TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1977, 10 March 1885, Page 3

TE AROHA.

[FROM OUK OWN CORKFSI'O\»FNT. | Tk Anon \ Friday. No tune 1 has hrcn lost by the Minister for lands m fulfilling the piomiso made by him 10c -ntly to Mr J. 13. Whyte, iespe.ct ing .1 grant of money foi the furthui mi provenient of the bath*, and spungy re-.;rve. A telegram »ai iecei\ed fiom Wellington on Wednesday by Mt dYotgiWilson, chanman of tlu Domain Buid, intimating that a sum of £200 li.ts boon granted for the puipose named, and with this additional amount placed .it their dis]>t».il, the board will be enabled to carry out much of the necessary work that yet remains to be done about the baths and ground*. The contractor for the erection of the addition to the No 3 bath house (Mr J. Heathcote) has completed hi-> \.ork, and tlvj fixing of the water pipes, &c. is now bjing proceeded with. In about a week or ten days everything is expected to be m reidiness, and the increased accommodation made available for the u«e of visitors. Hevetal intending contractors (amon^ them, Met>M» iStewaia, of Dunedin, J. J. U'Erien, and Mullinger and Brett, of Auckland) have recently been ovu the railway line between Moinnsville and heir, with the view, it may be assumed, of tendering for tho contract for la} ing the permanent, way. Mr J. C. Firth's steamer, the '• Kotuku" went up the river yesterday, and was the first \essel of any size that passed through tho swing-span opening in the bridge. For a' river boat, the Kotuku has considerable breadth of beam, but there was plentj of riom and to spare for her between the piers. Tho local office of tho Bink of Now Ze viand ii about to be shifted ft«m the paltry looking shanty in which business is at present dono, to tip more vjwcioub premises formerly occupied as a store by Messrs Wells and Soutter. Extensive alterations are being made so as to rendei the building mutable as a place of n^i ctence for the manager. Mr F. Booth i^ the contractor for the alterations and fittings. Mucb regret has been caused here among the numerous friends of Mr F. Burgess, Mining Registrar, Thames, and formerly c mnected with this district, by the receii t of information that he is lying dangerously iil with rheumatic gout. It is mnceivly hoped that he will soon recover from hi-> painful m.alady. The c Hitinuous rain on Wednesday again filled tho creeks, and raised th • in or sufficiently to make it navigable for such g.>od sized vessels as the Kotuku, which, bjf'ire the rain, could not have approached within mnny miles of the township. Theie is now also an ample supply of water foi the battery, and two or three companies that h.i%e been waiting toctush will have an opportunity of gutting theii Htuff tieated. News fiom the mines is unimpoitant.