Bay of Plenty Times. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23rd., 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 10359, 23 April 1930, Page 2

Bay of Plenty Times. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23rd., 1930. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

; There will be no issue of the Bay ■ of Plenty Times on Ahzac Day, Friday next. According to a notice 'in the New Zealand Gazette a portion of the Umuhapuku No. 2 A, Block, Tau- . ranga Survey District, an area of 1 ' rood 37 perches, is to be taken for the purposes of a native school. t A reduction of ios a ton in the . wholesale price of sugar is announced by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. At Rugby Walwes defeated France by r points to o. England thus wins the championship. The Tauranga Harbour Board notifies that its accounts for the years ended September 30, 1928/29 may now be inspected at the office of the board. I The South Taranaki Farmers’ Union has joined forces with the Railway Department in arranging a todr of the Waikato and Bay of Plentydistricts by Taranaki farmers. About a couple of hundred farmers, many accompanied }by their wives, will leave Hawera on May 29 and proceed to Taumarunui,, where they will spend the night. The party will proceed to Tauranga; from there visits will be madq to Opotiki and Whakatane. A week-end at Rotorua and a visit to- Arapuni are included in the programme before the visit to Hamilton, which is to be reached on 9th June. These farmers’ tours arc proving very popular and. lead to a valuable interchange of views and to a wider knowledge of agriculture. A notice in the New Zealand Gazette states that the following are appointed members of the Tauranga Domain Board; The Mayor of Tauranga (ex officio), Messrs D. A. Ivory, J. Neal, A. E. Ncwsham, L. Norris, S. Pemberton and C. Whiting. The first meeting of the board is to be hold on May 6. At the annual meetings of householders school committees were elected as follows: Katikati, H. J. Cooper (chairman), Messrs E. H. Gledstones, H. Steele, M. Morison, K. Holmes. Omokoroa, No. 1, Mrs I. Anderson, (chairman), Messrs H. A. Briggs, G. F, Duxfield, J. E, Hodgson, E. M. McClinchie. - Omokoroa, No. 2, Mrs E. M. Poole, Messrs N. H. Gane (chairman), T. G, Frances, D. B. Bailey, J. Evans. Kaimai, Messrs J. L. fyl. Scott (chairman), L ,M. Stephens, J. H; Hunt, L. Bossil and L. H. Price. Rate notices on the revised rolls are being issued by the Mount Albert Borough Council. Since the beginning of the year the Valuation Department Hhs been - busy with revalu- ■ ations, and a number of reductions have been made. These are not offset by increases, as the revision was made on a . falling market. Owing to Mount Albert’s old valuation roll heimr declared invalid, the council has had to make a small increase in ! its bank overdraft, but.has avoided financial embarrassment. Those who haye delayed paying their rates will vain an extra six months bv wait- . ing for the new notices, but thev will | be called on almost immediately- afterwards to pay next year’s rates. A severe depression in the rubber trade has been noted by Mr J. T. Kinvig, of Wellington, who has re- [ turned after spending nine months | in the Dutch East Indies. In many [ instances, he said, rubber cost more to produce than the price obtained j in the market. The price when he left the East was yid a lb., and it . was costing pd a lb. to grow. There , were evidences of a greater slump on • every hand. There were millions of 1 young trees growing that had not yet ] been tapped. When those trees com- 1 menced to produce nobody knew 1 just what would happen. Neirotia- ( tions were in train between Dutch ] and British interests to endeavour to 1 stabilise the market. {

While driving towards Auckland, Mr A. M. Samuel, M.P., had the misfortune to have his motor-car burned near Waitakaruru at about 5 p.m. on, Thursday evening (says the Hauraki Plains Gazette). Mr Samuel was alone in. the car, an h-s----sex sedan, and noticed flames issuing from beneath the bonnet when he was approaching the cheese factory. Efforts were made to extinguish the fire with a sack, but this was not successful. The ’ body was Completely destroyed.

During the four weekly pciiod ended April s th., 18,027 tons of ore were crushed and treated by the aim Gold Mining Company for a return of 6623 fine ounces of gold and 34.100 fine ounces of silver. Tim included 1513 tons mined from the Grand Junction area, which yielded 090 ounces of gold and 17.659, ounces of silver, also 74 ounces of gold and 13' ounces of silver from residues from the old Waihi mill site.

On Thursday morning two sportsmen, Messrs B. Charles, ef Runciman a'nd E. J. Knight, of Mangacre. came to Rotorua with four red deer heads, two 17 pointers, an n and 10 (savs the Rotorua Chronicle). One of the 17-pointers is probably the finest ever taken in New Zealand, and possible anvwherc else. It is so massive that it 'resembles the elk or moose, lie cups are pronounced, and cannot be spanned with two bands. The head will attract a great amount of interest, not only in New Zealand, but in all countries where the red deer exists. The second 17-pointcr is also a fine head but marred wiiharurinm malformation. It is also heavih inhered though not so massive as he other. The measurements arc quite extraordinary.

The Western Bay of 1 lenU K turned Soldiers Association has been advised that .Hie poppies for sa c prior to Anzac Day have not a nvee from England. The local branch will fix a dav later for the sale of P l) Pp' * and as the proceeds arc to be utilised for assisting deserving cases., it is hoped that the sales will be equal to former years.

The final run of the third quarto for the Simons Cup was held by th Tauranga Fire Brigade last night, and resulted: Fireman F. Bickers, i, Fireman A. Stewart, a; Fireman HHartnett, Seven competed, toreman C.’ Haua has the best points aggregate and holds the cup for the ensuing quarter, with ten points. De-puty-Superintendent Snowden is only one point behind.

Although the first meeting of the management committee of the Opotiki Rugby Union was to have been held on Wednesday night, there were so few delegates present that it was practically impossible to transact business, many important matters having to be held over. The meeting was to have commenced at 7 o clock, but it was about 8 o’clock before sufficient members turned up to enable business to proced (says the East Coast Guardian). If the affairs of the Union are to be earned on m a proper manner delegates will have to make a point of attending meetings or the clubs will be compelled to appoint new representatives.^,.

Nominations for the Parnell byclection close to-morrow. The election will take place on May 7.

The Department of Marine has jurisdiction over the Ross 'Sea, wherein the Byrd Expedition and whalers operated (says a bulletin issued by the New Zealand Bird Protection Society). Leave appears to have been given some of these to take penguins. Amongst those secured were Emperor Penguins. They appear to have been most unskilfullytended and fed, with the result that they died. The Emperor has only one known nesting ground, in the w'orld, and rears its young in the dead of winter amidst blizzards and ice. It is essential that care should be taken lest the Emperor Penguin folows in the - wake of the Great Auk which was exterminated under similar conditions in the Arctic.

There are very short supplies of qggs in Auckland, and the demand is moderate. First quality hen eggs, special grade, are still high in price. Following are the quoted prices; Hen eggs, First quality, 3/1; A grade. .3/; B grade, 2/6. Duck eggs: First quality, special grade, 2/11; A grade, 2 /10; B gra'de, ; 2 /6.

Mr George Finn and Mr R. McDougall, of Auckland, are at present in ‘ Christchurch (says Saturday’s Press) in connection with a proposal to establish a factory in the Rangiora district, for the utilisation of flax and linseed fibre, for the manufacture of various classes of fabrics, and possibly also for making twine and similar products. If the project is successful, a market will be opened up for linseed straw, which in the past has not been utilised. •

At the last meeting of the Matamata Town Board the clerk advised that the reductions in valuations were confined mostly to properties outside the business area. Arawa Street properties generally showed maintained values, while Broadway properties showed decreases.

The Waimou limber mill, near Okdroirc is again being operated.

Main highways, and Public Works grants claimed last by the Matamata County Council, amounting to £33,000, were paid by March 31, with the exception of about r £124 of the former and £4O of the. latter, both of which balances are expected to come to hand shortly.

Mails for Australian Status, Egypt, Ceylon, India, China, Japan, Straits Settlements, South Africa,-' Fanning Island and Norfolk Island, (also Great Britain, Ireland and Continent of Europe, specially addressed correspondence “Via Australia” only), close at Tauranga to-day at S p’m. This mail is Hue at London on June i st. ..