[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha. Tuesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2178, 24 June 1886, Page 2

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Te Aroha. Tuesday.

A meeting of the Domain Board was held on Saturday evening all the members being present sxcept the chairman, Mr Geo. Wilson, who had been called away to the Thames. Mr C. Ahier was voted to the chair, pro tern. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, a letter was read from a resident complaining of insulting language having been used to him by an employe of the board. The accused and the accuser were both present, and after some explanations the latter requested permission to withdraw his letter, and it was resolved that the matter be left over for further consideration on the return of the chairman. A report from the chairman on certain projected improvements and the estimated cobt thereof was read. These improvements comprise the opening up of six unused springs, the construction of a swimming bath, the erection of waitingrooms, <fee, the probable outlay for which, according to the engineer's estimate, would be about £1500. The rejwrt was approved of, and it was decided to forward it at once to Government with an application for a grant to carry out the proposed works. Air Crump, engineer, was in attendance and showed plans of the grounds which it is intended to embrace in the Domain. The thanks of the board were tendered to Mr Goldie, conservator of the Auckland Domain, for a present of a number of ornamental shrubs. Some other formal business concluded the sitting. At the R.M. Court which sat to-day, Mr H. Kirn rick presiding, J. Goulriie was charged by Sergt. Emerson witii the larceny of a shawl valued at 20s the property of Bridget Jansen. Accused admitted having found the shawl, and that he knew to whom it belonged, and stated also that he had always intended to return it to the proper owner. The Magistrate, while partly accepting this statement, pointed out the criminality of the offence, *t}d in consideration of its being the

Hut charge of the kind laid against the a-cused inflicting the mild penalty of twenty- four h.nus impiisonmcnr. Tliero was only imp cnil c.isi>, in uhich H. R.tndoljth sued J. E lUnks for fJ7, tho amount of a dishonoured sheque. Defendent did not appear, and judgment was given for plaintiff with c<«st 30s In the Warden's Court pov.es, ion of the Phenix Licensed Moldintr, Wainrongoin n, was given to J. Macey. the s»c>nd applicant for the same ground (T. Ivirkei) ha\ inpf failed to appe.ir in suppoit of his application. The ditliculty which arose s.uno weeks ago with the n ui\ es nf the Ngatiraiuri tribe, who it may bo remembered forcibly stopped the survey of (ho lino for the Th lines Itulwa-y has now been satisfactorily overcome. After much threatening laiiguago on the part of the Maons a meeting w.is arranged to take j)lace this morning, when Mr Kenrick R M., win* represented the (internment, succeeded in bumriiKr the refractory n ithes to take a scumble view of the matter and in effecting an amicable settlement «f the dispute. The survey of the line <w origiiully intended will acam be procpoded with, md no further troublo is now likely to be experienced. As was to he expected, the now railway time-table, which takes away from residinU in this locality several advantages which they enjoyed under the pie\ioiis arrangement, is not looked upon with much favour here. The staitinjr of the train twenty minutes earlier and the arrival at Auckland thirty-five minutes later than before, "thereby lengthening the time of the journey l>y nearly one hour, is of it«elf a serious inconveience to tho travelling public. Another can.se of complaint brought about by tho new arrangement is the earlier closing of the map, which now takes place at 7.30 a.m. instead of eight o'clock a.s wa< formerly the case. Doubtless the reasons which those who hnve the control of these matters may be able to give for the change are very satisfactory to themsflvcs, but persons who are ignorant of the mysteries of railway management fail to see the necessity for any such retrogressive step. It is not likely that the inconveniences which the recent alterations entail upon this community will be patiently submitted to for any length of time, and before the approach of spring, when a large increase in passenger traffic may be expected, an effort will certainly be made to have the old time-table reverted to, or some other airaiurement made that will give equal satisfaction. Apropos of this subject, a petition to the House of Repiesentatives, praying for the appointment of a commission to enquire into the present system of railway management, and to give full consideration to Mr Vaile's scheme of railway reform is now being very largely signed here. The commencement of the fiftieth year of her Majesty's reign was made the subject of special remaik in the Anglican Church on Sunday, and the service*, both morning and evening, closed with the singing of the National Anthem.