LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5801, 1 May 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The next meeting of the Tauranga Licensing Committee will be held on June 6th. ' . - The annual meeting of the Literary j and Debating Society will be held in the Good Templars' Hall at 7.30 o'clo.k this evening. Mr N. Dickey's racehorses Kaween andNapenape were brought back to Tauranga from Auckland by steamer yesterday morning. The next meeting of the Bay of Plenty Hospital and Charitable Aid Board will be held at Whakatane on the 29th inst., when the chairman for ! the ensuing year is to be elected. The wholesale quotations in Auckland for butter and eggs for the weekending May 4th are as follows:—Butter, factory Is o£d per lb., farmers' 8d per lb.; eggs, la 6d per dozen. It is reported that an outsider who visited Tauranga this week has acquired premises for the purpose* of enabling him to commence business as a maker of lollies and all kind 3of confectionery. The meeting of the newly-elected school committee, which was to have been held this evening, has been postponed for a week. Mr P. Munro, the chairman, has gone to Auckland, and as the four remaining members do not constitute a quorum the meeting could not be held. Mr A. E. Innes inserts an announcement on page 6 relative to the stock of presents to be found in his establishment. He invites the public to call in at his shop and inspect the many lines which are now offering and amongst which will be found goods that cannot fail to please the most fastidious. Mr Innes aims at making his establishment the acknowledged "shop for presents." Th(>. Pelorus Guardian states that a dastardly act of .vandalism was perpetrated .on Messrs McCallum Bros.' farm at Meadowbank, last week. Two valuable draught horses, valued in the aggregate at £100, were, found to have been poisoned, one being dead when discovered and the other in a dying condition.

The Mormon mission, which came to New Zealand about 35 years ago, have sept over 500 leaders from Salt Lake City to work among the Maoris of whom there are now 6000 adherents. It ha=? established various institutions in the Dominion, and is building a large Maori agricultural college near Hastings, to cost £10,000, for which 130 acre 3 have been obtained.

The new municipal library at Woolston, Canterbury, a substantial and spacious two-storey building of brick, faced with concrete, was opened on Saturday by the Hon. G. Laurenson.

A well-known Taranaki farmer is 'selling his farm because of the scarcity of labor. He cannot get men to work it. Labor of any kind is scarce and the good kinds he finds quite unobtainable. He is of opinion that the Government should foster immigration, and reckons that Taranaki farmers could employ a thousand good reliable agricultural laborers. In his opinion, the immediate result of the brisk immigration policy would be to cheapen the cost of living.

A poll of the ratepayers of the Eden Terrace Road Board (Auckland) was taken on Saturday, to decide whether the Board should be empowered to borrow £17,000 for the purpose of forming the roads within the district and extending the water mains. Two hundred and sixty valid votes were \ cast, of which 136 were in favor of and 124 against the proposal. A three-fifths majority of the total polling is required to carry the loan, and thus it was rejected by a margin of 20. An announcement relative to the ex-cellent-qualities of W.B. cor3ets appears on page 8. These corsets are made of unexcelled fabric 9 and findings and have a grace of outline unsurpassed by those of any other make. A Waihi business man is reported to have left the district suddenly, and so far inquiries have failed to discover his whereabouts. Authority to purchase the .Orakei Estate for a model suburb site will be sought by the Auckland City Council, by a Bill to be submitted to Parliament next session. Judge Brown, of the Native Land Court, returned to Rotorua from Opotiki on Thusday (says the Chronicle). The first business which occupied his attention was the paying out of money owing in connection with the recent purchase of the Takaputahi block. Approximately £36,000 has been apportioned the various Native owners. The best assortment in the Bay of Plenty in brushware is at Mirrielees', chemist.*

The purchase of the MangarewaKaharoa block, Ngongotaha, comprising 9000 acres, has duly passed the scrutiny of the Waiariki Land Board (says the Hot Lakes Chronicle). The area, which is essentially bush country, of excellent quality, has been bought by a Sydney syndicate, the price being 27s 6d per acre. The firm intends using the material solely for export purposes. As soon as the ne,cessary title is secured, it is proposed to lose no time in erecting sawir-JUs | and laying down tramways. The Northern S.S. Co.'s steamer Chelmsford met with an accider.it when off Hot Water Beach on Saturday night, breaking her propeller-shaft at a point about midway between the engine and the screw. She was towed into Whitianga on Sunday by the tug Pelican, and temporary repairs were effected, so as to enable the Ghelmsford to reach Auckland, where the damage will be permanently repaired- . In the Magistrate's Court at Wellington last week T. J. Weatherburri proceeded against Daniel Hickey to recover £25 damages for an injury i done to his son by a dog alleged to be owned by defendant It'was contended that the dog was not owned by defendant and the amqunt claimed was excessive. After lengthy evidence had been heard, Dr. Me Arthur, S.M., held that Li the circumstances he must find Hickey to be responsible, and assessed damages at £3.

We hear that one of the largest farms in the Te Puke Riding has changed hands at a satisfactory figure. MrW.'T. Jennings has announced that he will again contest the Taumarunui seat against all comers at the next election. Quite a number of Tauranga sportsmen have left for various parts of the county to spend a few days in game shooting. We understand that there is every possibility of a brewery being started in Tauranga in the course of the next two or three months. The ehooting season opened this morning and judging by the sound of the discharge of firearms birds must be plentiful all over the district. Several Auckland sportsmen have arrived to enjoy a weeks' shooting in this county. Mr H. T. Ca3taing, secretary and treasurer of the Railway League, has been very successful in his canvass for funds in aid of the League, and up to last night had collected a total of about £18. If the League is to do its best work, however, more money will be. required.

Fifty licenses to sboot cock pheasants and Californian quail have been issued for the Tauranga Acclimatisation Society's district. Further applications for licenses have been made, but these cannot be issued until the Postmaster receives another supply of license forms from headquarters.

Active preparations are now in progress in connection with the camp of the Fourth (Waikato) Regiment to be held in Rotorua for a week from the 21st inst. The * Taurnnga Mounted Rifles will be present under the command of Captain Tunks. The camp will be under the control of Colonel Ward, of Tauranga.

The Supreme Court action the Spiral and Lock-bar Steel Pipe Company (Wanganub versus the Tauranga Borough Council is to be heard in Auckland this month. Mr H. A. Sharp (solicitor) Mr P. Munro (a member of the Borough Council) and Mr E. A. Gumbley (waterworks engineer) left for Auckland last .night on business connected with the lawsuit.

Mr P. Ellingham, of Hawke's Bay, has purchased a farm of 200 acres in the Maketu district from Mr A. Webster and intends to settle thereon. Mr Ellingham at one time owned the steeplechaser Moifaa, which was subsequently sold to the late King Edward and carried his colors to victory in the Liverpool Grand National Steeplechase. The only way to be sure and save your sight is to be correctly fitted with lenses by Mr Mirrielees, optician.* In matrimonial annals a record has been achieved by a well-to-do farmer named Sisseln, of Aaron,- the capital of the canton of Argovie (Switzerland), who has just married his "wife" for the fifth time after divorcing her on four separate occasions. Sisseln married another woman during one of the intervals, but divorced her some months after the wedding. The first Madam Sisseln returned to her parents, and lived quietly until her former husband came to ask her to remarry him. The couple, who are still \ in love with each other, and are still young, are now on their fifth honeymoon. *

According to last district orders Sur-geon-Captain Bucknill has been brought forward from the retired list to the active lint "of the Medical Corps. Lieutenant Mirrielees has been promoted to captain, t the appointment dating from iSiovemb-er 27th, 1911.

Four reasons are submitted by Messrs Trigg and Thomson in their advertisement on page 6, as to why it pays the public to deal with them. The firm state that they buy cheap and sell at bedrock prices. They have installed a cash register, which produces a coupon for eveiry-. cash purchase made in the store an cl the coupons are worth money in hard cash, payable at Messrs Trigg and Thomson's establishment. Rev. F. EL Spencer left for Te Puke and coastal districts on Monday on business connected with the British and Foreiga Bible Society. Whilst in Tauranga Mr. Spencer held a meeting in the Coronation Hall, at which there was a fair attendance. He delivered an interesting address,"" and referred to the forward Christian movement now apparent among Eastern nations. Mr I Densem was elected secretary of the ! local branch of the Society. Cod-liver Oil Emulsion, pleasant to take and good for the children, 4s 6d quart bottle, at Mirrielees'.* Fire-plug indicators in Auckland are to be re-painted with luminous paint to give greater prominence at night, on the understanding thjptt should the method .not prove effective some other course will be adopted. Lieut. A. D. Reid, of the JJ company, 6th (Hauraki) Regiment, has been appointed to the permanent staff of the Defence Department, and takes up hi' 3 duties on May Ist (says the Thames Advertiser;. He has been a member of the D company since compulsory training commenced, and was previously a member of the? No. 3 Ohinemuri Rifles, having woirJkecl his I way to commissioned rank.

A quantity of farm notes is ,inserted on page 3 today, while on page 6 a budget of general cable news, a further account of-the Titanic disaster, and articles dealing with the'graduated land tax and a dramatic double arrest appear. Readable articles entitled "State Electricity," "Winning an Heiress," and "A Hail of Bullets" will be found on page 8. ' ;

A parade of the Tauranga Mounted Rifles is being held today. The Cadets will parade tomorrow at 2 p.'m.> : and the G company of the Sixth Regiment at the-same hour. Both'parades will be held in.the Domain.

The Gisborne Chamber of Commerce is moving to have an experimental farm established in the Poverty Bay district. At last week's meeting of the chamber, the chairman said they were not.getting.on very fast with the thing, but he supposed it could not be done in a day. They had better try every means to further the project. It was decided to bring the matter before the Premier when he visited Gisborne next month.

The hairdressers of Wan<Tan»i v increased the price of haiC^ mnepence from May Ist. So

The Gisborne timber merchants hav o been advised that from April 2 there will be a further increase to 5? price of kauri of 2s per 100 ft. * •"

Mr L. T. Symes, manager of th Gisborne branch of the Bank of \ u tralasia, has been offered promotion tt the managership of the AucHana branch, and will probably leave forth northern city next month.

Included in a shipment of hors ea from Australia which recently rea^J Wellington for Mr E. Short wwi * hurdler, Bayfield, which had been pmchased to be added to the list of high" class animals already owned by "«,* squire of Parorangi.;' Bay field's beit high jump was 6ft. 9in., accomplishJ at the Armidale Show, N.S.W

The Gisbome Chamber of Comin ere has decided to move, in the direction of having the telegraph office open f ota! j hour on Sunday mornings and ev^. ing 3, instead of half an hour, as at present. The mover pointed out that he did not altogether approve of Sunday work, but it was just as easy f or an officer to be there an hour a? half an hour.

The question of approaching the Postal authorities with a view to havjng the post office open from 7 to 8 p.m. to enable people to get their letters, was briefly discussed by theGisborne Chamber of Commerce executive. The chairman thought the matter worth consideration. Mr Bloore remarked that the mail was delivered at night at the country post offices. "It might be a good thing for a village, but why should we belittle ourselves," said Mr Anderson. '*It is not done in other towns." s

Mr Kirwin, Labor candidate for Mirani, Queensland, at a meeting at Hatton, asked an interjector whether he had knocked off beating his wife.. The wife referred to, who was in the audience, walked on to the stage and smacked Mr Kirwin's face.

The highest rainfall recorded at any place in the North Island last month was 11.67 inches at Glenburn, Motu, and the lowest was 2.31 at Waihakeke, Carterton. The highest and lowest records in the South Island were: 14.18 inches at Puysegur Point and 1.15 inches at Waikari.

One of the main object in life at present of the member for Napier, Mr J. Voigor Brown, is to see work on the Napier-Gisborne railway started in real earnest from the Napier end. As the result of a recent interview with the Hon. W. D. S. MacDonakl, Minister for Public Works, Mi* Brown obtained a promise that more men would be put on immediately. This has already been fulfilled in some measure, and the member for Napier has received a telegram from the Minister stating that the engineer in charge of railway construction works, Napier, advises that he is putting on twenty additional men at the beginning of next wepk, and the remainder as soon as possible afterwnrds. ; H )■■//■

A big batch of prospective candi-i dates has been named in connection with the vacancy on the Wellington City Council, caused by the election of the Labor Mayor, Councillor D. McLaren. Among the proposed Labor nominees is Mr Edward Iregear, exSecretary for Labor.

We understand increased business at the local Post and Telegraph office has rendered necessary the appointment of additional hands, and that Mr T. Billing, of the Thames office, is to be transferred here to perform the duties of despatch clerk.

The .Waimarino Call reports that at a recent meeting of the Waimarino County Council at Raetihi, words between a councillor and the engineer terminated in a physical setrto between the two men, who were eventually separated by councillors.- The pugnacious councillor (whose, name happened to be Punch) subsequently apologised to the Council for hiß hasty action, but refused to do so to the engineer.

The Age regards a candidate's speech to the burge9Ses of Masterton as Van arrogant display of selfconseiousness, and a snobbish and ungenerous affectation of superiority over an honest opponent."

At Inglewood the proposal for a loan of £8500 for the purchase of an electric light plant was. carried by a large majority. The proposal to borrow £4000 for a Town Hall was rejected.

Jack Johnson, the champion pugilist, is to contest a seat on the Chicago Municipal Council according to a Press report. We.should be sorry to try to move him once he takes his seat.

The Rev. G. E. Kirkmore, of Tampa, Florida, who indulged in some angry criticism upon the stinginess of his congregation, was, says an American despatch, dragged from-, his pulpit by the women of his parish, who tore his slothes, scratched his face, kicked his chin?, and inflicted so many injuries upon him that he was conveyed to the hospital in a serious condition.

It is understood that Mr E. G. Jelhcoe is being instructed to initiate pro-, ceedinga for the recovery from Chancery of a sum of about a quarter of a million of money, in which a Wairarapa family is interested.

The headquarters of the Masonic Grand Lodge are being transferrea from Wellington to Dunedin for aitem of two year* in accordance with tne general policy. Messrs E. E. Hammond, G. R. Hall and-C.T. Hardy notify a rise in tne price of coal.

At a meeting of the Auckland Sunday School Union-, held about a torinight ago, the local Baptist Tabernacle Sunday School was admitted mtow Union. A parcel containing wow and school requisites necessary for i efficient working of the school arrive by the steamer yesterday from the v pot of the Sunday-school Union J* , Auckland. The Sunday-school J»» \ now increased in scholars sufficient number to require three teacher^ which have been appointed andciaw* . , arranged. A Band of Hope has .^ . been formed, which bids fair to become a useful and instructive institutooni connection with the work at the laot ~ nacle in the near future.