Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, JAN. 21ST. 1916 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6591, 21 January 1916, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, JAN. 21ST. 1916 LOCAL AND GENERAL

The overseer reported to the Rotorua County Council last week that the piping for the Maugorewa Gorge wator supply had been delivered at the gorge, and the work would ba put in hand at once.

Messrs W Parkinson aod Co., of Auckland, have completed the erect icn of the (statue in memory ot the late Rev. Canou Jordan, who was associated for a very long period with the church and public iife of Tauranga. The unveiling ceremony will be performed on Thursday next, whei the Hon. W H Herries, Minister of Railways, will be present.

Meßsts Wilson and Penham, Hamilton; Woodruff, Whakataue; and Evans-Your g. Auckland; are at present staging at the fctar Hotel.

Messrs L Bayiiss and II A Vercoe, of Te Puke, aro visiting Wellington for the purpose of interviewing the Prime Minister relative to the appointment of a Government engineer to prepare a report ou the scheme for lowering the Jiaituna river.

A lettei was road at the last meeting of the committee uf the Te Puke A. and P. AssociatH n, from the Secretary of the New Zeal&nd Holstein-Friesian Association ottering a prize of £3 3s for the best Holsteiu-Fne&inn fat bullock, a years or over, exhibited at the Show—The ofior was accepted with lhaukß.

At a public meeting held in the Library at Taneatua convened by the Taneatua branch of the N Z., Farmers Union, the following resolution was carried unanimously: " That this meeting is of the opinion that it is io the best interests cf the Dominion that iho conscription .of wealth and men should be brought into force." A copy of the above has been forwarded to tno Hon. Minister for Defence.—Whakatane Press.

Captain Rennie arrived by coach from Rotorua on Wednesday to take ! charge af the Salvation Army work in Tauranga. She will be assisted by Lieut. Reid, who arrived by the Ngapuhi this morning direct from tho 1 Traitring College at Wellington. A Sydni y message says tha' exports of bran and pollard have been further restricted, owing to a shortage.

A H* P r was read a t thftf'f^B of the Rotorvia lon n ty »?SB the Unrior-Socrctaiy O f"!NH Works Department, Ft »ta portion oMTannon'g icai^^tJl the litho enclosed in thf>o <l**'ff tpmf thfl'i-Mli Oi-t.^r1 ?* li| road, and that it was a 8 road under th* control if jj^'i County Council, which it was sary to dec nrf, a county roid^Sl rosiilvfd to send Mr H Bear ft Hi motion reived from thePnW- 3m Department. S% A c vurnunieati m was read- V I l» ■•. mee'ing of the Paetoi t3 1 Council from Hon. W Fraseri^ I of l'«l,ii, Works, a. foll o^ I have the honour to aekrmwW ll I receipt, or your : etterof tbe-lflVl j timo, in which you enquir^J it is t\ fact that a party of th ft "j W meat's surveyors are en^gj^p trial Mirvey of a vdiiway&l§i j--Hj Kopu to Pokeuo. In re*plylj,'?f advise ymi that a tri»l suivp.y'S roil'Vrj) conncoli n ft "J| the Pa^roa-Pokcno liiie- a l e £fi aKuiit 1.") uhlcs .van (•.omaeajS November la>t, mni is still in pfo4jß l'\oquent representations were %m tu<\ p irth ul irly by the Tt»atnes(^B her of C •mmero, as 10 thft il«ai T jß of ih'tK line, hik! id order tl«itfii.*B may be available to enable tbeji-K sentations to be de.iluitely d ea } tI W 1 arrange;! f>r the trial "frurve|Jj|' carrie 1 out." The Council ii>t|ij| again write to the. Minister o.f fr™ Works, asking if tho rxpen^'jl trial survey was paid out of the'l provements Loan. ' .g At the wool sales at Svdn^M terday a rucord price? was attain'^fl scoured merino, which fetqhed J the highest since 1000. p The price of Indian orcll^B been advanced sixpence natjdS Tlie makers have found thisnecS on account of the increasedJ| maize, boxes, paper, and freight.tt \ special meeting of theßoJl ii\ vuicil will be held at 7.30 to-M to consider the Borough SuryS specifications for road nietallmgß Owing to the increased attendS the Tauranga "District Hi»h-Bdi« entitled to au additional agsjM teacher. The Education Boarm accordingly appointed Missl vM» year to the posi ion B A conferiuce convened by theeJi five of the United Federation ofR our will be he din We!lingtJ| Tuesday next wih the object JS taining a conscensus of opiiiionolß labour unions of the Ponrnba ojß s-übject of conscription. M The work of establishing patieH the new convalescent hospitalosß keroa Hill is pioeeeding v'ryeat* toiily under tho control J. cfl Newall' (says the Eotoriia Tifl There are now (58 men of alliß quartered under <he rocf. Thel misarint drpa'tcnent is vroiß smoothly, and <:ou,forts »rfi IB added for themei. Anoldfr« Colonel Newall, th^ Hon. JWm Pukerimu, Cambridge, has refl coniinaudant a cheque to be oxw for the use of tho men. B Tho general comriiiftte oiß Wenndcd Soldinra Fundwiiln|| the Coronation Hall to night tiM Tbe present position in regard m Fund will be considered, anil if matters in connection with tiisji Union. W The first punt load ofrockfoß railway embankmpnt will reacm on this afternoon's tido and v landed on the beach just on the I side of Mr Brains slip. B