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

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1998, 28 April 1885, Page 3

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

\PLWic nicetuif, «.«- «'»W "' the com meitul loom of \\.iii.m.\ Hotel .-a batui(Li V evening, f'>r the puipo-e ->f taking fmtln-i steps to h.ivo the i.ie-cnt laihwiy time table alteied, m older to secure foi this othci outlying di-tiKS an e.uliei •mn.il <>f pisseugeis and hkuN. Comparatively «h»it notice vva- given of the meetin" hut, notwithstanding tin-, nearly the whole of the business people of this town wne present. Mr Geoige Wil-on was c died to tlu! cluur, and briefly explained the object of the meeting, ut the same time pointing out the uigent need f»i making a itt one effwit to ha\e some impioveinent in the existing state of nutters effected befoie the setting in of winter. The following weie passed niiannnously. Ht. I', ,p,wedby Mr John Gibbons, and « conded by Mr James Mills, " That the i.uluay time t. hie be altered to enable .. i^entfei- and mails to arrive at To Aroha bv (» .. clock, a« tormerly." 2nd. Proposed by Mr C. Ahiei, and seconded by Air Thos. Wond, " That <i copy of the fore-L'-im^ lesolntion be foiw.uded to Mr Hudson, Traffic Manager." 3rd. Pr0-....-od by Mr Gibbons, and seconded by,Mr M Hotchin, " That Mr James Mills be deputed t<> comey the above leaolution*, and confer with Mr Hudson personally ieguding the mattei." Auothet meeting, presided over by Mr H (Jnimp, was subsequently held to consider the mean- to be adopted to hay« some kind of temporal y appioach formed at the v.est end of the new l.ulway bnd«e. A'tei consideiable discussion, it was decided that Mi J. Mill-, be i equated to interview Mr Lmn^tone, the conti actor, and ascertain whether any air.uigements can be made v heieby tho bridge may be made available f<n public iwj.io ea-ily a* possible. The Waitoa Koad lio.vid held their ppiiodical meeting <m .Sattiulay last at Moimisulle. Contracts weie let for repjinn? i«ads in the Hichmond district, the tendeis accepted amounting to t'2.'t. It was also ie.soUed that tendeis be invited for keeping the main loads m the ndmg in thorough lepair. A sum of £2414 having been applied for by the board under the Ko.vds and Bridges CoiistiuLtion Act for the consti action of a mam rood from Kichniond to Waioioiißomai, and the application having beui Miccessful, a poll of the Kitepaju-. (th«- date of which will be adverted) will be taken with reference to thestnkmjr of a rate to pay interest and sinking fund. An election takes place on Saturday, M iv -'nd, for the return of three members of the board to fill the places of Messrs Chepmell, Gould and Tiirnbull, who rctiirt by rotation. These gentlemen will piobably stand for reelection, and othei candidates are also spoken of, Messrs Moffat, Kvans and Horrell being among the number. Much interest l* being taken m the election thioughout the distnct. The directors of the Waitoa Chce«e Factory are getting matter* into shape. A suitable site is hke'y to be obtained between Moffats hotel and the railway station, and the land, which is about twenty-five acres in extent, has already bien sui veyed by Mr F. Pavitt. Due advantage has been taken of the splendid weather to pu*h on the repairs on the Aioha- Katikati track. The woik on the west side of tlu range is almost completed. The culverts have all been formed and a few dajs more will nimh what remains to be done there. On the east bide there aie several paits of the road that yet lequire to bo improved, but these will now be immediately seen to, and before the vvinUrsfts in the two distiicts will be connected liy an excellent budle track. The prospecting association foimed here some months smce, to pu^ecute the seaich for pa> able gold on this side ef the mountain, have recently been succe.sful in openin<? up what is supposed to be a payable leader on the Golden Hill spur, immediately above the township. A very encouraging show of the precious metal has been ob tamed, and the piesent association, which now dissolves by efHiuion of time, will shortly be le oi^anised, and the systematic working of the vein ji^t discovered will then be Mgoioiisly pmceeded with.

A Nu'iu: ( onttir poraty has the follow-ing-—I he natives .no meeting ior koieio at~T.ifioi.nte. and a tiiuny meiting it is. It seems to inclmle H.in H.ni", Mormons, Blue Kibbonites Kepudiationists, and native Clin-.ti.inB of all shades The pioeu dings coiibiht chiefly of piayer— all the sections " «oiii^ in big lieUs" for theii own peculiar idears undei this head— eat ing ami ill inking and speechifying. How Ion" the prayinir ami talking will keep uji it 13 impossible to say, as it is difficult to estimate the unexhausted reserve of spuitual and ihetoiical force among the natives, but the eating should last a tieniendous time yet, as tons upon tons of flour, sir/ar, eels, pipn, pigeon", ets., remain to be consumed. About 500 natives are present, including repiesenentves fiom HawKe's Bay. Wanganui, Waikato, Taupo, Manawatu, Otaki, and Wairarapa. Hori Topilia appears to lie the piincipal speaker. Hot Water an a Bbvkrage —Appended is a very interesting extract from an article contributed by a physician to the World of Science :— For those who do not want fattening drinks, and who often cannot digest cocoa, I should say drink hot water at brcakfatt. Those who dine late, and make their dinner their mam meal, need a diluent drink an hour or two afterwards ; and if they diink tea it keeps them awake or makes them irritable and nervous. I find, for myself, that dining solidly, as I am obliged to do w lien I have done my work (7 30 p.m.), and often needing to work from nine to eleven, a tumbler of hot water brought into my study or laboratory is the bust and uholesomest drink, and after a few evenings it will be as much lclished as the usual draught of tea. The hot water assists to compkte the digestion of reiidnal food, it acts uwn tin- kidneys, and Muses out the effete matter?, and thus will be found to wake one up sutHcientlv and neither to injuie the stomach nor keep the biain awake at bedtime. In cold weather, waim water is far the best drink at dinner-time, ami in hot weather a dtailglit of warm water i& fai wholeaomer anil moie cooling than cooled or iced water. b\\i>iu> W \llowi\g.— One of the most i evoking performances by winch street jugglers seek to attract tl- i at ten tion and the coppeis ot the id If, is tli.it known as sword swallowing- This may bean optical illusion, with a "tiick" oi telescopic s\\ ord, or the \eiitable passage into the gullet of a short blunt-edged weapon of solid ii on The lattci, being the mote lealistio and disgusting method is that generally pnetised, aud is not more difficnlt of accomplishment than tho introduction of the stomach-pump; but the instrument being rigid and its direction unskilled, it is an extremely dangerous performance Since its mtro duction or revival, about eight yeais ago, , by a conjuror at the Westminster j Aquariam, the trick has become a common one, and has been the cau'be of many accidents. Its most recent victim (says The lhdixlt), ia a man named Henry Fry, aged thirty, who was admitted to the Newington Infirmary on Saturday, January 17th. He stated on the previous Thursday he was attempting to swallow a Bword, a feat he bad been in the habit of pei forming frequently, when he was seized with severe pain, and began to vomit blood. Difficulty of breathing and of swallowing followed, and he applied for admission to the infirmary, where lie died last week. A very similar case is recorded in the eight edition of Erichsen's Science nml Ait of Surgery, in which a juggler died, a few days after admission to University College Hospital, from perforation of the iMophagns, and injury, to the pericardium. Tricks and exhibition which entail abuse of the provisions of Nature, and danger to health and life, are as degrading to the spectator as to the performer, and cannot too stiongly be deprecated. It is not, unfortunately, in the gutter that they are to be found, but it is to be hoped that culture and education will ere long exercise more influence in the music hall and in the atreet, and will cxtingnsb, amongst others, this objectionable class of so-called entertainment. . A Lady's Wish.-" Oh, how I do wish my »kin was as clear and soft as yours ' s-iid a I tcly to a friend. "You can easily make it jo answered the fnrnd " How - •n.juircd the first lady. "»y »«"B Or. Soulr's Hop Hitteri. tint makes pure rich blood and booming health. It di it for me, as you observe. K«aa