TAURANGA-ROTORUA TELEPHONE.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XL, Issue 5804, 8 May 1912, Page 4

TAURANGA-ROTORUA TELEPHONE.

Mr D. B. Day, hon. secretary of the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce, wrote to the County Council yesterday re the Tauranga-Rotorua telephone service, stating that the guarantors for the amount required by the Telegraph Department for the Tauranga portion of the proposed line are:— -Tauranga Sawmilling Co., Ltd./ £10; Messri Blundell Bros., £1; Mr A. E. Putt, £1; Mr A. Dickie, £1; Captain Scantlebury, £1;/Mr J. C. Adams, £ U total, £15. Mr Day said he trusted this would be satisfactory to the Council. The Council decided to accept tn* guarantee.

The Secretary of .the Wairarapa t^cnital and Charitable Aid Board has Xlto the Minister for Internal Sirs suggesting that the district be Hvcn at least three representatives at the conference to discuss the Local Government Bill.

A New Zealander who ha3Jiistre- * mrned from a trip to Sydney, has infrmVdaSouth Island paper that the hnom in trade-in Australia is unprecedented and the only drawback to the l n9tA \ prosperity of the country is fpscarityof skilled labor, which is vLrywhere at a premium. He also toted that it was remarkable the numhrofNew Zealandcrs that were at -cut in the various town 3of the oinn , 0 nwealth, and ail reported to be dofng^'elL

ihc re lamation by prison labor of a irccareaof river.estuary adjacent.ta Sinyercargill gaol J3 : progressing - ll vlt is expected that within two W|rsor so an area of about 800 acres Sbe reclaimed, of which 250 will ■Sto the Prison Department for the Srnose of a prison farm, and the remainder to the municipality of Invercargill'

AA Chinaman, resident in Hawera, ntroiicd recently for naturali?ation paeri The Under-Setretary has stated that "he was directed by the Minister for Internal Affairs to inform the apnjfeant that it is not considered expedient at' present to grant letters of naturalisation to persons of the Chinese race."

■■■•■' As a result of the visit to Hastings of Mr J. E- Bosken, of Buenos Ayre,-, for the pjrpose of buying apples, the HawkeVßay Fruitgrower' Association will ship 500 cases of apples by ' the Remuera. leaving Wellington on May 14th. The fruit will be packed and graded in the Companys' shod under ths supervision of a Government officer.' This is a sample shipment, and it is probable that there will be a large .export to the same market next season.