LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5490, 25 April 1910, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

" !Wr Bates wires :— Southerly moderate to strong winds ; wea'lher cool c - and changeable > probably very cold J* night ,- glass rise .slowly ; titles and & sou moderate. id ]\lr IT. J. Grieve notifies that he BT has watches for sale from 10s tc of £I<l, and makes a specially of jew- -- cilery repairs. i- IJk* .nnnu'al meetfn.p.] ' o f hi'cyusdhlD^lj]i crs will lx- hold iji«) tbo Tauijong* ,d school-house at "7.30 -to'mlgiht. ' 'rht o t (irferlun meeting opalls 1 at T p.m. Ba and that of Otuinoetai, & 7.30 p : m; , w • 51 r J. Murdoch draws attention b^ » c advertisement* to his stock of wed „ diiipj and birthday presents, including icr sterling silver serviette rings, golc j» brooches, a lid English lever watches The prices df several tines are quoted 30 . i( j The first social of the soasbn to he ', held under the auspices of TriniU ' Church will take place in the Opori i y House oh Wednesday. The. evening se will be devoted to musical items an<! St dancing} awl a most enjoy obi 3 funct- tion is anticipated. 3 e The metalling of the Judea flat fine re cutting by the County Council is like--86 ly to be commenced at an early date. l- Mr W.Stewart has conveyed sevora jh cutter loads of metal boulders from !. Aongatete to the Judea Landing, n nd |y knapping olierations wiU be coma j nicnced without delay. Ie j >lr J. Toomath announces that he j> is a candidate for flic vacant seat |^ i,n the riorouph Council , nnd will place his views before ♦the burgesses '& In the Foresters' Hajl, at 7 p.m., on er Wednesday. The hour has Imxh fixed for 7 o'clock on account of the social id in aid of Trinity Church, •n The principal exports from the port a, of TaunaiUg-a last woek| comprised :— id 206, boxes of butter (To I'uke facig tory 160, Tauranga 46), 389 sacks m of maize, 1 13 toiles of fibre niid tow ifc 340 sacks of chaff, 80 cases of. cured !( j lish, and a 1 .-quantity of rimu timber ' from the Tauranga Sawmilling Company's mill at Oropi. Mr Colin Norris is in receipt of the following wire from • Sir Joseph Wai-d : — "I regret to 'say that o^img n to important public engagements in L " other parts of thej J>amim"on it will fl not bo possible for me to accompany y His Excellency on! his tour of your .. district. One of my collea'^ues, how,f ever, will be with the Governor." r, The Seddon Memoriial Shield/, any nually awarded to the exhibitor securing the greatest number of r.oints £ in the live stock classes at the To Puke Agricultural Phow, hus been won this year by Mr J. S. Dickey, • of No. 3 Road, Te Puko, who. see cured nearly the whole' of his points S with three draught horses of Ms • own breeding. y Mr E. , Jtcv.ve, secretairj- of. the li Oreerton School Committee, is vn . receipt of a conmiunicnticn from the c Auckland Education Board, Stating B that Oovenimcnt Ms made a grant j for re-building tho Grctert-on school. 3 'I he letter, saj-s .that plans ere beiftgi prepared by the Board's architect, and tenders will be called for the B construction at an early date. I Tho .ijntema'l re^o^T^i,oni of the rqad s ing-room of the PuHic Librarj-ha: > been completed in « very sutisfact » ory manner l>y Messrs Stewart aw 1 Shaw. The committee has purohasw ' chairs to take the. place of tkt > forms, and intend putOtaij? in s<vnn , new books in the near future. Tfte ! room now bears tai most presentabU , appearance, and the conuni-tit.ee; if to l)e complimented on the improve- ' ment which has been effected. As instancing, tliio tvial&ie o$ udver ' tising in the Ba|y ,of TUenty Times, 1 Messrs Ciuinncssißros;, reportj that during the currency (tdiree woeks) of their, oornsheller advertisement they haive sold nearly the wihole of their large stock, and tho shelling! season bfiia hard^v yet .begun. Jptcndivig buyers of shellers had better hurry en their orders as at present rate of sabs, there is sure to be a shortage before the season has fairly started. The new tennis and croquet courts, which have been laid out on the western side of the fooWali rio-maijn for the use of the Taurarga La«n Tennis and Croquet Club, are now almost Completed. To form the courts great deal of excavating had to be carried out, the contract for which was secured by Mr F. Lees, a n<l completed by trim tei a most workmanlike manner. The tennis ground measures 150 ft by 110 ft, and is divided into three co-arts— two grasp and one sand. The croquet larwn measures 110 ft by; 105 ft. ¥r Bettvlheim was entrusted, with the final l:'v e ll,ing of the grounds and the sowing of the grass seed, and the result reflects highly on his efforts. Mr 6. A- Ward prejjaretl the plart and specifications for the contract, nn:l fixed all* the levels with his usuaJ thoroughness. The grounds are enclosed in a substantial wire netting fence, -wtdch will k«ep out <Jogs jpoutery. dtc. The sm*l e-Mirt vi'.U be available for play in about six weeks and it is hoped that th 3 other courts will be in playaWo ordei by the middle of next sunMrnr, fl nd crojquet iand .Jja-vm tieninis are g«r.unes that enjoy a very wtoe popularity, tn- .grounds are sure to be well patronised as soon as they are open to memibers. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS is absolutely invaluable to the traveller.