Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1895.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1731, 17 April 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATS. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1895.

For some months past Mr P. Pavitt has been acting agent for Mr C. J. Parr, Solicitor, of Auckland. That gentleman has now severed his connection with Mr Parr, and Mr Snewin has been appointed to act in his stead, who will be pleased to confer with any requiring the legal services of Mr Parr. The Rev W. J. Elliott conducted the worship in the Te Aroha Wesleyan Church on Sunday last, his discourses were much appreciated by those present. ' No less than 160 baths were taken in Te Aroha on Good Friday, which would mean considerable revenue to the Domain Board. Mr Thackray, of the Gordon Settlement, writes informing uk that he was not elected a member of the committee of that Settlement, as stated in our report of the meeting. It appears he was proposed but declined to act. The dance held in the Town Hall on .Easter Monday evening was well attended. Music was supplied by Messrs Hunter and Tonge, and dancing was kept up till 12 o’clock, when the company dispersed in excellent humor. Mr Chappell, nonumental ma'on, of Hamilton, is at present visiting this district on business. Communications addressed to him may be sent to the News Office. Our old friend, Mr C. E. Jones, has kindly favoured us with an article, entitled ‘ The claims of Te Aroha.’ It will be of interest to note the impression which our sanatorium has made upon the mind of so distinguished a personage as Mr Jones. We commend the article to the perusal of our readers and particularly to the local authorities.

Mr W. E. Thomas, thej well-known surgeon dentist, of Hamilton, will visit Te Aroha next week from Tuesday to Friday, 23rd‘to 26th, and may be consulted at the Palace Hotel on those dates. Owing to Mr Thomas’ numerous engagements he will be unable to devote more time to Te Aroha. All persons intending to consult Mr Thomas should make their engagements early so as to secure his services. ;

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Te Aroha Town Board was held on Saturday evening. The minutes of previous ordinary and special meetings were read and a dopted. Correspondence from Bank re the overdraft stating , that it would be granted in the usual way ;. from Cadman Prospecting Syndicate re subsidy; from P v Snewin, Returning Officer, declaring Mr E. Gallagher duly elected a member of the Town Board. Re moving trees on Bridge Street, the Works Committee reported having arranged with the contractor to remove trees at Is each. This was agreed to by the Board. The following accounts were passed for payment: Pavitt, £lO 10s; News, £lO 3s 6d; Clerk, £3 18s 2d ; Sundries, £1 13s 9J, Lavery, £3 6s Id; Donnelly, £1 Bs. Total; £3O 19s 6d. Two industrious young men, rather than wait about town for employment, wended thmr way to Trentham recently and gathered up thirteeu sackfuls of cartridge cases used by rifle-men firing at the Rifle Association Meeting. The thirteen packages weighed a ton all but a few pounds. The enterprising prospectors realized about £l2 by the sale of the cases for old brass.—N’Z.Times.

There is considerable agitation in Ohinernuri in consequence of the determination of the County Council to enforce the Wide Tyre Bye-law. The carters, numbering thirty, held an indignation meeting and formed themselves into a deputation .to wait upon the Council and protest against the use of the wide tyre. The carters intend asking Cr Corbett to resign his seat on the Council.

Mr Edwin Edwards has been trying his skill at equistrian performances in Te Aroha recently. • Yesterday he had the misfortune to be astride a real buck-jumper, after some little manoeuvring on the part of the restive steed it became apparent to the onlookers, who enjoyed the fun, that it was becoming a struggle for mastery. Mr Edwards stuck to the pigskin as long as possible, but eventually was compelled to part, he was thrown violenty. to the ground, but fortunately sustained no worse injury than a severe shaking. A remarkable and unique case of burglary is reported from Auckland. On Sunday morning last .the premises of . .Mr W. Dumper, grocer, Ponsonby, were entered and £3O in cash, besides other goods stole . The key of the safe was obtained from Mr Dumper’s trouser pocket, his bed-room had been entered and the key and ako some cash taken from there. Other inmates of the house also had their rooms entered and ransacked, though they themselves were not disturbed. The family awo e in the morning stupid and with sick headaches. The belief is that they were cloroformed. The police are on the search, but so far there is no trace as. to who are the perpretators of the deed.

Heavy'gales all over the colony are reported, Picton being the worst sufferer. In the current issue of The Helping Hand there is an excellent picture of part of the Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain, which bears the name of Botanical Gardens, Wellington. The illustrations is* a reproduction of a photograph recently taken in Te Aroha by Mr W. Bayne, of Hamilton. How the publisher of that journal'‘came to flatter Wellington by calling our Domain the Wellington Gardens must remain a mystery, everyone acquainted .with those gardens know frill well they have no beauty to boast of, so perhaps they have borrowed a little from our abundance. However, we have a decided ’objection to any place, even the Empire City, trading upon the picturesque scenery of our Hot Springs Domain. The annual meetings of householders for the-election of school committees in. Te Aroha, Waihou, Te Aroha West, Waiorongomai, Gordon Settlement, etc., are advertised to be held in the various school buildings on Monday next, the 22nd inst., for time and further particulars see advertisement.

The Te Aroha Eifles returned from camp yesterday very glad to be‘home once more.’ The weather, while in camp, was anything but favourable for a pleasant outing. Notwithstanding the adverse elements the usual routine of camplife was gone through. The sham fight, Governor’s visit, the march past, etc., wore .amongst the principle features of the camp, and attracted large numbers of spectators. It is satisfactory to know that ‘ our boys ’ conducted themselves very creditably indeed, and compared favourable with other companies in camp.

Wanganui is at present being visited by a number of undesirable characters, and residents have been alarmed and annoyed by their doings.

The Retrenchment Committee of the Victorian Ministry propose ,to require exporters to pay a charge of Id per box to cover the cost of testing and branding.

Fresh artesian water has been struck at Clifton, New South Wales, bore at a depth of 1359 feet, and is yielding a supply at the rate of 10,000 gallons per day.. This is the second good supply that has been struck in one of the driest parts of the colony. The Oamarn Borough Council resolved that in those cases where a ratepayer appealing against his valuation employs no solicitor the borough would employ no solicitor either. Of course this does not debar expert evidence being brought by either party. At the Belfast Factory, Canterbury, on April 3rd, the record of killing was made. The number was 3914, the largest that has been done since the factory has started. The number consisted of 916 sheep,' 2049 lambs for freezing, 839 sheep for preserving. Things worth knowing —Men’sColonial suits, 21s; trousers, 6s lid; cricketing and tennis clothing, cheap, and in great variety, Colonial tweeds from Is lid yard; boy’s serge and sailor suits, 7s 6d; tweed suits, 7s 6d; washing drill do., from 2s 6d. Straw hats, grand selection of new goods; men’s and bey's shirts and underwear, very cheap; Men’s suits to measure, 35s to 455; trousers 12s 6d, first-class fitting. Address: —NEW ZEALAND CLOTHING FACTORY, 158 and 160, Queen-street, Auckland. Sole Agents for Bismarck Sewing Machines, 2s 6d a-week, time payment.—Advt.

A well-known Thames miner and mine manager, who was attracted to the WestAustralian goldfields, gives a somewhat doleful picture of the place from a health aspect, in a letter to his relatives in Auckland, dated 18th of March, and received yesterday. He says: ‘There has been a great change in the temperature during the past few weeks, and the weather is splendid, and the nights are.beautiful, but. sickness is raging, and the hospitals are full, and scores refused admission every day, as they have no accommodation. Besides the public hospitals, there are several private ones, charges being £3 3s per week. Perth, Freemantle, Southern Cross, Coolgardie, and all the hospital in the surrounding localities, are full, so that in that respect things are bad here. It is remarkable that 19 out of every 20 deaths occur between 20 and 30 years of age, and the stouter and stronger they are the quicker they go off. A great many New Zealanders have died, and the doctors say it is owing to their being so healthy that the disease attacks them.’ Speaking of the goldfields, the writer says: ‘ With regard to specimens, there is the best stone I have ever seen. I have myself broken stone in Bailey’s mine that was fully two-thirds gold in fact, you may say that it was gold with a little stone in it, the richest being in ironstone, and I have seen a stone as white as a hound’s tooth with lumps hanging together with gold, but that kind is more showy, and not nearly so good as the ironstone.’