LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 6967, 25 January 1918, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

fhe local banks will observe Anniversary Day on Tuesday next, not on Monday as previously stated.

Acting under instructions frjm the beneficiaries in the estate of the lateMrs A. L. Faulkner, Messrs H. H. McCarthy aod Co. will sell tho whole of the furni ure and effects in the estate on Tuesday next. The sale commences a* 1.30 p m. A social evening is to b3 held in the J Church of England Parish Hall this evening. The gathering will e^uaider the matter of Sunday School accommodation. A musical programme will be submitted and supper will be provided.It is anticipated that the alterations now being carried out at the Nursing Home at Te Puke will be completed iv time to permit of the opening ceremony taking place on February 14, Monday next, January 28, will be observed by the members of the Tauranga Tradesmen's Association as Anniversary Day holiday. • The Farmers' Co-operative Auction eering Company will hold a stock sale in the Katikati yards on Wednesday, February 6. Three hundred and fifty head of cattle are already entered. Professor H. D. Bedford will visit Tauranga nest week, and wilt deliver a temperance lecture in the Town Wall on Wednesday evening.

Acting under instructions fruin the Public Trustee in the estate of the lute Bartholomew Ward, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Ag.-noy Co, Ltd, will offer oy auction on lmuoday next: Lots 10 and 17, 01 Liluck 29, of Uhurcb Mission Reserve, containing 10 acres 2 roods 32 perches, with good houso aud outbuildings; also, lots 170 aud 171, Section 2, laurdoga, containing 2 roods 8 perches, with fi looked house and outbuildings.

The first cjQ6;:.uaient of applfj and pears from tbe " Hawkridc;e " orchards for tho c-irreKt aeason was shipped to Auckland on Friiay lust. These fruits are three weeks earlier at" Hawki idge" 1 ban lust )(ar.

The Ngapuhi loaves Aucklaa.l on Tuesday of next week, instead of Monday, eailiug from Tauranga ou Wednesday evening.

Another young man in the person of Gunner Edwin Worth has laid down his life for King and cjuiitrj-. JJeceas ed, who waa the sixth sou of Mr Robert Worth, Manager of the Te Puke Go!d Beefs mine, enlisted in Te Puke. He was born and educated at Waihi, attending the high school in that town, and later was apprenticed to the cabinet-making business. He went into camp about the middle of tho year lyI(j, and saw much soivice on the Western front. He diei of wounds on January 10, and Was only twenty years of age.' The sympathy of a wide circle of friends will be extended to Mr and Mrs Worth aud family in their great bereavement. The annual picnic of tha Church of England Sunday Schoi'l will be held in the Plantation at the Mount on Thursday next

Mr Hannah, Railway Engineer, in the curse of his remarks to-day to applicants for employment on the Waihi-Katikati section of tha East Coast railway, made it clear that the cuttings were large, and would at the lowest estimate mean six months' work for ordinary gangs, says the Wuihi Telegraph of Monday last,

A novel idea his been suggested as a tneans of counteracting the injustice done to colonial girls by the fact that the Dominion troop 3 are finding so many English wives (says an exchange). In order to give the New Zealand girl an even chance with her Euglish sister in the race for a husband, it is proposed that the Government should be petitioned t? send Home as many girls as will replace the wives brought to these shores. Over 190 of the recent batch of returned soldiers brought brides with them.

. Mr H. Poland, member for.Ohiuemuri, who, with Mrs Poland and family, has bean camping at the Waihi Beach, broke up camp on Monday (says the Waihi Telegraph). It was his first experience of camp life at the beach, and the fortnight's outing suitod him and his family right down to the ground He said ho was surprised to meet people there who had come so far afield. Two of his camping neighbours hailed from Btiatamata and Cambridge respectively, and there wete others who came from Hamilton, Morrinsyille, Paeroa, Karaugahake, and Waikino. "

The last piecaof concrete in the East Coast Railway bridge at Weatahore, Napier, has been laid. The bridge, which is 1300 ft long, is the largest structure of its kind in the Dominion. s Mot one accident has occurred during its construction,

The annual visit of inspection of the harbour will be made on Monday next by the members of the Harbour Board. They will also viait Aozac Bay, whither a large number of Katikati residents will journey in the launch Manuwai. The Mayor and Councillors of Waibi will also be present and Mr JCi daws (Mayor of Tauranga) also intends making the trip. Given fine weather the outing should prove very enjoyable and will help to atill further promote the good feeling that has always existed between the people of Waihi, Katikati and Tauranga. About seven hundred cheep and lambs for the Whakataue Freezing Works wore forwarded by. scow from Canaan Landing on Sunday morning.

Nominations for the vacancy on the Borough Council, caused by tho resignation of Mr Crichton, close at noon on Monday next. .

Alarms by tke two firebells and the triangle roused the town populace from their slumbers a few minutes before midoight on Wednesday. The ciuseof the commotion was a fire iv a large clump of goree in Eighth Avenue, in which vicinity gurse covers a fairly large area. Ihe residents io the vicinity decided not to ta^e any risks, and accordingly the alarm was speedily given by means of the bell at the Quarter Acres sub-station. The fire-fighting equipment at the substation was immediately run out and a liO3e connected with the water mains in Edgeeutnbe Boad, with the result that the tire was soon extinguished. The towu section of the Brigade was also quickly on the fcene in Mr Cox's motor ear, but their services wore not required. The gorse iv tho locality of the outbreak is a menace to houas property and should' bboteaiul.

A special line of., piyh'y White' Leghorn hous and pullets wilt b» offered at the Mart sale to-morrow ut I 30 p m. Visitors at the Star HVel include Mr Provest (Sydney), Mrs Sii^pphejd (Matata), Mr II O Smith North), Mrs Maolbnald (Hamilton* Messrs Arbuckle, Fitzgera d, Steven's and Taylor (Auckland). The annual picnic of the Prcsbvfcrir.n Church is to ba held at Mr Niather's farm, Otumoetai, on Monday uoxt. It is our svi duty to chronidu tho death of Mias LUi-m May Tnrue<younger daughter of Mr aud Mrs W U Turner, of Solwyu Streot, whicSt occurred last night after an illn vsa ».{-, some months. Tho lav* Mias rurntr was? well-known aslibrarim, ap.^sittju sho had filled with much croait several years. She always paid closo attention to her public duties aa>l htr unfailing courtesy won the esteem o( subscribers and the genital public. She was born in ChrHtdiurdj and I eight years ago arcotujniayd .her. I parents to Taurang.i, svh>. re sho h'ui since reside--!. The sympathy will be extended to Mr and MisTiunoV in the groat and iricpaiv.bi.' 1.-. : s whith they have su«tuinod. Th^ funeral takes pi.ujy to-morrow afternoi n, loay. iug Mr Bateman's resirieuco. Judoe at 2.30. '

Tho hvo storey buil'iing formerly known as the Yoiks-iire, Giw Hote,1 situated at the comer of CaoieiY n Road and Sixth Avenue, lud a narrow escape from destruction J.tst night At 8.20., o'clock a lire in the bvuLduij;—-which is uuoccupisd"--win i ; b>ervej, and au ularm was sounded on thu sub-s:aticu tirebell and taken up by the trian°lo aud town beH. 'J ic> Uuartcr Acres section of tho Fire Brigade a--so aj bled' in a lew minutes and were immediately j'Htiefl by the town ?ecf.iou. Two leads were at once se* g^in^ from the water mains iv Sixth. Avenue and Oatnereu Road, Superintendent J. : Padlie directing operations. The lire had a goo i hold in tho lo'.vor storey portio 1 m the south-western coruer uf the building, ami ut tho' time of iho brigade's arrival wis ojuliued to one apartment. Tho Brigade worked well aud effected a good ''save, r extinguishing; the tire in les3 than a quarter of au hour, the damage b ing cuutiaod ■ to one room. Ttio building id owned by Mr H B Mountfort, of Utorohanga. The aiuouoc of the iusuraßco is - not flsoertaiuabln, as* the owner is not in Tauranga;

lueiewrtsa largo u.saoaiblago in the Opera liouso on WoJnobduy eveniugon tho ocoaeiou oil tho farewell S'ciol to Mr J Orichton, tho org-aoiaers being the mom be wor th» Municipal Baud, while jhe Athletic Olub aUo took the opportunity uf joiuiug ia tho - farewell. Pi brio Uio commencement of proceedings tho Baud rundorc-d several selections outside the hall. Dancing commenced at 8 o'clock, Mr F H Hammond acting as master of ceremonies in his usual courteous ami efficient manner. Excellent music was played by Mrs Hartley (piano), and Messrs Peebles and Concilia The gathering included a number of visitors from 'the Waikato. Supper was partaken of at 10 30, after which dancing wis resumed and kept up ti:l midnight. During the evening Mr B (J Robbing, Presideucof the Athletic Club, referred to tho able services rendered in the cause of sport by Jlc Crichtofj, aud especially in athletics. On behalf of the Club he presented Mr Crichtcn with a sot of razjrs io Morocco leather wallet. Later, Mr A Peebles, Bandmaster, -made . appreciate reference to Mr Criehron's effective work in iv-establishing ths Band and assisting it in evory way, and oo behalf of. the Baud hindwl to Mr Crichton a silver-mountel walking siiok. Mr Crichton suitably responded. He thanked iho honors fur their gif:r, and said it was pleasing to know that his efforts had been appreciated, Although ho was leaving Tauranga he hooed to visit the town, occasionally and renew acquaintance with his friends here. He liked the town, and on'y health reasons compelled him to leitve it, A very pleasant function terrain', ated at midnight, with hearty cheers - for Mr Crichton and the sirjging of " He's a Jolly Good Fellow."

The Rev. A A Murray has baen lecturing during1 the week bofore very fair audiences iv the Town Hall ami the Opera House on the Prophecies of iho Bible. He will continue tho addresses to-night in the Opera House, his subject being " The Antichrist — . his rise aud fall," and on' Sunday evening ho will give aa ad'iross iv tho Town Hall commencing at 8.15 when the subject will bo " (Jniversal Peacte— how and when it comes. " His Worship the Mayor, Mr J G Adams, will make the trip-to t\rzw Bay on Monday, Gr Whiting uho intends being present at the gathering. The appeal for funds for the Salvation Army War Work is to lake Hctivo-' shape on February Ist. fho local committee has hud sub-cription litts prepared, and Mk-jsq luvq already heoa distributed to the outlying"districts. . In order to thoroughly organise the campaign v mooring u£ .the couimittefl . and others iuterestod will by held in the Borough Council Uhnnjtbers oa Thursday evening next at 7,-iO.

The NZ; Her lid of Urn 17th ma». ' reports that John James Matthewa wus tiued £1 for carrying on bininess as ft ". second-hand dealer without a Itoeriss, _ vand was fined an additional 2Os for j purchasing two sicks from two juveniles. He w.)9 ordered to pay < oafs amounting to 203. A charge ol; buying '"" two sa«kd from two juvenilfs wa'j * preferrei egiiubt Thouias iSJcOounell, / a former putner of Matth/iw«s but was . adjourned, owing ■to the illmfcs of defendant.

Four candidates iYooi tho l\mranga District High School have passed the Public Service En!ranoo Exatniuatioa' - which was held iv November Jaefe The successful pupi's are Matter J A * G Turner (84th place). Miss (JsituerioO FJ Letnou (107 th. place), Miaa Mary A. / Roberts (314 th place), ari>l Miss .Ellen M Denniaton (458 rd plate), la \ addition to tho above, who aid iv the °~ Secondary Department, 3 pupils of th» - Primaiy Division were successful in gaining Junior Free Places, llwir names are Latjtiam ?ifacmiU;in, Eiwin \- Price and Catherine Torrauco. Further, successes are expected in connection with the Senior Free Thco »xi;nin« atiijii, the lOßiilts ol.which mo iwltet j Uuuwd. * Iv <t i-.d^i at Liverpool, where the c widow of a dock labourer who died of , anthrax was awarded £260 couipeD&a* - : tion, a <locto>* said that the spot c* of the \ bacilli had baeii known to betoju^ vi^ ulyut idlw 20 jbAM ia a - b. iaiorf*"-, i- f ■ ' ■■ / ,"d