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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 457, 26 March 1890, Page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ohincinuri County Council will be held at the Counci! Chambers, Paeroa, at 3 p.m. on Saturday, the 29th of March. A special meeting for the re-adjustment of ridings will be held after the ordinary meeting. The usual monthly meeting of the Waharoa Band of Mope will be held on next Saturday evening, in the school house, at half-past seven. We understand that an interesting and instructive programme has been prepared for the occasion, and a good meeting is anticipated.

Messrs J. McNicol and Co, hold .a successful sale of horses and milch cowat Bradley's Horse Bazaar, Te Aroha, on Saturday last, and satisfactory prices were realised. Hacks fetched from £2 to L 8 ; draugut horses up to LlO ; and milking cows from L2 lOs to L 5 ss.

The Goldwater licensed holding, Whangamnta, area sixteen acres forfeited for non-working), was on Thursday sold at the Warden’s Cot.it by Mr Northcroft, the upset price being £3. The. only bid elicited was one of £3 3s, from Mr J. E. Banks, and the holding was knocked down to him.

There was again a large attendance at the open air service in the Domain last Sunday evening, which was conducted by the Rev T. A, Norrie, and Mr Elliott, Wesleyan Home Missionary. It is evident from the number who attend them, that these services are greatly appreciated, and we hope to see them continued as long as the weather will allow,

The genial and welcome rain that fell on Friday night and Saturday, has greatly changed the former parched up appearance of the country. Pasture lands havo already assumed a springlike hue, and vegetation of all kinds looks brighter and fresher. It has gladdened the hearts of many farmers whose turnip crops would have proved a failure had the timely rainfall been deferred much longer. Mr A. W. Edwards is now recoivirg and rpening up his first consignment of autum and winter goods ; particulars of respectingwhich will shortly be advertised. Mr Edwards is now also having fitted up the premises adjoining his present shop, as a dressmaking establishment, which will be under the control of a skilled costumer, so that ladies will now be able to have their dressmaking done on the premises. A young lady broke off her engagement with a suitor when !a wealthier lover appeared on the scene. She Wrote to her old lover, requesting - him to ieturn her photograph. Here was a chance for revenge, which lie took by sending the following note : IVon'd gladly comply with your request, but if I do it will spoil my euchre-pack. I have a collection of photographs which I use for playing cards, and I do not want to break it by giving away the queen of diamonds.

At the Thames Warden’s Court on Thursday last, Mr Northcroft intimated that he would in future make it a rnle not to entertain any applications for protection for claims or licensed holdings upon which the rent was in arrears. He expressed his opinion that parties who desired protection should at any rate first of all pay up their rent to the Mining Registrar, and thus come into the Court with clean hands. Those interested would do well to make note of this, as Mr Northofoft expressed bis intention of adhering to this rule. The announcement made at the closet of the outdoor service in the Domain last Sunday evening, to the effect that these services would probably be brought to a close next Sunday, has elicited many expressions of reg’et. That the services were greatly appreciated was evident from the steadily increasing attendance and attention shown by those present, It is true that daylight has now so much shortened that it is necessary to close the service by halt-past six, but we would suggest to the leaders in connection there with of commencing a quarter of an hour earlier ; by which means three or four more of these services at lea t might yet be held this veuson, .

The ordinary monthly meeting of Wartoa Hoad Board will be held on Saturday next at MorrinsviHe.

In New York a man tied bis horso to a post, againßt which an electric wire had rested. The horse, putting his nose against the post, fell to the ground as if dead. The man who went to raise the animal received a-fatal shock through touching its bridle, and another man was rendered inscnsiblo,

'At a recent meeting of the Invercargill Licensing Committee an application for a new license for the Albion Hotel, which was burned down 18 months ago, was opposed by the police on the technical ground that new licenses were only issuable at the annual meeting in June. This objection was upheld, and the application was allowed to be withdrawn till June, wlien it is understood there will be no difficulty about granting it. The improvements at No. 5 bath in the Domain are now in a forward state. Mr Crump, C.E., under whose supervision the work is being carried out, expects to have the bath itself finished and ‘filled with water in a day or two, and to have the old bath house placed over it and all the other arrangements and conveniences completed about the begining ofnext week, and in readiness for the influx of visitors that may be expected during the Easter holidays. The temperature of the, water will be about the same as that of No. 6 bath, and no doubt it will for both purposes become equally popular. We learn that our late highly respected stationmaster, Mr Alfred Bluck, is about to take his final leave of this district,’having purchased a farm near the Buokland station, on the line of railway to Auckland, and it is his intention to at once enter into occupation of his newly-acquired property. During his lengthened residence here Mr Bluck won the respect and esteem of every one with whom he came in contact, whether socially or in matters connected with his office. His departure will be much regretted by bis numerous friends in Te Aroha and neighbourhood, and the wish will be general that he and his family may have every success and happiness in the new home they are about to mako for themselves.

It is no longer (says a correspondent) correct to raise the hat with a florid sweep of the arm as "once it lifted now an inch or two in a perpendicular direction, with a perceptible economy of movements, exertion, and gesture. A plaint lodged by Herbert Gordon against Thomas Melville, for the forfeiture of the Martha Block licensed holding at Waihi, came before the Thames Watden’s Court last Thursday Mr Miller appeared fur the complainant, and explained that the plaint was for failing to employ the number of men required by the Regulations made under the Mining Act of 1886, viz ; one man for every two acres, Mr Melville admitted that the ground had not been worked, but pleaded extenuating circum-tunces. The ground had been taken up with a view to including it in tiie Mm tha when the latter was being floated at Home, as it was required to get the underlie of the reef. The Warden said bo understood from some of the Martha people that they bad nothing to do with the Block, as they vere dealing with separate people. Mr Melville replied that such was the- case, and lie was simply holding the ground as agent for asyndi cate. The Warden said that the ground had now been held for eight months and no work whatever had been done upon it. Mr Miller remarked that it was unreasonable for any syndicate to suppose that they could hold ground without making any attempt to work it. In this case a pick had not even been put into the ground The proceedings had been taken for the benefit of the district generally, as the ground, being a licensed holding, could n >t be awarded to the applicant, as if forfeited it imi-t be advertised for sale by auction and eventually sold to the highest bidder. The Warden declared the holding forfeited, and awarded the complainant costs amounting to £8 6s. Wo take the foHowing report from the London Mining Journal of a recent date “ The annual geneir.l mee .ing of the New Zealand Gold E::it\ic,ion Company was held at Winchester House, E. (J., Mr Frederick Thome being in the chair. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the repoit. said Horn the various assays made from.utno to lime and from the reports given to the company by the Tnames Foreshore Company, with whom they had made a contract fer the treatment of tailings on their property, they had every reason to believe they could realise a handsome profit for some years to come. ( In this they had been disappointed, for after experimenting and working upon a rather large scale, they found that although the ore contained a fair amount of gold ami silver, the cost of treatment by their system as it now existed, together with the cost of roasting, left them without profitable results. Under these circumstances, the directors were of opinion that no further expenditure should be incurred, pending the result of certain opeiations now being carried on with a view to the improvement of tha Newberry-Vautin system. It waa thought advisable to dispense with the Services of tin special chemist, which would mean a saving of something like £SOO a-year. The Board, seeing the state of affairs, had decided not to take their fees, and the New Zealand board had followed their exantple, bo that the expenses were kept down as low as possililo. It was not proposed to call up any further capital nutil they saw their way clear to utilise it to advantage.” We apologise for mistakes made in any former issues and say that, they were inexcusable, as all an editor has to do is to hunt' news, and clean the rollers, and set type and sweep the floor, and pen short items, and fold papers, and write wrappers, and make the paste, and mail the papers, and talk to visitors, and distribute type, carry water and saw wood, and read the proofs and correct the mistakes, and hunt the shears to write editoria's, and dodge the bills, and dun delinquents, and take cussing from the whole force, and tell subscribers that we need money; we say we've no business to make mistakes whilo attending to these little matters, and'getting our living on goplier—tail "' soup flavoured with imagination, and wearing old shoes, and lib collar, and a : patch on our pants; obliged to turn a smiling countenance on the matt who tells us cur paper isn’t worth Idol, anyhow, und that he could make n b tier one with his eyes shut,—Exchange,

An experiment was made the other day at Rockhampton with apparently highly satisfactory results, with Sergeant’s and Northcote’s ‘safety rein,’ which is alleged to be a certain cheek against the vaguries of ‘bolting,’ and otherwise vicious and refractory horses. The device is simple enough, and it simply consists of attaching a rein to the crupper; and running it through rings on both sides of the belly band, and on the nose band, passing it thence into the driver’s hands. It does not interfere in the least with the freedom of the animal’s action, but the instant it shows signs of kicking or bolting or rearing, or in any way 'going to market,’ the rein is tightened, and the horse is brought up “all standing.’ At Rockhampton some of the most vicious horses were harnessed up, and on no single instance did the appliance fail to instantly control them.