TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Thursday, Monday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2031, 14 July 1885, Page 3

TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Thursday , Monday.

Till lating poweis sought l>> the Hiaine* Haibour )>oaid in then lull now bcfoie I'ailiament for the cou&tiuction of now haibour works are, so fai as they iol<itc to tin-, di^tnct legauled hoie wuli \eiy -.tiling 1 feelings of dissatisf.iction. A public meeting called pi map illy f«*i the pin pose of piotesting against the inclusion of tho Te Arolia Riding in tho pioposed l.iting scheme was held in the Hall on tfatuiday evening. Ah J. A. Pobson was voted to the chaii, and after lniefly refennig to the n.ituic of tne buiden which the bill if passed would entail upon the iesidonts, and to the necessity for waking a stiong effoit to get fieod f 10:11 it, he called upon Mr .Fas. Mills to mo\e the fustiesolution, w liicli was as follows .-- " That wo, the residents of To Aioh.i [tiding of tho Pi.ilco County 111 a public meeting as-embled, stiongly object to ourdistnct being iated for tho puipnsc of enablnm the Thames Harbour Board to raise £200,000 for haibour woiks at Rocky Point." Tho mover spoke .strongly of tho manifest, unf.uincbs of the pioposcd hcheiuo of rating. If tho To Aioha Riding was to Intaxed, why should not the Waitoa and Matamita Ridings lioidoung upon the liver, also be nude to contribute? W.i-. it because the Boaid was afraid of laisiug the opposition of ceitain poweiful land ouneis of these d stnets, whose enmity might mdanger the passing of the bill that they were left out 'i The infimtesinml amount of good which the distnct would dine fioin the projected woiks compaied with the liciivv tax which it was sought to impose upon the inhabitants was also lefeiied to by the speaker, who chniacteiised the bill m its relation to this distnct as a shameful imposition. The lcsolution was seconded by Mr Y>. Montague, and can led unanimously. Another lesolution was passed, "that tho ch.uiman of the uifftiug be lequested to tot ward the fou Igoing lesolution to 0111 meinbei, J. B. WhytoKsq., M.11.R." The question of the withdiaw.il of the t muship laiifls fiom the q tldhi Ul m> that native ounois might have now or to dispose of the f toehold to occupieis of >ecti<>n> >vho might wish to pm chase them w.w next discus-ed, and a rlt.tft of 1 j)etition to the (ioverner beating upon the subject was agreed to. The petiton points out the goorl th.it would lesiilt wen- piop-ity held under a securer title than a license to occupy for a stated period undei the gold field's lugulatuuis, the diawb.icK t> tlie prosperity of the town which this insecm it\ of tenuiu ]in»vos itself to bo : the fact of the place being the centio of a large agticnltural district, and of its becoming pmnanently settled to fmthei which object, Security of title to propeity i> essential. The desirabelness of having the requirements of the town looked after until .some form of local government is secured was next taken into cousideiation, and an Impio\cments Committee, consisting of Messrs Abler, Mills, Dobson, Vra/er, Comes, Robson and Mackie was appointed to watch the interests of the distnct. The much vexed tramway question was again bi ought up, and a lesolution adopted to the effect that Mr J. W Whvto be requested to ask for a Government enquny into the cost of tonstiuttion, &c. Theie was no othei business of impoitance bi ought bifme tlie meeting.