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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 100, 16 August 1873, Page 3

-the morning of Yu ednesday last was u«lier-~d iuio Tauranga amidst “thunder, lightning iu ,d great ram,” with the unusual addition of hail lna_ wind was blowing stiffly from the cast, and it was bitterly coid, so cold indeed tbatfflwo expected to see a change shortly occur in the programme, in the shape of snow, and to wiSness'the rare pastime of snow-balling, but that much abused and changeable character, the clerk of the weather, went in for rain instead, heavy pouriim rain, which continued without intermission until Inursdaj n’ght, when the wind increased to a gale, ■preventing the water from falling in a nv quantity. Yesterday was very stormy, and up to the tune of our going to press there are few M<t n , °t “ drji. g up.” The Southern Cross, as our readers are doubtless aware, left Auckland late on Tuesday nigiit, and arrived here yesterday afternoon, having experienced very rough weather since her departure, and been compelled to take shelter at the Slippers. The Cameron .Road and the neighbourhood of the quarter-acres is much Loodedj arid its present condition clearly shows that _ some improvement is necessary 'in that locality. The swamps and other low lying land in the township were one sheet of water. ° Ail the places of business were partially closed on Wednesday and Thursday, and everybody appeared to be under the influence of the rain.

Hushing in by drops upon the narrow pane, An-.* making mournful music for the innid.” The Napier coach started from town at, the usual hour yesterday morning, but it was completely “slues up ” about five miles out by a heavv landslip of such huge dimensions thatit’wae impassable at the time even for a horseman, and Mr Hannon was compelled to drive back to Tauranga. We learn, however, that before eleven o'clock Mr Fielding, the contractor for the maintenance of the road. with commendable energy and promptitude, had cleared away the debrisfand Mr Ham.on was thus enabled to proceed With the mail with but little delay.

Anyone who has made it either bis business or pleasure to ride over the Tauranga district must, have discovered that tho best land lies in the neighbourhood of the bush or forest. Of this land the greatest quantity is on the south, or rather east side of the Wairoa, between that river on the one side and the Wuimapu on the other. Here will be found first-class country —both bush and fern land, which a member of the Ministry a short time since designated “as some of the best in New Zealand ; ' and it is here, we think, immigrants, if they ever do come, should first oT aJI be located. The distance from port; is but trifling, a good road already exists, and from the unlimited supply of timber at hand great facilities are offered to set tiers. On the west side of the Wairoa, at all events as far as the Aongetete, the good land was given to the military settlers, always excepting cdioico nieces with the water frontages which liming to the lot of our friendly natives the greater portion of afterwards dropped into tho hands of speculators. Without going about 20 miles awav no extent of land is actually fit for Immigration purposes, and even then it will not compare with that near the Oripi bush ; neither is timber so easy to be bad. Tho advantage of being on the Thames line of road may be great, but decidedly tho land itself is not so well suited for farms and small settlements. Bush land is richer and sooner repays labour than fern country, and it is in the long run cheaper to work and enclose. Therefore let, tho new-comers settle at Oripi say ;we, and thus give them a ‘‘ tair show ” as they commence the battle of life in “ this new land of ours.”

r ihv. Commissioner of Customs, according to a telegram from Wellington published in outlast, is noi desirous of unduly pressing the new Customs lardf, but will accept modifications that will yield such a revenue as might bo expected under the old system. Mr Vogel, moreover, states that the uiivornment have no desire to add to the existing Custom taxes |:au'f propose an uniform rate of 10 per cent, ad valorem —an arrangement which will doubtless be satisfactory to all parties. Messrs Booth and Co.’s auction sale of fruit trees, &c., postponed from last Wednesday in comequimce of the wet weather, will be held the - ;u alter the arrival of the steamer, and their next -'.ode sale will also eventuate at an early date.

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Te i;V peml Of Mm Town H -ar.l held AO-tc..day morning, Mr W. ! , t nww , , Secretary and tHlTco. -m. .* applications for the ctih-e'. W ‘* re By a private telegram hem Wellin-t vv „ , , -Hats,P;; TThihfr '- :; w t„- •;^u.

Ppon the last upward passage of the Hont Vrn R >w% ’ Channel, Um Rowerui was s,gated stranded on » hink 0,,! nt.de steamer at once gailantlv went, to the re-me and towed her off without dilHcultv. ' ’

str^J at l ‘"’'“T iut'idcnt occurred in Hobson■gleet, Auemand, on Mmday last. It h-unu-ned m th!s An ex-uffieor of her UuCJ^ service, u/ho- Hoo-, effected un entrance into Pm hi'.isv. of a wen known gentleman of the lleh-vw persuasion, and to the dismay of the family.'to to n.joai he w us utterly unknown, seated him-elf between tvvo of the young iauies, who were playing at cards. 1 tie visitor expressed, m rather an incoherent manner, great satisfaction at Pie position he occupied. Not, so, however the master ot the house, who, not auDreciatum this unsought honour, collared the im.uder wita the assistance of two of his nude friends’ rnarened him oil to spend the night in dmar.ee ne. His U orstnp said next morning, “Fine •uwiy 0 ” 0 I>OUnd one and sixpence, and take him

Ao business, criminal or civil, has been brought before the notice of the Evident Magistrate for upwards o t a week. On Wednesday next sever.! civil cases are set down for hearing.

W hang an in had the smallest rainfall in the monta of oune of any pardon of New Zealand bemg one and a half inch. Kelson had the greatest, being five and three-quarter inches; aucknnn, tor !ne same month, had two and 1 1 !ree-qu a r t er inchea.

Endec the shadow of one umbrella ' -O- maiden fair and a city fellow Were sailing one day cm Lake Lucerne. tlxougljt as they sailed so well together -they d netter sail on for ever and ever— She was his n and lie was her’n.

A Mr Stan way has been writing to Sir George Eowen submitting plans for the sating of hfo at sea. Mr Stanway proposes that every' passenger on board slap should sleep on a bedstead made after tne similitude of a deal box, sis foot lone and two feet wide, four inches deep, and straight” ilm box he estimates, would hold two and two"hm.s cubic foot of air, and support in water a wmg.u of 2401 b. If anything were to happen to the ship, all that too traveller would hare ‘to do wouid be to take up his bed and walk overboard ! ihe JJainplon (Y ictona) Guardian of a lata uufe says :—“it is rumoured that the Admiralty purpose augmenting the Australian squadron by two or three gun vessels of the Foam and C oquette mass for the suprmsfon of the present ifo-ai labour alias slave tmfflc, carried on amom-st the oauth Sea Islands, and which has resulted & in the lamented murder of Bishop Ratteson. Should our m.onnabion prove correct, the Admiralty could not have selected a belter class of vessels mr such service, they being from sanitary reasons better adapted for such a station than for service on tne Fast or West coast of Africa .”

The blue-gum is growing i>, favour everywhere. Trom the Isatal Colonist we take tho following ; A medical correaponucui suggests that, as a preventive of fever, groups of gum -trees (EncaIj/plusJ should be planted in the town lands upon the il-it along tlxe bottom of the Berea, in tmvicinity of the slaughter-house. Ue holds that this would, in a great degree, neutralise the effect ot the malaria which nightly arises icThat locality as evidenced by a white mist which hangs ov-or the Hat after sunset.” We note also that an infusion of the leaves of the blue-gum is recommended for the South African cattle disease red water.

Every dog must have his day, And every cat her night. Tins is the sort of thing men say, When they have gotten tight/

Tue following, which is known us “Mother oni pton a Prophecy,” was first published in 11SS and re-pubhshod in IGU. it will bo noticed that ad the events predicted in it, except that mentioneu m the last two lines—which is still in the future—have already come to pass : “ Carriages without horses shall go, And accidents fill the world * ith woo. Around the world thoughts shall fly In tho twinkling of an eve. Waters shall yet more wonders da ; Now strange, but. shad be true. The world upside down shall be, And gold be found at root of tree. Through hills men shall ride Ajid no horse or ass be at his aide. Under water men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shad talk. In the air men shall be seen. In white, in black, in green. Iron in the water shah float As easy as a wooden boat. Go.d snail be found and found In a land that’s not now known. Fire and water shall wonders do ; England shall at last, admit a Jew. The world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred and ‘eight v-one, J?

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