BAY OF PLENTY TIMES. "The spirit of the times shall teach me speed.” KING JOHN, ACT IV. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1872.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 30, 14 December 1872, Page 2

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES. "The spirit of the times shall teach me speed.” KING JOHN, ACT IV. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1872.

' The public well is completed, a bountiful supply ;of good water being obtained at a depth of 9ft. ■Wo understand that Mr Edis, Engineer of tha : Southern Cross, has kindly offered to give the . Board the benefit of his professional knowledge in selecting a suitable pump. Mr Ellis recom'■mends a wooden pump on a new- principle, which would bo less costly and en-d»r to repair. The Trustees will make their decision on receiving Mr L,^^ i 3 report by return of steamer. ; The great King meeting, to be held at Maunga, i lautari, will take place about the 21st January. The reason of its being deluded, is to allow the. potatoe crops to ripen that there' may bo no lack of provisions. The Kgutihaua are "at Eatikati, collecting fish for the occasion. We perceive that the Manasing Kace Stewards hive already commenced their duties in preparing the race course for the Meet. An advertisement invitiug tenders respecting same will be fouud iu another column. We have been favoured by Mr Chad wick with a sample of realiy sph-ndid* wheat, &rown upon his estate at the Gate Pa Mr Chad wick informs us that he has 70 acre* of the same kin 4 of wheat cultivation, which promisor to yield at least 50 bushels to the acre. ___ Hori Ngawhare, an influential chief of the Ngatiraukawa tribe, died at the Waotu last Mond.-iy. This ehi.-f wns favourable to the coastruetion of roads through hid district. Tha Town Board are waxing wroth at the number of coilarlessa and illegal dogs who • wander at large, and a gr : md tied cay at the Resident Magistrate's Court is in contemplation. We would t=u»g-bfc thr.t "Mr Post Laureate Ssimutlt." be request,-d to write a poem on tha mutter at issue, and each owner presented with a copy. The punishment, would be greater tbaa any line that could be imposed. We have been charged with, and found of, a sin of omission, and hasten to irmke the amende honorable. In a " local "on Wednesday we stated that commissions from ins Excellency the Governor had been received by Lieutenants Samuels and Morrison. T. K.V., but we were not aware until the following morning that C:ipt:un Morris also, as Captain commanding the corp-*, obtained his commission at tie same time. We were under the impression, somehow, that Captain Morris was in receipt, of the military document some time ago, and take the earliest opportunity of acknowledging the mistake. We have to apologise to our subscribers at the ! Gate Pa for the lite delivery of the BaT oS | I'lk.nti' TiiTES la>t Wcdnesdrtv. Mr MasweU i very kindly forwards the papers bv his cart, bat | unfortunately a slight accident occurred on tha , i road going out, and the driver had to return—- ] hence the delay. : j Mr Hamlin, B.M. for Maketu, will retars [ overland frons Knplcr*during uext Tvsek.

o Idie * >pepe fSteiu ) rial and District School being at length finished, tho e.muuidce decided r hir ;dfthey could get tho assistance of the Sadies of Tauranga, they would open it with a soiree. The ladies responded uiaufuUi/, and wo have crest pleasure in informing our readers that the said soiree will take place on Mouday r. By our advertising columns it will be psreeived tea is to bo followed by instrumental and vocal music, interspersed with readings . au ,| knowing, ns we do, those who have taken in hand the management of the aflhir, we feci sure jj.,tSung "ih be* left undone that can possibly tend to r.fford n good evening’s enttirtuinment. Tea is to bo on the table at half-past six, and w<wc'uU impress noon the public, both for their own sakes and th xt <d the ladies who will preside, the necessity ef punctuality. It woaul be a pitv, indre i, if tlie af'tet arrangements had t » bo-- e«V tailed in cou.-cquorme of a “ late tea.” The committee, wo understand, have had a proper read iuid out to the school from Cameron Hoad, opposite Mr Darby’s house. A meeting of the race stewards was held on Wednesday evening uc the Ta u ran go. l.iotcl— Captain Gundry in the chair. Too committee brought in their six' sm-iption list* for examination bv the treasurer. Al‘t>. rwards Mr Samuels delivered his Ituancial statement, which, being high’y gatHfaetory, was, as is usual in such cases, l-mdiv applauded. -Mr Asicor proposed, and -\i. r Connor gecoruled, “ That the race course be at once {irepared for the coming meeting and opened as soon as pr-aclicabie, anti the managing stewards be an’ horisad to make the necessary arrangements and defray ail expenses attending the construction th-reuf” Captain G-undry and Mr Connor were eiseted managing stewards. After the usual rote of thanks to tho chairman, the m-eting ad j earned until Tuesday evening, at 8 o’c.ock, ac the Victoria Hotel. Tho adjourned public meeting respecting the formation of a Hour -Mill Company for Ta irang t will be held this evening, at the Tauraxga Huiei, at, 8 o’clock, when the committee will bring up their report. We hope to s-?e the room crowded, aud the company floated without, delay. It wid be perceived by adv*jrtisement that AIT P. Larry has disposed of his bootmaking business to Messrs Audersou and Howard. Tiie new tir c are known as good tradesmen throughout the district, and wid doubtless bo suoce-.slui iu,their undertaking. Now that the Provincial Council is siding, we may h po to have sum.:! hiug to talk ab.-ur Already legislators, like phyaic-.ans, begin to and we are much mistaken if the various subjects under considcr.it ion do not, before the end oi the ssssion, cjju-j considerable discussion. Alluding pxrt-cUia!o\ to uireef tava! ion : E > long a< a man pays a price per pound for sugar, meat, or ot her article, aud gels that article, lie is very apt to gnuab'e- at, dear living and s j uu ; but iu a sliosi tune the price becomes a matter of custom, and he thnfK.- very little more abatis it. He knows very weii ta.it high {.trices arc caused by taxes of various kinds, but paying them, as he docs, a penny at a tune, they do nut trouble him. Go to him, however, ask him for a half-crown, and demand it as a tax, and i-nmedia*eiy his colonial independence will iuevitibiy assert, itself. One luxury of leaving home is that, if we pay more las,;.-, !!u-;y are pai-.l under a kind ot false pretence, am not too orthodox 1 ax-ga! iiorc-r. Direct fixation is i>o w required, we regret to say. to pa-v ter tdutadon. Me fuhy agree with M r Dignau in Ins remarks that education mu.-t be ootaineu and, it would apucur, paid for ; hut we think it a fbairw and. a disgrace to those who formed the province i! at, we should now bo culled upon to defray a I expenses. Some ot the best schools in England owe their origin to the foresight of our ancestor- ; and yet knowing this, assisted by the example <>f -America and o‘iurr new St-ues, we find an English tuiuny, out of its millions of acres, hts not suaicierd endowments to pay for the educa'doa uf the using generation, , the Fesiient Slagistrate’o -Court on Wednesday one civil case, JNwrris v. Ford, w.ia beard, and judgment given for full amount and costs. H is likely that Mr William Kelly, M 11 R, wih send three horses from Opoliki to compieie lor various races at the '.I aurai-ga meet oi ’73. ne is higlily spo-kcu of as a lirst-class hurdle racer. Mr Ellis, of the Southern Cross, will also en.ej- a norse rejoicing in the classical cogaotneu ot LTadiateur. Commissioner Clarke is expected to return i°ai uis iiiiand trip on Monday next-. Capt tin -uruer will probably not arrive in To Papa for a lew days, longer, ■ lie native charged with horse striding was yOiiveyed to Auckland by tho Southern Cross on list. ilapiia, another naJire, tor a.ieged theft irom the stare of Messrs Samuels find Jacobsohn at, Te T«ko, will be brought before o-t JiCbiJcnt Magi-tratc on Monday morning. . f l^', ° pnuee in Auckland must be very , y e . l!ja 3'j :j >lgr from the ai.xieiy expressed by C-i ..i.n TDeuibers of the Provincial Council to be P--cd in authority over them. We believe the .■» localisation there is about the police, the mo’C u.t* y they are to bo efllcien*. It is »u»t well at a *‘ 1,1 ® cs to know who butters your bread. In tne Provincial 0.-uncil the o'-10-r d«y, Afr "hr"'' ° n mar ' e !l vor y sen ible motion, ” Th;>t The srmus Acts reiernng to the powers and duties of should be cu:bodied m one Act.” f '‘ ia ' J 'V’-h Acts, amendments, repeals, ami e , rir T s ) it almost requires the tradi’iomd g«f- r’ ,e lawyer to arrive cvni at, a simple it opinion. From Mr Sheehan's reply. Vpe.trs we fehal! have to wait for tho General Government to do this. Yrr a i, ar e requested by the race etc ward n to call vr.a^r 1011 t ‘ sreo important items in the p.-o-pj , I f riie : l^ l - That the weights in ail cases will r ; i? i. C J X^I 1 weigoie ; 2nd. 'That colours cf i lie ’i-i be given at time of entrance or diebv j_“'' a ‘* on 'will inevitably ensue • and last, hut ‘ ( ‘ a: -. s least, subscribers are particularly 2lF*i. < s ’ llm p up” before t-buurduy, the jaataut, in order to facilitate business. TtTviV ’ * Vai , * se^T i c^ '' , have been held in the -o r.inrun &t Fltristrliurch.

“Th\ HT * in " s of tiu> - 7;ii insf,.n‘ s=vs :-- K.t X J d . .: U ' l ' n r !ir ° f T !h it - J Bt‘ulonai «t .VgaruuwahH has e.imnGu-d the course of musketry instruction nr l! and Unt lh.ut township for Kiln Kihi v -orS.v morning, we pr.sum.. for the purple of r , Vout, pubuo works in i-hat m-ighbrnn hood. ’