LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8476, 22 December 1923, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

li is probable that a conference will be held in Wellington shortly between the Government, the Putaruru-Taupo Railway Board, and the Taupo Timber Company concerning the terms for acquisition of the company’s railway.

Mr Norman Collett, who is well and favourably known in motoring circles, is now running a daily motor service between Tauranga and Rotorua, via Oropi. Cars leave Tauranga at 8 a.m. and leave on the return from Rotorua at 1.30 p.m. The booking office is at Mr E. .1, Swann’s business premises. The private telephone number is 87k.

Mr Donald R. Robbins, assistant secretary of the Wanganui Jockey Club, is spending the holidays with relatives in Tauranga. A proclamation i-sued defires the middle line of the further portion of the East'Coast Main Trunk railway. Commencing at a point marked 26 miles on the south bank of the Waikouau river, it proceeds in a north-easterly direction for a distance of six miles, passing through Tutiri block, and blocks 12 and 8 of Mangaharuri, survey district, and blocks 5 and 6 of Moeangiadgi. all in the Hawke’s Bay Land District.

Kahe Marepo, a native of Whakatane, is a great contributor to the revenue through the medium of the court (says the Whakatane Press of the nth inst) Yesterday he came up smilingly before the Magistrate, Mr Kenrick, for a breach of his prohibition ordeo “This man,” said Constable Cummings, “has paid about £SOO in fines for selling liquor and breaches of his prohibition order during the past ftw years. That is so, 5s it not. Kahe ?” “Probably more,” said Kahe impressively. “If you go on like this, you will pay the national war debt,” remarked the Magistrate, Defendant was fined £2 and costs 12s which he promptly paid, as he remarked with a grand air: “I give plenty money to the Government.” A farm of 866 h acres in the Pongakawa district will be submitted to auction by Mr S G Willcock, at his Auction Rooms, Tauranga, on Saturday, January 26. The sale is being held under conduct of the Registrar of the Supreme Court at the request df ihe first mortgagee. Mr W. F. W. Cross, of the Bay of Plenty Times staff, received, word this morning that he had succeeded in passing the Commercial Accountant’s exarainai tion.

| All children who entered for events at the regatta with Mr Revell are requested to again hand their entries to Mr C. C. Norris, as the entry book has been lost.

The s.s. Matangi arrived at the Town wharf at 6.30 this morning. Her accommodation was well tested as she had 150 passengers on board The vessel leaves for Auckland at seven o’clock this evening, returning here on Monday morning. One of the most attractive features of Christmas shopping for the children is to be found at Messrs Stevens’ Bros., the Strand, where a most realistic cave has been fitted up with Father Christmas in attendance. Arrangements have been made by which every child purchasing a coupon in the shop can receive a present from the hands of Father Christ mas. The delight this is to the children can be well imagined. The cave will be open this afternoon and evening and similarly on Monday.* SANDER AND SON’S PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTI EXTRACT.'

A Daieim message anaoun Ces the death o the Rev. J o h n M c . Irines, Presbyterian minister W h n had occupied charges in vJriciK parts of New Zealand. US

A heavy shock of earthquab was Mr at Whakatane at 2.30 0 n Thursday morning. ' a

I he time-table of the steamer ' Mitangt for the holidays L inserted to-day. 1 T ,l( r Record savs■n..nep Cair ! e of COl,ver sation with a Record representative r* gardmg the Kaimai load Mr r E. Macmillan, M.P, staled !hat judging by remarks made by Mr Coates it would seem thatth! latter was thoroughly S y ropath “ e with the project of forming a nH making tins road suitable for traffic in all weathers. Thenpui ling of the whole length vras'receiving his earnest consideration' Further, Mr M.cmiilan said that the £2OOJ loin, recently authoris ed by a special rating area in the lauranga county portion of the Kaimai road, would carry aGnv. ernment subsidy of £2 for £1 ij reply to the Tauranga Countv Council the Minister had stated that he would see that the whole amount of the subsidy (£4000) would be available this financial year (before March 31) if required 1 The Minister recognised, cone ud- I ed Mr Macmd'an, that the puffing ’■ of this road in good order was of vital importance in connecting two great districts—East Coast and Waikato.’’

The Government Inspector of Stock. Mr D. M. Ross, states that his office has received institutions to the effect that section 58 of the Stock Act, IQOB pertaining to driving of stock after dark is to be stringently enforced so as to prevent losses by stealing, which have in many districts, already become a matter for serious consideration of stock owners (says the Poverty Bay Herald). Auctioneering firms have therefore been advised to warn their agents and drovers, as well as clients, to see that necessary permits are obtained if it is intended to have stock upon the roads beyond the statutory hours, so that prosecutions for breaches of the Art may be avoided.

Discursing the dry spell, an Ashburton farmer expressed the opinion that, for this particular period of the year, he had never seen'the countryside in such a sorry plight. Practically all substance had left the pasture, and things were very bad for sheep. He said he felt very sorry for the men who had now to take over their “forward delivery” purchas- \ es. The farmer who had sold bis lambs for forward delivery was indeed a lucky man, and even .though he might have quibbled over the matter of price during the bargaining, he should now be patting himself on the back,-and at the same time extend bis sympathies to his benefactor. Christmas services will be held in the Presbyterian Church tomorrow. Christmas hymns will be sung, and addresses given in harmony wilh the joyous occasion, The choir will rend r the anthem, “O Zion|That Bringest Good Tidings’’ in the morning, and at evening worship the anthem, “Peace on Earth,” A special offering for the church funds is requested, to make up in some measure for the many wet Sundays of the year with their lesser attendances.

Mr I. T. Fall well, of Ashburton, is spending the holidays Tauranga* Exports of bacon from Canada to Great Britain increased alnnst 3,000,0C0 pounds avoirdupois during the first nine months of the current calendar year (says an., Ottawa message), her this period during 1922 there were 70,988.000 pounds of Canadian bacon shipped to the British market, while this year the corresponding figure rose to 73,934,000 pounds. Nominations for the Riangataua races close at 5 p.m. to-day. Prices for beef at the Westfield fat stock sales on Thursd ,y showed a decline of about 2s per 100 b compared with last week’s rates. Extra choice ox realised 25s lOOlb, other grades bringing from 10s to £l 4s according to quality. Sheep prices were maintained, wethers bringing from £l 8> 6i to £1 15s 6d; ewes, fI 2s to£i 9 s •and lambs, 17s to £l 8s 6d. Pig s sold well, choppers and bacon pigs realising from £3 to £4 s s * The Tauranga Tourist Traffic League is irFreceipt of the following letter, dated December 0, from Mr A. H. Messenger, Acting Publicity Officer, Wellington: 'I have much pleasure advising you that the long promised visit of a cinematographer to your district will be made within a . few weeks, by Mr Frank Stewart, on behalf of this Department, Mr Stewart intends to concentrate mainly on cinema pictures 0. , the various points of interest. The trip will be made, of course, round about the Christmas season. So many starts have been made to film your district but ~ overy time something has cropped up to prevent the phonographs 5 departure. We are hoping that , this time all will go well and nothing will turn up to stop Mr Stewart’s tour to the Bay 0‘ J; Plenty lam sure you will do all that is possible to assist to obtaining a representative selection of material.’’ 1

A statement was made at the meeting of the Borough Council on Wednesday night that a complaint had been made about pi£j in Grey Street. It was stated that the pigs had been left on a section all night and had been making a great nois*. —/The Council decided to communicate with the person responsible tor the pigs being located on the section, prior to their shipment, pointing out that the conditions imposed by the Council were not being complied with..',