Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 413, 23 October 1889, Page 8

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

* This abova all — to thine own self bo true, And it must follow na the night the day Thou canst not then be false to any man.' SHAKESPEARE.

WKONKSDAY," OOTO»KU T3, 18.°0

The reparation of Mr Hi plop to a seat in i he Cabinet h s caived general astonishment throughout the Colony, which is on'y what might have be< n expected muter the circumstances. The Wnrd - Christie com>cpondencp, the evidence uivon before the Legislative Council anil Committee, and the report drawn up by that Committee are matters of too teeent «l«te to inquire recapitulaio 1. When Mr His)op resii;ne«l he did the right thins, in Tact no other course miiM |>p s.ti<) to have been left open t;> him ; but v\e quite fail to see what has occurred since his resignation t.> entitle Ijmii to resume » scat in the Cahii efc The fuct of his beinqf returned afresh as m 'inber for OuiuHru cannot carry niitcli wpiyrht. ]t cannot undo the PHt, nor alter iho general opinion of the people of New Zealand rc-uar-lmsyhl* action referred to above, and r 'specfcinjr which the Letyislative Council so strongly expressed their d'sapproval. To appeal siniplv to one's own constituents under such circumstances cannot possibly count for much, as electors are liable to be carrier] away by their feelins?.*, andfto be very lenient with one who ha« perhapsjjbeen a very useful menil>er for them. Beyond a doubt the Pieinier made a great mistake when he iJocifled to a;?«in offer l\lr Hislop a seat in the Ministry, and his accession theieto must of nec?s«ity prove a source of weakness instead of strength to the Government.

Thr reports of Al.-ijut-Ge.neinl Kdwards on I lie defences of Australia, and more paitkula:ly of Now Zealand, cannot but have much interest for every tine roh>ni?t. The possibility of onr beinu called upon to defend oni selves from n foreign eiw-my is too often spoken of in a flippant manner, a* a tionble that need tot be contemplated, in our time, and as a mutter \vp may therefore n legate for the con«>ideiation of posterity \V»» sineorelv hope war will not break out, but if it should there is poor! ren«on to fear these lic'i and nafnnlly highly favoured C< lonies wf»nld not lon.sr remain unmolested. The time t«> prepare for snch an enierurency is whilpt peace prevails, nnd ninch miyht be done and should be done with the lea^t possible delay in the direction of training a large number of our male poi u'atinn, so .that their services would t,e available, if a ciisis should ari?e. Al.-o the thorough fortification and de r enee n\ pur principal sea ports should not be longer postponed. There is a danger of bein^j "penny wise and pound foolish" in this matter, and of I emir injiidieionsly r>:irsimoniona with resjeefc to the expenditure necessary for defence purposes.

The directors of the Adeline Amalgamated, Karangah-iUo r>"-r — i~<uiii'ing ..itjifiij^ operations in the ohim forthwith. The Caulfield Cup, of 2000 sovereign, on Saturday hist w.»s won by Mr J. Ciipp's B<.sc (by Bosworth — Ilypati.i); an exiieme outsider. MrJ. McNicol will hold a live slock sa'eat the Waiton yards on iVidavnexf, and will also then self allotment ,')7, Waihou "township, with tlie hou-e thereon. See -dvt. On Saturday last, Miss Cock, eldest daughter of \lr F. Cock, of Paeron, (exCiunt* Chiiirman for Ohinemnri), was married to Mr A. \V. [{op. ot the Junction S.iw Mills. Rev F. G. Evuna performed the ceremony. The ten Iwr of Albert J. Moore, of Paoroa, has been accepted by tlie Board of Education for the erection of a school building at Knangah «ke, the contract price being L2ll. The other tenders received were :'— 11. C. Find I, L2TS ; W. Sfephenson, L 215 ; A. K'o'-.b, L 235 ; S. Mills, L 237 ; R. J. Burns, L2C2 10s. Tenders for the New Z aland 3} per cent £2,700,000 conversion loan will he opened in London on Friday next. The loan has been well received in financial circles «nd already is quoted at 1£ to 1£ per cent premium. Piako C"unty Council invite tenders for five separate contracts in connection with r.iad work, diaitia.qe, ct<\ Tenders cl<»«e with the Engineer, Mr F Pavitr, at his < >tfice, Te Aroha, at 4 p.m. on Friday next. Seeadvt. Ohinemuri District School Commit'ee have gave public notice of the following resolution passed at their hist meeting : u Hesolved that when the attendance on wet days, etc., at Paeroa fchool does not exceed^ 25 per cent of the average for the preceding ouarter the school will be closed for 1 he day." The erstwhile barque, now hulk, Cabarfeidh wjs on Saturday \owed fum the Hobson street Wliu f, Auckland, and con veyed alongside thebri^antineL'Avennire, wlience she will probably receive a supply of coal before being towed to her future inooi ings in the Katikaii IJiver, where she ia to nci ns» a coal ploie ship for her new owners tlie Wuilii G.M. Co. Notwithstanding that about one nrllion Kheep were fro::en for export in New /iealjind la.st year, the number of sheep in the C< lony increased by 346,727, dining the year ending 31st May last, made up by 'the various districts n« follows : Auckland, 8f.185 ; Napsei, 128,055; Wellington and West Co.mt. I2O,9?O ; Canterbu v and Kjiikoiiru, 26.874 ; Olago, 7459. Ih.is it W'll beseen that an incie'use was shown ia each of tji«? the nheep -district* of the Colom . The increase in the Noi'Ji Tslind wjh 280,230 ; and in the Souih Is and, GG,997. Thibi'e^u't is most ft'i'al'Fviug as indicating the B(nad t v proi'rssin the protiyv'wg power of tuu Co'oi y .

Mr Frank Lincoln nppean d hi Te ' Aroliii Public Hall on S.itu d»y eveirng last, In a g-.od lioiisp, who t'loroiijiblv npoiTciii ed the enteilainment provided by | wiis clever humourist. Saturday's Thames St iv, referri \g to the mm soritenced ».o six weeks imprisonment nt Preron Polics Court on Thursday hi<st, coinmitled for trial for arson, and against whom a chargo of break : ng, entering, and sieaMii'r, has been partially hea y d, says :—- ''The priKCDer whs yesterday afteinoon broiv^ht down to (he Thames by Constable Mitchell, and lodged mi Shortland Oiaol, where he will remain until Thursday nest, when lie will be sent 1o Paeron, and again j'(ji>ear before tho Court it that place. Li'W ence is un old and well- known << Vender, and in the man who, some yes.r.i a^o, was convicted for breaking and entei-i-ig the Kuranui Hotel, and selling it on fire. He has since been convicted of a him ; hi • offence, and there are about 30 con\iciiotis against him. Ue appealed be^oie the Paeron Couit as Lawrence McDonald, but formerly passed under the name ot'Michnal llensley." The Band of Hope and Albion Conso's mine at Ballarat iv a striking example of what can be done by good mining managen.e"t, even Ihough tho stone Le only m d mtely rich in metal. The loanlt of ciiishin'is for 10 years past are as follows : 212.445 tons of atone put through yielded, 141,351 oy.s retoited gold, or at the rate of 13 dwts 5 grains to the ton, and in addition to this 2,210 tons of pyrites yielded 4180 ox* of gold. The dividends paid to the shareholders in thin company have ami tinted to £1,1G4.604. The machinery plant i< vjiluod at L 15,000, and the consumption of fuel is put down at quartet ton of wood to the ton of qi artz. The total cost of mining, raising, and crushing the quartz is estimated at equal to s<l\vt of q ild to the ton. The deepest shaft on the mine is 14T5ft nnd ore is now beit»£ raised from the 1400 ft level. To-day we publish in full Ihe two petitions re the proposed Te Aroha Borough ; a? great interest whs evinced with respect thereto; and in connection with any future movement of a similar kind that may occur it wiM be useful for both sides to have placed on record what was done on tho last occasion. By Section 34 of the Municipal Coiporations Act. 1880, on" half the resident householders of nny poition of any district which it h proposed to have cons'.ituted a Borough, can petition to be excluded from such Borough if c instituted, nnd it will be seen by referenco to the petitions now published, a very large majority (82 as against 47), of the residents of Waiorongomai did object to be included in the proposed To Aroha Borough. If there bad been the slightest cood nelson for supposing the prayer of the petition for it Bor'iutih would h ivebeon gimiti'd, an official enquiry would no doubt j havo been asked lor, the result of w!iic'>i would have been tint neveml names wou'cJ have to be struck off mi id petition, lenvintr the Waiorongomai majoiily against l.irger than it even now proves to be. The plan attached toihe petition foi a Borough \v»s ceitntnly of the simplest possible description, and for reference pin poses was not of the slightest usp, as beyond shown g the confirmation of the outside boundaty line of the proposed Borough, it gave no information with respect to the po*,i,ionof r'> « o vnships of Te Atoha r>r Waioroiii'oia i,ibe mines, or my thing else. In such matters it is mo^t des' ruble, and plainly theintention of (4overnmpntthat the fullest possible infoimution shall be » Horded. A*< stated in u recent issue, the plan accom panning the Waioiongomai petition wns h most elaborate one, drawn on a bngi* scale and showed at a glunce the position of both tout s'tips, the street^, roads, goldfield tracks, ihe various mines (and 1 la— i r names), creeks, agricultural holdings, etc.. etc. It will be observed the name of Krhnond Flickev appears on both petitions. Tl.« c^ ( >i,ui;j| inn given that llickoy a-serts nio-t positively he never attached, n<-r authorised any one to attach, his signature to the first petition, and he wns therefore allowed to sign the Waiorongomai petition.