LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2098, 28 April 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Flour has advanced ss, partly attributable to the war. _ , .We are glad to hear that Mr Allen Bowler is re«overing from a severe attack of influenza. Several bad cases have occurred in the Waito a Riding recently, we understand. An extraordinary Gazette issued on Monday contains a proclamation of neutrality warning British subjects against illegal enlistment, Shipbuilding, and expe-. ditions.

To all applicants for enlistment in American service, however, Mr Dillingham, the U.S. Consul, Auckland, has stated that up to the present he has no authority to enlist men. Most of the men who have called at his office, he states, are British subjects. A few Americans have offered for service, but the bulk of the volunteers are young men who have come from Britain to the colonies. . <

No wonder, says the ‘ Hot Lakes Chronicle after quoting frasa the columns of the News a report of Mr Seddon'a reply to the Deputation which successfully waited on him during his visit to Te Aroha ‘tnat aa a coma munity we are the laughing stock of visitors from other places. ■ If, as the Premier stated the existing laws 'enable us to become a: borough, the sooner steps are taken to achieve that position the better it will be community. King Log has ruled long enough/ A new regime is necessary, even thongh it brings King stork and accompanying taxation.’ v The Maori land question is still an un? solved problem, says the Hawkes Bay Herald in its leading article. It is likely to remain so as long as there is a Maori. Our Native Land Courts are evidently worked on the same system as the Courts of Chancery. It requires years of consideration, and the application of the intensest legal acumen, to decide a title to a piece 6f Maori land. Tnis is all the more remarkable since the natives themselves' knew, almost front the day they assume a perpendicular position, the boundaries of their inherited property. t They can" describe with the utmost accuracy, almost with a sort of instinct, the position of a block which is their own, A tree marks one corner, a reck another, and the bank of a creek is the boundary on one side, If the native land law is one of such simplicity how is it that the Native Courts find so muoh difficulty in resolving titles ?

An ordinary meeting of the Dhinemiiri County Council will be held on Thursday next, 5 h May. , A young man named Dune, who has been in the employ of Mr W. Hetheringtou, of. the Pah Farm, died somewhat suddenly on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was a martyr to asthma, to which disease he suceumbed.

The body of a man named Francis McDevitt has been found in the Opitonui river. He was last seen alive on April 18th. He was about 45 years of age, and leaves a wife and eight young children, who reside at Kuaotunu. ' •' : -

We are particularly requested to draw attention to the alterations in the local railway time-table, advertised in another column. The Paeroa *Te Aroha changes are:—Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays : Paeroa dep. 10.20 a.m altered to 10 30 a.m; Te Aroha 11.5 a. mto 1 i .20 a.m, arriving at Auckland at 7.50 p.m. There will be a daily train from Auckland at 9 80 a.m.

Yesterday Mr A. H. Atkinson, of the Hamilton Gas Works, who is at present staying in Te Aroha, called at this office. An interesting conversation with that gentleman threw quite a flood of light on Ihe situation. No question of concession is involved, Mr Atkinson merely wishes to make himself secure against interlopers for a couple of years—an ordinary business precaution to which no one can take exception. We intend to deal with the question later on as we have/no space at our disposal intbisiscue. A *want long felt by the residents ef the Waihou district was supplied, when a money order office and savings bank were opened J there on Monday last. This will be a great convenience, as hitherto the Morrinsville and Te Aroha Post Offices only were available. Additions and improvements have been made to the premises occupied by Mr Hemphill as a store and Post Office, and the people of Waihou arei to be congratulated on this the last evidence of their increased prosperity.

We need hardly remind our readers of thp grand Lime-light Entertainment which is to be given in the Public Hall <m Monday evening next. The oc casion is the Wesleyan Anniversary Festival; and under the title of Picture Song, and Story,’ Dr„ Hosking, of Hamilton, is to provide a rare and delightful feast of good things for old and young. Over hundred choice and graphic views will be shown, inter spersed with a choice musical programme . The tickets are one shilling, (children half-price), and, as might be expected, they are selling rapidly. Mr J. J. Erasmus, who has been for seme time clerk for Mr E. G. B. Moss, met with a painful accident on Saturday afternoon. He was riding to his ; home in Te Aroha, and when near the Gorge, his horse slipped and fell, , with the result that its rider’s foot was severely ©rushed. The young man, however, with the assistance of a passer-by managed to remount, and after a very painful journey, reached Te Aroha. . \.■

V We notice from the Gazette that Mr H. H, Adams, formerly of Waiorongomai, mining engineer, has patented an improved automatic wet method for. continuously treating ore or quartz crushed by an ordinary crushingbattery, and also for supplementary treatment by cyanide or other solutions. ■" •/ ' ■ . Bo wise in time 1 ‘Ms good advice. Man Gets his chance but Beldom twice ! And therefore do not be cajoled Into.neglect of cough or cold 1 For bo' h there is no nostrum truer Than that of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cur©. A school teacher living away in the back blocks applied to the Napier Education Board for three months’ leave of absence, owing to suffering from a sore throat. There was no difficulty in acceding te that request, but. the rub came in asking him.to keep his mouth shut during that period, so that the school would net suffer when he came back to duty. At present he has got a * clergyman’s throat,’ and he is to be requested during his temporary retirement to ‘ preserve his voice far the better discharge of his duties.’ 4 It was considered that the unnecessary exercise of his voice was detrimental to his vocal powers. Ohe member of the Board said he was not'in the least surprised at some of the teachers’ throats going, judging by the way they shouted at, the children.;; . - , • : \

We have pleasure in drawing the attention of ourreaders to an announce- | ment in this issue which is of the importance to all farmers, j We refer to the reduction in! pricewhich, has lately taken place in the ‘ A ’ superphosphate manufactured by Kempthorne, .'Prosser, and Ob. The price of this manure is now £4 15s per ion, which means a reduction of 7s 6d in the price. It is needless for us to say anything as to the merits of this manure, as all the productions of this firm are so well-known to farmers, aa manures of the highest quality. We are informed that orders are now being taken for delivery next turnip season, and this may be an advantage to farmers who will secure their manure at the low price now /quoted. For Coughs and Colds Trke Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6 and 2/6