Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1788, 20 November 1895, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

"Thto above all—to thine own soli bo troe, And it rauet follow a® tho night the day Thou oanat nob tilth bo falto to any -Shakbspbabb.

A lad named William.- Doherty was crashed to death whilst working with his father in a claim; at Buck Kill Gully, Bavenswood, Queensland. A Gisborneite entered the. ladies’ bathing: shed and coolly removed all the bathing costumes, hats, and boots to the beach, where lie made a bonfire of them. . The wheel tax in the Taranaki County realised .£7s(>’ for the year and cosit; J 330 to collect. It has been decided to suspend its collection after the end of this year,' The Rev‘Dr Torrence, of Melbourne, has no hesitation in saying that •* liberality is one. of the mpst marked and most admirable traits of Australian, national character? '

-.VTbSHa is evidently going to 'be trouble over the claims upon thO Ohineintiri; Council ip .connection "with ths. adminipr , tration of the Licensing Act in the Bay of Plenty district, ag accounts amounting; to ,£57 6s 9d have been received by 'the Council from the secretary of the committee, who, says it was understood the Government will not. cancel- the appointment of the Ohinemuri Council as the administrative body.. It has ■ now been decided to again return the accounts, and the clerk was instructed to consult Mr Miller, solicitor, as to the legality of the licensing claims. ■'

It is understood that His Excellency the Governor (Lord Glasgow), the Countess of Glasgow, family, and suite may be expected in'Auckland about the middle of December. Government House and grounds are being put in readiness for their reception. The building is being painted, and otherwise renovated. •

In consequence of the unfavourable weather the usual monthly auction sale in Te Aroha was nut the success it otherwise would have been, as several settlers were debated from sending in their produce etc. this has now come to hand and Mr Jones has decided to sell on Saturday next. Anyone haviug produce, furniture, ,or merchandise for sale are requested to enter their goods early, in time for advertising in Saturday’s issue. For other particulars see advt. ;? • ■ ... |

The Wesleyan District Synod meets -in Auckland in the next month. Mr W. S. Allen will represent the Upper Thames Circuit. The full programme of St. Mark s Church conerk .in another coinin' •, fr.iih; which learn concert should prove a draw. The programme is an excellent one, comprising as it does, seventeen, items in all The two tableaus are especially good—‘ Excelsior' and ‘ The: little Hero.’ These, will be well staged, and should add to the attractions of the .concert. ■ : ■/:'' ’’ '

Captain Edwin wired at noon yesterday as follows : —‘ Indications for Strong North to West and South-west winds —glasa *»“• Our energetic townsman MyT. Mclndoe, has a replace advertiseinCut/iu. his. usualspace of this issue, in which he announces that his clearing sale will positively close Jib the eh/ of the pr smt. month•Mr George Wilson, mining inspector, at present on a visit of.inspection to'the' various mines in the Ohinemuri field, states that throughout the district visited by him* he found .that, mining, matters were on the whole making favourable progress. Many Koensed holdings wet-e - nowr protected but on those where a limited number of men were allowed to be employed, he ap,w that prospecting operations were being, fairly' well conducted. 4 Regarding the number of. men r employed in connection with; the mines, Mr Wilson said that-hb estimated that in Waihi there were 550 gaged in actual mining; on water-races, tramway, and cutting out firewood, at Karangahake, 255; at Owharoa, 50, and- pt Waitekauri fully 250 employed;'so that •altogether there must be 1100 men at work, in this district* —Tribune;- 1 •" < ;