INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVII, Issue 7155, 23 April 1919, Page 3

INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE

V Tauranga Visit Abandoned The Town Clerk, Mr F. G Catchpole, received a telegram this afternoon L'i'oin the Secretary of the Industries Committee stating that owing to shortness of time the Committee was reluctantly com polled to omit its proposed visit to Tauranga. We were informed on Saturday last that the Committee was io visit other coastal districts, but have not heard that it is novo proposed to also abandon their visit there.

' Mr C'leesemai?, creator ci the ', ; Auckland Museum, recent y- visited j Bowentowa in connection with the ! discovery of a Maori workshop The ! ; discover? was made accidentally by | i Mr R W Bell aud Mr S M Hov«ll of! j Waihi. About this ticac w^srerlv j j galas had been in evidence, aud had j ! shifted the sand expo*hi£ a portion i oi' this ancient Maori workshop, j j Further investigations wore then in. | | stituted. with the result that an j ; almost complete set of itona and | I bone implements aisoeii'ed \vith j | ancient Maori handicraft wus found | 1 embedded in the sand. Ultimately! I Mr Bell and Mi" Hovel) caar? across \ 1 about -00 stur^u fi f'.;"ii, souses;, anvils : i aud liaami^rjl, together with a numhui' ] iof pieces of human, moa, aud wlittic- ; bone implements. Greens;one articU.^ . \ v.'ere also included in the Mod, Mr : : Cheeaeman, who vi^ws the fiacl with i \ considerable interest, s-iys ir will prove ' I the most valuable adjunct to the pro- j posed dgw museum to be elected on i , Observatory Hill in the Auckland : Joimiu. Mr Hovell has be^n electrd a member of t'no Auckland Institute ? : and Museum, this honour h^iuy con- ; ferred as a recognition of the services I \ tendered by him in research into j ■ Maori history, to the study of which \ i !in has devoted many years. Mr 11! ; W Bell, ot Waihi. 'h:v; al-io been I 1 elected a member n.- a reward for i!";;-! ti > vi';>:'-. i