Bay of Plenty Times MONDAY, APRIL 10th, 1922 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume L, Issue 7958, 10 April 1922, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times MONDAY, APRIL 10th, 1922 LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Major-General Sir . Andrew Russell is visiting the Tauranga and Te Puke districts to-day. The Ngapuhi arrives as usual to-morrow morning and sails for Auckland in the evening. She leaves Auckland again on Wednesday, sailing from lauranga on Thursday evening. One thousand three hundred sheep were shipped from Whakatane to Auckland last week. Mr C. Morrison, of Te Aroha, who framed the handicaps for the Tauranga athletic sports, is due to arrive hereon Wednesday night and will attend the local sports meeting on Thursday, The sum of £1417 5s was paid in rates to the Tauranga County Council last month. F-.ir CliiWieu’b Ifac-kinc Coupli, Wool’s' Greit Pe|>i?rmintCiit't‘.

The chairman (Mr J. C. Adi ms) reported at a meeting of the Tan ranga Cemetery Trustees on Saturday that the grazing rights of paddocks would expire on May 18, — The Trustees decided that the grazing rights be offered in two lots by public auction for a Trm of five years, The leases will be auctioned by Messrs McCarthy and Co

j M tils for the Common wealth of Australia, South Africa and the | East, via Sydney, per the Manuj ka, closa at the Tauranga Post Office at 6 p m. to-morrow The annual general meeting of ' the Bay of Plenty Rugby League j will be held in the Borough , Council Chambers at 8 o’clock to- [ morrow evening. The report of the provisional committee will be submitted. Officers will also be elected' All players and sup' porters are requested to attend. A reminder is given of the public meeting to be held in the Town Hall this evening, when Major General Russell, will deliver an address on matters affecting returned soldiers. Ar lificial poppies made bv the children of France will be offered for sale by the ladies of the St. John’s Ambulance Association. These poppies are to be worn on Anzac Day, April 2S-

The vessel Coronation left Whakatane for Wellington and Wanganui last week with 1000 sacks of maize.

The Public Works Department notifies the Mount-Matata rail way timetable for Thursday next, and for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. A meeting of the Tauranga Football Club will be held in the Borougn Council Chambers at / 30 on Thursday evening. The convenors are Messrs J. Tanner, G Riley, E. Mrnro, and J. Donn. All players are requested to attend, as the Rugby authorities are anxious to see an early start made with the game in view of the Kusabs’ Cup match to be played at Tauranga at an early date.

The antecedent liability of the Tauranga County Council, as disclosed in the financial report submitted to the County Council on Friday last is £3153 18s. At a meeting of the Tauranga Cemetery Trustees, held on Saturday last, correspondence was read from the Wanganui, Napier, and Cambridge Borough Councils giving particulars in regard to cemetery fees charged by the local bodies named. The chairman (Mr Adams) moved: That the matter of scale of fees and revision of by-laws be referred to the Trustees to consider at a special meeting to be held on Tuesday, April 18, at 7.30 p.m. The motion was seconded by Staff-Captain Moore and carried unanimously.—The question of purchasing posts for a new fence was discussed and was referred toMrJ M. Darragh and the secretary (Mr Lowe) with power to act.—Accounts amounting to £2O Us fid were passed for payment. Prohibition workers are reminded in this issue of the meeting in the Wesley Hall tomorrow night. The Farmers’ Auctioneering Company’s sale, which was to have been held at Katikati on the 12th, inst, has been cancelled. A correspondent writes to us asking if we know where most of the seats that were on the Strand have gone t). We don’t.

In connection with the County contracts dealt with on Friday the tender of Mr G Cooper, not that of Mr W. T. Wa’erson, was accepted for contract No 41, Owing to the wet weather yesterday the Band recital, which was to have been given at the Monmouth Redoubt, did not lake place.