Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 425, 4 December 1889, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

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The oidinjirv monthly moetinsr of A>(liji Tint Spn'ngs Domain Board wfi\\ »>c held (Hi Si'lunl.iy evening next. Vr S.imucl I Fn rob inson, late mine mapasror of the Albumin min«\ Th.ime^, and well-known to many nt Te Avohn, died od Monday l.it»t at bis house, Thames. The monthly meeting of. Ohinemuri Oonnty Council will bo held at Piema on next Fatmday afternoon. A mooting of the River Hoard will be hold after the oidinaiy mooting. For sevoral days pa^t the X.itives have been flock'ni 1 .? in large numbers from all directions to the Great native meeting now being held nt Mungakawa, near Gambridge. I)q yon know, F.mily, that it is not proper for you to turn round and look after a £Fntleni:m ? But, n»:unma, I was only looking lo see if he wa_s jlooking to see if I was lopking. MrGofldwin, Inspector, commenced the examination ofTe Aroha Public School on Monday l.tht, nndey lalljer unfavourable circumstances, a^, owing to the violpnt t-torm thai prevailed during the day the atteiidance of scholars was unusually small. He had been walking np and down the room with the baby for two hours. " John,*' Raid his wife, from among the pillows, " yqu don't look very well of late. I'm afraid you don't £»et exercise enough." John laid the baby in the ciib, with it's feet on the pillqw, and went to sleep. Wp observe by the recent direct mail that Mr and Mrs Henry Brett Cof Auckland), are amongst those \ylio received invitations tq the Lord Mayor's great bull at the Mansion House, London, on Qet. 29th. Mr Brett is expected ba^k in Auckhy the fust q£ the' New Year. Et is 'stated that the contract for the Live! pool overhead railway has been lei to Mr J. \V. Williams, of Liverpool and Manchester. This important undertaking is the first of the kind in Ergland. The totil length js about s.ix miles. The Hue will be worked by electricity. The London Stur of 13th September, devotes three-quarters of. a column to the praise of New Zealand as a field for emigrants, most of the information having been deiivrd from Captain Ashb.v . The atticle is headed — ' In praise of a Colony.' 'Emigrants, Look before you, Leap, and then go to New Zealand. 1 Mrs Chilsley : " I see statistics show that seventy-five per cent, o male criminals aie unmarried." Mr C iklev : " Which shows how many mon I refer the penitentiary to matrimony." And, the ensuing silence was so deep t\\i]\ ]Sli s Chjlsjey could h,ear herself reflect. Notification wok given in a recent Gazrttk that on and after Ist Januiry next, newsp.ipcis conveyed by rail will be charged for at the following rates : — 7lbs, not exceeding 7s mile s*,5 *, 2d ; not exceeding 150 miles, 3d; 14!bs, 4d and 5d lespectivclj-, for same distances ; 28lbs, Od and 7d ; 4211)8, 8d and 9d ; 5611>*, 9d and lid ; 84Ibs, Is and la 4d ; 1121bs, Is 3d and Is9d. It l)ns been stated Hint Mr W. T. Firth was purposing to enter on the condensed milk manufacturing business at Waihou. lluppenins: to meet Mr Fiiih yesterday we spoke to him on the subjer-t. In reply to our enqniiie^ he ir farmed us that some three months ago ))e had thought ot embarking in the manufacture of condensed milk, l>ut had not the slightest idea of so doing gow Vising otheiwise engager] . Mr Qoorge Wilson, Mining Inspector, Thames, has been requested by the Mines Department to proceed tp Whang.irei, for the purpose o,f examining and reporting on the silver lodus reported to be found in the Puhipuhi foiest. Mr Wilspn, we believe, will probably airiveatTe Aroha to-day en route for Auckland ami the scene of the lepotted import-in^; ' find. 1 In view of the revival of the fl.ix industiy in New Zealand, Government instructed Fir F. D. Bell to ascertain whether the mnikot — more especially the American market — was likely to be per munent. The result is most satisfactory. Sr Fiancis finds there is practically an unlimited market for good flax \n America, and that it is opening out every month. The great thing to take care of is tint the flax is carefully treated after the Maori fashion. The oidinnry annual meeting of the Woodstock Gold Mininsr Company was held in Auckland on Friday hi6t. Mr William Gorrie in the chair. The directors' reprnt and balance-sheet were received and adopted. The balance-sheet showed a cash balance of L 242 Is 7d to the company's credit ; liabilities nil. The retiring diiectors were re-elected, tnd Mr E. Whitaker was appointed auditQr,

On Friday last Mr J. McNicol held a clearing sale of live and dead stock, (lie propei ty of Mr Pat. Bolton, formerly con-tr-ictor, Moriinsville, There was a large attendnuf-e and .«piiited bidding throughout. Ilorsf-s fetched most satisfactory pi ices, and after the depression* of late years, it seemed quite n change to hear bids running up into twenties and thirties for draught stock. One mare, a Musket, with an Tnjiornnr foal by her side, was passed in nt L 65, the reserve being LI 00. The dead stock also sold extremely well. We regret to, learn tlu.t considerable damage Una been done to fruit trees in this district lately (more partfcuhirly Waitoa, and Te Aroha We&t) by the depredations of a f-mAI b.ro\vn beetle which eats tbe leaves and young fruit of the apples, plums, and cherries,, The beetle is coppercolpuredj about the size of a gyain, of wheqt, and ha.s a pointed nrse, which js directed downwards. The pest eats the lind of the youn£ apples in u succassion of minut p - pits abaut the size of pins head. It is fit ate d spraying ' the trees with, a ! mixture is an effectual pieventive. ■ The General .fxovernment have t:iken a ! step veceutlj which might have been taken Jong ago t namelyj q> y en the Charitable Aid Boards the sei vices of the police in aiding to check the abuses on public charity. Instructions have now, we lenvn, been issued to the police to^eep the Charitable Aid Dnnrds fully ir.formed of the circuinstanctB, character, and mode of life of person* ohtuini.ng relief or iipplyini? for it. The police are \o. be furnished with the h-t-* of recipients every uionth, and it i* expected thut *he m»'re knowledge that thjs ih lieiug doiiij will {ir^ntly diminish the a^aylts pf <n»i'O&tors upon the public

The I'lustrated Australian News and Musical Times (N f A, Edition), for November, is a very interesting number. Several of tlio i'ljistratinns represent scenes in connectipn witli tho recent V.1t.0. Spring Electing, and il - Sketches a* the Cup." There is also a double page coloured supplement, entitled l i Qnv Defenders." Several p#ges are devoted to music, and "Thorns Sung "(music and words) is published with this number. In our li^st issue appeared a very fuU report of the opening of the Dunedin Exhibition, and dusciiption of the Courts and exhibits, etc. Amongst the exhibits in the Auckland Court, mention is made of the Grolden Gem Infants 1 and Invalids' Food j manufrtctuied by "The Golden G vc\ Farinaceous Food Manufacturing Co." Te Aroha, Messrs Gapes and Munro, propi ietors. This preparation was recently patented by the proprietor*, whq anticiJJ pate a very large sale for it. It is neatly got up in lib. tins, with labels running right roiipd. tfian), beaiing full directions for us.c. 'fhe labe'p, wfyieh are yery neat aijd attractive (goltl lettering* en light blue ground) were supplied from, the News office, Te Aroha. Wo direct attention to Mr R W. Dyer's advertisament, announcing that he will regular]}' attend the IV Aroha Couifs, and may be consulted at tho Palace Hotel on arrival o£ tlio coach from, Morrinsville, qn the Alnnday evenings preceding Cquit d«iy ; or by letter in tho interim. Mr Dyer is an able, expciienced, an,d thoioiighly reliable lawyer, who has worked up a large connection in Waikato, haying offices both at Cambridge and Hamilton, the latter place being his head quarters. We have no doubt residents in this district, requiring t]»e services of a solicitor, will be glad to know they will now be a(>le to consult Mr Dyer personally at Te Aroha ; and qi doubt he will receive a largeshare of any solicitor's work to bedonc inthedisti ict , We may add that in the comse of convert sat ion Mr Dyer Informed us ha had decided to devote considerable time and attentiqn to Te Aroha and the surrounding districts, and would attend the Te Aroha Courts regular!}', whether the business to be transacted was li \'a ormuch. We beg to acknowledge receipt from Mr G. llu/Kon, District Traffic Manager, of a copy of the December Time-Tublo of the New Zealand. Government Hallways (including the Wellington Manawatu and New Zealand Midland Railway Company's private lines. This time table occupies ! over one hundred pages, and gives a vast amount of general information respecting \)\e different routes p,f much interest and value to travellers and other---. A map of New Zealand is attached, showing the different rail, coach, and steamer routes, etc. ; the whole being pu,blibhed at the low price of one. penny. The Mancheslei Courier gives a forcible illustration of tho fac^ that freethinking' means very often the refusal to allow any th night but its own. M. Eiffel, tlie constructor of tho famous lower, has been lecommending youn£ men in Switzerland to remember God as well as their country, and for this utterance certain journals in P.iris h.ivo taken to vilifying the Tower and jts architect. ThcMreet, Hue P^tcur has been changed into Rue de la G >re, because the g'cat scientist recommended the Munic'pal Council of Arbois to keep up the public warship nf f he. So much for the claim to freefbinktntr! The improvement in the public ered.it of the cojenjes. of Queensland and New Zealand, as shown by the stock quotations in London, is notewoithy. Queensland 4 per cents now tike rank with Victorian and New South Wales 4 per cents!, wl ilo NciV Zpahtnd 4 per cents are lapidty woiking up to them, Cum,paiing tho prices realised bv 4 per cent '■toek. an the 24th August, 18S8, and 29nd Aiig-isr, 1830, there is a ri*e of 1A pel' cent in Victorian, 3 per cent in Xe^v South Wale, 2^ per cent in South Austnli.in, 0| per cent in Queensland, and 9-} per Ctn,t in New Zealand. The rise in public estimation in the case of New Zealand (says the Argus) is attributable primarily to the industiial development of th* colony, n* nliawn by the gre.it expansion of exports which we have noted from time to time. The following extract from the Buenos Ayres Standard ought to be interesting to those in this colony who still think that an enfoi*ced, paper currency would he an advantage to the community. At the premium for gold mentioned* the paper dollar is worth ab">ut 2?, instead of 4s 2d as it Wf»s befcre tho Government cave it enforced currency :— " The sensation for the fortnreht has been the phenomenal v"" in the gold premium, -which touched 1 7 per cent on Tuesday. The whole country clamours against finch a ruirois state of affairs, and calls for a radical change in the financial policy of the Government. j The gold premium has risen from 59 pf»r cent in March to 87 ocr cent. The mine manager of the Adeline Amalgamated mine, Karangahake, reports to the legal nu.na.ger a.s follows : — Tn compliance with your instructions of the 20th. I have employed anoiher miner, who started to work this morninjr. I started at the face on Thmsday x the 2lsf, and have driven six feet up to date, the ground being all blasting country, but I hope it will fQon change for the better. I have started trenching to cut the Adeline reef about half-way between the Adeline top level and the Josephine working. I expect to pick her up in a day or two. I have prospected the quartz in the paddock yery cirefully, and, according to the prospects. No. 1 is worth about 3oz to the ton, and No. 2 about loz to the ton. there being about a tqn and a-half in each lot. The Otago Daily Times says :— lt does not seem to be generally known hem that London quotations of the Bank of New Zealand's new issue relate to a stock essen- j tially different from the new issue in the j colony. E Jhe new is«un effected here and i in London last year differ in this respect : that here only L? were called up, whilst the shares an the Lo»id,oa register were called up in full — that is, to, LlO. They, therefore, form p.'iife dii-tjnct stocks, they being paid up to different points t and the coloniaj shares only being subject to further calls to the extent of I^3 . In London quotation of IJ3 would moan L 3 premium, not L 7 ; a.nd with respect to all recognised colonial stocks the price in London is always higher than that in the colon}*, inasmuch ?\s investors there are, as a rule, satiffied with a lower rate of return for money than is expected here. Because of this public debentures of the colony, being negotiable, invariably drift ultimately to London, even if held, by coloninl investors for a time. But for the bank's registers in the colony and London, bei'ig kept disi tinct, the same change would probably I have taken place long ago,

A gold mine indeed ! An average outpnt.of over IQOOo^s per day. The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company, of Queensland, hayo returnsd this year more than the whqle paid np capitil The capital is in 1,090,000 shares of £1 each, on which tho sum of Is 6d per share is paid up, and the dividends which have heen declared for the present year are n.'s under: — First week in January, ISB9, dividend of 2s per share, £10Q,OQ<J ; first week in February, 1889, dividend of 2s per share, £100,000 ; first week in March, 1889, dividend p,f Is 6d per share, £75,000 ; first week in April, 1 1889, dividend of 2s ppr share, £100,000' ; j first week in May, 1889, dividend of 2s per share, £100,000 ; first week in June, 1889, dividend of 2s per share, £JOO,OOO : first week in July, TBB9, dividend oE 2s Od per share, £125,000 ; first week in Auruß\ 1889, dividend of 2s per share, £100,000 5 first week in September, 1880, dividend of 2s per share, Lloo,ooo ; September 30lh, 1889, dividend of 2s per share, £100,000 ; giving for a, period of ten months a. total sii in of £1,000,000. It is understood that tho three matters regarding' >vhich negotiations and communications liave la^ly been proceeding between Now Zealand and, Australia and Great Britain, will probably be settled to 1 some extent while the Premier and his colleagues are in Dunedin. A definite rer>ly will probable be sent during 1 the current week to Sir Henry Pnrlces, intimating New I^nnland's probable attitude relative to his federation scheme. An answer also will be forwarded to. the Home Government na to the proposal in connection with the investment of EneIMi trust funds in colonial stocks. We understand that the Neu Zealand Government will in all probability adhere to their refusal to allow the public railways to bo made available for seizure in patisfaplion of any judgment obtained by on investor in trust funds in the eyent of default-ran event quito incredible — or to deposit in London, and virtually hypothecate on this special account, money or conveitible securities. As to the cable duplication question (says the Times), we beliove the Government are still awaiting the reply of New -^outh Wales to the proposal that those two Governments should unite to lay down a new cable between Ahipaia Bay and Brisbane ; but as wo stated in the first instance, both Governments are agreed on the point that a monoply should not be granted to the Eastern Extension Oompanv or to any other company, — Rangitikei Advocate, Nov. 20. The colony of Victoria is resolved, says the Now Zealand Times, to push for Pi rut honours in dairying, and New Zealand lias her work cut out to excel her. Our Colony's magnificent resources of soil and clinnte find their- equivalent in the push and insrenuity of the Victorians. There the Government and the people .£,O hand in hand in the work. Thcivisan Agi {cultural Oe *artmont and an influential National At>ncultur.il Society. The twain labour together, and are achieving remaiUahle success. A few weeks ivj;o a sub>tnnti tl shipment of buU'T was sent out of. the piuntry bv one of the P. and O. boat*, ami th * AgiiouHural Department ami the Society busied themselves together in gvading the butter and Liking c.ire that the quality was sufficient before it left ihe Colony. Bix shipments of .>0 ton 1-'1 -' e.ioh are to ho sent away this year, with the dt sign of relieving the butter glut that always occurs in early summer. High hopes of the success of tho experiment are entertained. All the butter will be carefully graded. The Government of Vicioiia has organised a travelling daily, which, at the request of the settlers of: any district, is sent to admlni«.ter instruction. In other respects the Government of Victoria is very oppn -handed in extending encouragement to agriculture. All pastoral and agricultural sho-ws there are directly encouraged bjt subsidies. And now t!ie societies are squabbling among themselves ! about apportioning the " loot," and one or two of the largest want to make a monopoly of- it, against which " Bruni, 11 of: the Australasian enters his very emphatic protest,