TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1824, 15 March 1884, Page 2

TE AROHA.

The site chosen for the new railway station is now being surveyed. The land selected for the purpose is on the lower side of Blidge-stieet, find extends from the river nearly to Whitaker-wtreet, with a breadth of from three to four chains. Certainly a more comement position could not have been picked out, and the action that has been taken in shifting the chief station from the western to the township bide of the river lias ghen geneial satisfaction. With the present means of communication between this and other places, it would be almost impossible to anange a mail .service that would please cveiyone, but certainly some u.eans might be adopted to improve the existing state of matters. It is undeniable that the interests ;*f the community would be greatly benefited if a different system were followed with regard to the delivery of the mails fiom Auckland and Waikato via Hamilto.i. As the coach reaches heie about nine, and seldom later than 10 p.m., it is thought that it would not entail any great hardship upon the officials if these mails were sorted on their an ival instead of being allowed to be untouched until late nevt morning. Were this done, and access to private boxes allowed at an early houi instead of being stiictly closed as at present till 9 a.m., business men would ha\e an oppoitumty of lej'lying to important 1 >.tters by the return coach to Hamilton, or by the daily mail via Thames at 8.30 a.m. As the present arrangement entails the loss of one, and not infrequently of two whole days, some such alteiation is much required, and it is a mattei of home surprise that where so much public dissatisfaction exist-, and with such good giounds for it, no action has been taken in the matter before now. The 17th of March is at hand, but we hear of no effort being made by our Hibernian townsmen to do honour to their patron saint. The only thing in the shape of festivity yet announced is the opening of tl c new school-house at Waiorongomai, which is to be celebrated by a conceit and the inevitable dance. The building, winch is a very commodious one, is in the stereotyped style of .school architecture, and Stands in an excellent position. It was much required, as the place in which the children are at present taught is miseiably small and comfortless Among other noteworthy improvements at Waiorongomai the enlaigement of Kilian's and Lawless' Hotels may be mentioned. These buildings now present a veij* ci editable appeal c'aice, and aie spacious enough to meet the gi owing reqimements of the goldfields township for sometime to come. The completion of the new Catholic Chapel here was referred to in a foiiner letter. The opening of the, building as a place of worship was celebrated on Sunday, when the Right Key Bishop Luck, assisted by theßev F.ithevO'Reilly tumitheThames, conducted the ceremonies. Thete was a crowded congregation, and the earnest and eloquent discouise of the learned bishop was most attentively 'listened to. Cricket is still the only out-door game in which any interest is evinced. Anelo\en, chosen from the two townships, pn ceed across the range on Satm day to Katikati, theie to try their strength against the Tamanga playeis, fiom whom they are confident of snatching the victoiy. A match h<ts also been aiianged with the Thames Club to come off on the following Saturday. Nothing is yet heard of any challenge to or from the men of Waikato. Mining continues to prosper, and the geneial asppct of matteis on the hill is veiy satisfactory. The New Find claim still maintains its. positii n as the largest goldpi oducei, and another Is dividend has been detlaied. The f< llowing are the returns of amalgam for four and a half days' crushing last week : -

Thctiial parcel of stuff fiom the Heio claim did not come up to expectations, the ictuin being only 1240/.s fiom 20 ton*. The Vulc in Company are now having a tiial lot put thiough, and the show so far gives good promise of a payable yield. A discovery of some impoitance has been made dm ing the week. The New Find No. 2 reef, which runs through the Diamond (■Jully and Coquette claims, was struck on Monday last close to the boundary of these two piopeities, and their value hat> thereby been largely enhanced. The quart/, is similar in appearance to that got m the New Find, and judging from the show of gold that has already been obtained, there is every reason to believe that both will shoi tly be added to the list of payable unties on the field.— [Correspondent].

Head ot Ni - w Find Cri'onist Premier st mpers. 10 20 ... o o/s dwts. 210 10 240 10 IS 0 Total 409 0