TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1999, 30 April 1885, Page 3

TE AROHA.

[from our own correspondent.] Tk Auoh \, Wednesday. Thh mual fortnightly sitting of the X M. Court was held here yesterday. There was only one civil cn>c on the list, \i/., J, Squirrell v. G. H. Cotteiell, claim £28, value of goods sent to defendant to be di— posed of by him at auction. A poition. of the goods hid been void Mime three w.-eks ago, the amou it realised for which had been paid into cou. t, but no regular s-tate-nientrt of accou-its had been received by plaintiff, who now sued for the full \alue The defendant pleaded that he had been called away to Auckland on pt c** c -iiiur lm«inens, and had not had tune to furnish plaintiff with particulars of sale, but the bench held that this was not n sound ( >\- cuse, and give judgment foi £23 10«, being the full v.iluo le*s the amount paid into court, the penalty to be reduced t<i Is if the unsold goods were restored to plaintiff within 24 hour*. In the Police Coint, Michelly was charged with obtaining monpy under false pretences f i om Maik Lo\ell, p istuiii*ter, WaKirongnrnni. The .icci)>pd hid on the 2">th January list borrowed from Mr Lovell a sum of £rl 4s Od, which ho was to repay on the following Wednesday, and pave />» security a hor>e, which he represented as belonging to him, but which was not in reality his property. The evidence adduced, however, wa.s not conxidered by the court to be sufficiently strong to sustain the charge, <md the acciused was therefore acquitted. In the W.uden'H Coint, the Aroha Mining and Prospecting Association applied to be put in possession of the ground formerly known as the Uolden Hill No. 1 claim. An accident, fortunately not of serious nature, befel Mr Warden Kenrick while on his way here from Paeroa on Monday last. Tlip horse he wan riding stumbled and fell, rolling over on him, and cubing some injury to one of his legs. He was able yesterday, however, to walk with a little juiHistance to the court-house, and take his place upon the bench as usual. Professor Rice gave an exhibition of his skill in mind-reading, &c, in the Public Hall here last night. Thu performance was similar to those given m Hamilton and elsewhere, as described in the columns of The VV.ukato Times, and was very auccehsful. The hall was well filled, and, weather permitting, there is likely to bo a still better house to-night, when the professor will again appear. , . „ . „ - There is now a break in the long spell of fine weather. The wind changed yesterday to the N.K., and towards evening alight showers began to fall. The rain came down steadily dv) ing the night, and there »re no signs yet of its clearing up.

AnotTT 3oo hands are employed at the Mint of Yeddo, Japan. When the men begin work they take off their own clothes and put on others belonging to the Mint. At the end of the day's work they throw off their clothes and rush naked to the end of the yard. Here their back hair is pulled down, they wash their hands they drink water, and then holloa, and lastly, they run to the other end of the yard, clearing two or three hurdles ou their way. Cußim or Drinkinc.— "A young friend of mine was cured of an insatiable thirst for Imuor, that had so prostrated his system that he was unable to do any business He was enirelv rurrd by the use of Am Co's Hop Hitters It allayed all that burning thirst, took jway thr appetite for liquo., m .do his nerves steady, an.l he has remained a sober aw\ st L ad\ m~n for more than two y«an, and hai no desire to return to his cups."— Fr«m a leading R. K. WW»I.