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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIV, Issue 2005, 29 June 1886, Page 2

The s.B. Clansman has been chartered by Messrs Meek and Go, Oamaru, to bring a large consignment of flour from that port to Auckland. The work will occupy this steamer for about one month. A letter from Dr Ginders, Resident Medical Officer at Rotorua, appears in anothor column. Dr Ginders endeavours to show that in consequence of the recent outburst, a similar occurrence at an early date is the reverse of probable, and recommends those who may feel alarmed to think of the words of; the Psalmist, "I wiU lay . me down in peace, and 6leep; for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety." - , Several reporters and others arrived on Saturday evening from Rotorua in one of Mr Crosby's coaches, not in time, however, to catch the steamer for Auckland which left at 5 o'clock. Two of these gentlemen proceeded overland, wishing to avoid the delay of waiting for Tuesday's boat. The gentlemen appointed by the Parliamentary Union to form -a ministry, held a meeting on Saturday night for the purpose of finally discussing their contemplated polioy and allotting the various portfolios to the several members of the Cabinet./ We understand that a strong ministry has been formed who may be expected to declare a vigorous polioy at an early date. Mr R. C. L. Reay Advertises a house and property containing two acres of land, for sale. IVllest particulars can be obtained on application to Mr J. C. Adams. The Tavranga portion of the English mail via San Franoisco wll! be delivered here today. J-. We understand that it is probable the Union Co's Australia may call in here next week on her way south from Auckland. On Thursday last Mr Grace asked the Government whether they would place upon the Supplementary Estimates a sum of money to assist the sufferers by the late volcanic eruptions in the Bay of Plenty districts. When Mr Latnach said the Government had already made some provision for sufferers, and they iutended to put a moderate sum on the Estimates, for the purpose. The Public are notified of the fact that a telephone office has been opened at Rotoiti, County of Tauranga. The cutter Tokerau, which was floated off the bank, and came up the harbour yesterday, brought timber from Tairuafor Mr Brain and also for Mr Sydle contractor for the Waimapu Bridge. The timber for the >latter was formed into rafts yesterday, for the purpose of being floated up the Waimapu River, to the site of the bridge. We have been shewn a number of small portions of broken rock which were picked up in Mr Mann's garden, Devonport Road, on the morning of Thursday the 10th. These fragments, which present all the appearance of burnt rook, arc- extremely light and seem to have been but recently reduced to their present cindery state, were found imbedded in the volcanic dust, and are supposed to have been ejected from Tarawera. We beg to correct a typographical error which occurred in Mr J. Vogan's letter appearing in our issue of Saturday. The depth [>f deposit as measured by Mr Vogan, was ;hree-eigths of an inoh and not threefourths. " My mother drove the paralysis and neualgia all out of her system with American lop Bitters."— Ed. Oswega Sun. See ,

Th» Rff. Douglas left Opotiki on Wednea- j lay last for Tauranga via Whakatane. She waa, however, obliged to run under Whale ■ [sland for shelter from the strong westerly grale which was then blowing. On Saturday she managed to leave her place of refuge, reaching Whakatane on Sunday. Yesterday morning she sailed from the latter port for Tauranga and may be expected to arrive here thur morning. The Tauranga Thames road in many" places is reported as being in an unpleasantly slushy state, no doubt owing to the wet westerly weather we have recently beeri experiencing. About the hoar of 11 o'clock laat night the planets Mars and Jupiter were in what is teamed conjunction, at an apparent distance of about a diameter of the moon when full. Mr Froude, in his book Oceania, says of Rotorua : — ■" There were flights of gulls on the lake (Rotorua), drawn thither, I suppose, by the white fish. Otherwise I had seen few birds in the district, as indeed anywhere in New Zealand. Mokoia, however, was full of them. The English sparrow was there — whore is he not I— taking possession of everything, as if nature had been thinking only of him when she made the world. There wero native birds also, hiding in the foliage of the thick trees, with a deep cooing note, something like the Australian magpies: These were chary of showing thomselvesr One that I caught sight of was like a blackcap and of the size of a thrush." , Mr Hamlin has given notice to ask Government if they' will communicate with the Admiral in command of the Australian station with the view of despatching a warship in pursuit of the cutter Sovereign of the Sea, for the purpose of arresting- and bringing to justice the murderers on board. The Herald's Wellington correspondent writes:—" When Mr Balance was in Auokland a short time ago, he was interviewed with regard to the expediency of forming a special settlement in the Tauranga district similar to those north of Auckland. At that time he was understood to be disposed to favourably entertain the proposal; a change, however, has come over the spirit of his dream, and he now looks upon the projeot with indifference, if not with disfavour. Will it pay ? Mr Ballauce believes not, although, it is notorious that it would open for prosperous settlement some of the finest lands in the country. Mr Chadwick, of Tauranga, had an interview last night- with the Native Minister on the subject, but he failed to convince Mr Eallance that it was desirable to thrown open the fertile lands in the Tauranga district for European settle,-..! ment. The Government have refused to attach to the report of the Commissioner, Mr Barton, on native land purchase and leases by Europeans in the Bay of Plenty District, the | notes of the evidence taken at the recent j inquiry into these land transactions. " The evidence is very voluminous, and the cost of having it printed would be considerable. The Government, however, have no objection to allowing any member to look at the evidence. We; have been shewn' an excellent sample of ensilage from the farm of Mr.Geo. Lee, Te Puke; the "feed being both juicy and sweet and eaten injpreference to either clover or oaten hay by both cattle and horses. The saving of fodder by this means is not only simple, ttit renders til© farmer in. a. great measure independent of weather. In Mr Lee's case a field of clover was stacked immediately after being cut, a few bags spread over the top of the sack, and a thick layer of earth laid on these to consolidate the mass and so prevent the access of air. Six months have elapsed since the stack was built, and the ensilage is now being taken out in a splendid state of preservation. By this process of stacking feed the expense entailed in the formation of a silo is obviated, and whereas in . the case of the latter its contents having undergone the process of fermentation are not at first relished by stock, many animals having to be-gradually brought to eat the food, ensilage prepared in * the stack ig consumed with avidity, in fact preferred to ordinary hay. Mr Lee's successful experiment should have the effeot of inducing the farming community of this district to go in more extensively for this kind of food in the future.