Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 411, 16 October 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. * TM* *boY« all — to thin* own telf bo tru#, And it maab follow m the night the d»y Thou ctvu»fc not th«n be f»lno to any man. 1 SHAKMSritAK».

WKDNKSDAY, OCTOBER If., Ift«9.

Thb great strides taken in the dnveloptn»Mit, of the fl»x industry within the past twelve months i? n matter of tho greatest interest toNtnv Z«M*nd In al «ost every district in the Colony flnx mill* have been .established, thereby providing steady employment for a veryl*rg« numl>er of hands ; in fact practically silencing the cry of tho •' nmMMployen " nltogether, unless with regard to professional loafers, who above r!1 tiling dojiiot de«ire to have work offered them. The l»o->m \v tho flax in Inst'y has b<>en the means, not only of providing work for the unemployed, but bus come to tho n^nistfince of many « struggling seVtler, who h**? been ablf to turn info ren^y mon«'y <he fl-ix on his land, which heretofore was locked upon as an enemy to be eradicated as effectually fts possible. In our own immediate, district the fl*»x industry h»« proved a pr^at boon. It i«i lincort'ly to b° hoped thtit the flux miller^ everywhere will lay to heart how much the Fu<uie of this trre«t find growint; iii'lu-try rests with fh' i m c:c :f > lvp<". As th^v now «ow, tliey will inevitnhly reap. Many »r\A great complaints have boen made fr-mi both Knrono • »nd Anieiica, v(>«p"ctin.<j the faulty condition nnd dishonest' mnke np' oF quantities' of flax exported from tfii** Colony. We are ulad to be in a position to s»v we believe no charge of ««nph a character ran b«> laid at the door of any of the local mill owners. But badly prepared flax from one part of the Colony f ends to injure the reputation of New Zealand flax srenerally. and the innocent often have to suffer with the trnilfv in ouch eases. The adoption of a distinctive bran I by all flax millers, who are cnrefnl to send away only flax of <*ood quality, which will givo the purc'lopcr pniiffnctinn, i«j n s'ep in tho riylit direction. In fact this is «m net of 3"lf defence that no honest miller should heci(n,<e in adopting, a? by flo doinir he will jir^^t'rvotliii product of hi°« mill from beinij cl.^od with thnt «ent forward by unscrupulous or unskilled mill owners, and it will he only a matter of a very short time until the hi and will have 'nue.h to do with the price given. So many «redabblint» in the flax !m«ines« just now that there i* certain to bo a Uige amount of itnperfcpt'y prepared, and <«nr»'|e«>«ly baled fl ix shipped, which will piov«» a source of harm to th*» trwde o-ein»r»lly. The leßions taught by the experience of post years should be laid to heart-. Y**.irs ai»o tin* finx itHu-»trv was t.o th' 1 fore in New Zckliiil'l, and it was tjrea'l)' in eon«equenep of the di<«h»ne«t practices then resorted to by nuscrtipuloua men that brought it into diaiepute, nnd the trado almost, entirely Ml away. Givftn a uoi>d article and the prospects of l)»p trad* are all rhat. "ould refmoriably be desired. Thf»ro are now many purposes for which phormium tennx is required, and that ih pnirtii;iill\ r nuliuiitetl qii:mtilies, that, di 1 not exi^t a few yeAiß Tlw» great iidvnnrpH and im— provm^uts u>;v\o with lesprct to liaive««inir nine! inerv in particul »r may be menlioufd. Within the pa«.t. eou »U» of vesirs tbe u<p «>^ t\vin> 1 . ?><» a phenf liindor. ha« almost eniindy superseded every uthei m- mis, and for this purpose ulone it is estimated that over

fifty ihntisind tons of twine, was used in Atno'ica alone las* season. But" there are I tunny <ithor prodnetq in the mnnn r Actiiro of which it is found Nhw Zealand flax can , lit utilised with adranttige, and now that r>v>re (xttin'inn i* beimr <'ireeted to tho impr^viMU(>nt of tlio machinery far its prel»fir»tum, so that fibre of much c i»et tor jdn.l finer 'lnali^y ran l»e pro 'in«ed»with ti/iiich I««J3 wasto of rnw material. \t is only rp!\«s'>niil»!«» to anti«:fpato Axnt new opfinin«r s ' will contimio tol>e foun-I for it. One mn«t impoi tant mutter in connection'with t liia t'atle is being 1 almost entiroly ovi ilooki'i?. the keepinir np of hiipplirs of f.ho raw maturiti). Little or no provision is Immiiij nunlo in this ilirort.ion,t!io soU ai»xii'ty tit present appears to he to proilnce as much fibre as possible, iva'wo i\u> ifo'lar-*, un 1 lot <bo matter of future supplies take care of itself. This is «ili<u( «u«»!i<etl polioy, an<l «<tronijly to l«» (leprecafO'l, a<4 lararn areas of I.iml are br-lujir rapidly «'onnilej by fl.ix cutters, ;Tn tbe matter of (Mittinsx the raw msterinl also, culpal>le indifference i« W\UiX «hown, apparently it beins? 'leomrd a matter of little moment whether it is cut po mc to injnr^ as lirtlf* as •po^ib'o . Ilie parent plant, or 90 ag to result in I sfl'ont injury, if not total destruction, thereof. Eveiy tiling calculate 1 to idvance and perpetuate so valuible n in<lu"«tiy «le«»»rves spwrd Attention.

Special Bank N.Z holiday to-Huy. Mr IT. Brett, the proprietor of tho Am-k lantl Evening Star, h ir, during his visit Home, cst ib'i.shml a London office °f *' ie St-ir it U 9. Queen Victoria Street, E.C. No Warden's or Resident Magistrate** Court h»ld at Tn Aioha yenterday. Mi Nojthcioft being indisposed uml unable to attend, nnd the business, which was of an miin poitant character, stmd* adjmrnpd till the nrxt ordinary sitting of the Court, 20th in«st. A Rev"i-> storm wi« pxporion^ed at To Aroh'i on Sunday and Monday. On Sunday the wind blow h regular hurriciui«, mo much no ihiit at the Anglican Church no evening service was hold. On Monday th'i r»in came down in torronN; but eonsed about mulnijr'it, nnd the * r e«tlier has Hince been fine. It in to bo hoped the recent Kale w*m the clearing up Htor.n of the se-iHon. The flaxmillsin tin's district have lutely I been working lull speed. Mr U. H. Adam* will within the noxt few day fend away another purcnl of about ten t-Mis ; nnd we nndernt^nd purposes working bin mill ni^ht and day shortly, ftver) bale sent aw.ty by Mr Adam* bears his brand. — At th* Gordon Settlement mill. Mr Yon Sturaicr, the proprietor, bus bnwn turning ont a large quantity of fl*x, nrni will despatch a consignment of ten or twelv# tot)H this week. Mr JoahuH Cuff, \><rr\ -ter, of Waltington, formerly of A'nrton, h-w apj)lied for a pnte-nt for tho npplioiti m of wat«»r power bv moaiiß of hydraulic prewHure for all the purpofles of motive powar uh now applied bv tbft nso of «tenin to in mhinttry of all ilo*-jriptionH, and to bo called "J. Cuff's Patent Hydraulic M >tive-power." In view of nil the circunistanceß, the Wellington Times thinks it is not r.i-h to hope for a surplus of £200.000 nt the end of thopreßert financial yoar. Mr R. IlnrriH, storekeeper, advertiHen a. 'geuerftl reduction in prices for cfiHh. The dpppoßt mining shaft in thi< heniifl pliere, if not in the world, is the George Lansel, N T -«. ISO. at Simlhiirst. which his renchod 2G4ot't., or exactly half a milp fro'n the »uifn<'P. Tho bi«t reef p'i«Ht>d throuu'h w.\r -»t 26 . nw\ from indicHtionH it is bolieve'l tit** t it will prove both a lnijjo and vilnahle lode Sinking ha-« for the present been dincntinned. Tlie K«rl ot Fife's in«-oine is put down \t £70,000 a V<'-ir, whi' U in (nay^ an Australian paper) about a third of our own Sir William C'.l.irkc's revonuo. But thoy both pale b.-fore Jimmy Ty«*on find tho Dulc« of W.ftmitiister. The f.irnier's int'OMif h.ts yot bc«oud li'ik calculation, and tho intt.ii m said to Imvi< £300,000 a year .md to be worth £16,000,000. ll.to i» Senator William M. Evart's definition of a contingent fi>e :—": — " Ft i.s a v«rv simple thint?. I can explain to you what a contingent foe meaiiit in a few womß In Khort, if I lose your suit I ff (% t nothing ; if I win your suit you get nothirur." Don't onJeavonr (o ret the mind by absolute inactivity ; let it seek its rest in work in oth'-r channels, and thin rest the tir.-d nait of flic. biain. Tourhinir tho Home Secret/ir.y'.s decision in th<3 M.tvbiirk cmsp, the London Tim^s m nH: — \Vt> Mhnll h.mily bo wrong in wayin^r that his decision will bo received by the lart^ majority of tho public with relief. In thi'J we leave out of consideration ii larjje number of people who shrink from t'on(empl.itin/» the death of nn attractive find outwardly refined woman upon the •scaffold. Tlte c»h*» aj;ain«t Mrs Maybrick was and remains a e.iae of terribly Htionuj suspicion, but suspicion which, aftor all is said, just misßea moral ceitainty. 1 hero Wt from Eunton on July 25, 51 bnrsiioinDr Birnardo'H llomcs, for Liverpool, en route to Canada, being the third piuty of emigrants' for the present year, and makimr in all 400 children sent during lSfifi ?up toil&te. S : nce tho homes undertook tin 1 t-i*»W of training children for emigration 4050 boys ami tfirls have been placed out through their agency in Canada and otlu-r British colonies, and with hai^ly any exception those have, it 18 reported, continued to lead useful and honourable careers in Ihe land of their ndontion. Tho following lulvertißenvntof n^rncery store in MisßOuii in i rery pood temperince sermon : ' Any man who brinks 2 «lrachm« of whisky per day for a year, and pays 10 centw for it, can hnve at our store 30 fmoks of flour, 220 pounds of pranulateil niitfnr, •md 72 pounds of irood preen coffee for the sain* money, nnd get 2 dollars 50 cents premium for making the above oxclmnge in expenses," •lust notice rbi«, the latest testimony to the Tulue of atlvt-rtisins? : — '!'v, o [Jt'c AsKunince offices doin » " „(.■* in f hi-. colony stv^'id a 'K-rttin portion of their tukiriLrf in advertising. The one nperirlin^ 1 nO per cent more than the other finds the luisiucMH foi the yeur bun cost loss th>.n it«* rivil by 32 • 7 per ur-nt on its total receipts. This Having meirt £54,000 fur the upending of £193 in advertising.

Yesterday afternoon Charles Norris, of Wni ton, fall off his hor»«» near StoneY Creek, when rirfin^f towards Ta Aroha. He \\'as considerably bruised about the face nnd hend by the full, and was brought into To Aroha in «n unconscious state, and tuken to the Hot Springs Hotel. lie recovered consciousness towards evening, and -will probably- be able'vto'retnrtfh<}l(he<?', today. \ ,X- . ■.- . / .\' " > * A correspondent to the Auckland Star sends the, following :— "Ajfriqnd of^nine who-AVMit'to Australia soino 1 year or two ago writes as follows: Will you please cond me another copy of the New Zealand Crown Lands Guide. We n»o seriously thinking o'.' getting back to Auckland, as we are heartily sick of Australia , The last ' Guide you s^nt I forwarded to friends | in Canada, who, tired tit the long dreary Canadian winter s*,5 *, are anxious to try New Zealand." If any aggrieved Canadian or Australian in Now Zealand wishes to defend hi" country from thoso aspersions tliere is an easy way to do it. Let htm go back to his better "l.md. That will show sincerity. But somehow most Australians who reach hero show thnir rcpect for Australia by staying awiy from it. A recent Government Gazette notifies the '•eiuoval of restrictions on alienation of the 'following N.ttive lands: (1) Ten aeie*, known n<» Section 10, Blork 5. To Arohu ; certificate of title tamed in XHft'Z in favour of Kn.eti Wotea an^Manahi Tautopioa ; (2) thirty-five acies, lot 5, .S<-eti<«n 2R, Block 9, To AroJm j ten acres. h>t 3, do. do. ; Umi a res, lot 4. do. d<>., ceitifi -at' 1 of title i^ui"! in 18 Q 9 t-> Knicti N!f»p'»Vc». Polai P riki, ami Tnupo W.titai ; (3) four Imndrod acrof», Sections 48, Block 12 and 70, Block 11. Te Aroln, enrtifictte of title issued in IRB2 to Rina Mukt'iia Mokena Hou, Akttliabi MoltHna, Ran-ipia Mokena, Rowi Mokcn.i, Ktu Mnkonii. ll'-ri Ronita, R-tima t^'Unnm it«l. mid T«« Hfin^H Tawhata ; (4) «hn;« humlr«'d <nd tortv acr>^, B'ction 15, H'«>ck 9, L\j A»*oh»i ; nown <;nvnt issne'l in 1881 to Kin.i Mokuna, Mok»'na Hou, Aku-h-it4 Mok^n**. R.inapia M >kuna, Ilowi Mokervi, Et.i Ilaro Runata, R.tinu tj HeinoitM, md '.'o Ileinga Tawh:». The Mpeoiul correxpontlont of the \r#usi nt Paris writes :— " In the New Zealand court inquiries from u'mnJiants are numerous txMrintf specially on kauri gum, which, it appear*, w very largely n^etl in P,iris for vario»>* pnriwne*. So far it has been bought through London houses, the avar-£« pri<:o bein^. 60a per cvrt. It appears, liowever, that tho s-itne quality cm ho obtained in Now Zealand at Bss per cwt. and the determination of the French purchaser*, hh exprosMexl l>v thntn, is-to import it direct from tba colony in future. The N"ew Ze-vLtul fl-ix is »!h«v beinjj asked about On Tuo«t!My, two important rtj.innera from the F.S.A, »nw Mr Mulfroy (acliiik uoni4nisnioner), rm«l, after expres»in«r Kn>at admirutim for tho .specim^na exhibited, said, 'We would b«> glad to buy any quantity of New Z^nland flix.and import it direct, if thexhipppr-* would Runrantee that it would rench tn in the snitie condition kb tho Rpecim«nn y<>u are iihowing liero ; but wh^nerer we hnva imported flax from New Z.jutnnd ft ha* t«nohe<l us in an absolutely wortJVloßP condition, »« it had fermented en route' Mr M.tlfroy attributes tin* to the caTeloss way in which the colonial shippers pack the flax." We have much pleasure in publishing an extinct froi\i the Wellington Times, showing the prompt mmner in which the Colonial Mutual Life Society pays its claims. It appparn tlmt the claim Whs paid within two hours of the proof reach* in# the offic*'. — '' Prompt In«tir«nce Settlement. — In another column will be found a letter to the Colonial Mutuil Life Society • from Mr Heintz of Pet^ne, thanking that office for its promptness in pavincr the amount <>i! his wife's late policy, MrHeintz was sjlad to lind th-«t without trouble or the employment of any agency, he receive/I a cheque covering in addition to tho sum of the policy, th* whole of the premiums that had been received by the Society. We not long s'nee had occasion to notice the progressive spirit shown by this and other colonial ofticeß,iind, although young, one cannot wonder thnt, with tables such as the above, and its thhtpen hundred branch offices, the Colonial Mutual Society is contesting the British Empire for first pln^o in tho ranks of life assurance business." Those contempUt ing life assurance will do well to call on the local resident Agent of this progressive office Mr J. ifott, who will supply any information required.