SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1885.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 125, 24 October 1885, Page 2

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1885.

The Minister of Mines since coining into .office- has on many occassions shown, in "a- nlost* . hiB 1 earnvst desire to assist local enterprise j in the "developenieiVt"uf'trie miiieral "re-" sources of the Colony, and the henrty.i fclmnksjuf all Jtiteresteil in .the prosperity > of tliis ' district are. doe to the H«m ,Mr Larnuch, for the kimlly interest has i evinceii with respect to oui golJfiull, , an<l the practical t sympathy he has sihown on every occassioii waen applied to for assistance with rejf.tr i to works connected therewith. In another column will be found particulars* of the , steps being taken for the early development of tile claims recently pegged out at the Tui. No time has been lost by the Committee appointed in giving effect to the views expressed at the recent public meeting, with regard to the formation of a track to these claims The result of the interchange of communication by wire with the Minister of Mines, as will be seen by the telegrams published, is very gratifying, as the aid afforded •> with such promptitUvle by Government will enable the Committue to proceed at once with the work of forming the road, for -which tenders will be called with the utmost despatch. i The sub-comratttee told off to select the most practicable route have made the uecessary explorations, and report having found a very satisfactory line of >oad. The proper grading of this road will at once be taken* in hand by the surveyor, and everything put in readiness for the contractors to proceed to work immediately tenders have been accepted. With favourable weather a very few weeks should suffice to complete the track, and we may thus expect' to see means of communication between the new mines, and our township opened tip at a much earlier date than was anticipated a week or two ago. The state^ ment made by the discoverer of the leef (Mr C. A. Comes), at the meeting on Tuesday relative to the various tests that had been made of Stone . from different parts of the lode, are most gratifying with respect to its payable quality. Out of a great many assays the lowest yield is stated to have been at the 1 rate of more than an ounce of gold and twenty ounces of silver por ton, while the highest exceeded' 12joz of, gold and 300oz of silver. Taking cren the lowest for an average the result must be held to be highly satisfactory, for with such a large body of stone as exists and such excellent facilities for working 1 * there can be no doubt that the reef will pay handsomely. The prediction that rich mineral lodes would, sooner or later, be discovered on the west side of the range seems at last to have been ful6lled, and it must be especially gratifying to those who, under so many disappointments and through so long a period "of adversity, have held fast to this belief, to see their expectations realised.

We regret that through som<* f at present unaccountable circumstance, our Auckland telegrams did not come to hand last night. A rumour has been in circulation the last couple of days to the effect that active steps have already been taken tto wards the early erection of a LaMonte furnace in connection with the claims recently taken up at Tui Creek. We dannot vouch for the accuracy of the repprt, but may state that no later than last night we received a telegram from Mr J. Shammers (Auckland), who holds very large interests in the claims referred to, stating that the tests taken from the Champion Lodes Nos. 1, 2, an 3 3 were so exceeding satisfactory that work would be commenced in earnest forthwith. We are forced to hold over till next issue report of a meeting held on Wednesday last re proposed cheese 1 factory at Waihou, list of visitor?, and other roattsr. That talented troupe the Faust Family, who appeared in the Public Hall, Te Aroha, on Tuesday, Wednesday, *and Thursday evenings and last evening at the Public Hall, Waiorongomai, drew large houses on each occasion, and deservedly so, for without doubt they Wean' exceedingly clever company {of artistes. Where all was so really^e^cejlent we qhall not attempt ,to r particularise 'ariy'bf j the' items on the varied programme presented each evening; but pii»p)y> state that! the,company is ope ol great pient., „ The petition.^ .tile Minister of Public WoMbf&skM%i>fse ga^Obuildings should be 1^^ 8 s^ e r ' ver >- was very Taree^^feaed and. duly fois V^iV^'^^p^j^^ftfik. ! irf reply to the telegram sent respecting this mutter Mr Kiohardsoh wired, stating w that

_j , , ;■'. ■:,' ■;,".,: T^^ thp site on tliu eivat,sj(l«,of;tl>e fiyor ..wrt'f^ 'olpfhe (-018-UifS of kifiy reply WHsfm «W^tha|i.-i!^;o^|lti« ,tiltn(irtt «fy|fel«\ j^p waH|tJft t ,,thC *t?jtjnn , temporary or permanent, should be on this Hide; and , all passengers and goods* thereby cQn^-yetJ- r]ght^i^to^ih|B^tqw^lup f t, Mr Daniel llclW^Jrf^^VlCldt with such a severe accident lit Karangahnke Fpnio'two inonftsVa.^ha^ L^'CiiV covered from theeftoctHof hislall as to bo • alita'to* {?et'Trhnfltra i-littlw"ttjrniny-Rnt3;iHnwy-on a visit to Te Aroha in ordetj lo]ayail^of the hot baths. ___ .* ". .J . . .. * I^* j" n -^.j n g of ' those interested in * Jifie G »don Special Settlement will bo held- at Wuiorongomai this evening." Tlvire w>.s a srood attendance at W>ty>n sale uuds on "Wednesday la'^f, and nearly everything of£o r ed for sale found p)irchasero. J On Friday ne*t Mr Ja«*. Craig, jwnr, vvill subtuit to public auction thnt vain able freehold property in close prr jcimity to the Katang.ihake battery, lately pmchased by H. Suiiih Esq. The prospect*! of the district referred to arojpo promising that brisk competition is sure to be the order uf the day, especially im we believe it is the only available freehold in the vicinity. Messrs Bradley and Co., who have been recently running a coach from Paeroa to Micky Town (for the conveyance of pa«*sen^erB bound for Karangahakv) have temporarily discontinued same in consequence of the wretched state of the roads and inconvenience occasioned by hiving to wait at the ferry for the return of passengers from Karangiihake. As soon lio.vever, a 6 the new road is completed pas senders will be conveyed by this firm right to Silverton township, where the furnace is erected. Government have wo believe granted a sum of money on the £1 for £1 subsidy system for the carrying out of this much needed work, which will no doubt- be proceeded with on the formation of a County Council. , We are informed that in view of the improved prospects in Ohinemuri District the owners of the b.b " Kotuku" (Messrs Thornton, Smith, and Firth) have decided to at once proceed with tne erection of a large goods store and landing stage adjacent to the new wharf on the freehold township of Ohinemuri, and that the work will be carried out with the utmust desj patch. , Mr C. A. Comes, accompanied by two other miners, arrived here with tent and mining tools on Monday evening last, to start work in connection .with the, Champion Lodes Nos, 1, 2, and 3 claims at Tui Creek. We may state it is , the intention of the owners of these claims to with jail jpossjble despatch^a^© trialtparcelsi df 10 ' t6 20 tons from\each?of the "above- olayns got out, and conveyed to the Thaihes smelter for treatment ■ > ■ As will be seen by reference to an advertisement in our supplement sheets 'Mr Geo. Aldridge, of Auckland, will lecture in the Public Hall, Te Aroha, on next Wednesday evening. Subject : " The Great Chronological Prophecy," illustrated by a large chart. The second section of the Rotorua rail' way is to be commenced forthwith. This port : on of the line is 32 miles in length, and will complete the line right into Rotorua. The first section (42 miles) as far as Oxford is now almost finished, and when the whole line is completed, a large number of tourists are sure to avail of this ' route (via Morrinsville) to reach the celeI brated ■ hot lakes, and without a doubt many qf them will visit Te Aroha on the forward or return journey. We direct the special attention of' all interested in mining to the appeal case fi Comes v. McCombie, which will be found fully reported in another column. The Judged ruling in this case is most important. The half-yearly balance sheet of jthe Piako County Council will be found duly advertised in tbis issue. On Monday evening next the celebrated St Leon Royal Palace Circus and Menagerie will give an exhibition 'at' Te Arnhh. It has during the week appeared m the principal towns In Wajkato X "and is spoken, of by the press as being far and away \ the bedt thing of the kind that haa dyer visaed, that f district. Apart .from jthe menagerie (wtiich'in itself would p^rov'e a strong attraction) the company is a large and well-appointed one, ami is sure to be woll patronised on Monday night. As will be seen by -advertisement Mrs Auffrey nee Miss Edith O'Gorman '(The Escaped Nun),"wiir lecture .in.. Te, Aroha on Friday and Saturday next. This lady has boen delivering aperies of, lectures in Auckland' during^'the past week or "two, to very crowded nouses and been mpsfc 'enthusiastically ( >e7ceiv,e4 on T) each otfoasloh, her addresses being repor^d^ajt, .considerable length.. in both the let* lirig* lAucJkland^paperSj/^HavJngj-l^fn a Professed N^n^or sev^ra^years, she is well qualified tp-speak from personal ea peribtofaMi ~«to¥e«aaid«ftB£} 66hvent |i£< She holds , -^the— highest, , credential* '\ of ;atfd-albilsy» and^B| MJs|!)t € of, J grl^ef|#eyc|/ J™%|^VePi^C t° facts, not 'Ifcfpn^ qnW'eJar^siire^d^icg *■ her , shoVt^y^it', 'to ~Te^roh>;: mas|,

F«ioj (chute tn^'X. Mmm C^j|l» r |)yi pot& Minufps ofuhelawmeettng were read «nd confirmed. In compliance with a -tnotion passed at the previous meeting the Seeretary~tnb f ltsd-<i return S^ cc B t ? BefV^P^J3ij ;borB^ ? ;tfe| f i|]itr^|i|nl i|' w§&*sfl uppenrs there are 39 subscribing" members The life members are Messrs J. n.,Whyte, "P. _Ferj»asonr^«^'^«"tr tt^i"**^.' < > fin { the case Lo vkwood ;y. r (Shepherd , wliich wiis iiejiirl in the WnrdervV-Oonrt '£ KauwTon * Friday " 1 6ih^n3T lasif *rio tfcV has been given by Mr. Lush, th« complainant^ solicitor, op intention to apply for a new trial, on the ground that fresh evidence is now available. Mr Lockwuod claim* hall the defendants interest in the RoMeijiont G.M. Co, .which means 2500 shares. The application will be made as soon as possible ufier the Warden's re- 1 turn. . . . j For the drainage works about to be i carried out by Mr J. B. Smith on his Waitoa property, the following tendera I were received : — Messrs K«>ss and 13er<*e, ! 3ts 6d; J. Wiseman, 27^; Shino, 23a; T. O.'Donovan, 17d 6d ; Collett and party (accepted), 17a per chain. It ia stated that .the dividends the Mo.in'it-tiari G.M. Company, h.is paid £117,993 15s, the Cambria £34,650, the New Prince Imperial (within two years) £58,500. MundayV) Auckland Star his the following :—": — " News has be;n received by Mr LaMoiUe's agent in Auckland of a moat successful reduction of fifty ton* oi! ore :>ent all the way from tho Broken Hill CoB claim at Silverton to L:i Monte'fl furnaco at Molbourno. This parcel of quartz produced 40,0000zs .of bullion valued at £8,000, sufticieut to pay all charges fer the erection' of a complete furnace and plant on their own property. This is, we suppose, an unparalleled achie> ementinthe history of silver, mining. There is a lesßon in this pieoa of mining enterprise for ourselves. Steps should at ouce betaken by the owners of mines in 'Waihi, Karangahake, and} Aroha, to send parcels of ore to the Thames furnace, and any samples that show payable results should be an incentive to larger and more energetic quartz-mining operations. One thing is certain, that our silver lodes will never be developed if shareholders are content to buy and sell shares without taking the only proper means to test and develop what in many cases may turn out to be really Bonanzas in embrytf. We hear of two mines; at Earangahake that aie already transporting 50-ton trial lots to. La Monte's furnace at'Grrahani.-,town, and these, are* nearly the only stocks that are asked (for. Comment .ou this, is needless. 1 ' "The correspondence extracted frpm the Thames County; , Council records, in reference to the so-called complaints of th'St body against Warden Kenrick .in his official capacity have been published, but contain nothing whatever of special importance ; and not a line to justify the statement that Mr Kenrick had. in i\ny way obstructed, the local bodies in their work in any way. j The Wellington correspondent of Auckland Herald writing on Saturday last thus refers to samples of our local mineral waters : — The mineral watvr in the. Exhibition, taken from the Te Aroha springs, created quito a sensation last night in the Exhibition Buildings. The bottles con taining the water kept exploding, to the destruction of all the other bottles near their. Whether this uncontrollable conduct, be -put to the credit of Te Aroha spiinge I do not know. It is stated thnt boycotting is increasing in Ireland, and is being carried to greater lengths than ever. Persons obnoxious to their neighbours, because of honest independant action, are unable to dispose of their produce, even at a sacrifice in their market tows, and the entrance of some boycotted individual in some of the Roman Catholic churches in the County Cork, to join in Divine service, is made the signal for the congregation to arise en masse and quit the building. Occasionally the priest remonstrates wich the peopld, but Bometimes . he- denounces the boycotted party ..for showing himself- in ;• church I-r-Herald. -An Aching Void— A hollow tooth. ! By a fair ali-rbuh'd calculation, it has been definitely ascertained that 40 per cent of the children attend school in liondon in the morning breakfastless, 28 per oent "attend,* in the afternoon v without , having had any r n\»dd:iy. meal.and^SG 'per cent of ,the p>«»rent8 t are, always out of employment., The.youth of both sexes * receive their 5 lessons In morality during .school hours, ami 7then go home to ithe piggeries wl/ertTthe pack'e'j families sloep; 'they ! stuay'fng the exhilarating v jree of Dante's "Prophesy" or i% Lucy Gray" !6if flTifiaayYe^&iing^ {a nfTHhey; 'jJtanwe and school on Monday morning. - , ,Much "of ..tuepand in Cambridgeshire, En^an v3^el!6flgihgfto£ithe|'iEarifofM«rawicke, is Jetl|&&^lbree shillings an icre toj)r,event"it*goisg out in of Cultivationy •Si^the^railsifmfio^ a piopwty ii th;e J ; fame'; countryS^old^ot long ,; ago^ ; foB