LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1743, 29 May 1895, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The New Zealand Gazette published on Thursday last contains a notice of interest in this district,. V

The name of the township of Oxford, Piako Countyi is changed to Tii-au, the native name, there being another Oxford in the county of Ashley. The new name was selected by the County Council of Piako. -

The Te Aroha Warden’s; and S.M. Court which was to be held on Friday next will be adjourned till Saturday at 10 o’clock, on account of the Warden being detained in Coromandel.

It will he seen by reference to another column that Messrs McNicol and Co. will sell by public auction tho whole of Mr W. Hodgson’s live and dead stock. The sale commences at 12.30 o’clock and luncheon will be provided for visitors. ’

Look out for Hickson and Hanby’s now advt., which will appear in-our next issue. Woman’s work in India has made groat progress. There are now 711 women missionaries—fpreign and Eurasian—in India. These have access to 40,513 zenanas and have 62,414 girl-pupils in the mission schools. s - MrjJJones,® of Jones and • Saunderson, Paeroa anp Waihi, took out an Auctioneers license on Monday last, and intends pushing that line of business in this district.

It is quite time that a resident constable was stationed at Waihi. The place has suddenly sprang up from a small township of a few scattered shantys to a town of considerable proportions. The peace of the community is endangered owing to the absence of a local man in blue.

Mr Kenhedy, the Auctioneer of Paeroa, has an-- advertisement iu another .column, announcing a sale of drapery, clothing, etc., to be held at Te Aroha on the llth pros; Hiftutala on the 13th ; fpirangahake onjthe 15th and Waihi on the 16th. No doubt these sales will, be well attended. Information has been receiv.ed in Auckland that the Government has determined to robftild the Auxiliary Asylum, Avondale, on the . co-eperative labour. system, and plans and specifications will te prepared accordingly, The work is estimated to cost .£12,000. In all probability the men will be balloted for from the registery kept by Mr Ferguson, of the Labour Bureau, and it will be for those interested to regiswith him. '

The opening of the Morrinsville Church will take place on Friday next at 3 o'clock. The Primate will open the ..new building, and will be assisted’ by the vicar, the ReV F. G. Evans, and the Revs. JMessrs Cowie, Biggs, and Wilson. Speoial hymns have been chosen for the occasion, amongst the number one specially composed Jby Miss Stubbs, a niece of the Bishop'of Oxford, who has been staying at Annandale. The Chnrch will ,be opened entirely free from debt, but special collections will bo made towards the fund to lino the church, The Yeatry have a gift of £7 in hand towards this object. . \ A special meeting of the Te Aroha Town Board was held in the Board’s office on Saturday evening last, the 23th iiist'. Present: ~Corns. Gavin (in the chair), Bradley rand Hotchin. The business for which the meeting , was called being the considering of the annual balance-sheet, which was read and adopted.—A letter was read from the contractor for re-grading Bridge-street, asking for an extension of time for completing his contract. • It was resolved that three weeks be granted.—A letter was read from Mr H. R. Bell, asking the Board to di av off water from h s property; left in the hands of Works Com- . mittec.—The matter of granting a further sum to Mr J. Bew, contractor for Bridgestreet, resulted in the matter being left in the: hands of the Chairman and Com Hotchin to deal with.—The Chairman and Com Hotchin having since gone over the work, were of opinion they could not see their way to grant a further snm for work done. The Reefton gold returns for the week: Big River, 210 oz amalgam from 100 tons; Progress, 2300 z amalgam from 220 tons; Alpino, 180 oz amalgam from 390 tons; Hercules, HOoz amalgam from 98 tous ; Globe, 150 oz amalgam from 120 tons; Buller dredge, 30oz gold for 128 hours; Dark, 2850 z amalgam from 248 tons. Some parties are practising in the suburbs a form of the ‘confidence trick,’ or something very like it. Sealed packets are disposed of (the price asked being 2s 6J),a percentage of which are alleged to contain £4t notes, or gold 5 watches. The contents of some of the boxes do not correspond with the labels affixed. We have received from Mr A. Grant, Traffic Manager, the new time table for the Auckland section of the New Zealand Railways, which comes into operation on Ist of next month. There is no alteration in the service as far as Te Aroha is concerned Bishop Cowie, Primate of New Zealand, conducted service in St. Mark’s Church on Sunday evening last. • - - Mr H. H. Metcalfe, of Auckland, has taken up on behalf of a strong syndicate the coal lease situated between Paeroa and Waitekauri, which was some time ago held by Mi- Hogg. It appears that about ten years ago the seam of coal was discovered, and gave promise of permanency when sunk and driven upon, but for some reason or other the works were eve utually' abandoned. It is hoped that as now a strong company has taken the matter in hand, something tangible will result, and that our field will ere long be also noted for it 3 . co.-producing qualities as well as gold. j

A remarkable scene, took.place at Leicester, England, recently; when the president of the local football club was carried to his grave. On the coffin, which was borne to the cemetery in an open hearse, was laid a football,- 53 much in the same way that a military or naval officer’s chapeau is placed upon the casket containing his remains, On either side of the. hearse walked the members of the dub, bareheaded, in blue jerseys, white knickerbockers • and high laced football hoots. New; Zealand ; saddle tweed .suits made to measure, 65s the suit. Satisfaction guaranteed; A.W. Edwards. The Volunteers parade for inspection in the Public Hall this evening, commencing at 7.80 o’clock. The civilians having challenged the volunteers to a friendly game of football, to be played on Saturday next, the Ist next. The team will be picked at the close of the parade. . . \ Gaptain Edwin wired at noou yesterday as follows •—‘ Strong North to 'West and South-west winds-withf glass rising and colder weather.’ _ Kaiapoi saddle tweed riding, trousers made to measure* 21s 6d per pair. Large range of patterns at A. W. Edwards. " The ‘ West Coast Times ’ says ‘ We find that during the last two years the gold export-for the threa West Coast- counties has dropped by 12,000 ounces; worth £84,000, or .£24,000 a year. As will be seen the Grey and Inangahua counties have fallen by nearly 5000 oundes.eaeh, while at West- , land’s has been 2700 ounces. Though small compared with the others, the loss of ,£5600 a [year is of considerable moment to the community;, and cannot be disregarded, We are inclined, however, to attribute most, if not all; of it, to the dry season, which compelled the majority of miners to remain idle for many weeks.’ Things worth knowing— Men’s Colonial suits, 21s; trousers, 6s lid; cricketing and tennis clothing, cheap, and in great variety, Colonial- tweeds,.. from IS lid yard; hoy’s serge and sailor suits, 7a 6d; tweed.suits, 7s 6d; washing dr-ill do., from 2s 6d. Straw bats, grand selection of ngw goods ; men’s p tid boy’s shirts and underwear , very cheap. Men’s suits to measure, 35s to 455; trodsers 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.