LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 2, Issue 127, 26 June 1895, Page 2

LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES.

The Town Board meets for the tmnsaction of business this afternoon. A meeting of tin l stewards of tho local Jockey Club will take place to-night, at Lake House, at S o'clock. MrS. Howard, of the Con»ot store, announces a farther reduction in tho sacrificing prices previously announced-. The Rev. E. E. Temple Candler officiated morning and evening in tin' Church of England last Sunday. Lieut-Col. Roberts, S.M, left Rjtorua on Saturday last for Taupo where there are a few cases of minor importance set down for hearing. The temperature of the Priest's Rath during the past week ranged from OS to 104, and that of the Sub.hur Bath from 104 to 112 deg. Mr C. Turner, son of Capt. Turner, formerly of Tauranga and now of Auckland, will succeed Mr Wilson as engineer in charge of the road works in tho Galatea district. The rainfall as recorded at the Sanatoriuin during the week amounted to V >:) inches. The greatest fall occurred on tho 25th whori 0-.join fell. The lowesl !•«■ kding of the tliormomotor wasß-O/i deg On (lie 21st. The prosp ictus of the Waiktto Advo- ■ cite has been issued, and the first number will bo published at Cambridge on July (i. Mr Bond, the prom iter, is uiidetcrred by past failures, which ho attributes to 'radical defectsin tho ventures themselves.' The annual mooting of members and those interested in tho Church of England will tike place in the Church on Monday evening next, at 7..'50 o'clock, for the, purpose of receiving reports and electing committee. The geysorat which shot up to a height of 300 feet last year and carried about an acre of land with it. has ajiain been showing signs' of activity. L ist week it broke out again and projected a st re mi of water for a few minutos to a height of about 100 feat. At the last minting of the Waikato Rugby Union it was decided to play the R >t >ru i Footb til Club on as early a date as possible. Tixo Union oxpaot tobsablo to raise funds which will lessen then -tail oxpenses per mm to 17s 6d for tho Rotorna trip. Mrs Ann Robertson, an old and esteemed resident of this district left R itorua last week on a visit to Scotland. Mrs Robertson's many friends wish her a hearty God-speed and a pleasant time -in revisiting the scenes of her youth, which was passed aiuidst the fertile fields and pleasant vales of Perthshire. Mr C. Malfroy has, we are informed, removed from Albury to Hay as the climate is drier there and more likely to give him relief from the painful malady from which he suffers. Hay, which is situated on the Murrumbidgce river, is a quiet drowsy little town, the terminus of the South-Western Railway line, and 4.34 miles from Sydney. An old native w entn named Whatiura dice 1 at the pa here on Monday night. She was part owner of the native reserve, parallel with the main street, and drew ft small sum in rent on account of her interest therein. She has a brother at To Papa but as she had no relatives here and died without means it is unlikely that the customary tangi will be held. We have received from the Department of Agriculture Nos. 22 ami 215 of " Leaflets for Farmers." The former deals With the Californian Stinkweed, sometimes erroneously called "Bathurst Bun - ," so rapidly gaining ground in this island and which threatens to become a serious evil. Tim latter relates to nasal hot in sheep and explains the proper treatment. A party of 28 co-operative laborers arrive Iby train on Monday night. They are intended for work near Tikitere on the Whakatane-Te Teko road-. The men were accomodated in th 6 goods shed and had meals provided for them at the Palace Hotel. Some delay was occasioned on account of the hon-nrrival of louts, but these obtained, the men proceeded to th 6 scene of their labors this morning. Mr W. Kelly, M.H.R., had an interview last Week with the County Council at Pacroa, when he promised to support the application to Parliament for £'2,700, as a grant for the construction of main roads and prospecting tracks He was also consulted by numerous constituents with many grievances, and altogether had a pretty busy time. At the Thames ho was occupied in talking over matters with the Council and others. Mr Kelly left Auckland for Wellington on Sunday. The homing pigeons sent from Auckland last week were duly despatched b3' Mr Wainhouse at the time agreed on. A heavy suorni of rain and hail prevented the birds rising for soui3 considerable time and it was long past noon before they took their final departure. The birds did not roach Auckland till a pretty late hour in tho evening. The birds numbered 22 and were from the lofts of Messrs Cotes, Erickers and others, those belonging to the former being the first to arrives home.

Mr R. J. Gill, land purchase agent, h:is | beea engaged since his arrival in paying I the natives here and at Whakarcwarcwa f>r their interests in certain Imd in this neighborhood* To-day Mr Gill is at Mo'c< i i island. Mr Hursthouse, who has been up at Galatea for the pa4t few days with Mr H. M. Wilson returned to Rotorua yesterday. Work is progressing satisfactorily ''iere and the natives seen! perfectly satisfied in obtaining a share of the road construction works. At a meeting of the members of the Ed'orua Football Club held at Lake H lU' e on Saturday night the team to play Tauranga on Saturday next was chose as follows :—Full-hack : Haifa"; three-quar-ters: Smith, Webber, Te Wireinu; iivibighths, Felham; centre-half: Mitchell : wings! Inglis. Dalton"; forwards: Wera, A. Graham, Foley, Ngaroata, K.uigi, Jordan and Steele. The players will leave! here on Friday morning some by coach, others on horseback. While in Taura-.iga they will put up at Asher's Hotel. during the sittings of the Magistrate's Court on Friday last the Bench referred on mora than one occasion to the difficulty experienced in distinguishing the evidence {riven by the various witnesses. There is lie doubt that the acoustic properties of tho room arc not perfect, and that an echo exists which distorts the sound of the voice considerably, and ftlso causes the footsteps of those in the passages to reverberate through the building] This would be nlitigat d considerably if Some cocoanut fibre matting wee laid down on the floor. It should scarcely require a reminder that ttoe concert la aid of the School funds takes place to-night in the Public Hall. A glance at tin! programme discloses many attractive features. Songs will be rendered by the children and they will also afford proofs of their elocutionary ability by declaiming passages from Shakespeare and the other poets. MiLight of Wellington, will contribute two violin solos and the Misses Dansey, Griffiths, W. M. Enorson and others will sing. Mr Q. Mayes is responsible for the comic clement which', it is understood, will be excruciatingly-funny. The usual monthly meeting of the School Committee took place on Monday night when there were present Messrs Purccll, (chair), Williams, Hall. Robinson and Neighbour, (lion, see.) Tho master's report stated that were 100 pupils on the roll and that tho avorago attendance was Cl'3. He also notified that all the repairs decided upon at the lastincrling had been attended to. Next week 'the school would be closed for the midwinter holidays. A request by tho l'rcsbytcrian Church Committee for tho usoof tho two rooms on sth July was granted. It was decided to have the playground an 1 approach sanded. Accounts wore, pi sod amounting to i-'l (is which included £'l for altering gates\ [n regard to the "cold snap" which set in on Wednesday night last and con-tmu.-l for a day or two, Dr Gindorssl itcs thai it is the first tune in hi.; experience that he has seen rain accompanied by II degrees Of frost. On tl'e higher points louad about such as Ngongotaha, KJikaramca, and Tuniwern snow fell pretty heavily, and daybreak on Thursday disclosed those peaks enveloped in their wintry mantle. At the Sanatorium tho fain was frozen in tho rain gauge and had to be melted before the record could be accurately taken; On Thursday night tho cold was much wore intenso the thermometer minimum being 14'Uo dog. or I :•!).•) degrees of frost. This is the lowest record ever obtained hen; with one exception when the thermometer record was II deg. Since then, however, the temperature gradually increased and rain set in Monday morning. Our Galatea correspondent Vfitos'Tindcr Friday's date:—The lion. James Carroll loft Te Whaiti for tho coast on Tuesday last, via Waikaromoana. Mr 11. M. Wilson relinquishes his position as en- ! gineer in charge of the roads and proceeds from here iu order to resume his I duties in,connection with the Waitemata County Council. Mr Hursthouse will act in the meantime. Xo road work will be done beyond Te Whaiti until after the deputation of natives have discussed the matter in Wellington with the Government. Most of the gangs have finished i then- first contracts and have been paid for same. A good deal of rain has fallen hen; lately and the weather is excessively cold. Tho contract for hauling stores from Rotorua to Galatea has been lot to Mr J. Bird at £'!) jkv ton. The building of the Government Depot is progressing at Galatea. Mr Kennedy will bo in charge then;. Tho issuing store and head-quar-ters office, &c.~, will be at To Whaiti whore Mr Best will be stationed. Ruuiours.are living about of discoveries of gold in the Urowera country. Mr Cnssen is on the trig work and is camped at Galatea. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS +_ Is the combined result of patient research j and technical knowledge. It is a boon I alike to men'; women, and children.