DNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1889.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 340, 6 February 1889, Page 2

DNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1889.

'!• G-eo. Wilson, Mining- Inspector, - --3d at Te Aroha from Thames on ' < day evening, on a visit of inspection. Z: the forty six acres of Native land V ning^ the Te Arnha Hot Springs o am, intended for Domain extension, . jrnment have already paid £181 8^ Cbe estimated liabi'ity being £55.

Owing to the number of new arrivals during the past month or two, every available dwelling* house, both at Te Aroha and Waiordngomai is now occupied. We learn that Mr D. J. Frazer has this week disposed of his ten acre farm (having ' cottage, etc. thereon) across the river, to Mr J. Johnson, who had charge of the property known as " Carrs" for the B. NZ., until it was disposed of to Mr Adams. The attention of holders of business, residence, and machine sites, who may be in arrears with their rent, is directed jjto a notice from the Mining Inspector, which appears in our advertising columns to-day. The annual meeting of shareholders in the Te Aroha Public Hall Co., was held on Monday evening in the Hall ; when the i following directors were elected : Messrs j R, Harris, W, Hethrington, P. Faes, J, B. | Heathcote, and M, Hotchen, The monthly meeting of the Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain Board, which should have been held on Saturday evening last, lapsed owing to no quorum being present. Amongst others, the following postmasters have heen appointed by the Governor to receive statutory declarations under section 34 of the Justices of Peace Act : — Thomas Edward Olough, Te Aroha; James Henry Nicholls, Paeroa ; William Williams, Morrinsville ; Samuel Hairison, Lichfield j David Griffiths, Oxford ; Isabel Morrisy, Matamata. Te Aroha public school re-opened on Monday. » About fifteen new scholais have heen enrolled since tbe holidays. The teaching staff no»v consists of the head teacher, Mr W. H. P. Marsdon ; two assistant teachers, Misses Mulgan and Hould ; and a third year pupil teacher, Mr Wm. Simmonds. Mr H. H. Adams is having the flax swamp land on the property known as "Cams," and recently purchased by him from B. N, Z., cleared, and tbe fl.ix is being disposed of at Mr Coulthard's flaxmill whither it is now being carted daily. By advertisement it will be seen Mr Jas, Craig, Junr,, by instruction of the owners, will sell by public auction on Saturdaynext several valuable business and residence allotments, etc., at Te Aroha, Also household furniture and effects. The Thames papers report that on Thursday last " A widow in poor circumstances named Mrs Bridget McGarry was arrested and sent to gaol for seven days ' with hard labour for not having sufficient ■ property to meet the fine recently imposed uponher at the Police Court, for neglecting j send her children to school." Can anything more monstrous be oonceived ? During the year ending December 31st, 1888, the Broken Hill Proprietary Company (says the Silver Age), have treated 96,573 tons of ore, from which has been derived bullion representing upwards of 16,425 tons of lead, and 4,020,3700z of silver, or of money value broadly speaking of £900,664, This is an excellent output fiom a single mine, but on viewing tho stopes, whence has come the ore, it is astonishing to note how small a quantity of mineral has been removed to achieve that result, in comparison with what is now in sight and untouched. Applications for patents have been applied for by the following: J. 0. Firth, for a mixed flour, to be called Firth's Automatic Flour ; H. H. Adams and S, B, Firth, for an improvement in cylinders for rotary ore roasting furnaces. The ea^y manner in wlnVh people frequently 'eive themselves away' by signing petitions, respecting the real contents, or probable effects of which, they take little trouble to inquire into, has frequently come under our notice. Another instance has just occurred at Waiorongomai,\vherea petitionwasgotupon Monday evening, and represented to be deserving of the general support of the resident?, with respect to the conservation of water supply for domestic purposes ; a copy of which will he found in our report of the Warden's Court. When it was found, however, by some who had thoughtlessly. | attached their names to the petition, that the first result of its being granted would be to hamper tho Te Aroha S, and G. M. Co, in their operations, they greatly regretted having done so, and a coun-ter-petition was at once set on foot, and is we understand being very largely signed. No person should allow themselves to be persuaded into signing their names to a document of any kind, without first fully satisfying themselves its contents are such as theyreallv approve of. The Temperance News states the settlement at Mildurfi established by the Chaffy brothers will prove interesting, not only as an " irrigation " colony, but as den.onstiating whether in Australia the same, results fo'low af in other places where intoxicntinsr drinks are not permitted to he sold. Mildura is practically a prohibition colony. the Government having empowered the enterprising firm directing npeiationßto exclude puhlic-hou^e^. Tt is perhaps early yet to speak of results, but the Argus con espnndent on the 24th Nov., ■ says .— " One of the most notable features of Mildura is the absence of anything approaching crime in the settlement, notwithstanding that we have a population of 5000 rouls. One schno! is at work with promising results, and several churches are in course of erection." We are further informed that application has been made to the New South Wales Government for n lea^e of the land on the opposite Bank of the Murray an as to prevent drink in the vicinity of the settlement, and that the application has been granted. The friends of sobriety will have a double interest therefore in the success of the irrigation colony. A correspondent of an Auckland paper writes ;—"; — " The Auckland wool sellers have not participated in the general rise in the markets — amounting to about L 400,000 — since last season. There are but four or five buyers here, all local men. There is no competition. London wool sales have been all rising every time. Last advice, December 17th : — ' Greasy wool adyanced Id. per Ib. ; cross-bred, Id. per Ib. ' December 4th : ' London greasy advanced Id. per Ib. ; buyers operatiug with spirit,' Christchurcb, the wool metropolis of the colony ; At the first wool sale 1,125 bales sold ; prices Id per lb. more than last year's stiles, Christchurch, second sales : Wool closed higher than on the first day ; top price, IOJd. for half-bred ewe wool. I know of sellers only able to get Id. less than last year's receipt for the same wool, instead oL Id. per lb. rise, or a loss of 2d Farmers must co-operate*" — Rangitikei Advocate, 1