Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5. 1890

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 451, 5 March 1890, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5. 1890

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Mr A. W. Edwards notifies. the last seven days of his cheap clearing sale. Great bargains are now being offered in all departments, —See advt. The Misses West and Bew notify by advertisement that they have commenced business in Whitaker street, Te Aroha, ns dress and mantle makers, etc., and are in a position to give satisfaction to all customers. Messrs Iletherington and Co., notify that they have decided to offer the remainder of their summer stock at greatly reduced prices, for a few weeks only ; and are now offering exceptionally good value in every line. See advt. We would remind our renders of the concert *o take place in the Te Aroha Public Hall on next Friday evening ; proceeds in aid of the Church of England. An attractive programme has been prepared for the occasion ; Mr \V. S. Allen has kindly promised to preside, and .we hope to see a full house. The outdoor sen ice in the Domain on last Sunday evening was the largest yet held. Rev T. A. Norrie, Messrs Buttle, Took, and others gave addresses ; Rev Mr Evans and others also assisting. The singing was hearty, led by harmonium, at which Mr S. Craig presided. Altogether the promoters have every reason to be well pleased at the large and attentive audience that have assembled on the occasion of each of these services being held.

A cablegram, dated London, March Ist states that “Mr Shepherd Allen, who is at present on a visit to the colonies, will be will be the Unionist candidate for Stoke-on-Trent, the constituency a vacancy for which has arisen by Mr W. Bright resigning," Mr W. S. Allen has for some months past been residing on bis New Zealand property known us the Annandale estate, Pialco, He is a gentleman of great ability and experience, widely known and highly respected at Home as a politician of the liigest rectitude. Although ho lias abstained from taking an active part in political life for some time past, for no less than twenty years he continuously represented Newca-tle-under-Lyine in the British Parliament. We wi-h Mr Allen could see his way clear to permanently take up his residence in New'Zealand, and would be greatly pleased to see him returned for a New Zealand constituency. It is men of his stamp w r e need as our representatives. The two stations which do the largest passenger traffic in the United Kingdom, if not in Europe, are Broad-street and Waterloo in London. From the former station 732 trains depart every week-day, and these are generally well filled with passengers. From the Waterloo terminus 700 trains go out every ordinary working day, and a very considerable number also leave its precints on Sunday. A very Competent authority has recently estimated that the daily average number of passengers leaving this station by rail is not below 100,000. The gold production of Queensland now uruounts to an annual value which may be approximately stated at two and a half millions sterling. It represents more than a third of the vulue of the gold coinage of the British Empire in the year 1888, and about a tenth of that of the gold coinage of the world, which in that year reached £25,472,738. The discoveries ut Mount Morgan, of course, mainly account for the large increase in the yield of gold last year, the Rockhampton district, in which the mine is situated, furnishing 340,3390 z. of the total production of the colony. This wonderful mine is undoubtedly..an important factor in the prosperity of Queensland at the present time, and it is satisfactory 10 observe that recent reports show that though in one place the gold gave out, other discoveries have been made which indicate permanence. Such at least is the opinion of its proprietors, and the public who quote and pay for its shares a price which represents £8,000,000 to £9,00u,0u0 sterling.