TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT ]

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1985, 28 March 1885, Page 3

TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CO RRESPONDENT ]

TV: Anoirv, Fmhy. T HB improvements which !,.i\e foi micli a length of tune been requited mi the AroluKatiknti road are now being taken m hand A p.uty of men went out from here ve«it<*iday, taking with them blasting ni.iteu.ils, tools, and camp equipage, and will commence work to-day. It is intended to begin operations by widening the nanovvest parts of the present track and clearing .iway slips, &c, so that the road may as rjuiekly as possible become av.iilablo for hor-e traffic. When that has been done the further widening of the road, so that it may eventually becomo of use for wheel traffic, will be Rone on with and carried out as far as means* will allow. The polling on Wednesday for this tiding re the lev ying of a special rate under the Roads and Budges Construction Act, was unanimously m favour of the proposal. Very little interest, however, was taken in the matter, and only eleven votes were re corded. The Bntish Hot»l heie, formerly occupied by Mr P. <^'iinlan, was bold by •YlesMS D. \i. (ieliion and Co., at t(>e Thames on Wednesday. Mc>ms Viovvu and Campbell, of AucM.ind, wpic the pin-clia-cij', the pi ice paid being 1 £1700 Conipniativt'ly* little now lcmaini to be done to complete the i.uhvay budge. T!»e vvh.ilc of the heavy liuilm' vvoik is unNhed, .iiid the laying of the decking on the .swinging part", and i>n tho spin adjo'inng, w ill alnvisfc bring tlie work of the contrnctoi to a close. It is exned,ed that in le^s th \n a fortnight the structure will lie complete. Mining is still laugimhin?, and n iv v«r since the opening of the Wai.noiigoinu portion of the goldlield have tilings b't-n in so unsatisfactory a state as n.nv. A great deal is expected from the new battery wheu completed, and sanguine people siippo«e that tho method to be adopted of tre iting the quartz, will have tho effect of revolutionising the existing state of mattei 4 -. It may not accomplish all that is hoped for, but there can bo no doubt that the completion of the mill will ba productive of very great benefits to theheld, and itis exceedingly desirable that no time should be lost in getting it finished. The present spell of fine weather is giving the contractor for the conveyance of the machinery, (Mr A. Dickoy, of Paeroa, who undertook to deliver fifty tons at the site foi thirty shillings per ton), in excellent opportunity tor carrying out his work, and it is to be hoped that everything will n >w be got into po-i tion without delay, so that vviiatuvei good is to be derived fioin the possession of additional crushing power may be deferred no longer.