TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1872, 5 July 1884, Page 2

TE AROHA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Te Aroiia, Wednesday. The forc-bodinga of the pessimists amongst ua who have persistently looked forward to the winter months as to a to a period of exceptional dullness and depression have not been reali ed to the extent that was anticipated. Dull times there certainly have been and some little while may yet have to elapse before any decided improvement is perceptible, but there is good reason for believing that the worst is over and that the appioachmg spring will terminate the winter of our discontent. The increased yield of gold for the last month as compared with the returns of the previous few months has revived the hopes of even the most inveterate cioakers, who now admit that theie may after all be same grounds for the expectations of those who have never from the fiist lost faith in the ultimate prospeity of the field. The doubts of the most sceptical as to the lasting nature of our reefs are being steadily,thoughjit may be slowly dispelled, as discoveries such as those in the low levels of the New Find and Colonist companies are brought to light, and confidence in the permanence of the mines ia gradually being restoied as their development progi esses. The older claini3 just mentioned keep up their reputation, and others have now to be added to the list of steady and payable goltl-uioduuers. Amongst the latter may be classed the Canadian, the Eureka, the Inverness, the Diamond Gully and other properties, some of which uvc now, and the rest shortly will be, in a position to keep up regular supplies of quaitz for the battery. W lien all of these mines get into full work the present crushing power on the field will be quite insufficient to meet their requirements ; but it is gratifying to know that this difficulty will be to aome extent met by the new mill v Inch is about to be erected close to the mines. The present Battery Com pany, it is rumoured, will also before long add another 40 head of stampers to their plant, and if this be time there will bo ,no lack of facilities. It is to be hoped that these woiks will be canied out I without delay, for upon them depends the | further progress of the field, which only i requires these aids to bring about that period of prosperity which the recent increased gold returns cncouiage us to expect, It was generally thought here that the forthcoming election ot a member for Waikato would have resulted in a walk over for Mr J, B. Whyte, but it has been whispered about today that an opponent is likely to be brought forward, and that !Mr de Lautour is the man. Whate\er may be the chances of the new candidate in other parts of the electorate, his prospects of support in this quarter cannot be said to be very blight. Mr Whyte ani nounces his intention of addressing the electors here at an early date, and he will doubtless ieceivc the geneions reception whicli his past faithful services entitle him to. The weather which has for the last week or ten days been mild and rather wet has now changed, and sharp frosts have again set in to bear out the truth of the adage, that as " the day lengthens the cold strengthens." The moist atmosphere and the sloppy state ot the giound have been a hindrance to out of-door sports. In footballing nothing has been done since the match played at Moninsville, and the only event now pending is one with the Waitoa men, which will come ofF, weather permitting, on Saturday next.