Bay of Plenty Times. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5475, 21 February 1910, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Rev. D. C. Bates wired to-day :— Westerly modtrateto light arid vt.rLab'le winds, but easterly winds prevailing" indications for fair'weaTC.Piv glass little movement ;i sea. and "tides moderate. The Tauranga Mounted Rifles leave for Auckland to-morrow morning. Yesterday a couple of sharks were noticed <in the waters of the harwourj opposite the Star Hotel. A mail for the United- Kingdom and Continent of Europe will close at the Tauranga (office on Wednesday at 3 p.m. By the two outward seonrnors last week the Tuura/nga. Suwmillinac Compa'nj.v isfent sbjpra'caits of timbei' to Axijcklawdy Last week's exports from the Tauranga -district included n fair consignment of grafts seed from the Ngawaro district. Messrs Norrig -M Bell, land and estate agents, report the sale of sections 47 and 48, Whakamarama, on behalf of Messrs Keene and Reid, to Mr Tbos. Gilfillan. A line of 1100 breeding ewes were brought through from the Wa-ikato via the Kaimai Road, last week, for the Ohauiti estate. The mob reached its destimatkßt hi excellent condition. On Saturday even-ing a number ol excursionists proceeded to Mkyor Island by the ketch Wave. Several landed on the island, while others mduJgfd in fishing. The party returned to town yesterday afternoon. The butter manufactured by the Taurajn'g!a dairy factory evidently possesses a good name on the British market. The last account of sales to hand show that the butter from the local factory realised 122s per cwt., or at the rate of l.'J l-Hd per ft. Dairy farmers will be pleased to learn that, Mr W. R. Turwr, who has itaken up his residence in* fT-au-raoga and owns 420 acres oi land at Kaimai, has purchased a purebred Short3*)rn (full aWd !a teif-er of. the milking strain from a well-known South Island breeder. "Traveller" writes drawing attention to several soft places on the front beach between Sixth Avenue and Morris Street. He poirrts; ou* : tbat {-be beach is much used for vcfciculfer traffic when the tide suits and contends tbat a few pounds spent by the Borough Council in put-tin* down fascines in these nlaoes would considerably relieve Cameron Road,

The Auckland Harbour frvxdtMS decided to blast aw?// Hie K-aiparj. shoal. Frizes won at the recent he rt:c literal show ut.j l,>oing paid >by< Mr Badger, Strand, Mr Bert Rawks notifies that. "WioleUa," the liar tone, may tc c>!> taincd at l:is establishment. Pipiriki House, which was dis'.ruytfi by f.re some months ago. has been, replaced by a fine commoclio.t.s structure. Mr J. Armstrong had a shipment of 490 sheep and lamts landed here test week for -his "Waikaraka" property. Tauranga fruitgrowers shipped 161 cases of fruit to Auckland and other places last week besides sending various (quantities >by coach to Waihi and Rotcrua. Mr Frank Bayly notifies that all hcraes tunning on his property, Matakana Island, must be removed within two months or they will bo impounded. John Mcrton Paull, chgrged with the shooting of Mr L. R. Jorlan at Mystery Creek, ne a r Hamilton, has teen committed to the Supreme Sourt for trial. The shipments of butter from, the fact'erioa, in this oowirty last) week w-rre as under :— Te 'Puke, 269 boxesTaiir^nga;, 80 boxes ; Kfttika-tj 24 boxes. Jeffries is reported to be making a triumphal U»mF the TJniVsd States. In Chicago during the first week of the Mew Ve a r the net pr ( >fits of bis exhibition were £2650, and of this sum Jefirrcs' share was £1620. Five strokes of £ b-rrch* rod was the penaHy inflicted on a boy wiio was charged at a s't/t^vp of* tha Wellington Juvenile Court with stealing the sum of £11 in two amounts. The boy's father undertook to refund the money. The concert in aid of the uniform 1 fund of the Tauranga Volunteer Fire Brigade to be held on Thursday evening promises to) 'be a highly suc;esful function. Leading vocalists and ir.s ■'roT.ewtalists 'have promised their assistance. The programme will appear in Wednesday's issue. The Clyde Navigation Trust, LLmitert; have arranged plans 'for the consi ruction of a 'new graving dock or the Clyde, capable of accommodating the largest battleship afloat. H will have a length on the floor ol 1020 ft, with an inside width of 11C ft. Sir Thomas Mason, the chairman,, states that the Admiralty approved the dimensions. The new deck will rank among the largest in the world. Mr Crmwell, of Waihi, registered a fast trip per motor-ear from Waihr tio Tauranga <>» ,Sa<tturday. He left Waihi at 5 o'clock and reacted Tauranga three hours later. Several stoppages were made on" -the rwd and it is estimate.l that the actual travailing rite sksu'. atjout 16 miles per hour. Mr Cranwell, who was accompanied by Mr Hopkins, left on tiro return journey yesterday afternoon.