The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume III, Issue 131, 5 December 1885, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

• This above all — to thine own self be true, A id it must follow as the night the day, Thou canst not then be fabe to any man. 1 — Shakespeare.

BAT UK DAY, DECEMBER 5, 1835.

The whole of to-<lay ProFe-sor Black will spend ot Te Arolia : In the forenoon (weather permitting) lie will inspect the grounds, thermal springs, anil baths in the Domain, mill the chums marked off at ihe head oF Tui Creek. This afternoon from two (ill five, and this evening from seven till nine will be devoted te fire assaying, liquid testing of quartz, aud the use of the blow pipe. Everyone will be at liberty to bring any pieces of stone and have them tested* At nine o'clock t,ho Professor will de liver one of his popular lectures. We would urge all who can to be sure and attend ; the instruction given is so simplified that all may understand, the experiments are most interesting, ami the Professor a most talented aud eloquent lecturer. At the close of the lecture the Professor will explain what has been done at the Thames this week towards the establishment of a School of Mines, and four members will be elected to represent Te Aioha ami Waiorongomai on the committee already appointed in con nection therewith ; and to canvass this district in &upport of the movement. The whole subject is one of such vast importance as to need no further comment.

There is no mining acws of importance to record this week. In on" next issue we purpose reporting fully on a number of the mine?, and also to continue the report of Profesßor Black's lectu-es, testing oi ores, etc. 'Frisco mail closes to-day. Yenterday Professor Black visited boMi I atterica and some of the leading mine ■it Wuiovon-gomai ; the evening buing do voted to the testing of ores by vaiitjns processes and the continuation of Tliuihday's night's lecture :■ The attendance \va* very large,and theinstrt»cti>>n great lyiippro I ciated, as was evinced by the frequent and I lidtirty appluuse.

A general meeting oE the Gordon Special Settlement Association was held* in the Waioivmiromai v Sohool«ho«no on Saturday, the 28th ult. The chairman Mr B. Montnguq), after ( rettd ing thp advertisement in the News convening the meeting 1 , n rid the minutes of the previous peneial mcetintr, called on the Secretary to read to, the tne^tin-r t! c names of thirty reduced fiom thirty-six, on" necount (among othor reasons) of there boing in the block about 1000 acres less than the committee were led to believe there were — members whom it was decided were the bona fide applicants. This was the signal for a mild explosion among the ousted members, who demanded to know the reason of their exclusion 5 the Chairman, however, declined to recapitulate reasons with which they were already thoroughly familiar. The ousted ones have since withdrawn their calls. It was proposed by Mr Carroll, seconded by) Mr Gapes, and carried, that a ne^v election of Committee take place on the first Saturday in April in each year. Two auditoiß, Messrs Beeson and Robinson, were appointed to audit the books ef the Association. A few other unimportant resolutions «vere passed, when the meeting closed. — (Communicated). Mr E. H. Cox, son oC Mr E. Y. Cox Shaftesbury, recently obtained a scholarship value of £30, having passed highest in the second grade examination of the Board of Theological Studies, gaining over a thousand marks more than the next highest student. For the twelve months ending September 30th last, 650 cattle and 13,736 ehwep were forwarded by rail from Morrinsviile station. We (Auckland Star) are informed that a sample of galena ore has just been assayed by the assayer at the Smelting Works, Thames, with the following result :—lBoz: — 18oz 3dwta 22gra silver per ton, and 77.6 per cent lead. This should prove a mobt valuable discovery when it is re membered that lead is absolutely necessary in order to successfully smelt our ores, and the Smelting Company will obtain considerable advantages from thib ore, inasmuch as it contains silver and a lurgepaicentage of lead, and for lead the Company is now paying £16 per ton. The usual monthly meeting of the Waitoa Road Board was held last Saturday. There were present : Messrs Cliep mell, Gould, Parr and Turnbull. It was leporteu* that tha rates on Crown and Native lands for last year have not been leceivod yet. Since list board meeting the chairman and two of the members with the engineer inspected the ground on block 11, Te Arolm, with the view of deciding on the best mode of drainage for the Maungakawa-Waiorongomai road in that neighbouruood. They were of opinion that if Johnson's cieek extension drain were carried up from Taylors road to the Manngakawa-Waiorongomai road the same size as it is below Taylors road it would drain the settlers' land, and be an outfall for the road. The contractors for No 2 section on the above road were reported as having made good progress with the Work in hand ; the same coulJ not } however, be faaid for tne contractors for sections 3, 4 ana 5. The next meeting of the boaid will ue Held on the 19th December. The stream of visitors to the Thermal Springs steadily increases as the season advances, and the receipts from the ballis nic now very satisfactory. The tennis courts in the Domain ground are now ingood order, 'and boing utilised by both \isitoiß and residents. A number of men are engaged on works in connection with increased bathing accommodation undei the supervision of Mr Crump, Engineer to the Bojird, and also in forming new paths in the higher portions of the grounds, clearing and burning the scrub, etc. Visitors to the Hot Springs for past week — Messrs Walker, Turner, Heri'on, Meat's, Bmt, H. R. Nolan, Insull, Colgon, A urns, Reynolds, Girling, Butler, Menzies, Collins, B. Mason, Gladding, Blikey, Joseph Neale, H. Alder, A. Dewar, Monte, B Blakie, H. E. Whitaker, Hayward, Miss Lawry, Mrs and M»ss Robinson, Bishop and Mrs Cowie, Miss White, "Mrs Kelly, Mrs and Miss McNub, Mrs and Mibs Binney, Mr and Mrs Philcox, Very Rev W. McDonald, Rev. — Kehoe, Mrs Mace, Mrs Symonds and child, Dr Kinder, Mrs Berry and 2 children, Auckland ; Lieut. Col. Dawson, Ellerslie ; Mwsr.s Riely, Bugnall. Lawiy, Kcnrick, R.M., Thames ; Professor Black, Messrs Black, jun., Cal linger, Harnaman. A. Mmitgonierj", MacLymont, Taylor, Mesdnmes Anderson, Jas, H. Macky, Dunedin ; Mr and Mrs Allison, Christchitrch ; Mr H.unilton, Cape of Good Hope ; Messrs Dodd, Gai'3, Coromandel • Mr D'Arey McDougall and seri vant, Queensland ; Mssrs W, T. Firth, i J. Hopkin--, Muttiumta \ Mrs McNicholj Cambridge ; Mr Isaac Reading, Eureka ; I Messrs C. 11. Dawkinp, T. M. Humphreys IW. Shaw, Comes, Mrs Shepherd, Miss hheridari, Karangahake \ M^s^is J. Morgan, W. Patterson, Wanganui f Rev. Mr Costello, Pukekohe } Messrs Hunt. Best I). M. Beerc, Kelly r Waikato ; Messrs McG. Hay, Sandt\s, Hamilton ; Mr Nott f Morrinsville ; Mesßrs J. A* Thompson Sharp, England j Messrs Reynolds (*2), Cambridge ; Mr imd Mrs Donaldson, Mrs Chapman, Ttfxkau ; Mr Powell, >Kerikeri ; Mr Lawlor, Owharoa ; Vv E. J Colgan, Pukekohe; Air J. D. Morgan, Hau

tinipn ; Mr Qialiug, Engird ; Mrs Bar retr, etc., otc. ' . .Theßiplinp.of Auckland, who is now at Te Arnlui, purposes XdminiKtering the HtO'of Confirmation a£ Te, Arnha -to morrow, after morning service at 11 o'clock. He will also preach at Te Aroha West after 3 o'clock service, and tit Waiorongonmi at 7 p.m. j Several parties who lately arrived at Arohn, invalids through rheuinntism, indigestion, etc, have obtained wonderful relief from a course of the hot baths and the use of the mineral drinking spring, and have felt it to be both a pleasure and u duty to place on record the great benefit they received. In our next issue we purpose publishing testimonials from these, as recorded by them in the visitors' book. Mr J. Gallagher, late proprietor of the ! British Hotel, Te Aroha, left fur Auckland l»y steamer this morning. A number of friends assembled together la<-t evening to bid him farewell, a pleasant social evening being /".pent, und general regret was expressed at his leaving tho district. At the last meeting of 'the Auckland Waste Lands Board the application of Jad. Jackson, deferred payment settler, Te Aroha, to have his unpaid instalments capitalised, was granted. Messrs Laybourn Bros, announce a special cheap sale of drapery, ready-made clothing, stc, at exceptionally low prices for one week only, in their old premises, Waiorongomai. Mr J. F. Cooks will hold his next sale of fat cattle, sheep, and horses at Faeroa on Friday next. I. Ferundoz announces by advertisement in another column that he is now holding a cheap sale of drapery goods, millinery, clothing, etc., etc., and is prepared to offer exceptional bargains for cash. Sale will close on baturduy next. A call of threepence has been made by the Crown Co. (Karangahake). See advertisement. Mr Jonn Woods, butchor, Te Aroha notifies large reductions in the price of meat for caeh. See advertisement. In giving judgment in the Paeioa powder storage case on Friday, 27th ult., at Thames, Warden Konrick remarked that the proceedings had disclosed a serious public inconvenience, in tliat there was no licen.sed powder magazine on the Ohineniuri goldneld, though the necessity for one in the out-districts was mamlest. It might safely be assumed that there was scarcely a mine manager who did not store more than 501 bs of powder somewhere ; in fuct, since the prosent prosecutions were instituted ho had received applications for licenses troin persons at Te Aroha, Kaiangahake, Waihi, and Uwharoa, which He hud no power to deal with. The matter was so serious that he had suggested to the Mines Department that the Commissioner of Customs should delegate his powers as to leceiving applications for licenses to the Arms Officers of each district, or some other Government employei and his recommendation had been forwarded to the Commissioner, with instructions to cairy it out if possible. The effect of the present prosecutions was that all powder in excess of the 501bs which dealers >\ ere authorise i to keep must be sent to the public magazines at the Thames, and be brought thence as it was required. Pendiug some definite arrangement, dealers must understand that in keeping larger btocks of explosives than the law allowed the responsibility rested upon then own shoulder.;, and they should apply for licenses without delay. The contract for the Kopu-Hikutaia section ot the Thames Valley Kailroud, borne ten miles in length, in being vigorously pushed on by the contractors, Messrs Lur kins and U'iirien, who have now ]40 men at work in \afious capacities along the line. The outfall chain, threo-quarters of. a mile in length, on the ilikutaia aide, is finished, the second drain is 27 feet wide and one mile 13 chains long ; it will be finished by Christmas ; while the third, two miles and 33 chains, will be completed next week. All the side directly in connection with the line from Ehrenfried's property to Ilikutaia will be finished befor the New Year, in fact it is done from Kopu up to Marshall's, seven miles* At Ehrenfried'B rails and temporary waggons are being put on the ground ready to start work after the holidays. Fencing has been commenced at Ehretifried's and gone on with ta Pnriii station. All the out- fall drains and side drains will be fi.iished b} , Christmas,**, 'th tho exception of an outi fall drain at Marshall's one mile aud eight chains in length, which will probably not be completed till February. The contractors expect to break the neck of the contract during the ensuing summer. — Herald. Mr John Jl-wt, draper, Te Aroha, is now holding his first clearance eftle, and if offering special inducements to put chasers By reference to our advertising columna few leading piicea will be fotrn 1 quoted, but in every department pii-es will bt found indueive, with a vuriod stock to choose from. Mr T. Haywood, of Auckland, on Wednesday last took over the British Hotel, from Mr J. Gallagher, the late proprietor. Mr Haywood has had consideiable experience in hotel keeping:, and <s determined, by k3epingja first-class house and by carefu attention to the comfort of his patrons, to merit a large share of. suppo. t. It ia notified in our adverti <ing c >lumn that Mr Crump is prepared to tell s.itioiw

sin the Knukaka^towMship known as the I'uce coiir^.*. As title is the only freehold property, 'for Rale- in the Te Arohu distriot, ai{ opportunity occurs to secure allotments for building on, liberal, term*. The soil is vejy good, and adapted for orchards, market gardens, &c., and^ the township, situated immediately below the newly-discovered silver reefs', commands a magnificent view of the Thames river and adjoining station property. The tlree-acre settlers at Shaftesbury have been somewhat disturbed lately, by j fea«-s that they might be deprived of the sections promised to them when in England on condition of their coining out and remaining on them for three years. This period has now expired, but out of about 37 of theso families all but ten have been starved out, and compelled to abandon their allotments in order to go elsewhere to find work. Having reason to suppose that an attempt was being made to deprive them of their land, they decided to hold a meeting on the subject, and Mr Squirrell was asked to preside. The settlers expressed a wish to send a memorial to Sir George Grey asking that gentleman to take up their case and endeavour to protect their interests. The Chairman drew up a letter in accordance with their wishe* (which waB signed by all the three aero settlers now remaining except one), and forwarded the same together with a letter of his own. The following replies were received from Sir George Grey: — :< Kwau, Nov. 13th, 1885. • John Squirrel!,^ Eg.,—E q.,— Dear sir : I enclose you my reply to the Shaftesbury settlers, and thank you much for your extremely clear and intelligible letter. It was a great assistance to me ; I will do my very best .for them. If the Government doea not act a petition to Parliament will set all right for them. 1 have no time to write more.— Faithfully yours, G. Grey." The letter to the settlers was as follows :—": — " Kawau, Nov. 13th, 1885 — Gentlemen : I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ot October 20th which waa accompanied by an exceedingly clear uni full letter from Mr Squirrell. After giving the matter full consideration, I can hardly think that such an apparent act of injustice as you apprehend could be carried out, but I will forward your letter to the Minister for Lands and show him mow hard } our case would be if such a wrong as you dread waa inflicted on you. I will request that the Government, befo re issuing any grant to Messrs Giant aud Foster which may operate to your injury, will have an inquiry made into the case, f»nd and will in so far as lies in its poweis, protect your just interests. If you have any further trouble write to me, and I will do my best for you. — Faithiully joura, G. Grey." No business for the Te Aroha Licensing Bench this quarter. Usual monthly meeting of the Domain Board this afternoon. Messrs McConochie ane Houston (from Kuran^ahake) who have been prospecting in the vicinity ot the new find at Tui Creek for the piist fortnight, on Monday la<st pegged out three claims about a mile North trom the Champion Lodes, on the dirict line of the Chan pion reef, which distinctly out crops several chains in length and to a considerable height. On Wednesday Messrs Cleary and Shaw marked off two claims peg and peg with Messrs McC. and ITs above>ef erred to. The conferance of Thames and Ohinonmri County Councils met m the Thames Council Chambers on hist Tuesday respecting- the adjustments of assets an I liabilities, and after coa&iJciable discus sion, decided to adjourn till a future date. At the U.M.. Court on yesterday, no ctseb of importance were dealt with, most of the cases entered for hearing, having been settled out of Court.