Wednesday, December 29, 1875.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IV, Issue 345, 29 December 1875, Page 2

Wednesday, December 29, 1875.

rovoral letters to the Editor are held over owing to the pressure of local matter, and it is impossible to promise their appearance ia any particular issue until after the General Election has taken place, 1 hey shall, bow* ever, receive as early attention as is prw 1 tic able. 'ihe Wharcroa sports take place to-day. A capital programme of sports, to bo held in the Government Paddock on New Year’*, Day appears in another column. Mr Warbrick begs to acknowledge witn thanks the receipt of £1 for the District School Festival from Captain Marks, per favor of the Proprietor of the Bay tP PtEMI Times. After an almost unprecedented {for mu*’ summer) amount of rainfall and general bad weather, blue skies are again visible, and the weather apparently getting settled onee more. The nomination of candidates for the re* presentation of the East Coast Electorate in the ensuing Parliament takes place to-day at the Court House, Native Department, noon. Mr Hopkins Clarke way bo expected back in Tauranga at the end of this or early nest week. Ho was to leave Napier by a saiimg vessel last Monday direct. Hori Ngatai. Enoki, and other influential Tauranga chiefs return with him. We would draw the attention of tbo*o interested to an advertisement in anctW column in which Sir Moss, the Secretary f o the Education. Board., notifies that meeting to elect a School Committee for Tauranga District, will be hold at the 0 House on Friday, the 7th of January. The District School children’s festival *3 advertised to take place on the 3rd P^® xl on the School Ground, when the P« WiC arc inv'led to attend. On previous occasio these festivals have always been moetsu ful, and we have no doubt bub an j ( day will be at the disposal of both youug old on Monday nexti

lima de Murska, the charming prima donna, gives six grand concerts at the Choral Hall Auckland, the first taking place on Tuesday, the 4th of January. Mr Eric Goldsmith has completed the survey of farm sections at Oropi edge of the bush. We trust that no time will be lost in nutting the land up for sale, Many persons are at present in the district seeking for small farm sections, say from two to three hundred acres, and whom this Oropi land would, we fancy, suit admirably. The minutes of the last meeting of the District School Committee are to hand, but owing to the great pressure on our space, wo are unable to publish them in exienso. Wo notice among other matters, the Committee have declined with thanks the kind offer of the Captain and owners of the Kowena for the use of that vessel for a children's picnic on New Year’s Day, and that the festival will bo-held on the School Grounds on New Year’s Day. Some disappointment was caused on Mom evening on account of the exhibition of fireworks not coming oil' as was announced. We have, however, been requested by the Committee to explain that the reason of this was, that tho wrong box was landed from the Rovvena, while the one containing the fireworks was carried on to Ohiwa. The mistake in tho delivery of the case was not discovered unfortunately until lato in tho evening.