THE BAY OF PLENTY TIMES. "The spirit of the times shall teaeh me speed.” KING JOHN, ACT IV. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1374.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume II, Issue 205, 22 August 1874, Page 2

THE BAY OF PLENT Y TIMES. "The spirit of the times shall teaeh me speed.” KING JOHN, ACT IV. SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1374.

The first instalment of the Immigrants’ Cottages arrived in Tauranga by the cutter Rose from Auckland yesterday, and the remainder I may be expected very shortly. Each cottage will have four comfortable rooms. Wo presume that the work of erecting the buildings will be invited by public tender. The Chairman of the Tauranga Fire Brigade (Mr W. H. Bonnot) convenes a meeting of the members for Tuesday evening, at the Masonic Hotel. A s several persons have been in the habit of travelling by the ss Southern Cross and other steamers without tickets, using the names of the respective agents as a guarantee, but we are informed, without their authority, we have been requested by the Agent of s s Southern Cross to publish the following extract from the * ‘ Steam .Navigation Act, 1866.” h ”No person shall have a right to a passage by any steam vessel unless he shall have obtained from the master or owner or other duly authorised person, a receipt for his passage money by such vessel, or an order or authority in writing to proceed in such vessel, and if any person without such receipt, order, or authority, shall go on board any such steam vessel, and shall upon the roquestof the owner, agent, master, or other omcer of such vessel, refuse to leave such steam vessel at the place at which such person got on board, every such person shall forfeit and pay for every such offence any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds, to be recovered in a summary way."’ Passengers should be on their guard after this “ warning note. ”