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

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5487, 21 March 1910, Page 2

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

Mr Dates wires to-day :— lVest^i'ly moderate to strong winds ; unsettled and'efbudy weather ; rain probable *, but grass rise after 20 hours; probably coT'ler ; tides go««1 ; sea motlerate. A large number of natives from the Jvarikari, Mau-njjatapu, Matapihi anjtt Whareroa districts pnoceeded to Matakarra on Saturday to express hjir grief with Chief Hohepa il'aanra ' in the recent «filicticn suffered iiK the less of. t\ g^a^i/tf.hild.

On Saturday Mr ,1 . H HlcCVw (town tl2rk) received; a. t-ek^grcym. from Mr Poynton (su[iorkvlciKlej»t of ths State Guaranteed 1 lAUvuiicos Department) notifying tha-t the £12,---000 lean has 'bcra- provisionally. ttp--1 roved. Another step towards the flotation of tho wa s terworks loan, has thus been reached.

• The infant son of Mr and Mrs C. 11. l'arata, whjo is connected with leading Taurangu t ncl South Isi aw' native tribes, was baptised by Hey. Canon Jordan last week. The !)«>> has had the names of Charles iTUiM paiia Whatarau Ash.-r Parata hestowed on him. Hakiipaiia was c famous nneest,'or jot the ra^at/a ,faJn ily und Whatarau- was a noted T&unn^athiJ who died about 30 years ago. , . .* The sccw Vonitin'mn rctuihecF ihfcre' fpjm Auckland .on Friday night to enable tho contract to be commenced forth} transport, of 1400 yards of metal from Acngutete river to the Judea bridge, which has been secured 'by Messr.o'lMddick anld G-cslids-boro L of AucUmdf An oil launch will be usoU ,for towing purposes. JFr Ci. <3.Hian(fi« will have charga of the operations. Mr D. As-htr is in receipt of a telegram fr o ni Waihi (T^kannu) stnting- thj.t a terrible landslip hjrl taken place Ihare, and c-na ncrsxvn had btvn killed. This is the place where Te Hcuh-iu, the groat chief of that district, '.v&s killed with sfuio of his followers many years ago, by a -landflip. The telegram states that there is' no danger In Tokaanu to-vv-n---sihip. A rai.ssu«.iry meeting is talx»hekl this eveniti? in tin Trinity Church Parish Ha.'l, at 7.30., when Wiss Wilson, daughter of the late Jud^e Wilscn, formerly ;of Ta'uranga, wil' speak on mission wtirli in Nigeria. Miss Wilson, who has been wcrking in that district in connect i en with ih-> Ctourchi IMissjonary Society, was engaged for several years in piionrer work, an'l *vas much pf interest to tell about this remote part of the T3mpire.

Tho weekly model, (yacht regattawas held < n Saturday afuiffloon an<l two/ rncos wore Fn'lwl. There were six starters and ihe'places were obtained' by Viking. Britannia and Kaj>ai. " The wind was still unfavourable for the models but the :b»ys are hoping for a good muster next S«;turd«icy at |ow water, and, thisy invite all boys to get their models rigged up and bring them down at aijout 2 o'clock to compete for a model, dinghy and other prizes.

In addition to supplies sent to Waihi and 1 JlotoFiia, the factories • in tSiis county shipped the following quantities o t butter to Auckland last week :— To Puke 222 "boxes, Tauranga 80 boxes, Katikati 'J. 9 boxes. -For the same period Tauranga fruitgrowers ihippod 150 cuses 'of fruit, and To Puke an,l JVTatata flaxmillors 213 bales of fibre and tow. Other exports included 168 sacks o f maize, 60 sacks of chad, 25 sacks of barjey, 88 fat pigs (from Te Puko), 30 cases of cured fish, and a quantity of riniu timber from the OropJ sawmill.

Tho result of the canvass -made by Messrs Ward, Hall and Norris, the deputation from the |Cluurib(pr of Coroimcrce'' ten try and increase ti»e nuimlber of telephone subscribers from 40 to 51 to entitle stilbsrrib ers to an 8 to 8 service, was very successful. Tho canvass occupied the best part of two days and was conducted right out to tho ibbnourfh boumdai-j-- Tho foUohving sigtned the document instructing ike department to at oncp instal the telephone :*— C. E. ltkHoy (Haymorlcet). J. C. Adams (private house), J. B. Oh«ppell, J. H. Clayton (Bay of Plenty Times), T. Nix O n (Taurang^f Hotel), Tanner Bros, (conditional on an absent partner consenting 1 ), Bank of Australasia, It. Badger, Taur a nga Gas Company, A. Co.titts (Spr'aywel 1 Brewery), G. Maxwell, J. H. McCa* (Tauranga Borough. Council), C. H. Selbie (land wgerA). Four others promised conditionally anld the conditions, we 'believe will be ftilfilled. These, including tho Police Station, already promised, will mean 58 subscribers.

XEW ADVEIKTISEMENTS. N,46. Jj. & M. Agency Co., j Ltd , — Additions to Te Puke sale. N. 21. L. & M. Agency Co ., Ltd.— Sale of Mr E. Chadban's furniture in April. R. Badger. — fs receiving orders for hot-cross buns. — A^-her.— ljost jfioW Cable lyaitglr Bay of l»lenty Times.— Will not he published on Friday and Momlay next '• An umbrella i« lost. Man wants work at gardt-nmg, etc. Singer sewing machine is for sale. C. Re veil. —lnserts a "personal." W. C. Holmes.— Has a pig -dog for sale. liert Hawics, — Shop open all day Thursday and Saturday. N.. S.S. Co.— Sailings of steamersRheumatism, Gout, Sciatica and Lumbago ar e due to the presence of excess uric acid in your system. How can you hope to cure them by liniments and embrocations ? You* must fcpt t'-»i« roison out of the bloo^. and RHEUMO will do it. All chemists and stores, 2s 6d and 4s 6d. 16