SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1885.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 129, 21 November 1885, Page 2

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1885.

It would be almost impossible to overestimate the importance of the mining industry to this colony, and we therefor 1 hail with great satisfaction the arrival of Professor Black and his assistants for the express purpose of imparting practical information to miners and others in this district. The results of the Professor'a visit to the West Coast last year were many and great, and the instruction given was much appreciated. A better time could not well have been chosen than the present for their visit here, seeing the great interest that has of late been awakened with regard to the immense value of our mineral resources. By referring io our advertising columns it will be seen that the Professor will lecture at Karangahake next week, and at Te Aroha and Waiorongomai the week following. The instruction the Professor seeks to impart is thoroughly practical and devoid of technicalities, and we would urge every one who possibly | can to attend the forthcoming lectures, and trust the opportunity thua offered or ! obtaining most valuable and piactical information will be availed of to the fullest extent, and large numbers como forward to join the classes that will be formed for following up the instruction imparted. The Professor will have the assistance of Mr Montgomery and two assistants.

It is very satisfactory to know that the pressure brought to bear upon GroVernment with regard to our railway station has had a satisfactory issue, and instructions been given fof the formation of the Aroha sUtion grounds to be at once proceeded with. Mr Livingstone's previous tender for the work having been accepted, the contract was signed on Tuesday last. Mr Livingstone expects to have the ballasting, fencing, &c, of the line to Morrinsville completed in about a fortnight, and U no«V busily engaged getting together the necessary plant for constructing the station ground*, updn which work it is intended to make a start on Monday next with a large staff. We may riow therefore reasonably hope to see trains running right into our township during 1885 after all, for we feel confident the department will see the wisdom of making some arrangement with the contractor j for completion of the line, whereby it may bo regularly used long before the) contract timehas expired .- . >

There was a good attendance in the Aroha Public Hull ore Tuesday evening lust to hear the English Church missioned Messvs Mason and Rodington, the ..bouse being' comfortably filled.

Mr Crump, engineer to tlie Arqh:v % Domain Btfard,, bus a staff: of men en-, gnged in the further developement of the v springs. Amongst the tVorks now*in progress are the openings up of what is known us No 6 spring, mtuated in close proximity to Nb 1 bath house,' and it is 1 gratifying to kno\\| that in sinking on 41ns spring' the temperature of the wator is found to increase. Another spring is being opened up for the exclusive uso of natives, a third spring is also in course of developement. As soon as the engineer is satisfied' as to water supply, temperature, etc., the necessary additional buildings in connection with the above will bo commenced. In a letter to the Auckland Star on Railway Reform,Mr Wm. Arch. Murray of Piako niakps the f )llo\\ ing statement: — "I had occasion to write and ask the Railway Department allow trucks to come on here, 1£ miles from Morrinsville* as the road in winter bosides being double tho distance, had been mado almost impassible from the , cartage of Rotorua railway sleepers from To Aroha to Morrinaville (while the Government was sending their railway sleepers from MorrinsviJle to Te Aroha, and thus are the loans squandered). Instead of compliance with my civil request, the station- master received peremptory orders not to allow trucks with my coal, fencing materitl, &c, to come on me, and this on the Government railway, while it appears they were rogularly allowed to run to Richmond 14 miles on tho also unballasled railway of the Rotorua Railway Company, and that immediately it was conceded to Mr J. C. Firth to have his traffic and cattle carried on the said unballasted private railway some twenty miles between Mutamntti and Morrinsville. Like Mr Vaile, I have condemened the railway management, and unlike pome others have not cringed to flatter the Ministry ; and it would seem that in railway management, as in Government/partiUtio a and prejudices are guiding principles." The idea is often ridiculed by uneducated people that students and those whose professions r^q niro constant nuntal exertion really work as Inn I as those engug»d in manual labour. Bnt from tho chemical experiments of Professor Houghton, of Trinity Collegp, Dublin, it is proved that two hours of severe mental study abstract £ro:2 the human system as much v\U\ strength as is taken from it by a whole d.iy of mere hard work. The following is n literary curiosity :— " Sntor ar&po ienet oq&'a rotas." 1. This spellh backward and forward all the Bame. 2. Then taking all the letter* of each word spells the first word. 3. Then all the second letters cf each word spell the second word. 4. Then all the third, and so on through tho fourth and fifth, 5. Then coin nenciiu? with tin last letter of each word spell* the last word. 6. Then tho next to the last of each word and so On through. A meeting of tho Gordon special settlerd will bu held in Waiorongomai SoUoolhouae o:j nekt Situiduy eveuing, 28th inst. A first and final dividend of 3s in the £ in the estate of Edwird Peel, bankrupt, Te Aiohti, ViH be payable on Monday next. Mr J F. Cocks will hold a sale of fat and st^re cattle and shuep, horsos, etc., at Paeroti, on noxt Friday, 27th mat. bee advertisement. Tho first ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the jKeuil worth Gold and Silver Mining Co. (Lim.;, Karangahake, will be hjld at the Company's office, Insurance Buildings, Auckland, on Monday, 30 th inst. The first meeting of the Ohincinuri County Council took place at Paeroa on last Tuesday, an.l a full report of the proceedings will be found in another column. At the conclusion of the business the Councillors aJjourned to the Criterion Hotel, and spent a pleasant hour or two in friendly chat. Numerous tosts were drunk, and some neat speeches delivered bearing on matters local ; among.st others we may mention " the health of Mr Grace, member for tho district, and who * had so ably assisted in obtaining separation i Messrs J. B. Whyte, M.H.R., Bernard Levy, and the Auckhnd members who had also proved so helpful with regard to separation, the Chairman of the new County, who had worked hard in the same cause, the mining interest," etc., etc., etc* Messrs Jonea and Davis reached Thames this week, and will fill the positions of refiner and smelter respectively ;n; n connec. tion with the Jfew Zealand Smelting Co.'s works. The Auckland Etdrald states' that " an estimate has "been made that the labour required for ertch LaMonte furnace will be from twenty to t\Vonty-five men, including 1 experts." The annual meeting of the Piako County Council will be held dri Wednesday next, 25th itist. On nextSaturdayJevertmgnextan extra, ordinary geueral meeting of shareholders in the May Queen Gold Mining Company, Limited, Waioi'origoniui, will be held at Warren's Hotel, \ To Aroha, for the purpose" of passing, if approved of, a resolution requiring the Company to be voluri tarily. wound up. > '> l On yesterday Mr C. A. Comes f brought, ' down -from the Nos 1, 2, and 3 Lode; churn ajtTui ;Cro6k, n variety of ores consisting of -'some ,yery -^rich t gttlei>a,i ,cinnal>ar, gold and 'silver orjs'f ;üboilt

Sooitfß of, which^'MFo9r^Vfhnr dabbed* totnko-down to theATJfeu^'/ 1 ! 11^'/* 11^ 1^ Professor. Blnek to experiment/ on. ts ; / nieetiirtg ofihe^Ohinomifri dotinh ' Council will be helil in Fuefoii. (Public Hull op Wednesday ne&t nt 2 p.m. , AVelnre pleased to knoVv that thb^e who nave lindertakcn to collect money towards the cost of building tt church oi: England place of worehip at Te Arolm are meeting with hearty support. At a meeting of the Woodstock (Karangalntke) filmreholders lielcl on Sutunhi) j last, it was resolved to form the holding | into a companj', with a capitalof JC36,000 in shares of £1 each, lOspnid up. MrD.G. MacDonnell was appointed legal manager and Mr Wra. Littlejohn mine*managen |