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

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2077, 29 October 1885, Page 2

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

\ MKErrvo of tho m»mbi'ts of tlu Goidon Special Settlement Association was held at W.vioronpotnii on S.ttiudiy evening, when thero went pie-nMit a I.t i *r t » number i>i intending scttlei.s. As .1 biiuf account of tho association ami tho puipohc for which it was fonnod appeared in the columns ot Tho Waikato Tunes a few weeks ago, readers of the paper aio already in possession of tho principal facts relating to tho scheme of tho proposed .settlement. The chief object of tho meeting on Saturday was to ascertain how many of thoso who had entered their names as members intended taking up land, and to prove then bona fides a call had been madn, payable on that day. non payment entailing the erasure of tho name? of defaulters from tho roll of numbers. More than sixty intimated their intention of going on tho land, and the calls paid exceeded £100, representing at (id per acre, an arc.i of more than 4,400 acre*. A number of other persons would readily hive joined, but it was considered by the meeting that this arei {which embraced the whole of the land fit for agricultural purposes in the block), was not inme than butticient to satisfy tho requirements of the origin, il applicants, and theicfoie no new members could be admitted. Resolutions were p used that all pel sons who hud failed to pay either of tho calls that had been made had so\oied their connection w ith tho association, and that the thanks of tho membors be accorded to tho Mminter of L mds, to MesMr> J B Wbyte., A J Cid mm, Colonel Fra>er and Sir George Gro\. for the leady asnist.mco all of them ii i i tendered in enabling the association to prncuio a mutable block of 1 md. Tho sui\e\mcf of the various sections will shoitly bo commoncd, and, when completed, the allotment will immediately take pUco. The block is diritant about *oven mile* from Waiorongomai, and, at no gieat cost, tli • road, which is all e.idy foinu'd the groatei {>ut of th<i \»ay, can ba put m good repair and form an ea>y ine.ins of communication between the two places. Tho prompt and liberal response of (ho Minibtet o' Minos to tho applic.il ion for ■-- instance in tho forming of a pack-track to the claims at the head of the Tin creek h is enabled thn committee appointed to cam out tho work to proceed without delay Tho route han b'ou lud off, and tenders foi tho limiting of road will immediately In called foi. In le«-< than a m with it is ex pected to ho c >inpltttu'l, and as it i-> the in tention of holdors of heveial of thn chims to Jtend down trial p.ircli of stone foi furnace treatment at the Thames an po<h as tho track in hi readme* 1 -, the vnluu of the reef will quickly foa axcet taiutd. It in rumoured that uteps are being tiken by somo Auckland investor 1 * to biv« a furnace at once erected here, Imt nothing dufiuitu has yet ti. inspired regarding the matter. Nothing but tho impoverished state of the county exchequer can excuse thu conn cil tor tho nepleet they hsvo «hown with respect to the keeping of our m«in thotough fare in a decent st.ito of rcpaii. All through tho winter the street has boon little better than a bog hole, and it is a wonder that no serious accidents ha\o occuned to awiikcn tlio council to .1 setine of its duty. A feuble attempt is now beinf? mado at mending one or two () f tho wornt places, but it is to be hoped the council will neo its way to have a really good load formed through the town out of tho rale that was recently levied. St. Leon's Circus Company performed hoi o on Monday night, and drew a good honsn. Thoy left on Tuesday for Paoroa and the Thames. Miss Edith O'Gonnan is announced to lecture here on Friday and Satin day evenings, her bubjects being those sho has so frequently discoursed upon olsewhaie.

Princims Lidi Dolgorouki likos to play the violin in public. It cost Julian Hawthorne, the author, 40floli«, to spank a Sag Harbour urchin. The calm, soothing feeling of satisfaction that is frequently deiived from spanking an impudent little boy is worth more than 40dols. — Nornstown Herald. Somk of you little sinners arc sitting around heie waiting for salvation to strike you as it did St Paul. God adjusts his ammunition to the siz<> of the man he is after. Mustard seed shot will do for you. — Sam Jones, re\ivalist. A New Military Shield.— Some interesting exptrmients have been carried out at Ryde, Knglaml, with a new arm of defence. The implement 13 simply a steel shield to be fixed on the mii-wle of a idle as a bayonet is fixed. It covers 0110 superficial foot, weighs three pounds, can be easily slung under the arm, and docs not appear to »c unwieldy. On f-kiin>ish ing duty the mfantiy soilder uould take his "cover" with him, place the point in the earth, lie behind it, and pick of his men with ease, the shielu foiming a rest for the rifle. The shiold, which is claimed to be bullet proof, has been submitted to the W,ir Office, and the nrlitaij authorities arc said to view it v\ ith iome ftvour.