WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1889.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 407, 2 October 1889, Page 2

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1889.

N>x f on f ward 'Frisco mail *>n*Sati»vdav. Thf> nrdinorv monthly meeting of Oliinoinn»i County Council will he held at Paeron on Saturday nex f , at 3 p.m. Te Aroha Public School broke up for th» Michaelmas holidays on Friday last, and will re open on Monday next. Mr'Gr. T. Wilkinson has rnncW«d the nnrcha«o of the whole of the Hikutnia No. 4 block, from' "the* Natives The revenue from that portion of the sold field will now accrue *o the Ohinemnri County Council. Considerable interest was evinced in the football match, TeArohav. FlnxniiTlers, which came off on the Te Aioha raceronrse (Kiinkaka), on Satwdgy afternoon. Both teams played a very determined game, wTiich resulted in a win for Te Aroha 3 points to the Flaxnrillersl. At the Te Aroha Police Court on Monday, before Messrs Dobson and Tlott, J.'sP. A. Russell wrr fined for being drunk, and on the application of the notice, an order was made prohibiting all licensed pubh'* cans, within the licensing district* of Te Aroha and Waitoa, from supplying him with liquor for the space of twelve months. Mr .T. McNicol held a mo^t sticce'^ful sale of the household furniture and effects of Mr Chao. Gallagher at Te AroJiu on Saturday. There was a very lar,To attendance, the bidding was spirited thinughnut, and nearly the whole of the articles offered brought excellent prices, in Komoinftfanee* the first cost being realised, if not excerded. The Rangitikei Advocate has thefoTlowing: "It is stated in Ministerial circlts that some'six or eight appointments to the Legislative Council will be made during the recess. It is conjectured that Me^rs J. Fnlton (member for Taieri), J. W. ! Thomson (ex-member for the Clutha), and J. B, Wliyte (memhor for Wuikato), will J leceive nomination." In the case of the sale on TV? on da v, tinder warrant of distiess (Neill v. Berber), the large clock at Te Aroha, erected on the premises adjoining Mr A. W. Edwaids drappiy establishment, was bold for L' 2 to Mr Ebert ; being the only bid elicited, [t was quite evident no one wished to see j the clock removed from its present useful position, and therefore no one competed for it. A schooner, with a cargo of coal from ] Newcastle, is daily expected at " The Heads," Katikati, and will land its car^o ; at llarley's. The coal is for the Waihi Gold-mining Company, and will be carted from the Katikati landing to its destination. Several other shipments are to be sent to Waihi, via Katikati, heintj consideied the best way for heavy traffic. It is to be hoped, now that ironey lias been promised toward* the erection of the loner talked of Waihi bridge, that the work will be proceeded with at an early date. The Waikato settlers are said tobemuch impressed with the proposal (lefeired to in our last issue), to turn a portion of the Waikato river into the Piako by means of n canal, and thus give Waikato the benefit of water carnage with Auckland for its agricultural and other produce. The Iqvpls, i roughly taken, show the project to be perfectly feasible from an engineering point of view, the only difficulty being that of final 9 :. We direct attention to the advertisement of Mr H. Pittur (of Auckland), annonn-' cinq he has arrived <it Te Aroha, and may I be consulted, (for a few days only) at the Palace Hotel- Mr Pittur him recently been spending some days at T.iimuign, duintr a good business there, and, as show- 1 ing Mr Pitrar i« a really first class dentist, a testimonial handed him by Dr BulJer, of Triuranga, and dated I6th Sept. last, is published at foot of the adveitisement Tho««e w)iose teetii require attention sbodld not miss the present opportunity. A fluxmill proprietor at TJangioia has perfected an appliance for dressing phor ininui tewax to a qu.tlity as fine as xilk, and i.as applied for a patent. The machine embraces improvements, in febding the i oilers, of btt-ippers, and in the table for removing the stiipped flax, a;id comprii<eb in tlie same machine alltlie req uiisito p.ntH to turn tlie t\n\ out drehwd, only itiquiritiir two men to attend it. The machine will ■ t in ii < hi t tin oo touts per day. The inventor j li.is dtivoto<l his iittcntiuii to this machine j for the luat li) years. I Atllicj meclin<> of tlio Auckland (Jrown L.md.s Bo.nd, held on Thnisday lu<;t, in lel'cieiH'o to tin* resolution of the Board upon the of land by married women under the homestead system who reside on the fuJjoining section, and asking whether tliib would comply with the residential condition, the Minister of Lands wrote thai there was nothing to prevent mairied wouipii making selections under Liv- Act, and i£ m.im'ud woinuu ii'siiie with i heir hut>b.unl& on adjoining homestead lamN, tlie,y nt'^d not reside on tlicr own -fJe( tioiih. The letter wa-f leerivi'd. — j rJa.'iiub McCoi niiick, of Te Aiohii, ujoto explaining Lliat t'leicason he did not ic~ suit' mi Ins pci netiiiil Wm j section w,\a that llli* dI.UII \V I|U ij \V',IH lO h,l\'G bIHTI Oil t to driin tin' s\\,ni);> ji.ul never boon cun-plct'-ci, oi mado c'oe|) enough to drain Ina iiltliuu^li lit; li.id ptii<) his hliaru towuiils the woik. It was agreed rot'i.iiit fin extension pi" time until the 3Cth of June ncit>

A n Aucklai.d business m;\n, who recently paid » vif>it to tin) We*t Cnn«t, states that the nu'flioil« o£ piep.irinir flax there, are v«'iy infeiiurto tluc-eused in tlie Auckland r>i<Unet. (he result Ikmos: that the West Coast flax not only brings lower prices Ihar the pioperly prepared article, but injures the reputation of New Zealand flux gcnPMilly. An ai ticlo on the " Land T'ix in New Zealand," recently published in the Auckland Star, refeivins 1 to the fact that a land t.ix did oneo oxiat in this colony jjives the following information on the subject :—: — Cl«u«a 3 of the Land Tax Act of 1876 read >h follows :—": — " Every own^rof land liable % to duty under thi«» Act sliall pay to Hftr ?»la|("?tv eveiy yenv in respect thereof a dntv bv way of land tax of one halfpenny for every ono pound of the capital vylne, accoiding to the vnluutton thereof under this Act over and above the sum of £500 ;" nnd elaii^e 4 provided lliiit all land should be valued at the cnpital value j (Ijereof -to soil nfter deducting there j fmni the value of all thereon. The amount collected under this Act for the 18 months ending June 30th, 1880, amounted to £[50,2(32 4s 10.1, made np as follow* t — Auckland, £(2,123 ; Hnwkea' Buy, £9139 5s Ild ; Taranaki, £2350; Wellington, £21,7^8 19s 5d ; Nelson. £3941 15s ltd; Marlfioroujfh, £2658 10s lid ; Westland, £138 10s 5d ; Canterbury, £46,228 14« 8d ; Otago, £51,932 19s 7d. Now the - propevty-tux for the year ending the 31 st March, 1881, at Id iii the JC, with £500' exemption, and with 30s for every £TOO of premium on fire, marino and guarantee polii«?o«, amounted to £255.914 G* 2d, made up a« foHowß r—Auckhmd, £40,991 0s 9d ; Hnwfce'e Bay> £13,851 H« 4d ; Taranaki, £4160 17s 3d ; Wellington, £40,203 3s 5d ; Nelson, £9740 16s 8d ; Murlborouffh, £5358 19s Cd ; Wetland, £1216 4s 6d ; Canterbury, £69,429 Is ; Otago, £70,902 8s 9d ; po that if £100,131 was the amount received the firrt year from a laud tax mt one half-penny io the £, «t Id it should amount to over £200,000.