jout \u spite of the threats made as to the dire resulta that would fol^w if it were. In ifa,ct the Ministry completely lost command <?i the House early in the Session, ! recrimination, temper, and arrogance ensued, wjth the result that many useful 'measures have been shelved for another year, generally the wo>;k of the country has been left undone; an,d the answer to the • question, " "What good has resulted f om the l»te Session ? woald be far from satisfactory. The following is a list of Ministerial Bills which were no.t passed : — Local bodies' Xj.oons Act Amendment, Bankruptcy, Corrupt Practices. Destitute Persons, Government Railway ]£mplojes InPurance,Hospital and Charitable Aid, ij\^e\ k Native Land Administration, Native Meetings, Otiago Central Railway, Port of Thames Definition, Property Assessment, Public Debts Sinking ! Pun 4, P*jbl£jC Health Act 9 Amendment, public Revenue! Act Amendment, Rating Acts Amendment, Registration of Eiectors, Representation (No. l,),;Tho»;arion Esplajifld*. West Coast Settlements Reservas,and Westport-Ngaknwau R.ailway Bilja, Soipe of the foregoing were realty useful measures whiph deserved the most careful consideration of, \he House, such ns, for instance, the Bankruptcy Bill, Public Health Act Attend meat Bill, etc., etc. before Parliament was prorogued it appeared quite evident the Hjouse had become thoroughly disorganised, and with no probability of a better state of things prevailing during, the Session, as we \\nre aheadystatedi, general relief isexpeiicn,ged that ap unprofita,ble a, Session is ended.

A sitting of the Native Lands Coijrtwil l opsn a^Shortlnnd,T,han>es, on, October Bth. There will be a Ritting of the IJeajd^nt Magistrate's and Warden's Courts utTe Avoha nn Tuesday next. The services to. be held in connection with the Anglican, Presb\ te,rimi, ajid Wes'levan Churches in this district tjOfino^ijo;^, •\yill be fouadidoJy ady^rtiued. To A^oha Public SchpoJ closed yenterdiny for the M,ichaeJm{iB ho)iday«, anflj will re. oyen on Monday, October 7th. Atessra Bradley an.d Co. notify by i advertiBemen,b that they will resume running their morning couch, Paeroa to T^iaines, cauly in October. Tlyje ©ntertainnient hy Te At'oha PabJic School children nnd otheis la^jl evening, to ! raise funds, for painting the school, was. a, great success ; the Public. H,a,1l being fjLl led to its utmost capacity. A report o^ t,hs propeedjings will appear in, our next I issue, The September, iusiije of th,e J^ew Zealand, Cou,nli;y Journal is a most iiitereHting number, con,tainin^ a fund of itifoiumtion of apocidl value to those engaged ijn, agriquJtUjrul j>erBiiitB. %

A recent Government Return iitatep that the amount already paid to the Natfre owners, with respect to the purchase of 46 acres of land adjoiping the Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain (for Domain extension) amounts to £181 8s 6d } the estimated liability (a.t Stystduly last) being £5&. s , r - Messrs J\. jp. Johnson, and" TSGnllagher, ha,ve been. Gazetted as two of the Trustees appointed fpr theTo Aroha Cemetery ; vice ifa 81 "™ J« B. SmjtK »,nd P. Quinlan, wh# haye, left the district. We direct attention to Mr A. M. Carter* adve tisome^t} by which Hf will be seen those requiring {he services of a good dentist, will have an, ppportunity of con" miting Mr Carte^. o.t the Hjot Springs Hotel, Te Aroha^ ojr next Friday and Saturday, The Illustrated Australian New* (N.Z. edition), sfo/ S«pteu>ber, is a very attrac-. tive number. The numerous illustrations are really goiod^ and include the follow* ing : Stirling Fall, Milford Sound (a splendid full page illtiHtratiou) ; Story of a Calf j Sketches at fae National Agricultural Society's Shpws, »tc., etc. Some of the pfrver- topped Rtringy bark . trees in Tasmania, were lately felled nnd ■ measured. Some tanged f com 26 to, 33 ; feet through a,nd 395 to, over 300 feM i.s length. ■ The following are thhnnraea of the playets who will take part in. the foojtball match, Te Aroh,a v. FlaxniiHm,s, to bp piov-ed on tlio Te Arciha race poursp (Runkaka). thin "afternoon. Te Aroha : Messrs W. Biergs ' (Captain),' A. CoriKw, Hi P. Craiff, ,A. Clues, G. Cornes.'T. Biggs, P. Bmdy, if. Lnwren.ce, E. Mackie, J, M,aiogay, P. Johnson, B Johnson, W. Mr.tiKr.ayv. K. i Crawford. Emergencies: W. Johnson, ' Flaxmillers ; J. Power (Captain), Kelly, 'ttvan, Griffiths. Miller, Keening, Spaldin^ Young, Jonee, Barrett, J. Medhnrst, Love j prove,, Kerby (2). Emergency : Flatt r PJarej>i are requested to be on the ground I a.t 3 o'clock sharp. !~ Notification is given in the last Gazette .that Meaars H. p; Johnwon and \B. Gallagher have* been appointed members of i theTe Aroha Publio Donyiin Board (having charge, of some 160 acres of unimproved land adjoining Te Aroha Cemetery) ; the Orier-in-Gounci! of April 9th, 1888,, appointing the Bonrd being revoked and- a new Order, istued. The members of the oh' | Board being r«-nppoin.ted, vis;.. Messrs J. [ A. Dobson, F. Pavitt, H. Mc^iver, G. I Lipsey, and J>. Ltvvery ;« so tjhafc the Board now consists of seven members. The first ! meeting of- the new>y- appointed Board has hfian fix.cd {or Friday next, October \ 4th, 1 According to a statement sliown us by ( 'the k>cal ngent of the Colonial Mutual | Life Assurance Society, (compiled from \ the ■Returns furnished to the New Zealund Treasury in n,ccord«nce with the " Life Inpurance Policies Act, 1884") the Colonial Mutual wrote Inst year a larger business in Now Zealand than the A.M.P., Mutual Life, National Mutual, Mutual Victoria, i Katutabjeof U.S., and New York Life. The [following? are the net results i — Colonial ! Mutual Life Society : Number of policies, 643, for d&18*,400, as against the other i»ix above-mentioned offices, vra., 4TB* ' policies for L7B-,036. Thja is a remarkable result for the youngest colonial office, which hns only heen, estabji^ed, hft ' colony foi live years. At Waioropgojnai ajneljting H still proi gresfiing •atisfactorily nt the Te 4^°"a»S. and G. Mining, Go.'s B«duction, Wo,rk», and a number o£ larga stacks of bar billion is now on hand. The present first j ■ run will probably be finished early next j week, when a stop will be made for a few days to clean up, etc., and on resuming, in addition to" the Company's own or«, j some fifteen tons of rich ore from Kuran- j gahake (purchased from Mr H. C. Wick), ; will be put through ; also «om© forty to fifty tons of ore from the Champion mines, Tui . A start will be made at once to run 1 down this latter ore from the minea by means of the aerial tramway, and from the $atj hj will be carted out to Waiorongomai. ; 1 !fa o,or issue of Wednesday we ga*e a ilist^ of allotments at Te Aroha, the rent of : which th* Wnrden has notified will be reduced f com L 5 per annum to LI , so long ! as ijbey are used for residential purposes only. The announcement has given much 1 satisfaction ; and we hope is bat the thin I end of the wedge, and that similar reductions will shortly be announced with respect to all other allotments not on the main streets, in Te Aroha township. It is to the interest of tfce Native owners themselres that these back street allotments should be taken up and occupied, but it is ridiculous, nnd) a hindrance to settlement, . to demand ari annual xental of L 5 for them. The question of reducing the rental of such allojtineßts has long been talked of, Mr Warden Konrick had itumler his considerotion, »nd was taking steps in the mntte,r shortly prior to bis death ; in fact it was during Mr Eenrick's time the rentals of all the business sites at Waioron- , gomai, not on the main streets and not used 'for bußipjess purpoies, were reduced from £5 to £1. The matter of obtaining leases * in perpetuity is also of great importance to ! local residents and the prosperity of the • place, a,nd w« hope the present Town Board will beajtir themservea in the matter as it certainly is tKeir duty to da ip, t|h,e '- interests of tboxe they represent. i The obtaining of a better tenure to their ! holdings is a ma^er of much interest to all i residents at Te Aroha. The land being leased by CrDvesnqient from the Native Jowneia (and Te Aroha being a goldfield i townHhip), there do«s not appear at present , much prospect of obtaining the freehold. ! The next 'nuost desirable improvement on I th.c prenent title is generally considered to !' be i leo/je. in perpetuity. The. la,te Town Boardj took action in, this matter of obtain^ ing a better, tenure.^ convened a public |ineetin# for discussing the question, in- | terviewed] IVJr Lipsoy*(who represents the i Native Qvwnerß) more than v once with re«- | pact thejeV), an^ obtained from him his ponsent to, leases in perpetuity hmg granted by Crovernment j.bu^ since, % ljite. Board wen.t out of- office robing father appears to have been done in, mattjer. With tha. objacti of getting, itj pushed to a satis f act er,y issue, several local residents yesjtvrday waited upon I some of the meiu^ers of the pnesenij Town Bonrdnnd requested them Reconvene a special meeting to receive a deputation pn behalf of thoNe interested!, in ordi jj that the matter be further discussed and united action taken with is-apect thereto. We underxtaud the ChairUian of the Town' Board han instructed the Clerk to cnll a spceia,l meeting, to.be held, this evening at hulf past aeven.

The storm of Tuesday last did some considerable damage at Te Aroha. One of the double bx'ivk chimneys? in the bouse occupied by Rev F. GL Evans was blown down ; the vestry of the Roman Catholic Church much damaged, whilst fences were blown down in several instances. As a result of the Ueftvy rainfall the river, ha,s i been-yery high. jfOT- the. past few days. We h^ve received from the New Zealand Shipping Company (Limited), a copy of a most comprehensive table o| exports from this colony! compiled from July Ist,, 5888, to 30lh June, 1889, II states thut during that period §7 steamers, of 95,095 tons register, and 120 sailing vessels, of 115,9.75 tons register, left the several ports of this Colony laden with N-Z. produce for Europe. The total exports from the Colony for Europe during the 12 months were as follows :~Mutton, 1,065,301 earcnses, or 60.922,008)b weight ; beef, 43,526 quarters, or 7,512.5901b weight ; bales of wool and skins, 277423 ; bales of flax, 42,118 ; Packs of wheat. 479,115 ; packages of fallow, 23,182 ; tons sundries, *7,859£. . In his annual report, the Under-Secetary of Mines has the following respecting the earnings of miners : — The average number of. persons engaged in gold mining for the year ending 31 Rt March last was 12,604 The value of the gold obtained waR LB3l, 907, which makes the average earnings of [the miners L 65 19s 6d per roan. The average number employed ia coal mining was 1594. Taking output of coal at 613, $95 tons, and 1 allowing. 6s per ton, as the cost of getting and loading at the mine ready for the market, th,e average earnings j of the miners would be about £109 per man. Making a comparison between the average earnings of coal rainera in (3rreat Britain and- the colony, the earnings in the colony are double those at Home. In the Education Reports on Secondary Schools, presented to both Houses of Parliament, we find the following figures with respect to thethe Thames High School for tho year 1888: — Income : Unexpended balance in hand, Janua.iv Ist, 1888, £31 6m 3d ; from reserve^ £268 3s lOd ; goldfields revenue, £432 17a ; voted by Government, £300 ; school fees, £129 17«. Total, £1,162 4s Id. Expenditure : Expense Board's management, £48 13s 2d; school salaries, £903 8s 4d ; land, buildings, furniture, insurance, rent, rates, £112 3*4 lid ; sundry other items bringing the total expenditure up to £1,162 4s Id, IeBB a credit balance nr December 3lnt 1888, of £41 Us Bd. (The Parliamentary grant was made in 1887, but payment was ! not nude until 1888). Tho averaop attendance during the last quarter of 1888 was 55. We lonrn that Mr Knight, formerly of Shaftesbury, but who has latterly resided in Auckland, is at present staying at Shaftefibury for a short time, for the pur pose of sowing- Bereral acres of the s *ction of land he still owns there, with black wattle tree seed ; the bark of which is so valuable for tanning purposes. Mr (Knight informs us that a gentleman north of Auckland, has recently sown over 200 acres with black wattle seed ; and is confident the venture will prove highly remunerative. Brett's Colonist Guide referring to wattle tree culture Rays : " There is throughout the Colony in the aggregate a large quantity of land of the poorer sort used by farmers ap permanent pasture, and upon such aoil it would pay well to establish wattle plantations. Wattles £rnw in almost any soil, hut their growth is most rapid on loose, saniy patches." There has been an idea for many yearpast of conecting the "Waikato with the Prako b> making the Mangawara creek navigable- -near Tnupiri* and cutting a canal from thenct into the Piako x which would require to be straitened for three or four miles. So for as rough levels hare been taken, the Waiknto river ia about 35 feet higher than the Piako, so that there would be no difficulty in diverting a portion of its waters. It is claimed that the canal, in addition to giving tha Waikato the benefit of water carrages to Auckland for all its produce, would also drain the whole of ' the Agricultural Company's block. At present the railway freight of coal to Auckland from the coal mines is about 7s 6d. per ton while water carriage would be about. 2s 6d or 3s. Mr Cheal, the well-known surveyor contemplates shortly # exploring the rout of the canal and taking the levels. Oi the celebrated Mount Morgan goldmine it is said that, one wa}' or another, the lawyers have had by far the largest dividend* out of it up to date. The legal ■tampers are alwaya at work upou Mount Morgan stuff. The Brisbane court are aow threshing out Meyenberg v. ' Billy ' Pattision and the Halls, a little LICO,OOO dispute about part-ownership of the mountain. Meyenberg poses as the father of of mining in Queensland, having held the the first miners right, occupied the first prospecting area, and erected the'battery in the North. The defendants are among the weal thieet men in Australia — two, if not all four of them, being regular 'old man' millionaires. The early history disclosures in the case are turning out 99ozs. of greed and crookedness to the ton of mullocky , fact. But worsa is to com© ; that mountain will yet produce such a villainous .'novel as Buffering world has not jet seen. '■ The annual Government Report on the raining industry states that the mining industry is " slowly but gradually progressing, and looks in a more hopeful 'condition than.it has done for some years .past." The gold and coal minxes are • begining to attract attention among people outside the Colony a?> a profitable venture for speculation, and, recently a considerable amount of foreign capital h»s been invested in the mines. The total value of gold and minerals produced in 1888, in eluding kauri, gum, was £1,53ft614, an increase on the previous year of i£43,72§. The total ynlue of go)d and minerals produced since 1853, is £52)512,64& T.he factual numhei; of persons engaged gold- ; raining at 3lst March, last was. 1,3,497,, as jagain.t 11,720 at the end of the previous v^n*,. 'JhoYalue of the gold* obfeunecL-vjras £831,907, whjch make« the average ejir.nings of. minerß £65 19s 6d per annum. In coal mining 1499 persons were eropioyed, as against 1689 in, the previous year, and their average earnings are estimated at £109 per annum. Thp value of kauri gum exported last; year was £380,933, as against £362,449 in the previous year. The output of coal wai 55,275 tons more than in 1887- ' The import of coal sho*vs a decrease of • 5809 tons, and the amount exported was „68,087 tons,

Chemists say that it takes more thnn twice as much sugar to sweeten preserves, sauces, etc, if put in when they begin to cook, 1 as it does to sweeten after the fruit is cooked. This does not look much like peace: The inventor and patentee of a celebrated bandage for use in the field in time of war bas just hftd orders to supply no fewer than 60,000 of the same, and to hold himself in readiness to increase it to a million. Certain foreign governments are also in negotiation for large supplies of these bandages Evidently a big slaughter is contemplated: somewhere. Clearly dairying is the "live" interest in, agricultute in the Old Country, as nearly all the new things worth attention, jit the recent Royal Agricultural Society's Jubilee Show (held at Windsor), were connected with the dairy. Amongst them was a butter oxtractor, respecting which the following brief description appears in the N.Z. Country Journal:. " This is a very remarkable Swedish invention, exhibited by the Aylesbury Dairy Company. The machine was tried ' in the Annexe to the Working Hairy, and tlit) Princess Christian and the Princesses Louise and Maud of Wales sp«nt a good deal of time in watching it work . In effect, it is a cream separator and churn combined. From the fre.sh milk supplied to it either cream, or \ butter can be turned out at the wilf'of the operator, who hau only to move , a 'lefeer. to make the alteration in the product! C.Bijtter, in a granular pulp, can be made by the machine at the rate of a pound a minute." Mr Pritchard Morgan's gold mine in Wales seems to have fulfilled the sanguine hopos of its promoter, for (says a FJnme paper), during the past year no less than L 3&,000 worth of the precious me*al has been extracted from it, in addition to a mass of quartz which awaits crushing', and which, if tho yield should continue the snnae, must contain half a million^ worth of metal. The aveiage yield gives a profit of L 5 12a per ton, which in about Ll per ton mcc than the richest gold field of Australia ever brought to their ownern. Improved machinery, facilities of transport and other circumstances, will of course, contribute to this result. It is to bo hoped that the Crown royalties upon such property will be dropped, as the tax has an injurious effect upon such an enter prise.