Te Aroha Ohinemuri News TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1898.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2100, 3 May 1898, Page 2

Te Aroha Ohinemuri News TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1898.

We have te call attention to an advert tisemant in another column., from which our readers wifi ©bserve that the old Family Boarding House is to let! • Says the Bay of Plenty Times The natives who recently loft for the guinfields have returned, bringing with them a fair amount of cash. It is their intention to at once commence the cultivation of pros duce.as they appreciate the fact that prices are likely to be higher owing to the war between Spain, and AmericaLast evening, according to announcement the Anniversary Festival of the Wesleyan Church took place at tho. Public Hall, Te Aroha, when Dr Hoaking of Hamilton gave his, entertaining|limalight lecture, ‘ Picture Song and Story J There was a good attendance, and all present were delighted with what proved to be a most enjoyable evening. We hope to give a fuller report in our next issue. Toanight Dr Hosking is to repeat this delightful entertainment in the school-house, Te Aroha West, and we strongly advise all who can to attend, as it is rarely that so delightful an evening can be arranged for outside the towns, and the * bill of fare ’ provided by ‘ Picture, Song and Story ’ is one that no one should miss. The entertainment will commence at 7.30 p.m.

The following is significant of the feeling abroad in the colonies The Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes were gaily flying on the barquentinePendle Hill in Gisborne the other day—an unusual sight on the river. Why have you got the two flags hoisted ?’ asked a newspaper representative. ‘ Because that is the way they should be,’ replied Captain Norris, with emphasis, * they should always be together; if Great Britain and the united States always kept together, Germany, Russia, Prance, and all the others could combine if they like, but they would uot dare to offer any affront to the two English-speaking nations, which (combined ) could more than hold their own under any condition^.’

There was a full muster of the representatives of the bar at the sitting ©f the Warden’s Court at Livingstone, Otago ( says the ‘ Oamaru Mail ’), In addition to three gentlemen from Oamaru there was a • Learned lady friend ’ from Dunedin in the person of Mi9s Ethel Benjamin. For a lady praotice in th e. Warden’s Court is unique, and in consequence all the miners from the surrounding district put in their appearance at the sitting. The lady was "so effective with her objections that at one time the large audience were on the verge of applauding her, and were only kept in check by the Warden’s voice ringing out telling them that they must net interfere, Although a little nervous at first she made horse! f heard and with cool, telling sentences made her meaning clear. i XFor Coughs and Colds take Wood’s Great Peppermint Cure 1/s and 2/6 A trio of Wellington johnnies followed three girls—total strangers to them—home from church the other Sunday evening, and made insulting remarks to them. One of the girls turned upon the cads and gave them a bit of her mind—a good sized bit. Ju9t then a local preaoher came by. and learning that the johnnies had grossly insulted the young ladies, he put down his Bible on the foothpath, pulled off his coat and put 'it alongside the Bible, and tackling the the biggest of the blackguards gave him a hammering he won’t forget for a year. The other fellows made their escape. That’s the brand of local preacher we admire. The story reminds us of one told about the first Bishop Srlwyn who was attacked by a ‘ rough ’ in the street on one oesasion and liberally ‘turned the other cheek ’ to his aggressor when that worthy smote it a resounding blow. 1 Now,’ said the Bishop, ‘ I have done my duty to God and I am going to do it by my neighbour,’ and w'th that he waded into the astonished ‘rough’ uutil be hiwled for m?rcy, —- Spectator.

The natives are reported as being troublesome in the north. Parliament meets on the 23rd oi next, month.

Issac Carn, who was sentenced to three years hard labor for brutally ill treating his wife, has escaped from Fort Cantley We call the attention of sportsman to Mr A. J. Farmer’s advertisement in another column.

It is stated in the Waikato Argus that Mr Scobie McKenzie may speak at Cambridge this week.

Messrs A. Aitken, J. C. Allen, T. Bellamy, W. P. Chepmel), and W. White were returned unopposed a« members of the Waitoa Hoad Board.

Mr A. H. Atkinson; manager of the Hamilton Gas Works, lately paid a visit to Te Aroha, for the purpose of ascertaining the feeling of the tradespeople of that town regarding the establishment of gas works there. We understand that he received numerous promises of hearty support from the residents in that go-ahead township, and there is every probability of the project being carried out in the near future.—Waikato Argus.

Mr Hugh' Boscawen, of the Lands Department, is at present staying at the Family Hotel. Mr Ziman is. also a guest at the same house.

From an advertisement in another column it will be seen that two conveniently situated cottages are to let at Morrinsville.

The shooting season for native and imported game opened yesterday. Only cock pheasants are to be shot, local sportsmen must bear in mind. Licenses may be obtained at any money order office. “

An improvement commending itself to common sense is the a concrete basin at the No. 2 pump, In the Domain, replacing the old wooden trough. Saturday proved a red letter day in ! the calendar of the Te Aroha Brass Band.. In the evening the members assembled at the Family Hotel in accordance with an invitation from a well-known Auckland gentleman stop ping there, and entertained the com- ; pany with a choice selection of music under the cpnduetorship of Mr Pear, son.

A general servant wanted at once ; apply this office. Any movement having for its object the introduction of electric light in Te Aroha, would receive strong support from Mr Cadraan; unfortunately, however, although we have a perennial creek, as we are fond of saying, 1 right at our back doors, we must not loose sight of the fact that it could only be made adequate is a source of supply of motive power at a very heavy outlay. The scheme for laying on water will involve the Borough in a large expenditure— some £2sQo—s©*that for the present it will be impossible for the corporation to entertain any venture involving outlay for some time to eorne We heard the other day that acetilyne was to have a fair trial in Te Aroha in the course of a few weeks. We await developments in this direction with interest. We are given to understand a gentleman is canvassing the town in favor of Mr Atkinson’s proposals for supplying the borough with gas. . •

From our Morrinsvilleeorrespondent we learn that the jMutual Improve menfc Society having fulfilled its object in “helping to provide funds towards the promotion of a reading-room for the winter months will be discontinued. A concert will be held on Friday, the 13th inst, to raise funds for the Morrinsville Cricket Club. The last match of the season was played at Morrinsville on Saturday, against Annandale. The game was an interesting one, resulting in a win for the visitors, who scored 71 to the home eleven’s 64. For the winners R. C. Allen and Dare each made 17, while J. C. Allen made 13. Mayes took 4 wickets, J. 0. Allen 2, and R. C. and T. Allen 1 each. • For Morrinsville Scofield took 6 wickots, Nelson 2, and Scholium 1. Harding and Kelly made top scores for the losers. It is likely a football team will be raised this season.

Cycling- maps of the North Island on sale at the News. Sationary Department.—Advt.

At last the much-abused rabbit has found a friend in the person of a wellknown Irish agriculturist, who declares that the little animal has at least one good trait (says the ‘Pall Mall Gazette/) The gentleman in question owns a large tract of pasture land on the banks of the river, which of late years has been so overrun with buttercups as to very considerably interfere yrith the value of the ground as paßturage. Some seasons ago rabbits were introduced on to the farm near the river, and these soon multi plied so fast as to threaten to overru>: the whole estate, but it was sooi noticed that tha bu'tercups, formerly a scourge to the pasturage, had died down to isolated clumps. On exam ining into the cause the farmers dicovered that the rabbits had durirg the winter scooped ouc the centre < f the buttercup roots, with the result that these had disappeared beyond al possibility of further growth, and grass hud sprung up iu the place o the flowers so distasteful to the cattle.