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Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2078, 12 February 1898, Page 2

The Piako Comity Council will meet on Thursday next at Morrinsville. rWaihaye received a prospectm,of Ah®, Auck land Industrial & Minihg Exhibition^ to be opened on Dec. Ist, 1898, fromllfr E. Kent, President of the Chamber of Commerce. The runagate, Wm. Knox,-the hero of a angular escapade, in which HO successfully defied rearrest by the police for 'a period of 2 months, after breaking away, and who was recaptured at Morrinsville this weeb was sentenced to two months imprisonment, in addition to his present sentence. Knox has a had record it appears. » % vye heard last night that as a result of; the roccut valuation Te Aroha is qualified to petition the Governor in Council to form its township district into a borough. The ■returns place her just .636 to ,-the right, i side of the required amount. t Warden Bush ruled in the Court yesterday that any fenced land, which was not fenced according to the provis onso£“ The Fencing Act." would in the eyes of the- law, be considered unfenced land, and dealt with accordingly.

In issuing our bills for subscriptions due for tbe end of the year 1897, errors in due dates of subscriptions may have occurred, in consequence of tbe system, or lack of system,employed in keeping the subscribers’ list hitherto. In endeavouring .to adjust accounts between ourselves, and our numerous readers, mistakes _ have- apparently been made, in some instances of an ex&remly annoying character —a matter of sincere regret on ©ur part. Col. Kerr-Times, Chairman of tbe Monte- ! znraa Gold Mining. Company; who has been staying in Te Aroha for some time, occupying rooms at the Family Hotel, departs this morning for the old country, being due in London in April, about the middle of which month the annual meetiug of his compary takes place. Col. Tunes is enthusiastic;in his praise ©f the climate of New Zealandf-and declares h's intention of 'revisiting the colony next year in all probability. ; f, ; 5 ' At tbe Warden’s Court yesterday, when dealing with some of the claims for arrears of rent, Warden Bush asked the registrar iff holders of residence sites always kept their miner’s rights renewed. The Begistrar replied that this was hardly ever ! done, whereupon His Worship replied., in effect, “ Quite* right too, if they pay their, rent they do very well.” May this not have a bearing on the vexed question of’ -Business licenses ?' If a. party pay their rent, why should they not be permitted io rest in peace as far as taking out a license to carry *on business is concerned.-** (Communicated), ' ,

Cta Thursday evening, "at the Town Hall, a meeting cMhe Literary and Becieation. Society took place, the Vicar being in the chair. chiefe*question, discussed yvik the advisability of building a suitable hall. After considerable discussion it was: d:cided to instruct the secretary (Mr Watson) to make arrangements with Mr Bell for renting the Town Hall stage and adjoining room. The work of procuring the nece sary furniture and arranging for the lights was. left to- the Executive Committee*! It was decided to open the. Societyon. Wednesday evening next, when the, President (the Rev. E. J- McFarland) will deliver an inaugural address, on the uses and advantages of Literary societies. Ladies were cordially invited to attend. A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded the business. ;%

At the meeting of the Shooting C >mmittee last nipht it was decided to elect a team l,or the return match against the Nava Is. which takes place at the Thames on Saturday, the 19th inst., from the f. [lowing'Lieut Scott, Sergt Hanhy, Salmon, Stanley (or McFee), t ince Sergt Maingay, Lance Corp Buchan, Catlson, Vol C"rD J B, Kerr, Forrest, Strange, Salmon and Summers. Practice at the range on Thursday next.

Mr E D. Hoben, formerly on the staff cf the ‘Hawke's Bay Herald,’ but recently assistant editor of the ‘.Sydney Mail,* proceeds bom© as London correspondent of the ‘ Sydney Morning Herald.’ v

A young Maori woman named Polly Nathan was committed for trial at the Thames, for breaking into Mary Burton’s home at Parawai. The Te Aroha C.O. list of engagements is full for the remainder of the season, matches having been arranged with Morrinsville, Waihi, Thames (one day match), Paeroa, etc. The Morrinsville match, on account of the Show, it was deemed advisable to postpone* Mr Ernest Pavitt and party have been engaged during the week resurveying the Hay Break claim at Waiorongomai, Owing to the inclemency of the weather they were unable to complete the survey as early as was expected.

Mr Cousins, Survey Inspector, and party are at present at Waiorongomai, engaged on’Government work. Two members of the party paid * flying visit to Te Aroha on Wednesday, walking in ; after taking a bath and seeing the sights they made a start on the return journey at half-past four, by way of the Bald Spur and the -Trig, arriving in camp on the Waioron gomai hill at seven o’clock, after a thoroughly enjoyable day. *, We should add that the parties in question were aged nine and ten respectively.

There is a boom in New Zealand houey'just now. It obtains in the market the highest price of all imported honey, realising at the present time 35s per cwt. It is described by one authority as “ a beautiful honey, just suited to English tastes, which do not favour strong flavoured articles of any kind.” The ebcalyptus flavour is complained of in the case of the Australian honey, which only brings 20s to 255, as against New Zealand’s 355. It seems to me (says Mr Labouchere in Truth) that advocates of teetotalism make a great mistake when they indulge in such outrageous remarks as the- following, which I take from a speech delivered by the Rev. L. M. Isitt at a recent meeting at Liverpool, “He confessed before God that, great as was his hatred of slavery, he would rather be slave owner, a kidnapper upon the African Coast, than he would sell this poison to his fellowcountrymen for common consumption!” It is,- of course, a matter of taste.-* If this reverend gentleman would sooner be a slave dealer than a publican, I'can only say that Ido not admire Ms choice. To my mind, moreover, such language as he used is likely to do the cause of temperance far ihore harm than good. It is a very considerable time since such an opportunity for the display of enterprise in illustrated journalism occurred as that afforded during the past weok, and the ‘ Graphic ’ proprietors have taken full advantage of the same. The photos which appear in this week’s issue of the Ponsonby fire are without doubt almost’ sensational in their realism. Mr Walrond’s picture of Mendal’s premises, taken J O minutes after the alarm, has been pronounced by experts to be the finest illustrations of “ Fire!” ever seen in the colony. A copy of the photo is to be sent Home to the big photo- exhibition at the Crystal Palace. It is of course accorded a place of honour !in the ‘ Graphic.’ Then, again, there is the Stella-Waitemata collision, which affords Mr Ryan an ample change to display his talents, a chance of which he takes full advantage. His i large picture is excellent. The letterpress is equally good:. r \

‘ To meet the increased demand for land (says the New Zealand Herald) in the Auckland district, it has been 1 decided to.throw open several thousand acres in the Okauia settlement for selection on lease in perpetuity. The i land is contained in. the Wairere and Tapapa survey districts, and is situated about four and a-half miles from the iMatamata railway station, and 16miles- south of Te Aroha. The flat land consists of a few inches of soil resting on pumice- sand ; the hills carry , ; fair grass ; the bush clearing, effected by the Estates Company, carries good grass ; there are hot springs near the bridge spanning the Waihou River, and the bush is composed of tawa, 1 hinau, a few rinau-s, etc., but none of 'these of large quantity os- special value. The land will be open for selection on Monday, February 21st. I -In replying to an address at Port Chalmers, Lord Ranfurly said I earnestly trust that the cloud’s which have lately obscured the horizon. and threatened to destroy our peace may . soon be dissipated, but should the storm break over England, then will be tbqfday for her colonies te pro-ve ( thoir, ; patriotism and fidelity,’ 1 arid; remembering a glorious past,- to stand side by side with her as brethren ia a common danger, determined to maintain the honour of the British flag and the; supremacy of Anglo-Saxon race.as against all the world. It is with, pride s and pleasure I note your willingness so to do. I desire to make . myself fully acquainted with the people and the country throughout the length and .breadth of these beautiful islands, and though my time in each 'place must necessarily be limited, my .intention is to; visit in succession, as soon as possible, every district and every borough throughout New Zealand.*

In reference to the recent heavy fine imposed on Mr Spooner for printing a few verses of doggrel without the printer’s name being attached, the following petition to the Minister for Justice, for a remission of the Govern-ment-portion of the fine (£120) has been signed- by practically the whole of the printing trade of Auckland : “ We the undersigned printers, carrying on business in the City of Auckland, have read Mr Spooner’s letter to the Hon., the Minister of Justice, dated the sth February, 1898, and .we support his request. We consider that the provisions, of section 20 , .of the Printers and Newspapers Registration Act, 1868, are unnecessarily arbitrary and severe, and we respectfully urge upon the Government the desirability of modifying the law, and allowing a magistrate to have an official discretion as to the amount of the fine which should in each particular case be inflicted . ”