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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 32, 21 December 1872, Page 3

The successful pursuit of agriculture is generally considered indicative of industry and prosperity in a people. It is admitted to be one of the most reliable in its results, for an Amercan writer ascertained from published returns that in a yearly average of insolvencies the number of farmers was fewer in proportion than that of any other class of persons. The occupation, while one moat immediately useful, is believed to be one of the healthiest, for the longevity of agriculturists is proverbial. To mauy individuals the occupation is a happy one. Boats speak ©f handmen who “ whistle at the plough’* and ‘‘jocund lead their team afield.*’ They also expend their eloquence on the plenty of* harvest time, when the land is spread with waving fields of golden corn, of nodding sheaves as trophies of honest toil end skilful husbandry. From the earliest antiquity an ear-of wheat has been used aa an emblem, of plenty. A country or a district capable of producing in abundance the first necessaries of life can never be considered m a truly hopeful condition until that capability has been exercised. As yet the energies Q f settlers in Tauranga have been otherwise employed ; hut the difficulty promises to be supplied during the present season, the area of ground under cultivation and the flourishing aspect of our wheat crop seeming to indicate »

HlZlt °Th« «?»*«« of affair* in thk to th-t™ ' u » aoo bushels, noe certainly equal to the known consumption of the district-laid •«j£ CqUal *° 19 > 200 bushel*—but yet an J £ and there u eTßf y Probability of a aour mill being erected at an earl? date. So for ISS. *™ h f ° r WhMh * 8 Caanot b « too T»lL^°f^^S & > W / ,ffertd to lending visitors to Auckland durmg the holidays. Return a month) at the very moderate charge of m. i _ Dr. Arreitage, A. 0., returned from Maketu on Thursday whither he proceeded tho 12' f»T S? •""Sfc* the 4cci S ation of natives in that district. Every papain MrTait'a school has now been inoculated. The little] Maoris are quite proud of their «■ vaoematsa," and It MKett PUkS PaW ' * ye eXpre93ioa 0f *• Sj mS i ? 110tified inti, e Provincial Gazette of tho i.Oth_ instant, that Mr Samuel Moody has been appointed Chairman of the Opotiki District Board vice Mr Robert King, resigned. The Flour Mill Company bids fair to be a *reat success. Shares are being taken up rapidly. °Tbe Maoris, we learn, are taking an active interest in thojrojecfc. The public are indebted to Mr Cliadwiok for his happy suggestion respecting the adrisabdity of securing some of the leading chiefs iti the distrust on the directory. . We learn from good authority that it is the intention of the Government very shortly to issue a sew regulation from the Defence Office, wherebv j officers of Volunteer corps whose social positions i place them "above any need to please compames, wxU be asked to inspeefe certain districts. Mr MoMurray, a well-known Fapier Boniface, has, we hear, purchased a piece of land near Jaupo, -mth a view of establishing a hot springs samtorium. ■?■... From Barnard we learn that the running expenses of the Luna amount to £7,000 a yearf A meeting of the Eace Stewards was held at the Victoria Hotel, on Tuesday evening last. Captain Gundry occupied the ohair. The managing stewards explained the work they deemed necessary to be done on the race course, and for which tenders had been imvited. Mr Holler's tender for same was accepted. The meeting then adjourned until this evening, at 8 o clock, at the Masonic HoteL We remind subscribers to the race fund that the Stewards will feel obliged by amounts being paid during the day. This eourse will considerably facilitate business at the meeting to be held this evening. • - Captain Ohadwick, Lieutenant Connor, and Sub-Lieutenant Craig, of the Tauranga Light Horse, received their commission the other dav. On Monday the school children of Tauranga are to have s picnic at Judea, near the'willow trees. We believe, all the children in the placed are invited, and we sincerely hope they may have a pleasant day. We intend going, and trust many - young men and maidens will stroll over to assist in amusing the juveniles. We understand tents will be erected, so that ladies who feel inclined to attend need not fear the action of the sun or the heat of the day. We hope the picnic will be well attended* aad that ail who are present may thoroughly enjoy themselves. Tents wftl be pitched at 10 a.m. Large and infiuentially attended meetings of boys in the district, interested in sporting matters, have been held lately, and great interest is mani- f fested in the forthcoming races. We should nofcf be surprised to hear of a Juvenile Jockey dub I and a Calcutta Sweep being started by these precocious young olive branches. We much regret to hear that Mr James Mack&y has been seriously indisposed. We learn, however, that he is now recovering. I A notification of the return of William Kelly, J Esq., M.H.R., as representative for the Pensioner Settlement in the Provincial Council, appears in the last Gazette. All travellers by the Southern Cross will hoar with regret that Mr Elliott, the obliging providore of that steamer, has met with an accident whereby he has broken his leg. Mr Elliott is %. wellconducted respectable young man, and there are many in the Bay of Plenty, who will sympathise with him in the time of trouble. Mr Miller, t'da steward pro tem., has had long experience on tlies coast of New- Zealand, and, wa doubt not, will satisfactorily fill the vacancy. , Referring, to the late capture of MofFatt by Detective Kell, the SawTce's JBay Herald says : "In the Cross's account the whole credit "of the capture was attributed to Kell j it was due, we are informed on the best authority, rather to the courage and energy of a native named Hare Katera, who acted as Kell's guide on the eccaBiom" A match will come of? some .time to-day between Mr Connor's well-known horse ** White Stockings" and Mr Piercy*s eqaally well-knownf iron grey mare. The J-ace will take.place.on the* racecourse; distance, two miles; stakes, £S a side; May the best horse win. The Town Board have decided upon erecting a I really good and substantial iron pump, and we I think they have shown judgment in doing so. L The pump was chosen in accordance, with design I forwarded from Auckland, and will be completed jas early as possible. It is to cost £ls. The first j will probably be the only cost, and there is little doubt but that it will be the cheaper in the lonp run, besides being an ornament to our town. A drawing of the pump lies ut Captain Norm's store, and ie of very elaborate design. It has two nozzles, one for filing drays and the other buckets, &c Scarcely any business has been transacted in the Resident Magistrate's Court since our last. On Wednesday, before Mojor Roberts., one man was charged with drunkenness* and it being his first offence, the e*ge was dismissed with casts..

The financial result of tho sokeo on Monday evening last was as follows:—Bj gale of tickets and luouey taken at tho door, £l4, 2s. Oast of provisions, £6 9« 6 d • expends of advertising programines, & ?> £l 14s . Wing ft ba]anco io lba 6d, which will moot tho cost of tables mado for the occasion. Tho children's picnic, open to all tha children of Tauranga, will take place at Jodea on Monday. Tha children will assemble at the new District School-house at 10 o clock a.tn. • A ™ e ?, tia g of gentlemen interested in reorganising the Tauranga Garriak Club took place on the .-lac October laafc, when it was decided to commence a dramatic season shortly. We should be very sorry to unduly hasten tho proceedings of 17.% * t ag c *? mni£ "ee, out we really do think sutacieat preliminary notice has boon given. *«uug, mea m Tauranga do not like being of mfffi U - Go 6low " * e^d ««y the motto ot our local Ihespianoorps. Mr Bodell will sell by auction, at his residency on Monday, a small library of useful books, &o. Messrs Reed and Brett, of Auckland, announce Aucklarl Almanack, Household Guide, and atrangera fade meeam, for 1873." We shall look ■fiTffc th j\" h ™ d y book" with pleasure! In the hands of Messrs Bead and Brett, it is nurd to bo creditable. The Provincial Secretary acknowledges the recapt of certified copies of tho Assessment List 2-m *t Make Highway District, in accordance with, the provisions of the Highways Act, 1871. Bather a novo! exhibition of pedestriamsm teok plaoe lately at Adelaide. It appears that a num. ber gentlemen of sporting tendencies were discussing tho merits of noted pedestrians when the name of a fair vendor of refreshing beverages was mentioned as being good upon a fine day for fare nuiee an hour. Beta were froely offered and taken against this foat being accomplished. The lady waa«ommttnicajjool with and consented to a trial of pace and endurance, upon tho condition that if successful she should beeooie the possessor of the etakes. This was agreed to, the course defined, and referees selected. The lady appeared at l';p time appointed and succeeded in accomplishing LLe task, thereby bocoraing the poasesoor of numerous silk dresses,'Spring hats, and a pair of gloves. The natives of Manawatu, near Wellington, have held a meeting for the purpose of bidding bir George Bowea a formal farewell previous to ■■ his departure from the colony.