Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News Wednesday, October 9, 1895.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1777, 9 October 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News Wednesday, October 9, 1895.

; ; ’ The Secretary of the :Ca3man Syndicate v are calling' a meeting of shareholders- to , he Held; in the Palace Hotel on Friday. . evening. . '. , . - A slander action, in which the damages ate laid at £SOOO, has been began at Newcastle by the: Eiv Donald Fraser, M. A., against the Rev C. Bell, Beth are local Presbyterian ministers. • - ; , • Reports to hand from, Niagra, Western Australia, state that the Blacks are very troublesome there. . They have stolen a 'number of revolvers and cartridges, and are - a serious menace to the prospectors. A Chinese jedding Was the occasion for festivity amongst Chinese residents of , Wellington on Tuesday night; in one of- the .. streets on the southern side of. the city. ■ .The bride came from China last week. . / The. Te Aroha/ Hot'. Springs, Domain Board have 'just published a really neat : Guide Book fortJpvalida and Tpurists to the Thermal ' - ; Sprin'gs ■ and f Baths. The Guido is got up in an attractive form, being . crown 8 yo and contains- 36 pages'of; dea^ -. criptivo' matter ; and advertisements; also ?, 4 full'page "electro engravings of the. Domam grounds 'and views near To'Aroha, Tn the centre of the work there is a. double f page map showing the y irious routes.tp Te Aroha, this will be of assistance to tourists. The'letterpress work is of; a high order and is a very ere litable production indeed. The Board are to be com men led on the enter, • prise ehowxr by them in publishing-such a’ Guide which will be welcomed far aud wide. The execution of the order was entrustel to the News Office>nl is the production of. , the Typographical department of this 'paper. Mails for Fiji fa'so Sandwich Islands, , Canada and United States America, connectin" With Warriuioo at Fiji) close at-Te Aveha°Post Office at 6 55 a.m Friday, 11thCorrespondence marked * P® r ? : ■ An interesting story about ariolin comes i forip Berlin, A Herr. Vansell, son of ,the well-known engraver of that • city, saw a , violin in an old curiosity shop, took a fancy to it. and bought it for M. He did not ' Pareto name the price to his friends for fear 1 of being laughed at, as he considered it }.l somewhat excessive. One day he took it to • ] u violin mak y for repairs. HoW great was 1 hia astonishment when he was told that it - was a genuine Amati, worth several hua- - dred pounds. Soma few days after the t violin was sold to a member of the opera j house orchestra for £3OO, and the purchaser , of the same, day,was offered £SOO for c gtrument, which'is said to be a magnificent specimens of the mater. - i

Saturday was quite a gala day in Paeroa - owing partly fo the fine gather and to the sports and football match, which took place in one of Mr Nichoil’a paddocks, close to the, township* Young and old of both, sex s turned:, out in large numbers, and wlii st the young people gave themselves up to amusement with all their might, , the elder portion, took advantage of the opportunity to have a quiet chat and ito exch nge ideas on the many subjects of interest to Paeroans, if I mrfy coin a word for the occasion. All seemed to thoroughly • enjoy themselves. The sports throughout were well conducted/and carried to a finish without a hitch. - Seldom do those engaged in,the work of. marrying, indulge in a pun during the ceremony, however much they may be -tempted by the names of the happy couple, but a Salt Lake J.P. could not lose an opportunity recently. afforded him- In a couple who presented themselves the name of the bridegroom was John Pill. When the J ustice reached that part of the ceremony where the bride agrees to take the grooin f6r better or _ worse, instead of the usual formula he said, ‘ Clara, do you take this Pill?’ at which Ihe bride was Heard to respond ‘Yes,’ almost inaudibly. of this Upper Thames V alley is required than to read Mr Laybourn’s new advertisement in another column of this issue. Owing to the large area of fine agricultural country which is being brought . under cultivation- every year.; Mr Laybourn finds it necessary for tho settlers needs and is prepared to supply every description of farm seed. Mr Laybourn is an acknowledged authority as to the class-of seed best suited to the various soiTs, he having given much attention to this interesting subject. No doubt settlers will find it to their interests to consult Mr Laybourn when laying down fresh pastures. The old saying that “ opposition is the life of.trade ” is evidenced by the announcement .which Mr D. Campbell of Waihi, has That gentleman intends doing his best to in another I‘o'nmn in this morning’s issue, satisfy the requirements of the travellingpublic, he is having a modern coach, built by Cousins and Atkin especially to suit the Waihi roads. In addition to the regular , daily trip, Mr Campbell purposes; running another coach; leaving Paeroa early in the. morning and returning the same -oveniiig. This will be a decided advantage to'those having business in the raining district. The°f ollowmg are the Reefton gold return for thp past week Big River, 3320 z amalgam from .111; tons clean up; Progress, 210 oz amalgam from 220 tons ; Dark', 148 oz amalgam from 136 tons; Globe, 114 oz amalgam from 120 tons ; A 1 tribute, 1560 z gold Trom 17 tons; Buller Dredge, 60oz gold for 132'hours; Ccc.sparrowDredge,3lozamalgam for one we.k; Wealth; 105 oz amalgam from 126 tens. - The Horticultural Society ■ Committee met last evening to arrange matters of detail in connection with the forthcoming I’ldwev:- Show -and; Industrial Exhibition. ; ThO ; President, .W. Si Allen,. Esq., wrote agreeing t 6 open the • show, and forwarded two guineas to the funds. Favourable replies were: received from those naked to judge the show; expenditure of .£4 lOs-.fOr tables was authorised, Mr B.'Jaickson to make same. It was resolved* that tho secretary and treasurer should meet, the ladies committee on Friday afternoon to secure their co-operations. The secretary was instructed to write the railway endeavour to secure an excusion train, from Auckland and one from Paeroa on the day- of f -the-'show. ' Several other matters of detail were discussed and arranged. Much interest .was manifested in the proceedings and a very ’successful show is anticipated.-