PIGEONGRAMS.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3739, 18 December 1880, Page 2

PIGEONGRAMS.

TB AROHA.

(FBOM OV& OWN COBBESPONDBNT.)

This day, 2 p.ur. Mr Thomas Veale has succeeded in raising nearly the whole amount required for the erection of a wharf at the present place of landing. Mr JVC. Firth gave £5 5s towards the cost.

An aged native woman, the mother of Reha and Pipene, died yesterday morning, and already preparations are advanced for a feast and tangi. It is said the deceased was 90 years old.

As a matter of course, some of the claimants to township allotments are not pleased with the result of the ballot held to decide who should get the coveted pieces. Mr Barton, of the Junction Hotel, and who was one of the first in the Warden's Office on the day of opening, has lost his section, and the two other claimants to the same allotment divided the piece between them.

Mr Stavin, an old Australian reefer of 22 yeaas experience, says the indications in Te Aroha district are better than he ever saw in a new field.

This day's Miner advocates the erection of a 10-stamper battery for testing purposes, and calls upon the principal mine holders and business people to subscribe the cost of the same. ":

In the Golden Eagle, McCormicfc has laid a plaint against other shareholders for forfeiture for non-working. The decision of the Warden in the case of Christey v. McCombie, Jackson, and others, is published in full in the Miner. This was a claim to be put in possession of a piece of ground originally included in the ground of Te Aroha No, 1 South, .but which had to be cut out in order to reduce the area held by that company to 15 men's ground. Christy was at that time a provisional director of No 1 South and the board decided to peg out the ground now in dispute, and to have it included' in the area held by the company. Christey has a complaint against the shareholders for the ground on the plea of non-working The Warden gave it in his favor, but such a decision was anticipated, for the Warden's views are well known re manning and working ground. The owners of the Vivid took down a a ton of quartz to the Thames for a test from the Golden Eagle free of cost, and Mr Comes carted it at half the usual charges.

Some persons had a fine time of it at Clotworthy's on the opening Bight, for free liquor waa distributed all round.

Mr D. L. Murdock, of the Bank of New Zealand, visited the township yesterday afternoon in company with Mr^ pirth and Mr W. Aicken, land agent, of Auckland. They visited the Miner office, and took away copies of all numbers of that paper.

It is suggested that coach proprietors should lay on a line between Paeroaand Te Aroha, the Engineer of the County Council (Mr Aitken) having nearly completed the road formation.

Opinions here are freely expressed about the action of the Governors of the High School in opposing the water right applied for by C. McLean, It has been suggested that shares in the venture should be offered, those Governors who are known*to be the most opposed to the Warden granting the application.