THE Bay of Plenty Times "THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES SHALL TEACH ME SPEED." KING JOHN, ACT Saturday, October 16, 1875.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IV, Issue 324, 16 October 1875, Page 2

THE Bay of Plenty Times "THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES SHALL TEACH ME SPEED." KING JOHN, ACT Saturday, October 16, 1875.

A leading article is unavoidably held wer. To-day is the fourteenth anniversary of Hi opening of the Bank of New Zealand. We hope to see a ]%rge attendance at tb meeting convened for this evenings at ha! past seven o’clock, by Captain Morrii. M.P.O.

Wo draw attention to Mr R. C. Jordan sa'o at noon to day at the Strand Audi* Rooms of potatoes and sundries. The renowned Blondin is expected to arris! in Auckland next January. His bus’ft-B manager, Mr Lyon, has arrived, and is maliij arrangeaieats lor the arrival of that distinguished hero of a thousand dangers. It will bo seen by advertisement that tit fine for sending in tenders to Mr S : C Jordan for the erection of a store and duelling at Katikati has been extended to Wednesday, the 20th instant.

Mr Bodell advertises 15,000 feet of gsoi building; timber for sale on Monday uext,ji lots of 500 and 1,000 feet. A goo I opportunity is thus offered to persons about to baft to procure a supply of the timber they U require.

Wo remind members of the Acclimatisation Society that Mr E. G. Noma invites theL* attendance at the offices of the Town Boas this aftir.ioon at three o’clock to arrange fe the safe transit of trout from Auckland, id the distribution thereof.

We learn on reliable authority that tb survey of the Te Puke and Rangauru Ski is to be proceeded with forthwith. Thisbiod contains some cf the finest land in the district is well watered, and its approximate arsis about thirty thousand acres.

The new Town Hall at Opotiki was flniiW a few days age, and presents an appearance. The residents of Opotiki sirs I s be congratulated upon the expeditious mann* in which the necessary funds for the erects of this building were collected and the cootftS put in hand.

We are pleased to notice that our remark in reference to the desirability of the i diato formation of Grey street have met in* attention at the hands of the Town Boaf* By reference to the report of the last B<& meeting, which appears in another column, f will be seen that the work of forming^* 1 , street ia to be immediately proceeded wt' We congratulate residents in that locality c* the matter.

A performance is advertised to be given night by Aireo’s English and ContinentTroupe, which is composed of several artistes, A varied programme of gymnastics, ventriloquism, comic, singi# and dancing is offered by the company j as this will be the first entertainment kind which has been given in TattfanfS 3 ' may reasonal ly suppose that it will supported by the play-going portion of *r community. ‘

We notice that the draught “ Nelson, 71 ' the property of Mr Stephen of Greerton, is advertised to stand the “ NelsonV progeny are well-known thnHK out the Bay of Plenty district, he at Opotiki several seasons, andhi***#* remarkable for bone and sinew. was the first be stood in this two of the mares stinted hyhimbaj® 1 within the last few days, the foal* J! } and well developed. We congratulate o of draught mares on the services oi *", splendid entire as “ Nelson 1 ' being

It will be Been by advert ißemccfc that Mr Lee offer! the whole of his splendid stock of drapery and fancy goods at selling off prices, as he is about to leave this district for the Waikato, and invites an inspection of hi* bargains by the Tauranga public. During ms stay in Tauranga Mr lee has gained the reputation of being a good business man, and, if his departure from this district is caused by Ins not meeting with the success he anticioated, we can only wish him better luck in the new Geld of labour which be has selected.

The late heavy rainfall has been most destructive in its effects on the road across the mill darn at the Wairoa. When the gale was at its height Captain Lloyd, of the Public Works Department cut a ditch across the road to enable the water to make its escape, and but for this there i» little doubt that the greater portion would have been washed away. The water was sweeping entirely over the roadway, and a large portion ol the embankment on the northern side has given way in places. We traet that steps will be immediately taken to repair the damage the road being now much used, and the traffic along which w on the increase.

Under the able management of Mr Ron, the contractor, the new building! for the Bank of sew Zealand have now assumed tangible proportions. At the first onset Mr Ross had considerable difficulty in procuring the necessary labour required for building the brick founda< tions, but now that difficulty has been overemo there ia every appearance of the intention to push the work rapidly ahead. The foundation is built entirely of brick to a height of about seven feet j and the blocks are also built of the same material. This part of the work has evidently been completed in a workmanl ke manner and form! a substantial base for the superstructure to rest upon. Within the last few days the frame of the building has also been fixed, and «ne can now form an idea m to the size of the structure, which will be ftuob a valuable addition to our street archh lecture when completed.

Dr Carr continued bis series of sceances at the Temperance Hall on Wednesday and Thursday evenings last, though on neither occasion was the attendance so large as might have been expected. On Wednesday evening the Doctor chose for the subject of his lecture the interesting theme of “ Love, Courtship, and Matrimony,” and on Thursday evening he lectured on “ Modern Spiritualism.)' Both the lectures were replete with instruction and amusement, and were listened to by the audience with every sign of approbation. In the phreno-meamoric portions of bis sceances the Doctor was particularly good; his delineation of the character of those who submitted their bumps for his inspection being in most instances true to the life,and we should suppose that the greatest sceptic present must have admitted the truth of mesmerism after witnessing the manner in which the Doctor influenced the subjects who placed themselves wnder his hands on the evenings of last Wednesday and Thursday.

Artesian wells are an institution in Napier, The Corporation is now boring in the centre of the town, close to the well sunk by Watt Brothers for the Criterion Hotel, and when water is struck pipes will be laid on all over the town ; an invaluable safeguard in event of fire. Mr George Ellis, late of Tauranga, has, after ten weeks of hard boring, evincing an amount of perseverance and pluck rarely met with, succeeded in striking water at a depth of two hundred and twenty feet. The bet few days driving was very severe, some idea of which may be judged when we state that it took eight hundred blows to penetrate an inch, and that only fifteen inches were bored during the last week’s operations. Mr Garry was the contractor for boring Mr Ellis’s and the other artesian wells in the Napier and Poverty Bay districts. It is very evident that the citizens of Napier do not stick at dilfi' cultics, and that what would here in Tauranga be considered an insuperable obstacle there sinks into insignificance. If the Town Board intend resuming this summer boring operations hero wo would suggest the dcsira* HI tty of procuring the services of Mr Garry or one of his party*

Mr B. J. Wakefield, M.H.R, for Christchurch, whose name has frequently appeared in police reports for drunkenness, and who was recently expelled the House for the same unfortunate vice, has now become a Goad Templar.