TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONSENT.] Te Aroha, Wednesday.

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TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONSENT.] Te Aroha, Wednesday.

The J{.M. Court sat vestcrda\, Mi H. Kenriek presided. I'roceedings were taken by the Public Vacematoi against H. H. Adann and (J" Vowy, foi a beach of the Public Health Art, in failing to ha\e their children vaccinated within the preseubed i>tn(id. In the case of Mr Adams, a ptnalty of .">> was inflicted, with costs 10s. On the lepresentation of Mi Voi ijy, that it wax wlmllv owing to the delicate health of his children that the opeiations had not been performed, the case against him was, with the consent of the aocinatoi, adjourned for one month. Thomas Stanley, bettler, Te Aloha West, was charged by Mr W. H. Hawkins, with vising languigo calculated to provoke, a bleach of the peace. The defendant, ji member of the Te Aroha West School Committee, had at a late meeting made use of grossly insulting language to the plaintiff, who is teacher. The charge was admitted by the defendant, who was severely censured by the magistrate for his unseemly conduct, and was mul*ted in the costs amounting to 17s. If such a charge were again prefeired, the defendant would be bound over in heavy securitu ■> to keep the peace. The assault case Pan v. Lav ney, two residents at Waitoa, was not heaid, an amicable settlement having been come to between the parties. In tho following canes judgment waH given for plaintiffs :—Wells and Souttcr v. D. Courtney,, claimed 4.'2 f»s juid cost*. Wells and Soutter v. \V. McNeil, claim £8 4k 10, and costs l(k Wells and Sontter v. A. Sutherland, claim £7 .">s Id, and costs £1 0s Gd. Wells and Soutter v. A. McNeil, claim £7 4s Bd, judgment for £1 Oh lOd, and costs lO.s. B. William.s v. New Find, (lold Mining Company, claim £442s'Jd. K. Graham and Co v. Collett, claim £'2G 17s 2d and costs. E. Graham and Co v. ChailesCollins, claim £218si)dand costs. In the case of McWilliams \. the New Find Company was of some interest to pel sons engaged in mining pursuits. Plaintiff, with his mates, agieed to carry on a certain diive in the company's mine for £1 12s (>d per foot, but they averred in giving evidence that no distance hat! been specified. Fioin the other side it was maintained by the company's mine manager, that the understanding with plaintiff was that he had to drive to a certain point, about 150 feet distant. Having faded to do this, he (plaintiff) could only claim to be paid according to the custom in hucli cases, \ u 7"> per cent of the valuti of tho work done, which amount had beeu offered to him, and refused. No written agreement, however, was produced to show that such an airangoinent had been entered into between plaintiff and the company, and the magistrate held that he was entitled to the full amount claimed Mr Cuff appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr M. H. Lush for defendants. In tho Police Court, John Fitsgibbon, who had been apprehended and Hont baok from Paeroa, was charged by Sergeant Emerson with the laiouiy of a gold locket, tho property of Mr Camp, hotel-keeper, Tamahere, when; the accused was formerly employed. He, pleaded guilty to the charge, and having been previously convicted of a similar offence, he was sentenced to four months' imprisonment with hard labour, in Mount Eden Gaol. »S. Patrick's Day passed fiver here very quietly. Most of those bent on pleasure betook themselves to the Paeroa lace meeting, and, the weather being lovely, they had a good day's amusement. The different events resulted as follows :— Trial Stakes, to ; won by O'Connor's Colonist. Trotting Match, £7; Wiigley's Nellie (Jrey. Miners' Purse, £13 ; Wrigloy's Welcomo Davie. Hurdles, £20; C. Wrights Bushman. Pony Kace, £5 ; Etu's Lad. Handicap, £25 ; Paraku'n Diver. Consolation, £7 ; (Joonan's Barney. The Aroha brass band was in attendance, and discoursed sweet music at inteivals throughout the diiy. A ball in the evening wound up the proceedings, which were, all through, of a most enjoyable kind. The number of passengers to this place »ia Mornnsville i. likely to be largely increased by the system of roturn lailway tickets recently introduced. Mebsrs Bradley and Oo find it necessary already to ply a lecoad ooacb for the conveyance of