LOCAL AND GENERAL

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11889, 2 December 1935, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Many business people were much inconvenienced on Saturday owing to the Bank holiday for St. Andrew’s Day. We regret having overlooked the fact ourselves and consequently did not give the customary warning, although the Banks themselves might reasonably be expected to advertise the fact. The somewhat Insignificant notice in a window usually above the line of sight is of little real value. On Wednesday last a break occurred in the water main near the Pye’s Pa Road, cutting off the supply for a few hours, but fortunately no serious Inconvenience resulted. The break was caused through the bursting of an asbestos-cement pipe which the Borough Engineer, Mr Boak, had had put in for experimental purposes about five years ago. There is no apparent cause for the break beyond what appeared to be a minute fracture. Fortunately the length of pipe taken out to ' make room for the experimental length Was still on hand nearby, thus facilitating the work of restoring the service. A Pair of porpoises came inside the harbour yesterday afternoon and were seen for a time in Pilot Bay after which they moved away towards Whareroa. Loading dates for the Port Whangarei are announced by the Tauranga Agents, the Northern Steamship Co. A first offender was charged at the court .this morning, before Mr C. Whiting, J.P., with drunkenness, and was convicted and discharged. The Municipal Band, under Bandmaster E. Patterson, rendered a programme on the Town Wharf last night. There was a large attendance of the public and the music was much appreciated. On Saturday night a car owned by a Papamoa resident, and a large Rotorua lorry, collided on an embankment on the Tauranga side of the Rocky Cutting. The car left; the road and was badly damaged, but no one was hurt. J- L. McCullough and Co. give a l e “ inder m ° f the auction sale to be held at Te Puke tomorrow on account of Mr T. G. Denman who is nTi ng I® Puke ’ The sale will be held on the premises, Jellicoe Street. A garden party and sale is to be held m the Presbyterian Hall on Wednesday afternoon next. Stalls are being arranged, a programme will be presented, and treats for the children are to be a special feature