SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1884.

Te Aroha News, Volume I, Issue 16, 19 April 1884, Page 2

SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1884.

We are pleased t" see that Mr Wi.seman, contractor for repairing" the road between Aroha and vYui"i .ii^oiii-u during the last few cays lias been laying down really good material obt;n'ned from Stony Oivek. No fault cm bo I'ound with the mmc recent work, but the '-tuft that was laid down on one put ot tlie load a shoit distance from the slaughter-yard was simply loam and (surface earth mixed, with a few bouldcis and positively disgiMuefui. The eit'ect is seen nveu in the pre.-.ent dry weather, ii lieavy rain fell the place rctViTed to would be worse- than ever. Thin part will certiinly have to be gone ovor again bei'oro it can be passed for payment. The amount of money available is very limited, and shou'd be laid out to the utmost advantage. We trust the Engineer in charge will bee to it. No time has been lost by the contractor (Messrs Robinson arid I*om(Ii) ? ju making a commencement with tlie work or' im-

pro vina: the bafchs. Most of the timber for the new structure at the noithern -pring is now on tho ground, and the ex-i-ivMtion for the enlargement of the bath lias boon begun. It would perhaps be well if measures wore taken to ascertain before much digging is done, whothor there is any likelihood of cold water being' tapped, for with tho experience of the -.oulhern reservoir before us, we know that such a contingency is by no means improbable, Key. T. J. Wills, the new Wesleynn minister (late of Northern Wairoa), will hold bis first services in To. Aroha tomorrow, when he will preach mnrning and evening in the Wesleyan Church at 11 and 6.30 o'clock respectively. Subject in morning, " Ths re-building of the wall of Jerusalem by Nehemiuh, as illustrative of the necessary elements of religious lite in oftler to successful service." In the evening the subject will be " St. Paul's ideal of a peifectod Christian church." , We trust there will be a good attendance 'on both occasions to greet the KeV. gentleman. The new organ for the use of the Band o£ llopo at Waiorongomai having arrived, tin entertainment was given in the new sehoolhouso on Wednesday evening last. The attendance was large, numbering probably about 130. Mr Lovell, sec, occupied the cli.iir? The meeting opened with an overture, " Grand .March," Mr W. J. England as organist, on tliu new organ. The instrument is certainly a beauty, both in appearance and tone, and was greatly admired. The entertainment com prised sonsrs and recitations by various members, and wound up with a magic lantern, operated on by M istcr Uowden, from Auckland. A heaity vote of th inks w.is passed by acclamation to Mr Boyer and his men for use of schoolroom and assistance in preparing same. The n eetiug closed by singing the National Anthem. Between £6 and £7 was laised on the occasion towards the oigun fund. The tonipciynce advocates at Waiorongomai are meeting with wonderful taiucess and suppoit. We arc truly glad to see an eft'oit is about to be made by Mr Purdie, head teacher of Waioiongojaai school, to ebtabblish a debating class in the sister township. We h.ivo no doubt he will succeed, and wish him every success in his endeavour. Can our fellow -townsiolk not hlnnv equal energy and follow the good example '? On Monday evening next the members of the Wesleyan Church give a social ten meeting, to welcome the new minister. See advertisement. As will be seen by adveitisementMessrE. Graham and Co., Waitoa. have just opened tip a really large and valuable stock of new autun.n and winter draper) and are now in a position to oiler redly excellent value The stock ol! men's "suits, and woollen goods genei all} is worth inspecting. We are obliged to hold over until next issue a report ot the school tre.it al Moirins\il)e onThur day evening last, and other lnteiCbtmg matter fiom bamc district. Mr John MufLit is adding a large and handsome verandah and balcony to the ir. Nt and one side oL' his well-known aiul popular hotel at Waitoa. At the Ohinemuri Native Lands Court J udge Williams grant d an adjournment for Satin da}' and Monday oul\, and the Cnuit has sat every day since. The <;ase of Maurihoro, a 4(),00J acre block at Te Aroha, is still unhnished. There :ire live diilVrent sets oi" claimants, Xgitcra.'gi, Ngatihaiui, Xgatipaua. and others being all claimants or opposing.— Tiibuue. Mr. Sharp, veterinary surge! n, who ha* just been on a visit to Tam.inga and upotiki, al tho instance of liie Go\ eminent, to investigate the diseise which has plavcd c o much havoc amount <lu'ep, an I ih beginning to be seiious amongst citlie, retuincd to Waikato Intel}. L >cal authorities put down the di "\i c ;>s a cpncioh ol: pn Miinnnia, bur a < ,\r >i ill examination of t'.ie di .eased annnils,.it omv m ule it app.m nt to Mi.fthaip that both sheep i.nd cattle hid suil'eicd iiom a species of par iMk-i known is botU"-. An cxamin ilion of the (irst htoin ich showed the bottes adhering liice leeches to the letieuhi'u. The disease is one which, taken in timo, can bo cured without diflici.lt}, but the pievontion is a morcM rioiH matte. r lhj bott.'-> or maggot-, ,iV>) pi oduced fiom eggs laid by the lly upon the hcibigc and are thus taken into the siom u-hs of ' i o ,mim d, w hen going into the ehr, siilis sMt<' the} aie passed ofr' m the exciement to appear again a^ Hies and continue the round oL unschiei". The district is no \v infected with them. Tl.c oidiiKiiy slc'p.s lot the prevention of their attack is to bie.tk up the pastures and manure \v'i f h iiiuo tnul salt, Ijnt the K.i^t Coast settlers have u better and cheaper cure in the .sulphur of White Isiand, oj>posito (heir coa.st. Sulphur caii !)•• landed toi about BO.s per ton, dnd a divsiing oL sc\vt per acre will not cily iiupiove the g^e-s Imt destroy the geriio cl tin-, parasite upon it. Parties re<(uiiing timber of every description — floors, sashes', moulding-, mantlepicces, turnery, fretwork, &0., will find it to their ad /antage. to purchase from tho Auckland Timbei Go., who will furnish on application sheets of designs with pi ice libtb on application. The watery favours bestowed upon us, sometimes too bountifully, by Jupiter Pluvius, have this week given place to showers of i ice and old slippers. Whether it is owing to some potent spell exercised by the genius of the mountain, or merely to a fortuitous combination of events, we do not venture to say, but it seems as if some magic inilnence h.is lately been at work amongst our gallant swains and maidens fair. Of cour.se, we nm-t not forget this is Leap Year, no doubt the ladies have not forgotten it either. During the week the typical marriage bell baa been kept merrily going — or at lea^t, would have been if such a thing other than the detestable tin can existed in the neighbourhood — no fewer than five of our quondam bachelors having Jed to the altar the blushing objects of their adoration. If it be true as statisticians infoim us, that the number ot mnrriageH in a community are proportionate to the amount of prosperity that may exist, then we in Te Aroha are in a very enviable state. We wi&h we could bring ourselves to believe so. We ma}', however, fairly assume that with the happy ones who have recently embarked on tho sea of matrimony, all is now coleur de roue. Lung ma} the roseate tint's pic-

vail, and may prosperity unrl sweet contentment bo tlio lot of each und all of them.