THE Bay of Plenty Times AND THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVI, Issue 2393, 25 February 1889, Page 2

THE Bay of Plenty Times AND THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

' The Spirit of the Times shall teach me speed 2 -KINO JOHN, ACT IV U MONDAY, lEBRUARY 25,- ISC9. t — " ■ — — •■ i Maunf anui Wharf Concert takes place on j Thursday. The programme is in this issue, j The Rev Mr West, of Anckland, preached « in St. Peter's Presbyterian Church on Sunday. « 1 Mr J . Bodell calls for tenders for removing " old and erecting new building at corner of , Wharf Street and Strand. : - A large c*rop of first class potatoes is adver- ; tized for sale for delivery in March. The Government, with the vi*w of offering every facility for the development of the tin ; discovery in Stewart Island, have arranged for a fortnightly service between the Bluff and Port Pegasus. Mr J. Bodell advertizes an important sale by auotion of valuable allotments in this district on 9th proximo. . Mr J. Mnrpby, M.A , Dublin, has made arrangements for preparing candidates for E. and D. certificates, civil service, preliminary law, and matriculation examinations. Mr Murphy has been a very successful coach. To last civil service exams, for instance, he sei|t from here six candidates, of whom three passed, this being their first trial. Mr Murphy being a high honours graduate, with first-olasa diplomas and certificates, we can confidently recommend him to candidates requiring assistance in their reading up. The distribution of humble bees in this district by the Acclimatization Society has been a great suoces. These bees are now to be seen in every garden in Tauranga." We learn that there are grave complaints by our local native interpreters as to the granting of licenses elsewhere at once, whereas our interpreters are kept waiting for their licenses to the serious detriment of their business. The Mount wharf builders have been making good progress during the past few days. There aro four at work, of whom Messrs Burrows and Ward are volunteers. Mr Gardiner, who visited the work on Thursday, tells us that it is fast approaching completion. Some heavy blasting ) with dynamite took place while Mr Gardiner was there— boulders weighing two tons, half bnried in the sand, being broken into pieces whioh could be easily placed in position. So far advanced is the work that boats Can now land their passengers on the whaxf at half tide. We trust that the public will, by their generous patronage of tbe concert on Thursday night in support of this work, show that they appreciate the efforts of the wharf builders, and are alive to their own interests, as every one who takes a ticket for this concert is reaEy, by assisting the wharf-building, benefiting himself. Mr W. Kelly, M.H.R., arrived here from Rotorua on Saturday. He tells us that the Premier sent from Taupo, last Monday, a telegram to tho Public Works Department, Wellington, instructing an engineer to .he at once sent to Tauranga to survey and report on the Te Puke drain. Tho Premier expressed himself to Mr Kelly as greatly pleased with our district, especially Te Puke, and w-s glad he had taken this route to Wellington. Mr Kelly took him by the bridge over the Ngai on their way to Tikitere. He thus got a good idea of the great damage to rivers and roads by the eruption. Natives and Europeans urgently requested him to get the road between Te Puke and Rotorua put in order, and he jpronnßro-tp~Bco gmuv tir-uu fe otu_ e ..-A^WeUington. The Premier also, in consequence of Mr Kelly's representations, expressed the opinion that the whole of the Rotorua wonderland should become Government property, and that money should be got to purchase it. $r R. E. N. Twopenny, who is engaged in ' organising the Dunedin Exhibition, is returning from Australia, His visit has been satisfactory as -far as concerns obtaining the British and Viotorian exhibits for the Dunedin exhibition. He failed, ho weyer, to obtain the Viotorian loan collection of pic- , tnres, but Mr Deakin, Chief Secretary, promised that Victoria should be officially represented. Mr Twopenny found that nothing could be done at Sydney till the elections are over. It is probable that the Viotorian navy will be present at the opening ceremony, and the principal members of the Cabinet may also* attend with a view of promoting a feeling in favour of colonial federation w New Zealand. The appointment of Mr Joubert, as- manager, has given great satisf aotion to British and Victorian exhibitors. 1 The Scotoh population iv North Carolina, whioh in a great measure consists of the desoendents of those who left their country to share the fortunes of the Ul-fated House of Stuart, has become so numerous that a weekly paper— the Scottish Chief— has been started, , devoted to Scottish interests. Michael Scott, a sailor, and the clever author of "Tom Cringle's Log" made a clever prophecy in 1830} Apropos of the Panama Isthmus he said : — "lt would be,next to impossible to join the two seas at this point j by a canal vithjwater in it. However, I ex- ' , pect to see a Joint Stock Co. set agoing some fine day yet, when the national capital next accumulate* to a pbethpra, and: people's purses become so distended that they require ( bleeding !" A Joint Stock Co. has been set , afloat, and de Lesseps and .everybody else know the result. We are glad to learn that Mr G. Gardiner is ordering from England a set of the most recently improved and efficient steam threshing machinery, to arrive in November, jn early time for next harvest. This plant is guaranteed to thoroughly thresh, clean, and grade at least 150 sacks per day. An expert, ' from one of the largest agricultural machinery I companies in England, and whioh is one of r the most frequent prize winners, was here a few days ago, when he inspected some wheat stacks, noted tbe length of straw, the grades of the roads, and other necessary particulars^ and now returns to England with the fullest information as to the most suitable steam thresher for this district. As Mr Gardiner will obtain his machinery- from the firm which this gentleman represents, producers may rely on getting their crops threshed in the quickest, most economical and efficient manner. We would suggest that any others, who prol pose to introduce threshing maohinery here, should 00-operate wit'i Mr Gardiner, and; ' save probable loss from over competition. Thus the Waipatca Mail assails the flaplep\ Herald d propos of FarneUisra and crime!— ] We ask our contemporary to note what we say. It is 4 bast lie to say that the. League had afiy thing to do tcith the murder of Lord Mounttnorres, and we are ready with our proofs. Let tbe Herald put this to the test, or for ever stand branded with the foulest, of charges. If the editor thinks it a brasvi?, or a manly , thing, to call a man a coward and a shu&er, a thief and a liar, who has acted as Mx ' O'Brien has; who has sacrificed all that he has sacrificed for pure love of country ; if, ! we say, our contemporary thinks it either a | brave, true, or a manly thing jfco thus write of one who cannot answer for himself,, then we thank God therd are few suoh despicable cowards upon the New Zealand Press. It is infamous ; it is degrading to the lofty estate of the Press — it is a low, degrading policy 1 that will bring its own just punishment, William O'Brien's name will live in the hearts of his countrymen, will be en&lirined there, when the Herald, its editor, and all who stoop to wrong, an injured man, hare Igbne down to the vije duet that £iots out of sight things unworthy of remembrance. [

The Harvest Thanksgiving service takes J place in Trinity Church on Wednesday first, at 7 p.m. Offerings of fruit, &c, should be forward at the church not later than noon of ( Wednesday. : A sale of greyhounds was recently held in j London, > and the 29 lots submitted fetched i 2.787 guineas; A dog puppy brought 850 guineas, while a slut brought 610 guineas. Judge' Ward is known to be a master of sarcasm, and has a reputation for saying smart things. He did not belie his reputation the other day in his valedictory address to the Christchurch bar. In the course of a very good speech he said, " However, I would rather that men should ask why I n»aa not appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court than why I was appointed." This was pretty smart. It looks an innocent enough remark, but the satire depends upon how and to whom you apply the meaning. That running a paper in Samoa has it 8 perils, may be judged from the following extract from the local Times :— Mr Jones, the Government printer, paid a visit to our office yesterday. He represented to us that he was violently assaulted at the Occidental hotel last Sunday by a party of the Aldar'e sailors who were under the impression that Mr Jones was our editor. Mr Jones, after a tussle, escaped into a room, the door of which our Gorman friends beseiged, but immediately left off when they were informed of the mistake they had made, and apologised to Mr Jones. The editor is really sorry for Mr Jones, but, candidly speaking, he cannot regret the mistake. The telephone was put to novel use in Toronto, Ontario, a few days ago. A citizen who had been summoned to appear at court, for a breach of a bylaw, finding that he would be unable to appear in person telephoned the fact to headquarters, admitted his guilt, and was fined one dollar and costs through the same medium. The Porte has just signed an agreement, according to *Mr Joseph Nabo, a Jew, a concession for the construction of a railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem, The N.Z. Times gives the following sketch of the career of the newly appointed judge : — Mr John Edward Denniston, the newly appointed judge of the Supreme Court, is the eldest son of Mr Thomas Denniston, of Oteramika, Southland, who, for a number of years, was editor of the Southland Times. Mr John Denniston, who is 43 years of age, arrived in Dunedin from Scotland with his father and two brothers, in the year 1862, The family afterwards settled in Sonthland, and Mr J.E. Denniston, after a short experience of country life, -entered the Post-office Department in Invercargiil, whence he was moved to the Bluff. Afterwards he joined the staff of the Bank of New South Wales, and ho remained in that service for a number of years. For the greater part of the time during which he was in the Bank he was stationed on the West Coast of the South Island. While there he made the acquaintance of Dr Giles, who was magistrate on the gold-fields. Dr. Giles was greatly struck with Mr Denniston's ability, and it was mainly owing to his persuasion that j Mr Denniston began the study of law. This he did in his spare time while holding his position in the bank. At last he threw up his appointment and articled himself to Mr Downie Stewart, Dunedin, whose partner he subsequently became. While learning his new profession he attended some of the classes at the Otago University. In. 1874 he was admitted to the bar, and entered into partnership with Mr G. Hutchinson, how member for Waitotara. Mr Denniston conducted the business of the firm in Wanganui. The partnership did not last very long, and Mr Denniston, thinking that he would find a better field for his abilities in Dunedin, be"l am in terror," sighed poor Mrs Goodmother, "every time I hear the bell ring : I know I'll hear something dreadful about Jack. I'm sure he's been into some awful mischief ." " What makes you think so ?" asked the husband. " Oh, he came directly home from school this afternoon, sat down and studied his lesson for to-morrow for nearly two hours, and has been as gpod i as an angel ever since. Dear, dear, what i lias that boy been up to, ! would like to know." ________________,___'