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

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2080, 5 November 1885, Page 2

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

Mu Fiijuh, School lii-pcct'«i, l- <tt |)iociit m this locality holding the eu.stomaiy amiu.il cv. uuiuatiotis of the pupiU in the \.it id.is schools of the di-triet. Comiuenc mg with 'IV Aioh.i, he next visited Waio iDDgoni.u, and has since been to W.nto.v ,uul Te Aroh.i West. Tlio lesnlt of 1 1i-> examination of tlio clulditMi attending the Aiohi School was \ciy siti-f ictoiy, and the excellent in.uiiiei m which the pupils acquitted Miemselves in the different M;audaids ufleeted much credit on the head teacher, Mr W. H. 1\ Marsden. Neaily se\cnty clulihcn weie piesented, and almost the whole of them pissed, the nuiiiher of th'ibc'who did lepieientmg ninety pet cent, of the whole school. In stand irdti two, tluee, and four every one \va- successful, .md but for the faihuu of a few of the pupils m standard olio the number of pastes would h<ne been cent. j»ti cont, as w.i- tlie case last year. The slight f.illuif,' off on this occasion 18 due to the f.ict that sevei.d of the childieu in that standaid lise at some distance fiom school, and being nieguLu in their attendance, wtic not quite so «ell prepared as tliose in the Inghei standards, who reside in tho neighbourhood. But tlie ictmlts .is a whole li'Mi testimony to ,i higli stite of efficiency. They aie cieditable both to tuicheis and pupil-, and must he giatifsmpr to the p.uents of the childien attending the school. 'IViideis f<u foiinin^ tlio roid to tho Tin Greek iniiiv's weio opened on Hatiud.iy evenintr. Th'> uuniber iecei\ed v.is. sin.illei than was expected, and th'- j'lices wcie a little luglici than was 'jstim.ited by the committee. The wmk was divided into three sections, and for each the lowest tendei was accepted. No. 1 section, 41 chains, was let to Henry Hyde .it L!U per chain. No. 2, 2(i chains to It. Jsleuci'\p, at £1 Us {)J, and No. .", L>'J chain-, t-> the s.uiip party at t'l Gs 9d. The to id is to be si\ feet wide in the so!id, and the bu-h cleated hdf a chain in width. Thiee weeks is tlie tune allowed foi th 1 cmipletion of tlie work, over which tune the c nitiactois are liable to i penalty of £•"> pet week Bat they do not mean to be mulcted in penalties, for they have set to woik with » will, and with f.uoiuable weather will hni-h within the specified tune In a month fiom now, at furMie-t, the road sh mid be ojien for ti ilh ', and it nn\ be cvpycted th if \ ijioiou- action will bo taken foi woikmg the diifeiont cl urn-. The completion of this ti.uk will foim a c >nil).ir.iti\c!v c.v^v a--coiit to tlic top of the iii.nu r.iujje, and will he the appi'oich to a largo extent of uuttu'd and likely mineral ooiititty. It i- to be h »l>ed that one of the fiist nutteit to lecene the attention of the council <>f the now county of Oliine'iinu w ill be the c\ten-io,i of the mad along the range to K.xiangahake. Tun would open up an immense aie\ t't the ptospector, and as theie cm h.udly be any doubt tint a rich reef exi-ts between that place and the Tm cieek, the lesiilt of the enterprise would be a l.irge increasj ni the county lesenuc. Mi« Edith O'vJotmui, the c-cipid nun, delneicd one of hei lecttues t> a fair audience in the public lull, List Fuday evening, the Ke\ Mr Wills piesiding.