TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1464, 19 November 1881, Page 2

TE AROHA.

A corbespondjsnx writes as follows, under date Monday, the 14th inst. :—: — There is very little news, as little work is being done in the claims at the new find as yet ; indeed, most of the time seems to have been frittered away in lawsuits of one sort or another. Happily everything has now been settled satisfactorily by the Warden, so that I suppose they will be making a start shortly, especially as the Warden in giving his decisions was very emphatic on the subject of manning the claims. We have got another large new store here, built to the order of Mr Wilson, of the Thames, draper, etc., so that if we do get another rush we shall have stores enough. Mr Lavery is building three new houses for the Lincolnshire farmers' settlement. These are being fitted together here, taken to pieces, marked, and aent up the river. There are also six cottages being built on the block by Messrs Byers and Chappell, of the Thames, the shingles for which are being split by Mr Quinlan. Altogether, material in the shape of timber, shingles, bricks, etc., is constantly going up to the Lincolnshire farmers' block, and has quite livened up the river trade. In fact there was quite a revival of old times one day about a week ago, when there were no less than three steamers here at once, two going up and one down. There is, however, nothing else stirring as yet. The road works have not started yet, and I don't see any sign of their doing so. The Morning Star starts to crush to-day (Monday), and if the result is payable you may expect to hear of several others very soon. The lad Milne, who was injured by being dragged by a runaway horse last week, is doing very well. His brother-in-l.vw believes he will be back in Te Aroha again in a weak. We did not let the Prince of Wales' Birthday go by without some effort to commemorate it, as the bachelors of Te Aroha got up a very successful impromptu ball, winch was held at the Te Aroha Dining Rooms, and which was kept up with spirit till about 2 o'clock in the morning. The music was supplied by Messrs Wright aud Whitehouse, assisted by Mr Connor on the violin. Mr Lawrence officiated as M.C.