Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. SATURDAY. MAY 25, 1895.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1742, 25 May 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY. MAY 25, 1895.

' ‘This above all—to fahlne own sol fbo trns, And it tausb follow as the nigh 6 the day ; Thou cansfe nob then be false, to any man. ’ - Shakrspkare. i

Hokitika has just given hirtji to an organization which under judicious management may .become a power for good in this, colony,' it is called a ' League for the Promotion and Development of Gold Mining.’ The League'is baised oh semi-political and semi-philantrophic principles, and seeks to. encourage the development of “Our. natural .resorces, .and by that meens bring about prosperity in every department of trade and commerce. Erom a circulalT just issued by the League we cull the -following. • which will the more fully explain it 3 objects.—At' ihe present time the Colony is suffering: from very grea t depression • in al 1, branches of .industry and commerce; AH ':.our";staple, products, excepting gold, command such low prices in- the market as to make ; the production' practically unremunerative, whilst the falling values throughout the world ; give ho hopes of any improyemenf in the hear future.; This has caused,/amongst “oth’er things,, a very serious congestion of the labour market... Nearly every, district, in the Colony has to tell the. tale of men out of employment vainly seeking for work, the claimsugon privvate!charity daily becoming greater than can be borne, .whilst the Various charitable institutions are compelled to make increasing.: demands upon. ' the public purse To assist thpse who otherwise would suffer from the direct destitution. The Croverhraent L a Y e niado and 1 are making strenuous efforts in certain directions to stem the tide ’of poverty and distress, but it must be painfully manifest that these efforts, are quite inadequate) and antes , something of a different and more lasing character is devised, a 1 yeiy large number of our fellow-countrymen will be plunged into the deepest distress. Under these circumstances we. ask you to'direct attention to the development of Goldmining. Gold is a commodity that everyone wishes to buy, and which always maintains its value.. Every man who takes aii ounce of gold out of the earth produces that which stimulates. every other industry. . In all re speets excepting one the gold miner.is a consumer. Ho produces the gold but ho buys from the farmer, the miller, the manufacturer, the artisan, and tho merchant. Every goldminer who is remuneratively omployed becomes at once a customer/ either directly or

: ii directly, of every other branch of industry and commerce. What we want in New Zealand is the settlement 6f a large consuming population, and, as is knowp. to. all, there is no consumer more directly profitable, to . his fellow, colonists than the goldminer. The object of tho Loague is. to indicate looaltios and means by which the gold mining population can be enormously increasad. . It does not propose to confine its attention to any particular locality, but to assist in placing more men on every goldfield in the colony, when it can be shown that such , gold* field can remuneratively .employ them. We are convinced that the only way to lift tho colony out.-.of its present depression is to put as many men as possible in a position to win gold, and with this: object we ask all. to - work with us in promoting that which shall help to raise our country to a state_ of prosperity.” It is. needless to add that wo are .in' full sympathy, with this move,'' and Will gladly lend. our influence to the furtherance of the laudable reform undertaken by the League.:

Kaiftpoi saddle tweed .riding, trousers made to. measure, 21s 6d per pair. Large range of patterns at A, W. Edwards. The railway authorities have decided to run a cheap exourson train to Paeroa-to-day, leaving Te Aroha at 9 a.m. and returning from Paeroa at 6 p.m.. This will give the Te Aroha people an opportunity of visiting the Waihi races and get back in To .Arpha in grod time. Should the Weather prove fine no doubt the train will bo well patronized. ■-.■ . The wife, of a Euroa, Victoria, resident has presented her husband with their 31st child, and it is said that all the offspring of the couple are living. This. is considerably in advance of any immigration scheme yet propounded. And no doubt if our liberal Government would subsidise the business,'tho above might not be an isolated case.

New ’ Zealand saddle . tweed suits made to measure, 65s the suit. 1 ' 1 Satisfaction guaranteed. ; A. W, Edwards/ ;

The music of tho Te Aroha Brass Band proved quite an attraction previous'to the school concert last evening. The. bandsmen have made great progress lately and the several pieces yhich they played last night were exceedingly well rendered. Gents. Kaiapoi Tweed trousers made to order, 16s per pair. At A W. Edwards,

The force under Inspector Emerson is bamped about 35 miles from Rotorua on the. Galatea plain, at the ontrance of the Te Whaiti Gorge. He has only eight men at his disposal, which is quite insufficient to cope with the Urewora, who are decidedly cheeky. Te Whaiti is twelve miles from the force, or 65 miles from Rotorua, and - there is a pretty fair sized pah there. On Friday last the natives forced. Phillips the surveyor to desist surveying, and stole his guide, carrying him off by force. There are 400 men assembled inland, who mean fighting. Mr H. Munro Wilson has his ! party road-making about tweuty miles from the present camp, further down the plain, near the Waiohau pah. This party are surveying a road to Whakatane. This will connect the Whakatane- Valley with Galatea,- The Pennanent Artillery . and Torpedo Corps are now on tlieir way to the front. • - ’

v Kaiapoi Tweed Suits to measure, 49s 6d the suit—large variety,of tweeds to choose fromi Fit guaraated. At A.-W. Edwards. . The first match at Te A.roha with Mar-tini-Henri rifles was fired at the butts on Friday afternoon (Queen’s Birthday). The ' weather was all that could be desired for shooting, and the scores are the best that have been made by our local volunteers, in fact', the scores compare favourably with some of those made in the Rifle Association;, matches. There were some twelve competitors for the prizes, which were awarded according to the scores made. The following are the totals: —Captain Cochrane 82; Vol W. Maingay 80; Lieut Wild 75 •> Chaplin Evans 75; Vol J. McKee, jtinr, 74; Vol Hanby 70Sergfc Scott 66; Vol Davenport 61; Corporal Stanley 59; Vol- MaryohurcH 55 ; Vol Calderwood 19; Vol Mat* thews 17. The ranges-were : 300, 400 and_ 500 yards," 5 shots at each range. - Messrs Helhering and Co, have received this week a Special shipment. of ladies’, childrori ? S'and gents’ slippers, war* .ranted to give-veal oomfort for winter wear. Prices of which will range from Is 6d per pair;. Those goods, came, to hand by the sis Doric from London, and are from the most reliable makers. Any who are in need of the above goods should call on H. & Co and procure a pair of slippers as the prices are within the reaoh of everyone. The' ordination and induction -of elders in ..connection witti the -Presbyterian church will be held after the usual service to-morrow evening. The Revs. Nome and McDonald will take part in the ceremony. The elders to be inducted are Messrs D. Graig, Wairakau ; Ingram,.Paeroa; >S. C. Brown, Karangahako ; McKenzie, Te Aroha; and J. Slevin, Waihi. - The session will bo open to the public. . '/The Primate of New Zealand, Bishop Cbwie, will hold a comfirmation at St. Phul’s church, Paeroa, to-mor-row morning at 11 o’clock, when about twelve candidates' will be presented. He will-conduct the evening service and preach at St. Mark’s church, Te Aroha, to morrow evening at 7 o’clock.' Prominent ? amongst tho numerous improvements to' To Aroha. we .note the erection of a'lmudsome fence round the Masonic property in Bridge-street, and the approach to the Wesleyan church ha 3 been improved. ;

Several of tho Te Aroha business people are: not Very loyal subjects, as was evidenced by their not observing the holiday in honor of her Majesty’s Birthday, like other citizens. Perhaps the reason may be. that they are more devoted to tho * almighty dollar ’ than to their Queen. ■ , The second fifteen footballers which journeyed to Paeroa yesterday to play a friendly game were defeated by the Paeroa boys by three points to nil; the try being- obtained by McWators, but the kick at goal was unsuccessful. Mr F. Warren acted as referee; and gave general satisfaction The team were entertained in real football stylo at the, Commercial Hotel, the spread being first-class. A return match will take place in about throe weeks time.