TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha, Monday.

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TE AROHA. [FROM OU R OW N COR RESPON DENT.] Te Aroha , Monday.

TliK committee appointed ti) fuitlui mattei> in connection with the hoiongh p.oviMuent unitinuo to li >ld tlu n ueekh •iicoting-. Vt tin* <>in> held on S itmd.ij List, it was it-solved to petition tlio eountv council to proceed with the constiuction of the hi .mill line wlmh is to connect the ik'w b.itteiy with the main count) tiamw.iy. The petition will ho presented hy the inuuibur for the riding, Mi D. Miuphv, at the meeting on Wodnesd iv, .md it will xwc general satisfaction if the councillois cm see their w.iy to give effect to it Without the tramway the, hattei v is im> less, and it will be a matter for legiet if an enteipiisr upon which the piospenty of the goldheld so hugely depends, and which has cost the piojeutois a \eiy laige sum of inonej, is lendorod fitutlcss by .1 icfns.tl on the pint of the council to fuithei the de sired object. Notwithstanding the present somewhat gloomy state of m.itteis in the mines, thine aie still peisous to bo found who have faith in their ultimate piospenty, an.l aie willing to back their opinion with then money. It is stated that an enteipiising gentleman who has some stake in the held is about to eiect a ciushing null and that tho woik will ho pioceeded with immediattly. Tho method of ieducing the (pint/, will bo that Known as the di\ pin ce,s, by which, it is fe.iid, a much l.ugci peicenUge of gold can be wed, at a smallui cost, tl'an by any other sj>tein of treatment. No authoritative announcement of tin undertaking has yet been made, but it igener.illy believed th.it the pioject has been nntured, and will shortly assume a piactical shape. An act of liberality that deserves to be lecmded has just been performed by Mr J. 15. Smith, of Wuitoa, who has handed to the domain board a- donation ot £T> as a thank-offeung foi the recovery of his child, who wascuiedof along-standing ailment by a com 8e of bathing in the wateis of the hot springs. The money is to be expended in tho way beat calculated to promote the usefulness of the baths. . Church of England services are now re gularly held heie, tho officiating cleigynnn lx'ing the Rev. Air Mai shall, who his ie solved upon settling in our midst, and at tending to the wants of the denomination in this and the neigliboming distmts. To meet the increasing lequireinents of their coaching business, Messis Bi idlev .md Co., hiiveju-t had built heie a hand some four wheel conveyance for the Aiolu \loriins\ille load. The vehicle will com roiUblv accommodate a dozen pa.ssongeis, and, when occasion reqinies, room can be provided for more by nil arrangement on the top. It is most comfortably fitted up inside, and as a specimen of what cm be done by our local handicraftsmen it leflects the highest credit upon the builder, Mr George Pcvey.