THE AROHA AND OHINEMURI NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 415, 30 October 1889, Page 2

THE AROHA AND OHINEMURI NEWS AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

• This above all — to thioe own self bo tru«, And it must follow as the night; the day Thou canst not then be fal<je to any man.' Shakespeare.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 18P9.

One ton o1o 1 ore from Coromandel arrived at Pit-joa on Siturday I*or treatment by lh<> Ciissel experiment plant at Karangalinke. We understand throe tp.ndpre wore received for the riijlit to cut fl ix for » period of six months on the Ruaknka Block (Burtl's), Te Aroha ; and that Mr 31. IT. Adams was the successful tenderer. We are pleased to hear that Mr J. C P.nr, son of Mr Henhen P.irr, of Wtiiton, P'loce-sfully pa<*««d as a barrister ;it the roi'entlaw px.i'ninatirnp. Mr> Parr obtained a district schohu^iip in 1883, and. takinsr ;.d\nntage of its pri\ ile»es, attended the Arcklanri College find Grammar School for three years. Duiinff his ttMinatthe o'illeare Mr Pa>T passed liiuh tip both in the uiiii-.r and Senior Civil Service and Mai-tricnli-tion examinatir ns. Since leaving pchool Mr Purr hn<? 'studied for the 1 iw, and, having passed liis preliminary pxamiiu tions, has now qualified as a hamster. As we anticipated in om mining rcpoit in our last issue, the second run of the wet jacket Ptneiter at tlie Te Ar<>ha S. and ft Mining Company's reduction works, Waiolonftomni, concluded on S.iturd l\ night The furnace will be aj;ain lit up about fiiday next ft'i another run of n few da\>-. Work in the mines and at ilie Battery is proi>p a ßsinsc «a/iii< <is wlion ]jal re[)orted on. Some 2 500 bar-> of bullion, repiesentinp al»>ntl00 tons, of the approximate value (if LG,OOO v-s p.unplcrl and assayed this »\-»pk. T\\^ fit t\ tons re- | feired to in -onr l.i«t i^sne as l>eicitr ahout to l>a shipped Home, will he despatched by the Crusader which is due to sail from Auckland within » ueek or two. It was with feeling of creat reirrct many at Te Aroh.i beard on S.itmdav List of the death (that morning) oi" Mr RoW. Biut.s, late of Te A rob i, nt the early aiife of twent)', from consumption. Mr Burns v.-at a stepson of Mr Geo. Wilson. Mmm» inspector, anddied at his home at Thames. lie entered the local post office as a te!e2! ipli messenger in the eaily da) r sof the lipld, and soon rose to the position of vwdet. Whilst stationed at Te Aroha be in 'de many friends, and was a general iavonrite. He was a most com teens .hli»ing, and efficient public rffir-er. He .« : 11 - tiiinfiferred to tlie Thameß office a year ■ I two ago. For about a year be has >iH-n in bad health, Jjnd although he was "••dor the care of the best medical skill wu 'able, and received every possible at\.ntion ? lie -gradtmUy )ost ptrer»gth, and >.is^ed quietly away at 'Ma parent's iesiliMif*', Tliarnes, on Saturday. Much \ iiipntby is felt for Mr and Mis Wilson in l.Cii bereavement.