LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 11047, 22 February 1933, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Entries have been coming in freely during the past few days for the Tauranga agricultural show on March 1. Entries close to-day at Mr B. Munro’s office, the Strand.

A telegram received from the party on the Aranul yesterday stated the launch arrived at Tryphena, Great Barrier Island on Monday, and then proceeded to Wangapara, leaving there yesterday.

A subscriber on the Wairoa Road has suffered the loss of his copy of the Bay of Plenty Times on more than one occasion recently. A watch will now be kept and the light-fin-gered individual who is purloining the paper may soon find himself in court. It is really over the odds taking other people’s papers, especially as some of them have to walk a fair distance to procure the paper at the end of the delivery route — and then find the newspaper gone. This sort of this has to be put down.

The Registrar of the Supreme Court inserts a notice to-day in reference to a judgment for rates in respect to Allotment 573, Parish of Te Papa.

In the third round of the Dunlop Shield competition played on Saturday, Matata defeated Opotiki by 10 matches to 6.

As a result of a severe thunderstorm the Wairarapa Power Board will be put to an expense of considerably over £l5O, exclusive of labour, in replacing blown fuses and damaged transformers. cases of telephones being damaged as a result of the lightning have been reported. At a residence in Swamp Road, Carterton, the lightning arresters were torn from their setting and hurled violently across the room. In another case the telephone itself was wrenched from the wall.

The maize market is firm at Gisborne. ' Consumption has registered a falling off in Auckland owing to the hot weather and the lower prices of other classes of grain. Prices range from 4s lid to 5s 3d for ex wharf or through store delivery.

Mr P. Williams, son of Mr P. Williams, of Paeroa, has been, selected as a member of the Auckland boat in the inter-provincial eight-oar rowing championship ra,ce at Wellington on April 1; Mr Williams is a member of the St. George’s Club and is an Auckland representative Rugby footballer. He has had a very successful rowing career, obtaining wins in the maiden, junior and senior classes in successive years. Williams went away with the last provincial eight to Picton. This season he has gained two seconds in doublesculling with Solomon. He was a member of the crew which won the provincial eight-oar title at Tamaki on Saturday afternoon.

The monthly meeting of the Tauranga Electric Power Board will be held to-morrow, instead of Friday next as previously arranged.

Further rain fell last night, the total, as recorded by The Camp gauge up to nine o’clock this morning, being nineteen points, or not quite the fifth of an inch.

The Whakatane Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s annual show was held at Taneatua yesterday. Rain fell until about 10 a.m., but the weather then cleared and there was a very large attendance. The exhibits of cattle and draught horses were very good, and the leaping competitions furnished keen contests, all the leading hunters in the Ray of Plenty being in action. Most of the horses will compete at the remaining shows in the Bay of Plenty circuit.

Mr P. Simmonds has: sold the yacht Charm to Masters Brownie Carnachan and Joe Norris, who' intend having the vessel altered and a cabin fitted for cruising in the western portion of the hai’bour. The Charm has been a consistent competitor in local sailing races and the new owners intend to sail in racing events as opportunity offers. ;

Word has been received that the Tauranga District; High School Cadets were runners up to the Rotorua High School in th<i annual shooting competition for the. Logan Campbell Memorial Vase, which was fired a few months ago. The performance was a good one and the Tauranga boys made a very creditable average.

The United States sold goods to Canada worth £117,000,000 last year and bought only £70,000,000 worth. She sold £98,000,000 to Britain and, bought £18,000,000., She sold to the Argentine £28,000,000 and bought £10,000,000. The Maori population of New Zealand, including half-castes, is estimated at G 9,466. During the year 1931-32 the Maori population increased by 1272. Further improvement to the surface of the Te Teko-Rotoma Road has been in train this past fortnight, a clay and pumice binding having been applied 'Which is making a much better surface than the Tarawera ash with which the surface was formerly covered. A warning to the public that unclaimed property in the hands of the police at the various police stations would be sold by auction if still unclaimed by March 18, was gazetted last week. , Residents of Woodbury experienced a very trying day last week 'when the thermometer soared to 192 degrees in the shade, says the Timaru Herald. One resident registered 120 degrees in the sun at midday.