Bay of Plenty Times THURSDAY, FEB. 19, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7342, 19 February 1920, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times THURSDAY, FEB. 19, 1920. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Stack sales will be held by the Loan and Mercantile Agency Company next week as under: Te Teko, Monday ; Katikati, Wednesday; Tauranga, Thursday ; Matata, Saturday.

Amongst the nominations for the Thames races, to be held on March 6 and 8, are the locally owned ho-ses Monopole, Carcano, Nunerrant, and Glenspire.

A caretaker is required for the cookery department of the Tauranga manual training centre. Particulars are obtainable from the headmaster.

Poultry, pigs, vehicles, a pony, and household lines will be offered at the Mart sale on Saturday next.

Mr Henry Kingi notifies that a car will run daily from the Central Motor Garage to TePuke and Paengaroa, connecting with the Rotorua-Paengaroa* mail service. Fare rates are quoted. Seats may be b.xAed al Messrs Sedcole, Bym and Co's garage. Six hundred head of cattle arc entered for the Farmers' Auctionon ag Cv.mp_.s_v,s sale to be held at Te Puke on Tuesday ne.\t.

Sawmill hands at Taumarunui are receiving £1 per day, and refusing work for any wage under that sum. Recently there has been a possibility lor a strike for £1 2s 6d per day. Certificates of merit are to be awarded by the Auckland Education Board to the Paengaroa and Greerton schoob for agricultural work during the year £919.

After the recent dispute at ihe Whakatane freezing works work was resumi d on Monday, anc is now in full swing.

A good demand for maize continues in Auckland and quotations are firm at 8s 3d to 8s 6d, on the wharf, for wholesale lines. The demand is reported to be exceptionally keen for this time of year.

It is reported from Whakatane that White Island displayed great activity on Tuesday, immense volumes of black smoke and steam rising to a great height, and being_ clearly visible from the mainland.

Miss J. P. Hately has been appointed relieving teacher at the Tauranga District High School. Advices trom Waihi state that work on the Waihi to Katikati section of the east coast railway line is now being carried on with increased gangs of workers on the various sections, and the indications are that the- Public Works Department has determined to complete the line- between the points mentioned as speedily as possible.

A district headquarters instruction notifies that returned soldiers holding four-weeks' privilege leave tickets on the railways issued subsequent to May 2, 1919, may use their warrants" at any time before June Ist, 1920, the term of validity having been extended.

At the last meeting of the Whakatane County Council a letter was read from Mr N. H Pike, of Galatea, urging the expeditious construction of the projected outlet road from Galatea to Te Teko stating that some 400 bales of wool and some thousands of fat sheep and fat cattle had been sent -out of the Galatea district this season and all would have gone via Whakatane if the road had been made. There was one white man in the district who might be available for the work. It was decided to reply that th: council would carry out the survey for the road as soon as possible and expedite the1 forma tion work-

A cricket match was played at Matata on Satusday between teams representing Matata and Whakatane. Matata batting first were dismissed for the small total of 56, but Whakatane fared worse and could only produce 36. The survey of about eight hundred acres of Crown land in the Whakamarama district has bean completed by Mr H. R. Atkinson's staff. This land is of very fair quality, and should be readily taken_ up when available for selection. Mr Atkinson is also engaged in the survey of a road from the neighbourhood of the eighteen mile peg, on the Tau-ranga-Katikati main road, back to the bush country. This road will be four or five miles in length and will provide acess to an area of about two thousand acres of undeveloped land.

The Minister for Lands, the Hon D. H. Guthrie, who is paying a visit to the Urewera country is due at Whakatane to-morrow afternoon. On Saturday he leaves for Thornton, Matata and Otamarakau. At the last mentioned place he will inspect the Hosking's Estate, against the opening of which for returned Maori soldiers only a considerable number of of protests have lately been made, with the result that the Minister promised to inspect the estate to help him to make a decision in the matter.

Amongst the candidates who were successful in passing the recent Matriculation Fxamination was Miss Alma Adams, youngest daughter of Mr J. C, Adams, who was a former pupil of the Tauranga District High School. Miss Adams proceeds to Auckland tonight to continue her studies at the Auckland Girls' Grammar School.

There was a ke P n a endurance in valu^^^Vift held tat stock sah^^e. C'aoiceovso!d to+ V T^ es^Qav pnme ox £ 2 I2s t0 "£o _J cr nary,and p r i me £ 27 : Ms; Ni. rough beef £u6s oA i 2% and he-de^ beef, £ 2 6u„V Steers ranged in A c A 2 22 cr^tde,il7to£2oiS.,yl^ ininnished steers, £ I ot n l g r ht^ cows and heifers, *6in- 51*5

. The leading outdoor*,* • in tbe western A-A her!«. Tauranga Countv^heV^ ' agricultural show ist.i T%' March 3. Thi h^°t^ sections have been\ e >lattlt ior in the schedule,* ?A^ ot the classes ar. endfe. special pn_es. l n addition thth ?re two prizes for the mo-Sn^ in the stock classes. X^ 5 show not only provides Uw. kau for friendly riJalr S"«» owners, but also servia medmm «or drawing toge^ ; happy reunion the cont of the goldfields aTS1" districts. To ensure a su^ exhibition the liberal horse and cattle owners is n«JS ary and those who wish to in this direction are reminded £ £Ur.c_ close a; Tauranga, ItiKe, and le Aroha tomorrow f;! a[ and Waihi7 Saturday. Entries will be received by Messrs A. W. CarmS Uauranga), Mr H. T.CasW (Tc P„ke». and the (Katikati \ ■

A cricket match between T« x uke and Matata teams is to fc played ai Matata on Saturdn next, not oetwecn Tauranga anil Matata as erroneously stated is yesterday's issue.

A telegtam from Gisborr. states that Detective McLeodhai arrested a young man named Frank Bellar, alias Frank Demi, on three charges of burgulary J Opotiki, involving goods an.» cash to the value of £98.'

A total of 122 fat pigs purcha-. Ed tn the l\uranga and TePuke districts, were shipped to Auckland on Tuesday night by tht Ngapuhi for Mr Coates.

The departure of the Ngapuhi! last night from Auckland was delayed until 8.30 p.m, owing to the quantity of cargo offering She arrived at the Mount about 8.45 this morning, and berthed at the Town Wharf half-an-hour later. The steamer sails to-night far Auckland at seven o'clock.

Mr T. E. Pearson, officer in 1 charge of the Auckland City 1 Council's reserves, accompanied fj by Mr Aldridge (draughtsman! jl arrived here on Tuesday for the g purpose of designing a compr. | * hensive scheme and preparing ft working plan for the beautifica- j tion of the Mount Maunganol § domain reserve. The visit is the | outcome of a suggestion made to | the Mount Maunganui Domain | Board by Mr J. C. Adams on the |J eve of his retirement as Chairman. I During their stay Messrs Pearson | and Aldridge are the guests of ? | Mr Adams. Mr Dive Chairmanoi | the Board, has secured the ser- § vices of Mr Smallfield (surveyor) 1 and an assistant to help Mr | Pearson in his work at the Mount. | Mr Dive is also visiting the do- § main, with Mr Pearson and | assistants to-day. Mr Pearson 1 hopes to complete the field work j this week, and will present his H report to the Domain Board in B. due course. I The auxiliary vessel TeTeko R was unable to complete the un- j loading of coal cargo yesterday, j and her departure for the Rangi- g taiki is delayed until to-night. | w The peace memorial tablet | which is to be erected on the site 1 of the peace beacon fire, on the j crest of Mount Maunganui, has 1 arrived here. It is of New Zea- 1 land marble, weighing'about 2 I cwt, and bears an inscription set-'I ting forth the object of its erec- "■ ! tion and the names of the sixteen 1 ! localities which responded to the | fire signal by similar beacons at | | elevated positions on the maifr | i land and adjacent islands. The j transport of the marble block to I the summit is a laborious opera- j tion, but will not call forasmuch I strength and vigour as the volun- | tary carrying of the seventy tar | 1 barrels to the top on the occasion g iof the beacon fire. The work .ot g i carrying the block to the summit p of Mt Maunganui has been j undertaken by the same enthusi-. astic band which so effectively carried out the work in connection with the signal fire on JW. [- 19 ' ■ j

A Press Association message from Up.tiki this morning staP that the weather is showery A® the agricultural show to-day.

While a keeper was Aios'M from the outside the Polar bears cage at the Adelaide ZoOlog^ Gardens, a bear seised him, tore off his arm at the elbow, arid ate it-

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