Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News TE AROHA TIMES & WAIORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1900 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22206, 27 February 1900, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News TE AROHA TIMES & WAIORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1900 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tenders are called for the erection' of schoolmaster’s house at Gordon -

A sum of money lost on the Waicrongomai road is advertised for

Rev Bradbury, of Ngaruowahia 1 , was in Te Aroha yesterday,

The game of croquet has been added to the many attractions in the Domain grounds.

The plans of Mr Kersey Cooper’s- newdwelling house, are now finished, and the carpenters will shortly be at work on the structure.

The cricket match between- Waihou and Merrinsville resulted in a win for the former. Neither side had a full team in the field. The .‘-cores aie:—Waihou, Ist innings, 4li, 2nd innings, 56 J Morrinsville. Ist innings, -- ; 2nd 18. Messrs Campbell and Pilling piloted the men. A number of spectators were present.

In mentioning the punctuality at which the recent School excursion arrived from Rotorua on Thursday last, we specially selected the Guard in charge as responsible for running the train to such good time—the- major portion of the praise, however, should go to,the enginemen—Messrs G. Sheriff and W. Smyth, who- are well-known as toilers on theline.

A special train from- Rotorua passed through Morrinsville yesterday, having on board Lord Beameliump, and party,, e.n route for Auckland;

Ratepayers should pay their rates before Wednesday if they wish to avoid the infliction of a ten per cent penalty being added thereto. See advertisement. The new Grand Junction mine pump, Waihi, when at work, will lift 40,000 gallons per hour from a depth of- 800 feet.

A large paper house, with sixteen, rooms, has been erected by a- Russian gentleman at his country seat. The distance from the furthest point of polar discovery to the polo itself is 4X50 miles -

Two letters of Mary Queen of Scots, written just before her execution, cost an English collector £4,000. A young man at Munchbery, Germany, tried to escape military service by disguising himself as a female cook.

Over £200;000-worth of diamonds are stolen every year fi’om the South African diamond mines.

It is not expected that the Rough aiders will be ready to embark for the Cape until the middle of March. The present difficulty is obtaining transport.

“ Who’s to look after tho girl Two members of the third contingent have settled the problem lor themselves, having directed before leaving that half their pay bo deducted and reserved for those dependent on them. An American paper records the sudden collapse of a pavillion, by which a civilian named Walker was injured, and a waiter employed therein bad a narrow escape; Strange to say, in this case it was the waiter who walked and Walker who waited.

> Heard in a police court not a hundred miles from the Thames, says the Advertiser : “First lawer : “ You are a schemer, a perverter, a poltroom.” Second lawyer: “You are a grasper and a hypocrite.” Magistrate: “Come, gentlemen, let us get to the disputed •points of the case.” ” Says the Army and Navy Gazette: — “The guns that are now doing such good work at the front, thanks to the ingenuity of Captain Scott, have a range with cordite power of b'Boo yards. The shells that burst in the Boer trenches have a bursting charge of 41b Boz of lyddite, with, as - an, explosive, 4loz of picaic powder. A most extraordinary affair.is reported from Methven (says tho Ashburton Mail). A young lady was found early the other morning with her hands fastened behind her back and a handkerchief over her mouth; having, she says, been tied up all night. At first she stated that a man tied her up, but she afterwards confessed that she tied herself up. The report of the Rotorua Town Board meeting, which appeared in Saturday’s “ Chronicle ” is somewhat mixed reading. The infallible editor in charge of the sulphur weekly appears tc* have got somewhat mixed.

On Saturday next the children attending St. Mark’s Sunday School are to be taken to Bell Vue farm (Mr F. Strange’s) for then annual picnic. It is estimated that over 15,000 persons wore present at the Military Sports in Auckland on Saturday hist. Constable Wild is at present fn Auckland attending the Supreme Court sit tings. Constable Cavanagh, of Xgaruawahia, is m charge of To Aroha.

A Mrs Doolan, of Arch Hill, was killed on Sunday, through a cab bolting while the driven was absent in an hotel.

The Mamaku Mountain Itimu Company have received an order for 250,000 feet of riniu planking to bo used in the construction of a now too for the Quconstreet wharf, Auckland.

Volunteers are looking forward to the the Easter Encampment. It is expected the water will be rushing through the newly - laid mains in the course of a week or ten days.

Mr W. A. Murray, at one time owner of the Annan dale estate, Piako-, is at present on a visit to Te Aruba.

A gentleman who appeared for his wife at the pension court, Thames, recently,

was asked if he had earned anything dining the year, and replied in the negative, t Being questioned as to whether lie had ' not won a sweep, the witness said it was a family affair, and they had entered into

partnership with a young'man whom he named ; and witness’ share of the prize I was £6 os, The Magistrate : “Hare you not a property worth four hundred and twenty pounds.” Witness : “ Four and twenty pounds ?” The Magistrate: “ No, four hundred and twenty ?” Witness admitting ownership of the property, Mr Bush remarked : “You see, yqu are too rich to have the pension yourself.” Witness: “That’s not very rich.” The wife’s pension was granted.