Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8475, 21 December 1923, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1923. LOCAL AND GENERAL

To-day is the longest day of the year. The holiday time-table of the Tauranga-Mouni Maunganui ferry service is advertised to-day. * The Rangataua Racing Club will hold a race meeting at Matakana Island on December 29. .Entries for all events close at 1 5 p.m. to morrow with Messrs C. F. Oliver or S. G. Willcock. The engineer of the Wairarapa , Electric Power Board, in conver sation with a representative of the Age, said that the board will : commence its operations by sup-1 plying nearly 1000 consumers, an unusually large number tor a 1 commencement. 1 1

At last night’s special meeting of the Borough Council a letter was read from the secretary of the Tauranga Rowing Club, Mr R. T. Colliding, asking for a permit (free) for a refreshment stall on the Strand, near the entrance to the Town Wharf, on Regatta Day, in aid of the Tauranga Rowing Club’s funds. — Cr Clinkard moved :-~-That the request be acceded to, subject to the consent of the Regatta Club. —The motion was seconded by Cr Ollard and carried.

A meeting of the Mount Maunganui Domain Board was held in the Borough Council Chambers last night. Present: Messrs B. Dive (Chairman), F. J. Allely, F. M. Mullions, C. Whiting, V- J. Scantlebury, C. Clinkard, G. H. Ollard, J. H. Beale, and W. W, i Jones.—Mr Whiting reported con- | cerning the request that had been ! made for the erection of a tennis pavilion on the domain Mr C. J. Kirk, architect, had prepared a plan of the building and had prepared estimates of the cost. - The plan was submitted to the meeting.—The Chairman said the pavilion should be erected. —Mr Whiting said there was a Government grant of £l5O for the domain.—The Board decided to empower the executive' committee to have the pavilion erected. Mr Whiting reported that the grass round the trees was being cut Accounts totalling £47 lis 2d were passed for payment. The second annual picnic to be held by the local Oddfellows Lodge will f ake placq_at Omokoroa on New Year’s Day. All available craft have been requisitioned for the occasion, as, judging by last year’s patronage, it is anticipated that a very large number of people will make the 1 tip to the picturesque grounds of Captain Crapp. An attractive sports programme has been arranged.

The Hon. R. R. Bollard stated atOpotiki that it would pay to cut up the larger holdings on the Opotiki flat into sections consisting of not more than go acres cai'h, from which, in his opinion, i comfortable income could be obtained:

'I his week’s issue ot the New Zealand Sporting and Dramatic Review will make a special appeal at this time of the year as the illustrations cover all that is interesting in summer pastimes. An ai imated page appears with snapshots at the big tennis match between New South Wales and Auckland held at Stanley Sb Courts. The centre pages are occupied with notable society events in Paris, including the Versailles wedding, and topical happenings in France, Eigland, and America, embrace irg incidents from baseball to political doings. The current theatrical and nution picture h.ippenings are liberally dealt with The Review is on sale at aIT booksellers and stationers.*

The Hamilton Rowing Club will be represented at the regattas at Tauranga and Whangarei on December 27 and January I (says the Waikato l imes). Owing to the difficulty in getting men the representation will not be as prominent as last season, but the oarsmen going are expected to give a good account of themselves. The junior fours’ crew will comprise ; N. Hamilton (str ), W. Bayly, G. St. Clair, and Bradley (bow). St. Clair and Bayly will also compete in the double sculls, while l Bradley will take part in the handicap single sculls. At the last meeting of the Matamata County Council the clerk was instructed to write to the Department of Internal Affairs, asking for permission to erect three toll gates—oae on the Raima! Road, one on the main Rotorua Road, and one on the Taupo Road.

The Municipal Brass Band will render a programme on the Strand on Christmas Eve. A p°rformance will also be given in the domain on Christmas night. For the twenty-four hours ending at Q a.m. this day 1.63 inches of rain fell, making the total this month so far 191 inches. The rain has been followed by a marked fall of B—lo degrees in the average temperature, and the barometer made a rapid rise last night of .18 of an inch. There is now on exhibition in Mr R R. Randle's shop window a very fine collection of twentyeight medals, which are to be awarded as prizes for swimming and diving events at the Tauranga regatta next week. These medals are of gold and silver and embrace several handsome designs. They were manufactured by Mr Randle and are excellent specimens of the goldsmith’s art. Such handsome trophies should ensure the keenest competition in the natatorial events.

The Borough Council offices will be closed for the holidays from December 24 to January 3.

Nurse Garrood asks us to state that the Plunket rooms will be closed from December 26, re opening on January 4. If wanted urgently, she may be communicated with by ringing telephone 60M.

A Press Association message says that Major General Sir W. Chaytor, general officer commanding the New Zealand military forces, retires early in the New Year, and leaves shortly, with Lady Chaytor , on a visit to England. Applications are invited by the Hospital Board for the position of clerk of works for the new hospital now under construction at Tauranga. Cr Jones suggested at the meeting of the Borough Council last night that an electric light be placed on the new bridge at Hairini.—A suggestion was made that the Borough and County Councils might share the cost of the light. The Council decided that the borough engineer confer with the county engineer with a view to taking action for the installation of a light on the bridge. A portion of the coal brought by the steamer Rakanoa from Newcastle is for the Tauranga gasworks and butter factory. This is being brought up from the Mount by the vessels Combine and Waikonini and discharged at the Town Wharf. The N.Z. Co-operative Dairy Co., received a cable from its London Manager, Mr J. B. Wright, stating that the trial shipment of eggs, sent by certain New Zealand consignors recently, has secured a most satisfactory return, the price keing 22s to 24s with Australian eggs selling at 21s. He is of opinion that, if the quality and packing are maintained, the Home market will absorb fair quantities.