TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1352, 1 March 1881, Page 2

TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

A. good 'le <1 of OQ'ifqg ->n. a^ems tq ex'sjj heru ia the iv lilssi v cj, ",ctudelap[iarrtarly by instructions oeiug issued t> oir lj >ctstl p>s master by both the fa* r »ea and

UorSpl^nes diimHß<kUnM§frosgd tootcH j&MJ||[ T,he cUyjjftxedflp.the Auckland iO^^P>^pr'\thci dep\rtuaKffthe mail for 'herp'are Mqnflav!lJ3p|wesdaya *nd Friday, but a<>meatyirago orders were gent from the T' auies office, changing the Bays to Tuesdays Thursdays and Satnr* days, no intimation whatever of this was sent to the mail contractor, aad Mr McGuire, on his behalf, very reasonably objected to any alteration being made without instructions from the head office, notification of which should be Bent to the contraotorXlH&llJiteUitl^SEho local postmaster objected ta receiving mails off ,d i vyB,.^d4her.ofo^4ftQiw^t9^ but expressed hi-» willingne's, in order'tO .further theftpablio'^nvenie|io£,vft>JCarry ''ill letter* that 1 ? might be^ifi flier office on ihe days -when -there was-no-maiL-ani > S rthemm'Ha^snr >^^ be^n equivalent ftfl^aily^tfafltfand ought to, have satisfied the most unreasonable, bift in Th'ursda^V isMue of the Mtikr an 1 article appeared in •referericie' to the matter, -" fatiting that 1 the ' contractor " ha'd J point *bljrak refused to. < carry the jinftil, and throwing the ( whple, blame 91 the[ ttelay upon his shoulders, Xn justice to the contractor- and, ta Mr,MflGuire. ia mpre especially alluded to, I cannot ailoir the statement to'^'assr. Uncbntradicted. Their courtesy' and ; wilHnghess' to'obligi are proverbial-, and tfcV number of .messages they deliver and ' commissions they execute must bo a severe tax both upon their time and jpktiettce. To your Waikato readew tHey are ioo'Wftlldt'hown to need, any vindication, fronx-me, but to strangers the article, alluded Jjpisapt^to convey an impression that' might be injurious, and I feel sure both the miners and the business people 'here. as' Well as the settlers in the Thames Valley, will bear me out in vindicating them 'from any unjust attack. ' - ' ' There is little in the way of news, to report. The papers containing the report ; of the trial of the prisoner Prdcoffy' were I eagerly read, and opinions are much divided to his gHilt or The * natives 'are gradually linding their way 5 back into the township,- arid it' is expected there -will, be a strong, muste^Jthls^eek,' as it w'understobci' the.accumuUited gold- " fields revenue (about £1200) will be paid to them on Tuesday or Wednesday. The only other item of any interest ii the collapse of the? Te 'J&btitf'&mer. It appeared in its usual form on Thursday, but on Saturday morning the plant was packed up and removed to the Thames.? Its circulation — never very great — had* dwindled down to so low.' an > ebb that its budden death, Avithout a word of farewell, was not unexpected/ and caused neither exoitemenfi nor regret. — [Feb. 28.]