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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10886, 12 August 1932, Page 2

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TAURANGA FIFTY YEARS AGO. The following items of local interest are taken from the Bay of Plenty Times of August 11th, 1882: — “A telephonic entertainment took place on Saturday evening between the Tauranga and Maketu offices. Several songs were sung at each end and heard clearly and distinctly at the other. One gentleman at this end of the wire produced a cornet and favoured the residents at Maketu with the tunes, “Home Sweet Home” and "Let me like a Soldier fall.” "A light trap containing three persons came to grief at the top of Hamilton street yesterday afternoon. The trap had been driven up the road and when on the grass near Cameron road the jolting of the vehicle caused the back of the seat to give way and the three occupants came backwards on to the turf. Fortunately none of them were hurt and after a little delay they preceeded on their way minus the back of the buggy seat.” “The fire bell ordered some time ago by the sub-committee of the Borough Council appointed to inquire into the requirements of the Brigade arrived per s.s. Wellington on Wednesday. The bell weighs 1401 b., and is considered quite large enough to alarm the residents of the town and immediate neighbourhood, Mr Asher Asher, has obtained the necessary cistern for connecting the two 'engines should a fire occur on the Strand at low water. It is constructed of canvas on a light iron frame and made so as to fold up when not in use.”