Local and General.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume VII, Issue 626, 12 September 1878, Page 3

Local and General.

The Suez mail arrived at King George's Sound on the 6th. The Australians beat the eleven of Sussex by seven runs. "We are glad to be able to state that Mr T. D. "Wrigley is progressing favorably. Mr Gladstone, in the Nineteenth Century Review, strongly condemns the protection policy in the colonies. The < prices of wheat and flour in London are unchanged, New Zealand Loan £100£. The wool sales continue firm. There was a good attendance of members at the usual weekly meet of the 1.0. G.T., in the Temperance Hall on Monday evening last. Ten new members were proposed. Lamb and green peas is the great dish in Auckland just now. How is it we have not partaken of that luxury in Tauranga yet ? Really, Joe, you must look sharp. Gold bonnets are very fashionable in Paris. They are made of straw, which is then steeped in a bath of gold, the trimming consists of a large velvet bow and a humming .bird. The race between the Hinemoa and the Taupo, from Christchurch to Wellington, resulted in favour of the former by eight minutes. Both steamers were in excellent condition. On the third day of the Sydney race meeting, Amendment won the President' a Handicap ; Chester, the Craven Plate ; His Lordship, I the Mare's Produce Stakes ; and Aristocrat, |jjheJ3ydney Handicap. "We wouiu xxjiuuus>owners of horses and cattle that the Auckland Municipal Police Act having reference to^Sttfcle straying in the public streets, comes in loroe to-day in that portion of the town nortnNQf Fifth Avenue. ' The contract for the new Presbyterian Church expires about the middle of next month, but from the appearance of the building we think it will be completed before then. The outside work will be finished in about a couple of weeks, should the weatner prove favourable. At the Native Lands Court the "Waitaha sub-division, re the Otawai Block (about which Mr Clarke's judgment was given on the 22nd ult.), is before the Court. The Court resumes its regular sitting on the 19th instant, when the Rangiuru Block will be brought under consideration. In the match versus Gloucester the county elevon made 112 runs in their first innings, and the Australians had four out for 102. Grace was caught off Boyle for 22 ; Gilbert, 2 ; Townsend, 10 ; Cranton, 0 ; Beach, 5, (all off Spofforth; Fred Grace, 1; Smith, 4; Mills, 2, (all bowled by Spofforth) ; Moberly, off Garrett, 11 ; Doctor Grace, not out, 21 ; sundries, 10. Bannerman, 23 ; Garret, 43 ; Baily, 6; (all caught off Mills); Horar, bowled by Grace, 6 ; A Bannerman, not out, 5 ; Spofforth, not out, 6 ; sundries, 4. Mrs Tovey desires us to acknowledge the following contributions to the bazaar. The flower-stall is expected to be especially attractive this year, as all the gardeners have promifei to contribute. 3 parcels materials, a fxiend, Auckland ; 1 parcel toys and fancy goods, G. A. .Crabbe; 1 child's muelin dress, Miss Elian Wheelan, Auckland ; 1 toilet set, Miss Annie Doyle r Auckland ; 1 parcel materials for work, 1 child's worked frock 1 parcel of of necklaces, Mrs Davoren ; 1 parcel fancy goods, Mrs L. Lee ; 1 large parcel goods, left unsold at the last bazaar, from the Treasurer.

A cablegram dated the sth, snys : — •" Tho | number drowned by the sinking of the excursion steamer, Princess Alice, off Woolwich,, is 528. Only four per cent, of tho passengers were saved. The Queeiai joins in tho general sympathy. The Lord. Mayor receives subscriptions for tho widowsand orphans. We have received a copy of a new ballad, entitled " Long it is love since wo parted, 1 ' words by J. Hemua, music by David Cope. The air is both pleasing and melodious, and the verses are neat and appropriate. The printing and general get-up reflects great credit on the workmen at the Auckland Star office, where it was published and may be obtained. Tho following is the message Bent by tho citizens of Auckland to Earls Beaconsfield and Salisbury :— " September 3, 1878— To Lords Beaconsfield and Salisbury, London : Public meeting citizens Auckland tender congratulations results Berlin Congress. — H. Brett, Mayor." Yesterday the following reply was received : — " London, September!, — Send cordial thanks to the citizens of Auckland for their message. — Beaconsfield." On Friday last, the day the Christchurch and Dunedin line was opened, the Mayor of Auckland (H. Brett, Esq), forwarded the following telegram to the Mayor of Dunedin : — " Congratulate the Mayors of Dunedin and Christchurch on completion of the iron link, and trust the time is not far distant when the Mayors of Wellington and Auckland may welcome Mayors of Southern cities by railway from Wellington to Auckland. — H. Bbett, Mayor. Tho Sultan has approved the British proposals of reforms in Asia Minor. They include the appointment of a European in the Turkish pay at the head of each village to supervise the taxation and the administration of justice. The gendarmerie force will be mainly officered by Europeans. There will be increased powers to the Consuls, and substantial pecuniary assistance to Turkey to prevent exouses on the plea of poverty. The new hotel at Taupo, opened by Messrs Gallaher and Rickitt, is a credit to that rising district. In every respect it is commodious, comfortable, and luxuriously fitted up. Bosides the large dining hall, there are eight airy bedrooms, a bar parlour, and a bar. The bar is the neatest and best planned in this part of the country, and the billiardroom, with its magnificent table, excites the admiration of all travellers who pass through Taupo. On the coach yesterday, some Wellington gentlemen were heard to remark that this house was the most comfortable they had visited since leaving Napier. The following streets within the Town of Tauranga, have been named by the District Surveyor, with the sanction of the Chairman of the Town Board : — St. John Street, running parallel with Cameron Road, on the west side from Ninth Avenue to Eleventh Avenue ; Edgcumbe Street, running parallel with Cameron Road and St. John Street, on tho west side from Fourth Avenue to Eleventh Avenue ; Jordan Street, running parallel with Edgcumbe Street on the west side from Ninth Avenue to Tenth Avenue ; and Morris Street, running parallel with Cameron Road, on tho east side from Ninth to Eleventh Avenue. An lowa farmer has invented a henophone, modelled on tho principle of the telephone, by which one old reliable hon, oecupyiny a central office in the grannory, sits on all the nests about the establishment, of eggs, scratch, and cackle. As soon as the new nest contains the full compliment of eggs, it is connected with the central office by a wire, and the business is settled. The only trouble with the machine is that it sets so hard it hatches out the porchlain nest egg with the others, so that one chick in every nest is born with glass eyes, and the farmer has to buy and train a dog to lead it round. This makes it expensive. The following amusing letter appears in Te Wananga, : — " Friend, salutations to you. Long may you live. Friend, let my word go on board of our canoe, Te Wananga, that it may search for my relative, who is at Kaikoura (on the South Island) perhaps, or may be at Otakou, or perhaps at the place of Taiaroa, M.H.R. The name of my relative is Teuira. Perhaps my relative is a female, or perhaps a man. If my relative does see this letter, let him or her go to where the Parliament meets at Wellington, where there are people who will tell him or her where I am to be found." — Apkramama Rautaiii, Tahoraite, Tamaki, August 11, 1878. — Surely the lady or gentleman answering to the name of Teuira will turn up after this. Settlers wishing to buy furniture and clothing of all kinds will find just what they want at the City Hall Arcade. It is the largest establishment of the kind in Auckland. The proprietors study the interests of country buyers in having furniture made to take to pieces, -and thus save freight by packing in a small compass. There is always a large stock of bedroom furniture to select from, and bedding of all sizes. Dining and drawing room suites always on 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 country orders. The largest stock of carpets in Auckland. Holloway and Garlick have a large staff of firs class cabinet hands constantly at work, and invite intending purchasers to inspect their stock before buying elsewhere. Orders accompanied by a remittance faithfully attended to DyHolloway and Garlick, City Hall Furniture Arcade, Queen Street, Auckland. — [Adyt]