TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha, Monday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1847, 8 May 1884, Page 2

TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha, Monday.

The heralds of King Frost have already put in their appearance to warn us that the reign of summer is now nearly over. Genial days are followed by clear, sharp bracing nights, and on two or three occasions the thermometer has gone down almost to freezing point. The ground has at times glistened with hoar frost, and much harm has been done to the late sown grass, 'pieasanjj as the (Jays %re a fehort spell of wet weather would now be a beneficial (though not an agreeable) change, ,for water is greatly wanted, and should the drought continue much longer the goldfield will suffer as well as the > agricultural districts., Our battery is doing .little more than half its work, and the reduced yield of gold consequent thereupon is already beginning to have an injurious effect. The alternating heat by day and frost, at night are also T telling' iri^ another direction, for Jtheyare* very J trying' to th'oge of deUo&te flonstitution, and com-

and tho scarcity of money, onr townspeople htill find metuis occasionally to enjoy themselves. On Friday evening last the long-delayed opening of the new school-house at Waiorongomai was celebrated in the usual way with a feast for the children and a concert ,md tho inevitable dance for the grown up folks. The day was fine and the youngsteis had a jolly time, there being an abundance of things, both solid and fluid, to gratify the juvenile appetite. The evening pei fOlf 01 manco was a decided success and the building was crammed to the doort., numbeis of the stronger sex having to be content with standing room in trie poich. Both townships furnibhed their ablest musicians and sweetest singers, and contributed alike to make the concert one of the best that has been given in the district. The votaries of Terpsichore were there in force and made things lively till long after " the wee short hour ayont the twal." The ciicketing reason may now be said to be over, and muscular Christianity has ti < - s iunied its cold weather pha^e. Our footballers luivo kut in conclave, and made arrangmnents for the winter campaign, and will doubtles.-, soon make themselves heard of. Amongst their number are many strong and active players, and against whomsoever pitted they will be found a h«ud lot to deal with, and no les« able to hold theii own than they proved themselves to be in wielding the willow. There is again some talk of an addition to the crushing power oii the goldfield. It is reported that negotiations are on foot between some mine owneis and a firm in Auckland for the erection of a battery in the vicinity of some of the claims that have been proved to be gold -bearing. The terms for cmshing are understood to be much more liberal than at the present battery. It is sinceiely to be hoped that the matter will e\ entttate more satisfactorily than the projected undei taking about which there was bo much talk some weeks ago.