THE Bay of Plenty Times AND THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XV, Issue 2362, 23 November 1888, Page 2

THE Bay of Plenty Times AND THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

' The Spirit of the Times shall teach me speed — KIMO JOHN, ACT IV r> *'/'•■ '■ ' . "'' > '-■ ■■>'': ;' FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 18£ S. NoTWTTHSTAimnra tbe discouraging reports at to the Gisborne breakwater, the Gisbdrnites are determined not to be discouraged, and resolved to try again, as is shown by the result of the recent poll, when an absolute majority of £448,078 in value, and 262 in number declared for prpceedißg with the works. This indomitable spirit deserves all commendation. Whatever the result of the farther expenditure may be, the Gisborne people may in the meantime cheer themselves with the reflection that If they do not attain to all the success they would wish, they have at least deserved it. The spirit and enterprise of the Gisborne people should stimulate others to endeavour to make the best of their position. Giaborne's position is on the whole, good, inasmuch as it is near a considerable area of first-class land, Bug tbi« land is rendered compara* tively worthless from the want of a harbour. Not being a mineral district, Gisborne draws its supplies from out~ side, and hence is dependent on the sea high way for coal, and in short all commodities that the district does not itself produce. Hence the enthusiasm which was evoked by the carrying of the resolution to go on with] the harbour works. The spirit shown by Gisborne should be an incentive to Tauranga. Mori forturiate than Gisborne, Tauranga needs to construct no breakw4ter,icpjit^gim«ny thousands of pounds ; for less tens than Gisborneis willing to spend" thousands, Tauranga would hate at the existing wharves, or witblittleixnprovement, water sufficient to float the largest intercoionial steamers. Indeed at this moment we have, we believe, as much facility for vessels as Gisborne at the extremity ak ?ier extended breakwater j ot A couple of hundreds spent . in improving the narrows would give it. Witbwjthe harbour itself and at its entrance, there is sufficient depth foi any , ocean steamer afloat. , And, out back country is not less promising than that ot Gisborne. Indeed, we vary much question if throughout New Zealand any natural harbour exists, or any artificial one can be constructed) which has so large and valuable a district depending on it, as the harbour of Tauranga has. The goldfielda ire now within a few miles of the northern extremity of the Tauranga i raters, and the trend of the inineial seems in this direction. The great fertility of the vast tract of; land, hundreds of thousands of acres, around Tauranga and between it and Opotiki, has been hitherto disregarded, especially by those who well knew better. But this fact cannot be kepi any longer sub rosa ; it must come tc the front. It if every day coming more conspicuously into view, T^c wonder is not that the people bere, in the face of every discouragement by the administration of New Zealand, still hold on tenaciously to Tauranga, finding wherever they go no place to compare with it for salubrity, beauty, genial climate and productive soil ; the wonder is rather that there should have been any Government 'of New Zealand who, seeing what waa being spent elsewhere to get somewhat on a par with us as to harbour advantage!, should not have seen it their bounden duty to the Colony tc avail themselves to the utmost of the splendid mtnral harbour of Tauranga for opening up and disposing of the lands of the Colony in tfce Bay oi Plenty ; and thus settling an immense district and thereby greatly enhancing the Colony's resources. The example of Gwborne might, we think, be Mvantageouely followed here ; at least to the extent of getting n Harboui Board constituted, with power to gel executed such improvements as the exigencies of the case require. A few hundred pounds would be well expended in clearing away the shoals in the narrows and near the wharves An energetic Board might be able lc accomplish this by getting Government, who have done so little for tb* district, to grant some endowment* towards the improvement and upkeep of* the harbour, ■■• .1

The 8.8. Clansman will leave the Victoria Wharf »t 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, . lU^ou* services are advertised to be helc > on Sunday next in Deronport Hall. A Melbourne expert says that no suet honey as that from New Zealand has evei been seen In Melbourne. He has ordapE* Sowtoftt. I Wedirect attention to the Serenaders' ad vertasement in another ooloain. The prooeeds are to be devoted to the fands oi Trinity Church. ( Measrs litmah and 00. aanoonoe & great clearing sale in oonseqnenoe ol removing int< I other pzeraiaes. For eaih gratf reductioiu I wiH be made. V iOFlour baa rtaan/fl per ton, and is non Ig^gotedat £12.y pl)ivine servioe in the WerfeyftnOb«rch iHil] I be conducted oa Sunday next by the Bar, J. 1 1 Dukes. 1 1 Captain Edwin wind at 1 p.m. to-day j— > I '* Heavy gale with exceptionallTooW metitwr. jaiMß rwe within 12 hourf,"

I In order to indjnoe farther settlement at Oropi, and to ssstffc those already there, the Government havf made a grant of £120 for forming the road laid off through the section*; and if this sum tarns eat to be wisnfKoient fok the purpose tlisfexpected that an additional amount t«p bei granted. The settlers who are now &i are well pleased with their choice ; atid, aseooixas the road is completed, jit is thought thit all the unallotted sections will£be taken lip. This land jus said to jbe lywtiily.suitaMe for the poor nian, aft there is laluahk tfciber, principally rata and mangiao, and this can be converged into mooe^ vljien biaarlng is going on j and. last, bttt^tot least, fee sou is of first-class quality. *^fclad»tone^a^prirat» library contains 15,000 volumes, and the venerable statesman can lay Ills hand upon any book of them all at a minute's notice. " I haven't a single book/ lelttys, "thallam not on intimate terms with." If a bit of string be tied around a rooster's leg he won't crow for approaching day. In fact, he won't seem to care a oopper whether day comes or not, Mr Eddy, the New South Wales Railway Commissioner, has made a favourable impression in Sydney already. Vienna bread has made many fortunes, and £1,600,600 came to Count Zang, who died recently in Vienna. In 1842 he established the first shop for Vienna bread in Paris, and from that gained his wealth. An American has started the idea of making glass costumes for the ballet girls.; Those who hare seen the manufacture of spun glass can readily imagine that the material can be made into dresses or anyshing else; It is both soft and pliable, A spun glass dress, whirling round under gas or electric light* wontf be simply dazzling, and when it became dusty or otherwise soiled, turning on the hose would restore it to its pristine splendour. ■ Mr G. E. Barton, of Wellington, has been appointed a Native Land Court judge. He will shortly proceed to the district north of Auckland. ■ The rainy season in India failed to arrive on time: thia year, and there has been adwpgh* and much suffering, while the crops are believed to be seriously damaged. • The Chinese, who are always ingenious; have a simple kw to entirely prerent the failure of banks ; at the same time, should a bank happen to suspend payment, its clients have sweet revenge ; for instance, as soodl as a bank suspends payment, all its clerkgnnd directors are relieved of their heads, which are thrown into a large box, where they can be seen by the former customers and their friends. . y -' Mrs Shaw, the whistler, has started a most peouliar fad in English society. It is! now fashionable for a British bel*e to be able to pnrse up her Upland blow a tune. through them whenever opribrtttnity offers. ;:; "-. Eno's fruit salts are made by thoroughly drying separately, and well mixing— two! ounces cream of tartar, 2oz carbonate of soda J 2q? Epson^satov2oz ground loaf sugar fciojngj sugar;, 26z Citrate of magnesia. v 1 Mr James Galbraith advertises for sale the! nnexpired lease of a six roomed house. ' > Acominentefy upon the value of "handbooks" and Agents-General as means of disseminating in Great Britain knowledge of this Colony is furnished by the attention paid to the Maori footballers by the English press.; All the big London dailies had long articles on the arrival in England of the Maori team, arid ft is certain that the visi* o? the Maoris to the Old Land will do more to arouse an interest in this Colony, and to spread abroad a knowledge of it, than all the events of the past dozen years put together..— ffdwkes Bay Herald. Gariick and Cranwell have made a general reduction in prices to suit the times Theirs is the largest and cheapest stock in Auckland of Furniture, Bedding, Ctfrpets, Floor Cloths, Iron Bedsteads, Perambulators. Curtains and all kinds of Furnishing goods, Goods are very carefully packed. 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