Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1895 COGITATIONS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1706, 16 January 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1895 COGITATIONS.

' ' Tlila above all—to thine owßlitf bo brno, Ind ib must follow as Jhe night tfe« day Thou oaueb not then be falsa toj'arty mail.' •;••••• Siiakksi’Bare. r ‘-

■ —--J;-'- r ; “ He that culleth a thing into his mind • ~' whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth. and consideretlv; .- and he that employetli the faculty of hisTancy alsh cogUatethiV * : V. ■ * - »'• Xodto Bacon. As evidencoof the progress of women in taking to public life, wo note that . v ' . . . -A ’-'vfcheress -a -lady Women’s Progress candidate for a seat on tbe Auck-; land Board of Education. Mrs Emily: W. Thomas, wife of Professor Thomas 1 of the Auckland College, is the aspirant to the position. No doubt women should have a voice in. .the of the rising generation', but. whether her place is on the EcTdeatipn Board or not is a debateable question. •k k •& t k What a charming locality is the Shag Yalley L I have an eye for scenery, . | and the place * I Shag Valley can compare-it to is “The Meeting of the Waters,” about which the poet Moore wrote one of his melodies. ’ The vplo • of- Avoea forms part of • the; beautiful scenery which lies between ißathdrum and Arlclow; in county Wicklow, and the poet’s visit to this romantic spot , in : 1 807..gAggosted the bejiutiful. and. touching /fries, which seerii; apply, with but slight variations, to our own dear valley.. :I f hope those who can wm.siug them ■ THE TREATING OF SUPPORTER-' There is hot in Otago a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the Shag waters meet; 4 Oh, the last nice snug berth shall be bartered away j Ere a child of that valley lack Government ’ pay. . • ' • IEre a child of that valley lack Government pay- • v . - rV'ii . / ■ Yet it is not that Nature has plied o’er the ■ scene * .V' ' Her pui-est of crystal and brighest' of green; 'Tis not her soft magic of •streamlet or hill; V ' £ -S No, ’tis sometliing at.pertfilt’s V moro of a perquisite still. / ’Tis that brothers and friends of ‘ right colour’ wereneav, »L ' S-t v Who make ev’ry dear job to Now Zealand more dear, / : And who feel h/w the merits of billets are! great > J ' :.' •• When they’re cfidy replenished from those who vote f 'wa-ight. When they’re ? ly replenished from those who vote si Alight. <1 Sweat vale of &‘Kenzie! hojw calm could I rest v --h ■■ T n n. billet like iese, with the pals I like ‘ ' ' V; - | . ' '. ■ . “rust (jlo for a living 0 urvey,. or even -y, or even v dlington :,>4Coi, d thaiftlie jthe' South j The Horn ime time. '-ws:—“Now brary and %, it is a ' towards Vup : and

After disposing of his business at tho Thames Sir Cadman will proceed to Ruatoki in the Urewera country. \His last visit andjthe tour of the Premier that district have borne good fruit and many natives who some tune ago resisted the survey are noi\l so well satisfied "with the' decision Of Judge Scanned .in the case takdn before the Native Land Court that they are anxious to fget their titles settled. ,'Probably the Government will undertake the preliminary cost of the surveys, taking a lien over the land with a view to getting the country opened ;Up. The natives .are also . more favourable to the admission of prospectors,, and Mr Cadman will be accompanied durihg the’ present visit by Mr Gordon, of the Mines Department, and Mr McKay, Government Geologist.

j Things worth knowing— Men’sColonial* suits, 21s; trousers, 6s lid; cricketing and tehnis clothing, cheap, and in great variety. Colonial tweeds from Is lid yard;’ boy’s serge and sailor suits, 7s Gd; tweed suits,, ■7s 6d; washing drill do., from 2s 6d. Straw hats,.grand selection of new goods; min’s, and boy’s shirts and underwear, very cheap. . Men’s suits to measure, 35s to 455; troupers " 1 12s 6d, first-class fitting. Address :—NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING 'FACTORY, 'l5B and 160, QueCn-street, Auckland. Sole Agents for Bismarck Sewing Machines, 2s ,6d a-week, time payment.—Advt. -■> Ono must go from home to leam news. An Australian contemporary says:— ‘ When Lohr was at Gisborne (N.Z.) with ‘Charley’s Aunt,’ he hired an intelligent native to translate the. bill into Maori for the benefit of the local aborigines. The native took various liberties with the bill, and filled it with baseless assertions about dancing, juggling, ground and lofty tumbling, circus ponies and the like, and Lohr circulated the fraudulent document with a childlike faith in the honesty of his interpreter. The result was that two hundred and fifty Maoris tramped indignantly out after the first act, and solemnly cursed Lohr by the . soul of Hinemoa and other swears and objurgations, while that misdirected manager mistook the emotion for applause. He has now .lost all faith in Maori interpreters,’