LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2072, 29 January 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

•Tames RlcCosh Clark is dead. The Omahu Hill is to be blown up. We have to call attention to. Mr James Bell s card in another column.

We have much pleasure in calling our readers attention to Messrs Maokay and Pratt s advertisement in another column.

The jury returned a verdict in the Ellen Casey case, that the girl died from blood poisoning, due to extensive inflammation.

Chas. F. Spooner was fined £l2O. for publishing a leaflet “ The New Telephone, ” minus the imprint,, at the Auckland Police Court..

To-day is Anniversary Day, and will be regarded as. a holiday until evening by most- of our storekeepers-, when the shops will open as usual. The Thames Navals, all being well, 'will arrive in Te Aroha to-day, when a match will be fired at the butts between them and the Te Aroha “reps.”

The Piako County Council call fortenders for erection of three new brake frames and new bridge, over Canadian gully, in this issue.

The secretary of the Te Aroha Jockey Club (Mr P. Snewin) reminds owners in another column.of this issue, that nominations for certain races must be made to him before Tuesday, February loth. The races, are fixed for March H.

The great popularity of the News as an advertising medium is again shown by the number of new advertisements to be found in to-day's issue. The circulation of the News is quietly but steadily increasing.

C“We regret we have not more space t our disposal to comment upon the holding of a preliminary meeting in connection with the formation of a first-aid class in Te Aroha under the auspicies of the St. John’s AmbulanceAssociation. In another column an advertisement appears giving particulars of the preliminary meeting on February 3rd. _«

An extensive auction sale will be held at the residence of Mrs Wilkinson, Terminus Street, on the river bank,, Te Aroha, by Messrs Mackay and Pratt, who wiU dispose of the whole of the household furniture and effects on the premises, whioh are perhaps better known as being lately in the occupation of Mr Lavery Full particulars of the sale, which takes place on Saturday, 12th February, will appear in our next issue.

A meeting of the Children’s. Picnic Committee will be held in the Domain office on Monday bight, when a balance sheet will be submitted in connection with the picnic-. A statement will also be submitted in connection with the Jubilee picnip,, held last June. It is to be hoped that there will be a good attendance, as; the question of disposing of the credit balance will be dealt with. The meeting will be held immediately at the close of the special meeting of the Town Board, re the weekly half holiday.

Mr Luxford is one of those who came to Te Aroha, attracted by the fame of her picturesque scenery and wonderful hot springs, for a season, to become, his many friends sincerely hope, a fixture here. Anyhow we are glad to see our popular hair dresser has shifted his camp, and hung out his shingle in much more commodious premises, higher up Te Aroha’s mein street. Now he has got a fashionable tailor on one side of him and George Deverell, the saddle-maker, on the other, so he is in good company. We have much pleasure in calling attention to Mr Luxford's advertisement in another column.

We hear that an accident occurred near Morriusville, on Tuesday morning last, in which a young lady named Russell, sister of Mrs McDonald, who resides, in that neighbourhood, met with somewhat severe injuries through being thrown from her pony. It appears, that while she was riding towards the station, her pony commenced ‘ buckiDg,’ with the result that the pommel of the saddle gave way, and she was violently thrown, her ankle being severely injured. She was at once conveyed to Dr Gilbert Smith, at Te Aroha, who attended to her hurts. On enquiring at the Riverside boarding house last night, we learned that the patient was progressing favourably towards recovery.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ohinemuri Council will he held on Thursday, 3rd February, at 2 p.ra, Mr W, G. Evans, piano and organ tuner, is now in Te Aroha. Orders may be left at Mr Robson’s, chemist.—Advt

Notice is given by the Katikati Road Board that a meeting, will be held at Katikati on February sth, it is there intention to strike a rate of fd in the £ on the rateable value of the rateable property in the said district.

An experiment is being made in Sydney, under Wealeyan auspices, for the cure of confirmed inebriety. Satisfactory results are claimed for the system of treatment, which is by means of hypodermic injections of a vegetable compound and the ad-ministering-of tonics. In the Boer republic they lately appointed an inspector of offices, and his first report was discussed last month. As a proof of one of the things of which the Rand new-comers complain the document is pretty strong. The discovered embezzle-, meets; for the year amount to .£18,590. One mining commissioner’s clerk got away with £6OOO, a Native commissioner with, £IO,BOB, and others had ‘cute;’ of from £6OO, down to a few miserable sovereigns. Now Kruger wants to borrow a million, or two..

Prince Ranji’s douceur for his Australian tour is reported to be £2,500. Members of Melbourne and Sydney Association committees say that it is, n.ot so much, but it is questionable if they know anything of the details of the arrangements with Stoddart, who, as one secretary once tersely put it, ‘ doesn’t want anyone to know things about the financing of the team.” “ Stoddy ” was instructed. to. get a draw, and in securing Ranji he had to pay a. pretty stiff figure. The so. called amateurs require' heavy greasing.. W. G, Grace, when! h© came to Australia, received from. Lord Sheffield something like £SOOO. Andhe’s an amateur ! —Exchange. Those who were sitting at the railway end of the Melbourne ground on the Tuesday of t,he test match, according to the ‘ Argus,’ witnessed a singular, spectacle.. Under the tree sat four deaf mutes, all of whom.appeared to. take the closest interest in the game. Every piece of good: play was applauded by them, and those w.ho.watched them were, not. left' long in doubt as to which, side held their sympathies. When, the Indian Prince was batting they watched, his, every stroke-, and when- now and then h.e got a fourer, their hands.: and fingers moved in eloquent approval, but when the batsman’s stumps were spread byTrumble, they clapped vigorously,. and one, in ; default of being ab'e to give vocal expression to. his. feelings, threw his hat into the branches, of the- tree,, where it remained till a boy went,up and released, it. This was only one side of the picture, for futher along three blind men were among; the- “ spectators.” They had a friend with, them, who. told them, how the-, game proceeded,, and when Jones got Hirst and Bearne- out for practically nothing they applauded with all the earnestness: ofmen who, if they did not see, at any rate felt aa if they did.. Some blind men can. see as much with- their ears at a cricket match as some people can with, both eyes, A Sydney correspondent writes: —. A proposal has, been, mooted to convert the Sydney Stock Exchange into, a gigantic gambling apparatus by adopting, the London system oK fortnightly, or bimonthly,, settlements. At present any one who buys scrip can clam, that it shall be delivered, and presumably he- does, not buy it unless he wants it. Under the 1 settlement ’ system, however, ho delivery need be made till settlement day, and not then if the parties like to ‘ carry over,’ The procedure is precicely on a par with that ef the European, and American grain exchanges, where speculators buy and sell immense quantities of wheat, never intending either to give or take delivery of the grain, but sin ply to rec-ive or pay the difference in price when the transaction matures. In the buying and selling of any commodity for actual requirements it 3 passage from the producer to the consumer is facilitated, and some economic service is, rendered. In mere gambling, however, one man’s gain is another’s loss, and those who, resort to it are useless burdens upon the community. The project has not as yet taken any definite shape, and most of the older and more responsible members of the Exchange are opposed to it.

While we were in, Auckland the ether day we took the opportunity to visit Messrs Hoiland Bros and Co.’s cycle factory in Quay-street, Auckland, to. whose advertise-* ment in another column we have much pleasure in calling attention. We were courteously received and shown over the premises and put in possession of the history of these magnificient machines from their crude beginnings to the perfect finish of the complete machine. Every part employed in the construction of this matchless wheel is imported from England. The frame is. composed of weldless steel tubing manufactured by the Birmingham Small Arms Company (England), every inch of whose work is guaranteed. This frame is put together by the firm, and the excellence of their work was proved in our presence by au interesting experiment, consisting of testing the strength of one of the wheels of their happily named ‘ Ideal Bicycle.’ The wheel, which is a spidery looking affair with piano wire spokes, was. subjected', as we remarked, to a most ciucial test, inasmuch as at the invitation of Mr Hoiland, spectators, whose weight in the aggregate amounted to 60 stone, were inv.ted to perch themselves on it as- it lay on the shop floor. One man. of twelve stone was supported by a single wire. The advantages of the ‘ Ideal ’ are numerous, so numerous indeed that it would be difficult to name them within the space we can afford. We were also shown a valve which for simplicity and reliability leaves the Dunlop far behind. The firm, we were pleased to learn, has secured the exclusive right to sell this patent. Messrs Hoiland and Co are also agents for the Waltham Watch Manufacturing Company's ‘Orient,’ which they are disposing of at £22. With regard to their own high»priced machines they have sold every one turned out of their workshops up to date. Mr I. Duncan, their representative, will be at Messrs McIndoe and Hill‘s well-known saddlery shop in Whitaker Street, Te Aroha, this even* ing, when he will have much pleasure in exhibiting a sample of the firm's work.

To the Deaf and those troubled with Noises in the Head or other Aural Troubles Dr Nicholson of London, the world famed Aural Specialist and-luventor of Artificial Ear Drums, has just issued the 100th edition of his illustrated and descriptive book on Deafness and Aural Troubles, This book may be had from Mr Colin Campbell, 160. Adelaide, Road, Wellington, N.Z, Mr Campbell was cured of his deafnesß by Dr Nicholson’s Bystem, and takes pleasure in spreading the news of the great specialist iff Zealand. A little book on the cure of Rheumatism, Corpulence, Lumbago, and Indigestion by the same author, may be had from Mr Campbell, also free.—Advt.