Bay of Plenty Times WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1918 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6966, 23 January 1918, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1918 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Tte locLi banks \vi 1 be closed on Monday m'xr. January 28th, for the At i ;vt-isary Day ho i»'ay t instead of ou ! dP&day. Irishes Potts and Cro;s,members of the reaching staff cf 1 ririty Church Sunday School, left yesterday morning for Napier, via Waihi and the Main Trunk line, to attend the summer school for Sunday School teachers, j which opens at Napier to-morrow. j During the early part 'f the month jMr NHS Law, headmaster «-f the j Tauranga District High School, j attended the Teachers' Conference in , Wellington as a delegate from the ; Auckland district, which was repre* ! senttd by ten delegates. The conference sat for four days and during that I period dealt with numerous remits i affecting the cause of education. | Great stress was laid upon the necessity | for improvement in the matter of ! staffing and the reduction of the size of the large classes iv schools. It is to be hoped that the pressure to be brought to bear on the Education Department will have the desired effect of bringing about this very necessary | reform. i Mr G Vesey Stewart, of Katikati, received a letter a few days ago from j his son, Private William N Stewart. j The former expects that by this time his son has suff'ciently recovered as to be able to resume active duty at the front. ~ The Chairman of the Tauranga District High School (Mr B C Robbins) has conferred,with Mr Law in regard to the hours cf attendance at the local school during the month of February 'Ihe foboul will open on Monday, February 4, ,v*rt—fcb .> ucual hour (y.!5 a m), and close at 12.30 p m. Mr Hugh M. Stewart, of Papamoa, is in receipt of advice from the Base Records Office to the effect that his sou, Private H Stewart was transferred to the convalescent depot, Hornchurch, oa December 13. Further successes at the recent public] examinations are to be credited to the! Tauranga District High School, Miss| Violet. A M Macmillan haying beeui successful in gaining a Senior National! Scholarship. Former pupils of the! school have also been successful in the! schools to which they h>»vß been trans I ferred. Master Gordon 1). Simpson,! a former Scholarship win nek', gained a Senior National Scholarship, and Master David Ciark (son of Mr W Eadie Clark) has matriculated in the Wellington district. Captain T J Watts, Secretary of the United Fire Brigades Association and Accident Insurance Society, I arrived here by the Ngipuhi yesterday [ in order to make preliminary arrange- i uients in connection with the Fire Brigades Conference to be held in Tauranga next month. He left for Waihi this morning. It is expected that from 130 to 150 delegates will attend the Conference. The executive officers will arrive here on February 22 and tho delegates on the following day. A church parade will be held on Sunday, the 24th. The Conference opens in the Town Hall at 9 a mou Monday, 25th, and will probably occupy two days. We understand that the Hon. G W Russell, Miuister of Internal AfEairs, intends to visit Tauranga during the week of the Fire Brigades Conference. A reminder is given of the meeting of the Tauranga Brauchpf the Farmers' Union to be held in the Coronation Hall at 2 p m ou Friday. Mr H, 0. Cooney, who- has been attached to the teaching staff of the Auckland Education Board for some years, has resigned from the service of the Board to enter into practice in Tauranga as a solicitor. By advertisement to-day Mr Cooney notifies that he will attend at Te Puke on the first and third Tuesdays ia each month. His offices are ia Security Buildings, Tauranga. Mr Killen, of Katikati, has been informed that his son Jim has been awarded the Military Medal, " for conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty." His Colonel, I. 1, Morshead, states: "From October 11th till October 18th and 19th, fouth-west of Passchendaele, Private James Alexand er Wilson Killen acted as a stretcher bearer. Daring Ihe wh.o'e period he worked untiringly in the dressing and evacuation of the woundei under heavy fire, and over most difficult country. On October 18th he weut forward to our outposts, 500 yards ahead of our lines, and brought in a wounded man Through the eight daya he never spared himself, and his conduct was mo3t unselfish, and his work of the highest order." Call and see thz dinky bathing eap3 aa Mis-ridees.*

Tho wet weather of the last few weeks has been very beneficial to pastures, but has also Helped the spread of the blight »mongst potato crops. It is noticeable, too, that elder-trees are again attacked thn ye^r by a disease, which has the effect of causing the leaves to wither and fall in great numbers. A social and gift evening will be held in the Te Puua school to morrow evening under the auipicea orltheTe Puna Patriotic League. Games and guessing competitions will also be held. .An enjoyable function is assured. Captain Dykes arrived from Auckland yesterday for the puvpose of examining candidates for marine j master's certificates |It has not yet been decided by what I route the Fire Brigades delegates will | travel to Taur*uga. This matter | claimed the attention of Captain Watts during his visit yesterday and a- final j decision as to route will be made on his return to Auckland The Te Puna Patriotic League is now busy making arrangements for their annual sale of work. Amongst the donations alroady promised are a Shorthorn heifer, a valuable collection of Maori curios, poultry, etc The Whakatane County Clerk reported to the last Council meeting that £113 15s 9d of thirds had been received (says the Whakatane Press). Thirds now totalled about £200 a year. He added that a statement would be furnished shortly showing the bdancos on each road. Cr Burt said that, the Matata settlers objected to the surfacemen's wages being ehirgod to thirds. Ihe Clerk replied thit there wa* no doubt that the Matata by-roads had in the past been wonderfully'kept up by thirds. They certainly deserved a fair share of rates. At Ihe annual conference of tho .United Fire Brigades' Association of New Zealand, to be held at Tauranga next month, Foreman O B Elliott, will j represent Dunedin City Brigade and Captain C A Lues the Bt. Jvilda, Brigace. The takings at the Bed Crof s Shop last week amounted to £4 12s 7d. Ihe ladies in charge of the shop on Friday next will be pleased to receive contributions. The time-table for the TauraugaMount ferry service is inserted to-day. Amougst guestsstayiDg at Guildford are Mr Justice and Mrs Stringer, Rev. A A Murray, Mr A S Salisbury and Mies land. The Telegraph Department was greatly surprised to find that the cable uewly laid across Cook Strait had developed a fault. On inspection a shark's tooth was discovered embedded in the insulation, which had caused the leak. A large consignment of timber, cut by the Taurjnga Rimu Company, jutd., is at present being loaded into a steamer which is anchored off Otumoetai. A recent casualty list shows that Rifleman Arthur M Oliver (next-of-kiu, Mrs J Oliver, Tauranga) was wounded and admitted to hospital on January 3. Captain T J Watts, the Superintendent of the Newmarket Fire Brigade, who also acts as Secretary to the United Fire Biigades Association and Accident Assurance Society, has been actively associated with Fire Brigade work for a period of nearly thirteen years. For seven years ho has been Secretary of the Fire Brigades Association, and during that time has been the chief director at their annual gatherings in various parts of the Dominion. Thoroughness is a characteristic of his work, and with a view to arranging details for the next conference he visited this town yesterday and conferred with His Worship tha Mayor (Mr J C Adams), Mr B U Robbins (Chairman of the F}re Board) and others. In the course of conversation with a Times representative Captain Watts stated that nearly 1,300 firemen out of a roll number of nearly 2,600 hid responded to the Empire's call, which ho claims is a patriotic record amongst the associated bodies of New Zealand. Mr W H Simons, chief clerk of the local Post aDd Telegraph Office, returned yesterday from a month's holiday, which was spent in Auckland. Anniversary Day will be observed locally on Monday next. The Bay of Plenty Times will be published as usual. Mr Salisbury, poultry instructor, visited Te Puke to-ddy. He lea? 63 for Katikati in the morning and speaks at Mrs N A Johnston's placs at 2 p.m to-morrow. Mr W F Collis, teacher of the Te j Puna School, has been appointed master of the Otumoetai School vice Mr H O Cooney, resigned. Mrs Hoffey, proprietress of " Rosebank," Ilepburn Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, inserts a business announcement which should prove of interest to Grammar School girls and Training College students, At a clearing sale held by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency (Jo., Ltd ,at Hereford Park, Pongakawa, last week, the following prices were realised: Springing cow, £13 5s ; cows in milk, £10 to £11 10s ; poorer sorts, £U ss; cows with oalves, £10 12s 6d to£l3each; dairy heifers, £8 16s to £10 ss; l£yr to 2yr steers, £9 to £l010i;%r to 2£yr steers, £11 Is to £11 10s; mixed yearlings, £4 18s; fat cow, £13 2s 6d; Shorthorn bulls, £9 5s to £10 15s; heavy draughts £25 to £34; medium, £1G to £22; hack and harness sorts, £13 to £15 ss. The Matamata Record states that Mr R Burke has disposed of the racehorse Dandy Breeze to a Tanmarunui sportsman. The Whakatane County Council has decided to affiliate with the Auckland Railways League. You Can Depend on it that if yoa 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 and socalled "extracts." The importance of this brought home forcibly by the report in the Melbourne "Age, August 5, 1916, of the poisoning of about 30 girls by encalyptus lollies which were evidently made from thecommou encalyptus. SANDEK'S EXTKACT can always b*» relied on. It prventß meningitis and other infectious diseases; sniffed up the nose and three drops en sugar. Applied to ulcers, poisoned wounds, burns, it cuie3 permanently. Colds, bronchitis, lung trouble rheumatism, neuralgia, are banished bvi*SAME'S EVTEIcr < t h beneficial in _,', - many affections that no household can afford to be without it. Specially refined and prepared by Sander's process, it has no harmful you ran no rck with SANBEES

~^r—~- ~—mm '-'-fefeftpf At a recent meeting of th«? coramitlp^ of the Rotorua Jockey Club, aiesi^^ Oarr and P Goodson were appohi^jrflli the club's delegates to the Ooumrv§B| Clubs' Conferouce to l>« hold^apil Hamiltanon February 15,h, and .gill delegates were instructed to move hpil the direction of having iln kea'^Sl quarters of the club removed from t^ltS l hauies to Hamilton. jlvfl The first lot oil sheep t> hj p u < :>||| through the Whakatane freezu^'ifl works arrived there ou W^iuesdJ *i last. - ~*ty Our Oropi correspondent vrriies^H " The mill re-open^d onrly U s t weaw' Ml The mill people aro gradually joturui *S iug, bo things should be i Q fd! swi^;, v^S soon. The continuous ttut j heavy ® rain that has fdlen hteiy hi. ruin^V'-''^ a great d^ai of hay thit had been e<H ® The Oropi school will re-opou, uud*.'• - the charge of Mr N McL^iu. thaV teacher haviug declined the oiler i>fv^ transfer to Glen \las*-y, ucur Ngaro^'--' wahia/' " i? The new budding t_ be ereetol f. r Athe Bank of New Zealand at To'p,,^' f will be a twe-jtorey etrueturu n\ brick - the ooutiact price is £5,280, and k- s I expected that the building' will "C^ completed ab->ut the middw of j u h* :■/ Messrs E Mahonoy and &;_ _i ;- Aucklaud, are the architect?, aud >:. v A tf'Hitchings, of Eliersiw/ t '-: contractor. Mr J G Green yesterday from o trip to Gisborne. 11 0 _ eft Tauranga in a "Dodge" car on th„ morning of the 13di mat, accompanied by Mrs Green, Mr Sid Guinness, and - master Leslie Given. i; le party ' travelled by the Mom route, ;.ua _ s it : v>as raining most of the lime _j r :; Guinnesa's skdl us a motorist was well tested on the narrow greasy roadway. The party stopped at Opotiki tho fit". night uul nest day uiado th. trip through the Motu into Gbburne in niue hours runuing time from Opotiki. ■ Mr Green said the weather in Gisborne ; had been very wet. The country i 3 looking well. Ti.e w-wlgrowo.-s have had a good season ui.U uil storage-..'' premises in Gishorne are fall of wool^ even the Garrison Hall being used for storage. Mr Green left Gisborne by the steamer Wimmerti on Sunday afternoon, and caught the Ngapuhi at Auckland on Monduy, reaching here as previously stated yesterday. The Officer Commanding (Lieutenant P H Roche) requests »ll High School boys and Cadets who have recently pa-sod Standard VI, l-.> attend parade to-morrow. A shooting practice will beheld. The Ngatiawa arrived at tlm Town wharf this morning at 10 id en route •.,.: from Auckland to Ohiwa and Opotiki. She had the Te Teko in low, "which vessel wag also bound for Opotiki to tender the Ngatiawa there. The two vessels left Auckland yesterday hi company at 2.15 p m, but.after gelti.g down the harbour a cdiort distance the tow line parted and foul ad the rTe ;; Teko's propeller. The Ngatiawa had then t-> tow the Te Teko the whole ;i distance without any assistance from v the lattor'« engine. j tic Ng&tinw'a v left again at 11 o'clock with paßten- . gers, and the To Teko was to leave this afferuoon ac soon an the ropn had - been cleared: On Monday next, Anniversary Day holiday, a sa'lo of work, with games, ; : compolilions, etc, is to bi held in the Plantation at the Mount. The V effort has been organised by the Church of England congregation there, and the ; proceeds are iv aid of the fund to purchase ■an organ for the church', services. Being a holiday and given fine weather there will no doubt be a, : large gathering, as the excellent shade ': afforded by the plantation, ar.-d its close proximity to the beach, makes itaa f ideal spot for a picnic. The sab ; will be held m the afternoon, -;! Amongst the visitors at -the Star '- Hotel are Messrs Taylor, Bonsche, 4 Wilson and Floyd (Auckland), J Birch ,: (Government Land Valuer), A L^mon 1 (Hamilton) and Captain Watts. A social evening is to be held- in : the Church of England Parish Hall .^ on Friday evening next commencing k at 745 The gathering is being held/I to consider the matter of. Sundayfp School accommodation, and parish/j) iouers are requested to be present ttfjl enable the question to be thoroughly |- discussed A programme of musical! € items has been arranged, and supperf will be served. The Government Meteorologist wired today: The indications are for variable moderate breezes, but wester-; ly moderate to strong prevailing. ■ There is a prospect of fair to cloudy '? weather with increasing haze and : cloudiuess. iMio barometer has a falling tendency. Seas moderate; % tides moderate. A service shoot /or Jiiflemau Pease's trophy will be held on the range to-morrow udder the atißpicosof the JLiifle Club. . The Waikareao ford has been the - • scene of many an amusing spectacle— for onlookers of course—-when some over-venturous settler, wishing to avoid the long journey round from or to 1 Otumoetai, essayed to cross with horse : and trap when the tide was too high- '"i or from lack of knowledge tried to i cross at the wrong spot. Horses and ; ' vehicles would become submerged w ; j ••/bogged," and at times the pre.dica-.--v-; ment of hors?, driver and vehicle g has become more serious than arnus- ' ing. Few incidents of the kind,# however, cm have presented mow : Vv unpleasant, but withal more humour^ 5 ous features than that which occurred : yesterday momiug when a member of , the " cloth," with his gig laden with |; fruit from a neighbouring orchard/ i; chose the wrong point to cross. The f' horse Bank in the mud, got down and { '.;. commenced to flounder badly. Tbelv | reverend gentleman was obliged :\oji I disembark.into s -me four feet of water,!!? and only with difficulty could prevent| f himself from disappearing in the sliffljrlp; j ooze. A young lady, happening to bef v| crossing at tho time, noticing tliefl ' unfortunate predicameut of horse andfN ! driver, coining daunted, waded ih||l Man and maid, after strenuous ef_orlilp waist high in the wa»er, succeeded iuS :B extricating horse and vehicle, and ffith|^ the assistance of a native, who arrive^ v in the meantime, soon had things puflg: to rights. A few peache3 Boughlf freah iielda and beaches new, thoflv harness waa elightly bulfte otherwise there were no serious results 'mi A few prominent notice boards top; marls thu crossing would -be of p advantage to uaero of the ford,