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

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2033, 18 July 1885, Page 3

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

Mlch cicdit h due to the dom nn huaid for the -toady manner in which they .ire carrying i>nt tl.o impiovcmcnts of the springs. Altli nigh thu funds at their (iNlioK.il hii.\ c been limited a Inr^e amount of useful work has been done in nccoi dance with tin) I'l.m designed some time since f<« the b\iutif>ing of the gioundi*. Trees ha\e been planted ; tlio lower hlopes are being cleared of the tein and will be ploughoJ and laid down in gia><s ; the walks to the different baths liavu been put in excellent repair for the winter, and men are now employed in xmootbing the flat ground in the lowei pait of the reserve where it is intended to nave a lawn suitable for croquet, tennis, and other games. Ac.uri.ige dnve from the main entrance is aNo in comae of construction. The face of things is gradually being transformed and eio the summer neason iig.nn comes lound the foi liter nuldernesrf of ffin and ti-tree will h.ive begun to aisnme the appei, trice of a wmling g.uden. The inipro\enieiits committee held their fiwt nieetmg on Wednexday evening, when all the members put in .in appearance some one who w.w tmmoid.ibly absent. Mr JiW. Mills was appointed chairman and Mr E. Peel, Mecrutai v. It wn« reunhud that a petition protesting aguin<<t the rating of the district for the Thames Harbour Woiks be at once prepared for signatuio by the inhabitants .md fotw.tided without delay to MrJ. B Wh>t", foi ptesent.ition. The draft of a lettei fiom Mr (leorj," Li|)sey to the Wai den relative to the di-.po-.il of the township lands was read and as dirfc:>i-»Hiiin enxued lugarding the conditions laid down by Mr Lipsjy b.it no definite lino of action was lesolvcd upon and the further consideration of the matter wiu poitponcd until no^t meeting. Some conversation took place having reference to the construction of the temporary approaches to th* railway bridge, and the chaiiman was requested and conHented to receive sub'.ciiptions for defiaying tho jfroportion of the co-it to be boine by the residents of tho district. The necessity for an attention of the hour of closing the mails for W.ukato and Auckland was ulflo referred to, and it is likely -amiino action will bo taken xhoitly to luno a reform in the matter effected. Mr (iould of Waitoa proceeds t'> Hamilton on Satuiday. to interview tho Itesidont Eujfuiecr theto, and Mr Livmgntone, contractor, regarding the speedy completion of the bridge approaches. He will be accompanied by Mr Mills, who will represent the townspeople. The skating rink m proving riuito a success, and «i a souice of much pleasant amuaement. The number of the rinkers is rapidly increasing, and many of them are becoming adepts in the act.