Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1895.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1767, 4 September 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1895.

'* Tfab above all—to tkho ova self be te®®* &nd iFraasfe follow oo tls alilit the day The® canal »e 4 then he false to any morn. 1 “ V;' a SMAKaSPSAm

Captain Edwin wired at U ;35 a.m yes-/ terday:-“North-west to west, apd gale with ruin, and colder weather ; glass rise.” r Early on Tuesday morning, Mr George Holden, one of Te Aroha’s early - ‘settlers, pasfed over to the great majority. , .;He : had been ailing for some time, and since the removal of bis daughter, Mrs Morrison, from Te Aroha, Mr Holden has been living at the Palace Hotel. It will be re** memh< red that Mrs Ho'den died only about two years ago, after celebrating the 55th anniversary of their wedding: His brother, Sir Isbso Holden, is six years his senior, and expects to reach the century. He has just resigned his seat in the British House of Commons, having represented . Keighley for the last 12 years, and been a member of.the House fora period of Bft years,-f; ’ " r .•; TheOliinemuri County Council ndver-ti-e tenders for ap extension of L the T.iji Track, add also the Waite£auri track. PiansanWspecjfications .can be seen at the Council's office. . All-tenders are returnable by 2 o'clock" on Thursday, sth inst. The plain uni fancy dress ball to be held in the Te Aroha Public Hall to-mer row evening promises to be a . greai success. The management are sparing n pains to make the programme attractive w-th good music, etc., which will Ije under ho charge of bandmaster G„rdjn. |

The Tauranga people, and the Bay of Plenty Times in particular, are bringing pressure to* bear upon the Mines Department to have the goldfields extended from tho recent extension at the Wairere Falls, to include the Kaimai and Te Puke districts. Gold- bearing reefs have been found in the latter place, and prospecting work is at present being carried on. A telegram has been received in Tauranga that it the County Couucil Chairman will make formal application, the proposal will be favourably considered. Tbe request should be granted, as gold has been known to exist all along the range of hills, bnt .whether in pay a ole quantities or not remains to be proved.

The upual monthly meeting of the Te Aroha Band of Hope was held in the Town Hall on Monday evening. The attendance was not as large as usual owing, no doubt, to the weather being so threateningfor wet early in the evening. The Rev T. A. •Norrie occupied the chair, and delivered a short opening address and offered prayer, after which the following programme was in the usnal creditable manner'and was much appreciated by those present:—Hymn 206; trio ‘The Skaters,’ Misses and Master Everitt; recitation, ‘The Fox and the Crow,’ Miss Nora Healy; song ‘ Powder-Monkey/; Mr Mclndoe; address, Mr jMfiKepzid; duet, violin and piano, Mis A ahd Master Craig; recitation, Miss Butcher; hymn No. 169; recitation ‘ The Clucking Hen,’ Master Harry Bennettsong * Bring me back the one I love,’ W. Flatt; song ‘ like Mother to me,’ Miss A, ‘ Two cross-sweepers,’ Jack Everitt; recitation, Master Joe Benny. Misses Hirst and Maingay efficiently presided at the piano and played the accompaniments' to', the- musical items -of 1 1the programme. At the close of the meeting an opportunity was given to those desirous of signingither pledge to .do so.’ Some 9 persons availed-themselves of the in vitat.on.

The residents of Waihou are requested by advertisement to. meet the trustees of tho Public' Hall on- Friday, ;to discuss matters of interest, and also tike into consideration the better, management of the property." _ '7. ' ■ The meeting which took place at the Gordon Settlement oh Saturday last, on . the subject of the road to Waharoa was thoroughly friendly, all were present, aind everything' was voted unanimously without a. word qf discord. It is to be-hoped'th&t. this meeting will inaugurate a friendly union throughout the Settlement; jBIOO was voted towards the Road, and the Secretary .was instructed to write to tho other Road Boards to see what they will contribute. The Piako County Council has .already; promised ,7050, and those Road Boards through whose land the road will pass should give more, the Government formerly placed J 2200 on their estimates for this purpose, and Mr. Cadman has promised, to do what he can Again it remains for the people of Te Aroha also to urge on the matter as it will be for the benefit of their township that all the country around be opened up by roads.

On Saturday last the Te Aroha reps journeyed td Waihou tp play a f riendlygame of football with a teain selected from that place. Both places were well represented, the result being a very fair display'of football. The match was played in Mr Gabolinscy’s paddock, and was witnessed by a large number of spectators. The game resulted in a win for Te Aroha by 8 points to five. Both tries for Te Aroha were obtained by J. Maingay, one of which was converted by A. Lipsey. W. Moon was the euccessful scorer for Waihou, which was converted by Gdrrie. The teams were captained by Messrs Gregory and J. Maingay, while Mr W. Williams acted as referee. In the evening the Te Aroha boys were entertained with a sumptuous repast which was laid down in Host Gabolinscy’s best style, which, it is needless to say, was freely partaken of by both. teams.. There is every likelihood of- the /return match takihg place at Te Aroha on Saturday next.

SayA tiie ‘\Lyttleton Times's—A narirow escape from a fire, started in a most peculiar Way-by a rat, occurred at Mr Thomas Eoss’ , residence, Bangiora, the other evening. Miss Boss and her brother noticed a smell of fire, and on looking for the cause found a couch in one of the rooms burning. The fire was promptly extinguished, and it was discovered that a rat had lifted-a lighted tallow candle from a candlestick on the table and dragged it on to the couch. The end of the candle furthest from the fire showed proof of the rat having made a meal before the qnarters became too warm. Had the occurrence not been discovered in time there would have been another to add to the long list of mysterious fires. The body of a young woman was found packed in a box at. Wooloomooloo. On examination it was found that the deceased had a operation performed upon her. 'Subsequently inquiries by'the police led to the arrest ;of a chemist and several other persons on a, charge of being implicated in Her death. The body has been indentifiei. The whole bircumstances in connection with the case are of a very painr ful and distressing characters

■ America can boast of the only woman clown in .the world—Josephine Evetta Matthews. ‘ She is short and plump, and remarkably strong, and one of her . feats is to carry her six sisters on her shoulders. She says the first night she had no‘idea what she was going to say, but nevertheless managed to make a big hit, It was not so much what she said, but the way she said it, that caught the crowd. It was not her cleverness, , but her idca j and confidence that carried her through.. She is one of a family of twenty-one chilbren, thirteep-of whopi were boys, and eight girls, and alljljare Soothe eiroqs jor. stage. Miss' MattheVsreason for wanting tobejniarried is that unlesefslie does 'she will have to mend all the old bachelors’ clothes in, the next world. H6r; mother trained each of her girls to do some domestic work. Miss Josephine is a first-class cook. : One of her sisters did the-aewing, another Hie market?-, ing, another wrote all the business letters; all had some special duties besides their professional duties.

The following colonies have prohibited the importation of swine from New Zealand for the periods stated :—South Australia, one year from Ist August ; Queensland, till revoked. /Tasmania, two years from 19th July; Western Australia, till revoked; New South Wales, one year from 11th July. Victoria, admits swine under strict quarantine. i ' The Timaru Herald has; made an estimate of the loss of sheep by the snow in the cottntry.that Timaru is interested in. The total number of sheep in that district at last sheaving was 530,000, and the aggregate loss is.s j t dow i at 293.000. This will’ leave 237 000 sheep. The Herald urges tile .Government to consider, the urgency of meeting the ruuholdsrs in a way that will relieve them of the necessity of throwing up their runs, as that is what will happen in many cases if some considerable concession is not made m rent, etc.