LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 194, 19 August 1896, Page 2

LOCAL NEWS AND NOTES.

Mr J. Mo Arthur, accountant, inserts an announcement in another column which ■will be found of interest to tradesmen. Stead's Masterpiece Library, Numbers 1, 2 and .*! to hand, Threepence each at Chronicle Office.* The usual Band of Hope concert takes place in the Schoolroom on Friday night. A meeting of members will be held after the concert. In a letter to aTauranga resident, published in the Bay of Plenty Times, Col. Burton offers to contest the Bay of Plenty seat if the people wish him to do so. The Postal Department have decided to run a mail between Rotorua and Tauranga, via the Oropi bush, once a week. Tenders are called making it alternative for horse or bugg3 f . Mr M. Delaney, of Ohanpo, says the Thames Advertiser, is to take over the large new hotel at Paeroa. the lieense for which was recently transferred from Itotorua. On Saturday last W. Meilor was charged before Dr Ginders, J.P., with being drunk and disorderly on the previous night. He was convicted and fined 20s, in default seven days in the lock-up. The London correspondent of the South Australian Register denies the report that the Duke and Duchess of York will visit New Zealand and Australia during the coming summer. Mr F. Goodson, carrier, expresses his thanks, in another column, for the patronage hitherto bestowed npon him and announces that the business will in future be conducted by him in conjunction with Mr C. Griffiths. In another column will be found the first of a few supplementary papers descriptive of the Urewera country and its people. The writer has had a lengthened experience of the locality and is quite at home in his subject. The " Man "Without the Hat," who has become quite a celebrity in these parts, announces an entertainment to take place in the Pukeroa Hall to-night when various songs, recitations, highland flings nnd whistling solos will be submitted. Mr Edwin Edwards, of Paeroa, has definitely decided to contest the Ohine•muri seat in the Liberal interest at the forthcoming genorul election. The Te Aroba Times, which ought to know, states that Mr Edwards has been promised strong Government support. A lunar eclipse will take place on Sunday night visible here. The moon will rise partially eclipsed and the obscuration will increase till 6.30 o'clock when about three-quarters of the moon will bo covered, after which the shadow of the earth will gradually pass off. The August issue of Messrs Thos. Cook and Son's Travellers' Gazette is to hand full of reliable information regarding transit to all parts of the Globe. We see that the firm has received the appointment of official tourist and general jiassongor agents to the Wellington Industrial Exhibition. £SO, £lO, £lO, £5. Given nway for a singlo guets. Send Mnmp for particulars nnd circularo to Box 170, P. 0., Wellington.

Mr 8. Dando, is making arrangements for establishing an agency here for the disposal of'Waikato fruit and produce during the forthcoming tourist season. The "Waikato Argus states that an arrangement has come to between Col. Burton and Mr W. H. Herries, whereby the former will contest the Bay of PlentyElectorate. The friends of Major Mair in this district will be sorry to learn of tin- los 3 he has sustained by the death of his only son. a boy of seven. The little fellow hod been ailing for some time and died at Parawai, Thames, on the 7th inst. " Those whom the gods love die young." We direct attention to the announcement of Messrs Goodson and Griffiths who have joined forces in the management of the coal and firewood depot in Pukuatua Street. The new firm has the local agency of the New Zealand Express Co., and are prepared to deliver goods to all parts of the district with promptness. Mr J. Stevenson of the Lands and Survey Department is now stationed at To Puke and is going on with the roads through thePapamoablock. MrD. Barron of the same department is expected up here immediately to take charge of the work in connection with the new road to Taupo, via "Waiotapu. The Government have asked the Te Aroha Domain Board to submit the conditions under which it is proposed to lease the overflow of water from the springs. No reply has yet been received regarding the Rotorua Board's recommendation to give to Mr Clarke the sole right of utilising the surplus water here. A choice selection of oil paintings by Mr C. Blomfield may now bo seen at the Ciikoxiot.k Office. They comprise views in this neighborhood. Wairakei, Whakarewarewa, &c, and from their faithfulness and attention to detail are well worth the attention of lovers of art. In addition to these there are a number of water color sketches suitable for birthday or Easter Cards." A contract will shortly be let by the local lands and survey office to form a road to the landing at Te Ngae so as to allow buggies and coaches to drive right down to the beach. A survey has also been made for the new bridge over Ohau Channel at Mourca. The bridge will be practically of a single span and much higher than the existing one. In another column will be found a notice calling for tenders for the conveyance of mails between Rotorua and Galatea, and Rotorua and Taupo. The latter service is subject to a change of route on the opening of the new road, via Waiotapu. These and the Railway Station service are to be let for a period of three years. Trout, are very plentiful in the lake at the present time, and the natives state that the koura. and manga on which they feed voraciously are rapidly decreasing. The young carp also snffor from the increasing numbers of trout. T!iey rise readily at. almost anything and will doubtlesss afford sport during the coming season, though rod fishing on the lake has hitherto been without result. Music. Music, Music :—A choice selection of the latest songs, by such composers as Pinsuti, Berth old Tours, C. Godfrey. Sherwin, Banks Winter, HenryKlein. Junckor. Caraccioli, Braham, Ivan Caryll, Angela Rawlinson, Gatty, Birch, Barnctt. Dosommes, Offenbach, &c &c. Also Waltzes, Marches, Gavottes, Serenades, Rondeaus, and Overtures for the Pianoforte by Gung'l. D'Albert. Rossini, Stephen Glover. Rotten, Beethoven, Lardelli, Hcunerhein Harrison White Pechotsch, Bonser, fie &c. Francis and Days 11th Comic Annual, words and music at Chroxicxe Office.* Whilst out riding with his son, near Epsom , on Tuesday morning of last week, Mr Alfred Nathan met with a serious accident by being thrown from his horse. It appears that Mr Nathan's horse became startled by the noise of some galvanised iron beiug thrown on the ground and, rearing, threw its rider with considerable violence against u fence. Mr Nathan was at once conveyed to his residencß in Princes Street and suryio.il examination showed that one of his ribs was broken. We are glad to learn that the sufferer is now progressing satisfactorily. The Te Aroha, News complains of the practice indulged in by persons visiting the baths of cariying away the combs and other portable articles. As far as combs are concerned we are pretty safe here, as they would scarcely excite the rapidity of the most comfirmed kleptomaniac. There are one or two petty thieves about however, who continue the practice of purloining papers from the reading room and filching clothes brushes from hotels. An unostentatious watch is now being kept which will probably result in one offender being brought to book. Dr "Valerius Idelson, of Berne; Switzerland has written to the Te Aroha Domain Board requesting that body to forward particulars regarding fhe hot springs to physicians and professors of medical science in the chief centres of Russia, Italy, Egypt, Germany, France, Turkey and Switzerland. We understand a similar application hns been made to our local board which will doubtless be complied with, as it offers a fovourablc opportunity of conveying the knowledge of our curative waters to those European spas where invalids m-jstly congregate. Since Mr Baber's arrival he and Mr Malfroy have made a thorough examination of the geyser area at Whakarewarewa. They are convinced that the bridge across the creek will have to be replaced by a new one fit for light vehicles. Mr Baber has surveyed a road round from the Spout, Bath past the small lakes to the Alum Bath and along the hill-side as far as Waikite. This road being carried at a proper altitude will afford a magnificent view of the whole place. The road will be 1(> feet wide and fit for light carriage traffic, and constructed with a view of ultimately joining the Taupo road in the Arikikapakapa Valley. LONG JOURNEY BY LAND. ♦ During these, Wolfe's Schnapps will be found an invaluable travelling companion. It promotes indigestion, and ensures regularity.