TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1916, 16 October 1884, Page 2

TE AROHA.

[from our own correspondent.] Tk Akoiia, Tuesday. At the R.M. Couit held here to-day, before Mr Kenrick, K.M., a large number of cases) were disposed of, the mo.it important on the lint being that of Emma Mokena v. M. O'Keefe. This .suit excited much interest, as it was regarded as a kind of test ca-*e, that would determine tho ownership of most of the hou^e property in the township. The plaintiff, who is tho native owner of the land on which the greater part of town stands, sued the defendant for the value of a building removed by him from an allotment held under the ordinary goldfieldi tenure, that is, according to the provision^ of the Goldmining Districts Act of 1873. The magistrate inclined to the opinion that as the land is within the boundary of the goldfield, the suit should have been instituted by the Mining Inspector, and that an the section was based under the leguUtions for a period of twenty-one years, lie thought the plaintiff could not legally lay claim to more than the assumed value of the building at the expiration of that term. As the matter was, however, of much impoitance, involving as it did interests of considerable magnitude, he would take time to consider his decision, and would reserve judgment until the next sit* ting of the court, which will be m about a fortnight. Another case of some interest was that of Cuff \\ Clarke, in which the plaintiff sought to recover damage-, for wrongful execution of a warrant. The amount .sued for was £100, and judgment was given for property illegally distrained, £40, damages, £15, and posts of court, some £8 moro Mr Miller, solicitor, of Thames, appeared for plaintiff in both oafcos, The passenger traffic between hevo and Morrinsville Is not yet veiy large, but it seems that Messrs Bradley and Co. are not to have a monopoly of it. An enterprising resident at the terminus of the railway has started an opposition conch, and,farcs arc in Gonsequenco likely to be greatly l educed. Ik is to ba hoped that the increased facilities for ohoap travelling will b« met by a corres: ponding increase in the number of tra. vellers. The interval between the close of the football and the opening of the cricket treasons here is being utilised by some of our local athletics in keeping up their form. or three running matches have come off and another one, or two are pending. A well-known publican is backed, for £L 5 to £5 in a hundred yards spin with a follow townsman, also of sporting procliyitics, and the same boniface has to try conclusions with another aspirant to pedestrian fame, the stakes in this latter event being £5 a side. The weather here has been the reverse of pleaßftnfc d"p n R the last week and to-day is one of the most wintry fcVt; nas been experienced for a length of time, Fisher's opera and burlesque pompany who are en route for Waikato, gave per* formances in the Hall to-night and tomorrow evening. Report speaks highly of their ability, but if the elements do not prove more propitious than they are at the present moment it is to be feared the performqps wifl fyave to play to a beggarly array of empty bftngfoeß,