WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19,1888.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 326, 19 December 1888, Page 2

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1888.

Application willl be made to Comity Council to-morrow,, by .petition from the* si'ttlers and other* in t ere* tod, to have the means of oros«ing the Wai hon rivpr at Murphy 1 * Landing restored; uith'T by the conjunction of a -traffic bridge, or restoration of thp pnnt. Tilt; matt°r is »nre to be carefully considered by the Council, who, judging 1 by the opinions *>xpressed some little time a$, r o wlien t ho matter war disous«ed by thorn, are by no moans unfavourably disposed towards the proposal to construct a bridge at this point, provided the necessary funds were available. There can he no doubt n briilKC''at this crossing would ! prove a great convenience, and there could be no objection to its erection, provided the Waitoa and Te Aroha Ridings each bore theii fair proportion of the cost ; but to entertain the idea of constructing the bridge at the expense o. f To Aroha Riding alone would be most unfair. Too long by far Te Aroha Riding wae saddled with the entire subsidy-^iven Mr Murphy for bis punt, whilst as a matter of fact it is residents in the Waitoa Riding who would chiefly make use of either bridge or punt at this place. In any cape we do not think the Council are likely to entertain the suggestion to make another start in the direction of punt subsidising. - The punt is at best but a poor substitute for a bridge, whilst it means in rough figures the ratepayers contributing about LIOO perannum for its maintenance (that is between the subsidy of LB6 hitherto given, and the fees paid for crossing ),whilstatlhe end of ench year they have nothing to show .for the money, and are no nearer being - frf ed from this heavy taxation thnn-before. Bcsides,the punt service is a slow, irregular, and unsat^factoryone in many ways. ' Less than half the buui specified would far more than pay interest on the first cost of a substantial traffic jjridge. ' Even' a good suspension, bridge would be better than a pnnt, and could probably be constructed for about Ll 50. There »ne several such in OiiiiH'muri, available for foot aud horse traffic, but not for wheel tiaffiu. It is uriifcipaiJy foot passengers and horve meu that' would utilise a bridge at this place. But if the Council can'sco their way clear to obtain the netvssary funds, a traffic bri Ige would be far tWo must preferably.

The monthly mafeting of Piako County Council will be held at Cambridge tomorrow.. •' jAmonjrst the visitors duiinc the past weeif at'Tfc Aroha wa« Mv'D. OBrien, the owner of a number of well-known racehorses. Mr OBrien bag ju-t lefurned from Melbourne, where bis horuo Carbine \yqn three races tiud was a close second in .tire'Derl y. : * A meeting- of the Accident Relief As-* socMtion, Waioiongoraai (which was fprmed on 7th April last, for the benefit of all nw»n employed -by the Te Aroba S. agd G.M. Co., who contributed* 6d each weekly to the fund), \vaBllield in the jpublic IJall, Waiorongomai, on Monday Evening," Mr ' Job n'Soptierville 1 in the chair, ttesolutions were passed forming a comjriitf cc *to take 'charge of the "balance in band r (about £57:)^wbifb it was decided to distribute amongst the members in proportion to the nmourit they had each contributed, after a few small liabilities hiid been- provided frr. About thirty voted in favour of this coum« being adopted ; whilst about half that number Mere in ffivour- of the money in Imnd being banded oye.r an a nucleus wherewith to start a now relief fund. A meeting will tir^t have to b& held to confirm the resolutions' parsed on Monday evening, however, before the money can be distributed in the manner proposed. -We recently had -an opportunity o£ in Bpectiiig-tlie" new stables, etc., erected by Messrs Bradley and Co. at. Thames. The is an e3t;jellent. freehold witli frontage |o .Brown street, close to Koyal Hotel, and Qxterids right through to Beach htroet, a (jistan'ce.of^bout 250 feet. The building erected Js 115 feet lopg,_b3 33 feet \vidp, ( "t^'-Jeet studs. The 6r«it 20 reet being used! as a carriage, depusitory,' and this portion' cfiniea a second storey, _ with tfeparate entrance from Brown street. This tipper s&uey is divide^" into tw6-cpmp t urtmentt> 1 tUB first being cohifortably up as a booking office, and is well supplied, with gqijde books, .maps, etc., .for the uHe»of intf rfdiifg travellers, \vlio* ifan Here obtain fujl -information ajrid b,(JQk4heirseutB. The found tickets issued by ,tl>e railway <3epttftiiienrt for Auckland 'a.n^\'TljajrieH AroHa and. vice-, ve'rva, a?e' available by this_line, Qf; coaches.. V The, inner rpqmjs j|§ttd- as" a y b! eepi fig l co rn ptf ftken tlljy %\fe ■ proprietors when f 6 rpqiijied. Th.efe.is a grbo^B,bpuBe^?jm\nedittjely*at the' rear- of ;the{B,{aßreri;; "softh'at hor'iea^or vojijcles^an4>ej. oßiainedl a't-uiny £}$&$ 'day- ,o t :'J'n iglit^ , jDiantiuicluaes about, 4o;hArnej9)^ndj»ddle^ loie^i^OJ'^ey eryi\ii6scripxion . ;fj^om^th^^Bin^|fe'i^^odi's^u^^ i^^^itp^tjife?

.On iVhmliiy, next" Mr R; \(i iUn«rl»»r wi'l. , : 'f *p»i*f»* , t\ Hfipr'i;il '."(jnnrilttp Mon inK*. ill' 1 ' »i"olj?nortj»; andjifnsfixVd llm return I'nrn »t ,tho fiillowingjyfcry low ; vM^, vijs.^frnih" \Vm faron gpniai 5s ; f r^n\ ,"A rbhn , 3m ,6tl .' , - Mr\K. V.-Cox, eof c of Shnffehn'iy," \» this* spa<*on draining extensively hy^me^ns of ti-tre? nr.derfdrairvs 3ft.' deep*' So "fur as Mr Cox's "oxperipncp gn>R 4irjtli resppot to< this form of , drain, >Jie Wpr4«ses him«< i l£ ns _\v<*ll\plen«ied with \ha lesuit,'^he .'dj'ninn referred *to haying hud the effect of thoroughly drying some of the riohest swhrm land, thnt. portion of which is now* cropped with potntoes, onions, enrrota, etc., which are doin«j remnrkably well, The next meeting of the School Fete Conmiitteo will- be held in the schoolhonfle to-morrow (Thursday*) evening, at 7 "o'clock. Af» H. Ruttie, of Annnndnle, was. | rrturnincr from Mr Qlns«ford'B pale on H T ednppday Inpt, the horspß of the bucfif} )»r war driving »HpppH on fttiglit pinch of tlip rnnd l)«t\vo"n Liohfield nnd Matnmntn, hrinsrinc the hnggy over the embankment, which 1 resulted in the breaking of the nxiG'pole nnd losr of n wheel. Fortunately no ono was hurt. We diroct nttontion tp advertisement announcing that Mr Jus. Craig, junr,, will sell by public auction on Saturday next thnt very desirable three-roomed cottage, at Te Aroha, the property , of JVlr JR. Michael, with. acre of fiift-claBß lnnd ; including excellent garden and orchard, etc Messrs T, Donovan and party, contractors for sinking a shaft fifty feet on the Alameda Specfnl Claim, Wniorongomai township, abandoned their contract on Saturday, last owing to the grent inflow of water, which has now filled the shaft to a depth of about twelve feet. The contractors were making good headway prior to the water difficulty, and had sank the shaft forty feet. We diroct attontion to Mr R. Harris' advertisement. Mesars Bradley and Co. announce that they will despatch a specinl conch to Thames from Te Aroha on Sunduy morning next. The programme of the grand concert and dance, to be held in Waiorongomai Public Hall on Friday evening next, is publishei in our columns to-day. The proceeds will be devoted to the public school fund. The programme is an attractive oi.e, the object for which the entertainment is being got up i« one in which every person is, or should be, interested. The committee of nnnagement tire making evpry needful prep'initionVmd we anticipate a bumper house will reward their effoj ts. jf Mr T. Trafford, surgeon dentist, Auckland, may new bo consulted a£ f Mr G. Robson's, Te Aroha. Mr W. S. Evans, piano tuner, is now at Te Aroha. Orders left at Hot Springs Hotel will be. attended to.