Bay of Plenty Times TUESDAY, SEPT. 21ST, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6493, 21 September 1915, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times TUESDAY, SEPT. 21ST, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

I The death of Mr Patrick Collins, which occurred on Sunday last, further reduces the small band of veterans who served in t&e Maori War. De- " ceased wa3 born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, and when a young man left for the Australian diggings. Later, he joined the First Waikato Militia and proceeded to New Zealand, taking part in many engagements in the neighbourhood of Tauranga and in I other portions the Bay of Plenty. Subsequently he was attached to the • Armed Constabulary and settled in Tauranga, where he resided up to the time of his demise. He is survived by a widow and grown-up family of three sons and five daughters, for whom much sympathy will be felt in j their bereavement. A very painful accident occurred on the Town Wharf yesterday afternoon when a man named Oscar Simonsen, - engaged on the launch Manuwai had his foot badly crushed between the boat and the wharf. He was immediately taken to Mr Fall well's pharmacy and attended to by Dr Stuart, who ordered his removal to the hospital. At last night's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, the President, Mr Robbing, stated that a meeting of the Committee appointed at the recent meeting at Hamilton in connection with the proposal for a railway from the lower Waikato to f auranga, would be hold at Mataiuata on Wednesday next to consider the report of the surveyor appointed to survey a route. The cost of this work had been more than anticipated, and it was decided that the Chamber canvass locally for subscriptions to meet Taurauga's increased portion of the cost. R Newton os, and A E Putfc £ i are the latest Mock Court fines which have been juid. Mr H Southey, Secretary of the Tauranga Acclimatisation Society, has j been in communication with the j Tourist Department as to the date ou which the fishing season is to open in this district, and has now received the following telegram from the Department:—"Question of opening October Ist or delaying till December Ist now under coasideration. Will advise when decision made." The. season iv the Auckland district opens on October Ist. A Kne of about ninety heaa of mixed cattle was shipped to Motiti Island by the vessel Vesper towards the end of last week on account of Mr W H Paterson. The same scow also conveyed a number of horses tv the island to day for Mr Paterson.

An advertisement appears » * issue describing portion* „# „ ] . IV. L'apa Pa.isfc, OtaZVhS? *• District, wliinhha™ been !» ""»? terms of the IW^wtk.M"' Included in the visitors «*„!• the Star hotel are:-M^V I?" 1* W Smith, Judson.Evans YoTnl M^ Auckland; Norton, BochA\fe* S ama; Byan, Te Arohi- T»n ?' Wellington: Mesdamef \^S Cutoheon, Matat,; Teagae, Oo^" HonJ Allen, Minister of D> ffiM ' has telegraphed to Mr APeihiTk SW»5 W» of TaurangV "Uimating Trooper Rob-rt Petherbri, L T wounded in the side on a? / as Trooper R Petherbrid^ Wai J ~l her of the Otago &Vn V $T' Another brother named AkxiS?also serving at the DaruaneUeg. * The Njratiawa is due to leave for H Coast at G o'clock to morrow minllf Messrs Lawless and HumA * Auckland are at present in Taur/n. "oii aro stayiQg at the °°^35Several degrees of f loßt , Terfl registered last night, but not sevel While iv Taurauga the fn])n^ vieitorsfroo, Auckland aL!fe theTauranjra hotel. MwmC\tl Robertson McGlash^NoTe, H ti Simpson, Uunie, Cleasby. Mrs Maxwell has again accept tin kind oiler of Mr, Maitby tol 2 I garden party at her home, Mau D a a ! whare, in cDnnectian with the work that has for so many years been carried on at the Elms by Mr ß Maxwell's wok party m aid of Dr BauardVi home lc is proposed to have the garden party oarUin October and it is hoped that the public will generously help the good cause, as the need is greater than aver on account of the war Fall particular of the garden party will be annonnoed later. A special meeting of the TauraDga Railway League will beheld iv the JHoresters' Hall to-night at 7-30, "The Dairying Industry in New Zealand, a picture which should be or great interest to farmers, will be screened by special arrangement at the Opera House to-morrow night featuring from virgin scrub to agricultural wealth. Tbe star picture is "A Tragedy in the Clouds," which shows a sensational fall to earth taken from one of the many accidents which have happened. This picture, being one of Pathe's coloured films', is ot exceptional merit, and patrons can rely on a most realistic entertainment. The final screening of the current programme will take place tonight, including the War film.