Local and General.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume VI, Issue 548, 15 December 1877, Page 2

Local and General.

- » ■- .- ,-.-.. .x- ..:.;. • „; . 0 , Mr Ri C. Jordan advertises twenty thousand feet of timber for sale by auction, on the - " 20th instant. Sir 'George Grey, accompanied by the Honorable. the Native Minister, left Wellington in the Government steamer Hinemoa, on Thursday, for Napier. Sir George will visit Gisborne and Tauranga on his way to Auckland, but we are unable definitely to state a time on which his arrival may be looked for. Mr Bodell advertises a sale of horses on Monday next, at the Tauranga Auction Mart, when the celebrated entire Nelson will be brought under the hammer with the other horses specified in the advertisement. Mr Bodell also notifies tha!t he will hold a land sale of some suburban and country lots on Thursday next, the 20fch instant. At a meeting held in Auckland on Wed-, nesday last, in the Temperance Hall, Albert Street, for the purpose of deciding upon the, form of reception to be given' to Sir George Grey, we notice that Mr Enoka te Wanaka was placed on the Reception Committee. Mr Enoka, in the course of a few remarks, cautioned the Committee against supposing that Captain Morris, of Tauranga, is a friend of Sir George' Grey's. At the Resident Magistrate^ Court, on Wednesday, before Herbert W. Brabant, Esq., R.M., Takutaku, a native, was fined five shillings and costs,., for being drunk on the Strand, on .the day previous. Yesterday, Eau, a native, ' was fined the same amount for a. similar offence, on Thursday, and' the same prisoner for stealing a tumbler from, the Tauranga Hotel, on the same day, was sentenced to seven days hard labour, in Tauranga Gaol. The following telegram has been received by Captain Tunks, from Sir George Grey, in reply to the series of resolutions passed at. a public meeting held at the Temperance Hall, " on the evening of the 24th of October last, at the time when Sir George Grey's Government "' entered upon office: — ''Sir George \.fay, X.C.8., to Captain Tanks, Chairman r^ofee Meeting, Tauranga, — Tour communication^ 3rd instant, just received ; will endeavourSiO call at Tauranga on passage North to disouss questions raised with a view to settlement of tnem. Will telegraph from Napier." Mr Ellis, of the Commercial Hotel, has imported from the. Continent a new style of musical box, on an improved principle, and of great compass. It plays a number of airs, in their composition peculiar to the country- from whence the box has arrived, and has'a good sounding tone produoed by bellows placed in juxtaposition to the cylinder oh which" the mechanism for playing the various tunes is arranged. The new invention differs from the ordinary musical bbx as it is played by turning a handle, instead of by being wound u_). Heard at a little distanoe the instrument might readily be taken for a street-organ. At a meeting of the Waste Lands Board at Auofclahd on Wednesday last, the Chairman said that Mr Tonks and himself had by last mail received a long letter from Mr G. V. Stewart, complaining that the Agent-General had not yet reoeived intimation of the extension of the Katikati settlement, and he was much delayed in his proceedings in consequence. He also asked fco have the first-pay-ment of £5,000 made in. two instalments. The Chairman had telegraphed to, the Government, and understood, that they -had since sent home the intimation to the Agent-. General, and had also telegraphed agreeing--to the payment of the £5,000 in two instal- . ments. The return match' between two elevens of the, Tauranga Cricket Club, representing res.-. peotively "Auckland" ans "Ail-comers," wilt be playeol this . afternoon! ' The last matoli was woa by the _Jl-c6mers, but judging from, the composition of the.; teams, to play this afternoon, and 1 the apparent even balancer of strength, there should be a tough struggle for the victory on. the present oooasion.~ The following, are the,. names of the players :~ All-comers — Messfs Griffiths, Goldamit-, Sigley, Neighbour, Hoyte,, J-.. D.. Wrigley, Sheath, Ellis,, Roy, and two others. Auok«. Land — Messra P.. H. Edgeoumbe, McKinney,. Brookfield, Taylor, Commons, Quintal, Home,, Wright, Brennan, Boroner, Maanix, Saod.--glass, and Vercoe..

A smart shock of earthquake was felt at 1 Taupo, on Saturday afternoon, lasting a considerable time ; but no damage was done. In accordance with a resolution passed by the Tauranga District School Committee at the commencement of the year, arrangements have "been made for holding a competitive examination of the pupils attending the District School. Mr Herbert W. Brabrant has kindly ■consented to conduct the examination, which will take place on Wednesday next, the 17th instant. Mr J. A. Chadwiek, of Yatton, has ? resented a very handsome edition of the iif e|ahd Travels of Livingstone, which will be Awarded as .first prize, and the Committee „aye purchased thirty-six volumes to be awarded to the remaining successful competitors. Tlie occasion will afford a very favorable opportunity for parents to attend and see what progress their children have made in their studies. We are informed that it is the intention of the Te Puna, Highway Board to undertake a very useful work in their district by forming the main road between Wairoa and Aongatete. The road is already bridged, so that the necessary outlay will not be very great. From ■the point where the road connects with the Katikati Highway District, and through that district the formation of a proper carriage road will, however, prove a more costly affair. Two 6r2_j>p__ bridges are required, the largest of them over the Uritara River. We believe that .Government has provided the timber for these bridges, and the Government is also looked to to complete the work, the Katikati ■special settlers ' very reasonably expecting that a highway through their district should be made for them, any oross roads subsequently required being- a matter for after consideration. If it be intended that any sports are to be held on New Year's Day we would draw attention to the necessity of very shortly making some preliminary arrangements. For some years past Mr James Bodell's name has been intimately associated with these sports, and to his energy and capital management their success has to a great extent been indebted. Last year owing to some cause or other there was no public holiday making in Tauranga on New Year's Day, but having in remembrance the interest taken in previous year's sports, the public should unite in their endeavours to renew them on the first of January next. We hope Mr Bodell will feel inclined to. take his old position in initiating the' affair, and then doubtless plenty of others will be found to put their shoulders to the wheel. The following iB written to a contemporary ; — "The Marquis of Salisbury in a la'e address at Bradford is reported to. have said — *' The •duty on the part of those who are well off to assist the poor in the time of illness haß been recognised from the earliest periods of Chrisiianity." Presumably the gifted Bpeaker intended to say, "the earliest periods of liumanity, "and if, indeed, by a lapsus, the word Christianity slipped out, it is scarcely lo be wondered at, considering how much of l»te the action of Christianity (?) in the East, •and the consequent need of aids ''to the poor in times of illness," have occasioned incessant, and painful thought, and still cause intense and continued anxiety,, to the sorrowing world in general and to ber M-ijiestj's .Government, of which the noble marquis is so. prominent, a member, in particular.. ? hope that the reporter either failed to pitch the right word •and confounded tbe application of terms so like in >ound, and occasionally, ns we all know to the world's bitte. experience, so dis> similar and variable in practice, or that, as 1 suggest the word from obvious causes, was uppermost in the mind of the speaker. If however, the term Christianity in its relation lo the duties we owe to the siok and the suffering whs advisedly used, then I, as a Jew, lake exception, not to the word in the abstract but to its application as a qualitative. I dis--tinctly say that tho history of humanity does not date db initio from the earliest periods of -Christiani-y, nor awutpd suoh recognition, but from the earliest periods of humanity, as lovingly taught by that holy religion on the morality of whioh the ethical canon of Christianity is founded — Judaism-" Settlers wishing to buy furniture and -clothing of all kinds" will find j-uet what tliey want at the City Hall Arcade. It is the largest establishment of the kind in Auckland. The proprietors "study the interest, of country buyers in having furniture made to take to pieces, and thus save freight by packing in r flinall coJttjiSß. There is always a large stock -of bedrjfcni furniture to select from, and bed ding of . All sizes. Dining and drawing room suites alwai son view. The- immense trade •done at the Arcade is due to the cheapness and durability of their ware, also to the great •care taken in packing oountry orders, The largest stook of carpets in Auckland. Hoi. loway and Garliek have a large staff of first ■class cabinet hands constantly at work, and invite intending purchasers to- inspect their etook before buying elsewhere Order* aco:>m. ' panted by a remittance faithfully attended te by Holloway and Garlick, City Hall Furnituro Arcade, Queen Street, Auckland. — [AdvT ]