Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1890.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 462, 12 April 1890, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1890.

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The air is already getting thick with rumours of impending contests at the next general election, and as the time draws nearer when the constituencies will have to make their choice of men to represent them, tho number of candidates desirous of taking part in ths fight for parliamentary honours will no doubt largely increase. That the elections in many instances will be keenly and closely contested may be assumed; for in pH probability, nearly the whole of the present members of the House will offer their services to one or other of the new electorates, and in addition to them there will he fresh candidates coming into the field to take part in the fray. The number of those desirous of obtaining seats in the new parliament is thus likely to be larger in proportion to the number of the electorates than it has been on any previous occasiou. It is almost a certainty therefore that the new constituencies will have an abundance of men from amongst whom to select their representatives, and if the rumours that are afloat be correct, the new Te Aroha electorate is likely to have a full share of attention from those desirous of finding a place in the next House. Among the questions to be considered by the next Parliament are some which, in their bearings upon the future prosperity of the colony are fraught with the highest importance. For the full and unbiassed consideration of these questions it is absolutely necessary that the legislature should be composed as largely as possible, not only of men whose integrity and ability have been proved, but whose patriotism and * purity of purpose are beyond even the shadow of suspicion. In this direction the electors of Waipa, in the return of Mr John Bryce, set a noble eximple, and we trust that every constituency in the colony will, in sinking *ll minor local consider ations, and in looking only to the general goocj of the country, follow that example. That men who, It may be supposed, areactuated by tl}e sole desire to further the best interests of the colony will stand for election is now becoming evident from the names of some of those who have already notified their determination to come forward. Among the number is Mr W* S. Allen, of Annnndale, who has announced his intention of entering the lists for the Te Aroha electorate, and who will deliver his first address on Tuesday evening. In referring to the candidature of Mr Allen, it is not our purpose here to phampion that gentleman's cauqe. Of fiis Cfeed in so far as polonial politics are coqpprped we know but little, and qntil pro are fully informed on that point (ns doubtless we vfill be 011 Tuesday eyeqiog), we are not prepared to say yfhethef hp is or jg not likely to prove a, fitting representative of an important district. We may, however, drew attention to some circumstances Vfhich mqy be tal?en as a gnprantee that Mr Align is in some respects pH tq occqpy the position to. is • liberal ih'and fpr over twenty ygars [ft .Rowse of Commons PS member -for Newcaslle-updcr-Lyne, and during that period be acquired 0 wide in pub% bnsiuess apd parliamentary procednra. He identified himself with many philanthropic movements in the Old Country and alyfap

took an active interest in everything, having for its objeet the advancement of the working classes therp. Sines his arrival in tljp Polony he fias umde him* self widely known and • respected, and in his own immediate neighbour*hood the social well-being of the peoplehas been his constant care. He is withal a ready and fluent speaker, and Is possessed of such ample m eß b s 89 place him beyond the reach of suspicion that he is, in seeking tp be elected, influenced, by any motion of rersonsql aggrandisement, This record ought tp secure for Mr Allen a generous and cordial reception, apd sqch we feel assured he yyill get from the crowded audience which will no doubt assemble on Tuesday evening to hear his first public address.

Duties will be resumed on M nn H a y M the pnbljc schools in the district.

There is a report of a good find in the Crowp Co.'s mine at Karanguhake, The Presbyterian and Wesleyan services to morrow, will he found duly advertisd. In the Silverton claim at Waihi, the tributer is spid to have come upon stuff worth L4OO per lon*

Messrs J, McNiool and Co. hold a large sale of sheop at their Cambridge yards on Monday, the 14th inst. The meeting of the School Commitee which was to have been held last Monday evening, lapsed for want of a quorum. Mr Marsden, head master of our public school, notifies by advertisement his intention of opening evening classes, should a sufficient number of pupils come forward.

Mr W. S. Allen, of Annandale, has now definitely resolved to become a candidate for the representation of the Te Aroha electorate in the next Parliament, and announces by advertisement that he will address the electors here on Tuesday evening next in the Public Hall, Mise Mill, who from the Christmas to the Easter holidays, acted as assistant teacher in the Te Aroha School, vice Miss Hould, has been re-appointed, to the school she formerly taught at in Auckland. Miss Hould will, on Monday, tu*e up her former position here. By the rival Bteamers Jubilee and Wai* bora, which Bailed from Auckland for Sydney on Saturday last, about 500 persons took their departure, many of them induced, no doubt, by the extreme lowness of the fare. About one third of the number were from Auckland. Some of the excursionists who left Auckland by water on Easter Monday, had rather an unpleasant time. A large party, including several prominent citizens, who went to Tiritiri, were detained there by the bad Btute of the weather, and did not get back to their homes until Wednesday night.

The Times says : “ The electors of Cambridge will perhaps feel interested in Laming that Mr Adam Porter, of Auckland, has expressed his determination to contest the electorate of Ta Aroha against all comers. .Mr Porter is well-known amongst the mining fraternity and will doubtless have a large untnber of supporters in Te Aroha and its vicinity. Will he be equally acceptab'e to agriculturalists”?

According to a Dunedin contemporary, rather a cruel hoax was perpet-ated upon the jo'ors in the pot-plant class, in the flower show held at the Exhibition. Some one placed one of Madame Peeze’e artifi cinl pi Rots among the real plants to be judged. The jury promptly awarded it fie,*, prize, but could find neither name nor numbev on the po f , and were naturally somewhat staggered when they were told how they had been had.

The revenue from the Auckland section of railways for the four weeks ending Ist March, 1890, whs £8,527 18s lOd ; for the corresponding period last; year, it was £7,759 19s 6d. The total revenue from the railways of th» Colony was, for the four weeks ending Ist March, 1890, L9.",791 5s 9d, and for the corresponding period last year, L 78,344 4s sd. Thetotal expenditu-e for the four weeks of this year was L 57.417 10a 3d. Of the number of our mining population who have left this district in search of fresh fields and pastures new, several appear to have cast in their lot nt the Puphipuhi silver field. From an exchange we observe that Mr C. Gallagher has recently visited the reefs, and thinks so well of them that he intends to devote some time in prospecting in the district. Mr N. Cleary, and other old residents here, are ’also oq tfi® field. We hope all of them will hgve aq ample share of tfip good things fiiat ropy hp going, It has heen finally resolved tp constitute and proclaim the Masonic Grind Lodge of New Zealand at Christchurch on the 29th last. ' Tho installation of Brother Henry Thomson as Grund Master will take place on the following flay. Preparatiana ore already being made for carrying out the imposing cereqionies in a manner befitting the importance of file occasion, and it is expected thefpwUl be a very large gathering of distinguished brethren from all parts of tl\o eoloqy fo take part in the proceedings. The influenza is still very prevalent in fiie Wellington district. Some of the public schools hayp been closed owing to the number of pupils prostrate J by file epidemic ; and the ship! ]fi er< ]P e f° r L o .* 1 * don is detained in port owing to the majority of her crew,. b.eing affected. Although not Be yere as, ' ip tha .southern province cases continue to, occur in Auckland, and among those recently attacked ie Mr Meysey-Thomson, A.D.C. to Ons\ow, and fpynpeily of Shaftesbury.

A meeting pf Gordon settlers (coqyened by advertisement), was held ip the house of M r George Beeson, at the settlement oni Saturday last, yne attendance was cornparativply amall. oply some seven or eight pf the. settlers being preset. r R. Montague occupied the chair. The principal- object of' the meeting yfas to dfscusa the advisability of making a road the tiiqber reserve at the north epd of the settlement, recently granted by Go yernrnent fi> the settlers. It was resp,lved tp, proceed with the construction of file road. Newsham waß appointed treasurer to, lhe A.aia.uiation.—Thf 3 'Y ati . the business.

At the skating Hnk on Thursday night there was again a good attendance, though not quite so Urge as it would have been if the weather had been finer. The Te Aroha Brass Band enlivenkd the evening by playing a few choice selectionß. . r i he Rev J, Law, who has succeeded the Itev S. Lawry, as Wesleyan Minister in this circuit, will preach at Te Aroha at 11 a.m. to-morrow, and at Paeroa at 7 p.m, No doubt there will be a large congregation at boil* services to welcome their neW pastor, Mr L wis not quite a stranger at Te Arohn, as he conducted the first Weslpyan service ever held here, abopt eleven years ago. lie preached in the open air near where the Domain Board’s office now stands, and had for a congregation about 150 miners. We regret to have to record the occurrence of a serious accident at Paeroa on Thursday. A young man naqied Ohas. Clark, employed at the Junction Sawmill, while slipping a helt on one of the pulleys at the circular saw, was caught by the left arm, which was almost torn completely off below the elbow, the limb hanging only by a piece of the skin. He was at once convej'ed to the Thames Hospital in Mr Gibbons’ steam launch, and according to latest accounts is pro greasing favourably, The injured man is brother-in-law to )Vi[r Edward Quinn, formerly a resident here. Prior to the departure of Dr and Mrs Kilgour and family from the Thames, a complimentary and highly successful concert was tendered by the music-loving portion of the people there, to Mrs Kilgour, of whoso delightful singing many of our readers will have a pleasing recollection. At a meeting of the promoters held since the concert, it was reoolved to devote the proceeds to the purchase of a present to be given to Mrs Kilgour as a memento of her long connection with the musical societies of the Thames, and her ready assistance as a vocalist at all times on behalf of charities for the benefit of local institutions. As bearing upon, and perhaps as a result of, the dispute which arose at the last Te Aroha race meeting, between the owner of Grace Darling and the stewards, we quote the following :—“At a meeting of the committee of the Auckland Racing Club, held on Tuesday, the Bth inst, the following resolutions were brought up and passed unanimously:—l. That in future no programme that contains a pony race or a trotting race shall be passed by the C]|jib. 2. If any Club after the Auckland Racing Club has approved of its programme should add a pony race and allow such to be run on its course, such Club shall no longer be recognised by the Auckland Racing Club.” The above resolutions hipe to again come up for confirmation at a future meeting, which will bo held on the first Wednesday in May.” We understand that both pony and trotting are being excluded from the programmes of all the principal Clufis both in N°w Zealand and the other Colonies.

The geniM "jveather that prevailed for a length of time prior to, and during the Easter holidays, was roughly broken on Monday evening, at which time a change set in. The rain which'tlien begin to fall wih Noon afterwards accompanied by a strong easterly gale that reached its ftdl force on Wednesday, blowing at time-* witli such fierceness as to make many ot’ the houses tremble to their foundations. A considerable amount of damage was done to fencing nnd small out buildings, but no serious injury to property occurred in tin's township. At Waiqrongomai, however, the st rm was felt with greater severity, nnrl its effects were more destructive. The roof of a house occupied by Mr Gapes, was completely stripped ; the end of the large stable at the Premier Hotel was blown dean out, and numerous smaller injuries occurred to other buildings. At Mr H. H. Adam's residence, midway between the townships a large portion of the verandah was carried off, and some smaller buildings were much shaken. No damage has been reported from other partß of the district. From accounts received the storm appears to have been pretty general throughout the province.