The Bay of Plenty Times. MONDAY, JANUARY 21ST, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6965, 21 January 1918, Page 2

The Bay of Plenty Times. MONDAY, JANUARY 21ST, 1918. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A special meotinff of tbe Borough Council will be heKl on Monday, 28th ins', at 7 15 p m, for the purpose of deci-iing, by resolution, what workiDg day in the week shall be the statutory closing day for the shops in the Borough ofTeuraoga. ""The"New' Zealand Farmers' C<>- \ operative Bacon and Meat Packing Co , Ltd., will receive pigs as under: P«en£aroa, Thursday, January 24, 10 am to 12 noon ; Je Puke, tame dat>, 1 pm to 3 pm: Tauranga, Fri lay, January -'5, 10 a m to 2p in Three hundred head of cattle ore entered for the New Zealand Loan and Morcant'le Agency Company's pal? '<> bo held nt Te Puke to-morrow. Tlif firm holds a sale at Ngongotuha on Thursday. Pouliry-koepera should note that Mr A E Salisbury (poultry instructor) will deliver a lecture on poultry-keeping at Vir J H Blaker's farm, Gate Pa, at 2 p m to-morrow, and another address at Mrs N A Johnston's property, K-tikati, at 2pm on Thursday. All iut r.-sted are invited to attend. A well-attended of tho Taurnnga Athletic Club was held in Mr B C Bobbins' office on Thursday evening.' Mr Rohbins presided Mr Cri(i' t<m, who is leaving for Rotorua at (i:c, end of this month, tendered his ! revsij. nation .as Proletary. Several spp-iera referred to the excellent; wo-k rendered for tbe Club by Mr CrichUm, end a motion accepting; the resignation *ndexpressing appreciation of Mr ('richton's servic-s was passed unanuu-iusiy. Messrs J A Ouioness, L voi.-ij, find C F Oliver were ap« ■\)i*i ri':>A- a v-'Uimittee t•■> co-operate with other I cal insfitutious in the farowell fuMf.'ion to bo tfn^prri tt Mr G'richtoa in the Ope»a Iliiiso next Wednesday evening Mr G F Oliver was apu i-jted Secretarj of th<j Club. I'rvate WOr PddJie, writts under date JNovember 15 to a memb-r of the staff of the Bay of Plenty Times. Private Padlie, who had been wounded, stated he had been discharged from 'lospi'al aud at the time of writing vas in a camp in England, about four ■niles from Aldersbot. He had been | spending leave in Scotland, London and Essex, and was looking forward to spending Christmas in Essex. A message from Whakatane states 1 that the three-year-old son of Mr Evans, who is share milking on Taneatua Road, met with a terrible death on Wednesday. While playing in the milking-shed he was caught in the belting of the plant, and was ) killed instantaneously, the body being frightfully mangled. According to the Waihi Telegraph a quantity of timber, probably a portion of tbe cargo jettisoned by the escaped Germans from the scow Moa in tho Bay of Plenty, is being driven up on the Waihi beach by tbe northeasterly wind. A niin at Corning, New York, is now making pie-dUhes and other cooking utensils of glass so tough that it can be handled like ordinary crockery and will stand the heat of any oven. The Scientific American remarks that now severy housekeeper can see vvha*. her puddiugs and pies Jock like inside. - 1 he Waihi Telegraph of Wednesday last says : Mr Hinnab, engineer of the j E-t&t Coast railway,, has telephoned that in const quence of the weather be i thought it useless to visit Waihi to-day, as originally iutended, for the purpose of arranging with men to start work (>n the Waihi-Athenree section of formation. He now intend* to be present at the^ouncil Chambers on Monday next, 21st inst., for the purp se of forming parties from amongst the men enrolled for the work. The engineer who is to be left in charge will accompany Mr Hannah. _ When the Whakatane Harbour Board was considering its new scale of charges on Monday last Mr Harron moved that provision be made; in the schedule for a charge of Is per passenger for every person embarking from or disembarking on the Board's wharves for any point beyond harbour limits, children under 12 to be free. I his charge, he said, bad beeu collected at) New Plymouth for the past 30 years and the amount obtained would pay interest on a good round sum. The charge was collected by tbe ship piug companys. Mr Mitchell ssid that he had the greatost pleasure in seconding the which was carried without opposition.—Press. A special meeting of the Borough Council will be held this evening to consider matters in connection with the electric transmission line to the Te Puke Gold Reefs. The selection ofHthVofficial candi* date for the Southern Maori electorate, rendered vacant by the death of Mr Charles Parata, rests with Sir Joseph War"d, but no announcement has yet beeu made by the Leader of the Liberal Party. A number of representative Maoris, however, have re • quested Mr Henare Parata, brother of the late member, to offer himself for election, and it is reported that he has consented ti do so. j The Prime Minister has beeu advised by the.N>w Zealand Govprument's agent in Melbourne that 3000 tons of superphosphates will reach New Zealand between no*' and March. [ The cargoes will come for consignees and not for the Government. ,It has long been said that the Germans were in the habit of throwing poisoned sweetmeats from their aeroplanes for French children to pick up. So diabolical seemed such a proceediag that sven the most bitter Roche-hater could not be induced to believe that a peop'e evp n as depraved as the Teutons could be guilty of so hellish a trick. Whatever doubts these good folk entertained have now been finally removed by an analytical examination of cakes, choc-jUtes, and other tempt ing dautics fouud in various quarters Of Calais after a raid, lv every in stance poisonous substances were founJ hvermised wiUi pastries, some of these actually containing epidemical g'rtns. If ibis i? the way Germany ie trying to force FiaiK.-e iuto a premature peat.c, ehe has a very distorted Uea.uf the present public feeliug. Motor Oara for hire day or night. Ring 'Phone No. 72. Geo. Daviea j Cauitron Koad*'- j

A social and gift i&veninfr un^er thu auspices of tha To Pun* Patriotic League will be held Jo" the Te Puna school roVm next Thursdayevening. A meeting - of the Management Committee of the Tauranga Rugby Union was held in Mr Crickton's office on Friday night, Mr F H Ham raond preeidiag. The Secretary, Mr J Crichton, submitted , a financial statement, which was adopted. Mr Crichton then tendered his resignation. as Secretary. Messrs FH Hammond and 0 F Oliver made appreciative reference to the able services rendered for four years by Mr Criehton in his secretarial capacity. Ou the motion of Mr Hammond, seconded by Mr Armer, it was decided that the Committee's appreciation of Sir Crichtoh'a services be placed on record.—Mr F. H Hammond was deputed to take charge of the Jordan Cup aod the Union's book. Tho appointment of a secretary was deferred. It was dec:ded to dispose of the fencing material owned by the CJniou. Mr W Patterson's racehorse Pruper was shipped to Auckland on Friday eight to fulfil engagements at the Takapuna race meeting. The Waikato Winter Show is to be held from June 4to 8. There are over 800 classes m the schedule, and nearly 200 are devoted to children's competitions. Entries will be accepted free from any school in the Dominion. The show is a great exhibit in of dairying, agriculture, horticuHure, industry and amusement, and jidging by the activity being already displayed by the executive promises to bo very (successful. A meeting of the Te Puna Patriotic League was held ia the Omukoroa schoolhouse on Wednesday eveniug, Mrs Munro presiding. It was unanimously decided to hold a sale of work at the end of February or early iv Murcb in Mr Pluinmer's paddock, particulars of which will be duly announced Duties were allotted to various committees. luterost iv the approiching by-e'fetion for Wellington North constituency is increasing steadily, and an exceedingly keen contest is expected when the Hon. A L Herdman retires from politics to lake a seat on the Supreme Court bench, which, as Mr Massey announced recently, will probably occur next month. The names of several prospective candidates have already boen meat'oned, but thy choice of the electors is not likely to be conliaed to these gentlemen, as in all probability several more will enter the contest. For instance, Mr A N Poison announces his candidature as an Independent Liberal. For live years Mr Poison has been private secretary to the Hon Dr Pomare, and for ten years he has been connected with Ministerial private secretarial staff. He resigned his position in the Civil Service last week with a view to contesting the election as an Independent Liberal. An Auckland exchange says the spread of blackberry in flax swamps is causing some uneasiness ac to tho future of the hemp industry. In some pkces the blackberry is now so bad in the swamps that the Has cutters refuse to go in to cut the flax leaf for the mills it will be a serious matter if this evil is allowed to increase, but the eradication of blackberries from flax swamps will be a very difficult problem to solve in the future. Regarding the fixing of meat prices in the United Kingdom, Mr Massey cabled to the High Commissioner asking him to inquire whether'restrictions* applied to Argentine meat. Sir Thomas Mackenzie replied as follows: " The fixing of retail prices applies equally to New Zealand and Argentine meat. Maximum wholesale prices have be«n fixed for all meats, a' difference being made between home*killed and imported. Irrespective of the maximum wholesale prices, retail prices must be based on the actual wholesale cost, retailers being limited to a profit of 2£d per lb, or 20 per cent, whichever ia the less." Mr James Jordan, clerk of the court at Napier, succeeds Air Terry at New Plymouth. He was farowel'ed at Napier recently, when the staff there made him a presentation and expressed their good wishes for his future welfare. Mr Jordan is well-known in Tauranga, being the eldest sou of the late Rev. Canon Jordan. Advices from Auckland indicate that the maize market is very bare of maize, as arrivals have not been equ.il to the demand, even at the high prices now ruling. It is considered that the crop is now about exhausted, as it is known there is not much maize now held on the Coast. Advice from the Poverty Bay points to the fact that there will not be more maize there than will now be required for local use. The market stands at 7s f.o.b. at Gisborue. Australian maize it being offered at equivalent to a landed cost in Auckland of 6s 9d per bushel, but it is not likely to be brought across, as the Government prohibition of importation of weevily grain makes the business somewhat risky. The postmarks on the latest mail from the United States bear the following words:—-" Food will win the war; dou't waste it." An unprecedented increase in the ratio of boy babies to girl babies born in England and Wales is noted in the vital statistics for the year 1914-1915 and 1915-1916. In the year from July Ist, 1914, t-) June 30th, 1915, 415,205 boys aud 399,409 girls were born, the ratio being 1040 to 1000. The explanation is that women who are extremely fatigued through arduous Übour, such as working ten hours in munition factories, tilling fielde, and acting as drivers of street cars, can become the mothers of male children only. Genecologists of renown have agreed that such ia always the result. A fair quantity of cricketing material, valued at about £9, which belonged to the old Cricket Club aud has been in Mr Crichton's care for some time has been handed over to the custody of Mr Chadbm. The material is in goad order and comprises some bats, matting, roller, mower, net, stumps, etc. In addition to the material the Club has a small credit balance. As there w a g iod deal of sickness ab?ut at present and domestic help verj ! hard to get, the lecal members of the St. Juha Auiliulaoca Association have expressed tlifcir wllliu^uess to rruder voluntarily, what aasbtauie they can in urgent cases i-i Deed. An appeal to the President, Mrs Baigonty from any sick or over-worked mother through nckness,' will receive immediate attention. -

The name Inglewood (taraualsi) 'i^4 anyone should happen to speculate on*'^ i its ongin, probably calls to mind aocua - * thing■x? do with a fireplace. Tbo trun *.£ meaning is, however, attogoiW * different (says the Turanaki fteral't, ;- In tho early '70's, wheu .iha Wi '.< surrounding New Plymouth w BB c i ea , 4 '"' ed for a radius of only four O r fiv* * miles, the site of what is now the town of Ingiewood was just being carved out from the heart of the lm.sli • the* * ' were a few wnares and read's Zd sections were being laid (u t Qo £ " became necessity to find a nacno f,l the bcality. That chosen was from !h ft Angle-Saxon and means "a meadow in the wood, which our old eettte.g tell, was an apt description oi Int'lewood in those early days. D Messrs Sharp aud Tudhope notify all persons having claims iv tho'eata.of tho lato Walter Marshall and th late Frederick W Witherow to send in 'he same within fourteen days, ; } Travellers and shipper* should B (* a ;that the Ngapuhi 1 >ayes Au. Ham] on i-Tuesday of next week, inroad ,f i Monday, Billing from T.iisr.in ff a ou wedr.eirday evening. Miss Florence Wilkinson, L h A M teacher of pi.ujofmto, theory M ,,| ] ln ,.' mony, lesumes teaching on the •' B ,,j . mst. She haa a few vacancies f.,rnew pupils, and terms can bs ascertained on apphcition at her rosidence in Selwvn Street. - A. special meeting of tho T.iuraiKa District High tiv.haA Committee was held this inorniutf in Mr Bobbins' office. Present: Messrs B C Robbing (chairman), F N Christian, J Criohtoo B P Andrews, aod O P Oliver, ai-ti Stiff Captain Mooro. Apol-gio 8 for non-attendance were reuoived from Messrs Bickers and Lowe. Mr Crich. ton, who is leaving the district, resigned from the Committee. The resignation ' was accepted and it was resolved to place ou recori the -Committee* appreciation -of the ■ valuable work reuderod by Mr CriVitun as Keeretary Stall Captain Moose was appoiuttd secretary, and Mr W Gilmuur wa 3 elected to the vacancy on the Committee. Before Mospi\s \V T Teasev and M Walker, J.P's, at tho Police Court this morning:, threo bativas, i'aniaki Kirinui, Byd. Perry, and Dick Hura were charged with trespassing on New Year's morning on tho properties of Messrs Macmillan at Waitao and Stewart at Papamoa They pleaded guilty and were o-ich fined £1 and costs £1 17s 6d Further charges are pending against other natives for a f similar offence. | A staff of Grovernni->nt mon are at engaged in m-iking improvefments to tho portion oi tho Ktimai •Road in the Matainata County. The Rev. A A Murray, of.'Auckland, who preached at the Prosbytciian Church yesterday and will also coudact' the services there again next Sunday, wilLgive a serio i of prophetic addresses during the week in ths Town flail end Opera House, commencing nt S p sc. To-night he will speak in tha Town Hall on "The Signs of the Times;" to-morrow-night in the Opera Houso on " The Coming of Chiist iv rolatioa to the Church ; " on "\yeduosday night iv the Town HalJ, "Tlio Oouiiug of Christ in relation to tho Gentiles;" Thursday in the Oppra Flouse, " Iho Comiiiff of Olirist in relation to tho Jews ; " on Friday in the Opera House, li The Antichrist, his rue and fill, " and on Sunday there will bo an after-ohurch meeting in tho Town Hall ax 8.15 p m, when tho subject of Mr** Murray's address will be "Universal Peace—how and when it coaien." Miss F Lirjd will be tho soloist oich evening. j The Government Meteorologist wired to-day : The indications are for south* erly winds moderate to strong prevailing and decreasing. Theie is a prospect of fair to cloudy weather, with scattered local shower*. The barometer has a rising tendency, but filling after about 21 hours. Seas moderate, tidos good.