Bay of Plenty Times WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. ,1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5489, 30 March 1910, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. , t 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A sit^Wgof the^Njat*ve I^and Court is jraascttert to optn >in fTuuraqgfa on Friday next. Messrs Biddick and Goldsfooro, who had Intended tro'nsp'orting -a large ■p;- l aTiti i ty l of metal tor the Toiuifattiga County Council .from the Aongatete river to the Judca landing, have been forced to surrender the c<intraot. Oapi'wfin Salr<3> who was jlu charge of the scow iDomini.on, foi^nd that there was not sufficient water in the Aongatete channel to permit the vessel working it whc/,i loaded. This means a. /urthor delay in Hecuring the metal tor the ji.dea hill. Messrs Norris &> Bell, larwl ami est*\to agents., report tho sale, of Mr J.itfur^atKaVtfs »wo!perU\ <•>* 148 acres, near tho Gate Pa, to 51 r A E. Putt. A mail for the United Kingdom and Europe will close at tho Tauranga Post Office at 3 p.m. next Wednesday. In future tho Paengarca • Junction and Poivgakawa public schools will be "conducted > »s half-tijne schools. Mr A> L. Jones, th-j teacher of the Paengaroa school, has boon appointed teacher of the two schools. A social and dance in aid of the Paengaroa T<nnis Club is tobeheU in Sir G-ilmdur's h^ll to-jncrr.ow evening, when, if fine weather prevails, a large -attendance is nnticipixleil. An important s&le of land was effected at Te Puke d few (ii^yc ( iiggjo. when Mr G. W. Brow-n, of Taurank&.tpwchased Sir >}i. T. Gha^vtoi's property of 100 acres adjoining iihe To Puke township.

Last week v lnob of 400 head of cattle, principally 2 and aj-yoar-old steers, were taken through, ta the Watk. a .to, via Kla^mai, having been purcihaserl by Mr J. I'ohlen, of Matamata.

Mr R. Swayne, a well-known purobascr of fat stock, visited t*h3 Tauranga and To Puke districts l.st week, and bought over 300 head of fat bullocks, which will be taken to the Auckland Freezing Works Immediately. Mr C. ; \V. LiuKvig .hafc disppse^ of threequarters of an acre, of •hsffj.iroporty, situated between Fifth | and Sixth Avenues, to Dr. T. iStuart, at a satisfactory figure. A counitTjj- su : bscribier directs e>U tention |to the dilapidated condition of the fence On the boroi\gh endowment abutting on the side cutting load. jig; to the Judea oinhan'kimnt. He snjys tho fnn.ee ssi a menace to the travelling tmblic, because if a horse should &hy | iff the ro;< A it has a gopd ihanco |->t Wec-oniing entangled in the loose wire, vroitlh e\ery pro.ba'bility o' serious consequences.

A special meeting of the (Borough Council was held on Wcrtnctdhy for the purpose "of certifying 1 to the district lelTotors* ,roll for tha Borough of l^uramga. Present : Crs. J. C r . Adams (Deputy-Mayor, in tha chair), A- Washer, A. F Tunks, G< A. Brabant and C. W. Ludwig. Cr. 1 Adams 'moved— That the roll be approvoc} and sJgnxU toy the ,D<jpiutyMayor and , Crs. Tunks end (Brabant. Seconlcd by Cr. Tunks en 1 carried. "Country Resident" writes to the editor, drawing attention |to the dangerous condition of the 'beach track ' close to the tree «,t the eastern end; al Morris Street ani suggests that the Borough Council m-i^ght place lajt^out a. dozen- fascines at the spot to make it safe. He points out that they would be justified in doing this because the beaoh route j ; s>the mo'nns of tak.injg a g"o;od deal of traffic ofl the trough von'd.l. It '^s a?>^o stated thy.tt the road from the beach to the butter factory |is badly in need of rePair.; A survey party is at present ongaged *n the MhKliviskn !of a lilock of 4500 acr«s of Crown land, situated betwem the Pinnacles i-Jn and the iKaharoa 6ettlament. The land consists of mixed- -bush nnd fern country, and will be surveyed into about ten sections. It us antiefpatdd that surveying, will bo completed about the end iof June. ,The principal exports shipped froni Tuui*a;ng<a lal3t week' <SQmpPisea 87 bales of fibre and tow, 131 sacks of maize, 82 cases of fruit, 1 26 cases of cured fish, 40 fat pigs (from Te T*mlse, and a 'Quantity of sawn rhnu from the Taurartg-a Sawrailling Comtmny's OrofJi mill. -

The gutter sent away |fron\ this port last week was «» follows :•— Te Puke factory, 219 boxes ; Tauranga. 40 hoxes ; Katikati. 14 l>oxes. .We clip the following f r o m, ,/lte Rotorua Times »>f a recent date >-~ "The Tauranga Coynty Council cannot be; complimented; s>n tjl^ lit«st« of the Hotorua-Tauranga Road] via Ngawaro,. which lies inside lits ijbimdary. This portion of the road has received very ilittle attention for some time, and is in a very | rough ctonditijoav fijll o» ruts, 'holes, and blocked vt-atcrtal>lcs. The dilTtsrence between ithe CJovemuient -and the county roads is at once noticed by passengers in the coach. The Council should realry do something to put this road m a bit of order before winter, or it will be practicably iropassable.'* With a view to making- «n experiment n,n the groWing of jsorpimm as

a (winter feed ifor stock, • Measrs Spence , Tiros, planted l .lOJb*ot seed when sowing turnips en their Te Puna farm last December. The sorghum is now ten feet high i n many places and isbcuM provide excellent winter feed -whtst thor-ougMty matumi. It is st/Si^d thlit k-aterpUbu-s do not attack sprgjiwm like they do the maize crop. Tn Jodditfon to the swfldes about f\b of yel\ow felobje mn-n^olds were sown in a 20-acre paddock, and these promise to give a good deal of feed, iberng tjuite as j largs as the swedes. Some kohl ra.bl was also sown and this is growing well, land, so far, Is frligbt proof.

The library committee has accepted the "tender of Stewart « Shaw for painting and decorating the interior of' the retuflrng'-rooin anti lorbbj- jof the Pubdic Library.

On Good Friday, in peifect weovther. the Tauranga Presbyterian choir held th.'ir annual picnic. The Wave carried th<? ihoir menAers f.nd a" lar^e nuii / !-<?r «:f their friends to i hit most of picnic places — Omokoroa-. Captain Crapp very generously jilnceil his house. igToiriuis in I orchai d i «.t the disposal yot th? picnickers, and a. very cttjoynjMe ti-inc wus spent. (Hearty cheers wore giv«n for Oaptafn Crapp «h n t'hc party had rcassemll d (n board i!i>l everyone expressed regret that such a happy day «nust have an jend.

With the exception jof- Te (Pake, Uhakuttane and Op.r-'ikt. nil ttlegraih'c coniTnu-nirtition with! the Taumnga taffice has *jcen interrupted since 1 p.m.

The Fire Brijg|ade So<?iM ■c'n, OCo'nday iright wes very successful, but the attendance was not large en account of the ( weather. The Town Uamd played ia march and a waltz, but most y»f the d.i:ncd iivusic was ukvvcd by Miss jM. Oarstens an«l Mr Carstens. who were relievvrf by Mossrs Walker and [tj. Howcll. Songs woro rendered toy Mrs JWatson. Mr Sf-mpcn. Captain Beach, and Master L Quinton. Mrs "Wntscn nnd Captain jßeach also snng a duet. Miss A. Quinton played Iha accompaniments. The arrangements were very complete and those who attended had an linjoyable timn. The committ.p«s respo-nsMljlo were: Tjadifes-J Mesdantes Watson and iDow-linc : Misses Cnolc. Vickory. Clarko and Quintoii. Onntlomen— M^essrs Quhvton. Khcdis. Clavton, Piidlie and Hynds.

We draw the attention of readers to an advertisement of the Victori-a league, which appears elsewhere in our columns, «md.we t top,e to . recusnwert'i ttys as at very oonvmendafcla effort to effect a grfwt piihlic pur■pose r whi.ch is Vn dic^iplate Inisimderstandingi and to' 'Inaur all men and women of the British Irace close together it- "•bouid'is pf -vMltf, tmitvkl ■Kindness and iiiutual help.i Such an union dwes not necessarily nva,ke for war. although unity means strength should w a r Ye forced uj>on us, tout Huth an unkn of the Eußlnh- speaking race — lor we must jitrJwdo cur Awerifnn co-Jsiins'-wo'uM /give powse to tha world, were England \ avfd America to say ''tlure shall be no more war.V A- cordial invitation is extended to the (public of Tauranga and neighbtourttood to roll up to uuch of the meetings as may be most convenient.

At 12.33 p.m. 'to-day Jha strcufe .Tout h-easteily 'win. 1 uprooted ia large poplar tree in Devonport Roaid, *n front of the house occupied by Mr

J. J. Faulkner. The tree was over 00 feet, in height, 'and trivike t'hb whole of the telephone wires as it fell. Vehicular "traffic ia the thorou^(h/6a/re was completely Jblocked. Mr <j. V. Stewart is engaged In repaiiinff the triji-ihor.e wires, WhiL; the kdroufcli -workmen) e\re ■ le-jritifccV the dbfetructii^w A. laft^e •villow tree has also been iuprootecl in the allotment to the northward el the New Zealand l,ioflti &i prercamtile Company's store..

Owing 1 - to tho strong gaSe last ivfeht the pteauier Aiipb'iri |>ut back >to Auckland. There is no \»brd of lior sailing "up to <J»o IHme of <?oing to pross. .