THE Bay of Plenty Times.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IX, Issue 981, 25 December 1880, Page 2

THE Bay of Plenty Times.

"IBJBHKT Of tJSt^tf^BHAO.':TEACH ME SPEED." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2g, 1880." , %u il j T i A *ji) oi t'X Ifr^ The pressure on our space at these Christ-. mao.^e^ oblige* wi agaia to, hold wer a leader, the adcbtint ot> ; trip'to the Melbourne Exhibition, a continuation of the description of,K4tiksii,ia notice, of -.Biettfo AlnwaMiiajidftj great many o.theb matters, whicA vOi be- published as soon as possible; :

■T!»0 Iffifae pf- the 1 BAtr^pF'PEENrf Tiwees will be-flttaWnded* onf Tuesday/ in brder to give our/staff the iuraal Ctriitmaa: hoHdays. ' '.. \sis JfcltiiLß *M|w«n!i /WlcVii >i->«{ *" : r-i ■!"- ' Mt . -•'!; ; AlTiotteeappearein the-. Cfmette from, the NiAive'MMafer,' accepting theresigna.titm of rene J Tapih^tift,'of M«*etu, 'ofibis poaltipn as N«tweAsßeß«»riT.iT*>.f(irj?£ -o n,-. ,„*> -mU a * THf Tfctyri&rr&o&t '"&&; advertised* 'i 6 l hp hfeia f <i)^TiteMUy3the 8th f of' February inhct. The programme of. events wiU be published in an ejwrly issue, , . lne Union oteamahip Ctompanyfia^orqered *!?s?f^ .f^?^. *»i^ Jbuflft^ fS T?ljen completed, wiU be putT upoft tb.e ttftd© from Opotiki to Tauwinga. • ~ . ''';'.' „/ Copies of Brett's Almanac, with large map of the Provinoft.of Auckland and adjoining Provinces,cst Bfe obtain6d>j9ith© office of this journal, juica ls&uduv&''^% ' | Persons intendafto^i^«tise in tho new Directory «fewl«|^»«^fp^ajgftc.§ at ouce, as The Commissioner of Trade and Customs at Me^ourne hae^ fined j» ; jnen^bant' :£1 # MiG for passuig false' lhvoiQes^ being 'below mb halt of the goods represented. « I •A gentleman' in r town informs us that: Romify, the grandson of the Eariipf iMinto,; has gonfrto-ftotumah, one of the South Sea ; lalanda, situated ta,tlis^rth of Fiji, to take poaaflasioa-on-bebalf. of the British Crown. „ ' OnSatttfdi^, says ihe Stew. uoi t»fl?uesday,; Mr^Prootor-will start for' Rdtomahana and ' thejHpt LakeC returning hi time to Ifave feySan^gpnciscoifty^tihe majl a£eamer ouithe 4th ■' Jawxajy, by vwch be. Ua> already Secured hisp«^sa S e. 't -=. \ .1 The'execution of TahJ, JKsb Dobbfe's murderer, is fixed to take place at 8 o'clock, on WJMn^sday morning nexfc .When Tuhi.was informjpd of the date of his execution, he only laugheS, and Remarked th>t fie already knew 1 he^wa^-to be hanged. ' : i » ' Slisß ; Ann Williamson,^laughter of the late; \K Jifbn ( Williamson, formerly jSuperiiitcii- 1 da»d of the Province of Auckland, has died in Tier 26th year. *;She had recently been engaged as a teacherin the Girls Higli School, untfer;MrNeit I&ath. . . ... „--•• ; We oblecyc'thot ifergje placartls .have been posted up tHrough" tHe town,- giving the progranjjne of the dramatic performance that is to, come*" off in the Temperance Hall, on Monday evening- Arrangements have been ma'deiio reserve the ohairs fpr the convenience of ladies and family parties, so as to secure them^jcomfpxtable... seats., at Jwy^Uonr of the night, an arrangement which the management? hopes will give satfefaction: •' * A correspond ent, waiting under the name of " Residera, M -coniplaihs '" tfS tlie Lady' Jocelyn 'Reception f Committ.eb' is"alm6st ! Jentirely composed of storekeepers and hoiiseowners;rwho,ihe aays,)H'do not represent the town.but their own stores and houses." The great .kudp^nera Jr. Wie neighbourhood scein 'td'lichre fbeetl" carefully tf exoifid«tir-aTid iyet . these he thinksLw,ej£ ifyQCfvery persons that should have had the prejoonHerating influenGe as being the most^lilply to fjivc tho besfe advice to intendijjYgTset'tbrs. The proprietor of the proposed Star Hotel, at the corner of Devonport iload and Spring street, seems .determined not to let the grass grow under his feet. Tlie site lias buen already fenced in, the- blocks arc on the ground, the excavations are being made, and there is every appearance that the work will be completed within the prescribed time. If tl c same energy and business promptness are displayed in the management as have boen shown in connection with the work of erection—and there is every reason to believe tlf&y wflf— the'new Venture should prove a 6U'JOOS' ,3

ft.'*. i'"^*' 1 v -&5 '" J #M^ S -The Kh^de ifi jpei-aiafilye nia|Mdrea^6o6^ pilgrims, '^|, jH , , r f] ■^]Vi ift Jiistice WeAf the^MgJs| bn A panic bjkfl«m pl^Se ii> Cliila'go^iig to numerfflili^^^n) failures.. The price of wheat in Ainehoa is falling.

Any person in want of a mowing machine and horse rake should apply to Capt, Clarke, sale. 4 SEpO aPreßpywaaifs^ £hur# jof ■people, »and*Wesfeylus{s»"6f (Jilnlu^(jge Vhkvi United in a New Year's Picniq.

It is rumoured tha.t the Tbrte ia mcfined to cede the island of Crete to /SewnanyAqn the same termjs that Cyprus w*a£ qdUedtb >|Bglß^rt«waii»imii.'i>»»e«<waii)iyi«JTO<w ■<■■■*»

The Poverty Bay Hqc&ld is, wrath with Judge RiQhmbnd'%r aaymifthat the crime of tKe man Johnston must lie at the door of thev.Qiahpvae.; PQQph?* sowing ,-ta- ; their sensual habits,' " ' " ' § in the various "Sunday Schools of *thY district look for their annual picnic, which has be-, pome . almoft fan >'insjbjtu i tjon , in- coonecjtion ■with Suiyl a y^chooi,,wprk, c errand that' Wii 'pity' 4g>f^fcA f Mflt6ift' '#iU.iiqtjiie deparfea-lroni? ihiS year in Tsuranka,'"ds' we hsarJjhaA a^gejwsctuß WftUpj ivfc.SQfcWlWted liberally, so that the little ones may- hav s e. plenty of eatables, on the occasion. Tn'6 clay h«P«6tljrb> 'bßen «x3d on\ bWN«w -Year's Day is talked of, and abould weatKer prove :finjafthere>fe littla {douht ithe chUdren willtfpe^Qta^&pm'Jayr ' I1 ' ™ The famineiflE^ur^isl^rtiSstil! so terrible that at t £(f.tKo9h theiKhurds,i have, sold hundreds pf ; yppug gips ati ai)pu,t £2ilosia.head. in order fa My. iM W 'Britiph' CbhnW, the*' Armenian 1 Committees' 1 the. America missionaries have been most active •nd have done ail in, their power to >allevia.is the migeries of; the famished' popuation*? tbut thei means at: their disposal are' very insuffii oieuty and thereihas bsen hitherto great difficulty in iwuaaportung gvainfront, one'difttrict to .another, partly on' account : of the' deep snow and Qandition of. the-voads;>:and partly on accpunt'bf the- general' insecurity. . •■.;•* ■'

. Several pi the scores ifl town have, bee^i decorated; f6r' ; Chnsim&' , We cannot say niuchi for a.ny' of ti&e *dec6ratKqh>,' as merely tfonsiat ' ; 6f ! exnibiting cakes in the windows, or printing with almonds, &o.V 'A Merry Chritmaa, and $ New Year, the. old" counjx^, l yflsi6 evergireens haVe be p^rcjiased, few"sfioiik^epers allow this seasio)a.to pass without inlso'me way recognising': thjft festive occasion," l^ut here v where flowers' and evercreenß can' be had almost- for the'aslsing,* BtoVekeepera do 1 riot seem to' think it wortlx whj c to go to.muoti trouble^ in tUe way 6{ deooi'aifiops at this fe>iiive selasoiii, !