LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 6379, 8 May 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Accounts amounting to £953 ftwere passed for payment at the! meeting 0 f the 1 auranga County Ut ed. • Phis amount included £3W iol^ Bay of Plenty Hospital and ChaH?J' Aid Board's levy for tlie past yc*"^ A Press Association message 'triL Wellington states that the ciL_F_ P'Pihitlon of the Dominion on ffl

Nevshipneitoi cycles ust landed latest pattern - irom itt 10s upSSt* Terms £2 down and 5s a week rn* and inspect. H. M. Griffiths. WharA 'Phone 75* «uri j^t At the meeting of \\ w u n „. ' Board on Wednesday a etitHf Mr II Garston ami twenty 1 oft *g. dents ol Maketu am surroundm* 2tricts. asking that a landin^S acquired and a bridge put over the dJ£ at Otaipana Landing, was aSin^' sutored -Messrs Gill. I_ a « y and gSi"' suomite< a report recommending 35}-. owing to the fact that Messrs Rot n JS Redshaw having withdrawn'theirr? mission for the use of their landing tfh I matter be lei t in abeyance at presentl The report was adopted.

Mr Mirrielees absolutely guatanw^. his sight testing. Hundreds ofperfS satisfied patients in your midst.*

The iollowmg ] t > Uvr fl . M Hodge, solicitor. Te Puke, waß ™£* the ast meeting of the Taurani* County louncih-'fOn Monday ISS April, a small treivh had' been Z across the mam road. Tauranga toftPuke, not iar Irom the junction of NoH road with the mam road. No light wiJ placed to mark the danger. Mr Jam. Mc Lwen. driving from Tauranga to To Puko, about 7 o'clock in the evcnintr and haying the head-lights and side! lights ol the car burning and seeing no reason to suspect danger, drove over the trench and broke a spring of his yy jn Cost, °_! firing amounted to A2 10s, and he instructs me to ask your Council fo reimburse this sum " Cr Lally said the trench was made by the Council's employees, and should W been lighted. He moved: That the amount, be paid and that the Council claim the sum i'rom the party respon-sible.-The motion was seconded by Cr Hume and carried. . .

y^rf]Vl\rc*sy* Kooms, Ice Cream, rruit Salad, Jellies, Morning and Afternoon Tea, Choice Fruits, Confectionery and Soft Drinks to be had-Missw Edwards Whari St.

A letted was read at the last meeting of the County Council from Mr W § Short, Assistant Under-Secretary of the Public Works Department, regard* ing the road along the south side of the railway between Te Puke and Paengaroa Restated that it was believed some time ago that this land could be acqnired without payment of compensation and that being so it was proposed to acquire a road line bn't not tojform the road. It has now been established.that the road line cannot be acquired without payment of compensation, and the Government has therefore no intention of acquiring it. Means of communication are already provided, and if the Council wishes to have this additional rpadit must itself undertake thc matteiv-Gr Southey said a deputation had waited ou Mr Holmes, engineer-in-chief to Uie Public Works Department, regarding the matter and hc had promised to do his best in the direction of having the road line acquired.

Just arrived new stock of Crjockery and Tinware. Cheapest in the trade/ At Laceys Bazaar.*

All members of the Territorial force are requested to attend the memorial service in Holy Trinity Church tomorrow evening to the late Lieut Dodson. Those in possession of uniforms are askdd to wear them. '

Motor Cars for immediate hire to any part of the district.— R.njHM Griffiths. 'Phone 75. * '

The following visitors to Tauianga are staying at the Star Hotel: Mr and Mrs McDonald, Ngawaro, Mr Allison, Auckland; and Mr W Paterson. • :,

Ring up 'Phone No. 72 for Motor Cars.—Geo. Davies, Cameron Road.7

Bowlers are reminded that as next Thursday is the closing of the season a progressive pairs' tournament willjbe. held on the Tauranga Club's green. Entries close atl. 30 p.m. on Thursday,

Gaumonts special feature film "When; Lions Escape" will be screened at tho' Opera House to-night, This stor^ features the revenge of a wealthy banker by placing his victim within reach of the lions, so as to make the murder appear as an accident. The A. K. Com? pany conti ibutes a powerful drama "Hor Last Shot,'' and the special Vitagraph star comedy "Any Port in a Storm';is included in the programme. Kelenj. latest, "Fleeing from the Fleab" Bhpuldj certainly be amusing.

A W Edwards having decided tore* linquish business in Tauranga is offering the whole of his stock of Boots, Clothing; etc, regardless of cost. Now is yoM time for bargains. Sale has now commenced.* A

Mr E Bold. Government Land Pur< chas Officer, who has been visitmgTau-. ranga, left this morning for Wellington. . For Children's ri acking Cough atnlght Woods' Great Peppermint Cur?ls tc. 2s 6d

The late Lieutenant Ronald T. Matheson, who was killed in action in German South West Africa, leftAucKland in 1900, just after the outbreaKM the Boer War; and joined the ImperW Light Horse. He was twice mentionea in despatches for capturing a small parry of three armed Boers and for,carrymg wounded men to safety. When he m« his death lie was evidently serving-as Lieutenant with the Union forces w South Africa. The news of the dcfttfl of Lieutenant Matheson willbeWCeiveo with regret by a large circle of Mentis in Tauranga.