The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN. "I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver.' -Othello, Act 1, Scene 3 SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 1892.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume I, Issue 41, 24 September 1892, Page 6

The Ohinemuri Gazette AND UPPER THAMES WARDEN. "I will a round unvarnish'd tale deliver.' -Othello, Act 1, Scene 3 SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 1892.

The Juries'. DepartmeuG atjWellingK ton, has been latterly most profuse in the tiatter ;f6f -report-■' jadvi<!e' and opinions. Every Soujfchern mail brings up folios of wisdonii—broad sheets of ,V'expeVt" advice, in, regard to mining •majteris, the ooncpWative" Writs' ';'• of certain,processes of ore reduction^ and .wonderful 5 iJ^bsfbf^. mining ';~\me}. "generally, setviiSg, morei especially, toi show iwhat the Mines Department doesnV know about-its business. " Here's pabulum," says the scissors land paste man to himself as the opens up these vast tomes of statistics, diagrams: and tables. And he forthinks commences" at page 1 add"in duecourse arrives at page 1000 of the report and finds -j-nothing. - -.- ■ >--:1What is the Mines Department for ? ;Is it to wasteiCjpiibliie money oa such useless rubbish as this— is jt \ established for the purpose of pasting; good 'paper iandj giwiDg employment to compositors, or is its ( raifon d Stre the welfare, and prosperity of 'the jroWfield, arid the good | admjaißtratiou ,«^tt goldfields matters 1r ,,-;: p.r }p : :; y; y:> ; '\ r U -,■; ■..■ We!' are not gu'lty pf any " Cpr lonial .blow.'?, when- wei assert tliat this di«tr;icj;,iß-one;c)l the, most rising vmiiiing districts; in thejfchVee, ialanda. It has ■b'eep^Kaniied^ district possibly could, be handled, but malgre bad Aluck, badadministratipn, booms and ro-actiohs, rogues and fools, it is proving itself a sterling goldfield bearing the promise and evident

of »; permanent^ producerof wealtHY TJEineniuri ii to flay the. v most prominent new,i goldfield in , the, Colony. >It is also of all-the gold, field districts inmost, neglected. What do we want with elaborate-volumes of figures and chromo-lithographs? What ,v?e want and what- isj. the function <ofi the Mines Department?to: giver: us, is actual. practical in ; ;the development, of our, gpldfielui,; ;T L his is not only,.what, we.- want, ; but what the Gfolony wants and. ;W,hat it placed; the hierarchy of the Mines. sD^partnaent in ofilceto give,us. ,it.isalso,;exactly, what weL.idon-t lhe rt Mi^ once^ imet^br-like,. thi:ough-'the district 'and^s^lo^ed ."'by; tlie Mjuiug Etigi ri .^nieiEi^ y^aym,. 4uty |it o isi.jt;o.,'deuy o e^ery-: tMng! and; ftverybi>c.yv ..(Mr,,Se(ldon, t makes a' ; numb-er, v of.. re^. maiks. when "the, reguiVejuißnil^ of tjhe, diatrict are ° placed- "before him^ and, passes laughingly through.a .•.gQldfielci-' that should . eugage' liis' , toos) serious attention^ dispensing ej^hantiiie j^kes in; a most unseemly and unti^ly manner. ° 'He 'riot oA ly givewei a, aton^ wh<jn| yfied^for'-b^aij 1 5 , rheave$ ci'?: l'ia,t|the pj^^ J;;TlJ^s|^ni^ks' ialthot|gTi;iind^ubt!ediy^ei|( itfi-^gawi ■ta~ar iMi»isi<rr;^of' \tjtid (3i i oWn ;:>;wtioße v especiial functibh'it is to look'aifter'the in't'ereks of such districts as Dhinemuri are withal' ?well; deserved^Jand car tainlyj true^-'Thte Mines t>epartnifent^ it* Minister and'officials have failed absolutely^in their duty; to tnis'dlstriaf as r;«1 {l;oldneld.':Despite 1 re^edted and reiterateiT; requests* for'B 'asVistance/ de^pite'half 'pTOmiseei forced 1 from uri" Iwilling>iof&cial3;idespise all "the' high' Bounding''phrases-ih regard 'to] the 1 "development of our tnagnifibentminidg resources,"cnot^ne hafld's r turn has been dbne ; by ;tht» last two! Ministries for thia ; To leave: it> to the local bodytoopeoi up a virgin eountry^ such as Ohinemuri is utterly absurd. To expect that miles and miles of necessary main roads, of advisable prospecting tracks and such general means of traDeit of ore, timber and machinery, as are imperative, can be made with such a limited income as the County Council receives is nonsense in the highest degree. Unless the Government assists the Council and assists it very largely it r is not doing its duty. , .

This district is now carrying over 2000 souls, every one of whom is contributing largely to the genrral revenue of the Colony. It would, indeed, be an interesting matter if there were a balance-sheet drawn up showing the amount paid out of this County in Customs duties, general taxation, R.M. and Police Court fee«, fines, &c, &c, &c, and per contra the exact value received in return. Why in Custom's duties alone there must be some four or fiver thousand ayearrpaid." It must be remembered- that during the good old loan times the Ohinemuri gold field received no assistance whatever out'of-thfl, loan fund. In fact there was no Ohinemuu to receive it. But 1 for all that it has got to pay up now, exactly the same as ,any jf th* rich Southern Counties and the wealthy cities and centres of the Golony who reaped all the increment. 7., "its yours to t y and, mine to deny," "said j-eose Mr Seddon when here, and well we know it. The (fovernmeut have been tried and have refused times without number, aad the only thing for,us 1 to do now,is to be independent of them', prove our self reliance" and 'obtain the ,'loan of sufficient money to enable us to make our roads ourselves, and pty it back on as easy teims as possible. r It is, indeed, the most economical thing that c*n, be done under present circura stances. Borrowed under the cheap and,, easy mothod provided for by "Vfogel's Act of 1886 and properly expended in permanent woiks, £5000 or £60G0 placed upon our roads would be a most* profitable and judicious in^ vestment for the County to make.

Those interested in the Ohinemuri town-^,., ship will please note advertisement on oar sixth page. "" j -J r' Mr Hart's n«w ad, re fireworks, etc., will appear next week. , r Air 1 hompson, city assessor of Philadelphia, was accidentally imprisoned in a safe on Monday last. He had to stay there for , many hours, and the effect was to drive him' insane. The Hawke's Bay Herald inserts'ttie fol-£r ' lowing prudent; notice to correspondents i-1- ------" Pahiatua.—the ed tor of the Heraldjsjaot H ' desirous of following Mr H>ggen into gaol." fJ We understand that Messrs Davison, Me- ,; Connell, and Coutts have secured the" ■••• , Alert, a smart Ittde steams/and V large" ° bar«e, add intend taking up the river trade -1' immedia:ely As they are all practical merfo and well-known in the district, they ar«j \ bound !to be well supported. , > c 0 j The sale of'the late,Mr G. V. Steward #>'■ n , cattle and" effects came off at Katikatioorn r Monday'last, Mr R. C. Jordan wieldiig th« J hammer. =.The sale was well attended,'and r 3 satisfactory prices were realised ft rail lpt» i o i The inquest am the la'e'fire.at Piraufabi" i was held at the ,rown Hall, on TuesdiVnlasfr r by Mr Co oner Kenny Messrs J. H. Mooie.r, . 'V. Sullivan, G. Crosby, D. Snodgras-, jun , " J. "ramlev, anrTT. o'' oole were sworn lisas' a jury Mr John 'H.^Moore was chosen fore-* man, and ?he jury proceeded to the seene,of the fire. On returning, eA'ide'ce was given t by Mrs CeMey, Me^ s W. I etley, Joseph ' elley, and Geo. Buchanan. "An! open ver-r diet was returned ' Mr r> Jetley;loses i£26o > above the insurance} which was in,the Nprth r . German office for £175. ' , At F'emmg and Co.'s weekly sale of fat cattle, which was held on the 21stinBt^^t their var 's. Parawai, Thames, JJ2 ey BePor'; : A full market were yarded, but on pccopnfc of the hi^h reserve placed on them, all naS to be passed with the r exception of a few r head a-d those sold Steers, equal tor26a per lOOlbs; milking cows, >lately calved,- , d 64 2? r 6d. We 4 believe that £10 per, head r Was rhe price required for merely average beasts, md that this not bfing obtained thecattle were driven back'to Waikato The Paymeut of Members Bill, set aside by the Upper House last session, has ag«in been introduced by the Premier. A large quantify of timber for the new Crown works was brought up by the ClematiSj on Tuesday, and is being landed near the bridge. ' ' Miss Crawford, of the Paeroa school staff, who has been ailing for some little time, will not be ablp to resume duty on Monday when •"he school re opens. The verandah and the painting of 2 class-»robm is now completed, and the school-house is much improved by the alteration- .. < "> r Mr W. Lodder's hut at Karangahake was burnt on Tdesday We believe that he and his party lost in^afc of their personal effects* •■ < On Wednesday Messrs Brown Bros.; o' ' Karangahake, lost a valuable horse in the Waitawheta river. The horse toppled ovet, <<• ♦he tramway and broke its neck. Mr Peler FergU9&on has «hown us a copy t of the balance sheet of the Ciss »11 Gold Ex* trac f ion Co The gross profit of sales to snb- ■" sidiary fomo^m'esiof concessions amounts 'to r £177 387 9^ 5d for the 18 months ending "• March 31 s% 1892. The vilue of % com- , panv's in'erest in Npw Zealand — Land, T buildinss, machinery, plant, stock, and cash in hand amounts to £9,000 A. conference of members of the Thames, Coromandel and Ohmemnri Conn'y Councils 1 " in regard to the alleged wholesale illegal cuttms of kmri and forest conservation gpnerallv, will he held at the County foimcil Oh*mbers on Tuesday n«>xt. Crs Phillips, Pobson, and the Chiirm^n a'tend from Ohinemuri, and the Chairman »nd two ' members from each < f the other Councils. The usual monthly R.M and oolie*l courts will be held in the Town Hall on Monday at 9 a.m. We re«ret tn learn tha*",M B^ttis, «he popnlar chief officer of the 8 i' Paeroa is laid up with a severe attack of influenza. r t Mr Joseph Tet lev convenes a puhlic mset\n^*re a proposed formation of a Band of Hope at the Town Hall on Monday evening. During the week the timber, doors, sashes,' eic , for M r~P Ferguson's two newihou««s oa "" th° Ohinemuri township arr>ved from Waio-,, rongoimi Mr Reading is also erpcting a new , four-roomed cottage f I M The s s Paeroa is now bringing a direct , mail from Auckland. Mr J H Moore rprnoyed dnring jthe week, to his rpsidence at the Junction The old Paeroa hotel is now deserted and forlorn. The Kat'kßti telegraph office is to be \ closed and a telephone bureau opened in its place During the last 'financial year thera has - been expended in the Auckland district: oa works carried out under Mie co-operativ* labour system the fo'lowing sums : —MartonTe Awamutu railway 'north «nd. Mokau l section, 4 miles 34 chains, £5075; Whunga-rei-Kimo railway extension, Hii-uranpi sec- r° tion, 4 miles 40 chains, £3579; Grahams-" town»Te '»roha ra'lw'av, Paeroa section, 11 „ -. miles 3 chains, £3564. The total amount , expended 'throughout the colony^ under the*' system during the year was £75,740. ' '-"'"' r

For those who waut to know how many combinations are derivable from various groups offigur. ajMhe following is a simple and workable method. Take three words— m an example "cash on" delivery" : here six combioations are possible, i'o ptove this the ©enquirer adds u rp firat the total number of words in the sentence, ze., three, ihen he arranges a system of, numerals to descend from this ascertained total until the unit 1 is reached, and multiplies them all together, the resnlt giving the answer thus: 3x2xl -6. In a combination! nfr,l/7 nords the enquirer would see that 17xl6xl5xl4xl3x»2xllxl0x 9xßx7x6xsx4x3x2xl the variations possible I would reacu 355,687,428,096,0001 This may afford an idea of the odds 1 against the Chiuese ' lottery speculator. f ,■ .

Gaklick and Cra^wbll have just issued the mos^complete illustrated fuini»hmg book catalogue'that has, been published in this colony. It will prove especially convenient for country' customers, storekeepers, and others about to furuish. Illustrations and prices are given of hall, drawing, diumg, and bedroom; furniture. Young people about to marry will find a great assistance in making up their list an i "estimating cost of fu nishing. It also show s how a three-roomed house can be furnished for £17> 10s, four rooms tor £38, five rooms, for £80, aud ,six rooms for £150, Full particulars of bedding and iron bedsteads, aud general furn'shmg goods You will not do better than furnish from Garlick and Chan well,' Queen-at< eet, 'Auckland. (