Bay Of Plenty Times THURSDAY, SEPT. 23rd, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6495, 23 September 1915, Page 2

Bay Of Plenty Times THURSDAY, SEPT. 23rd, 1915. LOCAL AND GENERAL

j .- I Dominion Day ieto be observed on September 27. ' A casualty list issued yesterday shows that Privates T Richmond and M Wahia, of the Maori Contingent, ! have died of wounds, and that Private R Devon is reported to be wounded. j The Matamata. A and P Association's I annual Stallion Parade will be held at j the sale yards at Matamata on Monday | next. Advice has been received from the Defence Department by Mr S i Pemberton, stating that his eon Samuel ! has recovered from his wounds and | returned to the fighting line, after j having beea seventeen weeks in \ hospital at Malta. | A reminder is given of the children's | fancy dress ball to be held in the i Coronation Hall on Thursday next under the auspices of Miss M Carleton. The grand march is timed for eight o'clock _nd amongst the special features |of the evening will be Scottish dances I and Irish jigs. Many pretty and j original costumes will be worn by the i participants and with a good floor and excellent music patrons may rest assured of being able to spend an enjoyable I evening.A public meeting under the auspices of the Tauranga Chamber of Commerce and tho Farmers' Union will be held iv the Coronation Hall at 1 30 p m to morrow. Matters in connection with the freezing works proposal will be considered with a view cf submitting to the experts the weightiest arguments in favour of the port of Tauranga. Proposals to rebuild the old portion of the Masonic hotel, Opotiki wore submitted at the last quarterly meeting of the Bay of Plenty LicensiDg Committee (says the East Coast Guardian). i'The license iv respect to the house was reuewod conditionally upon tenders I for the work being called at once. Tbe | plans provide for a handsome structure of .brick faced with ferro concrete, and !it is understood that tenders for the I work will bo called for at an oarly j ! date. ,Tho cost will probably exceed I £3000. I

In granting a divorce to Mrs Nettie Weekly, the wife of a member of the Minneapolis Fire Brigade, the Judge laid it down that a man has not the right to mend his own socks on his front lawn, and so call the attention of the neighbours to the fact that his wife has overlooked such tasks. Such conduct constitutes cruelty within tho meaning of tho Act — in America.