OPOTIKI.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 158, 11 March 1874, Page 3

OPOTIKI.

(from our own CORRESPONDENT.) ST E ! K reg n fc is ir the SGltlG ™ and business m \ n & ene rally of this pia- e at the unfortunate occurrence of bad weather at the time when the steamer Pretty Jane arrived off the bar with if . ‘V 10 / } he Superintendent on board. Wo had all looked forward with eager anticipation to this, for a small district like ours, most momentous visit, and great preparations had been made for the purpose of welcoming his Honor in a suitabla manner. But alas ! the fates were against us ; Neptune s ' breast was disturbed by conflicting emotions, and the bar was impassable. We can now only console ourselves with the fact that the Superintendent has done his best to fulfil Ids p ro . tmse, so we must be content with that negative satisfaction. 5 The Road Board with their umal promptness wLT rg J oT e f f rming and gravelling Main, Wharf, and Church streets, which will give us upwards of ten miles, including the Otara Road, of good ,evel hard streets and roads without three feet rise or fall throughout the whole distance. Ihey are also completing the end of Main street to the bank of the river Wuioeka, where some of our most enterprising busiteas men, foremost among whom are Messrs R. King, S. Bates t\Jy &r i m3On { A * J * Moody, Thomas Black, Samuels and Jacobsohn, and others, are about to erect another large, new, and commodious wharf for the convenience of shipping This is a want which has long been felt in Opotiki, and is every year increasing. In olden times our little tumble-down jetty answered all our requirements ' now, in consequence of the steady increase of both imports and exports, wo find our one substantial and extensive wharf erected bv the Provincial Government totally inadequate fur the aceommocianon ot the numerous vessels which are now our regular traders. “ Advance Opotiki »’» Phe ketch Fanny Kelly, C. Baker, master, has leit again for Auckland direct with a full cargo of produce, whale oil, &c. Passengers : —Mrs J. Busst, Misses Gallagher, Peak, and Maden’, Messrs John Fahey, William Fields, William Mckcnna, S. Paton, S. Mahony. and Hunia v> hanta, a native. The cutter Blue Bel!, C. Litchfield, master, arrived the other day from Makotu, wiih general cargo for S. Bates and Co. Me have had a well contested and highly interesting rifle match at at the Butts lately. 'ihe match was initiated by Messrs James Kelly and Lieutenant John Thompson, of the Opotiki Rangers for £lO a side. Mr Kelly selected Sergeant William Allen for his representative, and Lieutenant Thompson Bugler John Forbes

°ni US 2 W .“ cor P 9, Tho,comlitiona were : Medium rifles, , shots each at 500 and GOO yards only. A largo concourse assembled to witness the contost. and beta wore freely made on both sides. Alter a very close match, and some really oxcelent shooting, Bugler John Forbes was declared He winner by seven points. There is a rumour that the same parties will shortly be pitted against each other for a sum of £2O a side. Air F. Croon, the successful tenderer for the telegraph .u.d post offices, and Mr Joseph Thumpson, for the Court House, have both commenced operations with munerom assistants, and hare already made considerable progress in their respective works.