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Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2067, 13 January 1898, Page 2

In our report of the meeting of the'Presbyterian Church Committee which appeared in last issue,' we inadvertently, omitted to mention the names of - Messrs A. Calder, Jas. Brown and J. Craig, as being among those present. ’ Sergeant Wild, who has been transferred from Te Aroha to North Shore, where he will take charge, has arrived at the latter place, and will enter upon his duties forthwith.—Herald. ’ '' V-, The cortege following the remains of the late Mr Carroll Nash was the largest ever seen in Ohinemuri. Wm Boxall, an old Thames identity, died on Tuesday. ■'"■'A boy, whose name we have mot been able, to ascertain.; but wh<? isjat present visiting Mr Bedwood, met with’an accident yesterday which has been" attended by serious results. While out, riding he was pitched headforemost; on to aSti-tree stump and rendere d unconscious. the 9tump having punctured the skull.’. Dr Smith is attendiug the sufferer. } At a meeting of St. Mark’s vestry held ou Tuesday evening the action of the Chairman in securing the lease of the Church property was confirmed. The only other business of importance was the election of Mr Strange as a member of the vestry vice MrMclndoe resig ed.

Speaking in Melbourne to a. newspaper interviewer Mr Wilson Barret, the wellknown actor, regarding the assassination of William Terriss, said he thought that Archer was the eame man who followed him about with a-revolver for a considerable time when ho was at the Princess Theatre in London. At last Mr Barrett called Archer into his office and accused him ot wanting to murder him. Archer admitted the accusation, and when asked his reason said that Mr Barrett was his brother, and had robbed him,’ showing, as Mr Barrett pointed out, that he was mad. It is reported that the old warship Nelson, which has for the last 30 years been a landmark of Hobson’s Bay, will be offered for sale by auction at the end of next month'! The seamen serving on board the vessel have been notified that their quarters will in future be on the H M V S Cerberus. As soon as the stores, guns, etc, have been discharged, the Nelson will be taken to near the railway pier, Williamstdwn, and dismantled, after which the vessel will be thrown open for inspection by intending purchasers. The Nelson is one, of the few relics of the old * wooden walls of England,’ and although it is about 80 years since she left the stocks, dike the Boyal George, of which Campbell Wrote, * her timbers are yet sound.’ It was a few years after the death of the hero of Tra« falgar that the vessel was launched and named after him, but she was never commissioned for service;: With the advance made in steam navigatioh, ahe hadmachinety put into her, and about 30 years ago, when she Was a threexdecker, she was lent by the Admirality to the Victorian Government for the defence of Hobson’s Bay.

; > ' Horowhenua troubles seeminterminable. The latest phase, says the Wellington Post arises out of the action of a recent meeting of . Levin residents, promoted with the object M inducing the Government to acquire the Horowhenua, Papaitonga, and Waiwera Lakes, so that they may be thrown open as pleasure resorts for the public. At the present time Papaitonga, a beautiful piece of, water with two historic islands within it, is on Sir Walter Buller’s estate, and the: other two lakesare reserved as eeling grounds: for the natives The latter have • got back ’ upon the Pakehas in the most effective manner—by blockading the water.. One Sunday the Maoris of the lake district held a korero, and as the Pakehas had advertised a picnic and water sports on'the lake under the auspices of the Horowhenna Boating Club, it was decided that four wahines should hold a barricade against all white comers. On Monday morning the picnickers rolled up in force, but the quartet* under the leadership of Mrs Simeon, bravely and wordily held the gates against: a large force of disappointed barrackers. The reading of the petition failed to have the effect of a Biot Act. After a lengthy debate across the gateway, and the exchange of many hot words—it was ultimately arranged that the entrance money at the gates should be taken by a Pakeha and a Maori, Ohd an equal division made. But disgust cathe over the visitors, for just after they had succeeded in win-I ning entrance into the paradise, a drench-1 ing ram came down upOn native and alien j alike, .-I

: To-day ia tb© 112th birthday of the London Times.’

- Tuesday .was the anniversary of the capture of the great pah at Ruapekapekaj 52 years ago. p

Defective Maddern, and probably another officer,, will be sent to ’Frisco should Dr. Orpen go as far as the American port.

It has been suggested at Rotorua thatfifinger posts should be erected about the grounds, so that strangers might find the baths about which Dr Ginders has , lately compiled an exhaustive pamphlet. ' ’ ’’

- The Sydney press is agitating the question of, the defective supplies of small arms and ammunition;. Pro-, minent federationists are making the most of the Eastern situation to point out the grave position of Australia in the event of hostilities brSakiogout.

The firat of three Japanese steamers intended for the Australian service has been launched from Napier's yards.

The ‘ Ashburton Mail ’ states that a number of persons who refused to stop card-playing in a railway carriage in that district when requested to do so by the guard are to be prosecuted, a test case being made of the subject.

Any of our readers desirous of joining a Magazine Club are requested to send in their names aocompauied by a list of the magazines they prefer. On Saturday afternoon next lovers of lawn tennis are promised an unusual treat, as arrangements have been made for a match between the pick of Te Aroha and Paeroa players. Paeroa will; be represented on the occasion by Messrs Forbes and Diilstan and Messrs Jackson and Conolly, while Messrs Lewis and Smales, Oliver and Farquharson, will do battle for •Te Aroha. Play will probably commence at three o’clock. ■. s ' ;

The nuisance, about which so many visitors complain, of the assemblage of a number of noisy youths jo, the octagon on Sunday night, still continues. We Have more Ilian once appealed to the better feelings of these lads, as we think it is scarcely s case for police intervention. If, however, this objectionable course of conduct is persisted in it will be necessary to have recourse to one of the milder resources of civilization m the shape of the local constable and a piece of blue paper. So many attractive watering places are there in the provinceof Auoklaud 'today, all vying with each other to attract public patronage that we cannot affords to neglect the care aud comfort -of bur visitors, ©yen in the most-insignificant details.

Tho Governor of New South Wales, in the course of an interview r-icently, said: ‘lfLas an Englishman, wanted to go farming, it is to this country (New Zealand) that I should come. The regularity of the'seasons and the fertility of the land constitute a tremendous advantage in favour of the farmers here. There is just one thing that I am rather inclined to be a little nervous about the very extensive development of the dairying industry. Wherever one turns in New Seutk Wales, in Victoria, and in New Zealand the same thing is seen—dairy factories springing up here, there, and everywhere, and I am : very, much afraid of the industry being overdone. ’

When Mr Beetham, S.M, of Christchurch, inflicted on a number of bookmakers fines of £10" and 14 days’ imprisonment for laying totalisator odds on the Biccarton racecourse, an appeal was lodged against his decision. The persons concerned, however, decided last week not to proceed further with the appeal but to take out * their sentences. Accordingly four of the bookmakers sentenced (three being WellingtSoman’s and one hailing-from Auckland) have given themselves up to the police during the last few days, and are now quartered at Terrace Gaol. . ...

A writer signing himself ‘Refreshed’ writes to the 4 Star The Kauri Timber Company deserve to prosper, for; they evidently consider what are supposed to be tho small things in life. Observe.their horses, all provided with litt)e white linen caps to protect their heads from the hot sun. Is this example not worthy of imitation f I was delighted with the sight, and I shall always think there is a humane, kindly heart beating in that company somewhere.' 1

A Hawke’s Bay Herald Sydneycorrespondent, writes : Dr Muskett has taken up the cudgels for alcohol which he maintains is a true food, and highly beneficial, when taken in moderation, to the human economy. To him retorts Mr G. D Clark, a Good Templar of the straifcest sect, to the effect that alcoholic beverages are foes of the human race; He cites numerous medical men of high standing to prove his statement, and he succeeds in showing thajs qa this, on nearly every other question of importance, the profession is hopelessly divided against itself. ,

A fire occurred at Waikino on Tuesday, resulting iu the 'total destruction of the dining rooms owned jby .Mr Beeson. • T.h© building was uninsured, an cl 7 Mr Beeson estimates his loss at L2OO. The fireplace was an Open one, and it is thought that some uaextinguishod embers fell out on the, floor during 'A's the rooms werd priricipallyJuoad by the men employed; at the Wailii Gold Mining ‘Company‘ir battery, the building is to be reinstated at onqe.