LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4384, 11 March 1909, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A full m eting of Cabinet is to be held this week, when a large number of important matters will be dealt with.

A general meeting of the members of the Waihi Miners’ Union will be hel 1 on Saturday, 13th, at 8 o’clock. The requisition asking the Mayor of Wellington (the Hon. T. W. Hislop) to eontest the Mayoral election next April, has 1 een presented to him. It contains 4256 signatures, and is forty-four feet in length Ml- John Wild's tenders have been accepted for painting “Te Aroha House,” recently acquired by Mr J. Salmon; and alsi Messrs Gordon Bros.’ stables (lately Mr P Hogan’s) Unless we are visited with a downpour of rain shortly, the outlook in Te Aroha and district, will be serious. The reservoirs—both electric and domestic supply—are going down, and the whole country side is presenting a parched-up appeax-auce.

The majority of the settlers throughout this district appear to be of the opinion that a Co-operative Bacon Factory should be set in motion. Mr Lennard, of Waihou, has called a ineiting of those interested, to be held in the Waihou Public Hall, on Friday evening next. It is expected the Hall will be crowded.

On March 3rd, 1874, just thirty four years ago, Karangahake was declared a goldfield by James Mackay, of Paeroa, who was then land commissioner of the district. There are a few old prospectors still here, having a vivid recollection of the occasion, who tells us that the bulk of the population was at Mackaytown, but a number of prospectors were engaged in the vicinity of the Talisman mine.—Advocate.

Regarding the fatal accident to Frank Creighton at Katikati, the dece sed has been working at Kctikati for some two years, and was always highly respected by all with whom he came in contact. A. piece of the flying pulley of the hauling engine practically cut him in half, and yet he lived for about 15 minutes afeerwards. The only words he uttei-ed were, “ It's hard luck.” Mr A. J. Farmer is at present on a visit to Te Aroha. Mr Farmer during his many years residence in Te Aroha, did a tremendous amount of good for the whole district. It was Mr Farmer who purchased, and cut up the Manawaru block, and called the attention of outsiders to the claims of the neighbourhood as profitable farming land. Mr Farmer also cut up the Hungahunga and other blocks. Land that Mr Farmer sold a few years ago for from £1 5s to £3 per acre is now fetching as high as from £lO to £ls.

A former Amokura lad, J. Hannan, of Orepuki, Southland, is now a quartermaster on the Federal-Houlder-Shire liner Rippingham Grange, which is at present en route from England to Australia, He is only 17 years of age, and after leaving the Amokura joined the Rippingham Grange as an ordinary seaman.

After Juue next hospital nurses have to pass an examination in invalid cooking and before they can obtain a certificate, and taking this into consideration it was decided at last night’s meeting of the Hospital Trustees to ask the director of the local Technical School to commence classes in this subject at the beginning of the second quarter. We noticed Messrs Flynn Bros.’ compact chaff-cutting plant drawn up alongside of a good-sized stack in Mr Fitzgerald’s Ruakaka property, operations upon which are to be commenced to-day. The privileges in connection with the Ohiuemuri Jockey Club’s meeting were sold by auction as follows : —Gates, 171, J. Harvey; grandstand and saddling paddocty £l2O, E. Bain ; publican,s booth. £l47' 10s, J. Sweeney ; refreshment booth No. 1, £l2, Mrs Bresnahan; refreshment booth No. 2, £8 10s, T. Lupas; cards £SO, W D. Nicholas; hotse padd ck 15s, W. Emett, The mine manager of the R’sing Sun Gold Mining Company, Ltd., repor s for tie week ending March 6,1909, as follows “ Have started work at the miue with two hands, and am at present ge'ting in readiness for the start of the low level tunn l. Am engiging more men to commence work next week. ” In addition to stock, etc., already entered, two double-furrow ploughs will bn offered at the Waihou sale on Friday. The ' unfortunate young worn «n refei red to in our last issue, was removed to the Hamilton Hospital by yesterday morning's train. She is in a v *ry low state, and doubts arc entertainel as to her recovery. Once again frantic efforts are hiring made by the bead of a ‘ payab e i conc< rn ” not a th usmd miles from Te Aroha. to induce individuals with abundance of spare eipilal to iuvi s*. The number of times this particular individual lias managed to get hold of the spending of oth°r people's sp ire cash is som‘‘thing astonishing, each time with the same result. “It doesn’t matter who sinks a> long as I swim ” appears to b the policy of this budding Carnegie.

Yesterday afterto'rn Councillors Annan, Spence, Rowe, Hubbard and Jackson, accompanied by the Clerk (Mr F. Wild) and the N kws repre entative, .paid a visit to the Power Home, sitmtel at the fo >t of the Tui Hill. The visit was wado for the purpose of se ing the new machinery, driven by a suction gas plant, put in by M-sm-s J ini Chamber and Son, by their engineer, Mr L. Dunningbam. The par's were shown over the works by Mr Crasher, Borough Electrician, and when the new 7.j ton wheel w s set in in itiou, the whole thing worked like so much clock-work, repeating very creditably on the workmanship of Mr Dunningham, The extra power supplied by the additional machinery will be very acceptable.

Real Scotch meat pi s every Saturday by a real Scotch baker, try them. Wigg and Co. —Advt. Mr A Warner, S afford, N.Z , writ-8 “ A few months a*.o while working in a at- re at Uti u 1 liad a seven* attack of colic and diarrhoea. As I was steadily growing w >rs • I decided to try Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy, and I was surprised to find that it only took a few doses to cure me. Since then I have n« vor 1 >st an opportunity to recomwe d it to any of my frien’s xuffe.ing from the same complaint.” For sale by J. B Johnson, Agent. —Advt.