LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5777, 4 March 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At the last meeting of the Te Puke Road Board Mr Colin McNaughton presented a petition from property owners reformation of roads in the virinity of Mt. Maunganui. After discussion the Board resolved that Mr G. Arnold Ward be asked to give an estimate of the cost of forming roads at Maunganui, as requested by the petitioners.

A meeting of, settlers was held at Te Puke last "week for the. purpose of protesting against the action of the Public Works authorities in taking land for railway construction purposes on the Tauranga-Te Puke, section without paying fair and adequate compensation for same. After discussion the following resolution was carried: This meeting of landowners in the Te Puke district, through who"c property the railway passes, protests against the action of the authorities in threatening to take land required for railway purposes without payment of compensation, and would respectfully request that the Government take the matter into their favorable consideration and grant redress.

At Mes«rs Wilson and Robbins' mart on Saturday afternoon, section 94, Parish of Katikati, containing 160 acres, was offered for sale by order of the Public Trustee. The property was purchased by Mrs B. Pattie, of Katikati, at £4 per acre.

The booths privileges in connection with the Bay of Plenty Jockey Club's race meeting were offered by Messrs Wilson and Robbins on Saturday afternoon, but failed to reach the reserve, and were passed in.

Mr F. Lees has finished the construction of the telephone line from Maunganui to To Puke for the Public Works Department. A line is also to be made from the East Coast-Maunga-nui Junction into town, which will necessitate the laying of a cable across the harbor. Mr Lees hopes to put this section of the work in hand during the current week.

All tho?c interested in the formation of a Rowing Club are reminded of the meeting to be held in the Cororiation Hall tomorrow evening at 7.30 o'clock. The Tauranga Harbor is admirably adapted for the sport of rowing, and if sufficient enthusiasm is displayed a strong Club should be established.

Tauranga orchardists sent 250 cases of fruit to outside markets by steamer last week. In addition, a large quantity was carried by waggon to the inland markets of Rotorua and Waihi.

Messrs Wilson and Robbins report that the market sale on Saturday drew a very large attendance, there being a record sale. Entries in fruit were large. Peaches made up to 3s, apples 3s 6d, pears 3s 6d, lemons 4d dozen, passion fruit 2s, tomatoes 4d per lb., potatoes 5s per cwt., onions 8s 6d per cwt., and vegetables good prices. Fowls made up to 2s each, ducks 2s 2d. A lot of superior furniture was submitted, and found ready buyers. A Chesterfield couch brought £4 17s 6d; wood bedstead 355, washstand 40s, kapok mattresses 16s, eight volume encyclopaedia 30s, and numerous lines in drapery and sundries were dieposed of at satisfacory prices.

At the last meeting of the Whakatane County Council, as the outcome of a lengthy discussion it was resolved to form a Whakatane Harbor Board to have control of the Whakatane and other harbors within the harbor district. The harbor district was defined to include the whole of the Omataroa and Opouriao ridings, the portion of the Waimana riding on the watershed of the Whakatane river, and also that portion of the Rangitaiki riding on the eastern side of the boundaries of the sections abutting on the Rangitaiki river.

Let us have straightout charges; not sneaking, intangible insinuations (remarks the Horowhenua Chronicle). Those politicians who are sowing and rearing this crop of detraction may reap its aftermath in a form not to their liking. The game of politics now is in the perilous state which befel Rugby football in Wellington eight or nine years ago., and politicians today are "playing" the political man instead of the political ball. If the unreasoning section of the public are led to believe that Sir Joseph Ward is the despicable person that some detractors hint at the Fame crowd may be led to think like things of Mr Massey or Mr Allen or some other leader. Chivalry is needed in our politics, " i

The monthly meeting of the Tauranga County Council will be held tomorrow. The Whakatane County Council's share of allocation due to the Bay of Plenty Ho-pital and Charitable Aid I Board amounts to .£l6B. The cost of charitable aid is increasing on the j Coast. ! Mr Arnold Harris, who is well- j known in the Tauranga and Te Puke districts, left for Tokomaru Bay on Friday, where he joins the stair' of the county engineer for that district. Rev. Canon Jordan, left on a visit to Auckland by Friday's steamer. Other passengers for the North were Messrs J. A. M. Davidson. L. Tollemavhe, G. W. Brown and Revell. From March Ist telegrams at deferred rates may be accepted for Luxembourg, Spain, Canary Island?, and all offices in Morocco except Casablanca. Mogador. and Rabat. Four hundred and twenty-one cases of butt.T were carried to Auckland from this port by the steamer Aupouri la~t week, the various factories contributing in the following proper .ions : Te Puke 269 eases.Tauranga 100, Katikati 36, Matata 16. The Hylhe Corporation (says a London paper) has decided to accept the resignation of their town crier, who had applied to them to increase his salary to 5s a week and fees. The crier stated he thought he would have to go into the workhouse unload he was given this amount. A Christchurch firm paid ,£oooo more last year for rubber than in the previous year, and this year they expect to pay a still larger amount. Rubber is becoming more and more in demand year hy year in connection with the motor car and bicycle trades, and aho by coachbuilders and wheelwrights. The Native Department has written to the Whakatane County Council, stating that the Noxious Weeds Inspector should ascertain to whom the Native land on which noxious weeds were growing belonged, and take proceedings accordingly. The Council decided that a copy of the letter be sent to the Noxious Weed? Inspector. with a covering letter asking what steps have been taken to carry out the provisions of the Noxious Weeds Act in connection therewith.

At a meeting of the Whakatane County Council the question of keeping separate riding1 account? for the various ridings of the Whakatane County came up for discussion. After the subject had been well ventilated, it was resolved that separate riding accounts be kept at the Bank, that the accounts be adjusted on an equal ba~is, and that the existing debt be debited to the various ridings pro rata on the rateable value.

With a view to testing the Home market, and also to ascertain how the various kinds of soft cheese will carry from New Zealand, the Department of Agriculture proposes to send several small consignments of Cheshire and Caerphilly cheese to England. If the result 3 prove satisfactory it is expected that dairy companies that are giving the manufacture of fancy cheese a trial will be prepared to ship regular supplies when market conditions are favorable.

The chairman of the Auckland Railway. League is communicating with the Waihi Borough Council, with the view of arranging for a party of representative Auckland men to attend tlio turning oi' the first sod of the Waihi-Tauranga railway. It is hoped that a number of leading men will look upon this as an opportunity of showing their recognition of the importance of the opening up of a direct communication with the East Coast settlements, which the new railway will effect. —Waihi Telegraph.

Messrs Jonasscn and Griffiths (late A. C. Jonassen) have removed into new premises in Devonport-road in Messrs Norris and Bell's block, where their business as mechanical and electrical engineers will in future be conducted.

> The rising generation is apparently not without its grit. A boy of thirteen has just completed a walk from Wellington to Wanganui. He left thcformer town somewhat unceremonious^ ly after school last Monday week. Hie reasons were a preference for thel river town and a belief that he wouljy have greater domestic happiness wit an aunt there. The boy worked hi 3 passage north, sleeping in outhouses at farms, and procuring a prccariou s existence by cutting wood for the owners. He met with varying fortunes, and was on the whole treated very well, but the Ittle chap will probably not be over anxious to repeat his first emulation of a .sundowner' i life. With the exception of one short "lift" on the road, and a motor ride in from Marton, the youth walked all the way, and arrived in Wanganui on Saturday night.

The question has often been asked if the whole of the sick and general funds of the Independent Order of Oddfellows (M.U.) in New Zealand, quoted at over- half a million sterling at the end of last year, would be required for sick and general benefits. The Registrar has shown that it would all be needed, as it had been found that during the past five years members under 40 yearsof age drew 18s 2d per annum in benefits, members over 40 and under 65 £1 18s, and members over 65 £6 17s lid.

A message received from Tre.ntham this morning states tha.t Mr T. Floyd,, of Taurang^a, secured prizes in three matches at the rifle meeting there, and Captain Mirrielees in live matches. Very bad weather is being experienced.

Pasturei all over the district are looking very verdant as the result of a copiour. fall of rain, which set in last Wednesday, and has continued, with intermissions of line spells, up till today.

The Pacific Cable Board has accepted the tender of the Jndiarubber and Guttapercha Telegraph Works Company to construct and lav the new cable from the neighborhood of Sydney, probably Bondi Beach, to h handy place neai1 Auckland; also to bring the Norfolk Island cable to Auckland, instead of to Doubtless Bay. It.is expected that both cables will be completed about next Christmas-.

The Arawa Maori Council 'i,. . was held on Tuesday, the rot 011----offi:er being Mr D. 1, Collig 22H * the Waiariki- Maori Land Board T,° f following twelve were elector! ■ Morehu te Kirihau. Ok ore- R->u Pururu. Tarewa; Wikiriwhi tc S M Whakarewarewa; Kanapu Haeixjhnl' Ohinemutu; Taiporutu te Mann nl' ' mutu; Taiatini te Tokao I? *■*" Warein, te Mutukiri, Whak^ rewa; leo Hona, Ngapiuia- Hm. Pokiha, Maketu; Henare \\" T^* Waiotapu;HoriTaiapuna, A proposal was made in the Hous,> r Representatives last; week by Mr T ? ■ Young, M.P. for Waikato, that C bridge should be brought into the v*!!!' of the main line to Kotorua by • ° viation from Ruakura Junction' >, Young asked the Minister for p u ,J! r Works to obtain a report upon the i stability of extending the branch r-,ii" " way line from Ruakura, and now I mmating at Cambridge, to join \Z Rotorua line at or near Tirau or P.,t ruru. Uld*s

Ngamof.u Wu-emu has been olecfo? unopposed as.Native Assessor for tfc licensing district of the Bay o f pi en . Tango Kokiri has been dec tod un posed for the Tauranga district

Ihe principal business transact! of late in connection with the Waiaril; Maori Land Boards has boon th,»• 8 ' ing of a resolution by the owners j dipo?e to the Government of -t bk, t consisting of 32,857 acres near 0,, 0

A telegram states tluii the Government Commission appointc! to investigate the grass grub visit l Masterton last week and in.^S several properties. They found Uio gra?s grub very bad. On W,iJi they left for the WoodvUl, dinrtt' where a similar condition existed.

The weasel has always been looked upon as the bane of the fowlyard but it is now recorded that he has starter on a new line, that of destroying trout Recently a weasel was seen at -Mil-i' miki coming out of the river-bed wiVi a live trout 4in. long in its mouth

The number of legal practitioners in the Dominion at the end of December 1911, was 918, an increase of 87 ov '" last year's returns.

Eight Romney rams donated to the Masterton A. and P. AesoeUiun have been sold by auction in aid of the funds of the association, and have realised £123 Gs 3d. One ram i,^ sonted by Mr E. Short, of Feildimr was repurchased by the donor at forty guineas, and generously handed back to the association, realising thirty-fiv<> guineas on the second ocrasion it was put- up.

Ihe Postmaster-General announces that the rate of postage on parcels from New Zealand to Canada, which at present is Is per lb. up to a maximum of 111b., will from the Ist March be as follows:- For parcels not exceeding 31b., Ls;7lb., 2s; lllb., 3s

Ihe proprietress of a private hospital at Reefton was prosecuted for not registering it under the Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act. The presiding Magistrate pointed out that she was liable to a fine of £100.

It is stated that Mr W. Parry, vicepresident of the Federation of Labor has turned his attention to the shop assistants of Waihi and has "organised" them into a union It is said hat the membership will total 120 it s also stated that Mr Parry will visit the Thames shortly and endeavor to form a similar union amongst the shop assistants there.

The numerous crops of kumeras at the various Maori settlements in thip district are looking exceptionally well at the present time.

The Mayor of Opotiki hag received a telegram from Mr Robertson, secretary of the Post Office, stating that the Borough Council's request that the; Opotiki telegraph office be opened between seven and eight o'clock in lh<v evenings of all except Sunday, and nho for half an hour on Sunday morning, has been acceded to.

Cr. Burt stated at the last meeting of the- Whakatane County Council that the Government was taking ten acres of land, which included the Mangaroa Hot Springs, as a reserve, and he considered the Council should apply to have a portion of the land set aside as a hospital sit-. A resolution wag carried that the Government be asked to set aside a suitable portion of the land for a hospital site.

At Hokitika last week Mr Hewitt, S.M., fined two men £1 each for having native jrigeons in their possession out of season.

Horseowners should note that nominations for the Bay of Plenty Jockey Club's annual race meeting close at 8 p.m. on March 7th. The eight events on the programme have been endowed with liberal prize money, and it is hoped that owners will make a good response. Nominations for the Te Puke races also close at 9 p.m. on the 7th inst, and as the, meeting is held on the Saturday after the Tauranga races it will afford owners an excellent opportunity of earning stake money.

Mr Bert. Rawles intimates that he is making a special show of ladies' and gent's umbrellas, the prices ranging from 2s 6d to 17s 6d.

The second sailing- race for Mr A. E. Price's trophy took place on Saturday afternoon, when four boat 3 competed, vr/.., MrR. Farquhar's Mavis (scratch), Mr C. H. Adams' Olive (7inin.), Messrs. Stewart and Shaw's Rambler (% mins.). and Mr P. Carter's Raumatj (17mins.). The Mavis passed the winning mark first, taking 2hours 13 mins. to traverse the course. TheOlive came in 27£mins. later, followed by the Rambler Imin. afterwards, the Raumati finishing 30secs. later. On time allowance the race results: Mavis 1, Raumati 2, Olive o, Rambler L The points for the trophy stand: Mavis 5, Raumati 5, Olive 1, Rambler 1. Mr W. Hammond acted as handicapper | and timekeeper, Mr F. H. Alexander :as start?r, and Mr C. F. Hulme as judge. The Hon. I{. McKenzie, Minister for - Public Works, has arranged to turn the first sod of the Waihi-Tauranga railway on Monday next, Jlth'iriflt. The next mail for the United Kingdom via Brindisi will close at the Taurauaga Poit Olfiee at 7.00 a.m. tomor* row.

in the iron.inii'.'ion «f telcß^"™* *" . A cable menage of 000 F^instW hided in at Wellington at UfKng. waS finißhed pm--f<>ur hour, after her* ftt L an d even then itwas ®m hsore it reached this office. 1 „ j oy ritv Council ha 3 gazettCX rSinng wearing hated » W'iJiine in such a way as to be POST'S 'anger. A penalty of vcff Government has cabled 1 with the obi'ect of securing to^ Jali*'"„ connection with the W t !*??t the warships for the AusbUlkan'fleet A naval architect is re- | <iU!!\llogation having been made A° J ,ct controls the moving pK(hat? mi in America the United {urts Government l.as ordered an inv^on.witha view to a pro^ecu-lilattcmpt^nh-Hnli^^ntu- ■■■■■^ we company to raise- «h.' n.nkf£"Admiraltty has taken over the -.Mho Courthouse this morning, At r a Ward and C. C. Norris $ks*L' n prohibition order was isS i:; fin S talo,aln,i t l I:n,,1:n,, X remarkable action has been pultly ihftfnrc the Melbourne Court, a !t d c & damages from a , kl 0"n catering firm on account of we I* <he alleges found the head "f%et h neat pie supplied to ?;^of the company' V ,tabJish 7 The firm is famous tor its hot 2!Taod it has many branches in S'yd- ■ SiVand Melbourne, where the public in the habit of going m large numr or meals. The firm denies the legation, though, of COUfSC CVCII it ■■■?t£ trUC, no one imagines thatm.ee T o caught for the purpose of being dLUP into meat pies. At the WOl'.t, itwas an accident. AGreytown resident has imported ■Wboxes of Cyprian queen bees Sni New South Wale ? . The new imortation consists of re ord honey- . latherera " and also non-swnrmer*. Two packages were tested bees, and in no box all the bees were dead with ■"the exception of one queen whilst in .the other only one bee was dead. At the' Police Court this morning, before Messrs Ward and Norris, justices a Maori was charged with stealing a dinghy valued at £3, the properlyof Kobt. Farquhar. The accused, who was allowed the services of Mr D Asheras interpreter, was cautioned and informed that he could, if he wished, be tried by a jury. He elected to be dealt with summarily, and pleaded guilty. Constable Skinner .'aye details of the case, and pointed out that this class of offence was extremely frequent and it was very hard to detect the offender; the accused had a previous conviction for horse-steal-ing against him. The Bench sentenced the accused to four months' hard labor in Mt. Eden Gaol, and pointed out that this was a light punishment for the offence, as if they had committed him for trial to the Supreme Court hv might havo been sentenced to three years. The deatlt is announced of Captain llodgers, one of the oldest mariners in New Zealand, at the age of 81. For many years he was Government pilot at Hokitika in the old digging days, of which ho was accustomed to relate many stirring incident?. He was afterwards pilot at Wai rail bar for a period of twenty years. Mrs Cotter, of Suva, has been spending a holiday with friends in Tau-r ranga. The Maatcrton branch of the Utility Kgg Circle paid out last week U 4J per dozen for eggs. Mnsterton i 3 said to be better equipped, in thu way of public institutions, than any other town of its size in fhe Dominion. It has a hancteome Post Office an up-to-date railway station, a magnificent new Courthouse, a fine Technical School, a well-equipped District High School, a mutcuin, trout hitcheries, T«\vn Hall, publL- reading room, two public swimming baths, a charming Par^'j. delightful showgrounds, and a racecour c equal to a ly in New Zealand. What town (a ks the Age), with a population of seven thousand, has equal to this?

Mr P. E. Debreceny, a Pahiat.ia bankrupt, has just set a noble example k paying 20s in the pound to the creditors in his estate.

Work at the stone quarry on Moturiki Island is now assuming definite form and the stone crusher was commencing work today. The line has been laid right across the bea hon tc the island, and bruirhes into three tracks leading to the lace of the quarry, the;necessary sidings for shunting purposes, about the crushing plant, will be complete in a few days, and, provided sufficient funds are forthcoming, the work of ballasting and bridgebuilding ihould go on uninterruptedly «Hl rapidly in the future, practically ' all the material necessary for the preset section being now on the ground at ilaunganui.

Professor Thomas, of Auckland, and Dr. Cockayne, assistant Government biologist, who have been appointed by w« Minister for Agriculture to investigate the ravages of the grass grub, «aye already inspected certain properfits in the Wairarapa where the gi\ib J» been' known to exist. It is protobiethat the Department, as a re-ult °f the investigations, will be in a j osition to recommend measures for the of the pest.

McKenzie, of Maslerton, 8M sold the fat heifer for which he '*m awarded first prize at the recent «un<ytola southern buyer. The heif- ? rw to be taken to Melbourne, where «will bo exhibited.—Wairarapa Age.

I'rofessor Gilrulh, Administrator of.' '■• r toe Northern Territory, in an inter- : J 16* in Sydney, said that he first mii «njcd to demonstrate what could be i Profitably produced in the Territory and : Secure the right kind of imini- . pant?. Ho W jn S|iare no e[ r cr ;. t0 . f° ye that the White Australia policy . }SB°und and capable of full fruition. The' United States cruiser West Vir- | mii *. acting under the orders of (he 'avy ■■Department, ha* hoisted th<> , !l a. n L and Stripes on Palmyra Island, • 'AwGreat UriUin claims.

Mangaweka, an up-to-date town on the Main Trunk line, is to have drainage, high pressure water, and electric light installed at an early date.

The remarkable death-rate of the American railways is exemplified by the figures for the months of July, August, and September last. During those months 201 persons were killed and 4000 were injured.

Palmerston North is at present suffering from an epidemic of mumps, which have been common this summer in many towns in the Dominion.

The Government has offered a bonus of £50 for the steamer which lands fruit consignments" in, the London market in the best condition.

As showing the drift of teachers towards the city, it may be mentioned that while the Wellington Education Board last week received forty-one applications for the position of assistant teacher at Maranui (a suburb of Wellington) only one application was received for a similar position, carrying the same falary, at Mangatainoka.

The titles of the articles on pa^e 6 today are "Department of Agriculture' (giving a number of interesting notes from the monthly Journal), "A Royal Crime," "Farm Notes." "Mormon Schools." "Moisture-Content in Butter," "Profitable Herds." "Boys will bo Boys," and "Methodi ct Conferenc." "A Constable Chastised" and "Blindness in Sheep" are the titles of interesting articles on page ?>, while on I a; ru 8 will be found scm ■ details of a New York scandal.