LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2105, 21 May 1898, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

' A violent gale «f wind and” rain: visited the town on Thursday,

Mr Gladstone died at five o’clock on Thursday morning;,in the presence of the members-of his family; We have to call attention to Mr Edwards’ enlarged replace-advertisement in another column.

The Rev S. Griffith will preach at the Wesleyan Church ' to-morrow morning. Subject:— ‘ Chris': Enthroned/';; will also give a ten minutes talk to the children.

We are requested’ to notify teachers-and 1 pupils=ofoutlying schools to assemble at the Te- Aroha, school ground’-kv.order to take-part in the proposed procession to the Domain at 12 noon, The children ihre also requested tfebning mugs with themi Building operations at the ■ Hbt Springs 'Hotel have-been exceptionally favored of 'late, rapid progress, consequently was being made when the rain forced'the builders to suspend operations; The adjourned case against Gregory Morrisy,, charged' with committing; an assault on Win; Sergeant,.was to have been heard yesterday, if the* injured man: was well enough t& appear; ■ At the close of the Piako C6unty Council meeting, at Morrinsville last .Wednesday, Cr Gkyin invited'the Chairman, and Councillors tO'Te Aroha on Tuesday next, 24th inst., on the occasion of fche opening of the new Bath-house,- by-Mr Cadinan. Several” of the Councillors- announced their iufcebtion of being present. i It is: with deep regret we chronicle the fatality at Pihama, by which ex-judge Rogan lost his son John, a mere Tad ; in years. The boy had been missing, and a search revealed that he had beendrowned’ while attempting to cross a lagoon; Judge Rbgan and some of hisfamilyl were in Te Aroha-on a; visit a, few. weeks ago. ■

Hefcherington and Co. have a fine display of ladies’ mantles; jackets, cloaks; and children's winter coats-; also blankets, rugs; mauds, fi&tmals, and woollen- good<• ; on view in-their windows;to-day. inspection invited; /

' The Eiilwaydepartment appears-to have made very good provision for the widow and children-of the late-Mr Barker; engine driver, who was. as our readers are aware, accidentally killed a few months back at Goodman’s bridge, near JETelensville, leaving six young children; The Minister and igeneral manager authorised, the- payment of compensation, and, in addition, bhe widow has been appointed postmistress in.the Taupiri. atr.a. fixed; salary,, together with a free house;. "

• . ■ A prominent feature of Waima, Hokianga now celebrated as the-scene- of the Maori rising is the historic oak tree at the old Wesleyan Mission Station, near Hone Tina's settlement at Pukemiro. If was planted about the year 1838; and is of great size. It is believed;to be the largest oak tree in New Zealand, and the second oldest in the colony. Te-Puku»o«.Te-Eau- bush, near Waima, Hokianga, where the- shots* were recently fired by the Maoris over the heads- of the military, force was so named from, the fact • that a number of generations ago le Han a chiaf'of the Ngatiwhatau tribe, of Kaipara was killed there by the Ngapuhi, when •raiding the Hokianga* country with his warriors, and part of his Corporation was i hung up in the branches of a tree on that spot- ‘ Te-Puku»o-TC Haui' means ‘ the stomach of Te Han/' r It is estimated'that the total coat of the expedition to Waima in connection with the ; native disturbance there will run into close on jB2,000; "This sum,.of course, includes the cost of maintenance of the- men. while in camp, which, will be borne by the- Government, and not deducted from; the men as ration allowances, and' the use of the steamers Gairloch, Hinemoa, and Tutanekai engaged in conveying the troops to and from Wellington and Auckland and Hokianga. Regarding the refusal of the Maoris to pay taxes, the Waima and other natives are at present indebted to the County-Coun-cil te-the amount of ,£2OO, this being in addition to the sum due for the dog taxes, which, they also decline to pay, ,

1 Xuventian ” says that the unsettled state of the European atmosphere- finds an index in the- great British war barometer at Woolwich. When storm clouds lower over the horizon the Woolwich cranes are busy,, and there are none idle-now, nor are there any idlers among the army of nearly 17,000: employees. The gun factory is aglare, with the 54 great furnaces, which, in addition to 15,000 tons of* shot and" shell, turn out yearly 7000 tons of- guns, ranging from Woolwich infants of lOo* tons down to mountain mule howitzers. In the laboratory 900'ball-cartridge machines are turning out from' 1,500; 000' to 2yOoD}G9o> cartridges weekly;; the carriage department can produce yearly 65 field ; batteries'-150> naval or garrison.gun carriages,. 2.4* turret carriages, and 350; transport carriages9oo- machines- are busy in the shot andi shell department; ;the torpedo factory breeds yearly £OO fish torpedoes, and all the vast-machin-ery, of the place is jjust now driven, to the fulles-capacity...

XP«r- Coughs and' Colds take Wood’s Great Peppermint. Care, 1/& and 2s»

Greyhounds careering through, the public streets with: the traffic in' full swing are not the most pleasant ob? jecfcs to hit against, which, was foreib*ly exemplified: yesterday. Two? of (these pets came through Hastingsstreet yesterday, afternoon at coursing speed, and turning into Market-street, collided with a perambulator.. The latter contained a baby; in: charge 'of a pretty nurse girl. Baby, girl, dog,. and; perambulator collapsed ■in* wild confusion. One of- the dogs got safely awaythe other was extricated from, the mass with.difficulty The baby was not- hurt, nor. was the girl in charge, the dog faring the worst of the party;. If the owners of greyhounds will see that their dogsdon’t train in the streets in. future there will be joy in many households. | H.B; Herald;]

The Rev. Ur Duffthe delegate offthe FreeChurch of Scotland, in, the course of an interview at Auckland as-tohia impressions of the colony, said ‘ I have been struck, with the high*average.of personal comfort which the people seem to enjoy in New Zea« : land. There is no gulf between gyeat wealth and’great poverty—millionaires at one end. of the line* and' the submerged tenth/ on half at the other. The small amount of drunkenness to he found in New. Zealand is not a problem without a solution. Xou» have not here the sunken masses to he found ia the larger towns-of Great Britain. Itds the living in. one-roomed houses, and. the general’dreariness of.the outlook,which, largely drives people to indulgence in drink whenever they get the. ohance. Another thing that struck me was the undue love of pleasure, and the evil. in. gambling*, which, was even unpleasantly, manifest ©n. board ship. The feeling, of reverence wanted to be. a little more-cultivated—-reverence for elders and for-, parental authority; In.a country where the Statesystem did not permit of. the Bible-in; schools; it: was all the the more needful tobe taught in the home-. Parents, did not always give: this its rightful prominence. It was not possible for the young to have reverence.-for parentab-authority if they hadmone. for. things divine,’

Let, the croaker, croak,and the hard time howler howl. We know hard times as bad. as those in-a sick household. The- start—a slight)cough, getß worse, keeps-everybody? in the house awake, father swears, mother ditto. Avoid, these troubles. Keep- a. bottle of-.. Woods’ Great Eepparment Cure in the house; it never, fails, a. hall crown? bottle will cure the whole-family,