TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2098, 17 December 1885, Page 2

TE AROHA.

[t'KOM OIK OUN COHIII.irON'DKN'T.J TeAhoh\, Wednesday. With tho railway finished, as it will be j before the cud of tli" >pu, tn within li.ill a mile of the township, tho jiooplo heie had hopes tint the facilities for cheap travelling dm ing tho coining holid iy -e««i«n e\tended to othui localities would have been participated in by residents in tin-, quarter. A telegram wa.s despatched a low days ago bv tho chaitttiiin of the inipnneinents com unttee to tho Public '\Voika Minister lequosting tint the excursion tiaitis wludi arc to iuu between Auckland and W.tikato dm mg Ciiiistmas wick mi?ht bo ■•out on a-* far as tho line is completed, but th.s reply received is unfavourable. Until the. work is taken olf the contractor's hand- the regulations foi bid the mnning of trains on any partially finished lino, and a* there 1-1 still much to be done on the embankment iH'.ir the 1 n cr beforo Mr Liu»g>toneV contiact N completed, it is not hkuly that pi-sengoi-. will be landed here befoie the beginning of | February. The Minister, while regretting } hii» inability to comply with tho lfquct co'ntamod in the chiiuuan's telegiAin, pr uiii-o-, however, to meet the wiihei of the inhabitants .is far as lies in hi- powei, and will cause cheap exclusion ti.uns to be run to and fiom Te Arola as soon us (ioveruuierit takes o\er tho line. With tins piomise. wo at t!na oiidmu.it for the [ time be content. Th" interest taken by the people generally [fljroußhinit tho Hauraki goldhelds in thn Feitablisltmcnt of the piojected school «i inino-. continues unabated. In this district fiesli names are being daily added to the li«t of member.-, the nuinbci of whom is already sufHciently l»i go to foiin a strong branch for this field. Although it lias been pioposed to designate tne institution the Th lines School of Mines, it is not intended that this school shall bo nniiKnablv fixed in the jtaiticular locality to which th.it, name is geneially applio I, and tint persons residing at .\ di«tancc will have to [iroccod tbitlier for mich teaching and information as they rn.iy requiie. Tins was ft prevalent idea at fir->t in tho outlying distucts, but as it became known that the name embraced the whole of tho Thames Peninsula, and that each nmiiiig centie theiein would h.ne the same advantages as the Thames jnoper, the populauty of tho institute inui eased amazingly. The system, which will be adopted, of opening bianch schools in these centie*, with tho same professors and teuchern, for stated periods annually Ins impni ted to tho mmemont a vast amount of xtioiigth and will add immensely to its usefulness. It miy be said that a new era in mining ludustiy is about to be inaugurated for tho fuller development of the mineral ie-,ources of those districts in which schools am to be established, together with the introduction of the method of treitmg omw bv Bineltmg is ceitain to be pioductivo of tlie most bonßJTcial results, ami will help to give to mining generally some of that pei maneuco and stability which, on theso fields, it has hithoi to lacked so much. The only thing at present spoken of in thp way »f amusoinents for tho holidays is the children's <-chuol feast on New Year's Day, and this piomisos to bo a gicat snecesf. A sum of nearly £20 Jias been hiibseribed and a strong committeo appointed t"> carry out the affau. All the schools, d iy and Sunday, willaunlgamate, so thero will be a groat gatheiing of tho little folks. If the we'ithor pioves faxouiablo, tho day will bo a gala one for both young and old. A very successful and onjoyable concert cuno off at Waimongoinai on Monday evening. Thtsro was a good attendance, and the music, vocal and imstruniQutal,

wo.», generally ipjakuij,', well lendm-ed. The entertainment w.is g<t np in u<] of th 'nndi nf the lncil 15.mil i»f Hope, and deserved to bo a succ ■"«.