Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1890.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 459, 2 April 1890, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1890.

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

Mr Strange invites tenders for ditch, etc, See advt, A fan-well soiree to the Rev S. Lawry, takes place on the evening of Good Friday io the I'ublic Hull, Paeroa,

Messrs J. McNicol and Co. hold special sales of well-bred cattle and other live stock at Cambridge to-day, and at Hamilton to-morrow.

The return cricket match between Annandale ami Morrinsville, will be played on Easter Monday (commencing at 11 a.m,), at Morrinsville, A jneeetiug of tlie Gordon Special Settlement Associatiod i* advertised to be held in the house of Mr George Beeson, at the settlement, on Saturday next at 7 p.m. Attention is directed to the new Advertisement of Messrs Hetherington aud Co , which appears in another column. The Government Gazette of March 20th contains the new rules for regular ng the sittings, procedure, etc-, of the Native Land Courts,

. Mr George Wilson, Mining Inspector; who has been for a short time to Puhipuld on official business, arrived at Te Aroha by yesterday’s train. His coming enabled the Warden to deal with a number of cases, wliieli have been held back for same time awing to his absence. There is a belief prevailing that thshooting season for Native game com menced on April Ist, This is a mistake which may lead many persons to commit, unwittingly, a breach of the law. The season, as procalimed in a recent Government Gazette, will commence this year on May Ist, and end on July 31st, both days inclusive,

The Service of Song, “ Jessica’s Fust Prayer,” is to be given this evening at Te Aroha West, A large choir of Je Aroha and To Aroha West voices, are to render the musical selections. A collection will be made In aid of the Wesleyan Church funds, We hope there will be a full attendance to reward the efforts of those who have been at the trouble of getting up tliis entertainment. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather there was a largo attendence at the service in the Domain last Sunday evening, conducted hy the Revs F, G, Evans and T. A. Nome, On account of the shortening days and coolness of the evenings, which circumstances will prevent many persons from, attending open air worship, it lias been decided to continue these services on Sunday evenings in the Public Hall, after tho regular church services.

On Thursday afternoon a youth, named Harry Keesing, employed at Mr Coulthard’s flax mill, met with an accident, which might have been attended with serious consequences. He was engaged in shifting a belt connected with the machinery, when lie somewhat got caught, and was thrown with some force against the wall of the building, sustaining some injury about the chest. He was attended to by Dr Cooper, who is of opinion that he is not seriously hurt. It waß fortunate the lad got so quickly disentangled from the belt, otherwise the accident might have resulted fatally. The Post Office will be closed on Friday the 4th instant (Good Friday). On Monday, the 7th (Easter Monday), the office will bo open irom 9to 10 a.m, A mail will be made up at 8 o’clock Thursday evening (3rd), for despatch to Thames on Friday 4th. Mails for Waikato, Auckland, and places beyond, on Monday the 7th, will close at 8 o’clock Saturday evening, the sth. Mails for Thames and Taqranga will close as usual at 8 o’clock on Monday morning, the 7th. The following is taken from an article in the Australian Mining Standard, of March 19th :—‘‘The facts connected with the Australian mining industry have always been remarkable. Goldmiiiing, in Victoria at any rate, though energetically prosecuted, cannot, on paper, be proved to be payable, The last report of tiro Secreary of Mines, for 1888, showed the number of miners employed to be 25,142, earning, on an average EV*7 8s per man, or altogether L 2,323,120, The value of gold obtained by them, 625,0260 z, at L 3 17s per ounce, was but L 2,406,350 ; so that after allowing for the cost of machinery, expenses of management, and interest charges, eo tar irom there having been any profit there must have been an actual loss on the year’s work. Yet the year, compared. with the other years of the decade, was not singular. Comparing results with outlay, at no time during that period could the industry have been remunerative. And yet the colony haß henefitted, though shareholders as a rule have lost, Silver mining may haply redress this balance ; for, so far as gold is concerned, paradoxical as it may seem, it is a fact that a losing game to the investors may be n paying game to the colony'. We should all feel much poorer if the industrycollapsed, which, however, though its stale is low, it is not likely to do, nor is that of silver. Companies are too heavily involved to justify the cessation of work, Bpecu;utors will always he attracted by ti e possibility of good fortune falling to tin m. Outsiders know that, so long us the oniony benefits, they, at any ••ate, stand to whl,

A cricket match will he played in Mr Tiipsey’s paddock, Te Arolia, on Good Friday, commencing at 1 pm. sliurp, between nil comers and the first Te Aroha eleven- All members of the local club are requested to meet at the above ground sharp, so that there will be no in starting.

A grey African parrot is the hero of one of the bes£ parrot stories ever told. It was usually kept in the nursery along with its owner’s children, and its greatest delight iu life was to see the bady bathed One day, however, if was suddenly taken from the nursery to the kitchen, where its cage had not been placed above an liouroi so when the whole In.isehold was horrified by the parrot shirking, in the most piercing cries. “ Oh, the baby, the dear baby!" Of course, everyone rushed in baste to the kitchen. Here they found the parrot, wild with excitement, watching the roasting of a sucking pig.