Bay Of Plenty Times FRIDAY, SEPT 10th, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6484, 10 September 1915, Page 2

Bay Of Plenty Times FRIDAY, SEPT 10th, 1915 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ace lunts totalling £206 lis 7d were passed for payment at the last meeting of the Harbour Board.

Tho fallowing visitors to Taurangi are staying at the Star hotel:—Messrs Pope, McKean, Malcolm, Weir, Auckland; Misses Brown, Burgo^ne, Campbill, Pongakawa; Monyihan, Wellington; Miss Adola'de Bruce, Melbourne.

A final reminder is jziven that the annual meeting of the Bay of Plenty Jockoy Club will be held in the Star Hotel at 7 30 this evening.

At the mooting of tho C ainty Council on Tuesday a litter was read from Mr E B H King, Cambridge Road, who wrote in regard to the proposed road to connect thu Cambridge Road and Gate Pa, and stated he was prepared to give sufficient land to the Council to enable them to obtain a properly graded road on that side of the Judea Swamp.—Tho County Supervisor, in his report, suggested that au effort should be made to ge: the Government surveyor now here to la/ off the road from Greerton to Kaimai and pointed out that there was a Government section to which the proposed road would give access.—The Chairman said there was a diversity of opinion regarding routes to counect. the Greerton and Cambridge roads.— The Council decided to refer tho question of survey to the chairman aud snpervisor.

At the Magistrates Court yesterday moroin<* J Bryer* was fined £2, with ?,osts 17s, in default fourteen day's imprisonment, for using obscene language in Wharf Ftreet.

The auxiliary scow Kahu (Captain McLellan) arrived from Auckland yesterday with a cargo of coal for Gammans Tauranga Limited, and a quantity of iron work for the dredge that is to be utilised in the drainage operations in the Waihi Swamp.

Staying at the Tauranga Hotel while in Tauranga are the following : Messrs 11 Lambie, W Edwards, Ashdown, Piahama; J Close, Te Puna; Higginsou, Te Puke; Thompson, Auckland.

Taiteßaimoana, for being in pursuit of uative game without a license, was fined £3, with costs £2 3s; at the Magistratss' Court yesterday morniug.

On behalf of the Auckland Patriotic Association, MrGV Stewart presented a request to the Harbour Board on Wednesday that the Board should purchase £2 worth of patriotic seals to be attached to letters sent out from the office.—Several members spoke iv support of the application, which was acceded to.

At the Magistrates' Court yesterday Rawiri Puhiraki was convicted and ordered to pay costs 17s, for drunkenness, and a prohibition order was issued against him.

A letter was read at the last meeting of tho Connty Council from Hon W H Herries, who acknowledged letter forwarding copy of a resolution sent to the Postmaster-General, urging that the Post and Telegraph regulations be amended to allow telephone exchanges with from thirty to fifty subscribers to be open between the hours of Bam and 8 pm, iustead of 9a m and op m as at present. Mr Herries stated: "I bave to inform you that I have received a memorandum in reply to the representations made by me to the Hon Postmaster General to the effect that it has be^n decided to amend the regulations to provide for tbe additional atfendance to be given, on the whole of the subscribers agreeing to pay each an additional fee of £1 per annum. This amount it is estimated will barely cover the cost to the Department of the extra attendance." The Post and Telegraph Department also forwarded a letter on the same lines as tbe reply received from the Minister for Railways. —The communications were received.

In connection with the football match at Te Puke tomorrow the Rugby Union has arranged for the Sybil to leave the Town Wharf at 12 15 pm, and a special train will leave the Mount for Te Puke at at 130 returning at 5 30. The return fare by the launch is Is, and by train 2s for adults and Is 6d for school boys.

The Tauranga District High School will play a football match with the Te Puke School to morrow, commenc ing at 130 pin. The following hpve been selected to represent Tauranga, and the team will leave by the 930 launch:—Fullback, W Fountain; three quarters, L Green, F Allely, E Price; five eighths, H Allely, V Davies; half back, J Donovan; forwards, R Rennie, B Roberts, A Mayfield, N Kensington, B Snodgrass (Captain), M Perston, G Mayfield. Emergencies, H Clark, and G Simpson.