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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 470, 10 May 1890, Page 2

A scratch football match will take place this afternoon in Mr Edward's paddock, commencing at three o’clock. The usual fortnightly sitting of the Te Aruba Warden’s and Residents Magistrate's Court will he held on Tuesday next, commencing at 9 a.m. The Wesleyan and Presbyterian services, to be held in this district to-morrow, will he found duly advertised in our columns to-day. Mr A. Isaacs, of the Okoroire Sanatorium, invites tenders for various works, in connection with the great improvements now,beirg carried out at Okoroire in connection with the hot springs. See advt, Mr F. Strange received the following tenders for the erection of a five-roomed house on his farm, lower Waitoa : Messrs J. B. Heathcote, L 154 ; Mills and Tonge, L 123 19s ;J. West (accepted), LI 13 17s. On Thursday next at Hamilton Borough Yards Mr w. J, Hunter will hold aspecial sale of horses. A large number of entries (including some grand hacks and draught horses) have already been received for the sale. See advt.

The Economist condemns a graduated land tax, proposed by Dr Oockbnrn, Premier of cjoutli Australia, us vicious and cruel, and states that its, adoption will irretrievably damage the credit of the colony even worse than a year’s drought. ! In the ease of land companies it considers that the tux would lead to ulniObt wholesale confiscation. The Government have accepted Messrs Malcolm and Price’s tender (£3000) for the erection of the new buildings at the Rotorua Sanatorium, to replace those destroyed by fire some time ago. In the orginnl specifications there was a good deal of oonciete work in the foundations. This has been replaced by totara, which will be used in all parts of the building which come in contact with the earth. The building will be of wood, kauri limu being used. Amongst the visitors at Te Aroha during the past week were-:. Messrs Adam Potter and John Chambers, directors of the Champion G, and S. Mines, Tui, on business in connection with the Com - pany’s mines, where work on a rather limited scale is progressing. In a conversation with Mr Porter, re matters political, he expressed his intention of contesting the Te Aroha, seat at the next' . election against: all coiners; i Tie has not as yet, however, formerly.announced l int* self as being a candidatelm , - A local Resident Writes as follow®, under fduta 6.th inst/;—“At about' s' quarter Ueiore six o’clock this morning I witnessed u somewhat rare phenomenon—namely a. lunar rainbow, Though- the moon -. was nearly set, and the light partly obscured by clouds'and rain mist, the whole arch of the; bo w was plainly) visible; pretty, low down against the dark background of the hills. The''colours, hawever, were very indistinot, I inert tion' the fact because it. may be interesting to some of your readers, ami I should I like also to jknuty if n«y> one cauld give me some in/ formatiju with regard to its presence, ns indicating stormy weather o.r otherwise,”

At the monthly meeting of the Waikato Hospital Charitable Aid, hoard, h<-ld at Hamilton on Wednesday l ist. Th Bet-ro-tary reported that he had granted Mrs Bmehel) of TV Amlin teinporny relief to to the extent Of 5i per week, Mrs Burcheli’s husband has been dead for, some time and she applied for relief for her three tddldren, aged fr ni seven to nine veais, Since her husband's death she hart kept herself by washing,.but now, owing to a fium'oor of men having left (he mines, she wa« unable to do so any longer, The police report stated that,, the case, was a suitable one for relief. The Secretary also reported that on the application of Mr F. Ravjtt, Lanncelot Newton of Te Amlin had been received into the hospital suffering from rheumatic gout. The p dice repYu’t'also being to the effect that the case was a.deserving one. The finahr cial state of the Board was stated to be as under tCr. R dance from month, L 578 12s 2d ; amount due in contributions and fees, L 2,131 11s 4<l-L2.710 3s Gd—less accounts for paymemt—L2Gs 15s 7d —Balance, L2;444 7s lid, which, with the amounts due, hilt not collected,.deducted from it makes the Or* ba'ance in the bank L 312 IQs ?dU ! Accounts amounting to 1/265. 15s 7d were passed for payment-