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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1841, 21 May 1885, Page 2

We remind our readers thab the s.s. Clansman will leave for Auckland on Saturdaynext at 11 a.m. instead of Friday as announoed in the Time Table. Mrs Rice, the celebrated contralto, has kindly consented to sing this evening at . the Temperance Hall. The first meeting of the Licensing Committee took place yesterday at noon, when Ji W. Clarebrough was again elected chairman. A boring" apparatus for the purpose of testing the beds of deposits in White Maud has been ordered from Auckland and on receipt of the same the b.s. Douglas wr'll proceed to the island with the survey party, and will ship the sulphur which is now waiting at the lauding* ' ] In order not to interfere with the concert this evening, to-night's meeting of the "Mutual" is postponed until next Thursday ; when the Rev. Mr Jones will read his paper on " the Resources of New Zealand." Mr Sheehan had a most successful meeting at Kirikiri on Tuesday and obtained a unanimous vote thanka and confidence* The public are reminded of the concert, to be given this evening, in the Temperance Hall, under special patronage, in aid of the Organ Fund of Holy Trinity Church. .Ifc is hoped a good house will, re ward the labours of the indefatigable conductor, Mr Harston, who well deservos every encouragement at the hands of the people of Tauranga. The Post-office will be closed on Monday the 23th instant. The Telegraph -office will open from 9 a.m. till 10 a.m., and from -7 p.m. till 8 p.m. A private entertainment was given at Menzies' Hotel last evening by Professor and Mrs Rice. Invitations were sent out during the day and a large number of the Tauranga residents assembled at about 8 o'clock to meet the Professor and Mrs Rice and were shown some specimens of mind reading, etc. Three oases of tobacco leaf from Mr Crapp's farm Omokoroa was shipped to Auckland per Clansman, on Tuesday, consigned to Mr Volbracht. A brisk trade seems to be doing just now | in Maori curios. A couple of bullock drays arrived in town yesterday with relics of former generations in the shape of hideous faces and figures in native artistic style from Maketu. The relics seem very old indeed. .At Masterton on the 17th inst., Mr Strat- ! ford.R.M., delivered judgment in a case against a Ideal baker for selling bread under weight. The defence set up was that the loaf sold was a cottage loaf and therefore a j "fancy loaf." The magistrate decided that "loaf" was not fancy bread, and imposed a nominal fine of five shillings, the case being J a test case. A Dunedin telegram dated 17th inst., states : "James Mitchell, father and son were killed by a fall of stone while stoping in Phoenix goldmine. . A verdict of accidental death was returned. The son was 15 years of age and the father leaves a wife and three children. Government have received information from the Native Minister to the effect that he has examined into the reports concerning the native discontent on the West Coast and that those reports are unworthy of credence. The principal agitator is a man named Hill, formerly a Wellington resident who has recently completed a term of imprisonment for stealing some pigs belonging to the natives. Mr Ballance states the natives are friendly and cordial and he sees no reason for adopting repressive action. The Hon. Messrs Buckley and Tole, commissioners appointed to take evidence in the Brycft-Rusden case returned from Wanganui to Wellington on Saturday last having tuken a large amount of evidenced Some forty witnesses have been oxamined but further evidence is stilf to be adduced and the next sitting of the commissioners will probably be in Wellington. The tender of Messrs Mulligan & Brett of. Auckland for .-0.35,550 has been accepted for the construction of the Taranaki contract on the JSlapier-Woodville Railway. Ten tenders were sent in. The body of a man identified as one of the men drowned a fortnight ago in Evans Bay was discovered on the beach on Monday morning last. The deceased was recognised by his clothes only. The body wa« considerably decomposed. Mr Kelly's weak point seems to be hia dread to meet' his opponent on the platform. That is his only chance if he wants to recover his position with the waverers. There is a funny side to most things and this fact has not been lost sight of by the anti-Sheehanitos, and they have immortalized their opponent in two very amusing' cartoons. The likenesses are good and tho details sadly true to life. Old habits and professions again see the light, and in their juxtaposition cannot fail to excite plenty of merriment. Mr M'Candlish and Captain Turner have been occupied during the laat few days taking notes and preliminary steps towards obtaining the soundings and other necessary data for the intended causeway and bridgo across tho harbour to concct with the intended Railway. We learn from Rotorua that Mr J. C. Blythe, Government Surveyor, has arrived there for the purpose of laying out a proper line of road from the Wairoa to Galatea, and it is intended to continue this line afterwards to Napier. There can be no doubt about the evident desire of .the present Government to open up inland communication with all reasonable speed, and their efforts in that direction deserve to be appreciated. Facts. — Close confinement and careful attention to all factory work gives the operatives pallid faces, poor appetites, languid miserable feelings, poor blood, inactive liver, kidneys &c, and all the physic and medicine in the world cannot help them unless they ,jjet out of doors or use Hop Bitters. None need suffer if they will use it freely. See

Mails for England via San lfi'ancisco leave Tauranga on Saturday the 23rd inst. The man Primrose, from Auckland, who so severely scalded his logs in ®ne of the hot mud holes at llotorum, some weeks . ago, has, we are glad to learn, so far re<»veed under the oare of Dr Q-inders that he will be [ able to proceed to his home at the end of thia week not much tho worse after his uni fortunate accident. MrTichborrte (we hope he i&ilofc a relative of the once famous Claimant) who favoured Tauranga with a brief sojourn in the capacity of a lecturer, but unfortunately forgbl. to pay his hotel expenses And printing bills, turned up at Rotorua on Friday evening last having tramped the whole distance from Tauranga on Shank's pony. Upon arrival at the city in the region of perpetual steam and boiling springs ho patronised the Palace HoteL partaking thereat of a most sumptuous dinner, and doing full justice to the fare placed before him; Naturally the manager of this inviting: hbstei'jy expected that his guost would still further lavouv tho establishment by taking a night's reposo upon the downy pillows, provided for weary travellers, but, alas, the ci-devant tramp had already departed, shortly after finishing dinner,. for fresh fields and pastures now, in the direction of Taupo. Of course ho again forgot to pay for what he had no doubt thankfully received but this mode of "globe trotting-" not being altogether satisfactory to the abov.e mentioned manager, hej, with commendable presence of mind had sweet revenge tipon his departed guest, and at once Hent a telegram to Taupo, warning 1 the good folks there of the speedy approach of this terrestrial comet, in the shape of a genuine loafer. We need soarcely add that our agent at Eotorua gave him best after that aa far as our claim was concerned • The Postal Congress, sitting at Lisbon, has resolved to maintain the provisions of the Paris Convention, and has also decided to admit reply post-cards to tho benefits of the Convention. ICnglaftd and her Colonies will henceforth have five votes afc the Postal Union Congresses. Oil the motion oi the Russian Delegate it was agreed to hold -the next Congress fivo years hence at Vienna. The principal instrument embodying the decisions of the Congress and the special agreements "will be signed on the 21st of March, and the Congress will afterwards be closed. •