Bay of Plenty Times SATURDAY, APRIL 28,1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8274, 28 April 1923, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times SATURDAY, APRIL 28,1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL

' Major Y. J. Scantlebury notifies county electors that he is a candidate for a seat on the Hospital Board. The official count of the Mayoral election gives Mr B. Dive 404 votes and Mr B. C. Robbins 398 votes. There were seven informal votes. The Waikato Executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union has decided to take steps towards securing the removal of protection from quail, it being stated that the birds are doing considerable damage to pastures in the Matahura district. Constable O’Neill of Katikati, is at present doing-relieving duty in Tauranga.as Constable Clifford is absent on holiday leave. The Rotorua Chronicle says : A telegram has been received from Mr J. W. Roper, the gentleman who proposes to build a proprietary butter and bacon factory in Rotorua, that he is at present in Palmerston North making arrangements for the purchase of the necessary machineiy. “ \Ve always contended that the Gorge road is a national highway,” said Mr Nash during the visit ot inspection by the Minister for Public Works. SANDER AND SON’S PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.

The High Commissioner in his weekly cable to the Department of Agriculture states that the butter market continued in a depressed state during the last week, with only a slight improvement towards the close. Present quotations are. — New Zealand, salted 164 s to 152 s oer cwc. equal to from 1/3 V to 1/41 per lb.

Mr. Tressider, the engineer in charge of the drainage work at Rangitaiki, has been transferred to Dunedin as chief draughtsman. He will be succeeded by Mr limes who will finish off the work.

The takings at the Autumn Show yesterday constituted a record.

We regret having omitted to mention, in our report of the Anzac Day Memorial Service, that taking part in the procession were also the Veterans afnd members of the St- John Ambulance / -.sociatio I '.

An outstanding feature of this week’s issue of the “N Z. Sporting and Dramatic Review” is the photographic souvenir of the Wellington Racing Club s meeting at Trentham depicting in a striking double page an assembly, of nearly 200 patrons on the lawn, the reproductions being remarkably clear- There is also a page of snapshots covering the last day of the Wellington Racing Club’s meeting- Other topical subjects cover a wide local field, and are well illustrated- In the overseas section many photographs of interest are included. The Review is on sale at all booksellers and stationers.