LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6742, 24 July 1916, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Tho Uay vi' l*louty Jockey Club hits boou granted Daoambor y.lUlfi, as tho dato lur its rime meeting. A nutifi cation to this nil'eec kds been receivt-il by Mr J A Guinoe^s (hon. socrttas-y) t'roai the Kaeing Couloreneo. Tho ordinary meeting of tho Borough Council will be hold Uiis ovonifjg. A very five serioa of piutirrS ia contained .iv this week's nsßu>'. vi' tho " Sporting and Dininatie Review." ProuaincuL spaeo is given to pottraiis of New Zealand heioe,3, whilo incidents of the war are depicted iv a miscellaneous teleetioa cuvciag tho allies' uetivit}' in tho cJiiicreuc w.tr z.uus, Jb'reuek tactics, via. A striking p-iga shows the route march i.i the Fiiie-i.iii Keinforui-uients over the Himu'aHas." Hili rjeent r..e03 'at Traithuin htvo a p iriioo!arl> goo . roj)re>cnlation, am] goueral inleredt susiaiijod in a v.aiieiy of oubjeets At the 1 sst meeting of the To i'lilio Town Board, Mr 11.03 a-kel if the Hoar d propo.-jod to take nctiou in regard to ccrtaiu buildings iv tha town which wore deemed tv be iasauitury.—lt was resolved that tko Lloulth Uepartraent'a officers bo askod to visit tho district and report on same, Mr Con Micehe)], of Kotorua, who is well known as a proiniuout hockey player, has enlisted. Mr II 0 tramway, li is resigned his position ,-is (icleik to the Whakatime 'Jouuiy Ooutcil, a« ho t-Lartin^ bu&iuess on his own accjuat A si (.ting of tho iS'utivc Lmd Court is to be heid at Tauranga on August I. The busiuGß3iueludtti apyliciiiuna fur pirtitions, cancellatio-i of paitition .;rdoiß, l*lt«ra of administration, determination of relative interests, etc All eases not disposed of at the last sitting of the Court can bo brought up for hearing et this sitting. At the eomplotiou of busine-s the Court will adjourn to To Puke to hear aad ] determine matters which can be more uo :vemeutiy douit with at that place. Sixty-six civil plaints were entered at the Magistrate's Court, Te Puke, for the year ended Decani bur 31,-11)15. Forty cases wero tried and disposed of. Tho total amount sued for was £618 17a on, aad £-13" l(is 6d was jecovcrod. Tho Poloiio Borough Council do" termined to keep hodgos ih it overhang streets cut back, and prosecutions arc to fol-ow where uoticos to carry i out the work have not been complied I wirh. The Tauranga Borough (jouu- | cil m^ht well follow suit. -; A tctal of 316 civil piuiuts wero j cutorcd i\t the Magistrate's Court, I Tauranga, fur the year endod Decem- | bor 31,1915. Two. hundred and i forty-six euse** were tiiod auil disposed ! of. Tho aujouyts sued for totalled I X2,ui3 16i 2J, aud £1,508 6s lOd was recovered. I A letter wai read at tbs last meotj ing of tbe WBihi Borough Couricil ! from tbe Cltrk of tho Obinemuri | County Council, who wrote, thanking ; the Council for their communication } in regard to the East Coast railway j construction work and stating that : the County Council was fully alive to I> the" importance of the lino being ! pushed otj with the utmoat vigour. ! Wood; Great Pe\n ermut Cure ) Eor Cougho and Cold sneyerfaila 1

The following is rather a unique description of trench life i:v France. "To young men seeking adventure, la'.est model dugout, shuated in one of the liveliest parts of France, 6 x 10, uncomfortably hold ten men: All latest inconvenience?, including chlorine gas and water ami decorated with shells which afford excellent music. Lit up at night by Fritz's star rocket method. Splendid shooting—SNlPE then DUCK. Late owner 3 had to leave en account of ill-health. Present occupants would like to exchange same for C|uiet country residence en account of quarrelsome neighbours."

The Bay of Plenty Times, 'laurarga, which has been published as a daily caper for seme time, has inverted to a tri-waekly, tha publishing days being Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (says the Kotorua Chronicle). We can sympathise with the proprietor, and unless a greater measure of support is accorded the Kotcrua Chronicle, there is a possibility that Ratorua will also be without its local daily paper in the very nesr future

Whik the To*n Hull is in many ways a very excellent building, and well adapted for the purpose for which it wss erected, thete are many tilings needing attention before it can be passed by the least exacting as complete. The cloak rocms are unlighted. Ladies and gentlemen ptThurs ■ day's concert had to grope round in the dark to find pega on which to nan g their costs and cloaks. Which ia the ladies' and which the gentlemen's cloak room lias tv be guessed. The draught both upstairs and downstairs gives these who happen to sit in lire with it a most uncomfortable time, while the caged-in appearance of the gallery through the very high railing in front is not only most unsightly, but highly disagreeable for those who sit there.

A transfer of license, involving the closing of the Uhiwa Hotel, near Opotiki, has been granted by the Bay of Plenty Licensing Committee. Mr B3rry produced evidence before the committee showing that the license iao. for the Ohiwa Hotel had ;jot •

paid, and consequently thu lice se lapsed He stated that the con: . it.-c, therefore, bad power to grant auotuer license, and he applied for a licence fur the Manutahi Hotel, in the Tuparoa district, between the East Cape and Gisborne. In granting the application, the committee fixed the license fee at £20.

Speaking to a recent meeting of the Whokatane Chamber of Commerce, Mr Martin referred to the work of the Chamber in the past, particularly in connection with the establishment of freezing works here, and pointed out that it was now essenli;«l that Whakutane should be connected with the East Coast Railway, either by a branch line or by swinging the main line in to the freezing works site. The Government's idea, he said, of commencing the line at Tsuranga, was to give the Bay v port, but the conditions had changed since then and Whakatane was now becoming the shipping port for the whole Bay. It would also be necessary in the near future to have produce grading stores in the. district, and in this connection there was at present nearly sufficient produce shipped through Whakatane to have it made a grading poit. There were a great many other very important matters for the Chamber to consider, and it was only by keeping these matters before the authorities that the people would attain their object.— Wliakatane Press.

At the last meeting of the Te Puke Town Board a letter waa read from Mr G. Tebbs, Tauranga, who stated that he had a few dozen palm trees for sale at Is 6J each, and asked if the Bjarci would require him to plant them. —Mr King offered to pay fora number of trees to be planted on the road in front of his residence, if the Board wouU plant them. —Mr King's offer was accepted, but it was decided to postpone the purchase of additional trees, owing to the expense of erecting protection.

The overseer reported to the last, meeting of the Uotorua County Council that the main under supports of the bridge on the Old Tauranga Road were very much decayed. He recommended the Council to have notice boards erected on either side of the Lridge warning stock drivers of the danger, and also to have three or four posts inserted across the road formation on the nurth end, at about the nine mile peg on the south end, as the road and bridge were unsafe for 'wheeled traffic. —The report was approved.

At the last meeting of the Waihi Borough Council a letter was read from the Clerk of the Ohinemuri Council, advising that the Council would contribute £100 towatdd the maintenance of the Waihi Beach Road provided the Waihi Borough was prepaied to expend 8n equal sum, and also to apply for a subsidy from the Government. After some discussion it was unanimously agreed to fall in with the proposal of the County Council. It was suggested by several members that the Waihi Settlers Association should apply to the Government, pointing out that the two local bodies were willing to provide £100 each.-—lt was also resolved that the offer of the County Council be accepted, and that be asked to apply to the Government for a subsidy.

Mr George Gardiner, of Matakana Island, ha 3 received advice from the Hon. J. Allen, Minister of Defence, notifying him that his son George waa slightly wounded in the head and face on June 27, and was remaining with his unit. Mr George Gardinei, junior, was a noted Rugby payer in this district. He fought with the Maori contingent at Gallipoli, and is now "somewhere in France."

Among its varied activities, the Whakntane Harbour Beard has now assumed that of shipowner, having recently purchased the scow Welcome at a cost of £700 (says the Whakatane Press). The Board has secured a quarry site on Whale Island, and it is proposed to erect a wharf on the Island and bring "over large blocks of bard stone to form a breakwater at the Heads This stone, it is estimated, can be brought over at a cost of 2s per cubic yard, and it is proposed t« use it for facing most of tbe river training works a& well as for the breakwater on the western side of the entrance. Tbe metal that can be obtained from the mainland hills has proved too soft and crumbled away when exposed to the wear and scour of the river.

We have the mon"y and the brains and the ability and the resources to demand that wo shall gain and maintain supremacy of tUo air.—N. Peuiberton Billing, M.P.

Eight Turkish divisions under German officers are to be sent to the European front.

Delegates, reurescnting 150,000 organ iaed German workmen, passed a resolution urging the Government to supply and distribute foodstuff.

The following men left hy coach thi a mnrnir.g for Waihi en route to Tr«> n , tharn Camp:—Messrs J. Armstrong* J. Douglas, G. Humphries, T. Lochhead, —. Newman, S. Toylor, Taura' nga; and—. Cummings, Kaiikati

Messrs Brown and Sons, of Kaimua are building a new auxiliary vessel for Richrdson and Co., Napier. She is ta be fitted with engines that will c<i H . sume crude oil. These have h Pn * secured, but there is difficulty in Ct ,j, ting shipping space to ship them friu,J the States, su that it is not certain when the new boat will be ready j O r commission. She is to have a uairy ing capacity of 150 tons, and iatobe used as a lighter for the freezing works at Wairoa. *

The Chairman reported tc the ] Bg f meeting of the Kutorua County Cuun. cil that he bad attended the sitting of the Conciliation Council, hrld in Roto, rua in June, i>i conjunction with MrO C. Martin, chairman of the Whakatnne Harbcur Board, as assesors. Tney d e . sired total exemption for Cou'itv" Councils, thst all Eurlacemen ehould be. allowed to undertake all classes of work without special pay, and that overtime be allowed only in very special circumstances. Th« chairman submitted the recommendations of tbo Conciliation Council, which it is proposed should be referred to the Aibi tration Court.—A letter of explanation from Mr Wright, the Employees' Association SecretJry, asked the Council to express its opinion on tLe recommendation.—lt was resolved t 0 j 6ave the matter in the hands of the chairman, with power to act dfter having obtained further information from other local bodies.

A team of footballers chosen from the ranks of the Tauracga Cadets journeyed to Te Puke by brake from Mr Findlay's stables on Saturday and met a fifteen representing the Te Puke Cadets. The Tauranga team proved victorious by twelve points to nil, tries for the winners being registered by E. Walker (3) and U. Donovan (1). Owen Phillips captained the Tauranga fifteen in his usual skilful and mus'.erly manner.

Mr W. Hall, of lolago Bay, visited tne Te Puke and Tauranga districts last week, and purchased 350 head of cattle through the agency of the NewZealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. Tha mob, which consists mostly of young stock, is now on tha wa* to Gisbome, and the journuy will occupy about three weeks.

Messrs Close Brothers disposed of 200 head of steers to Mr W. Hall, of Giebcrne, on Saturday at a satisfactory figure.

The Public Works Estimates provide for the following grants of £500 or more for roads and bridges in theTauranga Road District:—ll'iirini bridge and approaches, £2000; YVaimapu Riding roads, £SSO; Lichlield to Atiamuri (deviation), £1500; Luxton and Angle road, £500; Matata inland road, £500; Pongakawa block (access), £900; Kotorua to Taupo, via Waitapu, £1650; Te Puke to Otaraarakau, £000; Waimana Gorge, £700; Whakatane to Te Teko £100 >, Whakotane to Waioho Valley road, £500; Mangatoi, £1150; Raparapahoe Stream bridge, £750; Waihi Swarap road, £675; Mangarewa-Kaharoa block, £1,000; Pahiatua block, £500; Ahi Inanga block, £590; lauhara No. 1 block, £500; Tauhara No. 2 block, £500; Urauru block, £500; Tuapiro block, £500; Anogatete block, £500.

Included in the visitors staying at the Star Hotel are Measra Garraway, Phillips, 2'almer, a-id Ware, \Vkskatane; W. Hall, Gisborne; Tretherway Brothers, TeAroha; and llutton, I'lraaru.

A football match was played nt Te Puke on Saturday afternoon between the Rangatauu and Kangiuru Cluua, and resulted in a victory for the fur* mer by six points to nil.

The public are invited to witness a test of the pressure in the water mains, which will take place on the Strand at 8 o'clock to-morrow night.