LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5476, 23 February 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

._— _o — •A tvporl of tho j.resi nitatkn to F)r. I'.ritt'n at Te Puke on Sh mv right, ' «-i iitmeri'i&i. reports, etc., v. ill • . :.<c found on Pagv four. llUv. 1). C. Bates wired to-day :— A storm area appears to be ai> proaching from the northward. There are iiidichtions for a heavy g"ale, and very h"av,v rain may be expected ; glass fall fast, tides high, sea hcaivy. A mail for the United 'Kingdom and Europe will close at the. Tauranga i'ost Office at p.m. next Wednesday. Mr J. F.' Hartland •announce that nommatians for 'the leading events ol the A.R.C. autumn meeting close at 9 p.m. on Friday next. Wo understand that Mr A lister Mathpson. of 'J'ai)paivgia, is tha uinnai of the weight guessing, competition ai t^ T( cent Te 'Puke Show. We are requested to s.t-at'C thatf thi Queen's OtfJlege is to he kept on awl that a master will be en-gaget for mathematics and languages. The New Zealand Shipping. Com pany an-d the Shaw-Savill and Albion Company have -deckled to make Auckland a final port of call fo: oversea vessels. He auxiliary schooner laabtirn urrived irbm 'Ciiskurrnc this morning witli a consigar.-nt ol ."!» tuns oi manure for the New Zaaiimd Loan and Mer<.|ajvtile I Agency Cor.. pany, Limited. Messrs X-orris axid llcll , kind aj>.-1 estate agenta, vrttptoi't the sale, of a dwi'lliTit* and allotment in Willow Stret-t to Mrs liuttimore on i-chnif of thu Kstgvte of the late Wm. lourtney. Mr "JlcC-aw; (tqwn cler^,) hasf received a communication frotn the Secretary for Education replying that thire is no provision «t present whereby subsidy can bo granted to public libraries. The C>>imr>issioi»er of Crown Lands notifies that Mr W. H. Dunnage, of K-atik-siti, has applied for a renewable! le.as9 ;ot seoticm 74, T-e Mania FLrish, aa-d that suoh (application will He .considered at the ,Lar.d Board meeting on March 31. A "sitting 'of the To Puke Magif?trate's Court wall Up heW on Thursday noxt. Mr rh'ttjwtts (clerk of the court) leaves forTe Puke ion Wednesday. Sitftiin.o's of tho Court will be held at Te I*uke in the future every alternate month. Much credit is 1 due to Mr C. Eivtrs ferine rromptitude which he displayed last -evening ia -going to t/he assistance of the lad Padlie who was rescue* in the Waikareao estuary with the water almost up to his neck. To reach him Mr Eivers had to swim his horse across the channel the (fade h#ing nearly full at the time. The aniniial harvest I'ianl-sgiving seirvices.in'ccnnectkini with ilu- Tautanlga Qlothodist Chuirn arc to be held on Sunday, the preacher for tho occasion 'being) tiho Ttov. .lames Wrigley,. of Waiki, who has tho reputation of being an eldqiient and fonvful sprtiker. Mr Wrigley nlfio preaches at tho P#tl<k-hem native school on Sunday afternoon, ami is to ho. the chief speaker at the festival meetin'ff Sn the Tauranga- Church on Monday evening. Mr N. E. Collett annource3 that he has commenced business on bis own account in Tauranga, and is prepared to undertake all classes of painting, paperhanging and general bouse de corating, for which he will furnish estimates, if desired. Mr Law, Waihi manager for Mr George Davies, the modern tailor, arrives here on a business visit this evening. He will stay at the Commercial Hotel and- is bringing with him a splendid range of patterns. The prices are quoted in the advertisement. The Fire Brigade concert, to be held to-morrow evening (Race night) promises to lie a decided success. The following ladies and gentlemen are assisting :— Mesdames Worthington and Watson, Misses Quin'on, Steventon, Fitt, Humphreys and Foxcroft, Captains Ywing and Beach, Eev. Father Van Dijk, Messrs Bourdot, L. Quinton and others. Some of those assisting will make their first bow to a Tauranga audience and if fine weather prevails a most enjoyable entertainment should result. It has been suggested that a da.cc should be held after tin concert, and in a'l probability this will be given effect to.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ; J. F. Hartlaiid - Notice re nomiaa « tons for A R.C's. aLtu nn meeting. E. C Goldsmith- Notifies that Mr s W. H. Dannage ha 9 applied for rj- d newable lease. , r Methodist Church. - Announces Har- s vest Thanksgiving services. G. Davies — Kepres» ntative will visit Tauranga this week. Northern S.S. Co. — Inserts afresh H timetable. ° Norris &; Bell. — Dwellii g. and busi- p -iess promises to let N. E. Collett. — Has commenced q business as painter and paperhanger. & Farmers' Co- operative Auctioneering t< Ho. — Waikato stock sales. pi Tauranga Fire Brigade. — Concert *t md dance, to-morrow night. H. J. Miller — Expresses reeret for non- °' (upply of gas on iVlonday night. f 1