LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5892, 4 December 1912, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Thetnonthly meeting of the School Committee will be held this evening.

Mr A. A. Delaney, hon. secretary of the Tauranga Volunteer Fire Brigade, desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of donations of 10s • 6d each—hon. member's subscription —from Messrs Alex Dickie, A. Brown, B. Rawles, N. Quirk, and F. H. Hammond. Sheep keep weeds down. As a South Australian farmer puts it: — "It is a much happier and more economical plan to let the weeds walk to market as mutton than to chase them round the paddock with a cultivator." The great American Oil Trust' according to the North Otago Times, has raised the price of the petrol, and the Oamaru fishermen, owning to the. scaicity of fish, and the cost of mchin<* the grounds, which are along way out, are mostly. using sails. It does not pay at all events to use benzine. The price of benzine is about 5s during a. day, and this is a high price io pay to socuro seven or eight gropor. Our local1 optician, Mr Mirricleus, has proved himself so successful that medical men now send their cases to him.* " What Bee* keeping will-do for Iho Farmer" is an interesting leaflet is sued by the Alliance Box (Jo. of Dunedin, makers of the famous Alliance dove-tailed hive These, with illust rated catalogs, are obtainable from | Guinness Bros*, who have a big stock j of hives, frames, sections, foundation comb, smokers, etc; in fact everything wanted for the successful carrying on of apiculture will be found at the Big Store. Guinness Bros, Bay of Plenty agents for tho Alliance Box Co.* Eyesight tilting is made ' a •special study by Mr Mirridces, M.P.JS., JJ.O. (by exavn.), 1 he Strand Tauiunga.*

Tho Wellington-Naples det-pntu'i of tho 2o'h O'.t«>l>or «rri\>:d iriL »»idMi on the Ist inestHiit.

Tha s.s Ngapulii will arrive from Auckland tomorrow morning1 nvi\ loaves again for tho North iv tho evening.

A large number of Audthu.d lv» vlersareduoto arrive hen* tomo-p>\\ morning to engayo in matches ngu Tist tU- !<.<:.»! players.

Met-sis J. C Adams nnd Son uro tho successful tenderor^ fur tlio iiluitious U) the Star Hot' 4. Tho building is to bo extended on tho Devonport-road frontage.

Mr S. Davragh is in receipt of tho following wiro from a well kmnvn rider. It mado him smile:—"Have you any decent hor.sos for Show. Will ri\le for throe guineas, same as Aucklaud."

An article ou "The War nnd (he Xtnaa Pudding*" in the Luritlon Morning Post, eontaiua the itmu thut Now Zealaud consumes three, uuil Australia two pounds of currants per head per annum 1

The annual social of the Te Puko Presbyterian Church was held last Wednesday eveuing, :27th. November. Notwithstanding the inclemency of tho weather a goodly number turned up. The Chairman, Rev, A. 0. Weddor spoon, o£ Tauranga, in a racy and humorous j-pceeh. introduced the now missionary. Mr K. Budgor also spoke. Rev. Mr Hobbs expressed his pleasur9 at being present. The musical pro^v;imnii> wad well Jo>ke«l after by Mr Wilson, choirmaster, Tho report snowod^an income of £1(30 16s 6d, expenditure £Ho 4a 2u\ showin a: a debit balance' of £U 7s Bd. The social wculd have been a failure but for the willing workers (ladies and gomlemoii) who gave their services ungrudgiugly,

Special case can be kept undor constuot observation by Mr Mirrieloes, eyesight specialist; a groat udvantage. Vf