TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1930, 18 November 1884, Page 2

TE AROHA.

iFHOM OUR OWN COIUIFSPONDKNT. | Te Akoha, Saturday. At the sitting of the R.M. Court here on Tuesday the business done was unusually light, and was all disposed of in less than an hour. The only case worth refeiring to now was that of Eina Mokena. and othei s v. M. O'Keefe, in which the plaintiff claimed £20 damages for the removal by defendant of a wooden building from an allotment leased by the latter as a business site in the Aroha township. The case was heard a mouth ago, and your correspondent then gave .some parriculais concerning it. As the matter was of vital importance to holders of house property here, and as some intricate questions were involved, the bench required time to fully consider it before giving judgment. In his decision on Tuesday the R.M ruled that the defendant had acted illegally in removing the house from the allotment, and in .so doing had rendered himself liable to be prosecuted by the Mining Inspector, as well as by the present plaintiffs. Although the land was the property of the plaintiffs, it was held under lease by Government for goldmining purposes for a period of 21 years, or for such time as might be required, and was sub-let by Government under the goldfields regulations to the persons occupying the allotments. If the Mining Inspector had sued, he (the R.M.) must have held the defendant liable for tho lull valup of the building, but in the case before the court he was of opinion that all the plaintiff* could reasonably claim was the sum the hou->e might be supposed to be worth at the end of the twenty-one years. 1 lease, when the property would revert to plaintiffs. Having in view the nature of the building, he would therefore adjudge the defendant to pay only £1, and costs of court, but this decree did not relieve him from further liability should the Mining Inspector see fit to sue. Much dissatisfaction is being expresseed with regard to existing mail arrangements, and there is certainly abundant cause for complaint. When alterations are made in the postal service, it is expected that increased facilities will be afforded to the public for more rapid communication, but in the recant changes that have been introduced in the mail service between here and Thames this rule seems to have been altogether disregarded, and matters may be said to be in a worse state now than they have ever been before on that line. Communication with Waikato and Auckland via Morrinsville is also the revepso of satisfactory. It does seem strange that with the advantages we now possess for the regular and rapid transmission of daily mails, no better arrangement can be made than that which existed in the old coaching days, and that we should still have to put up with a tri-weekly service. Application was made some months a^o to have the mails forwarded daily as soon as the railway was opened to Morrinsville, but matters still remain as they were. Further petitioning will be required ere a reform can be effected, but it is exceedingly annoying that the public should be put to so much trouble to piocnre tha ; tj for which the necessity is so patent to everyone except, seemingly, to the Post-office authorities. Since the election of the member of the County Council on Wednesday, local political feeling has altogether subsided. The squabbling over the previous elections had come t9 5q regar-djc} by rno&J persons as something of a nuisance, and although there was no doubt a difference of opinion respecting the merits of the candidates in the recent contest, the final settlement of the question as to who was to represent the district was hailed with a kind of feeling of relief. Churchigoeus here \yill ljave iilje gratification to-morrow of listening to two preachers, both of whom are new to this district. The Rev. Mr Evans, of Cambridge, holds service in the morning, and his son, who is now incumbent of S. George's Church, Thames,, will officiate in the evening. I^arge congpegatjqns aj?e likely jjq assemble on both occasions. Among the visitors to the baths this week are Mr and Mrs J. B. Whyte, who arrived here this evening. Our respected member does not look quite ao hale and hearty as when he last appeared among us, but the restorative effects of the hot springs will 4 QU^ e 3S shortly endue him with, fresh life and vigqur,