Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1895.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1770, 14 September 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1895.

The Rev Father Hachett will celebrate mass at St. Joseph’s church, Te Aroha, to--morrow (Sunday) 15th inst., at 11 a.in. Owing to the increase in the number children attending the Te Aroha Goldfk d school, the Committee havt fo md it necessary to apply to the Board of Education for additional school accommodation. -The number on the roll is 200, which is the highest recorded since the school opened. Mr Smith’s subject in this Wes’eyan Church on Sunday morning will be ‘ True Christian Life,’ and at night ‘ S übtle Temptations.’ _ -

We regret to report that Mr John Tyndall, manager of the cheese factory at Waharoa, who left here on Wednesday morning last by train, v/as brought, before Messrs Graham and Knox, Justices at Hamilton, on the charge ■of insanity, and on the certificate of Drs Kenny and Brewis was committed to the Avondale Asylum.

Messrs Harris and Co, photographers, have their representative at present in Te Aroha, and a photographic gal’ery will be erected adjoining Mr Smardon’s Hall. We can conscientiously recommend the work this firm is turning-out, and the extremely cheap prices offered should be an inducement to Te Aroha residents. Messrs Harris and Co’s representative jeomes to us with good letters of introduction and we say, give the firm a trial. *

The Rev W. L. Salter will preach at Morrinsville on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights, As only three services can be held at Morrinsville by this gifted evangelist, it is expected that' the congregations will be very .large,

The evangelistic mission at . Paer6a will be commenced in the Wesleyan Church by Rev W. L. Salter On Wednesday, September 18th, and;v ill be continued each night to the following Sunday. Mr Salter’s previous missions throughout the colony, and latterly at Waihi and Te Aroha, have been attended with groat success. People of all denominations and creeds speak very highly of this popular mission preacher, and as only four nights can be given by him to Paeroa, the Wesleyaiis a-re anticipating a crowded church at each service.

We learn that Mr F. Tonga intends starting business in To Aroha in the drapery and boot line. His advertisement will be found in our next issue, Mr Torige has taken the premises opposite the Hot Springs Hotel, and which was a short time ago oc-cupied-by Mr J. Williams, grocer. It-will Be seen by our advertising columns that Mr Alfred Elkin, the dentist who won gol<-en opinions of himself some months, ago in Te Aroha, has again decided to pay us another visit and will be in Te Aroha on Thursday next, the 19th nst., and remains till the end'of the week, y The many residents <?f Morrinsville and Te Aroha districts will be pleased to hear that Dr Waddington, of Cambridge, intends making Morrinsville his headquarters. A largo house is being erected for the doctor, who hopes to enter upon his new practice early in December,. The pedigree, etb., of the famous trotting stallion, Balderdash, will be found in another part of this issue. This horse will travel in the Te Aroha, Paeroa., and Thames districts, and passed through here a fewdays ago on his way to-the Thames. Balderdash is well-known in the Waikato for getting first-clas3 stock, and .Mr Heslop, the leasee, should have very little trouble in securing patronage.

Mr E. Tennyson Snith, of Birmingham, the well-known temperance advocate, was honoured on July 26, with a public recession in native town tc> mark the occation of his first public appearance there Since hii ie urn from his four and a-haT years’ campaign- in New Zealand and Australia. The Birmingham Temperance Hall was beautifully deo r ited, and a large number of the leading temperance people of the tqwn were present.

Are you Furnishing ? The best. and cheapest stock is at ‘The People’s’ Furnishing Warehouse, Auckland. J. Tonson Garlick is determined to maintain the" position held so long for giving best value in furnishing goods. He is selling very jheap, all kind of Furniture, Carpets, Carpet Squares, Linoleum, Beading, Iron Bedsteads, Woven Wire Mattresses, Furnishing, Drapery and Bamboo Blinds. He furnishes a house throughout, and sends an illustrated cat, ; alogue to intending buyers. Write tb'fJ'* Tonson Gabdick, Qneen-street, Auckland \ v ■ A- - • ' At the Te Awamutu S.M. Court on Wedlast, a native named Tuhatu, of Kirhikihi, was charged with stealing a bay gelding valued at £7, the proper+y of a settler named Harvy. Constable Carrol conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr Quickshan'c defended the native. - Nathaniel Harvey deposed to losing the horse from* his farm early in the month of June last. He knew the accused Tuhatu, who bore a bad character in the district. A native named Kiran stated that' he knew Tuhatu and saw him catch Harvey’s horse, with the intention of riding him to Ohinemuri at the time of the native meeting there. C. F. Spooner deposed to the pur;hasihg the horse in Te Aroha on the 15th June, he recognized the accused as the native who sold the horse and gave a receipt for the amount paid in the name of Billy Tom. The prisoner roservedthis defence, and was committed for trial at the next sitting of the Supreme Court.

-According to The People, the largest orchard in the world belongs to E ! wn d Cooper, of Santa Barbara, California. The area consists of 1700 acres, and contains 10,000 olive trees, 8100 in full bearing, the remainder being young trees set out during the past year and a-half. Besides the 61 iye trees there are 3000 English walnut trees, 4500 Japaneese persimmon trees, 10,000 almond, and about 4000 other fruit and nut-trees. The 10,000 olive trees yielded 40,000 quart bottles of olive oil last year, which found a ready market at 4s a bottle. The nut trees bore thousands of bushels of nuts, to say nothing of the Japanese persimmons. Taken in all, it has been calculated that Mr Cooper’s orchard brings him in an income of not less than 750 dollars per acre every year. <

Several cables have from time to time been received from Mr .T. Seaver, giving progress reports of his mission to England to float the Victor mine. The first public intimation by Pres 3 cable was received as follows :—“ London, September 10.—The Victor (Waihi) G.M Co., of New Zealand, with a capital of JJIIO.OOO.Hs issuing ,£75,000 worth of shares to the public.” A man named Edward Donovan, who was arrested at Waihi last w.*efc on a, charge of having attempted to steal a horse from a native at Waiotapu, and was subsequently taken to Rotorua by Sergeant Ellison, was charged at Rotorua on Monday last, and.committed for trial.

The first fat lambs of the season were offered at the Ad ling ton yards on Wednesdav (savs the Christchurch Starl,# and fetched fancy prices, as high as 26s each being paid for those from Mr H- Chamberlain, Leeston, and 31s for those from Mr G. Rutherford, Dalethorpe. The Royal Mail claims (Karangahake), adjoining the Victor and the Earl of Glasgow Companies’ properties, wore purchase! on Wednesday from FI vey and party hy Mr Seaver. ,£2OOO was given as part payment iu cash. The balance an! shares will be given on the flotation of th property on the English market. The claim has a good position beiween the above mines au 3 has several unprospoctel reefs.