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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume IV, Issue 411, 19 August 1876, Page 2

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The following are the resolutions of Sir George Grey, on which the resulb of the division in the House of Representatives is 'given in our telegraphic columns. They are re-published for the information of our readers, who may-have forgotten them : —

. I—That1 — That in the opinion of this House the state of the colony requires that; its financial andconstitutional arrangement should be reconsidered. 2. — That the unity of the colony should be maintained. 3 — T hat there should be two local Govern, ments, one for each island. 4 — That the Colonial Government being responsible for the Colonial debt, for which the annual charge is £815,000, the North leland shall be charged with £190,000 per annum, and jthe South Island with £665,000 per annum. s—That5 — That with the exception of those matters of great colonial importance, whioh must be reserved for the Colonial Government, each local government should have the entire control and management of its own affairs, and the disposal of its resources. 6 — That the seat of the local government of the North Island be at Auckland. 7 — That the seat of the local government of the South Island be at Christ church. B—That8 — That the seat of tha Colonial Govern, ment remain as afc present in Wellington, The postponed annual meeting of the vatei payerß in the Te Puna Highway District was convened to be held on Tuesday, but as there were not sufficient ratepayers present to form a quorum, it will now rest with the Superintendent to appoint a Board. Mr J. H. Sheath, Postmaster, has informed us that- the telegraphic route to Europe, via Amoor and Siberia- is now open. The charge •per -word is sis shillings extra by this route, making the cost of each word sixteen shillings and sixpence- Telegrams must bear in instructions the words, " via Amoor."

The following telegram in relation to the application of Mr Hull and five others for a Prospecting License, was received yesterday by the persons interested. " Prospecting license for yourself and party -will be pre. pared for Superintendent's signature, and forwarded by first opportunity. — Vincent E. Rice, for Provincial Secretary.

We are informed by the venerable chief Hori Tupaea relative to the rnmour current in'town yesterday, that some Hauhau's had come to Kaimai and threatened any intending proa> pectors, that no reliance is to be placed on it, as it iB Bimply bounce on the part of a few of the Pirirakau tribe, who have consistently opposed any advance of civilisation. He has sent them a letter, ordering them to leave and return to their own settlement.

Mr Bodell, auctioneer, advertises the following sales in another column. To-day, at 12 o'clock, at the Tauranga Auction Rooms, Carpenters tools, the property of the late Charles Bartlett. On Tuesday, September 19th, at the Sale Yards, Cameron Road, an extensive salo of Cattle, &c. ; and on evory alternate Saturday, at 11 o'clock, at the T*uranga Auction Rooms, to commence on the 26Lh instant, a sale of produce, &c, &o.

Messrs Shepherd and Wylie, of tha Pioneer Store, Uritara, advertise in another column, that they nre prepared to accommodate travellers and their horses at moderate charges. By this arrangement a want much felt by travellers passing between Tauranga and Bowen Town will be supplied} and no at that good beds and meals can be obtained, at what may be regarded as a Temperance Hotel, the necessity for the erection of any other sort of hotel on the Eatikati block, appears to ub to be reduced to • a minimum; doubtless the settlers will look afc the matter in the same light. The Pioneer stork is situated about half way between Tauranga and Bowen town, and from our knowledge of the proprietors, W9 have no doubt but that travellers stopping there will receive evory attontion)

A large portion of our issue of to>day is devoted to a report of the proceedings in the Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday ond Thursday. The case Somerville v. Tunks is reported in full on account of the interest tho caße has generally excited. It will be seen that judgment; was giveu in this case, not on the primary grounds of the action, that the hour mentioned in the first advertisement calling the meeting, afc which Captain Tunks was elected, causodthe meeting to be illegal, but because between the 2Gth July, the date of the first advertisement, and the 9th of August, tlio day of the meeting, only thirteen clear days' notice was given instead of fourteen as required according to the Act, as both. tho days mentioned must be exclusive.

An eye witness has sent us the following account of a scene which look place in the Tauranga Registrar's office, ou the oocision of a late marriage ceremonial. Clerk : " Your name, Sir ?" Applicant : " Mulberry." Clark ; " How old are you ?" Applicant ; ." Twenty, Sir, last potatoe crop." Clerk : " What age is the intended, wife ?" Applicant : " Twenty/ fivo years, come candlemas." Clerk : " What, yon only twenty, you must go and ask your mother if it's according to Cooker." Hero the applicant was so overcome with grief, he rushed down to Cook's to conceal hia emoi tion. " Then ho ran down to Hunter his tale to unfold, And had fifteen long beers and gins I am told, And ho said with a good many pithy remarks, That offico was full of those darn'd cheeky Clarks."

White Island is very active. It is con sidered the sure precursor of bad weather.

, A day or two ago we (Star)- alluded to the ad mirable cabinet photographic views of the Lake scenery issued by the Tauranga and Hot Lake Photographic Company. We have Bince received from Mr Edgcumbe, proprietor of the Bay op Plenty Times, a complete series of twelve views, which more than bear out our previous remarks upon the admirable choice of subjects, and superior execution displayed in these pictures. In the views of the ter' races, quite a remarkable shading has been obtained, the gleam of sunlight on the prom' inent points of the massive marble buttresses, being brought out; with ' extraordinary distinctness. The steam rising from the boiling puiaß and furmaroles has also a very striking effect in a landscape, the general features of which are wild and sombre. The labours of the Company will, we believe, do a great deal towards attracting the attention of tourists to this wonderful district, and will thus materially romote the interests of Tauranga. A young gentleman happening to sit at church in a pew adjoining one in which safe a young lady for whom he conceived a sudden and violent attachment, was desirous of entering into a courtship on the spot, but the place not being suitable for a formal declaration, the case suggested the following plan : — He politely handed his fair neighbour a Bible opened, with a pin stuck in the following text : Second Epistle of John, verse s—"And5 — "And I beseech thee, not as though I wrote a new commandment; unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another." She returned it, pointing to the second chapter of Buth, tenth verse : " Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to hitn : Why havo I found grace in thine eyes, seeing I am a stranger ?" Ho returned the book, pointing to the thirteenth verse of the Third Epistle of John: "having many tilings to write unto you, I would not write with pen and ink but 1 trust shortly to come unto you and speak lace to face that our joy may be full." From the above interview a. marriage took place. One of the chief amusements at present for Parisian high life is the mail coach picnic Several owners of four'im hands start for a fixed point in the suburbs ; if a passable inn can be found, the parties enjoy their ease there at dejeuner ; if not, the materials for a lunch are extracted from the boots, a tent run up, and a dance improvised if possible on the grass. The Baroness Rothschild drives her own mail coach, and is a capital whip, and races with these, vehicles are on the cards.