LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5937, 26 March 1913, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Accounts totalling £66 Os Id were passed for payment at the meeting of tho Borough Council on Monday.

Tho death is announced from Sydney of Mr ArthurLivoek. at theearlyoge of 2G years. Deceased was well-known iv Tauranga and was held in high esteem by all who knew him.

Tho vessel May Howard arrived from Auckland last Friday morning and after taking in a cargo of timber, shipped by the Tauranga Sawniilling Company, left for Auckland on Saturday night.

Thea.k. Kahucalled in Saturday on her way from Auckland to Matata, and discharged aijuantityof furniture. Included iv the cargo for Matata was a ''Pricstman" dredge, which weighed o.'ltons. Tho machinery will be assembled at Matata aud is to bo used in eonncction with tho Itangitaiki drainage operations.

The liorough loan proposals will be further discussed at meetings to bo held in the Hand Loom on Friday evening, and on tho .Strand on Saturday night.

Particulars of the various iines of fi'iiU, produce, poultry, furniture, and household aud farm goods to he offered at the Mart on Saturday next will bo found iv Messrs Wilson and Robbing spaco to-day.

I While iii Auckland and Wellington,! iMr Mirrielees has purchased new goods j ! instruments, etc., to bring his phar- j ! maty and surgery right up to date.* j. ILP NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. j '• When my children, "Rita and Lo i bert, had croup I was up night after j night with them, and was <|uito worn s out,", writes Mrs Annie Temple, 1 I j Albert St., Hnuiswick. Vie. "I: tried different medicines but they did ' them no good. Then, on the advice of •' a friend, I tried Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and it proved a Godsend to; me, for it gave them instant relief." I Hold by all dealers in medicines. j

A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held to ir.orow evening to certify to the supplementary electors' list, and trnTract other general busines . About ninety pas enters left for Aucklard by th. stealer Ngapuhi last Thursday night. This morning there were seventy three pasienge s from the northern city. Speaking at the moetin, of the Borough Council ■ n M< ii'lay evening in reference to the loan prop sals the Mayor taid although it was not necessary lo l old a meeting of ratepayers he would move-- hat a public meeting be I eld in the Opera House on Tuesday, April 1.--The motion was seconded by Cr. Hammond and carried unanimously.

The report of the librarian, read at the meeting of the Borough Council on Monday night, -shows that there are seventy-live sulcribers to the library. The number includes six new sul.----s libers. New arrivals at Carterton are said to be finding groat difficulty in obtaining dwolling-housts. One of the chief rea-ons for this is that speculators do noi lo.k upon house properties as the be;t paying propositions. Tier, are several new homes in course of erection, but these are being erected for the owners to reside in. Building allotments are a "drug" upon the market in Carterton at present.

The annual picnic in connection wi h the Presbyterian Choir took place on Good Friday, the ketch Wave having a full cjmjl ment ol* passengers for Omokoroa, which w?s reached short ly before noon. Dinner and ten were partaken of on the sheltered flat b--low Captain Crapp's homestead. On the invitation of the owner, the party visited he famous orchards during the afternoon, and also enjoyed a consignment of fruit that wa-i donated by Captain Ctapp. A very plea--ant day wa* spent, and as the excursionists assembled prior to departure, Riv. A. C. WcclderspoQn thanked Captain Crapp for his kindness in plae ng his ground.-: at the disposal of the pi.nickers, and proposed that he he ac or.'cd a hearty vote of thinks The vote was carried by a clamatioti, and was followed by the comp my singing "He's a Jolly Good Fel'o.v." The party then embarked aboard th c Wave and after a pleasant cruise reached the Victoria Wharf at 6.30 o'clock.

The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering C mipany, Ltd., announce that th? opening .'ale and turnip fair will I c held in their Te Puke yards on April 22nd when 1200 head of catth, including one-and-a-half, two-and-a-half and three-and-a half year steers from the Waikato will be offered. The j Company's new yards are located on | thc"r propprly of Hi acres on the No. i t road. The pens are built of totara a A kauri timber, providing accoxmodaho . for 800 cattle and about 1000 sheep. 1 It h-our sad duty to record the de:ith of Mr Charles Wood, which occured on Sunday evening ai the result of an internal complaint. Deceased was born in Auckland and was 59 years of age -it the time of his demise. About thirty years ago he established a boat building business in Tauranga, and later moved to Auckland, where he lived for about six years. He then proceeded to Gisborne and after residing there for sixteen year, took up his abode in Tatirangi sgain about six yea's ago. Here he carried on hu-ir.ess as a builder of houses and boats, in which he wai agisted by his grin*. The late Mr Wood was a man of strict integrity and was held in the very highest tsteem by all who knew him. He is s rvived by a widow and th cc sons the younße-t bsing fourteen years of age-lor whom the greatest sympathy will be felt in the irreparable loss wi'ieb th y have sustained. The funeral took phic this afternoon, deceased's remaini being laid to re-it in the new cemetery. The burial service was impressively coedue'e! by Mr Takle, of Auckland.

The entertainment given by Phaios the Egyptian in the Opera House last night was the best of its class tint has yet been seen in Tauranga. j Pharos, referred to as the world's j greatest exponent of Indian black art, j was at the outset of his performance convincing as a conjuror and as he ' proceeded the audience became more and .more interested and satisfied with his marvellous talent an 1 dexterity. The exhibition of tables, vases, and iniscellanous a'ticlea floating about in the air, apparently at the will of the magician, wa3 truly remarkable. The audience was "captivated by Baby Alma, a bright and dainty little girl four or five years old. She sang and danced with much grace and cbaim and was enthusiastically applauded. The entertainment was witnessed by a full house, and when the company returns in a fortnight they should meet with a hearty reception. Mr J. Hynds notifies that he intends to apply at tbe next meeting of the Tauranga County Council for a slaugh-ter-house license for premises on lot 230, Greerton Township. A reminder is given of the sale of the Eiffel Tower brewery business, to be held at 2 o'clock on Friday next at the offices of the New Zealand Loan end Mercantile Agency Co. L'd , when the | land, brewery, plant and stock will be j ofTerel by auction. j Mr Mirrielees, chemist and optician, j has returned and will now attend to i

clients personalis * A communication from the Stateguaranteed Advinces Cdlico, reid at j the meeting of the Through Council jon Monday evening, notilied that a | loanof.i-.T2UO, waterworks loan account ! is to bo remitted to the Council.—The | Council dee: ded that as soon ns the | money is received tho amount due bj j the waterworks account to tho gen- | eral accouut be refunded. | At tho mooting of the lioiougb j Council on Monday evening it was decided that tcu per cent bo added to ; all rates unpiid by noon on March 2'Jtb. The total eclipse of the uioou on Saturday night was observed in Tau ranga under most favourable conditions. The gradual diminution of tin illuminated portion of the moon was plainly noticeable, while the red colour of the eclipsed portion of the moon was also fouspicuous. The sement of tho Garth's circular shadow on tho moon was also clearly seen. Photographic goods and cameras at Auckland prices.—-Mirrielees, chemist. The XowZ.a'and Loan and Mer fictile Ag ncy Co. L'd , held a sale of ri.'uu timber at Canaan Landing on Wednesday lost on behalf of Gamman" Taurauga Ltd. Bidding was biiik and practically the whole of the consignment was quitted at satisfactory prices. Dog owners are reminded that dogs unregistered by April 2ad will be ; charged 10s. Mr Dashwood notifies ! tho titno aud place at which collar,-, j for dogs, horses aud cattle may be ob- i tamed. * A social is to be held at the Mount j on Friday evening, in connection • with -which the launch Farina will j make a special (rip in the evening i leaving town at 7. J5. I