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

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1989, 7 April 1885, Page 2

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

fJooi) Fkiday was observed hoie in the orthodox fashion. Tho public offices and all places of business weto strictly closed, and thioughout the day a Nabbath-liko stillness pi e\aded tho tr>wn. In the ovmiing a b,»/,.iar was opened in aid of thn Wesleyan Gliurcli fund, und was continued on ttatuiday. It wiih largely pationwed, and, consideiing the dullness of the tinier, it WiiH in the matter of finance fairly suecesHful, a Rum of more that £'30 having been taken during the two nights. To-day being h)ustei Monday will be observed as a holiday by ple.isme-ieekors, but it in likoly to pass over vory quietly iiH no effort has been made to get up sports or out-of-door amuse, mout of .uiy kind. A few of the resident" have net off to attond the fair at Katikati, to which place tho budle tiack acioss the rango is now open. At Waioi ongomai an cnteitainmont will bo (jiven in tho cvoning, and here ,i!m» thoro will bo a conceit and lull. Thero has been a considerable influx of MKitoM from Auckland and elsewhere to take advantago of tho baths during tho. Kanter holidays, and tho delightful weather th.it has pre\ ailed han enabled them to pass their timo voiy cnjoyably. The geneial eoinmentu upon tho excellence of the npungd are exceedingly fa\<xirable, and when tho completion of the railway given a speedier means of access to tho puce, it is certain to become a popular resort for those who dotfire a abort relaxation from the cases of biißineHH. A deputation from the library committoo interviewed tho domain board on Saturday relative to a site within tho springs reserve for the erection of a building for library puipoacs. Tho board agreed with tho doputalion jit the opinion th.it tho post tion applied for was a vory suitable one, and if the building did not mtorforo with the other impro\eineuts which weio to be cairied out in tho ground*, tho requued permission would bo granted. Tho site asked foi by the committee ih at the corner of tho rftsorvo nearest tho Hot .Springs Hotel, and in oxQolloutly situated both as regaids the convenioncu of tho residents, and in mooting tho wants of visitors attending the baths.