Bay of Plenty Times FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7338, 13 February 1920, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times FRIDAY, FEB. 13, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

The horse and cattle sections at the Katikati agricultural shew are again leading features. There are no less than fifty-three classes for horses and fifty classes for cattle. Sheep, pigs, and poultry are also catered for. Entries close at Tauranga and Te Puke on the 20th inst, and at Katikati on the following day. Schedules may be seen at the Bay of Plenty Times Office.

The Mayor and Cr Ccsfciing were appointed by the Council on Wednesday night to revise the values of those properties in*the borough on which buildings have been erected since the last valuation.

"When you took the chair, your worship," said Cr Wrigley at Wednesday night's Council meeting, "You were full of zeal, and promised to have an inventory made of all yoods and articles in. the possession of the borough. Did you ever get it?" "No,"Veplied the Mayor. "I have" never seen it," said Cr Wrigley, "and ♦hought that perhaps the matter had been overlooked."

A combined meeting ot the committees of the Borough Council and Chamber of Commerce, to consider the matter of the visit of the Prince of Wales, will h? held in the Borough Council Chambers at 7.30 this evening. The Borough Council on Wednesday night adopted a recom mendation of the Finance Committee that the Borough solicitors be informed that accounts handed to them by the Council for collection should be sued for by next Court day.

The question of the appointment of additional members of the Ministry will be discussed at a meeting of members of theßeform Party to be held in Wellington to-morrow afternoon. A large gathering ofjmembers is expected.

On the recommendation of the Electricity Committee the Borough Council on Wednesday night appointed the Mayor and Crs Tanner, Whiting and Castaing a committee to look into the matter of conserving the catchment area for the supply of water to the Council's power station at Omanawa.

That the Whakatane Shovv is a permanent fixture of the Bay of Plenty is evidenced by the very rapid strides which the Association has made of late years. Each year has seen their yards and pens filled to overflowing with the result that additions have been made to the pens every year. This year is no exception, some 24 new cattle pens having just been erected, and other improvements to the ground effected. Another sure sign of the progress of the Association is the donations to the prize list, over £400 having been subscribed, which has enabled the committee to offer very substantial prizes, as a glance at the advertisement in this issue will show. As entries are coming in freely it only re quires the people's patronage to make the show eclipse all the former efforts of the Association, Entries close on the 16th inst. Those who contemplate visiting the show should note that Mr Maurice Crimmins is running a special car.

Amongst visitors to Tauranga this week were Messrs J. B. Me Ewan and K. Duncan, of Wellington.

Farmers will be interested in an announcement elsewhere that lO^d per lb is offered for prime quality bacon pigs and porkers. Particulars are obtainable at the Bell Tea Rooms. Mr and Mrs J. O'Neill left on Saturday last forDunedin, where Mrs O'Neill is to undergo special treatment with Dr. Hardy O'Neill for neuritis.

The Finance Committee recommended to the Borough Council on Wednesday evening that the question of re-leasing the Town Hall be considered, as the present lease expires on May 6th. It was decided to call tenders for a period of three years, by advertisement in the Bay of Plenty Times, the New Zealand Herald, and the Dominion (Wellington) The Mayor, and Crs Wrigley Whiting and Castaing were appointed a committee to draw up conditions.

Superintendent J. R Padlie is to represent the Taurpnga Volunteer Fire Brigade at the annual conference of Dominion Fire Brigades to be held at Hastings at the end of this month.

A recommendation of the Works Committee to the Borough Council on Wednesday night that the portion of Cameron Road from Roberts Street to the hospital be formed in readiness for metalling evoked an emphatic protest from Cr Wrigley who surmised that this was- simply another effort on the part of the committee to circumvent the resolution of the Council to finish metalling Devonport Road as far as Elizabeth Street. This work had been authorised, he said, and should certainly be completed before any othei works outside the loan were put in hand, Cr Tanuer explained that it was necessary to plough this.portion of the road and this would have to be done to allow the road to consolidate before it was metalled. All the work scheduled under the loan would have to be done first and Devonport Road , and this portion of Cameron Road would be put in hand afterwards. 1

The twelth run in :Fireman S lng'^ i ; foreman A. Sorrfn nie 'Bsecf 4; Fireman Monfe 611'^ Positions of the le4 SfM4h Hartnett, 10 points Vj^.a, Hme, io; Deputy-Sim essenge r Webb and Fo P; ema S n Up s e o r;ntencl| ; Fireman L &Sen. iMreman W. Padl > Morris, 8 Sm.thandMonk.e'each Uetllen A c;icket match t versus Te Puke, willbJ,? UFanga rauranga tomorrow f^« commencing- n t r^n rlurdav) The team will be set^ sh4 and those pickeS oJg C v d Hr notified during the d ayMvlllbe Mr W. li G nvi ." engineer for theWth 1??^ the Public Works nlandf« 'gived here hs^n^^ official visit. gnt on an

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Harvest Thanksgiving c * ■ : will be held at Hoif^r^i Church on Sunday % "t? ' VCil^ wiUbe Phased to L^i* donations of-fruit, ve"eMw c*■ at the Church to-mwrow V tc I

Messrs Smith and Alaoh', Patent scrub cutter may b T^ at work on Mr Martn Q u $ ' farm near Hairini W kb \">