Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 417, 6 November 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

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WEDNESDAY, NOV3MBEU6, 18S9.

Saturday noxt will be the Prince of Wales' Birthday. Hollis and party, tributers in the Martha Extended Company's mine, \Vaihi, lodged 99ozs of sold in the Bank of New Zealand I <m Monday, the result of five weeks opeias ions. Mr H. Tretfiso has been appointed to t ike charge of the Adeline Amalgamated G. M. Co.'s mine al Karan^ahake. Messrs Buidley and Co. will run a special coach fioin Te Aroha on next b'liday evening, for the convenionce of persons attending the ball to be held at Paeroii or that date. Also a special coach will he desp.-'ti'hcd by the same firm from Te Aroha at 0 a.m. on Satnrd iy next, for the conveyance of those aitundin;; the Prince of Wales Biithd.i} 7 Sports to be held at Pneioa. Tlio rctum fiiie has been fixed at thelowsvim of Grf ; and passengers , can either return after the ball, or spoils, ap they may de.-iie. See advt. Application may be iri.ide to the Warden at Thames, on Wednesd.«y, December Ilth, for the light to occupy the following licensed holdings, declaied ■forfeited by o»'dei of the Wa. den's Court : (1) Qn.iyle*; (2) Sydney ; (3) K.iwhni ; all situated at Maiototo ; also (4) the Brogan Extended, situated at Whungaclosed on Monday, the lHh November" instead of Saturday the 9th (Prince of Wales birthday) Mails usually despatched on Monda}', wil) close on Saturday 9th, at 8 p.m. A Melbourne uonespondent writes : J Mr W. Stewait, Lite of Dunedin, ha* succeeded in disposing of the Auckland tramways to a Melbourne syndica c, who intend to woik it in future \>j elect'ical propulsion, instead of as at present by horse power. The sum which it realised was L 36,000. The Thomas-Houston system will be employed. It may he mentioned that the tame B) ndicate are nnanging with the City Council of Auckland for the introduction to that city of electric lighting The power for electiio lighting will furnished by the water of the Wuitokerei Id! Is, which are 430ft high.' Mr Geo. Gapes, of W.iiorcn^omai, has applied for a patent for an improvement in infants' food, known as The Golden Gem Infants' Food. Mr Jas- Craig will sell by auction on Saturday next at noon, the household furniture, etc., of Mr W, J. White Te Aroha. See advt. ' As will be seen by advertisement, Mr McNicol will hold the clearing sale for Mr P. Bolton in Hamilton Borough Yards on Nov^29lh, instead of at Cambridge on the 30th, as previously advertised. Excursion tickets to Auckland available by any train will be issued at Te Aroha on Friday next, and also on Mondayreturn fares twenty-two shillings first c!t,PB ; fifteen shillings second-class, available for refurn up to and including- the Fiiday following, Nov 15th, The annual cost of every soldier is in Russia L 36 Tr, in France L4o, in Germany L4l Bs, and in England L6O 2s. According to the Town and Country Journal, a new process for extracting gold from refractory ores has been tried with some success in Adelaide. The modus operamli has not been disclosed by the inventors, pending the patenting of the process in the vaiious colonies ; but it is understood to be an improvement on the chlorination process. By the process tiled 10 Adelaide it is said that 90 per cent of the gold m the ore can be extiacted in about fifteen minutes by a machine which costs only L5O. A syndicate is beingformed to patent and supply the machine. It is on the cards that some further prosecutions in regard to the removal of I limber from Crown lands will eventuate In the recent case at Helensville the proceedings weie taken under the 26th section I of the Land Act, 1885, and we give the clause for the b. nefit of country settlers • — 'Any person who, without right, title, or ' license, wilfully allows any cult'©, horses «r other animals to trespass upon any Crown lands or any public reserve not granted or vested in any local body trustees, or other persons, whether with or without a mining district, or who without uglit title, or license, Hhull fell, remove orseJl any timber growing or beirg thereon, or otherwise unlawfully trespass upon any such lands or public reserve, shall be Jflble to a penalty not exceeding £50." The Magistrate «aid that he hoped the proceedng« taken would act as a warning, and the kne would have been heavier hat for the faefc that the timber taken had already be-n paid for to the Government at a

As will be Repn by advertisement, Sir Thomas G rattan Ifomonrie, Bart., M.P.,on« of the Irish delegates, is announced to deliver a lecture on the Home Rule ques tion, in Te Arolia Public Hall, on next Friday evening, at eight o'clock. Mr J. McNicol will hold a Rpe-.mil horse sale nt Hamilton on Wednesday, 20th inst. For this sale a large number of entri -5 have ul ready been received, For particulars sec advt. A gold rush has t;iken place at Thornton Hill, Ilockwood, Victoii .. Some nuggets weighing from sd\vts to 48ozs have boen fuund within less than a foot of the surface, Mr AT. J. Hunier will hold a specia cattle sale at Ohaupo, on Monday, November 11th. Amongst the stock 'then to be sold are a number of very highly bred, choice, bulls. See advt. Twenty Arabs who arrived in New York by the steamer La Normandio are detained by the authorities at Castle Garden, pending inquiiy as to whether they shall be allowed to proceed to their destinations or be sent back. It is reported tin t, phould they be admitted, 70,000 more Arabs are awaiting to sail for the United States. W> in-o in jooeipt from Mr n.,rj enn Auckland Di&t»ict Tiaffic Manager, of a copy of the official Poi ket Fiailway Time table for November. This time table will be found to have been most carefully compiled, gives a vast amount of general information of interest to the travelling public, and has an excellent lithographed map of New Zealand attached. Robeit S. Mnckie, in his statement before the Oflicial Assignee said that ho was a butcher by trade, but had not followed that business since 1884. He started on a leasehold faun of 85 acres, belonging to the Thames High School Endowment, and spent all his lime and money (L2SG) on it, without a..y return whatever, tie worked at it fioin 1884 to 1887. Since then ho had been dependant on casual woik as a labourer, milking cow?, and bush work, a very hand-to-mouth living. His debts amounted to L 378 I4s 6d, the sum of L3OG 5s having been mcm rod prior J io 1881. He was put in gaol for a debt he never owed, and filed to get out. An indignation meeting, convened by Mr Goo. Vesey Stewait in response to n numerously signed lequisition for the purpose o£ protesting against the alleged improper expenditure of public money by the Tauranga County Council, was held ;it Katikati on Satmday, 2b'th ult. Mr G. Y. Ste vart, the convener of the meeting, was voted to tlie chair, and at the conclusion of the meeting, in replying to a vote of thanks accnided him, announced that it it was his intention to oome forward as a cindidate for Tainangd electorate at the uext election.