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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 41, 22 January 1873, Page 2

We have nothing whatever to report in natirs matters since our last. The public will forward with great interest to the result of tbs King meeting. At a meeting of the District School Committes, held at ihe school house on Monday, at 10a*®i to take into consideration a circular fr o ®,* * School, it was decided to recommend, *"* the Tauranga School District do include * U V portion of Tauranga as is comprised within radius of three miles from the echoed bouse. The Bishop of Waiapu, the Rev Mr Jardw. and Inspector Thomson, A.C., were amongst passengers by the Jjouthern Cross yesterday. D is a sad sight to see a gentleman of elegatj proponions ana somewhat delicate figure, in a long nightgown, with a lamp in one and a slipper in the other, chasing the 'f* mosquitoes about bis lonely bedchamber at •* o’clock in tbe morning. This affecting sC^ B might have been witnessed, and a noble eS! of endurance under tantalising circum* , * learnt, a short ago, if anybody had ‘ into the window of a house at Te Pap a thousand miles away from our office. Tenders closed at the Public Works y yesterday for the formation of a portion o■ - Tauranga and Tapnpa Road, on the south si the Omanawa River. Also for tbe ™ 9lf ! * “ s of the Tauranga and Taupo Hoad lying b® Captain Skeet's paddock and Oropi. Mr was the lowest tenderer for the first, an Fielding for the second contract, but they re H to be officially settled at Wellington. The state of affairs in Utah are said to harsm-scarem.

Mr Cotnmissioaer Clarke and Captain Turner left for Maungatautari viil Botorua on Monday morning last. By a private telegram from the Thames vr« learn that the sharemarket is stagnant. Sales: CaledooUn, £l2 to £l3 ; Black Augel, 47a to 493 ; Bright Smile, 27s 6d. The Kennedy's Bay natives are making preparations to receive the Hon. Donald McLean, Major Bopata, and other authorities. Mr Bradley, Secretary to the Town Board, has been authorised by the General Board of Education to compile the householders' roll, in accordance with the terms of the new Education Act. Sir Bradley commenced his duties yesterday. Under the direction of Major Roborta, A.C., a considerable portion of the Government timber (sllo*ted to those men formerly attached to the Ist Waikato3 and others) was distributed yesterday. No business has been transacted ia the Kesident Sf a gi9t te's Court since our last. Several civil cases are set down for hearing this morning. The many friends of Mr Heed, the respected editor of the Auckland Evening Star, will be glad to learn that he has almost entirely recovered from the effects of his late accident. An article entitled " Possible disappearance of Motiti," and several matters of local interest are unavoidably crowded out of this issue. A large number of our readers will regret to Jeirn that Mr Floyd. Telegraphic Electrician, has met with an accident, otherwise he would have been at Tauranga. The Auckland Evening Star of a late issue contains a most comprehensive and able leading article on the subject of the new Education Act. Our dese.-vedly popular and plucky contemporary itrongly supports the new Act, and sincerely believes " that it is a measure eminently calculated to benefit tbe people ; that it wii), if faithfully worked, remove the disgrace hitherto shown by stitUtics to attach . > Auckland of feeing at the very bottom of the educational returns oi ali the provinces ; and that it will be the means of giving educational facilities for our children that will make them able to stand side by side with *the children of the other provinces in the competition of after life." We bare to acknowledge the courtesy of the Provincial Secretary for the following telegram, in reply to one of ours :— '* Messrs Penny and Co., Tauranga. Dates of election uncertain—probably September nest. No need to register annually: freehold, leasehold, or household qnaiißes. —Hugh H. LtrsK, Provincial Secretary." An up-country settler from the Waikato informs the Cross that the smell of dried shark can be perceived for several miles to the sorth of Maungatautari. The native owners of the Whangamata block are disposing of their property with uuex eted celerity. Our Thames corespondent says that the whole of the Ngatika; u and Ngatiwhanaunga have sold out, so «.hnt all but the southern set -lion of tbe block is in the hands of the Government. Tbe latter is also in treaty for the township reserves, and it is - i. • hoped will sueeesd in negoeiating the purchase of them.— Southern Cross. The general meeting of creditors in the ectate of Charles Moller w .. called for Wedmsday last. at the Supreme Court, Auckland, but no creditors were present, and it w . consequently postponed until this day. Mr Thomas Sanders is gazetted poundkeeper at Tauranga, and h list of fees payable appear in tbe last Provincial Gazette. We extract the following from the Southern Cross of the 15th instant :—" Complaints have been made that more farm labourers have iot been sent to this province. But wiiose fault is this? Our local authorities are doing nothing that we hear of towards eiicour»ging the introduction of fresh population. "Why do they not devise some scheme for extending settlement in this province through co-operation with the Colonial Government, as is being d.me elsewhere? This would be far preferable to spending so much time over the business of the Education Board. ao:ne of whi-h at least might,' we think, be left with very great advantage to the nou-official members of the Board, to be carried out in their own way. The public would like to see the Provincial Government more frequently occupied in encouraging the introduction of immigrants and assisting in the work of settlement." Some little time we published a "local" from the Rawke's Bay Herald to the effect . hat tbe capture of Moffxtt was due to the courage and energy of a native named Hare Katera, who acted as Detective Keli's guide on the occasion. There ia no doubt but that Katera behaved remarkably well during the long and arduous pursuit, but the greatest amount, of pruise is undoubtedly due to Kell. The Auckland Evening Star of Saturday last, in referring to the matter says :—" Detective Kejl displayed an unusual amount of courage in his determined pursuit of the priponer, and which is worthy of some public acknowledgment. He bad to travel over 150 miles through bush, rivers, and the dangerous passes of the Hanbau country, whfre he escaped the shots of the Hauhaus ; and when he found the fugitive concealed iu a pota i pit, he only succeeded in effecting the prisoner's capture by threatening to shoot him. The pruoner affirmtd that he was on his way to Te jiooti, in whose service he seemed desirous of improving his morals. His career, fortunately for society, is stopped for three years, chit-fly through the vigilance and perseverance of Detective Eell." . J ne Canadians are invited to declare their indepe dence, in plainer words than it h*s used h'therio, by the London Times, which says to thetn in a recent article : '• From this time forth » ! X>k alter your own business yourselves ; you are i»3 enough, you are strong enough, you are intelligent enough, and if there were any deficiency i» any of these point?, it would be supplied by 'he education of self-reliance. We are both now io a false position, and the time has now arrived when we should be relieved from it. Take up your freedom ; you? days of spprentieeship are