TE AROHA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2185, 10 July 1886, Page 3

TE AROHA.

[FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.! Tk Aroha, Friday. A URKTINO of tho inhabitants of Wniorongom.ii was held in the Public Hall there last niirht, to discuss the question of joining with Te Aroha, and forming a borough under the new Municipal Corp nations Act, or, having Wniorongoniai and Qu.irtzville constituted a separate town district. Between forty and fifty pei>onsweie present, and Mr James Mnnro occupied the chair. The first motion was proposed by Mr B. Montigue and seconded by Mr M. O Koefe to the effect "that the residents unite with the people of Te Aroha in forming a borough." An amendment was; proposed by Mr A. Janiifson, and seconded by Mr Sampson, that steps bo t ikon to constitutt Waioroiitfom.ii ,vnd Qu.u tzv ille a town district. After a somewhat discursive di'bato, m which the movers and seconders and Messrs McLivar and Smardon were the principal speakers, both the motion and the amendment .weio withdrawn, as it seemed to bo tho opinion of anuniborof those present th.it time was iequi?ed to give the subject fuller cons-dot :<tion. On tho motion of Mr H. H. Adams, seconded by Mr O'lveefe, it was resolved that the meeting stand adjourned till Saturday, the 17th hist. There was a large attendance at Mr J. S. Buckjnnd'a cattl« aale at the W»iifcoa yards yesterday, buyers being present from all the neighbouring districts and also from Waikato. Over fiOO head were offered, and the whole wore disposed of at satisfactory prices. Most of them were from Whakatane and formed part of the mob brought over last week by Mr C. S. Stafford. The best of these realised from £2 17s (id to £5 ; fmiall beasts 18 months and 2 years old brought from 37s ti» 50s ; spayed heifers, £2 a* head ; and breeding cows 37s 6d. Two pens of fat steers from the Annandale ostato fetched £4 17s (id ; a few sheep in fair condition were sold for about lls eath. The popularity of these sales is rapidly increasing and will conttnuo to do so as sottlemnnt propres'-e.s. The survey of the railway Hne to the Thames may nt.w be said to be completed,Mr Withcrby and his staff having, within thfi lastday or two, finished tho work at thi.s ond, without any further molestation by thp natives. The survey party are now preparing t> return to Auckland. Although for a length of time matters on the Waioronjromai field have been exceedingly quiet, the mines there are not yet "quiet played nut. Last week a dividend of sixpence per share was declared by tho Now Find Company, and a recent trial crushing from the Waioroncroniai Co.'s. claim, treated at the New Era battery, gave the very handsome yield of 149 ounces of bullion from about eight tons of quartz. The bullion has been sent to the Bank of New Zealand at the Thames, but its value has not yet been made known here. It is not likdiy that a large proportion of it will be gold, but even if it contains nothing but silver, f ,he yield would still be highly payable. Anothei dividend oi % two and a few more crushings like this one will tend to restore some degree of confidence in the ield. Whether, owing to ±he dullness of the times or to the increased sobriety of its population, the goldfields township can boast now of only one public-house. Some two months ago the Commercial was shut up, and now the Waiorongtmiai has followed suit, leaving only the Premier Hotel as a sort of oasis in the desert whereat thirsty souls may refresh themselves. The sharpest frosts of the season have prevailed here for tho last few days. The cold o' nights has been veiyse-vere, the thermometer having gone down several degiee.s below freezing point. i>uiing the day, however, the sun has shone out with genial warmth from a cloudless sky.