LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22212, 13 March 1900, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

The Rev Joseph Campbell conducted both morning and evening services at St Mark’s on Sunday. The Hon, J G Ward, Postmaster-Gen-•eral, is having issued, embossed stamp envelopes, and the printing department has in hand new scenes for the pictoiial post cards in connection with the. departure of the contingents to South Africa. : Mr Fred Strange, of- Bell Viie farm, has engaged a large staff of men, and commences threshing operations in this district to-day. The result of. Mr Strange’s op:rations.last year was of a most satisfactory nature, and those that entrusted their work to him speak in high terms of his machines; The work of sanding the Great South Road; is being gone on with by the contractors, Messrs Young. and Batt. This road, we may mention, is the only two ;chain thoroughfare in the district, and extends from Matamatato Lower Waitoa. Among those who announce themselves as candidates for the election of a Licensing Committee for the Bay of Plenty Electoral District,, is Mr G, Arnold Ward well-known throughout’ the Tauranga County and also to many hero as an architect,, engineer and journalist. As Mayor of Tauranga Mr Ward has just piloted that Borough through one of the most troublous financial years it has ever seen, doing so in a manner alike creditable to his administrative abilities and beneficial to the burgesses. We are sure the electorsof thisdistrictmay confidently depend'that this gentleman will carefully study their interests and faithfully carry out his duties, if elected. The contractor for erecting the bridge across the Waihou at Shaftesbury, is making good headway with the job, and in a few days the last pile will have been driven. The earthwork approaches will take several weeks to finish. The settlers in the neighborhood are sighing, for the opening day. Next Friday, the scholars attending the Netherton public school, visit Te Aroba. It is expected about a hundred, including parents and friends, will arrive. The Hot Springs Domain Board are granting the usual concessions. The Bishop of Auckland, recognising that the Ohinemuri district was too wide for any minister to successfully manage, recently authorised a division to be made. As a consequence the Rev W H Wilson now takes Paeroa and Karangahake, and the- Rev Mr Eyken, of Australia, has been appointed incumbent of St. John’s Church, Waihi. He is expected to arrive ’Here next week. 1 Mr W S. Allen, of Annandale, had the imisfortune to lose several of his stacks by fire on Saturday. Those members of Te Aroha Rifles and others wishing to join in time for voting at the genera! meeting of officers, etc., can do r so before Saturday evening, the , copy of petition being in the hands of Sergt Jas Salmon. ; Those requiring any plumbing work will do well to note that Mr W. 11. • Littlejohn (who has been employed during the. past few months laying the water • mains), has commenced business in Te , Arohn.- He hones by strict attention to ibusriess and moderate charges to merit a share of public patronage. Borough water laid on at shortest notice. The manciple business before the Wesleyan Conference on Saturday was Home ‘Missions, although Te Aroha or Upper Thames Circuit applied for a grant towards a probationer and a new ng'-nt. wc find they do not get any giant at. all as'it was lost on the casting vote- of the President.We congratulate Mr A. W. Edwards on the success' which his consistent little mare'Honesty achieved at the Hamilton races on Saturday last, carrying off tlie South Auckland Cup in fast" time f this also reflects credit on’ the trainer; Mr Sid Walker, who has proved himself a past master in horse training on more than one occasion. A word of praise is also dueto that splendid little hor-'eman. SToev’ Stewart, who has steered Honesty in all her victories. Mr W. A. Roberts, of the Premier Butchery, has a. replace adverrisement, in this issue, * intimating that he sells only the primest quality of beef, mutton, porteta Customers waited on da,ily small goeds a specialty.

In consequenoe of the heavy qua rantine expenses entailed in the importation of manures from New South Wales. Messrs Kempl borne, Prosser and Co. announce a complete alteration in their prices, The Railway Department also demand a pass from the Stock Department before foiwarding bone dust of recent importation to Waikato. As: an instance of the inI Greased rate, boneffust was advanced 5s per ton on Wednesday in Auckland.. ; aceidents in one day is somewhat of a record for our Shaftesbury neighbours. To commence with several- . valuable plough horses bolted with all their trappings on and before they could he br night to a standstill the animals were frightfully cut about; the next : event also, proved a runnaway, this time a “leader” belonging to one of the many teams working in the neighbournoof 1 ,. took it into its head and b ilted round and round a paddock fora time, making things livelj r for the owner; who was in hot pursuit, finally it jumped the fence, and the chains catching in the wires brought the animal to a sudden stop,, upside-down on the- wrong side of the fence, Accident number three occurred at the punt landing. A waggon loaded with chaff was run oh. the punt, the trip .across accomplished-, and' the punt tied hip preparatory to the waggon moving off; the horses got safely 'on to the bank •when the rope holding the punt broke, land the river-ship started off on its o wn, 'waggon and contents went into-the river.. For a few minutes matters looked’ lively, and the work of: securing the pf chaff floating down the stream was gone oil with. This is one of the many inconveniences caused through using a punt.