PAEROA NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10378, 1 March 1897, Page 6

PAEROA NOTES.

[by tei.egraph.-own cobeespoxdent.] Paeeoa, Saturday. TraoiD fever is increasing at Waihi, and nine cases have now been reported. j

A contract has been let to Messrs. Guthrie Bros, for erection of a new Catholic church at Karangahake, and when it is completed the church is to be opened by His Lordship' the Bishop of Auckland. Quite a-large number of influential men, who have big interests at stake in the Ohinemiiri goldfields district, have been paying the various mines a visit. Mr. Melville has been here, while last night the Hon. T. Russell arrived at Paeroa, und remained at Crosb/a Royal Mail Hotel until this morning, when he took his departure for Waihi. Mr. Juroea Russell and Mr, T. Morrin also arrived by this afternoon's train from Auckland,'and subsequently left for Waihi. Waihi is also to be visited by Mr. Cecil Hartridge before his return to England. Mr. Hartridge has certainly done a great deal for the mininij industry of the colony. A most disgraceful scene occurred at Karangahake yesterday afternoon, when a fight lasting about two hours, took place in the street in front of JJuuyard's Hotel. The combatants were named Coyle and Burke, (of Auckland), and by the- time the fight was over the faces of the two men were terribly battered, and simplj unrecognisable. One of the men has since cleared out from the district, but more is to be heard about the matter in the police court, It is a standing disgrace to the Justice Department that in view of the increased population of desperate characters at Ohinemuri, the police force is not made sufficiently strong to keep order. As it is now, the two or three policeman are quite powerless. / • ■ '