LOCAL & GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume VIII, Issue 680, 18 January 1879, Page 2

LOCAL & GENERAL.

i ■ Q i Owing to press of mail news we are pampelled to hold over leaders prepared for this issue, and other interesting matter* Thanks to the courtesy of Mr Sheath, and Dr. Lemon, a special wire was placed at' our disposal 1 for the transmission of mail news on . Thursday evening* and we are consequently j able to publish a telegraphic .summary, of < 2000 instead of 200 words, as hitherto. This : sort of tiling, however, costs money, as also do the lengthy cable and interprovincial messages received regularly from Whakapuaka, Auckland, and the Press Association, -;We think it right to. ,draw attention to these matters, if only to show that the programme foreshadowed in the first enlarged issue is being faithfully carried out. A letter from S is unavoidably held over _ JiUljaextJssue. _ *__ Sportsmen will do well to remember that J the nominations for Tauranga. Races close at 8 p.m. to-night- _ • It is reported that Mr R. A. A. Sheruin has been appointed editor of the New Zealander,. the Wellington Ministerial journal.. The steam launch. La Buona Ventura is advertised to make an. excursion about the harbour to-morrow, (Sunday),, leaving the Town. Wharf at 2 p.m. One of the most interesting items of mail, news refers to the s.s. Glenelg, which ought to arrive in Auckland within a week or two. The Rowena will then be sold. An error, which requires correction,' crept, into the recent report on the Katikati District. Mr Noble Johnston was said to possess only 100 acres* it should have been 200. ! The Gazette of the 9th inst. appoints^ Her- , bertW. Brabant,. Esq., R.M., Superintendent Collector of Agricultural Statistics, for the Counties of Tauranga, Whakatane, East Taupo,. and West Taupo.. . , - , But for the unlucky accident to the City ; ; of Sydney, when only 460 miles from Auckland, the English mail would have been delivered in that city early on Monday last, and sent, on here per Hawca. Captain Marks has discovered a now channel, through which he took the s.s. Wanaka, on Thursday. It is much shorter than the old one,, and will no doubt be extensively patronised. During Mr Sheehan's visit to Puniu an invitation was given to him and Rewi, by a large party of the N-gatitoa, to visit them at their settlement at Whakatane, in the Bay of Plenty, at a convenient time. It is probable' that the Native Minister will go and see them as requested. — New Zealahder., •'Dr. G. Percy, of the Royal College of Surgeons, London) and of the College, of Physicians, Dublin, who had. purposed practising in Wellington) has," says the Evening Fost, "been induced to go to Patea,, where, at present, there is no medical man. He will settle there and carry on practice, thus sup-, plying, a want, the existence of which has been long felt in the district." It will be remembered that this gentleman recently paid a visit to Tauranga, and made many, friends during his brief stay.. . '„ ' Mr A. W. Fisher, who Baa Been on a trip to the West Coast Sounds, in the Rotorua,. returned on Thursday, per Wanaka. The following provisions in " The Land .'Tax Act,. 1878;" are of interest to owners jaif d occjapyera of land :~" Any .yaJus)f' J may 1 \fijiiQr &i iany jfcime; 'dipping the day, upon land ''■ ijjbr^toeifijfaes, for the I ' purpose •of fating • thev Wnie, ; arffl may put to the('bceupifitbr.^vner' l^^of'^nycqaiestjotiV^e thinks $t.±f>ucning'anVof Jfjhe partlwilW;h6 4 'isTeguired td f-iir-■nißb'in- %e vajuatiojtsist.} .-If anjVjJeipbiiib'b'-* strliotf 4 valuer in the performance 'therein j • or refuses or wilfully neglects to- answer any such question, or gives any false or evasive answer, he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50. Any person knowingly and wilfully making a false claim to exemption from land tax under the Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor."

* Proprietors of kftcheii garde^& witfdp w|ll: to observe that fts*delay should v take^ plao9:' in planting out sayoya^ broccoli, and* Brussels 'sprotitfl for winte^uae. The ground whenoe' early potatoes have^been dug, or that which has borne the. early crops of peas, will bo available. Let the plots be well dug and manured. Celery must be got in the jfcrencher without loss of time ; if the weather ia bright, shade the plants, and give a good soaking with wateir. At every opportunity lettice, turnip radj^h^attd onions must be sown for salading. After Christmas turnips j can be sown in quantity, but it must be borne in mind that the quicker they |uro. grown the betterVill the fly be kept in cheek during the dry wea%he>. : A- sprinkling of guano in the drills is 6 good stimulant. Two '•young' nien- went 'fishmg'tWother' day, and on returning.were going past a' farm-house and felt hungry.. v They yelled to the farmer's 'daughters;" have you any buttermilk ?". The reply.. was gently j wafted back. 'td ; their; .ears,.," Yes"; but we keep it for. our. own calves."; ; < - <■ , '(■ '< 1 ;- ■ I '• ' "-, ' • ifij u:i The annual meeting of the Tanranga Building Society, will be held on the 29th inst.,. at the offices of Mr JEt. p. {^Qi^dan. ; The sale' of Mi* E. M. Edgcumbe's household- furniture,- effects, &o>, w advertised to take place on" Saturday next, at noon, particulai'a wiU, be xluiy .announced. *'-*•- Mr James Bodell advertises that he will sell by. auction at -j 12 ofclopk,ron Tuesday ing refreshments' a^Ke^Tauranga A^nuil 1 Races, and also the right to sellrace cards.