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

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

work on tin- cmhankmrut acio-,-, tlio M^v.imp ;it the \w»t side of thp r.nlw.iy budge is at prtHi'iit .it .i standstill, and has Im-cm Hincc the expiration of the time in w Inch 'liiinLin'i* contract wn*i to have been completed. It is to Ik' nigiottt'd tli it time nhotild bo delay in canyingoufc thin iui|»>rt.mt p.irt of the railwuy works, for until it i h finished the neccmaiy tilling in of the ' uUtion ground on the township Hide of tho nvnr cannot be commenced, and if not Liken in hand quickly tho summer is likely to be well over before the long-looked for opemug of the line takes place. The balUstmft of tho MorrliiNvilfe end ii being vigorously puxlied on, and Ls apprrmcliina completion, but people here would bo Rl.wl to .sou botli works going on ttiinultaneously. It nwy be hoped, however, that Mr LivingHtone will not allow hit energy to abnte, ,nid th.it In- will muku a strong effort to Ji.ive his coiitr.ictH hniahed, no that ovcry. thing m.iy be got into full working oidur long before the expiry of tlio coming seaxon, during which a huge p.iHsonger traffic may be expected. Tho pittance doled out by the I'i.iko County Council in ieMpon>e to the petition from the inhabitant* here to liuvo their mam thoroiighf.ucs jiut in doceut rnpfiir, in nitnerably inadequate for the purpoflc, A much larger sum than the £30 granted will )ki requited to put in mdnr th.it portion of Whit.iker-street alonn lying between Ikidge and IJoundary-strectw, than which it may mifely be ••aid no worse road exists in the county. The council has promised that tho matter will receive further consideration, and it is to be hoped that it will, for the petitioner* may fairly claim that a *tun in proportion to the amount contributed by them toward* the HCparatc rate that has been struck for thm ndmg, should be allo- _ cated for a work no noco^uary to the prosfl^erity of the town. The miunioneriJ, the Kov. C. Umlington ,md(i. K. Mason,.irnved hen; from Wnikato yesterday afternoon, and held service in the Town Ha.ll in the evening. There was a fair congregation, but it was thought that the fame of the piiMiheis would have biought together u much l.uger assemblage. Jsy their earnestness und eloquonc^ tho rev, gantlamen made a deep imprewslori on thoHe who weie present. The time at thru di.spoHal would not admit of more than the, one service here, a* they proceed to the Th.uncH today to commence u> minion