LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 192, 5 August 1896, Page 2

LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr Job Corban, of the Comet store' directs attention to the favorable terms on which ho offers men's appare, linadc to order, drapery, jewellery, &c. Mr T. J. Robinson annouees elsewhere thnt he bns opened an office in Arawa-st opposite the Courthouse, and will carry on (ho business of commission agent and accountant. The Post and Talegroph Department has issued a very compact little handbonk giving in concise form a variety of information relating to the transmission of letters and Telegrams, money order and savings-bank business, &c. It is of convenient size for the pocket and is not likely to supersede the larger " Post and Telegraph Guide " the price of which is sixpence.

In another column will be found the I business announcement of Miss French, Anglo-Parisian dressmaker, who solicits the patronage of the ladies of Rotorua. Miss French has rented the premises at the corner of Fenton and Pukuatua Str.-ets, formerly occupied by Mr H. Stewart. The Native: Land Court is still engaged in tho consideration of the Whakapou-ngal-au block No 10. On the 19th inst Judge Wilson will adjourn the Court for a week or so as his attendance is required at Mercer to adjudicate in certain cases set down for rehearing. Miss Thomson, matron at the Sanatorium, left by this morning's train on a short holiday. Amidst the discussions which the Sanatorium and its surroundings have from time to time evoked Miss Thomson's managemnet has been beyond criticisim. It is boped that her brief cessation from work will be enjoyable. Attention is drawn to the business announcement of Messrs John I. Philips and Co.,authorisedininingand land surveyors, appearing in another column. Mr Philips has been intimately associated with the survey work in this locality for some timepast and his thorough knowledge of tho district should load to the new firm receiving a large measuro of local support. Our Taupo correspondent writes : Arbor Day will bo specially observed hero this year, A holiday is to bo given, and the new school site planted with trees. The Domain Board is also moving in the matter of tree planting, but when their " Arbor Day " is to to has not transpire". . . . .Mr Salmon has returned to his duties here, and general satisfaction is expressed that his appointment has been made permanent. We would call the attention of the Town Board to the condition of that portion of the Taupo road between the turnoff to the Geyser Hotel and the junction with the old road. The surface is much cut up and at two points especially would be all the better if fusoinod. There are also one or two dangerous boiling mud holes within a yard or two of the road which ought certainly to be guarded by a couple of posts and a rail. Tho Tauranga Football Club at a recent meeting resolved to ask J. Warbrick, F. Burt and H. Burt of Matata ; J. Home of Maketu ; A. Johnstone < f Katikati; C. Clarke, Wera, Foley ami Ngaroata of Rotorua to play in the test match on the 6th August with a view to being picked to play with the team in battles against Auckland and Wairoa Unions. The date for the return match with Rotorua has not yet been fixed. Tarawera House, Tutanekai-st., will in future be conducted under the management of Mr and Mrs C. Willmott who have arrived from Tauranga and are now installed in their new domicile. The house is most conveniently situated between the old and new township and within easy access of the post office, baths and Sanatorium. Further particulars regarding the advantages which the house oilers to tourists and invalids will be found in our advertising columns. The happening of Arbor Day will doubtless give an impetus to the already extensive tree planting which is being carried out by residents. The- offer of the Town Board to supply certain trees to those who care to apply for them has been largely taken advantage of. The choice, however, is limited to a very few kinds and to those who desire to extend their arborieultural operations a persual of the announcement of Mr C. T. Wren of the Mount Hobson Nursery, Remuera, will be of interest. My Wren has supplied u vast amount of trees, shrubs, &c', to this town and as, every attention is paid to the packing, handling &c., the result has Leon most satisfactory. The well-known firm of Messrs T„ i Cook and Son has removed its A-«ic land j offices from Victoria Arcade to SO Queen i St where all information may be obtained regarding routes and rates, and everything else of interest to those meditating either a tour of the Colony or of the world. The firm has recently issued a second edition of the well known handbook entitled " New Zealand us a Tourist and Health Resort." It has been brought thoroughly up-to-date in the descriptive portion, and tho illustrations are much more numerous and in the highest styk; of the photo-lithographic art. Copies of Messrs Coos and Son's handbook and other literature may be obtained at the CHHCKICLE Office. The native school at Te Ngae was duly opened on Monday last with much eclat, the Maoris from the neighboring settlements mustering in strong force- to do honor to the occasion. The teacher, the Rev C. C. Brown, is much encouraged by the enthusiasm shown, and can count very safely on an attendance of over 00 pupils. Over 70 children were present at the opening, and it is, the intention of many of the natives along the Rotoiti shore to shift then: wharcs nearer to. the schoolhouse in order to ensure a good attendance. Tlie customary feast had been prepared and was disposed of with every sign of satisfaction. Many Europeans were present and the festivities were continued till late in the evening. Mrs Foley acted as interpreter and informs us that the sehoolhousc has been named Renanu by the natives after the old building in Mr Chapman's time. A propos of the application which is- 1 likely to be made- by the Rotorua Prospecting Association for assistance from the Government, we take the following from the. recently published annual statement of the Minister of Mines: •' Seeing the large- area of auriferous country in the colony where scarcely any prosjiectisg has yet been done, assistance has been given to prospecting parties whereeverit was shown that there was a probability of success, and where the Miners' Associations or local bodies undertook to supervise operations. As there seems to be a desire to dispose of properties to capitalists in view of subsidies being granted by the Govennent it is intended"to carefully consider this aspect of the question before any subsidies are authorised. Twenty-two licenses for prospecting outside mining districts have been issued since Ist April last. During last year £'1720 -Is 8d was cx;pended in the different counties as subsidies towards prospecting —Coromantlel, £200; Thames, £9B; Manawatu, £1 10s; Buller, £2-17; Grey, £«")!); Inangabua, £25 ; Westland, £625 ; Tuapeka, £l4 ; Southland, £77 ; Vincent, £7.3 ; Taieri, £262 ; and Bruce, £11." ££o, £lO, £lO, £5. Given away for a single gue.-s. Send stamp for particulars und circulars to Box 176, P. 0., Wellington.

At the Police Court on Friday last before Lieut.-Col. Roberts, Wiremu Walker a native of Mourra was charged by John Johnston with the theft of three billiard balls from the Palaoa Hotel on July 11. Accused pleaded not guilty. The evidence disclosed the fact that three billiard balls had been taken from the billiard room at the hotel on the 4th July and that they had been subsequently seen at 2\lourea where the natives Lave constructed atible of their own, partly owned by accused. As there was no direct evidence to connect accused with the actual taking of the balls the case was dismissed. VIOLENT C ARTHARTICS * Derange the stomach, weaken the in testinal canal, and are altogether objectionable. Avoid them, and use Wolfe's Schnapps.