LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5775, 28 February 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The Borough Council passed for payment accounts totalling £381 7s on Monday evening. The s.s. Joan Craig cleared port yesterday morning for Lyttelton, where she discharges the balance of the hardwood cargo shipped from Australia. Settlers to the eastward should note that a meeting of all those interested in forming a Progressive Association in Papamoa will be held in the Schoolhouse on Friday, March Bth, at 8 p.m. Mr H. Munro Wilson's charge in connection with the Tauranga waterworks scheme amounts to £572 14s. The final instalment was passed for payment by the Borough Council on Monday night. According to a statement submitted by the Stock Registrar to the Borough Council on Monday evening there are 150 horses and cows licensed to graze on the roads of the town. The total fees collected amount to £94.

Messrs Browiie and Carter insert an announcement today relative to their stock of black hard hat's manufactured at the famous Springbank Hat Factory, Stockport. The firm are offering the line at prices ranging from 8s 6d to 12s 6d each, and advise those interested to call and view the window idsplay.

At Monday night's meeting of the Borough Council a communication was read from Mr H. H. Clemson, who notified completion of the valuation list for 1912-13. This set out the rateable value as under: Section 1, £8288: section 2. .£6949 ss; total, £15,237 ss. Capital value: Section 1, £121,045: section 2, £123.445; total, £244,490. The Clerk said the increaes represented a sum of about £3000.

A final reminder is given of the fete to be held in the Domain tomorrow under the auspices of the Tauranga Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. The tennis and croquet competitions, and the tennis match—in which the players will be attired in fancy costumes—should prove interesting. " A decidedly attractive feature, will be the decorated go-cart and bicycles, while the prize to be awarded to the child in best fancy dress will no doubt be well competed for. Speculators will be afforded a chance of trying their luck by means of the bran-tub, and a fortune teller who will be located on the ground will give information to enquirers regarding their future prospects. Refreshments will be provided, and, given line weather, there is every prospect of a large gathering assembling.

At the S.M. Court. Te Aroha, last} week, a publican was fined 40s with j Is 6d costs, for omitting to keep a ; Wednesday half-holiday time-book. j Archdeacon Williams has been appointed commissary for the dioce?e of : Waiapu during the absence of Bishop Averill on a six months7 visit to England. | Mr J. P. Asher, late of Te Aroha. i has been appointed editor-manager of | the Waikato Independent, at Cambridge, and is to take up his new duties "about the middle of next month.

It is proposed to form a Progressive Society at Papamoa. and a meeting of all interested in the movement is announced to be held in the School on Friday, March Bth, at 8 p.m.

Attention is drawn to the list oi entries for the weekly auction sale at the Mart on Saturday next, when a large quantity of fruit, poultry, farm produce, furniture and household goods will be offered.

Weather forecast:- Easterly moderate to strong winds, veering northerly; expect unsettled and cloudy weather; misty, and rain probable; glass fall; tides good, sea moderate, and increasing" after ten hours.

A harvest festival will take place in the Methodist Church on Sunday next. Gifts of produce or cash are solicited, and will be received till Saturday. The sale of produce will be held on Monday night.

A movement is on foot at Katikati to build a public library, and with the object of assisting the scheme, arrangements have been made to hold an open-air concert and dance in the Recreation Ground early in March.

On page o today are inserted several articles of special interest to farmers, while on page 6 a budget of correspondence, under the heading of ''Our Letter Box," appear. A column is also inserted on this page dealing with the present political crisis.

At a meeting of the committee of the Tauranga Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, held last Friday, it wag decided to lay down the area occupied by the present sand court in grass. The work will be put in hand as soon as the tennis season is over"

Mr W. H. Herries, M.P. for Tauranga, paid a week-end visit to Auckland in connection with the illness of his wife, who is at present in a private hopsital. Mr Henries left for Wellington again, on Sunday night by the Main Trunk express.

Six applications were received by the Borough Council, at its meeting on Monday evening, for the position of sanitary inspector. The applications were dealt with in committee, with the result that Mr E .R. Bourdot received the appointment.

At the meeting of the Mount Maunganui Domain Board on Monday evening, Mr Macmillan said he thought two bathing sheds should be erected adjacent to the. ocean beach, one for males, and the other for females. Several members concurred in the suggestion, but action was deferred.

The Gazette contains notice appointing the Whakatane County Council to have authority for the purpose of the administration of the Licensing Act for the Bay of Plenty district, and appointing Constable T. J. Cummings, of Whakatane, clerk of the Licensing Committee.

The Bay of Plenty Hopsital and Charitable Aid Board has demanded the sum of £33 9s sd, as the Tauranga Borough Council's share of allocation for the current year. At the meeting of the Council on Monday evening the communication was referred to the Finance Committee to report upon.

The two fighting Sams- Sam McVoa and Sam Langford-- are to meet again in the roped arena on Easter Monday (Bth April). For a time it looked like the big Sam side stepping the little Sam, but McVea has now consented to meet his brother black for the third time. The fight will take place at Rushcutters' Bay, Sydney.

Cr. Hammond pointed out at the last meeting of the Borough Council that the water supply pipe on the wharf should be a three-inch one. The s.s. Joan Craig, he said, would have taken in water here if the pipe had been large enough, and the revenue from the steamer would have amounted to about £10. He advocated a larger pipe than the one. now in use. The Mayor intimated that the question could be brought forward by notice of motion.

Cr. Duncanson pointed out at Monday night's meeting of the Borough Council that the Underwriters' Association would meet shortly. He thought an application should be made to the Association for a reduction in insurance rates in Tauranga now that the waterworks were established, and he moved that the Fire Brigade Committee furnish the necessary details to the Association in connection with the matter.--Cr. Castaing seconded, and the motion was carried.

The report, of the Endowment Committee, suggesting that the vacant part of the Market Reserve be offered on the system of leasing for 21 years, in about one-fifth or quarter-acre lots, was again referred to at the meeting of the Borough Council on Monday night. On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Cr. Duncanson, the Endowment Committee was empoweenl to devise a scheme and submit a report on the matter to the next meeting of the Council.

Some waterside workers arc, apparently., not doing at all badly nowadays (says the Wellintgon Post). The Tongariro, for the purpose of loading at various ports along the coast before leaving for Home, took with her a gang of men from Wellington. These men, it is stated, worked nine days, and each received £14. In one instance the lighter came out late on Saturday night, and the-men worked a portion of Sunday. For every hour or portion of an hour worked on the Sabbath they were paid at the rate of 5s lOd per hour. One day was epent by the Tongariro in going up the coast, and for this the men received 10s each. They were, of course, supplied with meals throughout the voyage. It may be added that a number of wharf laborers working on Home boats last week made over £b in four days, including overtime.

Captain Haul tain has again assumed j command of the s.s. Aupouri. | Sixpence a pound is being offered for j bacon pigs in the Feilding district. It is reported that B. C. Freyberg, j the Southern swimmer, intends at- \ tempting to swim across Lake Rotorua. j Lieut. Ducourneau, whilst flying at | Pau, France, on Saturday last, fell j 480 ft. and was killed. \ At San Francisco on Monday Ralph j Rose, the noted athlete, broke the j \ world's record for the phot j with a throw of 50ft. 2in. A number of tourists- English. French and American are now visiting the Waitomo caves, with which they are delighted. I Welcome rain fell throughout the j I district last night and today, and will j have a beneficial effect on pastures j | and crops. j 1 The first sod of the Wai hi-Tauranga j section of the East Coast railway will I be turned by the Minister for Public ! Works on March 4 th. Mes?rs A. J. Mirrielee3 and T. I Floyd will be the Tauranga reprcsentai tives at the Trenham rifle meeting,

| which opens this week. A new weekly newspaper is about to be started in Palmerston. and will be controlled by Messrs H. L. Young and H. R. Drew.'

A man named Harvey has been arrested at Pittsworth, Queensland, and charged with killing1 his mate, Beham. during a quarrel. The Borough Council, at its meeting on Monday evening, decided to strike a water rate for the current year in conformity with clause 22 of: the bylaw. The members of the G Company who attended the Cam]) at Morrinsi ville, returned on Monday evening, travelling per train to Waihi and thence by coach to Tauranga. A tennis match is to be played on the courts, Third-avenue, on Saturday next, between the representatives of Pongakawa and the Tauranga Private Tennis Club. Keen games arc anticipated in many of the. sets. Mr and Mi*3 A. E. Havelock-Green and family left for Auckland by steamer last night en route to the South. During their stay here Mr and Mrs Havelock-Green made a iarge number of friends, who greatly regret their departure from this town. As the work of constructing" the East Coast railway is expected to advance at an early date, the Public Works Department is gathering the necessary tools, etc., at Napier. Tents for the accommodation of the workmen have arrived, and these stores will be drawn upon as required. We desire to thank Mr E. Reeve, of Gate Pa, for a donation of peaches. The fruit, which is of the Kia Ora variety, beats anything of the kind we have seen both for size and quality. The wonder is that when such fine fruit is grown in the district a cannery is not in operation. Mr and Mw J. H. Collier, of Wiltshire, who have resided in Tauranga for the past three years, left for Auckland by steamer yesterday en route to the Old Country. Prior to their departure a large number of friends and acquaintances assembled on the wharf to wish them bon voyage. Mr H. S. Hills, of Tauranga, has been gazetted captain on the unattached list of Territorial officers for service with the senior cadets, the appointment dating from November 15th, 1911. Mr Hills has taken charge of the 38th Company (Tauranga) Senior Cadets, and being an officer who takes a delight in his work, may be calculated to rise still higher in the Territorial service of the Dominion. Our readers will notice from an announcement elsewhere that the partnership that has existed between Messrs Clayton and Green since the first of January has been dissolved. The reason for the sudden severance of a connection that promised to be of mutual benefit is the illness of a member of Mr .Green'a family, who has, wears sorry to learn, to undergo_a serioue operation. It has been decided that this should take place among friends and relatives in the South, and at Mr Green'"a request he has been released from his partnership obligations. Durj ing his brief connection with this paper Mr Green has shown himself to be an energetic business man, and we sincerely regret the unhappy cause of his departure. We trust, however, to learn later that the step now being taken will lead to the complete restoration to health of the lady concerned.

Speaking in the House of Representatives last week, Mr A. H. Hindmarsh said: "I never will suppor.t the party long that has the Hon. Mr Millar in its ranks, but on this occasion 1 will vote, in spite of my convictions, on Sir Joseph Ward's side. I intend to vote against the Opposition on this occa3i"on. Why am I doing this? Not because I believe in the Liberal party, but because Sir Joseph Ward has held out a programme to us lam prepared to say to him: 'We will give you a week, or a fortnight, to sue whether you will put these measures through. But if you do not, we will vote, I say, for the Opposition. We will exhaust both alternatives. If I throw away this alternative I would be a fool. I, therefore, intend to suck Sir Joseph Ward dry, and I will suck the Opposition dry too. That is my position."