Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7th., 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL,

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 10297, 7 February 1930, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7th., 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL,

The Tauranga Yacht and Power Boat Club has decided to hold a picnic at Motuhoa on Sunday next. About eight launches and four sailing boats will leave the town, wharf at 9.15 a.m., and all boats will cruise in company to their destination. An aquatic sports programme has been arranged by the committee, and( all club members desirous of ging are requested to be on the wharf by 9 a.m.

The Auckland Aero Club has forwarded a remit for consideration at the aero club conference to be held at Blenheim on February 21 ,to the effect that in all flights over stretches of water pilots and passengers shall be required to wear lifebelts.

1 ho’ 'I e Kuili railway excursion to Rotorua on Sunday was a numerical success, 2<St) passengers being carried.

A dance in aid of the country Queen will be held at the Hairini Rink on Wednesday, Feb. 19th.

The Government Meteorologist wired to-day; The indications are for variable and moderate breezes, south easterly moderate winds prevail ag. There is a prospect of fair weather. Barometer rising. Seas moderate; tides moderate..

‘ln matters of education,” states a _ Chicago resident, writing to a friend in Dunedin, “the schools are crowded with pupils as they never were before. In the colleges, however, there has been a marked fall-ing-off in the past year, possibly explainable by the number of young men and young women who have been immediately attracted by prosperity to go into business. It is remarked that those who are college applicants arc from the more limited money class. In business, America has become tppsded. People speculated ; they less, and the result is bringing disaster. Speculative gambling has injured many, and mostly the young.”

Two hundred dons of Canterbury onions have been sold by a Christchurch merchant to Vancouver. The sale of a big lot of onions to Montreal is at present being negotiated by the same merchant. Last season a small shipment, of Canterbury onions went to Vancouver and gave satisfaction. In the past, the export business in onions has been done chiefly from Auckland.

British golfers are in a ferment • because someone writing in the Labour press has stigmatised golf as the pastime of the capitalistic class. It is a curious criticism corning from Britain, where there arc probablv more toilers playing the game in artisan clubs and on free courses than in any other country save America.

About half the farmers of Xcw Zealand are members of the Farmers’ Cnion. according to the figures quoted by Mr A. E. Robinson ,5n reply to questions asked at a meeting of thd Mnrrinsville branch the other day. The Dojrrdl'uon membership was about iS.ooo, while there were estimated to he about 40.00 exporting farmers all told. In the Auckland province the union' had between 6000 and 7000 members, or a third of the total.

Harold Gillijran. captain of the M-C.C. team, evidently value- the assistance which newspapers eivc to -port, and believes in hclpimr reporter- to /rive accurate reports of cricket matches. Xoticim: in Xe’.v < 'outh r Wales’ second innings atrainst his team, that the hit; score-hoard on the Svdnev Cricket ground wa-~ •’■ndicotinrr incorrerf.lv the names of f’eldsmen he hold 'in the name l, h : t" -ent .ere of the umpires to the T’re-- room to dr:nv th<’ reporters' ••'Mention to the incorrectness of the m oic-l>uard display.

An interesting discovery was madej on the farm of Mr J. Johnstone, of j Rotokohu, on the old Te Aroha road j recently (says the Te Aroha News). I Mr Johnstone and a number of others were engaged in digging an ensilage pit on a rise, when they unearthed an ancient Maori oven in a gooa state of preservation. This discovery was followed by the unearthing j of a heap of human bones, which I were also in a fairly good state. An i examination disclosed, that the bones ! had apparently been carefully collect- ] td and buried or deposited in one ' place.

If one happens to reside in the King Country there is nothing like having a beverage with a “kick’’ in it. If you don’t happen to know where to get the ‘‘real Mackay"—well the next best thing to do is to try your hand at home brewing (stales an exchange). Evidently this is carried out very successfully in iht Taumarunui district, for a M anganui reporter has boon informed that just before Christmas, when the police were having a search round in quest of liquor, they came across no less than 900 bottles of “home brew. Finding a plant of “home brew’’ is

an awkward job for the policeman; for before he can decide whether it can be made the subject of a prosecution he lias to sample a good deal of ■ in order to discover whether there is any clement of potency in it.

The quality of the early lambs which found their way to the freezing works in overly Hay has been the subject of pleasing comment on the part of visitors in a position to judge (says the Poverty Hay Herald). Father comment on this a-pert was made recentlv by Mr M. ( • Harry, Wellington District Superintendent. Live Stock Division of the Department of Agriculture. After mentioning that the lambs generally through out the North Island had not been doing too well as a result of liw wet season and great growth in the pastures, he remarked that the earl' - Povertv Has - lambs were in particolarly good order. The lambs he sn l '- m the works last week were also of ideasing oualitv, '■ hich was ahead ■ f that in other dn'ricts further L nth that in other districts further south N'.aire is inserted tr>.di\- relative to a special bank holiday. frnm AncH-dl’yn !iv<a oven to the N’eitr V.en I'ln ft •’ Citrl Mr \ T'jvtor. n Ptvtnn’it h reuirtent . when rtos'oo t,t n " the ranttire of a trrev nurse sh»vk a I'ieneh off Motnroi. The ste.rk lintv.een C.imUi anr 1 TttOlti. np;iri|vp(l lift, end ti nrl teeth nrotrndtmT from its taws ntioul thvee-oiiai-tovs of an inch lom-. There have heen several ol ttiese shark 0 about lately,” said Mr Taylor

There are niKiiv mat tern in the Rotorua district that renuire attention, notably improvements to the bath bouses and the dues)ion of sewerage (sayS the Rotorua Chronicle). All these matters have been stone into bv the Pt. Hon. Sir .Tosenh Ward and the Hon. P. A. de la Parrelle, Minister for the Tourist Department, during the week-end. It is understood that a sum of money is to be provided in next year’s estimates for necessary works. It was stated on Tuesday that the Covernmbent intended to re-establish and renovate the asphalt tennis courts and that the playing of tenuis on Sunday would be sanctioned.

The need for creating in New Zealand the “forest sense" was stressed during a discussion at New Plymouth on the appointment of a member of the committee to the Egmont National Park Board. In the past the New Zealander has been so bent on the destruction of the forest, with the object of bringing the land into cultivation. that the forest, sense had been forgotten, one member said. After a visit to Europe and other parts one could appreciate what a great asset forests are.