Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1895.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1768, 7 September 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1895.

Owing to pressure upon our-space the j&eader,ThistieJowJj and othexinieres;ing matter is unavoidable crowded eufc of this issue. / ' . The Sot Springs Domain Board meet this eveningThe Fiako County Council meet at Morrinsville on Thursday next, The plain and fancy dress ball held in the Public Hall on Thursday evening was iiot largely attended, but those who availed themselves of the occasion thoroughly enjoyed the evening. As an evidence that the mining boom has extended to Te Aroha mad our advertisement columns, and the applications therein cont lined. - , ' The Rev W. S, Salter has been con luct, iftg' a aVeefes- mission services at Waihi dur- 1 ‘di-gthe past week have been very p icebsir.J. l-.rgo have attended >uchAymi ind listeridd with' interest to the vnissH ness earn;st addresses. MaNico ~ju i Co.’3 soring cattle sale will ye> told at Conifer dgc Ij- .lay,

Application has been lodged with the Warden at Paeroa for a special cl rim of 100 acres on the Waihi Beach, in fact* nearly the whole country between Waihi and the beach lias been applied for; Every one in this district has at least heard that the Martha reef' oh. which the! original Waihi Company is working is of great thickness, bat lio one ever dreamed of it being of such-length as now reported, Claims have been taken up miles away the promoters of which intimate that there is little doubt of the MartM reef being on their property, but the latest is that this particular reef has now been founl at Mataura Valley, abbg&9 or 10 miles from \Viiihi, towards the beach. The Te Aroha Brass Band will give a Sacred Concert in the Domain on Sunday afternoon next. The Tauranga Licensing Committee have granted to Mr J. Flett a transfer of the license for the Rob Roy Hotel, Thames, to the new hotel at Waihi. Messrs McNicol and Co. will hold their annual spring fair in connection with the Waikato Farmer’s Club Stallion Parade at .Cambridge, on Wednesday and Thursday, the 25th and 26th inst. Upwards of three hundred horses of all classes have been entered. " ' . f According to the “ Tribune ”, the Ohinemuri County Council have an overdraft of £1206 6s 3d. ! ( At the Ohinemnri County Council meeting on Thursday, ! tenders were received for Contract No. 60, cutting of a prospecting track from Karangahake towards the line, in an easterly direction ; distance about two miles: W. J' Neil (accepted) ,£54, A. McCann (informal) £4B, J. O’Brien £72, Contract N 0.61, thick to Waitekauri N 0.4. Sheehan and McGeehin (accepted) £22 10s This was 'the only tender, and. Cr. Nash moved that, it be accepted.—Carried. Captain Kells and Lieut. Fry of the Salvation. Army are now stationed at Waihi, and have been attending to Army business in Paeroa this weak. Tkeßev W- li. Salter will week’s mission services in the Te Aroha Wesleyan Church to-morrow, Sunday, at II o'clock; at 2 a children’s service will be hild, and in the evening at 7 an evangelistic service. The mission will be continued every evening during the week, short addresses, sacred songs and solos will make up an attractive programme Mr 1 Sliter has had considerable experience in . c inducting 1 missions in various parts of the c jlony, and, no doubt, he will be well received here. Morrinsville and Paeroa will also be visited in succession.

The whole time of the Supreme Court Thursday was occupied in the trial of a man named McNair on two charges, one of larceny of a quantity of bacon at Paeroa, the other the theft of ii number of rugs from the Onehunga Mills. The thefts in both instances were characterised by a considerable amount of audacity. He was convicted on * both charges, but His Honor deferred passing sentence until to* day to give the accused an opportunity of calling witnesses as to his previous good character.

Are you Furnishing ? T|ie best and cheapest stock is at ‘The PeopleV Furnishing Warehouse, Auckland. J. Tonsoh Garlick is determined to maintain the position held so long for giving best value in furnishing goods. He is selling very cheap, all kind'of Furniture, Carpets, Carpet Squares, Linoleum, Bedding, Iron Wire Mattresses, Furnishing, Drapery and Bamboo Blinds. He furnishes a house throughout, and sends an illustrated catalogue to intending buyers. Write ”to:J, Touson Garlics, Queen-street, Auckland.