Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News TE AROHA TIMES A WAIORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. SATURDAY. MARCH 10, 1900 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22211, 10 March 1900, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News TE AROHA TIMES A WAIORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. SATURDAY. MARCH 10, 1900 LOCAL AND GENERAL

' Four or five men are wanted for threshing machine; Apply at 8 o’clbekr to-night at News Office. The performance in tho Town Hall last night by the Bijou Vaudeville Concert Company was a really excellent one, and each, ana every item was-Jreceivcd with rounds- of applause. The various per- ' fully justified their reputation, . and tin company is one-of the best that . has ever visited Ta Aroha. ! At least one young fellow 2a the- South Australian Contingent took the-war fever [ particularly strong. He refused em offer of £2,000 and a trip round the-world : rather than break his pledge* and net go - with- the rest 1 of the sojers. It has also . broken’ out in’ a- virulent fornv iff a» Wel~ lihgtou , back-blocks district, -where* the elder boys gave school best and went into .a camp of their own in military style, so as to be quite ready for the Boers: when they invade New Zealand. A treat is iff Store for tfic To Aroha public On Thursday, March 15th, when Mr A.- H. WhitehouSe, the well-known exploiter of- Edison’s latest invention# irr New Zealand, will nftHodu.ee the Thea--trophone. afi instrument which 5s spoken ; of as a vast improvement on the phonoi graph. It was discovered by Edison that by enlarging the -* records r and sc und-im-pressions, he could produce corresponding! V lend repetition*, and he was thus • enabled to send to this end of the world and submit to'colonial audiences the best of concert items given in- the old world. No* doubt a bumper house will greet our old friend on,, his visit to Te Aroha, - We understand that 3fe H, J. Greenslade, of the Thames, has purchased the well-Jtn >wtb estate at Oftaupo of' -Mr' E. Lake, ex M.H.R. for Waikato. It consists ef about seven hundred and fifty acres? arid is said to .be ©ffe of the best properties in the district. The price has not transpired but it is reported to- be between £4960 and J -toOO'. It is probable that Mr €free~ slade will take up his residence off the estate' about f.-O drid of the present month, and that her will consequently resign his position as Mayor, and also as a member of - fbe various other load bodies. The exports from the Port of Greymouth during the month of January included 17,1(H tons of coal, 193 tons of coal. 196 tons of coke. 88 tons of bricks, 952.644 superficial feet of timber, and 26,707 sleepers.

The services at the Wesleyan Church to-morrow will be conducted by Mr Best in the morning, and by Mr W. S. Allen, M.A., in the evening. Arrangements for the Ngaruawahia Maori Aquatic Carnival are nearly complete and the official programme is nowin the hands of the printers. The fact that lnrgp entries have been received for the various Maori events indicates that the natives take a keen interest in this function- The Carnival takes placemen Saturday, I7th March. Matters-in-connection-with the formation of a mounted corps r for the district are progressing favorably. Meetings at WaiJhou, MorrinsviUe and Te Aroha will . be- held, during the; week to elect delegates who will meet on Saturday next and select the names of three officers for approval- of the Officer commanding the : district, also to form executive committee to organize the corps- The calling of the . meeting at MorrinsviUe is in the hands of Messrs Clifford and Hinton;; at Waihou ! with Messrs Strange and Pilling; Te Aroha, Messrs Scott and Salmon. The date of meeting at Te Aroha for those i who signed apd those who intend to ’ enrol- will be advertised in next issuer Chronic Diarrhoea Cured. —This is to certify that I have had chronic diarrhoea : ever since the war. I got so weak I 1 could hardly walk or do anything, ©no 1 bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured me sound and well.—* J. R. Gibbs,. Fincastle v Va, I had chronic diarrhoea for twelve years. Three bottliS of Chamberlain’s Colic, j Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured me. S. L. Shaver, Fincastlev Ya.. Both Mr.. Gibbs and Mr. Shaver are- prominent farmers and reside near Fihcastle, Ya. !They procured the remedy from Mr. W. E\. Casper, a druggist of that place, who l is well' ’ acquainted with them and will vouch for the truth of their statements. ! For sale by-W. H. Wright,, agent. Frice Is 6d, large, size 3s.