Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2069, 18 January 1898, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News

TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1898. LOCAL AND GENERAL

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The movement on foot to establish a Are brigade at Karangahake is in a fair-way to consummation 1 We observe Captain Marsland's name ia associated with the movement, ■ _ Just; the thing f<Sr the warm weather, a f >air of ladies’Prunella Boots, buttoned or aoed, for 3s 6d at A W Edwards’; > worth 6s 6d per pair-r-Advt. We had occasion to visit the agency of the DSC in Whitaker Stieet, arid were struck with the variety and solid ' value of the goods there offered and represented. The latest consignment Mr May has received consists of a range of boots, and shoes of all descriptions, and as these are offered at warehouse'prices, our clients have a sp’endid opportunity of reaping the advantages offered by the enterprise of this popular Auckland firm. Yesterday morning while Mr Ernest Smardon was riding along Whitaker Street he met with ap. accident, being thrown from his famous bucking bronco ‘Ranjitsinghi,’ which has ‘ had it. in for him ’ for some time. Beyond a slight shake and a few superficial cuts, we are‘glad to say the popular young livery-stable keeper is none the worse for the misadventure.

The 1 Otago Daily Times ’ says —An amusing incident reported by a correspondent to have happened in one of the churches of this city is to the following effect:—An elderly, lady somewhat hard of hearing had procured an ear trumpet, and finding the instrument suited to the purSose took it with her to church to assist er in her devotions. When the minister grew warm and eloquent the good lady did not wish to lose a word of what he said and put the trumpet to her right ear. No sooner h«l she done so when a tap came on her shoulder from the pewkeeper, who in her ear,‘Gin ye blaw that trumpet here I’ll hae to pit ye oot I' Qn Sunday morning, between half-past ten and eleven o’clock, a horse driven by Father Kehoe bolted shortly after turning into the Te Aroha road, from Waiorongo* mai, where the reverened" gentleman had been celebrating early mass The animal he was driving a fine upstanding grey from Mr E Gallagher’s stables took fright at a portion of the harness swinging loose, not' having been, apparently, properly secured. Father Kehoe managed to retain sufficient control to keep the runaway in the centre of the road As the buggy past the Palace Hotel Mr Ernest Smardon, who was riding down Church Street, noticed that Father Kehoe was in difficulties and galloped to his assistance. Great credit is due to Mr Smardon for his promptitude Children’s white and embroidered" hats reduced from Is 9d to Is } sun bonnets 2s lid, reduced te la lid at A. W. Edwards —Adyt: : • ' •

One country paper owing its birth to the reoent mining boom has got to the end of its tether _ apparently. The Coromandel Sun, admirably edited by Arthur W. Attwater, has been obliged to suspend publication through no fault or mismanagement on the part of that gentleman. A meeting of creditors in the estate of Arthur W. Attwater, of Coromandel, journalist, was held on Friday at the Official Assignee’s office. Mr J. Lawson presided, and stated that, contrary to expectations, no offer had been received for the business as a going concern, though inquiries had been made regarding the plant for removal. The National Bank had a lien ot >£Bo npon the plant. Messrs Hellenstein, of Dunedin; held a mortgage over the building; but the half-year’s interest had been paid in 'advance, and nc payment of principal was due until 1899' After discussion it was decided to recom» mend the Official Assignee to realise on the property?as soon as possible, and to. facili. tate the bankrupt’s discharge, the creditors i expressing the ©pinion that the bankruptcy had been caused through misfortune, and through no fault or mismanagement of Mr Attwater, '<

Wise’s training stables, at Paeroa, were burned last week. The contents of the building were also consumed, and as they consisted of a break, several sets of harness, and horse-training essentials, the loss to Mr Wise will be about .£SO. The bnildingwas insured in the South British office for .£7O, but altogether the value of the property destroyed was £l2O. The origin of the fire is a mystery.

All millinery goods reduced to about half price at A. W. Edwards’,—Advt

From an' advertisment in another column it -will be seen that the Te Aroha Jockey Oluh will hold a meeting at 7.50 p m on Saturday next, at the Public Hall.

To-day the Hon A J Cadman is to be at Bombay, later he will visit Te Aroha and Paeroa.

■ The attendance of local milk suppliers is called to an advertisement in another column convening a meeting to consider the formation of a cooperative creamery. Anew telegraph wire is in course of erection between Auckland and Hamilton. In the past muoh inconvenience and delay have been experienced.. Cotton was imported into Japan from Bombay during ten months of last year to the extent of 407,930 bales, and it is probable the total for the year will show an increase of at least 100,000 bales over that of the preceding year. The Soudanese are gatheringiu force to resist the British troops, A battalion of the^Grenadier Guards has been ordered out to Egypt. Ladies and children’s hats must be cleared regardless of cost, A. W. Edwards.—Advt The Department of Agriculture has decided to store, free of charge, any parcels of cheese which have come to port for shipment, but which oannot be placed on board the Home steamers at once. Similar concessions were made by the Department last year in storing butier, the expenditure incurred being about £7.000, An orchardist of Kyneton, Victoria has a simple method of entrapping the codln rhoth. His method is to procure one of the common sticky fly-papers, and tie it round a lantern with a lighted candle inside, and at night hang the lamp up among the fruit trees. The light attracts the moths, and they get stuok on the paper,

It is stated that the Chinese in Well* ington are abandoning the laundry business as unprofitable, and are being shouldered out of the furniture trade. As a last resource they are going into the fruit trade and market gardening

Attention was called in the Herald the other day to the large number of sharks infesting the harbour at present. It would seem that these monsters are fairly thick also in the Manakau waters as several have lately been observed, and yesterday the crew of the s. s. Weka succeeded in landing one abont nine feet in length. Bathers should be on their guard against these brutes. Magnus, in his history of the Goths relates how the Laplanders used to sell winds, in later times the witches supposed to drive a roaring trade iu the same boisterous element, but if they had lived in Wellington at the present day they might have amassed fortunes beyond the dreams of Yesterday a happy wedding came near a tragic end. The bridegroom was driving a gig past the Ngahauranga Gorge when a sudden blast of wind hoisted the vehicle, threw it forward, forced the horse to his knees, and scattered the wedding presents on the road. The bridegroom, however, stuck gamely to rein’s, and was landed on the horse’s back, his nether garments being badly toin. The bride arid another occupant of the gig .miraculously escaped injury.

The stallion Zulu, stabbed at Christchurch on Christmas eve. was valued at £4OO. With the astuteness which has characterised the vile horse-killer since the time,. December 13th, three years ago when he killed his first horse the wretch left no trace of his identity and no due by which the dastardly crime could he sheeted home to him. During three years he has killed 17 horses whose aggregate value is nearly LI 000. Job lot of Boots, women and children’s, slightly damaged, being cleared at Is per pair; original price frotn 6s to 12s 6d a pair. AW Edwards,—Advt. /

To show how severely the sagacity of the postal authorities is occasionally taxed in forwarding letters, papers, and other missives to their proper owners through the carelessness of the senders, a case may be quoted which occurred not long ago. A gentleman of this city ordered a daily newspaper, printed in Russia, through Mr Jas Horsburgh. For along time nothing came of the experiment. At last the first number of the paper arrived several months late and adorned with as many post office stamps as the cover would hold. The following was the address printed in beautiful English capitals'— 1 Mr Tan Hersbnrgh, Donedin, New South Wales. (Wales)’ Of course though Mr Horsburgh had informed the sender in Russia that his name was ‘ James,’ and that be lived in New Zeand, the man in Russia knew hotter and substituted ‘Tas’ (which meanb Thomas in Russian) for James, and he also thought he knew that in order that the paper should reach New Zealand it would have to be addressed to New South Wales (Wales). The consequence was that tha paper made the whole tour of South Wales first and then of North Wales. After that it was Bent by way of Edinburgh to Dundee without finding the owner. In the end it came to New South Wale, where no doubt the Post Office Directory came to the assistance of the officials, and the trouble ended. Although no pains were taken to have the address altered the paper came egnlarly for the whole term of 12 months’ i-übscription.