Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1898.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2111, 18 June 1898, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1898.

Th® unemployed question ie being discussed on the Thames Goldfield. We understand that the Command-, ant is satisfied mth the progress made by the officer® and members of the local corps since his last visit. 1 At a meeting of ladies at Smardon’s Hall yesterday afternoon it was decided to give a dramatic performance in thro® months time for tho benefit of the Band funds.

Wo are glad to hear that Captain McKetizie, who has been suffering froth inflammalidn of the lungs, is improving. Dr Gilberfc Smith has been attending the case. . * At the Commandant’s inspection of our local corps on Thursday evening last, the section commanders did their work extremely well, the non-com. in charge of No. 2 section being especially smart. We [[understand that the Colonel expressed,himself pleased with oif|rill displayed by theicSergW&ts. - W , ■ . A n ac'yp ent -hashed to young Battery yesterday. far as we could learn it whs not of a serious character, Doctor Smith attnhded to the injured lad, who will be able to resume work in a few days, we understand. Says th© Tawn&ki Budget:—A countryman received a sever© fright at one of the livery stables in town on Thursday morning Ho had.put bio horse in a loose bos, carefully shutting both doors as the hors© was sweating. On returning am hour or two later he went straight to the loose box and opened the top door, when to his astonished vision there appeared a huge beast which seemed to completely fill the box, and at the same moment a great outstretched arm descended over his: head and noiselessly removed his h it, disclosing his hair standing on end. Rubbing his eyes and collecting his nerv@3 he saw, in place of his horse a great elephant, one of Fitzgeralds’ memo agerie, which had arrived by the train, and had been accommodated in the loose box from whi'ih. th© horse had boon removed >. .v, r . A biiZaar I "wig iiCijptly held at Waihi infliii of-tho Brass-Band fundi-and a sum .of X? 5 Bs/net obteraad. V;

A prosecution, on Wednesday, for libel was instituted at the Police Court before Mr Thomas Hutchison, S. M.. by James Wilkinson, against Joseph Partington and George E. Bentley. The alleged libel was con tain ©din a pamphlet called ’The Story of th® Old Windmill,’ which dealt with the relations existing between Wilkinson and Partington over the old windmill property. His worship was of opinion that a prima f.icie casehadbeen madeout, and committed for trial at tho Supreme Court. Bail was allowed. Partington is a miller and Rantley is a journalist.

At the Supreme Court, a charge against George Gordon of making a false declaration to a registrar, 6b ; tf%effect that his intended wife was 22. and, therefore, her parents’ consent was nofaequUite, whereas she-was notify., was cot when the Court The;, yo^ih^,wife in her evidence maintained that Gordon did not know her age and relied on a jocular remark of hers that she was 21. ---•

Afc_ a :tileotihg of dressmakers held in Wellington the othor day it was decided to form a union. It was pointed out that girls, after working at the trade for six years, received something like 6s per week Even in large establishments, where the head dressmaker wasi paid from £5 to £9 a week, it was rare to find the head bodice and skirt hands receiving more than XI, while the *pay of tho other© would not average more than 12s. MrJ. Hutcheson M.H.R., was among these who addressed the meeting.

It is Btated that the Queen's trip to the south of France this year will cost somethin" like £2OOO a day. This, however, is a sum Her Majesty can well afford, since she is without a doubt the richest woman in the world, It having been estimated that quite apart from the £385.000 per annum allowed her by the JStato she has had left her iu legacies £3,000,000; hao saved - nearly .£l6, 000,000, and that with cofapound interest on both sums she is today worth rather more than £35.000,000 sterling—an enormous amount even in these days of gigantic fortunes.

We are sorry t® report that Dr Wadding, ton is a patient in the Waikato Hospital, suffering from an attack of influenza. He hopes to be able to attend to his practice early next week.

A notice appears in another column intimating that poison is laid fir dogs on Mr E. Y. Cox’s estate. Attention is called to particulars of the sale of a buggy, etc., at the Te Aroha West Creamery. Apply to Manager, or Messrs Mclndoe and Hill, Te Aroha.

Mrs Manning's Boarding House, which will fee opened shortly to the public, supplies a long felt want in Te Aroha. It is but a step across the road to the Domain, a magnificent View of which its windows command. To invalids the absence of steps and its proximity to the baths present invaluable boons. We expect it will rapidly establish a valuable connection by reason of the many advantages it offers. The dining-room is 24 x 12 and there are two parlors, one containing a piano.

~r , In the cold light of truth the Waibroncomai ‘ kerosene mystery ’ looses something of its weirdness. It appears thata quantity of oil was being brought dowirfrfrbi the Western mine on the Piuko County tram, and that several tins Weyb negligently left out all night on a truckr Under cover of darkness a few local marauded tapped some cases of ‘ White Rose,’ Special cuvee. bottled it and cleared off with the awag Constable Hyde after a few inquiries formed, excellent ide% aav to who was Who, and intimated that if the booty was restored further investigation would probably bh allowed ito drop Early on the following ing a regiment of bottles corked with rags and pppor might have boon seen ranged alongside the scene of the previous night’s crime. The con stable’s sagacity was rewarded. Colonel Pole-Penton observed yesterday morning to an officer in the Te Aroha Company, * How you fellows managed to get up such a splendid swinging stride on such roads, as you did last night, puzzles me. I couldu’fc do it.’ All the officers preseut at. the inspection on Thursday night expressed their satisfaction at the handsome way in which the meu mustered and drilled. Constable Hyde, -who has been in charge of the Te Aroha station during Constable Forbes’ absence in Auckland at the Police Commission, returned to Auckland yesterday. Mrs Hyde accompanied her husband. ;

The Minister for Railways informed a Taranaki interviewer the other day that although he could see much room for the improvement of the railway service in various directions, it was not within his power to carry out those improvements straightway. ‘ I havo, * he said; already spent over a million pounds on.absolute requirements, and £ could easily do with another million or two.’ Last year £ 162,000 was expended on new rolling stock, and although the money was borrowed, a saving of £4oo' waa effected by the jsarning-pqwer of the railways. He attributes the increased reyehue to the reduced rates. The Minister of Education has decided that there must be no intermingling of religious and secular instruction in State schools such as has been . going on in Nelson. In a letter to the Nelson Education Board he says ‘ It is necessary to make it absolutely clear that the religious instruction in is hot given during school hours. The provision of secular instruction during ihe time of religious instruction tends to render this distinction obscure, and therefore must not be continued. Whatever ceremony marks the opening of the school day -on four days of the week must be observed also on the day of religious instruction, and must on that day be interposed between the religious instruction and the regular secular instruction, which is the proper work of the school.’ The Board has replied that it will instruct the committee to give effect to the decision. ~ To morrow evening at the Te Aroha Wesleyan Church, the Rev S. Griffith will conduct a memorial service, in reference to the late Mr James Farmer, who was a respected member of the church for many years. Appropriate hymns will b® sung, and Miss Hirst will render the sacred solo, ‘ For Ever With the Lord ’ (by Gounod), and duringthe offertory will play ‘Vital Spark.’

The Hon Secretary (Mrs E. M. Campbell) of the Te Aroha;Bt. John's Ambulance g jciety, conducted by Dr Gilbert Smith, received information fromjthe head centre of the Ambulance Association to the effect that the following ladies had successfully passed the recent examination for First Aid : Mesdames McFarland, Mursdoh, Ray, Hodgson and Ross, Misses Gribble, Smith and Pavitt. Dr Smith is to be congratulated on the success that has attended his efforts. We should like to hear of another class being started this winter as several ladies signify their intention of joining if the doctor can be induced to do su.

Last year a man died at Birmingham who had, through life, the satisfaction of knowing that his birth-place was ©f a unique character, inasmuch as he was born on the battlefield of Waterloo. He was the descendant ©f a family of soldiers, and his father, who was with the 97th .Cameron Highlanders, was killed in the memorable engagement|at Hougomont. The soldier's wife bad followed her husband out, and thus it happened that the little stranger made its appearance amid the din and roar of battle. Although born under such circumstances he did not develop into a soldier, but becoming a railway guard, a id frequently had the honor of acting in that capacity to the Queen’s tram.

Owing to a break-down at the Montezuma Battery work is suspended until Tuesday next. , The Wellington correspondent of the Christchurch 4 Press ’ says: ‘Mr Wilkie, the well-known journalist, wh<» has lately undergone several serious surgical operations, is lying in the Wellington Hospital seriously ill. . But though he has gone through enough within the last few weeks to kill a dozen ordinary men, he remains cheerful, aud continues his journalistic work with zest. AH through a very trying time he has exhibited marvellous cour age and physical endurance.

A tank at the Opera House, Wellington, containing gas for limelight, blew up the other night The explosion was forcible enongh to break 46 panes of glass in the building, yet a man who was actually seated on the tank at the time escaped unhurt.

Quite a commotion was created in Pacroa on&p&esday afternoon last says a Paeroa contemporary. Three bullcpks were being {driven down the main when one made an attack on one of the drovers, who fortunately succeeded in eluding the charge. Th» infuriated beast made for tho Thames road, when an exciting chase ensued. The bullock being turned, fell into an open.drain near Short's stables. Here theg animal' -became frantic. After being released from its: position, it was d iven down the Thames road, where it -Uras given the 4 happy despatch.’