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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 444, 8 February 1890, Page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of Te Arolia Town Board will be held this evening. The last Gazette notifies the appoint ment of Mr John W. Thorp, of Oliinemuri, as a licensed interpreter. The Wesleyan and Presbyterian services to be held in this district to-inorrow, will be found duly advertised as usual. Rev F. G. Evans will hold his first Te Arolia out-door service in the Hot Springs Domain to-morrow evening, commencing et six o’clock. The nomination of candidates for tiie election cl a licencing committee, for WaitOt} licensing district, will be received up to noon dq (Saturday next, at Morrinsvillc. The Paeroa Public Tlall Committee have decided that the property be offered for sale by public auction on 25tb inst. on the premises. Tn future m ils will close at the Te Arolia Post Office for Paeroa, Thames, Owharoa, Waihi, Waitekauri,Katikati, and Tauranga on Mondays and Thursdays, at 8 a.m.

We have to apologise to the many who hnve not yet been supplied with Jqlqlee Chronicles ordered. The fact is the de--mnnd has been so enormous thp first edition was speedily exhausted, and many large orders could not be executed until a second edition was published. This will now be shortly issued, and ali unfilled ordeis promptly attended to. Rev C. Worboys, of Avondale, Auckland, will conduct Presbyterian services on to-morrow, as follows; Owharoa, 11 a;m. ; Paeroa, 2.30 p.m. ; Te Arolia (pub'ic Hall), 7 p.m. .Since Mr Worboys tqolc charge of Avondale Church, the congregation has so increased that it has been found necessary to build a new church. We trust large congregations will assemble to hear Air Worboys at his various services j to-umfrow. V' • i

The Anniversary Social in connection with the Wesleyan "Chuivli will he held in the church on next Wednesday evening, 12th inst., ut eight o’clock. It is to be hoped a large number will make it convenient to attend See advt.

At the Wardenks Court qn Tuesday last during the hearing of an application for protection, Mr Warden Northcroft said he liad lately come across a good many miners who had returned from Broken Hill and ‘ the other sided He had questioned them as to how those districts compared with New Zealand, and they told him whaf with the climate, bad water, cost of living, etc., they would prefer working in New Zealand fur even Gs a day than remain over there for vep.y mgeh hjghef wages. The annual congregational meeting of the Anglican Church met in the Public Hall, Paeroa, at thq close of the service on last Sunday evening, Rev Iyittorns in the clu-ir, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Ministers Warden : Mr F. Cock. People’s Warden : MrW. J.Elljs, Vestry: Messrs W. G. Nicholls ; A . J. Thorp ; J. Kennedy ; J. W. Thorp ; J. Silcock ; Jos. Thorp ; F. Lipsey ; and H, C. Wick. During the course of his address at Te Aroha the other evening Mr Glover stated that not long since lie had visited Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, etc., and made it a point during his travels to find out how the majority of the young men were getting on, who had gone over from New Zealand, attracted by the boom and prosperity on the other side. The result of his investigations was that very many of those referred tq frankly told him they made a mistake in leaving New Zealand and were purposing to return directly they could manage to do so,'

The Railway Commissioners have a lot to learn yet. The other day they ran a night excursion from Ashburton to Dunedin. Harve-t is right on now in that district, and wh u n preparations were made for the excursion, and there was a long line of carriages drawn up at the station, am) the clerk stood at his window with a big pile of specially printed tickets for sale, seventeen adults and three boys were the only' customers, and the long train siegmed away with that enormous crowd. Rev C. Worboys will lecture in Te Aroha Public Hall on next Monday evening at eight o’clock, on “ Lights and Shades of London” ; and the following evening at Wainrongomai on A Man’s a Man for a’ That.” We understand Mr Worbey's is a talented speaker, and feel confident lie will handle the very interesting subjects he has selected for his lectures in this district in an able manner, and hope on each occasion he wjll be greeted with a bumper house. Notice is given by advertisement that the Assessment Court, for hearing and determining all objections to the Valuation List for Te Aroha Town District, will be held at Te Aroha on March 4th. Every person interested should make it their business to inspect the Valuation List referred to (which may be seen on application at the Court House, r J e Aroha), and should bear in mind any objections thereto must be addressed to and delivered at the place of sitting of the Assessment Court on or before February 15th at latest, a copy’ of the objection in each instance being lodged with the local body not less than seven days before the sitting of the Ass ssment Court.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was held on A r ednesday last at Hamilton. On the recommendation of the Chairman the House Committee were authorised to order a further supply l - of surgical instruments and appliances, stated by the doctor to be necessary. It was also resolved to have a verandah erected on the north and east side* of the fever hospital. The following were appointed, together with the standing Finance Committee, to prepare estimates for hospital and charitable aid purposes for the financial year ending March 31st, 1891, to be laid before the next monthly meeting of the Board. The Chairman said he anticipated there would be a surplus of about £6OO at the end of the present financial year. The usual advertiseineut notifying the ratepayers wßhin Te Arolia Town District where the ne>y Valuation roll may be seen, not having been inserted in the local paper by the Town Board,aye npver-the-less desire that local residents should know that the valuation list may be seen any day up to February 15tn on application at the Court House. We would also urge on every ratepayer the desirability of inspecting said roll without delay, in order to satisfy themselves that they are correctly valued, as Saturday next is the latest date on which objections may be lodged. The Couit House being the place for lodging objections, they should be delivered by noon on that date. Objectors must also bear in mind they must lodge with the local body a copy of each objection seven days before the sitting of the Assessment Court (Marcli 4th). Through not attending to these mutters at the proper time, ratepayers sometimes find out when too late, that they are rated for property they are not equitably liable for, or are deprived of their right to vote at local elections, W e have inserted an advertisement relating to this important matter in another column. The Turakina flax mill, of which Mr John Gibbons, late of the Thames, is the manager, is the largest concern of the kind in the colony. From an interesting description which appears in a recent issue of the Wanganui Herald, we learn that the daily output of the mill is about four lons of fibre, requiring from 28 to 30 tons of green flax to produce it. The buildings are of a substantial character, and the machinery is of the most improved description. Four double strippers, made byMr Robert Gibbons, of Oliinemuri, are in constant work, while another is kept in reserve. The engine is of 25 horse-power, and the water is carried through a flume a distance of two miles. The number of regular hands is 101, and to these have lo be added the men employed to cut the flax and bring it to the mill. A contract for cutting the green material was recently let for £6OOO per annum, which gives some idea of the magnitude of the works. Eight tea ms, each of three horses, qre kept constantly employed in the conveyance of green flax. The company which o vns the mill, has aqothcr establishmept, 1 1m >st as large, sitqited about seven mile.- away, and this is alsp furnished with Gibo. ns’ strippers. T-fie company are now engaged in filling an order of 250 tons of hemp for an American firm. • ‘ I

The annual meeting of the Thymes S chool of Mi»ei3 was held on Tuesday last. Mr. 11. W. Moore, vice-president, presided, The report staled that ilie attendance of pupils had larger than in any previous year, but regret was expressed that the testing plant had pot been used as much as could be dp-ired ? although this was attributed to tliq fapt of so many other processes haying beep introduced by private enterprise. It Wasalso mentioned that during the wintqr rnO.nths Mr. Park would deliver a series of popular lectures, and an effort would ip tfiade to induce other gentleman to give lectures on scientific subjects, The balance-sheet for thq past year showed a debit balppce of £75, making a total indebtedness of £99.. The fqjlpwing officer were elected for the ensuing year:—President, Mr. Jas. McGowan ; vice-presidents, Dr. T. 0. Williams and Mr. H. W. Moore; treasurer, Mr. John Watson, Commitree: Messrs. G. Bull, J 11. Smith, T. A. Dun lop, G. S. Clark, and George Price. Votes of thanks were accorded to the secretay (Mr. A. Bruce), and Mr. Park (directorof the school).