TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1697, 22 May 1883, Page 2

TE AROHA.

Mining. The drive through the point whero the slip took place on the tramway will be completed next week, and the couti actor will be enabled to eons'ey through it the whole of the material requited for the remaining portion of the tramway. The work in straightening the grade at "Butler's Spur is ptoceeding satisfactorily. Mr Adams has got as many men at work on this section as can be profitably employed, and in a short time the amended formation will be effected. The remaining portion of the formation on the horse grades and May Queen incline will be finished in a shoit time. We may therefore expect that if the present fine weather continues another month will sec the heaviest part of the work done. Tiik Premier. — In this mine the stone broken from the rise continues to maintain the same rich character as that got both at the sin face and in the level. Welcome. — The ton of quartz forwarded to the Thames for treatment has yielded the very handsome return of 760z. of gold with a value of -C 3 6s 7d per on. This return needs no comment, but will serve to establish the fact that the quartz reefs at Waiorougomai are not all_ low grade stufF. Other claims besides the Welcome are in a position to send very rich trial ctushings to the mill if lequired, but as all are satisfied that the tramway will soon be in readiness, they mean to have their trials at the new battery at Waiorongomai. In VKRXES3.— Very good stone is coming to hand from the low levi-l, the gold being distributed well through the reef, which is now about two feet six inches in thickness. The other reefs in this ground, and which arc only partially prospected, have yielded some very good specimens, and the owners, Messis Clements and McKenzie, will be likely to meet a rich reward for their perseverance, as they have got a valuable claim.

The Sharemarket. Samw— Welcome, full shaic (one-thiitieth), £17 Thames Newspaper and Printing Company, 6s 6cl Skllkhs — Vermont, li.xlf share (one-thirtieth), £7 Vu leans, 2s Colonis,ts, 2s 4d BUYIiRS — Premier, 7s 6d Welcome, fullshare (ono-thirtiotli), £20. No sellers Jonx Bullock ] ■ blokcls ' Te Aroha, May 19.

Miscellaneous. Mr Oroxton for the South British, and Mr John Read for the Victoria Insurance Company, have inspected the scene of the lace fire, and aic so far satisfied that the insurance money is to be paid in full. It is not therefore vciy likely that any f nither enquiry will be hold. The Hot Spiings Hotel Maa insured in the Victoiia for £700, and tho stock and furniture foi £200 each in the South British Insurance Company. Mi Vcale'a stock "« as insured in the Victoria Company for £400, and his loss will chiefly consist in the value of the building, which was uninsured. Mr Coleman is having plans prepared for a handsome new building to b.o erected on the site of the one destroyed, and will continue his business in the old billiard room until the now house is built. The rrection of the Government buildings in Rcwi-streefc has made this part of the town assume a different appearance. The Post Office building is nearly | finished, and will be ready for occupation in a few days, The studs and wall plates i of the Court-house and Warden's offices have also been erected. The land is fenced, cleared and drained, and does not present the same swampy appearance as when in its natural state. The Rev Mr Da vies conducted the Church of England service and preached on Sunday morning in the Public Hall, while in the evening the Rev Mr Neill, from the Thames, delivered a highly instructive discourse to the Piesbytcrian denomination in the same place. Mr Neill intimated from the pulpit that one cause of his present visit to Te Arolia was for the purpose of administering the rite of baptism to children who had been born since the parents had settled at Te Aroha. The want of a registrar of births, marriages and deaths is very much felt in the district, as there is no office nearer than Hamilton or the Thames.

Mr Arthur Qonnolly, Hamilton Ea3t, advertises that he is prepared to break horses, &c, &c. A reward is offered for the recovery of a gold ring. Notifications re the making of the annual rates for the road districts of Tamahere, Kirikiriroa, Cambridge, and Taotaoroa and the outlying district of Rangiriri are published' in this issue. At a meeting of the croditors of William Stuart, contractor, of Eihikihi, held in the District Court-house, Hamilj ton, yesterday, Mr W. Sloane, of Te Awamutu, was elected creditors' trustee. Mr W. Kelly, Frankton, is desirous of obtaining pupils for the violin. Messrs Lewis and Simpson's new advertisement cqngerning recent shipments of English goods wul repay inspection. Mr J. S. Buckland will hold his next Cambridge horse sale on Saturday next, when he will offer 30 useful horses of all descriptions, harness, saddlery, etc. ; also, a tip dray. The ratepayers of Te Aroha riding, £iak.o County, are notified that a poll will be taken qn Tuesday, the lOtfty June, to, decide whether £5290 shall be borrowed from Government for main road to Shaftesbury. •' The lighthouse is a landmark by day and a bpacon by night," was what a country editor wrote ; but it was rendered by the printer thus—*' The lighthouse is a landlord by day and a deacon by night."

Qflfj, LILJfES. Our shqpping lassies do not like, to yield In jijeauty to the lilies of the field. _ ] Themselves are lilies, or not far akin ; They grow, they toil not, neither do they spin. \ •' Pat, do you love your county ?" " Yes, yer honour." " What's best thiug abQut ould Ireland , Pat ?" r '• The whisky,, yer honour." <f Ah, I see, Pat, ' with all fceir faults, you Jove^ her <S^«,