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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume I, Issue 102, 23 August 1873, Page 2

nariTe Hauba u meeting at Te Uira " tX ?' rarmiuniced on Tuesday last, and it ia f, m C o a Wi ! - oonchld e this evening. We will jjuo.ua anytmng of importance that transpires ia our next. r ;.,^ r rei P«?ts us to publish the followWW. , librarian ol the Tauranga Mechanics’ reut pleasure in acknowledging the Si l ion ot ’ Motley’s History United Is'ether- £ lf V’ , roi s .. by Mr Firth Writer. Query, who s next f * : if p cquestea n mention that the Brizes in ; r v .V,' ‘‘ ' ' il ‘ r L men ot pnotograohs, engraving?, oeoafo lv at. the Mechanics’ Institute on nticr Monday next. ,dV‘ L gentlemen are gazetted Trustees pd'jf V? r * n P* Country Board .—Messrs S. L. (cacrmanl, R. Kirk, John Cam dot, David Luuaou, and H. L, Skeet. * ’ T A . S f, sU} ? t ' ra states that Mr o ;lea:l 7' *^ un »is a candidate for the S accrue 1 l l cn: ;- v ot Auckland. Truly we mast go from ueuic to learn news. *

[{y private telegram wo learn that a pet it ion for a Muuieipdhy U being numerously signed in Napav.

In various countries of Europe, in England and 5u America, the employment of giris in the telegraph department is a co*lrnon occurrence, and the system has been found from experience to work "'.veil. A private letter from Wellington received by last mail stales that in this particular New Zealand will probably bo not far behind in the march of progress, as the Government have determined to make the experiment at an early date.

The following telegram from Tauranga appears in the Auckland Star of the 18th instant : “ Teira has arrived from Rotorua. Previous telegrams are confirmed to the effect that Mr U. O. Davis and Mr Mitchell have been expelled by the Ngatiraukawa from the district, and they are now at Makotu. ”

The event of opening a land commission at Gisborne, Poverty Bay, nearly terminated in a serious native disturbance,- but the fracas was happily averted by the mterference of a good old chief named lhaka VVaanga, who undoubtedly deserves a substantial recognition for his services from the Government.

Owing to the promptitude of the Government Printer we are again in possession of another large batch of Parliamentary and other Government Papers. Amongst the documents are Papers relative to Intercolonialßeciprocaly, New Zealand Universities, Immigration, »* ail ways. Sou Francisco Mail Service, Native Lands donation Commute, War Medals, Gold Fields, Government Annuities, Reports of Commissioner Armed Constabulary, Engineer-in-Chief, and other parliamentary papers. We have received Mr Mackay’s report upon the circumstances attending Sullivan’s murder in the Waikato. The report is most interesting, contains 29 pages, with maps, plans, &c., and is quite at the service of our subscribers.

iEgies, writing to the luslralasian , says New Zealand has come to be au interchangeable name for Julius Vogel. Coffee! —Brown, Barrett, and Co.’s Standard Coffee is both delicious and strong. Brown, Barrett, and Co.’s Excelsior Coffee deserves preference to any Coffee on account of purity and distinctness of flavour. Note the brands! Sold at almost every Grocery Establishment in Town and Province.— [Advt j V ’"