Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1895

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1769, 11 September 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1895

Tbfa Absw aU—to (bine ova self be ferae, &ndife mast follow u the nighfe the cUy : Thou cahsi nob then be false to any man.’ • ... SUAKKSPEARB.

The various creameries in this'.district ... commenced operations on : Monday )asfc. . ■ ■ ’ Jf'Mr W. feayne; photographer, of ;Hamil- . ton, is atfpresenfc Qn.a visit to Te Aroha, • and will carry out all orders entrusted to his care. „ . A horse attached to a sleigh bolted up Whitaker-street on Monday last, and dash- ' ing along, smashed one of the. verandah posts in front of Mr Brennan’s shop to pieces. . : Messrs McNicol and Co. will hold their next live stock sale in the Paeroa yards on t Thursday, the 3rd October. Entries of stock for this sale should be made as early as possible. Mr T. G. Sandes intends commencing business as surveyor and mining engineer in Paeroa. He was one of the original surveyors of the Thames goldfield. ' A meeting of the Cadinan Prospecting Association will be held in the Waiorongomai. Hotel oh this “(Wednesday) .evening, at 730 o clock." Business of importance. Tenders are invited for clearing and ploughing, etc., five acres of recreation reserve.; Particulars may he obtained from •’.';cMr'Pavitt; and tenders will be received up to noon of Saturday, the 14th inst. The Golden Crown Gold Mining Company, Te Aroha, arc losing no time in hav ing the necessary work done to prove the, value of their property.; .In another part of this issue the secretary calls for tenders for clearing out and repairing the old d?ive, : and also .for extending the same a distance *■ of fif ■ • ' Go'*b .Te. Aroha sale will he <held on Saturday next, and promises to he a.success. The entries are fast coming in. The evangelistic servicesi condhctad in this district during the’ last few days, by the Rev W- L. Salter, of Gisborne, have been well attended. The services will continue during the remainder of the present : week, commencing at 7.30 p.m. Mr W. Reid, our energetic townsman, is having additious ma le to his place of business ; whilst' , Mr G. Robson-is .also making alterations to his shop aud dwelling. Caripphters seisin to be. having a busy;,time of iit here lately .' •• . ;*• .' In'the course of the' proceedings at the . . Cejiirt, at Paeroa on last Court day.the-Watdonstated that in future all plans must be in. the day preceding the • Court, otherwise he would not entertain them that day/and the case would bo adjourned till the following- Court day. It appears that plans continually arrive during the time the Court is sitting, and in consequence they are put ’in without the officials having an opportunity to thoroughly iuqnire into them as to their correct--v ness. Tho Warden has, therefore, decided to stop this praaticev and it is to' be hoped that'applicants for ground will take notice of. this. , * ■■ . ■ ... The Reefton gold, returns for the week ' areßig River, 50Soz amalgam from 108 1 toh3 clean up; Progress, 1790 z amalgam from 220 tons ; Dark, 112 oz amalgam from 90 tons.' , _ • ’ - i - The first crushing at the newly-erected. battery at the Morning Star Company’s claim, Preservation lulet, resulted in a fine take of gold weighing liooz from 120 tons of stone, which included a large proportion of surface mullock.

■■ As an instance of tlie strides the mining industry is taking in the Ohinemuri district it may be, mentioned that close on one hundred applications appeared in the last . “ Gazette ” for licensed holdings, special water-races, etc. The pegging out is towards Te Aroha, and a number of applications are fuade for ground- in clgse proxmity with the Tui mines. The Post Office Hotel, at the corner of. Mary and Rolleston streets, Thames; narrowly escaped being destroyed by fire last Sunday evening, It appears that the servant was putting'the cliildreu to bed, and whilst so engaged she was called out of the room. During her absence the window curtains came into contact with a lighted candle upon the dressing table, with the’result that they quickly caught fire and the flames ran up to the ceiling. Fortunately the incident was observed by some men standing outside, who ga,ve the alarm, and ran to suppress the flames, which was -accomplished without any further damage being done than the loss of the loss of the ceiling adjacent to the window. :

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