TE AR0HA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1830, 29 March 1884, Page 3

TE AROHA.

[IROM OIK OWN C'OHIUSPOXDLXr.] Te Akoiia, Wednesday Night. Tin: most mtoi luting item of intelligence fiom this quaitei )ust nnw, is the discmuy of a supposed new goldheld by two old pioneeis m mining, Messis Hunt and Leahy. Hunt was one of the oiigmal shaielioldei-> in the celebiMUd Shotover claim .it the Thames, nnu Leahy is also an old minci,and has had a large amount of expeueuce m pto-pectmg. The locale of the disco\ery is Kntokohu, a place some 10 (11 12 mile- distant fioni Te Aiolia and about ~> fioni Pauioa. Gold has long been known toovist in the neighbourhood, and a good deal of piospuctmg work had been done pun luiis to Hunt and Leahy's hnd, but without success. Many old mineis, who know something of the giouud do not, how-evei, attach much impoitanoe to the o\ent, and the newa has not caused so much stir heie as it seems to have done at Paeioa, but a few moie days will tlnow additional light on the matter and will en iblo people to foi m a bettei estimate of the \ •ilue of the disco\e;y, than it is possible to do at piesent. Should the e\pectations of the more sanguine be realised, and a new field be opened up, a great impetus will be gnen to piospecting, and m the laige e\tent of aunfeious country that lies between Kotokohu and the Aiolia mountain, othei lmpcufcant discoveries may speedily follow. Theie is no news of tiny moment to relate concerning the Waioiongomai mines, but it is satisfactoi y to note that the two leading claims, uz., the Colonist and New Find, maintain their high leputation, and doubtless, other paying claims will soon be added to the list. It is becoming evident howevei, that it is not on the laiger reefs alone that the future of the field will have to depend. A lecent triii 1 of a small lot ot stuif fiom the F section of the Alphabet Company's* giound pioves that the nchest stone is to be found m the smaller vein 1 -. From tw o tons of stuft taken from a narrow leader in tins claim over five ounces per ton was ldtelv obtained, and theie is no leavm to doubt that when moie attention is given to these \eins, the yield of gold from the field will be laigely incicve '. The returns of auinlgam for the principal claims ciushing at the batteiy last week w ere as follows : — Head of stampers. o«:s. dwts. Colonist .. . '20 . 320 Vi New Kind 10 . 243 0 Piemior 5 . 84 10 Int.il 647 3 Tlie New Find letuin is a little short of the i>iev)ou-> week's, but the diminution is accounted for by the smaller number of bei dans that weie obtainable, theie being only fi\e instead of ten as dining the week befoie. The new tailings plant in connection with the batteiy is lapidly appioaclnng completion, and in a foitnight or little more everything will be in winking older. When it is faiily staited the yield of gold from the piincipal mines v ill be gieatly augmented. The defective an angeiuents in our local post-office, about which so much dissatisfaction lecenlly existed, have given place to a better state of things. The mails via Hamilton aie now soited either on the night or eaily in the morning after their ai rival, and the entrance to the lobby is tlnown open at 7 a.m., so that those who ha\e private boxes can obtain and reply to itnpoitant letters by the mail that leaves daily via Thames at 8.30. This is a great convenience, and the wonder now is that a leforin so necessary was not carried out long before. Our Public Library is lapidly growing in fay our and in usefulness, and its existence supplies a want that was long felt in the distiict. A sum of £34 4s 9d has been appoitioned to it out of the Government grant, and with this addition to its funds the attractiveness of the institution will be laigely enhanced. The. victory obtained by our cricketers over the Hamilton players gave much satisfaction here. In tins as in most other games of .skill a great deal depends upon luck, and no doubt that was all on the side of the Aroha men. In the return match, if such is played before the season is over, the victors now may then be the vanquished. At any rate it may fairly be hoped that it will prove a closer game than that which was recently played. The Blue Ribbon Army are pushing their crusade here, and their members ate being largely augmented from all classes of the community. To-night they hold a big demonstration, and further large accessions to the ranks are expected. The crusade is doing much good, but as in all other movements of the kind entlnisiasts will be required to fan the flame of zeal in the lukewarm, else numbers will relapse into their old habits. Of these enthusiasts it is to be hoped there will never be any lack.

Messrs Bell, Boyce, and Goodfellow and Son brkers, Cambridge, announce that on land alter the Ist April the 21b loaf will be 43 cash, and 4£d if booked. , , , The services at S. Paul's Wesleyan Church, Cambridge, and Trinity Wes]eyan Church, Hamilton, will be found acveitised elsewhere. J^t, the former place* the Revi H. R, Dewsbury "Syill preHph ' ipj jthe % morning ,otu ''Autunin "Lessons," and in the evening'on " What Lack I Xct,"