TURUA NOTES.

Thames Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 8608, 12 March 1897, Page 2

TURUA NOTES.

(Own Correspondent)

Tuitu.v, March 9. j The topsail schooner Zive has ar- '. rived to load timber for Lyttelton. She brought 36 tons of rails for the Waihi Goldming Company, and -was eight days on her voyage from Lyttel- i ton here. ' I

The Janet (cutter) brought a load j of gravel for the footpaths, arriving 1 on Sunday last, and is now loading ! with timber for Coi'omandel. I Mr A. H. Shroff, who was one of the candidates last November at the annual examination for the degree of . 8.A., has just had the pleasing in- : telligence that he has passed, and is ' now qualified to append the magic ' letters of his degree to his name, j His success is the result of sheer hard work and pluck, and he deserves the honor which is now his.

On Saturday work -was stopped all day, and young and old gave themselves up to pleasure seeking. All the children, and a good many of the adults, left about 8 a.m. iv the p.s. Patiki en route for Te Puke, arriving there in about four hours. The afternoon was pleasantly passed, being devoted to various amusements, such as foot races for the children, bathing, and visits to Paeroa, the latter being visited chiefly by the elder ones. Prom the talk that I have since heard of the palatial hotels of the place, they seem to have bulked largely on the vision of the visitors (but most of them returned sober), The steamer left on her homeward trip about 6 p.m., and all were safely deposited on the wharf at Turua about eleven, having had a very enjoyable day. The new steamer Kia Ora happened to be lying at Te Puke during Saturday. A large number paid her a visit, and all speak very highly of the way they were received, by Oapt. Roberts and his crew and of t^e superior accommodation provided on board for both ladies and gentlemen, especially the former. Although she has been running on the river for more than three weeks she made her first slopage at Turua to-day (Tuesday) for a number of passengers. Traffic on the river continues very brisk, not a day passing without one or more sailing vessels passing up or down. Sometimes three or four ai*o in sight at the same time, besides the daily arrival and departure of steamers to and from Auckland. The school library has had some additions made to it during the past week.