LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVII, Issue 7154, 19 April 1919, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

A total of 130,000 ft of timber was shipped from this port list month by sawmillers operating iv the district.

Letters from the King Country say that although they arc getting more rain lately farmeis think it has come rather late to do much good. Grass is not coming away like it bhould do at this time of tho year had the raius been more copious. Calves are celling at a very low price in the King Country just no**.

Speaking at Stratford the Minister of L-iiids said the amount which could

be advanced to soldiers who took up bush land had icecUly born iacrcised from £750 to £I,'JOU, lie pointed out that though the man who went on improved land might at first appear to be better off the man on the bush land would ultimately do better1

fhe steamer Ngatiawa leaves Auck • land oq Tuesday evening next for Tauranga, and sails from this port at Tpin on Wednesday, She leaves Auckhad again as usual on Thursday

AHokowhitu resident is the possessor ' of a horie which is I'l years of ages and which, though practically toothks still has every appearance" of good ! health (sajs the Manavratu Daily j Times). Ihe proud owDer thought i until he visited England recently that ' his horse was tlie oldest, ever, but he . discovered one in the Old Country '52 ! yeais of ago. Strangely enough this . jicimal was born in Now Zealand ' ' ;

A. Wave of criminal violence j (onti::u(3 (o manifest itself in Mell'ii!i!:e. .A. hoUlkcf'ppr was knorked f.cnsc-le-3 aiift tho Mooru^ ValUv

A' a utti.^of thc!-\,urf on Thu r day, Mm Mr JJ. C, K u b v,. jp" an cflvr-i. r \v,h ihr.j j|j. ar;i ,» for i l. mi k0n:..;,-:. •■•,..■.;),. i, *<S I. ;> t t Ul■' •' l-- > orris onk-r ii-rnst an.,tli.T , ff--= .], ,• ,1 a.ij".ii. : <M tin the -Jith ; n , r ." Was At tliv IMito Cn U ;i on \\ ); |,,.. s i ir.orum- I- f-.io Mr (\ i 1 N,,,...;.! 'i ',? VnVlwi 1 rurr;.:: ws< , ; ,! "^ ';' vagr.trrv, | I:iving } , e .. n t * V«'» mi tli» i-iriins-s of Mr M,,-.', Tl° Strut..]. t| !o pr-.-vious ri^.r V.1 "° 3-:i»tc-i,c.- whon 0.ii10.l up.,., ' l<r Hi. ;-V.-i>lii P 'ho May.r ;M ,j (1 AiMiji- h-;.s boen nlvisod fh- it-' !«■■'"■■:;■;> th. i;..v™ ut - h u ,'j.^.l 1..v,.r,,,,,|. ~r, r ~,,„.... v : y . ; beer; ;i vi^l t) !:lt arran -~n , ,n N' ; * ».ocn ,„,,], to ii,ht iMuuvs ;,;pi,.;;^ r";!!;; 11;;^:!;:;; °;\ tl:; r^^ of the ! Au., NVlJl. bf,°" {moment poiots 'a u !j ;e as?l !y visible from .u.uut Maung^ni I. '^»1-;Btoiri';ewillh, 1 opened in all :ui branches, ox-eptin- Money Order j ami Savings Dank, from :i ,i, m , tv !() 1 a.ii). or, Alondftv, >ui<l ivovn 7 p. m to : S j..m. fur tho transa>tioM of tol^unh i ItUMiu"-.: uiily. Ilioro vii] 1,3 LOl ] L '^ ivory Ly letter lani-iN O n Monday i liur a .l.'ln-fry of h-wors will be made : over tho public c..)u:sut from 7 t 0 s | pin this oyenir K . The telrphoae i cxci;an-o will observe a close holiday |cv Monday. Mails usually ch-siui | for Auckland at j p. tll . c-n Tuesday ! next will close at h p.m. en Wednes' i ay. r iho p;incipa! aitvaition o;i Ea^te.----i Monday will bo tho Hair.ard,i Athletip j sports., whicti will be 1,,1 d ,' v (} r how. ''rouml- A,H propramme hrt^ u^-rn arranged, and an excellent j days sport is antidpatod. As ibe causfo is a tlesei viug one no d.ubt then j will be n largo attendance. | Tho Funnels' Aucr.ioncoiing Com ' pany wii! hold a block solo at To Puke |on Tuesday Lexr ; and a sale in x \& Judea yard?, Taurangn, on Thursday -Uh m>t, •" I Tho death occurred at Ponsonby ; Auckland on b«turday fvening last f iMrJunosAC'ulpitt.aformerrttident !of Iduraugi. Peceaeecl, who was :o2 yenrs of a gp. was taken ill 0D lKursday, loth i,, sfj flnd dmh toQk I pwico unexpectedly aa abovo stated jluoh Eympsthy will be extended to I Mrs Luipitt and family in t | lc i r 6a( j Aie soklUrs during their privilege leave prior to discharge entitled to j wear mufti, an i to take a private I position for wagos ; These questions ; are still hemjr put j, v returned men i though thero is no doubt about the I soldiers right, during Lis l'S days' j leave prior tortsfhargc togost^i^tto work dnd discard uciform if ho wishes Paragraphs 2oa and 28 of the' K-turncd Suldiers 1 IL.ndtuok can bo | quoted as giving direct authority, j The tnly exception to tie right to j wesr mufti during this potio« is tha*. j if the soldier is using his four weeks' i railway privilege, he has to travel iii i uuifoiuL

At the last mooting of the Ucbrua County Council a latter was read from Mr I.*. Bear, Pon&okawa. drawing attention to the rliVgracnfui condition "f ilanr.cn road —It vrts resolved that Mr Hoar he advised that probably the puviion of road ho rc-feis to is the uut,.rmed portion betwetu his house and La(..e Botoehu; this part bad never been completed by tlio Public Woiks Department and handed over to the County Council

At the last LUGotiDg of the Kotorua Couniy Council a letter was read from tho Under Secretary for Public Works with regard to the Mangorowa Gorge to Mamaku Road, referring to the Councils loiter recommending that the. Government expend the voto of £000 on opening up tho above road, and steiiug ihat tho road had not been legalised. It would be uawise to mako the road through Native land, euhancing its value, and then hate to pay the increased piica to purchase it litfr on. It will first bo necessary for the Council to obtain a title to the land required for tho road. Probably the owners of the laud would give it free of cost.--The overseer and the clerk \vhv> instructed to mako inclines as to tho ryiiiiie3 of tho owners, and any other useful iii'.jimation.

Af-er rendering valuable service to the Defence Department at Base Record?, (he honor <ry staff has ceased its activiiiop, as it is c:>midared possible that wiih the r-puirn of solargea nuriibcr at sold'erg tho permanent staff will le able cope with the work.

A fire broke out in the msio ! uildicg of the Wailu Hospital on Tuesday inol meg at about eight ov.loek, but fr.rtun.tily it was exOnauishefl before; any gieat damagfi bar] been done to the building, and without causing- any seriuus alarm among tho patients.

Tho Rotorua County Council has received a communication from the Hon. Yv\ U, Herriflp, acknowledging r'-cuipt of the Council's letter conveying a resolution passed by the Tauranga Hospital and Charitable Aid Board with reference to improving th-3 sanitation of Maori pas, and stating he had pleasure in referring communication to tiie Hon. Dr, Pom are.