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

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2074, 22 October 1885, Page 2

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

The owners of the projectors claim at the Tui Creek rush are now about to commence operations. Mr C. A. Comes, who has been in Auckland making arrangements witli shareholder's there for the woikmg of the reef, returned heie on Monday, .md has already sent two or throe, men to the ground to make preparations fur » skirt. Anything that can be dono at present, however, must necessaulv be on n limited .scale, and must continue to bo so until faonio kind of a road is formed to the place. A mo vo is now being made to have this work taken in hand without delay, and a meeting of miners and business-men was held yesterday to take the necessary steps. It was resolved that as the post ponemont of the election of councillors for the new County of Uhineiiiuri (in which the reef is situated) precluded any hope of awsistanco from that body for sumo months to come, the Minifter of Mines ba communicated with in order that (iovernment aid might be obtained. The probable cost of forming a pack track is estimated at £250, and as the Minister has always shown a readiness to help in the opening up of new mining districts it is anticipated he will give the required aid,jf in hit. power to do so. Meanw hile a committee, consisting of Messrs Robson, Fivuer, Conies, Belgium, Dobson, (iavin, and Cameron, has been appointed to cany out the preliminary work. A party will be at once sent out to ascertain the best line for the track, and Mr Pa\itt will bo instrncted to make the survey, so that no time may be lost when the necessary fundu have been procured. At the meeting yesterday Mr Comes, in speaking of tlio prospects at the new reef, stated that a large number of tes-ts had l>cen made of stono from different parts of his ground, and that the results ware mot-t (satisfactory, the lowest being over 20o^. of silver and 10/. of gold per ton, and the highest exceeded 30i«. of silver and 7oz. of gold. If the roef will only give an average return equal to tho Hinalleit of these it will pay well for working. The contractors for the enlargment of the Hot Spring-. Hotel (Mcssru Penk and Allan) and for the improvements to the British (Mr J. Lavery), have both made a start and are expected to have their jobt out of their hands before tho end of the year. Both edifices will present a handsome front, and add much to the appearance of our mnin thoroughfare. The talented F.iust family are performing here, and made their first appearance Uht night in the Town Hall, which was moderately well filled, the weather being 1 unpiopitiiiiß. Of the merits of th« different members of the tioupe and of their Mirpr singly clever feats in their different lines it would bo difficult to say too much in prairie. Cctt linly nothing i»ppntacliim.' in excellence to the performance, taken an a whole, has ever b'on witnessed hen\ The company are advcitised to appear again to night and to-niorraw and will then leave for Wi«kaio A rather painful accident hnppened the other day to n, boy, the son of Mr Jams* Livery, builder, here. Am the little fellow in company with two or three others, was lo.ivinjj th« Wetlevan Ch'irrh school on Sunday list, he stumbled and fell down the hhuit flight of steps in front of tho building, breaking hia arm junt above the wrist. Tho fiacture was n sitrple one, and under the care of Dr. Cooper the sufferer h now progressing favourably. The weather here has for tome days past been exceedingly variable, sunshine and warmth alternating with cold bhowers, &c, ble.ik winds. However favourable it may be for farming operations it cannot bo said to be at all enjoyable.

Pdre Watkii Sftflt — Tho watoi department of Philadelphia has decided upon adopting the system of Professor Leeds for purifying water by tho introduction of pressed air into it. The system is stated to have been very fully tested, and to have given moat satisfactory results, not only in Philadelphia, but elsewhere. The various pumping stations at Philadelphia are about to be supplied with the necessary air-compress-ing plant, the contract for which in given to the Ingersoll Company of New York. It is expected that great use will be made of this aeration system, and the owners of the pateuts have formed themselves into a company, calling itself the " United States Pure Water Supply Company. "

Mr Charlos 8011, in early days a resident in Ngaruawahia, and mure recently a sawmill proprietor at Churchill, has been induced by the advantagt offered by railway communication, to Hliift his plant to Mercer, when, as will be seen by advertisements, in another part of thU day's issue, he offers timber at very low rates ami of guaranteed quality. The mill i» vory complete with the usual breaking down and circular saw benches, tonguing and grooving and plaining machines, and capable of turning out from 25 000 to 30,000 foot of timber per week. Tho mill is connected by tramway with the railway, from which it is distant only komo 350 feet, and with tho Waikato only aome GO feet away, and as four trains daily pats southward to Auckland, and threo days daily to the facilities for extending his business are very apparent, and we trust the change of site will increnne Mr Boll'h business and keep hia n.ill working to its fullest capacity. We believe Mr 801 l has already on hand am extensive order for Auckland to undertake, which has been the leading inducement to Mr Bell to effect hit change of locality.