TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1968, 17 February 1885, Page 2

TE AROHA.

[KUOM Obit OWN OOllttK-I'ON'DKNT. | Tk Auoha, Monday. Tiik state of <uu principal thorough faic lias I< nig been . i standing reproach to tho tuwnmlh|>, and \isitors fjoin Auckl.ind and other pl.ifi's, whore an abundance <>f nvniuy hax enabled tho 100 il-goviu-nmg bodies to effect all kinds of sttoct improvement*, complain l)itteily of tho discomfoits and the iisks they incur in parading our sidewalks after nightfall. The mattei has at last received the attention of the county council, ,vnd Mr I'avitt, engineer for the ndmg, has been instructed to give an estimate of the cost of the lmpiowinents that ait* most needed. It li likely the icsidents will aid in cm tying out the work, and with their qo-ojioratioji the council will be enabled to put the footpa,th->, at least, in a proper state of lepair befoie the winter sets in. This should ceitainly be done without delay, as tho days are now lapidly shortening, and invalids and othcis who lequire to proceed to the baths after daik find the present rough load exceedingly disagreeable. At the last meeting of the local school committee, thu iueguliiiity <>f tho Jittun danco of uiany of the pupilM, and the culpability of some parents in keeping their childien altogether away from school, icceived the set ions consideiation of the members. The subject will be again discussed at their next meeting, and it is likely that the decision will be to enfotce tho compulsory clauses of the net. Miss Clove, who lum Jo))g been assistant teacher here (a position hlio haw filled with much ciedit), U auoui to proccod to tho Thames, having received an appointment in one of the pi incipnl schools there. Miss ClibbouH v ill be her Miccossor, and the choice gives much satisfaction. Hotel properties me again changing handi. Mr P. <^uinl.vn has left thel'utish, and is Hiicceeded by Mr John Gallagher, fl'oin Aii<;klaiuL A ««w lamllou| also iejgi|« id the I|qt Hniing-s imslulry, Mj Hmith, fioni Otago, having taken tho place of Mr Weston, who is leaving the di.stnct. It js ruinouied that huge additions will shortly he uiatle to tho latter establishment. A tlntntlcrHtorn) ovor thik district on Saturday afternoon, ai)d, was acoompaniedliy *omo smart showers. Tho l»oat in tho eaily pait of the day had been vory oppressive, and tho genial r.iin afforded a woleiomo relief. JV^ji|ing lifaltois n]o s.ti)l rjuiut, and business genor.illy is dull.

Tllt>->B wlio advocated the planting of trees for moti not ease of moisture say tlint the uinfall in Kgypt hoi been Increased five* fold by extensive tree-planting along the Uppav Nile,