Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12. 1890

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 453, 12 March 1890, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12. 1890

* This above all—to thine own self bo brae, And it must follow as the night the day Thou canet nob then be false to any man.' Shakespeare.

Obinemmi County Council invite ten ders for various tyoika,

Owing to tlieserio.is decline in the price of hemp, several flax mills are reported to have temporarily shortened hands. Mr 11. Pittar, is now staying nt the Palace Hotel, and may be consulted on matters relating to dentistry up to 22ud inst-

Mails despatched from the Te A roll r. post office on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mor..ings, are. now made up at 8 p.m. the previous evening, for Waikato, Auckland, and places beyond. The Secretary of the Thames School of .Mines has been advised by tbo Mines Department that the sum of LIOO lias been authorised to be paid towards the maintenance of tl;e school, A cricket match Paeroa v. Thames, was played at ParaWai, Thames, on Saturday last, and resulted in a win for the Paeroa team. Paeroa scored 3u and IJ2 respect, fully in their first and second innings, and Thames 74 and 58. Messrs J. McNicfl and Co, will hold a live stock sale at Waitoa on Friday next, I4th inst; and a sale of household furniture and efEects, the property of Mrs Walsh, Wuiorongomai, on Saturday next.

At Thames the scarcity of water is assuming serious proportions. Unless there is h -avy rain very shortly, most of the batteries will have to cease operation-. The Tiuiiru creek, which has usually at least four heads of water, lias now hardly half a head. Mr A. W. Edwards notifies that ho lias added a'new department t> his business, that of dressmaking ; and having secured the services of a first class band from Auckland, is in a position to give satisfaction to bis customers. See advl.

At the sale of the Te Aroha Jockey Club privileges, in connection with the forthcoming annual race meeting, on Saturday last, Mr Jas. Craig, auctioneer, the following very satisfactory prices were reali-ed; Gates, Ll 5 10s, O’Shea ; publican’s booth, L 9 ss, A. Gabolinsey ; temperance booth, L 4 7«6.1, W. Dibsell; cards, Ll 7s 6d, O’Shea. We understand the Crown Lands Department have determined to enforce payments of rents from special settlers, deferred payment e .-tilers, and permanent leaseholders, and notices are being issued to defaulters that they will be sued for arrears. Some of these people, it is stated, owe from three years’ to six years’ rent. A revaluation Act was passed last year which enables the Lands Board to reduce rents ; but the Minister of Lands lias to consent to the action of the Board, and he lias determined to consider no application for the reduction of the rent till all arrears are paid on the official valuation made in 1888. On Thursday last Captain Owen, of Cambridge, who is interested in Messrs Brooks and Samson’s U ixmill at Waitoa, met wit!) a severe accident. It appears lie was harnessing up the horses to a double buggy, when one became restive, and Capt. Owen, who was between the horse and the pole at the time was thrown down and severally bmised, the horses galloping olf towards Morrinsviile with the buggy. Dr Cooper was sent for, and found a nastywound on one leg, which bad to be stitched, and two ribs broken. We are pleased to learn that Cupt. Owen is progressing favourably. The horses and buggy were stopped near Annandale, having done no damage in any way'. On Saturday last a fire start 'd amongst the tall grass and scrub alongside the railway line, near tho house occupied by Mr G. L. Grant, manager of tin Lark worthy estate, Wahoa, which spread with great rapidity,crossed the road,and getting a bold in the belt of pines and gum trees, burnt with great fierceness and stretched throughout tho whole belt ; which extends close up to the dwelling house. Had there been a strong breeze, it would have been next to impossible to save the house, but by the aid of wet blankets, and a sUff of willing helpers (consisting of the station hands, iren from Messrs Brooks and Samson’s fltixmill, etc.), the danger was averted. The plantation has been greatly damaged by fire. It is supposed the fire originated from a spark from a ballast tram engine, that passed the sput about noon.

Mr Alexander Aitken, Thames County Council Engineer, lias received notification of his appointing nt as manager of the Waiinea-Kumara water race and sludge chuuneJ on the West Coast.of the South Island. Mr Aitken has filled the position of engineer to the Thames County Council ever since its incorporation, during which time he has carried out many important and responsible Works, and his departure from Thames will be generally regretted. Intimation has been received of tho appointment of Mr Robert Aitken (eldest son of Air Alex. Aitken, engineer to Thames County Council), to the positton of direc lor and lecturer to the Reefton Bchool of Alines, at a salary of L2OQ pe»- annum, Mr Robt , Aitken is one ot the Thames School of Aiiuug pupils, and succeeded in winning tbo most of the highest honours at the last examinations, ,

The following members of the local Cricket CluU have been selected to play in the return match, Paeroa v. Te Aroiia (at To Aroha), on Saturday next, 15th inst. ; Mes.-rs Meldrum, Cochrane, Hirst, Sim« mods. Puvitt. Biggs, Cnlderwood, Willis, Burnett, Young, and Walsh. Members are requested to attend practice at Mr Lipsey’s paddock every evening at five o’clock. ;

At the last meeting of the Tauranga County Council, held on 4th inst., a communication was read from the SurveyorGeneral, stating that he had instructed Mr Fairbourne to inspect Thompson's Track, as requested by Council,—The Chairman stated that Mr Fairbourne had inspected Thompson’s Track, with Messrs Turner and Loucli;—With respect to the proposed establishment of freezing works at Tauranga by Messrs Nelson, Bros., the Chairman stated that, in the letter sent by the Waikatd Farmers’ Club, they asked what propoition the Council expected the Western side to guarantee, and would the Council make a driving track for sheep from Cambridge, He could inform the Council that there were only three miles of bush road to be formed on this County’s side, and that the other portion of the road belonged to the Piako County'. This Council should agree to make its portion, and apply to the Piako County Council to do tlieir’s.—The Engineer said there was not much to do on the Tauranga side, and it could be done in a fortnight.—Cr Crawford considered that it would be better to communicate with the Piako County Council, and moved that the Chairman acknowledge all the letters, and that the Council agree to do its portion of the Cambridge Road.—Seconded by Cr Pratt, and carried.

One to be known must keep his name before the people. He must let them know where he is, what he is, and what he is doing. If not, the people will never take the trouble to limit him up, since they can find plenty of others who willingly and cheerfully advertise them of their movements and operations, and who consequently receive the custom thus diverted from other channels. Advertising and success are synonymous terms when applied to labour and industry. There is not a single instance of the failure of a judicious system of advertising

A well-known citizen of New York was addicted to the practice of neglecting, to pay' for bis daily newspaper, notwithstanding frequent solicitations on the part of the publisher, who at length conceived the idea of inserting a slioit paragraph relative to the deatli of iiis customer, describing him as most exemplary in all tiie relation* of life, but subject to the peculiar weakness of never paying for his newspaper! The indignant citizen rushed to the office, and was somewhat surprised to find that none of Lis friends whom he met en route showed any astonishment at his “ resurrection.” On demanding an explanation, the publisher quietly said that be had presumed ho must be dead, as no n dice had been taken of bis numerous appeals for payment, slyly adding, however, that the paragraph in question hud on'y' appeared in the “ dead man’s ” own copy. The del*t was thankfully paid on the spot. “ Will you kindly' allow me to stand ?” asked a gentleman as lie got into a railway carriage en route for Epsom on the race day, and which already contained the specified number. “ Certainly nor, sir!” exclaimed a passenger occupying a corner seat. “ The wav these trains are overcrowded is shameful.” “As you appear to be the only person who objects to my presence,” replied the gentleman, “ I shall remain where I am.” “Then I shall call the guard and have you removed, sir.’Suiting the action to the. word the age grieved passenger rose, and putting his head out of the window loudly caMed ths guard. The new coiner saw his opportunity', and quietly slipped into the corner seat, ‘‘What’s up ?” inquired the guard,as lie opened the carriage door. “ One over the number,” replied the new-comer coolly. “You must come out, sir ; the trains a-going on,” and without waiting for any further explanation the guard pulled out the aggrieved passenger, who was left wiidiy gesticulating on the platform. He didn’t seethe races.