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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4382, 3 December 1902, Page 2

A meeting of the Committee .of the A. and P. Association will be hnld at Mr SeiicJon's Store on Wednesday the 10th iast,, at 1.'.i0 p in

We regret to record the death of Mrs I. Reid, wife of Major Reid, Adjutant of the Auckland district, which took place at Dovonport on Friday last.

A foot . race between two Waihi pedestriins, Blackburn aud R. Power, oveutuated at the mining borough on Saturday last aud resulted in an easy victory for Power.

Tbe inquiry iuto the fire at the Government Buildings, which was adjourned from lust Wednesday, was ti'gnin resumed yesterday ■nioriiing. A report of the proceedings will appear in our next issue.

An error, we regret to state, crept into our columns regarding tha report of tho Show iv last Friday's issue. Cluss39c Foul byCbiettain, should have rend Mr George Ker's, 1 ; not Mr N. Ker's a3 reported.

Mr T. E. Pahner, builder, of Wnihi,. who is well-known to a large number of Tuuranga residents, has been successful iv obtaiuing the contract for buildiug the teacher's residence t»t tbe Paeroa Native School, (Bethlehem).

The Rev Mr PttttuUo informs us that it is r.ot decided whether he goes to Wnibi at tbe beginning of tbe year or not, although he severs his connection with tbe T»urang» Presbyterinu Cburch at the end of January next.

„ An epidemic is at present going round the Borough and is a result a large number of people are confined to their homes. The symptoms somewhat resemble those of the English cholera, wbich wis reported as being prevalent in Auckland a short time ago.

At Tpkaanu the residents all seem to be of the same mind as regards political matters and the loctl option question. The whole of the voters iv tbufr community, (24 in number), gave a block vote to Mr Herrus, whilst on the.licensiup que3tion they went soiid for coutitnianeft

At Te Pake on Tue.-d*y next, immediately before th^ cattle Sale, Messrs R. Seddon and Co. will offer for .sale 2£ acres land, situate at Te Puke, with cheese factory buildings and 4- roomed cottage, thereon ; also, Slied for removal, and all machinery and, requisites for gheese making.

Attention is drawn to Messrs Mann aud Co's replace advertisement on the opposite pngo. In addiliou to their regular stock lines, the fl-ui nra now landing a considornble quantity of goods suitable for the present s°ason, fjjll pnrticnlnrs ot whirh c>»n be obtainsd on reference to the a^vertiaement.

Mr J. H. Griffith?, County Clerk, oalls by advertisement a meeetiag of the .Wttiumpu ratepayers, to be held at the Council Chambers, Willow Street, on Saturday next at 2 p.m , for the purpose of electing thr.e.H ratepayers to serve on the Wniiynpia ' Separ.-itp R^te Committee for the ensuing ygir.

Tbf* vote pissed by PurJiament for the iuiprovifijf of the b^illing purchuseii at the Wnikato fur the purpose of « Fanutorima for the treatment of consumptive* is now being exporid<Ml, and thwre will be hccohiicodution fur a uumter of patients in about a month. Thfra are Mlrva-iy two p«ti»nts under treatment.

At a nativeeettlemenl near .Waitao, (Papamoi). a whare was d stroyed by fire on Friday uight list, through a fire, which had been used for ebbing purposes, having been left burning. The jcccupints, throe shildrenand a young man, toi'tanately managed to make good thrir /wpape, though not till the lastui«ntioue<i had been rather severely bur.iwi about the body..

4<si n 2H^rcniDciileace i# connjee.don vith the ]n\e contest fqe t^.e Bay of Ptpp*p $?&t in tjj« { ict H»it Mr Uerres receiypd prpuisfiy Jb*> 8 true Ctttuh rof VOt*S an h<> di-1 •-» h n r?tHroed the« y urs ago in 1899— the i.omb^r in tva favour oo e»ch o:Ci»*tm bflnjr 2 110. The total n>H»W «f Vrt'iJ vo'ps r»cs»fitt^ in 4iSVv wns 3^*J2 t wh'lnt fur the late *; f «tiun i\<k WjiX 43(K), beifg »v

The next outward 'Frisco mail closes at the local post office on Wednesday next, 10th inst, at noon.

Now that in the oourse of a few weeks many of our farmers will be turning their attention to planting the staple winter feed crop, turnips, they couM not do better than spend a few minutes in perusing Messrs Eempthorne, Prosser and Co's advertisement on the front page. This firm's well-known Westfield manures have now been for the past thirteen years promiueutly before Auckland farmers, and has given very general satisfaction.

Mess E. W. Boucher (formerly of Te Puke, but now a resident of Auckland), and Mr V. Allen, one of Auckland's sharebrokers, arrived here last week, ou a visit to the Te Puke mines. Mr Allen is highly pleased with the prospects of the Te Puke Gold Reefs mine, but thinks that further development is necessary und fully warranted, before expending capitalin machinery, which has been too often done elsewhere with other mining properties. Wo understand that a'strong financial Company intend, to fully test tbe property in a short time.

• The Natives in this district are greatly concerned just now over tho election of tbe member for the Western Maori District, which takes place on the 22nd inst. At present there is a large gathering of Native chiafs at Whareroa, and Mahutu, the Waikato Maori King, and bis associate, Henare Kaihau, M.H.R., (who is contesting the seat), are also present. Last night Te Heuheu, the great Taupo chief, who is also oue of the candidates for the district, proceeded to Whareroa, and we fully anticipate that lively^ political discussions will b^th3 order of the day at the settlement named.

Apropos of the force of habit a country resident who had evidently not visited the town since tbe late fire at the Government Buildings, rode up Harington Street on Monday morning at a smart canter and did not observe that the building had disappeared till he was well into Willow Street, when £he situation suddenly dawned upon him, and he reined up his horse and exclaimed to a bystander close by (who was enjoying a hearty laugh ut the other's mistake) : " I fell in that time ! " The borsemau then wended his way to the temporary post office in the Theatre Royal aud transacted his business.

A very quiet wedding was solemnized at Katikati ou November 26th, when Mr George McCawley was united to Rachel, y n i^"st dmieh'er of tho late Rev Johu Hamilton. The ceremony, which was performed by tbe Rev W. Katterns, took place at the resMencs of thebride's mother, who gave her daughter away. Tbe bride wore a purple velvet bodice, trimmed with white silk, with black figured skirtHnd'hat to match. Miss Jaue Biraclough', attired in a pretty white dress was bridesmaid, whilst Mr James Baraclough supported the brir.egroom us bestmun. Toe happy pair were the recipients of ruauy useful presents. Early in the alternoon Mr and Mrs McCawley left for Te Puke en route for Rctorua

In the Auckland ' Herald ' of Frid«y last, amongst the list of subscriptions towards the Elingamite relief fniirlj acknowledged by the Auckland Town (Jlerk, apppars that of £7 10s from the Taurauga Town Bmss Band. Tbe total received to thut iUte amounted to ihe sum of £601 2s 6d. Up to the present it has been ascertaiued that there are at least seven widows who will require assistance from the fund, while there are one or two chsss of relatives who were dependent on those who have been los*;, aud tbe committee are expecting advice as totiose from the Royal Shipwreck Society of New South Wales, a cable to that effect having been received on the 23rd ulto.

Tua Dairy Commissioner (Mr J. A. Kinsella), in bis annual report, expresses regret tbat a number of f*ctories~iu the colony still continue to take the whey back in tbe cans. He is convinced that this system is causing « great denl of trouble in connection with the flavor of the cheese (,f snch factories, particulnrly where the small cone-shaped "neck cans are in use. ' These cutis, ' he Biys, ' are most ideal filth traps, particularly when they get knocked about and become dtnted. I have often seen inside the neck of ona of such cms sufficient filth to destroy the flivor for the whole output from a f nctory. . Icannotnrge too strongly my preference of the straight side, or what is colled the gunshot can, over the old style of cone-sbaped neck

cans,