TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1956, 20 January 1885, Page 3

TE AWAMUTU.

Our correspondent "Billy " writes as follows : — The Minister of Public Works has telegraphed to the Chairman of the town board, saying he had sent instructions to the engineer to examine and report upon " Parson's Site," the one generally con ceded to be the moat suitable for a bridge across the Puniu, to meet the requirements of both Te Awamutu and Kihikiln. The Te Awamutu town and Rangiaohiiv highway boards met on Thursday evening laht intending to conclude an arrangement concerning division of rate I*,1 *, but as onh the zhairman of the highway board was present, and as he had nut prepared any statement to further that end, the meeting wan not of any public importance. The annual meeting will be held on Thursday evening next, in S. John 1 ' Church, for the election of officers for the current year, when a handsome gold watch, bearing an inscription, will be presented to the young lady who presides at the harmonium, at a mark of esteem from hei friend* and acquaintances. A teetotal lecture is to be delivered here | next Thursday, on " Why should I sign ' the pledge." No doubt it will be well at- I tended and patiently listened to, but, a<ca»>es of drunkenness aie exceedingly raie in Te Awamutu, I fail to see the necessity for continually harping on tho teetotal key here, while there are other places close at hand which would be all the better fora teetotal crusade. The good people of Mangapiko gave a picnic and ball the other day, which went off with the success that ever attends rural festivities. People are always more free and easy in the country than in the town, and anything of a festive nature undertaken by the fanners, is sure to be done con amore, or with such unflagging energy, that succe«s it certain to follow. The races to take place here on the 29th inst., must, on account of the generous programme issued by the committee, the really first-rate course, the natural facilities afforded by the nature of the ground for viewing each race from start to finish, the proximity of the course to, and the excursion fares of the railway, as well as the number of good horses entered, be a grand success. I invite any of my readers whose physical tone is low, to re-invigorato their system by paying us a visit, not only to 8«e and enjoy the races, but also to stroll through the furze embroidered roads of what must in the future become the Queen city of the valley of the Waipa. Co-operation being the order of the day, I am surprised the upper Waikato farmers do not co-operate together and ahsist each other in the harvest work. There would be no cry of scarcity of labour then. Such a course, common enough in the South Island, would draw the people together and engender a spirit of good fellowship that would do more for the advancement of tho district and its inhabitants than all tho tortuous ways resorted to for individual aggrandizement. A watchmaker and a shoemaker have opened shops here, but I am afraid, in the face of the advertized fact, that the " quinque " elite of Te Awamutu import and recommend Auckland Auckland made bread, any local industry will not be very successful until the popu lation is increased by importation to such an extent as to allow tradesmen to laugh at any futile efforts made to lessen their business.

A lady wants to know if a lover can be called a suitor if he doesn't suit her. It is said that of the 27 translators of the new vert-ion of the Old Testament, 12 have died during the work. A middle aged man named Edward Green, employed as a gamekeeper at Adisham, England, in order to destioy a wasp's nest, filled the entrance to the hole with gunpowder, and lighted a slow match. The explosion happened quicker than he Jmd anticipated, and blew both his hamli off, Zola is about to publish in book form his first novel, which made its appearance 20 years ago in a Provincial newspaper. It is a study of mining life, •trikes, and the struggles of labour and capital, and was then called " Leg Mysteres de Marseille." Its new title will be •' Germinal." The SirfTER. — No household is complete without a sister. She gives the finish to the family. A sister's love, a sister's influence — What can be more hallowed ? A lister's watchful care — can anything bfl more tender ? A. sister's kindnecs — does the world show us anything purer ? Who would live without a sister? A •ister is a sort of guardian angel in the home-circle. Her pretence condemns vice. She is the cjuickener of good resolutions, the sunshine in the pathway of home. To every brother she is light and life. Her heart is the treasurehouse of confidence. In her ho finds a •afe adviser, a charitable, forgiving, tender, though often severe friend. In her he finds a ready companion. Her •ymmtby is as open as day and sweet as the fragrance of flowers. We pity the brother who has no sister, no sister's love. We feel sorry for the home which is not enlivened by a sister's presence. A sister's office is a noble and gentle one. It is hers to persuade to virtue, to win to wisdom's ways ; gently to lead where duty calls ; to guaftl the citadel of homo with the sleepless vigilance of virtue ; to gather graces and strew flowers around the home-altar. To be a sister is to hold a sweet place in the heart'of home. It is to minister in a holy office. Wise Folly. — " For t»n years my wife was ronfincd to her bod with such a compliction of ailments that no doctor could tell what was the matter or cure hrr, and I u>cd upaimall fortune in nombnjr stuff Six months ago I saw an American flair with Hop Hitters on it, and I thonyht I would be 3 fool onre more. I tried it, but mv folly proved to be wisdom. Tvto bottles cured her she i* now a* well and strong as any m\n's wife, and it < o<t me only two dollars."— H. W , Detioit, Micb. Read