LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6504, 4 October 1915, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

patnouc funds. TW aJJ™ £ been p!aceatotkecredito£ the "Worm ci Koidiers' Fund." .The ordinary monthly meeting of the County Council will ba 1,,|., J morrow. The Hadow Board, * on Wednesday. The annual general meeting of the iauranga Athieiio Club will bo held iv mi aS,°n lC H°tel onT^«day October uth. All members and inteadinir members are ioriKd to attend

The following members of tha Eighth iveinforcementa are visitiug 'relaUvei m Tauranjja prior to taking their departure for the front:— Mefesrait VV Kowe, m. MacUonald, JBerridg^g Anderson and X Edwards. All tho above are due to return to camp at Irentham by Saturday next.

The Borough Council might with credit to itself and advantage to the people give instiuctions fur tiie immcd. :ato improvement of the footpath in Spring Street in front of Messrs Young and Kemp's new building; The footpath from the! «oriier o£ Willow .Street to at least the Coronation Hall is much used, and the portion referred to is easily the worst iv the Borough at the present time.

The Northern Steamship Company's auxiliary schooner TeTeko (Captain Beach) arrived from ■♦ he Rangitaiki Outlet on Friday and is loading merchandise and timber for Rangitaiki and Whakatane.

The sitting of the Native Land Court has been responsible for a large inilux of Maoris to the town and incidentally an invasion of canines from neighbouring kaingas. The streets wore simply over-run wiih Maoiu owned dogs last week, to the danger and inconvenience of pedestrians and traffic. There is no denying the fact that if natives were compelled to register their dogs the latter would not be nearly so numerous as thoy are to day.

The football in&tch between Tau« ranga and Waihi, played at Waihi on Saturday, resulted in a Victory for Waihi by 11 points to 3.

The following men have been paes.d medical Jy fit and well to join the Tenth Reinforcements:—J E Kelly, E Meth' erell, J Weaver, W E Dwyer, J Fad' dell, and H 0 Kiddell I'fae following men will report at the Defence Office, Willow Street, at 7 o'clock this evening and leave to join tho tunnelling and engineers corps un Tuesday, sth iost. M Tobin, T C Tomsett, A Blay, H Higgins. Holmes, Fitzgiboons, KG Brocks, and J Shea. Pick and shovel man Ur tho tunneling corpi are urgently required.

Christmas presents to be forwarded to members of the Haurakis now fighting at the front will be received by Mrs Mirrielecs until Wednesday evening next.

" 'Volunteer " writes to the editor suggesting that as a number of young soldiers are now in ihis district on final leave prior to leaving New Zea* land, local townspeople might take advantage of Che occasion to entertain {he young fellows to a social and dance. He says the fine spirit shown by oik young men iv tho present crisis is worthy of tho very best recognition.

At the close of the Presbyterian choir practice on Friday evening a social hour was spent in the Parish Hall to farewell Miss Rawles, who for the past seven years has boon a member of th© choir. During the evening Mr W Jones, choirmaster, presented Mill Rawles with a number of volumtfc&s a token of appreciation from the choir. He expressed regret at her approaching departure and wished her every success iv the iuturo. Rev A }/ Wedderspoou vuiued the indebtedness of the congregation for tno regular BDd consistent support that Miss lUwleß had afforded them. Songs *€*£ renderod by Mrs Torrance, Messrs "W Jones, R Shearman, ftudWorthinjrwoV while recitations wore rendered by Miss Pascooaudßev A C Wodderspot B* After I'efreshuieuls wero partaken of the meeting broke up with *'Auld Laug Syne" and the Natiouil Anthem.