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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 24, 28 May 1892, Page 5

A 150 yards handicap will be inn by .•members of the local football team hi about a month's .time, for a splendid engraved silver medal .given by the proprietors o? the Ob ■:>: Ejta.ii Gazette. Football is going to boomin Ohiriemriri this season. . '■ ' '.

Two lads named Clews aud "Burgess, from I'Kohhnarama 1 School, absconded from their employer at Paeroa on Sunday, and have not :yet been .heard ,of.

The Rev Thos.-A. Norrie has concluded -arrangements for holding fortnightly services at Paeroa. The first.service will be held at 'the Town Hall on Sunday, June sth. at 11. 'rnornifl£.' -The hymn- books, "Church Praise, "omay. be .obtained at this office at Ithe office of this paper at cost price.

Messrs. .Phillips and Son have accepted 'tenders 'for carting bricks and timber to Waihi p,s follows:—Dickey, timber, 4s 6d 'per 100 ft.; iKtennedy, brick, £4 10s per 1000. "The time, for ; receiving tenders for the of ishop, &c,, has been extended. "See advertisement.

Mr Ja^. Lavery, with a staff of carpenters, >has started upon-the ei'ection of Bra^ley's 'new stables... -The -front will -consist of two ■'Stories, o ... ...

There is considerable dissatisfaction c:> by local .shareholders in the Adeline •Amalgamated TMirie:, \ Karangahake, at the • action of-the directors in selling the trucks. 'tools, &c.j;rto ,the .Cambria mine at the Tliame*. The management of the claim has jgeueVallyr been condemned siDca the amalgamation, and'is a; perfect specimen of. the ""dow-not-to-do-it" policy which characterises -all Auckland, managed mines. .

The Hon Mr Seddon is expected here in a ffew days

Capt. Foster and Xieutenant Scott, of the (Prison Gate Brigade, held meetings'at tlie "Town Hall; ;Paero;ii on .Saturday arid Sunday Slftsfc, which were well attended. It ia understood fchat;Col. Failey, on his arrival here o.i rjnue. Bi"d (as advertised),- will appoint an and contingent to take charge of tiie "district. "

At Fleming "aiia Go.'a weekly sale of fab "Cabfcle, wti'ch-waa held on the 25th iu=ifc., ai ■theic yari's, Parawai, Thames, they report: A full market were yarded, prices keephistfirm at last week's quotations. Steers, sold at from £317* 6d to £7 5s each, being equal •to 20s per '00Ib-i ; cows, from £3 15s ito *E& ■2s 6d, being equal to 16s 6d per IOOtios; 'heifers, from £3 17 a 6d to £4 7s Gel, being «equal to 18s per lOOlbs. A full market of -sheep were penned, biddiug beina rather -slack, several.pens had to be passed, hut so d -after privately. Wethers sold.at los,-ewes lls 3d each.

rJhe Government mining engineer, Mr Gordon, -is afc^present on a visit to Auckland, ■ and :is, staying,at the Northern club. The primary object,'of bis visit is in connection with a dispute between the Customs.Dspart.ment and the'Taupiri,TCirterirle-VCoal Company relative to:the duty levied on some appliances imported by the company, which iis to be heard, before\Mr Justice Connolly. Mr Gordon "will visit the Thames, KarangaJhake, Waitekauri, the New Fin \ at Kotnata, and the Waihi during his visit.; buc, pending the arrangement of the time when the ■'Customs case can be taken, hei is .'unable to ifix definitelylthe date for visitfiig any of the smining centres. ■ , ' ;■ ■,

Oiling to a briakiu the week caused by the birthday of Her Gracious,; our usual supplement is omitted.

We regret to state that a nVe occurred on Waihpii' Biyer on Thursday, by which the residence of Mi* J. McDonnell, bush contractor,:;was destroyed. Damage to the 'extent of £40; was done. Constable Mitchell made due inquiries,, but, the c beinsr -no BnspicioHSjC'i'cumstaiices-uo inquest will be iheld. ■.. r;': t! ■•■;-■■■■': .'■■■•'■ ■' ■ ■■■■■■ ■■-. ■■■■ ■

. Me J. McCpnibie applies for a waiev-race atKavaugahake. f "-'- V: ■

A medical writer says :—lf mothers notice that the brains of their little ones conjure up nncamiy; ? sights .Jand thoughts from the .shadows of,a.roora more or less dark, let the light burn "brightly. To force a child to become accustomed to the darkness ia a grave errdi]r c if-its pervous system is so organised that the forcing jg productive of tfright. Ihe nervous system of a child is a very susceptible organisation, and the ■deleterious'impressions made upon it will ■often make their influence felt throughout its whole after-life. • If 'the child asks for a light under such circumstances, do not aafuse it. , ■ j

A strike on a small scale has occurred at Karangahake, the men one of the Crown Co.^contracts being dissatisfied have ceased work, . A man named Charles Pye was injured while sky-larking at tne Waihi Races on Tuesday. We believe his leg was broken.

Mr' Robsori's new bakery will be at the rear of Mrs McK.eu/i«'s premises, and will be in going order shortly. Mr Ginn has the contract for the erection of tiie oven.

Mr H, D. Pike's replace advertisemene arrived too late for insertion this is-ue. Mi' rPike is noted as being most reasousble in his prices, and he is represented every month in Ohinemuri by Mr Carson. The advertisement w 11 duly appear next issue. .

At Thursday's Thames Borough Council meeting a letter was received from the Chairman of the Ohinemuri County' Council pointing out thatthat body intended to lay out a line of road connecting Paeroa direct wi^h the Waitoa riding, and to.do this it. necessi-. tates crossing a portion of the Thames Borough Endowment on the south-west corner. They asked, therefore, vf the Borough Council would consent to a small portion (about 15 acres) of the said endowment .being cut off, provided that a similar amount be added on the western side, It was resolved to grant the request praviding that.'the Ohinemuri County Council make the necessary arrangements, and the residents in :the vicinity of the proposed road desire it to be done., ,

Mr W. Griffiths,'of the s.s. Paeroa, is getting right again. A small bone in his ancle was broken.

.: The s.s. Paeroa has been on Bailey's slip during the week, and has got a thorough overhaul. Ihe Ruby made; the Thursday's trip in her place. - .■■■■-<.■*■ .

In the Government Gazette of May 9fch is published a schedule of the land tafeeti under the Public Works Act for the railway line between Paeroa and Te Aroha. 1. The exact length of the line is 12 miles 79^ chain 3, and; it terminates this side of Wick's paddock.

improvements in uavls are still in order. The latest " new nail " is a sort of combined screw and nail, but partakes most of the character of the last-named appliance. The n;<il is circular, and carries a screw threa i, iv the form of a very coarse spiral; only once traversing the entire circu nference if the nail in the course of entire length from head ■to point. This nail is inserted in the ordinary way—by the aid of a hammer. Its supeiior'ity in holding power will be admitted by any mechanic. Thin, if the new. nail be driven through two pieces of wood, A and B, in the order named, it would be necessary, in order to tear B from A, that either the iron or the wood screw be stripped, the other alternative — retrogression of the screwed nail—being practically impossible of occurrence. : .