LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLI, Issue 5968, 6 June 1913, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The appointment of Mr J. B. Gow a<* a member of the Assessment Court for the Whakatar.e County district is gazetted.

A notification appears in last week's Gazette changing the name of "Wade," the well-known locality near Auckland, to "Silverdale."

Local fishermen evidently got on to the hapuka ground* last month, as they were able to ship no less than 105 of these fi h to the Auckland mar ket.

The principal exports from the p->rt of Tauranga for the month of May were as under: —628 bales of fibre and ♦ow, 198 cases and 150 parcels of fish. 20S cases of fruit, 124 sacks of maize, 287 caseß of butter. 93 fat pig?, and a considerable quantity of poultry, eggs, potatoes, chaff and general produce.

At the meetinar of the County Council on Tuesday the Chairman reminded rcembers that as the first Tuesday in the month of July falls on the first day of that month the ordinary meeting of the Council will be b:ld on the second Tuesday of the month, viz., the Bth of July.

A final reminder is given ot the public meeting to be held in the Coronation Holl at 8 o'clock this evening for the purpose of considering the drainage loan proposals. The subject is an important one for ratepayers within the area and no doubt there will be a large attendance.

The experiment of growing potatoes in Hag ley Park has proved a financial ?ucce3.°, the Domains Board having made a profit of about £800 from the teverteen acre? ploughed and sown last ye^r, and there seems to be no reason why the venture should cot lie repeated on another plot. Kut the Board should not forget that the lady hockey players have a claim upon 3 portion of the potato revenue this year. They submitted with pood grace when the L'oard said that the improvement of the hockey ground demanded the sowing of a crop/ and they will expect now to be provided with a really good level sward. They would not be very unreasonable if they asked for a place to hang coats and change their footgear.—Lyttelton Timei.

A beautiful microscope for sale vrrv rh-.-ap.--A J MirnHrc-, CVmis and Optician.*

Purinj! the month of April 102 head • f cattle and 124 fhevp and pigs as.-cd ovv r t c Taurantra wharve-. \s a re-u't th? Harbour Hoard's rsve me b nt'litcd to the extent of £10 2a

Muds jympathy is felt for Mr ard Mrs (i. Smith in the losi which they have sustained in the death of their iittio son Eiward liny ion 1, which occ rred yesterday, after an illness of a nvnth's duration.

(,'r. Hncico informed tho Co uty 'ou'cil on Tue-day that thc v M»tt!crs if IV Punn (ifsirt'.l that a ee't^in por-

uturo tiii't tin.v"

Mr 11. S. Heady, Soi-vetary of th .• i^iriii^ii Chatn'er of Ciiminerci-, ha:re civ.v he fol owin<j k'tt«-r from th*.* ■5 i-rct irv of tht* Auokivd Civmber

if Cnmmeree: ' With nft.Tir.ee t-i ny ! ttcr of l'Jth in~t., in reply to J

ou-s of 2-1 th ' Apr.l

attention

ns been ca led to correspondence in your local which would appear •o indicate that the opinion is held that this Chamber is not in sympathy ivith yours in the matter of constructing the lino you advocate acres tho •iarbour and connecting with th: j To Puke section. Thh i? quite a mis un< er.-tnnding, as this (Chamber fully recoi/.nis -:s t c aivisabtlity of the oOßntctiun from the Te Puke s^cti-^i thr ugh your town and thence to Waihi, and will be plea ed to assist in urging the prc.s^c tion <-f the wo k already authorise * as soon ss iinancinl co.ditios are more favoura'de. A'ickland ia equally interested in obtai -

ing railway connection with the whol-i Bay of Plenty a<.d Gisb :rn£ as it is with Tnuf?in£a." We underhand that the above i • t c result (if an hit rview by Col. Ward, on behalf of the Tauranga Kailway League and Chamb r >f Commerce, a kin*{ the Auckland Chamber to detiiv it^ attitude more 'Lilly with regard to t is railway, as

the;r forrrer reply was being interpreted in various ways.

]'he regulationl dated March 4 la t fixing: the travelling expenses of Councillors under s-ction lv cf the Municipal C rioratins Act Amend-

lient Act, 1910, have been rvv- ked, and the following new regulations are gazetted:—-"The Council miy out of its district fund, reimbur c to the Mayor and to every Councillor Ue actuallravellitg expenses incurred by him in travelling a distan c exceeding three miles (counting one way only) t-> attend to any husin--si of the Council to which he has been authorised by the Council to attend. No expenses shall be reimbursed to any Councillor incurred in travelling for the purpose .if attending a.-.y meeting of the Council, or any Committee thereof."

| "The Military Air Soout," a special star drama, will be screened in the i Opera Houne to-morrow eveni <g. i he commanding officer of the army, with his daughter Marie, and Lieutenant Went worth, are watching the flight of the latest introducti n in modem warfare, Wentwor his inspired with a desire to become an army aviator and eventually makes his first flight. War breaks out an i he makes a successful flight and succeeds in sinking two battleships. The opposing army, however, wrecks his machine and he falls to ear.h, sustaini g a broken arm. LaLr h=? calls tj Marie, and is ultimately accepted by Commander Arthur ad his prospective son-i<-law. 0 her dramas of a fprcially high order are. "A Son's Forgiveness,'' "R>acner<tion." and "Western Maid," all cf winch abound in stirring situations. Two excellent educational pictu-es are those entitled: "The Swedish Artillery" and "Turtle Catchi;g." An instructive scenic number will aho he screened.. The comic element will be sustained by "A Tair of Slippers,"' "Surgical Operation," and "Troubles of a Milliner " From the above it will be seen that -he programme is a very attractive one.

A circumstantial story is in circulation, to the effect that the Civil Service Commissioners drew up regulations to be observed by the Government Printing Office; that these were sent out to that office to be printed; and that the men setting them up in type took strong exception tv seine of the proposed regulations, which would have deprived them of some of the improvements introduced under the regime of Mr Fisher, the Minister in charge of the office. Jt is stated that a plain hint was given that if the regulations were going to be insisted on there would rot be anyone in the office to set them up. The proposed regulations were, thereiore, withdrawn, fir the present at any rate.

The members of the recently former! Association Football Club will play a practice game on the Domain tomorrow afternoon. A)l players and intending members are urged to take part.

Mr and Mrs t: J. Pinny, of Weilintgon, arrived in Tauranga last evening by the Koturua coach. They will be spending a holiday with Mrs Yerex at "Kelston."

The urijourned annual meeting of the Tauranga Howling Club will be held in the Coronation Hall on Tuesday next at 7.30 p.m.

Bisurate of Magnesia, the new cure for indigestion, 3s; at Mirrielees Chemist and Optician.*

The Rev. E. A . Kirwood, vice-pres;- j dent of the Baptist Union, arrived by | the Ngaputii this morning. He will ! conduct the services at (he Tabernacle on Sunday, ard on Monday evening at 7.00 will give an evangelistic address j at the Tabcrnack1, the subject being j "The Gospel — It's song and story." j All the cky ministers 01 the Baptist j Church arc visiting the country dis- : tricts thia Sunday, and arrangement; were made for Mr Kirwood to visit | Tauranga. j

Mr G. A. Brabant leaves for Whakatane by the Daphne this evening to take temporary charge of the Northern Steamship Company's agency in that district.

Mr R. Evatt, Inspector of OiTiccs for j the Department of Agriculture. h as | been in '! nuranija fur the pa.~t few j day?, ohu h ulnying at the Slur Hotel.

rion of a reserve on the st-a front ; -hou dto re eivoci for tlioir n-e. h«' ; .•'(Kt-'chh! that it wa« about live a.1; c- ; in art' 3, and tin 1 settlor- wi-h-.-il V-* •■

-pen;!! li^ervation oi a"T.;K ono iuvl* i> there wii-: ?omi • taP> that t;u' I.".1.! .vas t-i I;-..' o-jcup'i'd. Tiu- Coil i:il rv-i-rre 1 the qtes-.tion to Cr. Siu-uco to ; nnk«;' fu.'l irquiric- atui report at a i i