LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6964, 18 January 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

—♦ . t|: In c'»u'..ec>:oM wv.h rho annouaceif vi tii ibat the Band will play at the' ho.-piiai on Sunday afternoon next, Mr i> 0 Bobbins, chairman af the local hospital committee, aavised us just as we were going to press tbat owing to a serious case of sickness at the hospital it will not be possible for ■he Band to play there next Sunday as idvertised. Corporal Harold Washer, brother of Mr 0 F Washer, of Tauraiigo, who was severely wounded some months ago, v due to return to the Dominion at an early date. Mies Eileen H Lees, a pupil of the Papamoa No. 1 School, has bejn successful in winning a - national scholarship. Advice has been received of the •4eath of Private Charles E Bannatyne, who was killed in action in France on December 20. Prior to enlisting deceased was engaged in farming at Omanawa. He was a young man who was highly esteemed by all who knew bim and the greatest sympathy will be extended to his mother and relatives in their great Jos?, The many friends of Mr Ben Pnscoe, junior, bandmaster of tbe Waihi Federal Band, will regret to hear that he is at present confined to his house as a result of iDjuries received while trucking in the mine. We are glad to hear that Mr Pascoe is progressing satisfactory and will be able to resume workin a few days,—Waihi Telegraph, Advices from Waihi state that pre« iimsnary wor* on the Waihi-Athenree section of the East Ooast railway line | has been cominenc d by a few men, I and it is expected that the work on a i comprehensive scale will be commenced I very ehortly. It has taken some time to tiod the number of in«n stipulated for by the &£inister for Public Works before he would authorise a resumption : i-f construction work. It is stated i tbat plenty of men could have been found long ago but for the fact tbat even the best; parties engaged on the line prior to the cessation of operations were not earning an average of more than 10d to 10a 6J a day per man under the co-operative system in vogue, which amount is considered too low, in view of the fact that the work entails a considerable amount of broken time when weather conditions are unfavourable. With today's issue we are circulating the Bay of Plenty Times calendar for 1918. Attached to it is some very useful information consenting our National Mag and Anthem. Should any of our readers not receive a calendar they may obtain one by calling at the office. In addition to (his calendar we bavc also prepared a wail calendar with a list of telephone subscribers attached. Copies of these are being distributed to telephone exchange 'subscribers. Additions to the subscribers 7 list will be published in the paper from time to time in order that the list attached to the calendars may be kept op to date. X meeting of the Citizens' Committee appointed to mak« arrangements iin connection with the Fite Brigades 1 Conference was held in the Borough Council Chambers last night, His Worship the Mayor, Mr J C Adams, presiding. The Canvassing Committee reported that £51 had been collected, with another £5 promised. The Chairman reported that the Northern ■* Steamship Company had kindly decided to make a reduction of 50 per cent for the charter of the ketch Torea for harbour excursions. Numerous cars were offered fur the corivejance of the deU gates to the various places of interest in the dictrict, while Mr D^shwood offered the free uee of a coach. It was reported that the Tauranga and Te Puke Bands were willing to assist in connection with, the reception and entertainment of the delegate.*. It was stated that the delegates would travel by train to Waihi, thence by coacb to Bowentown, where they will take launch to Taur.inga. The delegates ar« to arrive in Tauranga on Saturday, February 23 I he Government Meteorologist wired today ; The indications are for Vtfiibta and moderate breezes, hut northerly moderate tostro ig prevailing, after about twenty hours. Expect dull wetth. r, with niuib miat and fog in para. Kaiu probable. Birometer falling, but iiiicg shortlv, 'heo. Ooler. 831s moderate; tides good. Seventy New Zeahfiders have been •wardfid Military Meuils for gellsß ty in the field. Motor Cars for hire day or night. Ring 'Phono No. 72. Geo. Da vies Cameron Road*

An important stotittsale will ba hold by the Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company at Wfcngaroa Vn Friday next. The entries comprise 300 head of cattle and 2000 ewes and iambs. Mr H O Cooney has resigned his position ts master of the Otumoetai school and has commenced, practice as a solicitor in Tauranga. The Te Aroha News says that last; season's milk cheques in that district aggregated about £330,000, Three hundred bead of cattle arc entered for tha New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Go's s »le to ba held at Ngongotaha on Thursday neyL Advice has been received by Mr Martin Quirk that his brother, Private Tom Quirk—who was seriously wounded during; the fighting in the Western theatre in October last—is returning to New Zsaland and is due to arrive about the end of the month. The New Zealand Free Lance, in a recent issue, says the unexpected death of Mr Charles Parata, M.P. for the Southern Maori distric*, in the heyday of life, has quite overshadowed all bowling circles. No one wai better liked or so widely popular among the bowlers of New Zealand. As a bowliog skip he was in the fir^t flight and a popular member of the Welling too, Thorndon, and Te Hiwi Club?. On the social side aud especially araong the bowlers—for bowls was his favourite sport — he was a great favour ite. He could sing a good song, was well up in Maori lore and genealogy, was iv tensely patriotic, aod dearly loved a welt-contested, gam"* at bowls and took its upa and du«vus with an even spirit, in his early manhood he | was a noted hundred yards sprinter and an excellent footballer, and no mean performer with the billiard cue Two aod twenty years ago Mr Charles Parata married Miss Kongokahira Asher, of Taurauga, a chieftainess of the Arawa tribe, whose grandfather was Mr I sher Asher, the first captain of the Auckland Fire Brigade. Everyone who knew Charlie Par aa in public *ff*irs, in bowls, in social lie, deplores the passing of a fine all-round citizen and gentleman who plou.-hed a. straight furrow in his coutse through life. Everyone sympathises with his wife and three children ; bis bright little daughter Peti and his still smaller sons, Thomas Charles aud David Asher. The vessel Paroto sailed for Whaka tane oo Wednes'ay evening with 25,000 ft of timber shipped by Gammans Tauranga, Ltd. The Waihi Telegraph understands that as the result of a surprise visit paid to the Waihi Beach Road on Sunday moraing by the Borough Council's traffic inspector and bne of the members of the local police force, a number of drivers of motor care will be summoned to appear at the next sitting of the Magistrate's Court to answer charges arising from tbe manner io which the cars were driven through the gorge on the road. A number of charges relating to local by-laws will also be heard at the Court sitting. The Matamata County Council favours a conference of cumty chair - men in the South Auckland district to discuss the question of pay to surfacemen, foremen, and general labourers. The teachers' conference resolved "That in the establishment of new schools io country districts, the minimum area of land to be acquired shall be ten acres, and a portion of this sufficient to provide for the keeping of a cow and a horse to ba set aside for the teacher's use." The steamer Ngitiawa arrived from Auckland at 12.15 a m yesteiday and half-an-hour later sailed for Ohiwi and Opotiki. The figures of the meat exports of beef, mutton and lamb from Auckland during the past year show that there has been a decrease of about 9,000,000 1b compared with that exported in 1916. In 1917 a total of 27,143,3481b was sent away from Auckland, and in 1916, 36,171,1351b. The decrease is mainly accounted for by the fact that owing to the shortage of.shipping spaca and other circumstaacas the quantity of meat held in store at Auckland and in the works on December 31, 1917, was 6,081,3071b in excess of the quantify in store on the same date in 1916. The figures are as follows:—Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company: Meat in work*, December 31, 1916, 1,637, 0121b; December 31, 1917, 4,292,543 Ib. Westfield Freezing Compauv: December 31, 1916, 564,5531b; December 31, 1917, 3,235 } 2721b. Whangarei Freezing Company: December 31,1916, 1,118,3301b; December 31, 1917, 1,873,987ib. Iheyear 1916 was a record in the meat export trade in Auckland, the quantity of meat exported exceediog the 1915 export by over 7,000,0001b. Last year's figures', when compared with those for 191 o } which was also a record year, show a considerable increase in the quantity of meat handled for export Another factor in the decrease is that a very wet spring was experienced iv Auckland Province in 1917, and this reduced the supply of fat stock coming forward. During the past year there has been a notable movement of stock to tbe Bay of Plenty and East Coast districts, and this stock will be handled by newly erected works in those districts The idle areas of Crown and native lands are attracting attention in other places than the Tauranga district. At* the meeting of the Whaugarei Cjunty: Council on Friday last a circular wal read from the Hokianga County urging that combined stepd be taken to cope with the difficulty of collecting Dative rates, and also with the general cost of roadins unoccupied lands. The councillors generally expressed the opinion that it was time action was taken to urge the Government to open up waste areas of Orown and native land, and make better provision for county finance. *It was decided to call a conferenoe of all coutity councils north of Auckland tadicoss combined action. You Can Depend on it j that if you procure the genuine SANDER Eucalypti Extract you will not only be benefited, but you will be safe from the harmful effects of the common eucalyptus oils aud socalled "extracts." The importance of this ; brought home forcibly by the report iv the i Melbourne "Age, August S, 1916, of tbe poisoning of about 30 girls by eucalyptus Jollies which were evidently made from the common eucalyptus. SAXDEt'S EXTRACT r.in always tx> relied on. It prvents meningitis aud other infections diseases; sniffed up the nose and tliree drops on su^ar. pph'ed to ulcers, poisoned wounds, bums, it cures permanently. Colds, bronchitis, lung trouble rheumatism, neuralgia, are bauished by it .PANDER'S EXTRACT [h beneficial in %\ many afltertiona that no 'hnnftolwid enn afford to be without it. Specially refiued and piepared by Sander's process, it has no.,harmful £™f»Jj?u rau uo rick wilh ZANDERS

The s.s. Tasman called in here from' Auckland at 6 p m on Wednesday i,U left for Whakatane at midnight. Pehiriri Reweti, a Nativo"lad u- e j ' known in Tauranga an<l a former p UM jj of tbe local District High School, has been successful in pis.-in<> 'j, Matriculation, Engineering Prelimin*. ary, Solicitors' General Kuow)edo e and Medical Preliminary Examination' Amongst wouudei s-odiers who are returning io the Dominion at aa early date is Private W Mclvinley, son t J ■ Mr a-.d Sirs McKmley, of Gate p d ' * A meeting of tho pirishioners of Holy Trinity Church is to bo held id the Parish Hull oti Friday oveniu c next at 745 to consider the <jiH<fia a oi increased Sunday JSclnoi accotnmoda. tion. fhe meetiug will take the form cf a. social evening, when it is hoped there will bo a Urge attendance of parishioners asd sympathisers. An old established tiro and accident insurance company want* a H? e agent for Tauranga and surrounding •listric* Applications are to be furvv.iriod Z Box 662, G.P.0., Aucland A Gazette notion directs that Uiu district viiuuion »\>lis for tho M itamata, and Tauranga connii s and Muaauiu Town District will bj revised .t» from March 01, under th-» Valuati a of La'i.l Act, 1008 . Tha Now ZviUnd h,vx an { Mercantile Agency Co, Ltd, held ~ successful sale at Pongakiwa on Wednesday last on account of the Hereford Park Estate. Buyers weio, present -from Whiiato, 'ivotoniv Op-Jtiki,.'Whrtkat:ine, Taurauga, T« Puke and inirroundhtg district^ 'Bidding was keen and well ptHtaisuvl .' throughout, everything going undtr the hammer beiug quitted at sutisfac- ! Tory prices. This weeks-issue of the Sporting and Dramatic Review makes aa attractive number for sending away to \h* frout. Snapshots of the -second day's evems of the Auckland 'Ki.-.-ing and Trotting Club's Carnivals, .«*u-j"the meptiog, will be of popular interest,- ---| while tbe Australian summer meeting lat Randwick is represented iv keon I finishes. Phases wf the war are | depicted in a striking set of illustrations. The Hon. W. D S McDonald, Miuister for Agriculture, speaking at Ashburton last week, said that siuce the beginning of the war to the end of Deooraber last, New Zsalaud bad soli to the Iraparial Govern mem £j.5,000, 000 worih of foodstuiTi and wool, fhat " proved what a tremeodousiy productive country- New Zealand was. The productiou, indeed, was raoro per head m this country thau in any other in the world, but great as it was, it could be increased. The To Aroha News says that the Opposition candidate for this electorato will not be an outsider next time A pohtioH is shortly to b<? presented to the Waihi School Committee asking' that body to arrange fur classes to be conducted at the Waihi b?a<h during the mouth of February. Tho petitiou is now beiug largely si^n^d by parents camped at the beach, who purpose remaining there till the end of February. The Thames Star stxys the .Thames School Committee opened a school at Puru on November '23, aud co;;sfluently those campers who intend spending the whole summer at the coast mil I benefit. _^ ' Additional scholars from the Tauranga District High School who were successful at the recent examinations are Miss Margaret J Mayfield, I Matriculation, Solicitors' General Knowledge, and Medical Preliminary, and Master T E Miller, partial pass/. Air A. K. Salisbury, Governmentpoultry instructor, arrived in Taurauga on Tuesday last and is staying hoje until Thursday next, when he leaves for Katikati Ou Tuesday next, at 2 pm, Mr Salisbury will deliver a public lecture at Mr J H Blaker:a farm, Gate Pa, and will deal with the" most topical phases of the poultry industry. A similar lecture will lie given at Mrs N A JohnstonVplant, Katikati, at 2pm on Thursday. Mr Salisbury has inspected a number of local poultry farms, and has given the benefit of his advice to the owners. Anyone wishing a visit from Mr Salisbury are requested to leave messages with Mr G. Steventon, Devonport iioad. j Master R 0 Bear, second son of Mr lAD Bear, of To Puua, has been successful in passing tho Matriculation, Solicitor' General Knowledge and Medical Preliminary examination. | Master Bear, who is only sixteen years |of age, won a scholarship at the Te Puna School thre3 years ago, being coached by Mr H O Cocney. Since then he has been attending tlie Auckland College and Grammar School, aud I will probably choose teaching as a profession. His elder brother, Mr ! Wilfred Bear, who was iv tho Public Trust Office in Wellington, has enlisted"-; and goes into famp next month.