THE Aroha and Ohinemuri News AND UPPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 124, 17 October 1885, Page 2

THE Aroha and Ohinemuri News AND UPPPER THAMES ADVOCATE

*This abovs nil— to thin© own-self bo itrue And it must follow as the night the day, Thou OHnatnot thon be false to any mm. — Shakespeare

SATURDAY, OCTQBEtt 17, 1885.

The recent great improvement that has taken place in the Aroha district, and in the whole of the valley of the Upper" Thames, marks, ,we hope, l the dawn of an extended epoch of pro*j>erity. While the development of the health-giving springs in our midst has given to the township of Aroha a stability that hardly any other natural advantage could confer on it, there has been proceeding coincidently at Ohinemuri a revival of confidence and a general improvement in the outlook for the mining industry in that portion of the Upper Thames Valley. The interests of the Ohinemuri and Aroha districts, never antagonistic, are becoming more and more in unison every day, and it does not require the prescience of a seer to prognosticate that before many years have gone over our heads a complete unification of interests will have taken place. In writing in this strain we believe that we have, what is called in the jargon of politics, " the touch " of public opinion both at Ohinemuri and Aroha. Acting on> this belief, and in exercise of the journalistic functions — the expression and, in a limited sense, the direction of the vox populi — we have determined to extend the segis of our newspaper over the whole of the Upper Thames Valley, making it a journal thoroughly representative of the wants of the settlements in Ohinemuri County, as well as of those of the Aroha Riding. It is our intention, should our expectations regarding the future of the district be fulfilled, to issue The Aroha and Ohinemuri News two or three times a week, and eventually, should sufficient encouragement offer, daily. Trustworthy correspondents will be appointed in the chief centies of population in the Valley, and the greatest care will be taken that the news supplied shall be fresh and reliable. The opening of the railway from Thames to Waikftto, which we can now hope to see completed in two or three years at most, will greatly assist in drawing together the bonds of physical relationship that already exist between the north and south divisions of the Valley. In the not far distant future too we hope to see our immodiftte district joined to that of our friends across theEotokohu Gorge by common interest in the matter of local self-government We have watched with intense interest the struggles that our northern friends have made to secure their autonomy, of the new County of Ohihemuri on their victorious release from the almost devil-fish-like tentacles of the County of Thames, venture to express a hope that the local representatives of the 4roha district may sit at the same Council Board as the representatives of the people of Ohinemuri. We look forward with confidence to the day when our hopes in Uub direction will be realised, and in presenting out readers with this, the first number of The Aroha and Ohinemuri News, desire to return our grateful thanks for past support, and to solicit a continuance thereof from our extended clientele*

We understand it is the intention of tteh c directors of the Waiorongonai Gold Mining Company to shortly greatly increase the number of hands employed in thut mine, so as to have a large quantity of quartz ready for treatment on the opening of Fergusons battery. On Wednesday last, as the mori were employed in the Domain Boafd catting n | line through the fern in the gully above the cold water reser/oir r they found a hot spring hitherto unknown, which, when opened up, promises to form a valuable uddition to the hot water supply ; the j te'nperaturo registering ov«r 100 degrees fahr. As will be seen by advertisement the celebrated Fuust Family will open u short season at the T« Aroha Public Hall on Tuesday evening next. These performers drew crowded houses nightly; when playing in Auckland recently, anq are referred to in glowing terms by thtj Southorn Press. They have performed at the chief places of amusement in London and in tho various leading Continental cities. Tho musical selections alone must provo a great treat, but the entertainment is of a most varied character, and concludes with & pantoroine. The programme will be changed each eTening, and we have no doubt crowded houses will greet the Appearance of this talented troupe at T« Arolw, The heavy rain two or three weeks ago caused the *' made "portion of Messrs Gul lagher and Lawless's section of the trimway formation to Fergusons battery to rery considerably subside, And also on the section immediately adjoining (Messrs Mi-Ciibeand parly) large quantities of earth havo filled op the cutting in various places, in consequence of which both' the contractors refeir^d to have since suspended operations and applied to Mr Ferguson r questing thut he would give them some I c ctrapay ment over and above contract price. This Mr Fcrgmon refused to do, stating

that he .votild entertain no application for j extra pay in any shape until the contract-; ' ftV^intd, bf^wk CO WA«^Thf •p©e|fietf time^r the jfotyplltipn £|^th|a^| cpntraots was' Sbptembor Ist,' |to j of £3 .each contractor per 'weeks iW present position q£ affairs it as follows :?MDn Tuesday lust Mr Ferguson re entered On the contracts referred -to and also on that let to Messrs Booth and West, and will at once proceed with the completion of tti« liS*?JUypciu^iitH>vr f r'ni sopv h»* Mr P. E. Chealj nnd andtliiF surveyor, who have been called in to report on the existing stiife o^tfolin^, as-jo^by t\\.6 "vonl tractors, hay inspected same. English mail per direct; steamer Arawa from Auckland, closes at To Aroha .Postoffice on Monday next, 19th inst, at 8 p.m. An improvement has been made in tho mail service between Te Aroha and Waiorongoinai. A mail is sent out now immediately after the arrival of th» Aucklan^ and Wttikato mails, so that tho Waiorongomai people can get their correspondence same evening, and reply if necesssary by return mail which closes there at 7.30 p.m., and is sent on early next morning The change is much appreciated by business people and others. Inward 'tfriaco mail should reach the local post- office on .Monday evening next. Mr P. Qutnlan has now about a dozen carts and a number of men employed on the railway embankment formation across tho swamp. The petition to the Minister of Public W rks relative to tho Aroha railway station buildings (referred to in last issue) having been signed by about 200 resident* in this district, was by this mornings 1 mai' forwarded, to its destination. The petition sets forth tho great inconvenience that would be caused, if the station buildings were erected on the western side of the river, to both residents and visitors, undoubtedly resulting also in considerable loss the railway department, as many persons would prefer to havo their goods conveyed by steamer as at present, to having them carted to or from proposed temporary station site. We eincerly trust the prayer of tha petition will be granted, and as w have bfore said, consider the erection of a temporary station at such a distance, after all arrangements had been made for constructing a station in the township, would be t most foolish proceeding.' " The famous thproughbred stallion Musket died at Sylvia Park, Auckland on Thursday. At a special meeting of the Thames County Council on Thursday last Cr Greenville wob elected representative on the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board for the Thames, Piako, and Ohinemuri district. As will be seen being referring to onr mining news. Buimnioo l^.*-.-—^- ' i * — cue W&iorongomai mine have, proved to be very rich in lead. As .lead is extensively used in connection with the La Monte process as a finx, this may prove of great value. We understand that a parcel of ore is to be forwarded to the J a Monte furnace at Karangahake, when it will be tested on a larger scale. The following tenders were received on Saturday last by Mr Hy. Crump, C.E., for tho additions ,and alterations to the British, Hotel, Te Aroha ;— P. Booth, £500 j j] Heathcote, £537 ; Psnk and Allen, £521 14s ; J. F«rreH, £613 j C. Connor, £475 ; J. Lavery (accepted;, £455. Mr Lavery will Btart work on Monday next Mr P. E, Cheal, surveyor, completed his inspection of Fergusons battery connection yesterday, ond his report thereon will be probably received next week. Mr Ferguson starts a number of men to work on Monday next to proceed with the completion o£ the line. Wo would direct the attention of our readers to Mr John Farrell's new adverI tiseinent which appears in this issue, and would recommend an e»irty inspection of the leally splendid assortment of new I spring and summer goods just opened up | at this establishment, comprising ladies' [ dress materials in Immense variety, millinery, a really choice selection, and summer clothing of every kind. Mr S. Gorman, travelling for Nobel's Explosives Company, paid the mines in this district a visit on Monday lait, relative to the new explosive known at gelatine, introduced by him when here some two months ago. Some complaints had been made With regard to the practical working of the gelatine, the cause of which Mr Gorman quickly discovered Was the use ordinary dynamite detonators, which are not sufficiently powerful' to always perfectly explode the charge of gelatine, Mr Gorman has just completed % visit to all the leading mines at Thames, Karangahake,. and Aroha, and advised the use of two detonator* instead of »nly one, I until new and more powerful caps, which will shortly arrive and ire being specially manufactured for exploding gelatine, are obtainable^ In every instance where two caps were used the explosions were entirety satisfactory, although the tests were of tt specially severe character* Only jone .fuse is. required, the .a,econ,<J cajp being ! forced into the priming cartridge alongside Che cap in which the fu£e is inserted* At tho last meeting of the Crown Lan^w Board, AuQkiund, held on (hi Bth inst, -permission was granted Mr Livingstone, contractor for the completion of the railway to To A r ohaj to* take ballast from i Lot 88, Te Aroha suburbs.

— ■ » '■ jv p* At the jrooent meeting oCtnfe Thames* County Council Messrn Brodie, Murdoch, j and^edma\) j^e^|!^intf(J*f(t net $tf\) rej^^tfctivdk^f $NB|Ohintfmuri^ County . G6iincH in settling financial cnatteri be ; Weeuftlie tw<> qounti|s. >jj f v Tho dii'ectora- o^ tHe Kenilworth tnihe i (Karangahake) have inada a call of 3d per. Bhrire, payable on or beforeHhe 29th inst, nn^l accepted tenders for the conveyance ot 50 tons of iqunrtzt to the New Zealand Sinelting^Cotiißan^i jfiirnAce,Th*meB; »f *