OHINEMURI.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3647, 3 September 1880, Page 2

OHINEMURI.

(FROM A COBBEBPONDENT.)

Te Aboha, Ist Sept., 1880.

I see the Thames County Council have called for tenders for contracts on the Te Aroha road, and not before it was wanted, as the road at present is in a very bad state.

Captain Turner and his men have nearly finished surveying the road over the range from Kati Kati to Te Aroha. The grade is a very good one, on the TLatikati side of the range it is 1 in 17, and on the Te Aroha side 1 in 15.

With all the talk about prospecting the Aroha district, we have only two men out here yet. I think they were sent here by Mr Adam Porter. I may state that quartz reefs are as plentifnl here as they are on the Thames, but whether the gold is in them remains to be proved.

The contractors for draining the Aroha lands are making very poor headway, as they are meeting with a great deal of timber.

The deferred payment settlers have all come to live on their sections, and are hard at work preparing to put in some crops. I am told Mr A. Buckland, of Auckland, is going to hold regular cattle sales in the Te Aroha district, commencing this spring.

(fbom oub own correspondent.)

Paeeoa, Yesterday.

The usual monthly .sitting of the R.M. Court was held here this week before H. Kenrick Esq., R.M., F. Austin Esq., J.F., and Wikiriwhi Hautonga assessor, when the following business was disposed of.

J. Corbett r. George Waite. No appearance, adjourned to next court day. Keremeneta v. Frederick Cock. This was a claim to recover possession of a horse sold to defendant by a native, recently left the district, which horse the plaintiff endeavored vainly to prove was his. < Mr Cock produced a receipt for the horse, witnessed by H. Munro, native interpreter, and several natives who swore that the animal belonged to the person who sold it to Mr Cock, and that the price paid (£8), was its full value The judgment ef the court was a npnsui for plaintiff.

Hoars Tareranui v. Hoani Eaharahi, Claim, £12 for post and rails.—Judgment by confession for plaintiff 1. J. M. Robson y. John Murphy.—-This was a judgment summons for-£2O and costs. —J. Murphy pleaded inability.—He was ordered to pay £15 in two days, and the balance within one month, failing any payment to be imprisoned for two calendar months.

Mr Firth, of Matamata, is going to act as a public benefactor. It is his intention to plant 10,000 willows on the banks of the river Waihou, the roots of which will materially assist in holding the banks together, besides the trees themselves being an ornament in summer, and affording good shelter. On a smaller scale the inhabitants of Faeroa have been doing the same thing—planting in the main street, in the Bridge Square, and on Primrose Hill. On one day last week a number of the residents responded to the iimtatioD of one well known for his desire to promote the best interest of Paeroa, and made several paths winding at an easy grade up to the summit of Primrose Hill, immediately behind the township. The same person has taken steps to have the hill reserved for a recreation ground, and it is hoped that his efforts in that direction will not be in vain, as the spot could be made of unsurpassed beauty, and easy of access.