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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume 1, Issue 1, 19 December 1891, Page 5

Colonel Eraser is using his best influence to get the proposed grant for the purpose of ■extending.the Owharoa prospecting tunnel. This work is one that should be assisted by every means as it; will tap a certainly rich :belt of-auriferous country.

There is a good chance of getting the grant of £350 which was. placed on the estimates for the Waitawheta Gorge Road diverted to the .construction of a much needed traffic bridge at Karangahakc. Tbe Crown Com. pany as is known, are now making the road at their own -cost, trad as the bridge will ■lead to it, and is indeed an integral pat of the road itself, there is no reason why this •should not be done

We.are going to Nash's Sports on Boxing Day— are' yon ? The cinder track is in thorough going order and the booth has been re-varnished, while the whiskey, well its just like your mother used to give you.

We understand that Mr R. P. Gibbons has 'effected some improvement on the old system -of sawmilling, which he intends to bring to work.' The economy both in "labour and waste saving will be very large, and uur! goahead citizen is'to be congratulated on his ,-good thing, •

• We propose to devote some of our epace "to the publication of it^ms interesting to the natn^population, and shall be glad to insert •any news or correspondence of such interest. Extracts from the Government Maori Gazette •of"local interest Will be re-published. Ad-'vertis-jmcnts in the Maori language will b "insemed at special'y che;ip rates, and we -hope to gain the sympathy aud assistance of the Ohinemuri natives in return far our offer • of the *ame to them.

'In another column we print a most inter•esting letter from an esteemed correspondent in Valparaiso, the seat of the Chilun war. "We ■'wouldn't give twopence to be there ■ourselves, although Jonathan Roberts got ou all right. When the army wants a rise, or the navy had too big a dose of schnapps overnight, they take a case .of dynamite out the magazine and proceed to csish it at the 'Treasurer's last known place of abode. It timuUly happens ihat there is noth ng in the safe but a rate deup .d, and an o{d dishonored p n., which tue late Emperor, f.-und too "heavy to carry when ihev took ~hiin to sea and gave him to a shark ; and they 'therefore pioceed to audit accounts with a Winehesf«r.gun. They afterwards muriate the finer feelings of tho Presidont with a knife, and if theyhave got some -old disused General \Cho doesn'b kno.v enough to get out of the. rain they-make him President in-his stead, poor thing. This all «tends to show that; tv>e*r al boss of the show, --is the army'and this is true of eve-y country iin the System and elsewhere. If you' 'don't-believe it read'Gsesar s Coluran

We draw the attent'on of our readers 'to ■ the advertisement of .Messrs Hutsou and Pitlrethly, (late Mr Jas. AlarshalJ). .Albert -Street, Grahamstown, Thames, offering special inducements to their patrons and the -general, public bygiring ".p.liberal discount 'of 3s in every 20a purchase. *Our country' t friends would do -well to embrace ihia oppor-, tunityby paying them a visit when in town, as the discouuts allowed in a few pounds' ■purchase will be equivalent to rerurn coach' i fares. -

We hear that 'Miss Truscott, assistant in the Paeroa school, has been appointed to take charge of the Waihi • school, subject to the approval of the local < committee. Miss .'ruscott has been an "energetre-andl successful teacher here and we ;wish her success in her new appointment.

Mr John Hott, \vell"known in the district, -'and late of the Te .Aroha and Qhinemuri "News, paid a visit to "Paeroa this week. Mr -:Ilott isstill.connected with journalistic work at Wellington, and reports good things from ''that district.

The-breaking upfor the ensuing holidays took place at the Paeroa School yesterday. -Mr Littlejohn, Chairman of the School Committee, presided over the function, and a .number of local notabilities took part The children sang and recited splendidly, recitations being most notable. The enhibi* tion of drawing and needlework attracted :much attention among visitors, and Miss Truscott, the needle mistress, is deserving •of much credit for the apparent pains she has taken, in her work. ■ Miss Crawfard led iher pupils through several nice singing •exercises, and the affair passed through imosfc successfully. :