Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2074, 3 February 1898, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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On Tuesday a severe gale prevailed over a great part of the colony. ~ We are glad to hear that Mr Edwin Edwards, who has been seriously ill, is now convalescent. In the fourth test match the Australians were all out for 323 and England for 174. The Englishmen made 254 for 7 wickets in the 2nd innings. A collision occurred on Monday night between the ss. Stella and the sailing vessel Waitemata, off the Tiri light-house. The Waitemata sank, but the crew was saved. During Mr Cadmnn’s stay in Auckland he will he asked to receive an influential deputation of mining men, when several important matters affecting the industry will be laid before the Minister. The Government astronomer predicts thatj if the fires now raging in Victoria get hold of the Otwav forest and the wind remains in the same quarter, Melbourne will be an iuferno before the week ends. '

Mr H. J. Taperell, who was formerly on the staff of the New Zealand Times, and fur the last seven years has been attached to the Sydney Daily Telegraph, latterly on the editorial staff, has been appointed editor of the New Zealand Times.

Phylloxera has been discovered in Mr A Merton's vineyard, Whan gar ei. This is a, sad misfortune, as it will entail the destruction Of this vineyard, which usually produces about five tons of grapes. This may be a necessary ktep, but as do provision is made for compensating unfortunate owners of vineyards, M r Alder ton’s case is a hard one.

At Mr Major’s farm,* Fernside, Canterbury, while reaping was in progress with a Wood’s harvesting machine, a hare jumped out of the crop on to the canvass, and after vainly striving for some time to get clear of the travelling apron and having four or five times leaped through the fans of the machine, it was drawn in with the corn and bound up in a sheaf. By this time the cries of the poor animal were loud and piercing, and it was hoped it might have escaped with a squeezing, but before matters could be investigated a dog came up and put the hare out of its agonies. —Truth. The inhabitants of Cambridge (says the Waikato Argus) will regret to learn that they are about to lose a valuable and esteemed townsman by the removal of Mr W. H. Wright, of Clemen ts Park, to Te Aroha. Mr Wright has, through the agency of Mr G.E. Clark, ' sold 2CO acres of his farm to Mr Geo Watt, of the Cambridge Cheese and Bacon Factory, and now there only remain 50 acres and the homestead to dispose of, and very probably ere this reaches our subscribers that will either have been sold or leased. We understand Mr C. W. Arnold will continue to carry on the butchering business, that he has so ably managed for Mr Wright, on his own account. We much regret the departure of Mr and Mrs Wright from the Waikato, and trust that in the future they will be blessed with good health and enjoy a happy and prosperous career. In=the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court on Friday, at Wellington, an argument was heard on an important point under the Licensing Act. The licensee of the Te Aro Hotel was charged with allowing liquor to be consumed on the premises after hours, and the case narrowed itself down to the question as to whether a publican is allowed under the act to entertain hia friends as guests after hours by giving them refreshments. It was admitted that no money had passed, the question being simply whether liquor can be consumed on the premises dnuing prohibited hours. Mr Bell, who repre sented the police, contended that an offence had been committed under section 155 of the Licensing Act. Mr Bkerrett, for the defendant, combated ,this argument. Both counsel intimated that whatever Mr Kenny s judgment might be the case would be taken before the full Court of Appeal in May. Mr Kenny said under the circumstances he would prefer a written judgment, and deliver it later on. A cyclist stayed at a temperance hotel, his bicycle being placed under lock and key by the hotel attendant. The next morning the cyclist discovered that »the cyclometer had been wrenched off. He sued the proprietor and the question arose whether the keeper of a temperance hotel could be construed as a common innkeeper, and so liable for the safety of goods entrusted to him by his quests. The judge held that he was, and gave judgment for the cyclist,

The Railway Department has granted a special train between here and Paeroa on the day of the Te Aroha Jockey Club’s meeting, on Monday, March 14. The train will leave here at 7 p.m. for Paeroa, arriving there at 7.30. The ordinary morning train which leaves Paeroa at. 10.30 will just suit the meetiug to a nicety.

While staying at the Family Hotel, .Te Aroha, Commissioner Tunbridge was seized with a severe attack of illness, and Dr Gilbert'Smith had to e called in. The Commissioner, however, was alright again on Tuesday morning, accompanied by“ Inspector Hickson, he left for Paeroa ov a round of inspection.

At the Band Contest, Napier, Waihi did fairly well. In the Band’s own selection Waihi was 6'h; but in a difficult test piece, out of the 10 bands competing Waihi came id 4th, being only 7 points behind the winning band, the Wellington Garrison, and only 2 points behind Jupp’s Band, which took -eon 1 place. In the grand aggregate Waihi was 4th out of 10 competitors.

The Wellington Garrison Band, which has carried off the honors at the Napier hand contest, has had a most successful career. During the last five years it has taken pa it in five contests, and secured three first prizes and two seconds, and one first prize for quickstep playing and drill competi.ions, and at the Oamaru coutest secured 157 points out of a possible 1( 0 points, besides holding the Boosey challenge cup acd the Besson’s challenge shield, which latter it has again secured.

A thimble was originally a thumb bell, beeause.it was worn on the thumbs as sailors still wear their thimbles. It is a Dutch invention, and in 1834, in Amsterdam the bicentennial of the thimble was celebrated with a great deal of formality. This valuable addition to my lady’s workbasket was first made bv a goldsmith named Nicholas van Yenschoten. The literal translation of the German word for thimble is quaint.. It is a finger-hut.