Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, APRIL 1,1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5490, 1 April 1910, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1910. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Taurangn Cof.nty it'ouncil nnd liay if 1 -U-nIV Hospti'al fiixt Ldiaritable Aid Board will |hoki their monthly meetings tn Tuesday 'next.

A movement is on foot to iStart a social club in Tauranga, and Vo meeting o p those interested in its formation will '>c h.ld at an early date.

At the smeeiin'g p ; l iiha iAKickla'nd Latvds Board yesteiday, a> scheme of expenditure for £S€s 14s 11<1 toy the Tawfiainfea Oo\mty Council w»s approved.

Owing to the easterly Igtole 0-n Tuesday n-ight the steamer Aupo>-r; was Jarred to put back to Auckland,' ahd her f!epjart\:j - oi. was postponed till 5 o'llock last flight. The vessel .berthed at the Town Wharf at 11 a.m. to-day.

.Mr T. H. Lmvify's llpbrikoff Wo>) (he All Ag-ed Stakes, of £1000, at -tha iA.J.C. Meeting^ Iviateiv a'sb anne-ved the First i^tecp lee base, of 80l\fovs, carrying 13 11. The Neyf Zkw.iitfnd- owned 'horse lU^llwort'hVwas seooard. Hij-cn (late iJarpmtti) ran socoiid to ..Otneraiity in (the Great Enster Steei lachase, at Onpapa'inw i-nsl was crnly Doaten by a neck. There were 16 starters.

A -jnectin^r of incrn.bors of the TaurunStx Firo.^. Biiig'ajdc was held iir the lVor-ougfa Council Cwtnilxn's on AVedncsday even ing, -when there was a j good attcmlunco. Piivnian C. iP. Washer was elected lieutenant, tyt the lirigade. and Firenvan E. Bourchit wus chose/iv -afi second brarfchman. Mr Norman Collet. was nomjn ated as a member, nod Mr A, MeGlasWa'n .was tVa-Hctfed for c lid ekicted a member. It was Heciried that a deputation-, consi-sttng of .all officers, 1 n«it an the Thorough Council at its next moeWrfg, re cxqa"*atiqn of ;th«e rite for t/he station "house and the Jpa&mcnt of the half-yearly canitatven. It was resolved that the tolls of the different jwp.itls be pi a tied on the bell tower, as an instruction to -' amyone • ritvging the bell.

At the last meeting of the Auckland Lands Board it was agreed to throw open for selection, under Part 111 of the Land Act, 1908, the following areas: Bection 1, Block 111, Eotonv P.D , 1046J acres, at 10s ; section 169. Matata Parish, 1830 acres, at los. Under Lands for Settlements Act : Section 16, Bl'Ck IV, Putaruru Village, Pelwyn Settlement, 1 rood, £130. The following notice of motion will be j roposel by Or. Stewart at the next met ting of the Tauranga County Coun oil :— "That application bo made t the Government for a county loan of £1000, for the purpose of purchasing a suitable fre hold area, and for the erection thereon of a building containing Board room, chairman's, engi neer's, and clerk's rooms, and that a committee, consisting of the chairman, engineer, Or. Gray and the mover, or of any additional councillors selected" by the council, be a committee to report on this matter at the next meeting in May, and that, in the meantime, advertisements be inserted in the Bay of Plenty Times, inviting offers of suit* able sites."

As a result of the rain this week three bridges have been washed away in the gorge between Waihi and Kati kati, while a large number of slips have also fallen on the same road. So far no coach has reached here from Waihi since Monday night. The local postmaster has received word that no mails by this route can be got through before Monday, when the contractor will run his coaches to each side of the damaged road, and the mails will then be carried by other means over the intervening space. Word has been received that the telegraph line is damaged at Athenree, and Mr G. V. Stewart left by special coach this morning to effect repairs. The Taoranga telegraph office has been unable to communicate with Auckland or Thames since midday last Wednesday. The line to the eastward of Taoranga down the coast has apparently not been damaged by the storm.

,Ifl summer, wheia t t he < !bat ia t dat; 'A good catqh Is the jlrall ; Well stopped /ye hear the people shout ; 1 Welt stopped (! c»ty» jonc taaKi «H. In 'winter when bleak winds endure A bad catch is a cold : Well stopped ! Iwitfc Woods' Great Peppermint Cure ! Well stopped ! cry younjr and old, d