Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1786, 9 November 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

• Thla above all—fe) feMao otra oolf be Dree, knd it most follow m the nlsjhttba day Thou c*n»b wot then be false to any man.' Shakespeare.

The nnonnl H"mo Mission sermons will bo preached at Te A roha Wesleyan Church in the morning by Rev S. F. Prior, of .P:tt-ptreet circuit,'Auckland; arid by Mr VV. S. Allen in the evening. The annual l-nblic meeting re Home Missions will be held—Paeroa, M inday ; Waihi, TiiesdnyJ; Te Aroha, on Wednesday ; and at Morrinsvillo on Thursday next. / At the request of a London firm engaged in the Japanese trade, a number of samples of Hawke’s Bay wool have been forwarded on to that country so that the market may qe tested. If the experiment proves successful, a new and profitable market may be opened to local growers. The collections at St. Mark's Church, Te Aroha, and Sfc. Paul's, Paeroa, will be in aid of the Country Clergy Fund, The sacred solo, “ Too Late,” will bo sung during the offertory at St. Mark's Churcrh to morrow ev.ening, Mies Stanley playing a violin obligato. We are ploasad to hear that Mrs Hctherington is recovering nicely from her recent accident, she having received a severe shaking by falling out of Sraardon Bros,’ Waiorongomai -mail gig Mr W. Wildman has resigned his position of editor of tho Thames Advertiser, and his place has been filled be Mr W. H. Noseworthy, formerly of the Marlborough Tunes.

Mr F. P. Jones “-will conduct his next auction sale in the Te Aroha Public Hall on Saturday next the 16th inst.

It will be seen by an advertisement which has been appearing in our columns several times, that Mr Cookson intends disposing of his case of very fine specimens by means of a raffle. The permission of the Colonial Secretary has been obtained, and Mr Smardon has the matter in hand. He want? 50 subscribers at 10s each,, already several have signified their willingness to take tickets. Full particulars can be obtained from Mr Smardon, and the Case can ho seen at. his hotel. Settlers interested in the establishment 1 of the Sugar Beat Industry ia the Waikato sfiould attend .the meeting to he held in the Public Hall on Monday night. Captain Rnnciman and Mr Davis are a deputation from the Waikato Farmer’s Club to Te Aroha, they will ardst as the meeting of settle* s We hope' there will be a large attendance, Os the success of the proposed venture is. of the greatest importance to our agricultural i iterests. Full particulars of the undertaking have appeared in pur columns of late. To-day being a public holiday the Te Aroha business people intend closing at mid-day for the afternoon, and then reopening again at six in the evening. This arrangement will give everybody an opportunity to visit the exhibition in the Public Hall during the afternoon. Should the weather prove fine no doubt large numbers will avail themselves of the opportunity.

From statistics to hand we gather that the total number of sheep in the oolony for the year ending 30th April last, was 19,826,600, being a decrease of 404,225 on the returns of last year. Piako contributes 233,053, Waikato 78,215, Ohinemuri 4,206, Thames 7*954, Tauranga 4,674. The decrease for the year is considerable,'and is tp ;be Regretted, it- is mainly caused by the development of onr frozen meat trade, sheep have been slaughtered at a greater rate than the reproductive power of our flocks are able to maintaid.

Captain Fairchild's method of arriving at the conclusion that tho wool found amongst the wreckage at the Auckland Islands was Australian grown was worthy of Sherlock Holmes. The wool was full of the Bathurst burr, and to a keen observer liko the skipper of the Hinemoa this said a good deal. The Bathurst burr is plentiful in New Zealand as well as in Australia, but in the latter colonies it ripens before shearing is concluded, and consequently the wool gets full of the burrs. In'New Zealand the burr does not ripen till after shearing, and consequently is not found in the wool.

Mark Twain has two or three characteristic poses when on the. platform, but tho most peculiar one is his habit of nursing his elbow, ana anxiously pressing bis cheek with his hand as if suffering tho agonies of an 80-horse power, stump-jumpin” toothache, when on the point of slipping out some particularly, excruciating a surity. From the time of his stepping out before the footlights to his leaving, say 3 a contemporary, the lecturer is never guilty v of even the ghost of a smile—he is as solemn all the time as a wart on. an undertaker’s horse. - •'

Those who desire a thoroughly gobd lesson in the first principles of carpentering—-co-operative carpentering—should- pay a visit to Byron-street, where the new jpolico buildings are being erected. Visitors are .respectfully requested to stand at a reasonable distance to,admire, so as not to hamper the artisans. People who know, estimate that the work will probably be completed within twelvo months, barring unforseen circumstances, which of course are apt to disconcert the best regulated Government stroke.—Hawkes Bay Courier. On Monday evening three young men who keep a, bachelors’ establishment in Palmerston North were somewhat startled. They put a rata log on the fire, and after it had been burning a little while one of them noticed the end of a dynamite charge sticking out. They made their escape, and did not roturn until the fire had died out. The charge was extracted next morning, and proved large enough to have destroyed the building.

The functions of Government are gradually extending in the colony. It is not only going into sawmilling, but also into eheesemaMng. There is a vote of <£9oo for a cheese factory at the Cheviot. Why the colony should be required to start a cheese factory at the Cheviot while other districts have to depend on private enterprise for their dairy factories, we do not know. The Minister for Lands, however, has now probably discovered his natural vocation to he that of a cheese-monger.