TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1884, 2 August 1884, Page 2

TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Tk Ahoha, Wednesday. Dtmixu the last ten days the weather lus been exceedingly disagreeable and has worn a moie v nitty aspect than any that has been experienced this season. Cold, jaw winds h»i\e prevailed, and although the rainfall has not been \ery great scarcely a day has passed without fieqneriu heavy shower's. The toads arc in consequence getting consideiably out up in parts where tlieie is much wheeled traffic, and in some places they are almost impassable. Between this township and Waiotongoinai mattets are in a very bad state. The main trunk road which was put in repair befoie the wet weather set in is still in fair order, but the part from the tiun-off to the goldfields settlement, about half a mile in length, is in a disgraceful condition, and in a shott while it will be impossible for any loaded \elnelc to get over it. Between here and Pueroa things are still wotse, and conveyonces of all kinds have ceased running in that direation for some tune past, and it is not without some difficulty that the journey can now be made eveu on horseback. The inconvenience experienced from the closing of that line of communication is, however, comparatively tiifling, most of the traffic being by way of the river. On the Waikato road things are also in a sorry state, and aie likely to continue so throughout the winter. But, notwithstanding mud and mire, our mails \ia Hamilton are delivered with commendable punctuality, and the manner in which the coach is now piloted thiough all difficulties is highly creditable to the present driver. Yet witli the prospect of early communication by t ail the best coaching artange ments aie not likely to prove satisfactory very long, and the opening of the line to Monins\ille is eagcily looked forward to. At present there is only one passenger steamer plying on the ii\er, and it artives fiom and departs for the Thames at ncit ly the same hours, as the conveyance to and from Hamilton. We have thcicfore ouly tri-weekly communication now with Auckland, and the inauguration of the system whereby we will have daily mails and swift connection with the provincial metropolis is felt to be an event of much impottance to the whole of thmlistiict. But although the opening of the railway as far as Mori-insville will be hailed here with much pleasure, the delay in pushing on the work of construction from that point to this is beginning to aiouse some dissatisfaction, and a certain desjrec of uneasiness is being evinced with legate! to its completion. In a matter that so vitally concerns the walfare of the community, it i& not surprising that some impatience should be manifested, and it is likely that this feeling will find \ ent at a public meeting which will shortly be held, and at which nieasuies will probably be adopted to secure, if possible, the desired object without unnecuessary delay. Another undertaking, viz: the, newbattery, the completion of w hicli is looked forward to with almost as much interest as that of the railway, is not progressing so rapidly as was expected. An application was recently made by the company for the right to a road, whereby tho machinery could be conveyed to the battery site. Tie repairing and widening of this toad would entail upon the company an expenditure of some hundreds of pounds, and this outlay, as they think, should secure to them certain piiveleges in connection therewith. An objection to the granting of the rights lias, however, been lodged on behalf of the Piako County Council, by which body the track had been previously partially foimed, and the case will be brought on for hearing at the Warden's Court on Tuesday next. It is sincerely to be hoped that some satistactoty arrangement will be arrived at, and the work allowed to proceed, for delay in a matter which at the present juncture is of vital importance to the gold field is exceedingly vexatious. At a meeting held at Waiorongomai on Satin day last to consider matters relating to the road mentioned above, some dissatisfaction was expressed regarding the action of the county council in refusing to accept the resignation of Mr H. E. Whitaker, who for a length of time has been the member for the Aroha riding. As that gentleman has left this district and now finds it impossible to attend the meetings of the council, the riding is practically unrepresented, and whatever may be the desire of other members to mete out justice to this portion of the county, it will be a hard matter to make people believe that it is receiving its due share of attention. The third of the series of matches between the Thames and Aroha football clubs for the possession of the silver cup presented by Mr Ehrenfried came off here on Satnrday last, and resulted in favour of the local team who scored nine points to their adversaries' nil. The play was good on both sides, but the Thames men laboured under a double disadvantage, for, apart from their inferiority in weight, they were suffering from the effects of being huddled together for 15 hours on a long weary voyage in a' small steamer up the river. But for this circumstance they might have made a better stand, although it is doubtful whether they could in any case have prevented their opponents from securing the victory. The visitors were afterwards entertained at dinner by the local club in the British Hotel, when the usual congratulatory and eulogistic speech-making was fully indulged \t. It would ■ seem that the healthiness of our- climate renders^ ifc{impossible, for more than qn^fmedjcarimaßi'to'knpck but a decentliving.tfwV? Dr. 'Btic)cb.y,, Who, has been ,pf«ola^g^tbiß^qua^/er^iti9o^ ,- the v dppartute|^o|i4||y.^4Boj^i vten v ;mon£Bs agdfljs^p^ady^rtisjngf^yejqf.

new." Dr, Cooper will thus liavo sole possession of the district, and in the interest of the inhtbitan's, it is to be hoped that the demand for his services will not exceed his power to peifonn.