Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. THURSDAY, JULY 8,1909. ADVANCE TE AROHA!

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4433, 8 July 1909, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News. THURSDAY, JULY 8,1909. ADVANCE TE AROHA!

It is astonishing how many things already known, people tell each other as if giving nows. Wfcen the sun shines and the lark sings in a cloudless sky, persons meeting each other say : “ It’s a lovely day !” IE one is out of sorts with gout or that general affection called blues,” he is greeted by Job’s comforters with the assurance: “You look ill.” Visitors comiDg to Te Aroha after a lapse of years say : “You are going ahead here !” That is not news to us. Of course we are, and we mean to quicken our pace. Wait until Waiorongomai becomes a payable goldfield. In the opinion of some good judges it may not be a very long waiting. Patience, per* severance, and the judicious, expenditure of capital, may soon yield practical results. Already there are en* couraging signs of payable developments in the near future. Place 3 with far less promise and prospects, have developed into payable goldbearing areas, and some of the residents here who have “ silver threads amongst the gold,” may live to see Waiorongomai a flourishing goldfield making Te Aroha hum. Another thing that some day will make the wheels of industry spin (round faster, and help to provide work for all who are ready to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow, is mortgage money to be lent here- Some of those in Te Aroha who have to do with real estate, know that their enterprises are restricted by the difficulty in borrowing because of leasehold tenure Capitalists in Auckland and elsewhere fight shy of leaseholds. We think that they are often unnecessarily shy. In a district like this where the tenure is a liberal and safe one, where property is well-kept, and an efficient and a progressive Borough Council takes an enlightened interest in paths, roads, lighting, water supply, and sanitation, mortgage securities are as good here as in any town of its size in the Dominion. Time will come when capitalists will gladly pour their money into this channel for invest ment. In that case more new houses will be built, old ones will be renovated and enlarged, and so much labour will be employed that there will be no complaining in our streets. AH right minded townsmen will put a shoulder to the wheel and expedite progress. Every pound sterling well spent in Te Aroha, all wisely directed works by our Borough Council, a’l increased educational facilities, and every industrious new resident settling in our midst, hasten the time when our commercial and general industrial and agricultural expansion will woo and win the capital 'to this district on advantageous terms. As for tourist traffic, who can calculate the benefits that may accrue to this town and district from a largely increased tourist traffic ? “ The full soul loatheth the honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.” We are so accustomed to the natural beauty of this place that we take it as a matter of course; but strangers coming here greatly admire it. It's name and fame attract them here and they spend their money freely. It is our interest to make this place one of the most favourite pleasure and health resorts in North New Zealand. The healing and medicinal value of our thermal springs is now established beyond a doubt. Mount Te. Aroha, “ the mountain of love,” raising her oft cloud-capped head thirty-one hundred feet high, is itself a picturesque object worthy of a long pilgrimage to see it. It’s native bush and waterfall, together with the magnificent view from its summit on a fine day, entitle it to special rank in New Zealand wonderland. Holiday seekers are charmed with the unique marvels of our town that ef cite every cultured imagination. Det everyone of us in Te Aroha vie with each other to keep things moving. So long as we do not ” overrun the constable ” we cannot go too fast. We may safely trust our bankers and the ratepayers to prevent that. But we must tuck up our sleeves aud get to work.. We must vigilantly watch the railway department and not let it treat us like a poor relation. W& must agitate for quicker speed, cheaper fares, and better, accommodation. We must advertise the cheapness and fertility of our agricultural and pastoral lands; we must make it better known what a delightful and moderately cheap place this is to live in ; ana we must exercise our ingenuity to invent new and preserve old pleasures and pastimes for holiday seekers. It is little things that make life worth living, and “ the little flies spoil the ointment.” Here tourists can get pleasant . drives into the country, sports, cricket, bowls, and other out-of-door exer* cises. The Sanatorium grounds are a very beautiful resort where the nervestrained intellectual and muscular workers can find rest and recuperative power. As all these things become better known and appreciated Te Aroha will advance with quicker step and wider stride.—Advance Te Aroha J