Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2107, 28 May 1898, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr Matthews, landscape gardener, at present at Rotorua, will visit Te Aroha in the course of a few days, with, a view to formulating a, scheme for improving the aspect of the Domain To all whom it may concern, we have to oall the attention to - a-, notice iin another column in which Mr H. W. 'Pennington, of Waiorongomai, states that if overdue accounts are not paid before June 30th, he will take proceedings to recover same 1 without further notice being given.. A Nelson lad: named. Johansen has accomplishedaieat almost unprecedented in the history of the New Zealand' University, tie-has passed contemporaneously the final section of ths 'B A. degree, obtained a’Senior Scholarship (in itself a meritorious accomplishment), and he has also passed, the 2nd: .section, of the L.L.8., degree. •

i At St. Mark’s Church there will he special service’ on Whit Monday,, at ;half-past seven- in the evening,, when His Lordship,. the Primate of ; New ;Zealand, DrCbwie, will be the preacher, It is not often that we have the privilege of a-visit from the Primate, and, although the notice has been short, we hope that there will be a large congregation on the occasion.. On the following Wednesday he will' admiuister ;the rite of-confirmation..

The Banks carrying on business in New Zealand have resolved' to make a< discretionary charge of 10s 6d per half-year on current accounts, an<J customers of the Banks are now being notified accordingly. The exercise of discretion- will probably apply chiefly to> accounts which may be deemed un-remunerative.—Nelson-paper.

’ A sermon on the ‘-Real Life-’ will be preached in the Wesleyan Ohurch onSunday morning, by.Mr G. Devey.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ohinemuri County Council will beheld on Thursday, 2nd June, 1898, at 2 p.m. The following notice of motion by Or McClelland, will be brought forward :4-‘ That in futjiro all tenders ifor County work up to the sum of >£loo>be accompanied by. the name and •written consent of one surety, and for work over £IOO of two sureties. Such j sureties to be approved- of by the Council, and' to be bound over in the amount of the tender to complete the work should the tenderer fail to do so to the satisfaction of the. Engineer; Further,, that to enable/ the value of the surety or sureties to fee discussed' 'the tenders fee considered in Committeeafter being opened and read out in, public.? ' • A sealed bottle was picked up-last ! week in the harbour just off the Auckland Kauri Timber Company’s prem’ses, Custom-street West. Upon-, b ihg opened it was found' to contain the following message :: ‘ Sis Maitland coast of Australia- For God’s- sake •send help- and provisions. We are starving. We have drif e-1 50 miles north of the wreck, of the Maitland/. F.O.’ ’ - .V ■

YT For Coughs and Colds take Wood’s A. Great Peppermint Cure. 1/6'and; 2 6

The funeral of the late Mr Columbine, who died so suddenly on Wedinesday morning last,.:took- place- on Thursday at the Te Aroha West cemetery, in the presence of a large number of friends, the Vicar (the Rev E. J?. McFarland), officiating. Itjjjwas remarked at the time that it was seldom so large a crowd assembled at the obsequies of a comparative stranger as met together on Thursday afternoon at the grave side. of. Jonathan Columbine.

Arrangements are being completed, / says the ‘ Otago Daily Times,"for the ; supply of calcium of carbide for acetylene gas by the New Zealand . Acetylene Gas Company. The latter have /chosen the West Coast as the place for' their carbide factory, as there all the requisite natural advantages of coal, lime, and water power are-to be found in abundance. Already many towns, institutions and private establishments ;in the north have been illuminated with acetylene, and the company will shortly’ start to manufacture their patent perfection generators in Dunedin*

A Dunedin correspondent writing on the subject of bi-mettalism in a contemporary says, amongst other things, I may also state that great surprise is expressed by our bimetallic friends at Home at the supineness of the colonies (the most heavily gold indebted people in the world); in not agitating for the repeal of the laws against the use of si w.ir money passed within the past 20* ypars. Everyone knows how: disastrous the results of this money contraction policy has been on the prices of our products. While our external ; debt remains the same the money value 1 of our products is halved to our enormous loss When every economist ttday admits that this is due to legislation preventing the use of silver money surely it is time that some of ©ur politicians wero looking into this matter., ■» ,

At Messrs McNicol and Co’s Waitoa Sale yesterday very few cattle or sheep were yarded, what were entered sold remarkably well ,*• fat steers brought from £sto £7i and cows from £3 15s to £5 15s. Very few- store cattle were yarded;. The Gbvernment? Has; declined' 'subsidise the Aroha. tunnel at Waicrongomai* i-- . /

i Mr Currie, Architect;. Auckland, i 8 in Te Aroha on business relating to proposed? improvements afothe Family Hotel..

! The Government candidate, Mr McNab, wa©returned'on Thursday at the Mataura. election. by a majority, of 387 i '

Jt ! will interest our readers- to know •that a very good picture'of-our new bath-house appears in: the current Weekly. News,, on. sale- at tie News Office;

There was a lhrge attendance-at the Wesleyam Church last night air the musioal entertainment sustained’ by RevsJBPR Dewsbury and A- Mitchell. The wholb proceedings were of almost interesting; charaefer,'. and the audien oe was greatly delighted. W©-hope to feave'a fuller report next issue,.

From an 1 advertisement in another column it will' be seen- that a dress* maker’s apprentice i/s- wanted.

IT Tbr Coughs; and Colds' take. Wood’s A. Great Peppermint ; Cure 1/s and 2/6

The members of the Te Aroha Brass Band heldameetihgihthePublic H’allon Wedtiesdayevening,2sbhinst,the Secretary (Mr Geo. Sherlock) presiding. The chairman regretted’ the smallness of the attendance and! stated : that although there was some- business of . importance to transact it was- impossible to do so with' so few members present, and suggested that the meeting stand adjourned until that: day week, when he hoped for a better attendance. Before the meeting closed the secretary read' the financial statement for the year ending May 16„ which will'be found in our advertising columns Mr Pearson proposed'a/vote of-thanks to the Secretary, Mr George Sherlock, for his services during the past year, which was seconded by Mr Bert Flatt, and passed by acclamation. Mr Hill was also made the recipient of a ; hearty vote of thanks for his services as honorary auditor A vote of thanks to the chairman'concluded; the meeting..