Bay of Plenty Times FRIDAY, SEPT. 29th; 1922 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8102, 29 September 1922, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times FRIDAY, SEPT. 29th; 1922 LOCAL AND GENERAL

Followers of Rugby are looking forward to the match to be played on the high school reserve to-morrow afternoon between the Tauranga and Katikati representative-. The visitors will be represented by a strong side, and with a good team taking the field for Tauranga a keen and interesting game is expected. The match commences at 2.30. Mr C J, Kirk, A. N. Z. I. A., invites tenders for work at the Town Hall. The Northern Steamship Company’s auxiliary schooner. Motu arrived here from Auckland on Wednesday and later left tor Opotiki The Motu is the latest addition to the Company’s fleet j and is at present running in the Auckland Opotiki service. ! The thirteen dairy factories in : the forty mile hush district, last season spent £4OOO in fuel, the; bill for which grows bigger each ; year. A dairy expert told the I Pa hi aim Herald that the introduction of electric power would \ yield a farthing per lb more for I butterfat. j The Salvation Army services! at Tauranga and Cate Pa on ' Sunday next will be taken by ; Major Gunn and Staff-Captain j Powick, of Auckland. A hearty i welcome is extended to all to ; attend these services. , SANDER AND SON’S PURE I VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EX- ; TRACT. i

The Tauranga League football reps will visit Te Puke to-morro.v and will play a match there against aTe Puke team. This will be the first League match to be played in Te Puke and much interest is being taken in the contest. The Tauranga team will assemble at Layne’s stables at 12.45 P-m.

Community singing will be held at the Town Hall at 215 this afternoon and at 7.30 tonight. Mr C.' Tonkin will be chairman this evening, and Mr J. T. Deakin song leader. The accompanist will be Mr J. W. Carleton Messrs Frank Adeane and Co., of| Auckland, notify that an allotment and house of six rooms in Tauranga, will be sold by public auction at their auction rooms, Auckland, on October 17. The property may be purchased on easy terms. *

At the parade of the local Cadets to be held in the Opera House on Monday night next, Octobe. 2, it has been decided to dispense with the customary drill and substitute a modified form of the Community Club system at present in vogue in some of the larger centres. The first part of the evening will be devoted to a display of physical drill by the massed Company, and the presentation of the Lady Godley Cup by His Worship the Mayor, to the winner, Cadet W. P. Noble. The second portion will be occupied with an address to the cadets by Colonel G. A. Ward, C. B. E , on “Patriotism and Citizenship.” Parents of the boys and others interested in the welfare of the Cadets are especially invited to attend. The parade will fall in at 7.30 and intending visitors are requested to be in attendance by that time.

The Rangataua Rugby footballers will leave for Rotorua to morrow morning and will play a match against a Rotorua team in the afternoon. The Rangataua team will be chosen from the following ; P. Reweti, Rangihiroa, T. Kahotea, J. Marara, ]. Ngatai, Turumakina, C, McLeod, Pohipi, G. Ririnui, P. Ririnui, Toi, Honiana, R. Stewart. Tiwha, H. Kirikau, and W. Webster. A number of native and European supporters will accompany the team.

According to the High Commissioner’s weekly report concerning butler, the demand is good for New Zealand spot supplies, which are short Quotations, New Zealand salted 214 s to 218 s per cwt., unsalted 2245, The cheese market is firm with a good demand.

A property of two hundred acres in the Parish of Tc Papa will be offered for sale at the Mart on Saturday, October 7. Conditions and particulars may be seen at the Mart,

The Tauranga Rugby Union’s representative junior team will leave for Rotorua to-morrow morning and will play a match in the afternoon against the Rotorua juniors for the Kozie Shield.

According to a return presented to the House af Representatives last week, the cost to the State of trout hatcheries last season was £893 6s 2d. The income from the sale of ova was £571 6s lid, and the value of ova distributed gratis was £199 9s 6d. You should preserve: your eve? iu Sharland's “M«a” Brand Hag Pro■.<rva(iv<!. Twenty years' experience has proved it to lx.* reliable. It is economical., it costs 3-89 to Id dozen ecgs according to size package vou buy. Hold in small tins sufficient for M dozen eggs, also iu 1.4 gallon tins. On* gallon sufficient for 180 dozen eggs. 3

Definite arrangements have been made for the Auckland representative A League team to visit Tauranga on Friday next, to play Bay of Plenty. The Bay team proved itself a hard proposition when pitted against the Kangaroos, so that a fine game should result when they meet A uckland.. There are 908 owners of sheep in the Gisborne district, two of which own flocks of over 20,000, Thirty own flocks of 10,000 to 20,003 sheep. The majority range around 1001 to 2500 sheep, of which there are 254 sheep owners. The usual weekly compulsory parade of the Territorials will be held in the Opera House on Wednesday night 4th. inst. at 7 o’clock. This order cancels any instructions previously given to the contrary. Any member of the Company not yet issued with uniform is required to report to the Defence Office, Security Buildings, to be fitted out for Wednesday night’s parade. Prices for beef at the Westfield fat stock sales on Wednesday v'ere equal to last week’s rates, the cattle offered being in excellent condition. Extra choice ox real bed £l 5s per JOOlb, other grades bringing from 14s to £1 4s according to quality. Cow and heifer beef brought from 15s to £1 5s per loolb. There was prac - tically no change in sheep values compared with last sales. Wethers brought from £l 3s to £l 15s 6s, ewes £1 to £1 Bs, hoggets £1 to .£i 3s, spring lambs 14s to £l 10s Prices for pigs were about equal to last week’s rates, choppers and baconers realising from £2 lOs to £4.