LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6492, 20 September 1915, Page 3

LOCAL AND GENERAL

-♦ —— —~ On to day's inset page will be found an interesting letter from a memWtol tbe 6th Company of the Auckland Infantry Battdlion at the Dardauelle, thanking the members of the Taurangi Soldiers' Gift Club for their gifts; also news of a disquieting nature legardiiig the Imperial Parliament, and otlnt cable and general news. Owing to the very bad stdte of the road, Mr N Colleti; has been obliged to abandon his motor rim to MatamaU via the Kuiinai as from to day. Oa such a road it is impossible to maintain a regular motor car service/ and Mr Colleit has thercf .-re fceen forced to gro it up, . ' Messrs Wilson and Robbiua will sf 11 to morrow by public auction tto furniture and effects of Mr B ltawle«, who is leaving laUranga. The sale will be held at Mr Rawles' residence Cameron Road, and. commences it 1 30 pm. Staying at the Star hotel while is Tauranga ate MeaersDeakee, Auckland Lemon, Te Puke; Burnett, Whaugarei; Deacon, Carterton. . The meeting called by the Xauracg* Branck of the N. 2. Farmers' Uuioo, to be held in the (joronatiou Halloa Saturday evening, to liear MrDeakes of Auckland lecture^? wtiieial manures, did not eventuate, as there were only four people present. Sergeant Aritaku Wihapi, thowell known footballer who has repressed the Tauranga and TePuko Kugby Unions on various occasions, was wounded while serving with the Mw Zealand force at the Dardanelles, us is suffering from severe gunehofc mm and on September 7 was in ho *• General Hospital Alexandria. A sitting of tbe Native Land* is to be held at Tauranga on Wm day next. Seventy two opphcatiofit are set down for hearing'•Katepayer" writes to the Editor % the following ?traiu;-"HdS tlie Borough Council made a move yet iam direction of planting grass seed ja certain streets that have recently been graded and upon which there is little traffic. The weather that we have been experiencing duiiog the past few weeks has been very favourable for the germination of seed. Further, 1 coutend that the ugly scars mad«ifl grassed streets by the, digging of trenches should be levelled andfiowa iii grass. Tho towu bears a scarred appearance in scores of places audl&e green giass will help to cover up w unsightly spots that have been createa.

The success that lias attended tto operations of the Wiiakaoiarama mi and Timber Company > ateidg asaiflting the development of ■»«*• Puaa district. Last weak no lees tbtf five vessels visited the Com^f* wharf, the majority takiug awtf valuable cargoes of timber, c ffUfP is a Bubstatitittlßtrudturo-andi8C«l»»» of providiag accommodation w • large liuantify of timber/ -The f Jjhowever, are anxious that tho channel to the wharf should be iuiproTed»• few places, and it is stated this couMJJ done at a moderate cost. Sh m- » Tauraogi Harbour Board dea^ thouear futuro to -raise a lot improveuieats it would to couault tho settlers t>f le rw1 * ueiglibourboud with a view to n»J*J due provwiun fur ihe imprOT«aeß^ the chauuyi. :. - '*