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Te Aroha News, Volume VIII, Issue 488, 12 July 1890, Page 2

The ordinary monthly mating n f Te Aroha Town Board will he held this evening:. Tlip next meeting,of llieTe Arnhn Band of Hope, to he conducted entirely hy ladies, will he held op Monday, July 23th. Mr Justice Richmond, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs Fell, have l>een amongst the ,visitors recently staying a,t Te Aroha to avail of the therinal springs. A supplementary mail for the United Kingdom, etc., viii San Francisco. \viM he made np at the Te Aroha Post Office this (Saturday} morning. Correspondence may’ he posted up to 10.45 a.ffj. Attention is directed to advertisements of forthcoming sales by public auction by Mr Jas. Craig:, at Te AroJ)n. On Tuesday, neat cottage, household furniture and effects ; on Wednesdav,. horses and harness, bakery utensils, furniture, etc. The cold and silver bullion purchased j)v the Bank of New Zealand in June was 4.561 nz Idvvt ; vi?.. fronj Thames ..County 9300 z 6dwt. OhinemiirT County 2,06R0z )sdwt, Piako County 115 oz 18dwt. Coropaindel County loss 3dwt, and Thames Borough 1.4440 z IGdwfc. Mr H. TT. Adams has started hisflaxmill at Kotnata. with two strippers constantly going! ami-wppkipg very :' satisfactorily. Mr Adams is stated to have made an offer to the Ohinemnri. Comity Goun'dl to run a stonehrenker in connection with his mill power, to Weak metal for them at about sixpence per yard. We Jearn Mr Coulthnrd 1 as disposed of his To Aroha flax mill apd flax rights, as a going concern, to Messrs Contes and Metcalfe, flax millers, Hamilton. The priee has not so far been made public, we believe, however, it is satisfactory tp the vendqr. Under the new management we have no doubt operations will be energetically carried on. Te JAroha is supposed to have, a representative in Parliament. We have not heard liowevey of his exerting hirqself »'n any wav with respect to trying to have the a s ked for subsidy granted theTe A roll 1 S. and G. Mining Coirp any. What has he done for Te Aroha since lie became its representative? It is sincerely to be hoped our next meiqber in Parliament will he n representative ope pi every sense of the word. An extraordinary meeting of the Oliinemuri Branch of the Min-rs Union was held nt tjie Karangahake Se!ioolhoii<e on Saturday last. The Secretary stated the position of the branch, which, ?s yet, has not been properly constituted. A subcommittee, consisting of thirteen members from the various adjacent districts""uny* appointed to draft a code of bye laws to pe submitted at the next general meeting. There are at present over fifty members, apd tpe number is steadily increasing. At the Thames Warden’s Oony.t o.p Thur.sdqv the following were amongst the cases dealt with : —B, McWilliams. Gold, water. Whangamata, adjourned 17th inst ; C, Nash, agricultural lease, Ohinemnri, adjourned 7th August ; H. C. MclyUiv.ie. residence cjte, Karangahake, granted ; A. Hogg, occupation license and residence site, Puriri,7adjournod to I7tli inst. The following plaints for forfeiture were also dealt with at the instance of the Mining Inspector ; Win, McClear, Imperial Treasury, Tararu, forfeited, r . A. Pond, Silvertoq Extended, withdnwn on pay ment of costs, and on the application of Mr Miller protection \yas granted for four months, Bv "advertisement in anther column it will lie seen that q soiree and musical entertainment will he field on Friday, August Ist, in aid of R. Mark’s Parsonage rent fund. The psipil display of good tilings will tempt the appetites of those who attend at six o’clock 5 and wp are informed an unusually good programme will be offered at eight o’clock. We understand that Miss Murray of the Thames, Mrs Oldham, Miss A, E. Evans o,f Cambridge, Miss Wainwright, Miss Payitt, Mr Brownell, and others are expected to, assist. There will also be two very pretty and unique action songs by children, and also one or two instrumental in which Messrs Cannel, Smith, and Smales will take part. ( *'T—aw—observe that you have a fine collection ofUplants here," said a dude vvhije making u call upon a young lady. f‘ Sq ajl my friends sa}-,” she said. (( I’m vewy fond of plants, myself,’’ he continued ; “I’ll ven.chaw to say tliat you cannot name my favourite plant." “ I think f could,” she said, with an arch smile. “ Eway name it, then.” “The thistle.”