Local and General.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IV, Issue 349, 12 January 1876, Page 2

Local and General.

Tie attention of Coroners, and of Justicesof the Peace acting ac Coroners, is, in the New Zealand Gazette, called to certain provisions of tbe Registration of Births and* Deaths Act. We quote the clause referred to :— Section 25. "In case any dead< body shall be found exposed, . & cone, stable of the district shall forthwith, inform the Registrar thereof and of theplace v-here such dead body was found and wheu an inquest Bhall be held on any dead bady, the Coroner or Justice of the Peace holding the same Bhall, within fourteen days after the holding of Buch inquest,, notify to the Registrar of the district the verdict of the jury, with all other particulars required to be registered concerning: the death, and such Registrar shall make tbe> entry in hiß register book accordingly, and < .the same shall be signed by the Coroner or Justice of the Peace by whom the informal tion has been given." Section 29s ''Every Registrar, immediately upon registering any death, or as soon thereafter as he shall berequired so to do, shall, without fee or reward, deliver to the person giving information, or to the' undertaker or other person having charge of the funeral, a certificateunder his hand, according to the form in Schedule C, hereto annexed, that such death, has been duly registered, and such certificate shall be delivered by such under 1 ! taker or other person to the minister or officiating person who shall be required to bury or perform any funeral or religiousservice for os at the burial. If any dead body ' shall be buried for which no certificate • shall* have been so delivered, the person who shall bury the same or perform any funeral or religious service for or at the burial, or who shall in any other way dispose of the body, shall within seven days give notice thereof in writing, in the form or to the effect set forth in Schedule F, hereunto, annexed, totho Registrar : Provided always that the Coroner or Justice of the Peace holding any inquest upon any dead body for which nocertificate shall . have been delivered as aforesaid, may order the body to be buried,. if he shall think fit, before registration j and» Bhall in such oase give a certificate of hia order in writing under bis- hand, in the form of Schedule D, hereto annexed, to theundertaker or- other person having charge of the funeral; arid except after holding an inquest, no order, warrant, or other docui ment for the burial of any body shall begivvn by any Coroner or Justice of the Peaje." Sec. 42." Every., person who shall offend against this Act, . by refusing,, or ne*glectirig to give any notice or information required by any of the foregoing sectiogfty shall for every such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding ten- pounds,- except when otherwise specially- provided by. this Act," The polling for tho election of a Maori i member for the - Fastern Eleotoral District will take place on Saturday next, the 15th instant. AtMaketu, Mr Hamlin, R.M., and Retreat Tapsell ase Returning Officer a ; at Taheke, Mr Pieroy and-WiMaihi ; ,at Rjtorua Captain Mair and Rotohikbj and at Wairoa, Lake Tarawera, Mr J. 0. Young and Arekatera te Puni. There are four candidates in the field and the contest is expected to be a hot . one. The- polling for the Western District ' takes- place on the same day, within which district Tauranga is included. Mr Hopkins . Clarke- and Bnoka are the Returning Officers. . We do not know- who the candidates are, . having only heard. o£ one— Hoani,Kahe,- of., the Thames, a most -promising young -chief.' - The Land Purchase Commissioners are now at Maketu, meeting with the native owners. of.Te Puko.blook, in relation to. the. immediate survey-, thereof. We trust that no : furtherdelay will take place as all parties intereete I appear to-be anxious- to complete- tho alienation to the Crown of this most desirable block 1 of country. ...... The Honorable Sir. Julius Yogel may b»* expected to arrive in the colony about the endi oMbia orilbe beginning of mxt week,.

Captain Turnery District Engineer, re. turned to- the distriot per last trip of the s.e. Rowena after an absence of about four weeks, during which' time he has made a tour of the North Island, and inspected J,he damages caused by the late floods in the Waikato. which distriot forms a portion of the country under his supervision. We understand that not only were public works much damaged in the Waikato, but that farmers have suffered very materially, fields in several localitiesbeing buried under a layer of mud.. We- are glad to find that Captain< [Burner Huffmuoh improved in health. Mr William Kelly and 1 Captain Morris left Oisborne on Monday last for Opotiki. In the estate of T. J. Hensbaw, of Tauranga, creditors ought to prove their debts on or before tho 19th instant, on which date a first and final dividend will be payable. William Crossley, charged with forging and uttering a valueless cheque, pleaded guilty to -jMjMI charge, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment with hard labor. A pupil teacher is wanted for the Tauranga District School. Application for the post niUßt be made to the Chairman of the School Committee, S. L. Clarke, Esq. Mr B. C. Jordan notifies, in another column that the land sale which was to have been held by him last Saturday, has been adjourned until Monday nest the 18th inst >n&, when the sale will take place at the Strand Auction Booms at 4 p. m« We have to acknowledge tho receipt from the Government Printer of "The Statistics of J the Colony of New Zealand for the year 1874, j with Abstracts from the Agricultural statistics of 1876, CounpUed from Official Records in the Registrar-General's Office." i We understand that the Supremo Court case of Mont rose v. Langbiidge and Silver, a claim for £500 damages, will not be beard this Civil Sessions, as was expected, but in_ April. The delay has been caused hy a de»* nturrer entered by the defendants to the plaintiff's declaration because of the omission of a date. The declaration has been amended, and a fresh one filed. Captain Tunks, the Immigration Offioer, lias informed us that a number of immigrants, Germans or Scandinavians, are about to be j cent from Wellington to Auckland at an early date. The immigrants are single men , and aye competent to perform any description of farming or otat-door labouring work. Captain Tunks Ims requested us to say that he will be glad to receive applications for the engagement «f any of the immigrants. On Monday evening great annoyance wa* caused to promenaders on the wharf by certain individuals running the trucks up and down the tramway. The effect of such child's play can but be injurious to the trucks, rails, &c, and we would therefore recommend the Town Board fca insist that every evening after working hours the wharfinger padlock the trucks together and thus prevent hobble, de-hoy idlers from causing a like annoyance in future. We (f Evening FtarJ ore in receipt of the following telegram:—" iaubing*, January 7. Election over. Immense drunk lie re. Lojal and favor." With every disposition to ofetige i our oorrespoui'e t, w,e don't know anything : we can. say. at all appropriate to the " im- i tnense drunk," which eeeiss to be the object \ of the required *- local and favor." We bawe * been eolicited for locals on a good nanay thingß, but the prewnt ia the first occasion < upon which application has been received for: a paragraph suitable to our correspondent's ' condition. We refer, him, therefore, to- the Bats o» P&bnxx Tihbs in Tauranga, which may have an opportunity for observing the symptoms, and of noting t&e way it takes-, iiim. ' A cricket match was played last Saturday afternoon between the Civilians and and an eleven of the Armed Constabulary, which resulted in a victory being gained by the latter team with fiftyfouc runs to spare in the first innings. The Constabulary were the ffrst to goto the wicket. Mr Thatcher being the- most successful /with the bat ;. he playedt a very good innings for twenty-five, and carried- out his bat. No other double figures were made on the side of the Constabulary.. On the part of fche ©iviliuas a rather poor «how was made, Mr Si»!ey being the only. p!*yer who made any thing of a score,, and' he only managed- to> put fourteen together, but the bowling.- on>the part of the Constabulary was too good' for the Civilians, Mr Griffiths being dead on tho leg wicket almost every ball On the part of the Civilians, Mr Goldsmith also bowled well throughout from his end, bat the bowling at- the other end' toss- e2cept.ionnlly weak. The superiority of pl«iy all : through vas evidently on the side of the Constabulary,