Local and General.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume V, Issue 448, 30 December 1876, Page 2

Local and General.

We learn that before the *Jfidtioi>,e£.donn*?, eillors for ' the;; Makef a, Oounty.can, ;ta&-,pla^Bi|s*; Ex^jl^oy ;th> : Governcxr mtiat iesueAn Qrdor m Oounbil. 1 * - This will be ;doii^at; once, ,:aiid; the electioa will, take place towards the end of twit month* ' Messrs J, C> Xoung, Thomaa Wrigl^ joii»ph> Yercofr, Butt, and. tons , ; TajpMli;aM '?^kei?: of as inteodiog , candidates for the^opresan^ tation of the Makctu Biding in the Goucty Council. ','"•';' ■. .- ..■'■■ V; "'-'''■> '■ ;'.*.• '"'. We learn from the'Sinither* -Ctai^thafc some quarts from Ediinai has b«n forwarded v to the Honorable Mr Whitaker, and by him submitted:; to Mr Tonney,: tbe Rotiireial,; Analyst, who reported that -it «aa iiioi-ftori^ ferooa., We. a^oot surprised, or id the least --, disappointed; at^ the. result; of ;Mfc.^to6ef*#> analysation, because no. range! iu,'-th^|^ialiAi^ district bas yet been fairly tapped, iaij^ad • pieces. o£ quartz bbippe^ off. indl«<srfo]niteiy form no criterion 6t the; general character of" the atone. The fact ia that JSaimai has no*: been, and is not being proplerJy prospeoted^ and thus :t is manifestly absurd to hazard an opinion, on its gold bearing, c'a^ a^il(tie|«t' ; , ' . Tiie Ghai^mno of the .. Town ..Board rKa*ir received a t elegr^nv infarmirig him" that the i Honorable-Dftuiel Pollen, Golonial Seoretavj, and, Mipister adminißterJßg Native affafre, proposes arriving in.Tauranga ; about the 10th January. , ' .•" - • ■ ."■"■'. .-.'.> ■..■■/■ ,"• ;'/■ Mr B. o. . Fraeen- lVgisetted Chairman '*%&* the To I'una High»a> Board-V«»' Mr ~ ■Broadbont-reaigped.-- : ' ■ . T - -•"• - v^; „••';; '. ,Hor?e ap'^V other ;^or^s,'.;^q t Europeans ..are..^ invited, . are, annoonp id- 'to <W take plaoe at;aJatapih;i oniNo'v-^^StP*?^-On St John's Bay ( Wedheeday iast>\Gaptamv~ A. 0. Turner was duty installed Worshipful; Master of the Tamiriga Ma^onio- Lodge .ibr the ensuing, year; ■ ..■..'• . '■- .-., ;. ; '. :.-. 1 "••' ; Mr J." Maxwell notifies by ftdTeftiseinent, chat in future the . Education : Bate' mast;'be--paid to him, and that no; rejoeipt willbo Talid unless aigned'.by bin*;'. ' • ■' "' . : '■'•"■.' -'6 .- The rates and d.uesof^her T aaranj|a^h'atff v for a term of three months froua the . Ist of ■' January, , were sold by aaction-by. Mjp J&fQ Jordan on Saturday last, and fetbbed £15 10. W., M. Commons was llaepwrchaeer.. •. Mrs Bodell has. requested us to mention that the amount oollested by her for if r»--'Starkey's eohool fSte," Via :— '£ll lßs €d has , been expended as follows— on refreshmeuH, £6 } 'owards purchasing priaesV £3 : 1886 d. .'•: We romind members, of .th : e.;,OftQrqh; of '■:■■ England, . that the .meeting^ for .the election of • . a Oburohwarden, and one pr more vestrymen, ■'■.- to fill : vacancies caused by resignation, will b©\v held at the Native Court House, fekis eVening ; at aevea o'clock. r '. ""-V.'^.V j- ••'■'-•.' • The Opotiki Race?" were held ! ift. Mr^ttb|e'»^. > paddock, about flve miles oat of the township, . on Boxing Day. We have beard that some; of t".>e riders were thrown, among them; ' HajorGoring, wlio though: rither seriously shafien at. the time, waa quite recovered when the "StaftY' left for this port, on Wednesday/, afternoon. ' ; Bawiri Tangitu, the principal leader of^the' Pirirakau tribe i who so persistently opposed l the opening of Kaimai, as aoting under the ; direction of King Jlawhiao) has just ret arned ; _from interviewing the Maori ["Potentate, '^n&JJ. has only; to.o.Broniele t]t»at h}». Majesty cannot quite see why his assistance should be asked "• .for, the> Kaimai boUntry- , beiogi butrfcie }hi§ - dotpinioiiß. '.. '■ \"..\ % _/'-'.. .'...'' "',!".'?" '".'- ''■ We Jearn- that eomj^ cowardly person ,has cut off ; IVJrs Oliver's . horse* 1 t»iVv The poor animal... is - sow. going; abpufc-. ' with- a little: stump .where itanarrativ* ought to be, and presents .» moat, dejected appearance. No traces pf the offender have : yet; been discovered,^, but if he is broaght \fo "■';.. justice we have no, doubt that he will suffer . severely for his orual act; ... >„. -„. .. Our respeoted townsman, Mr Bodell, met with a mishap while but driving in his buggy, on 1 Saturday; morning, last. ""WhenVeomiag/,down Haribgton Btreet the horse commenced .' kicking ; Mr Bodell jumped, out, l and hie eoa, .. who waa with hi.n was thrown out, as the horse ran down; the street; >Jilt : the' turning v of Willow Stree'V, the trap- eaoja^ Ja cootiok ' with th%eorney of the e«»b«Bteiieni, and wMy s*-faf -broken qptbafr th^ : horse cot e!eat»,;and " gaUopeyJ.^rob^ the pathway round the Sttahd-i as far DevoDport Roadi >--wftenjtit^««fK^ caught, io ? its career, the boree ran owr" a >■s■?. child of slrHfirv6y*B| and out its heas|; rather > badly, ; but fortunately ■ : not\itiiaui)gj^:~Mo:-\. Bodell escaped unhurt, but bia'ijob^ai^atheri-'^ shaken by bis fall; The i. eoni^iSn^V-:o^v the aocident might have b«ian r %Ciit|»erip^ij^H r as the horse instead of keepirigJinitiielltrjßel^i way; galloped ' right »\ong;the ? .St»na^fia|& '--; the verandahs, and 1 he. street .^t-tiia^i^^^ 'Happened to' ba. .^rettyorowdedi> ; « .'^ s>^^|^-2

vy: f The- -K<f; Mr Cosh and Mr Paiton, .mijD>ber« of the Prcßbyteriiin Gburob, arrivod in Tauranga via Katikati on Saturday last. On Sunday morning,., the- Her. Mr Cosh held - Divine service in the Temperance Hall, and on Sunday and .■Christmas, Day. afternoons Mr Fastdtt .held- services of song and stor-y for the young in the aamo . building. In our next ipBQQ- we; will give -fuller particulars of the iußreßting services held' by Mr Paxton. '^'A-'Vfry" ■Attractive' excursion 1 trip is adver* • :tlßea".to''.bV.md,da,bj : 'tlie favourite c a-Kowena, i'\ind\r 'command- of I'aptain Sellars,- on New Year* Day.?. The Steamer is notified to leave Tauranga- at five o'clock in tho morning for Whale. Island ; - where excursionists w ill; be ' a'Wof to ispand somo- hours, and return to Tauranga ia the evening, . We strongly advise every body who can do:8O, to take advantage of tbo "opportunity thus afforded of seeing the . nutureL wonders of the Island, : among which • may be mentioned the tonio ■■ spring .. of sky ■ blue water, and the renowned hot aoringß. Other inducements also present themselves, to moWtue trip-ao enjoyubie oue. CC-Mfi-.-.Staekey. retjuestß m to- oonrey her thankß: to those ladies and gentlemen who contributed to the; fond for providing her - pupils with prises, &c; to- Mr e Bode 11 for coUeoting;. tct-Mri Hopkins Clarke for obtaining the use of the paddock ; to B. M. EdgcUtobe, Eeq., for the gift of two beautiful boots to''t>e given t to two pupils " who bar© earned- their teachers esteem throughout the year"j. to- if. Chad wick, Eeq., who, ,. through i Mr Eedmond, presented a parcel of ,twenty elegant. books to be given as prises; 1 ? ; ' -■ ®*~ *° r , a " '*! na U' 1 parcel, vis, card '4*mjjw;"'itidy?« companion,- toy watch, 1 doll, . "utior 'two books ; toMrs^snt^ers, fora dish , jof.riob fenit; • to Mrs Sellars, Mrs-Corbet*, and Mtt Molntoßb, fora supply of milk for • the fesiti and. to Master Petec J. fl» Munro . for-. 6. b00k,.;!." 1 ' .-, . -.-.-■• At tLe. firing at the butts on Wednesday ' taornirig-by tbe Tourariga Rifle Volunteers for •■• ehoittC -of representatives, one or other of -the was .nearly being, shot,, and. in fjaot only escaped by a miracle It appears that, a shot was fired from tho 400 yards range about whiclv there was a doubt as to. whereat hit the tarftot. '..Sergeants Taylor and Constable Benwick of the A.C. Force were marking, and the - danger flags were put up- while. they examined the target. Constable Renwiek- was standing directly in front of the centre of the target" Etad .Swgeantr Taylor immediately to the left of it when one of the volunteers fired. A . .^breathless suspense followed during the passage of the bullet, as the chanobs were all against ■the two men standing at the bntts, and it. ■};&QBm&& that certain , barm must happen to one of f tbem^ but by one of those ohances which do sate men's lives at times, the bullet was ' heard to stride fair on the target — it hit on the' oamperativdy. small tpaeo left clear between the two metfe j * Alt- the;. 'Besident- Magistrate*- Courfc.-on-: -.-Wednesday before the . commencement of business, Mr Quintal, Gee of the members of tihe Bar, read the following : telegram to the •'CJourt which appeared in the Weekly Berald v'-'tif. SSrd'-.iriatant:—'' There i» much - disappointment and- -.annoyance ; at. the long absence of Mr. Brabant from T&uranga. 1 The ...usual.; Beaident Magistrates Court was held ' today,- but all-' fchft important cases. ... were liUgantej.from -a'dititanco wore grumbling bitterly. lr Mr Quintal called the attention of the Court, to what,, ha considered the. deliberate untruth contained in ■'■ itW telegram, as with the exception. ef one ,n»tiTß .case, in which he was engaged, and which wa» 'adjourned,, and the litigants duly -'-warned by hinv all the cases were heard. He vifibedt^ie Court to understand that the -telegram was not. sent by him. as might be supposed. wa» the case on account of 'his being interested ..i&< the. .-Court buskiens on the day reforredito. . Mr Bfabant the,ResidentMagin-v.wate.-jaw -tbi% ? the telegwnv-wasr a direct falsehood, and requested the ■ reporter to- the"Bret* to contradict the statements it con- ■ tamed. W* are most happy to comply with Mr Brabnnt's request, bat expeot that, with 'regard to telegraphio news emanating from Tauranga, when Mr Quintal has been a little longer' in tbia dietriot, he will find ifc a dtfßcalt matter ta<r«cotioile. the difforent opinion s expressed front the. various personal points of view of the tenders,' with his own ideas on >; Jthq. subject matter of the telegrama: ; x ; yThi6 performances of the Amateur Dramatic , Club at the Temperance Hall on Itieaday and 1 * Widn^sday. evenings, - reffaot^d the bitfhcit ' ■ CTjftdit on the actors who took parts tR them, . V o.ui we "much- regretted to ccc tbatj i» liitißl, - the 'nttendance altogether was far from good, vfbr though on Tuesday evening there was a iplertibly good house, the attendance on Wed* i'^epd&y .evening . wa* miserably email: The • pieces chosen were tbe burlesqae, " Ali Baba, -or the Forty- Thieves V and- a farce entitled "Borrowed Plumes." The bnrle«quo was -'■ capitally , acted, and- the- various dramatic and oomio situations, with the play abounds^ were renderod with spirit -and talent. The principal characters, Haagarao, , Abdalla, and . Ali^ Baba, were taken by Messrs Ppwell, Q..- D. "Smith, and Neighbour', and ifc Vnot too much , to say that wp have never seen these gentlemen : ; hotter advantage. Mr Mathias made' a very hutnorouß Cassim Baba, and Mr Bliok was good -in the part* .of Ganem j Messrs . iMeQasvey and Koune. appearing as aesistant :|i> r^b]oera.;, Mm Whelan and Mi«s Parcell re"^prßsonVecf' the jfjiir Morgiana and Cogia, and^if they did not display the daah and roguish ■^ stylo pfouliar to burlesque, which are only to - be "le^ot by long practice in the aotor's art, ■' thjey/plcastd by their pretty appearance, and -^by'-'the clear- and' courageous manner in which S^bey spoke their partd* Thadrttiea, which form - ; 'an im'purtftnt item.' in' burlesque, twer* per feetly in' keeping with the piece, and air together; - the play was put on the stage, in, a . manner .that made ifc. very agreeable, to wit' p©BB. Tho actors were al»o letter, perfect, in their parts. The varions puns .and local hits, tb&lftfcter being in mo«t. . inßtanees , cleverly. r..Cfiue6ived^.were.thorough'^;if^ietls:;.ea|o^ed: v :;bv the attdiehoe.- . The afterpieoeyj^f ]vojttwste& ; Vfamoti'' creatfd much- amusement. Mr . rfeigblwiir acting . the- ■■ chrsraeter . , of Dick ••■: sfwtM- : :*©^peifscridw'j^.^BiUe - Mr Powell v •«^*l%- &elto}f: : oimM>i. , mftde .an,, exoellent, ■ dignifig^. a^krether fuf ay ofd gentfemanV • lOa -:the/fittt evening, Mr George Blnkeen* the audience with a couple of songs »' between the parts, and on both evenings, the jjiHSjcaJ portion of -the entertainment was .pbligjngjy-.i undertaken by Mr Albert Buasell - Jl *^* niß *» a^d Mr Kiernanaß violinist. ; -.The V Cottage of Content," Victoria and ; Hobeon Streets,AuckJand, W, B. Langbridge, .Proprietor, having- been, enlarged and im> = : pyoved, affords unequalled accommodation. of rooms for families. Every desiderafflliin of.« .wsll-appoiuted flrst'ehss hotel. ■-•