TE AROHA.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XVI, Issue 5186, 5 June 1885, Page 2

TE AROHA.

~ . [FROM OUR OWN'mRRESPOMEN'I I !f ' ji:-,i«v&-'« iTE,AßOHA,;iThursday.. •; An association whose' : head.(fiSHere is. loctited ! at'%aiordn'gornai, who eomo ■ time ago petitioned the Hon. Mr Ballance for. perm,isßipn to .occupy a.block of .Jandrin tlio King,'Country,';and form a seraimilitary "settlement, haye in reply bean', ,tHe Government ( dpjti\gt ro-, quirejthe services of rmilitary settlers, and furtHeribat'the' title.'to the land is not yet, acquired, consequently their petition cannot bo entertainod, at the % samo time the aaeociatiohareadyieed that a blg t ck of land containing,about ncrea,; be-, tween Te Aroha old landing is.ippen able terms. A meeting of those interested will be * held i shortly ito.'.conaid.er the pro* posal. ■ ■ : tf%~\:hXi^;;*\\ip.:;.;/: : r ,:_ "■• Tawhia6;and party took their departure frorh''here i; for Waikatb r last highly pleased with/the ; kind entertainment received 'frotor \Keir',people in this. district;;^;•^;;/-:-;j , ;;^-^:W^:; :_ : :: I am informed bi^'gooji ; ' au)hprity ; that tbefe_ ■ the statement .raacle at: tho latel'meeting of the; Piako.,County Council -by;the Chairman, that; lerguspnV battery was in' dan* :ger of being wiped;out in about.two, years .by land slips, and. thaftheiconnectionffrom the tramway would, tend to.hasten'sach a catastrophe. -It is to be.regretted that private enterprise-Bhould'.receivesSt little encouragement from' the'powers'that be, and that such statements should•• be'circiila(ed ■ whfch can only ;hWe ! \.the. effect of drivingcapitalfrom , the'pjacq.^f v .■ t iThe.Colonist Mine ■Very shprtiy i^.un^er';jti!e!,i maiaa§feinent'"-6f Mr E. Quin mine),/an,'; that; ,)me given etttisfactionihere. f .The,cbrnpAnyXrej<}alling for.lendere, Returnable ioniSatDrdayjrnext, for breaking out 400' tons ofvquarta'.i '.'■ ■ ;;■■•. .J-;'-J ,'i/ f i": v.'m'ii if mi 11 .'i. "•; :■:■;.;■,