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

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2201, 17 August 1886, Page 3

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

After having had their patience t>omewhat sorely tried, the members of the Gordon Settlement Association may now congratulate themselves on their prospects of being able, within a short tune, to settle upon their lands. The plans of the block have at last been received from the Survey Office, and the committee of the association has arranged for the drawing for the different sections to take place on the 4th September. As a number of the members seem eager to proceed to work and turn their land to account, it may be expected that as feoon as they are placed in possession of their respective allotments the new settlement will become a scene of life and industry. Next Sunday is the day fixed for the dedication of the new edifice for Jthe Church of England. Bishop Cowie will conduct the services both morning and evening, and on each occasion the offertory will go towards reducing the debt on the building. For this purpose also the Indies' of the congregation are zealously working, and if their industry receives a fitting reward the bazaar, which it is proposed to hold in two or three months from now, ought to be a success and should go far towards wiping off any debt that may remain. At a meeting of the ve-stry on Thursday evening List the question ot letting the pews was considered, several members of the congregation having expressed a wish to have thcil own sittings, but after some discussion it was decided that owing to the \ cry large number of visitors attending the services during the summer months it would be better to have the whole of the seats freeArrangements were made for raising funds for church purposes, and it was also resolved that an effort should be made to inciease the stipend paid to the minister by the Te Aroha portion of his charge from £T)0 to £70 per annum. The issue of the "truggla so gallantly carried on by Mr J. B. Whyte for the separation uf Piako from the Thames Hospital.district is regarded here with much satisfaction. Although the question was one th'-it did not affect the inhabitants here to the same extent as in some other parts of the county, the interest taken in it was still very strong, and the persistent efforts of our member to obtain justice for his constituents in so important a matter has won for him golden opinions here. Notwithstanding the dullness of the times the bachelors of Waiorongomai held their annual ball last Eriday night, and although the weather was not at all in keeping with the occasion the affair passed off very successfully. There was a good gathering of the votaries of Terpsichore, and dancing was kept up with spirit until bright chanticleer began to proclaim the approach of morn. During the last week the weather was the moat wretched that has been experienced here this winter. As a consequence our streets are in an abominable condition, and another such spell will render the punt for which playful application was made to the county council by the local postmaster a real necessity.

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