56705
Bay of Plenty Times scrapbook, 1893-1895
Date1893-1895Reference NumberAms 252Collection SummaryScrapbook, compiled by Charles Alfred Crabbe, of articles from the Bay of Plenty times, documenting changes in the district and issues of local and national interest. Some articles are accompanied by handwritten notes.DescriptionArticles in the scrapbook comprises:
December 1893: Establishment of the Creamery ; opening of the local water power flour mill ; "practical completion of the purchase of the Pāpāmoa and other blocks of land and the generally increased demand for land and house property throughout the district"
January 1894: Proposed experimental sheep farm at Pāpāmoa ; need for a quarry ; lack of public reserves ; repairs to military cemetery ; licensing districts ; public to vote on number of licenses in the district ; public hall for Te Puke
February 1894: Frustration re lack of action by government re plans to turn Thompsons Track into proper road ; series of fundraising lectures “in aid of the Mechanics Institute” ; experiemental sheep farm at Pāpmoa ; Article re upcoming sale of Lot 296 on the north cliff. Frustration over Council not purchasing it for park/reserve (Cliff Road Reserve/Redoubt area) ; need for quality control re alcoholic beverages sold at local hotels.
March 1894: Meeting at Whareroa of Mātaatua descendants both local and beyond immediate district ; forthcoming poll re liquor licensing (reduction of publican licenses and accommodation licenses in district) ; Thompsons Track issue ; Dick Seddon’s visit en route and discussion with him re pressing matters eg Thomsons Track and Kaimai road to end isolation of district ; Licensing Act ; outcome of discussions with Premier Seddon. Kaimai Road to take precedence over Thompsons Track as main route out of district.
April 1894: Account of excursion to White Island from Ōpōtiki. Capt Chris Faulkner on board S.S. Fingal ; Burgess Roll and Defaulters list on show to public ; issue re establishment of a school in Ōtūmoetai ; Creamery closing for winter ; discussions re establishment of a telephone bureau ; dredging of harbour “The Narrows” opposite outfall of stream Te Awa of Tukorako (Whareroa)
May 1894: Road Board rates and maintenance of districts roads. Merging of Roads Boards and County Council ; demise of the local Mutual Improvement Society ; telephone bureau/exchange discussions ; maintenance of the old cemetery and discussion re exhuming remains and transferring them to the new cemetery ; pressure to improve/increase the number of primary education facilities in areas outside of Te Papa peninsula: Ōtūmoetai, Te Puna, Te Puna Point, Ōmokoroa.
June 1894: Kaimai Road and Thompsons Track issue. Agitation to get both routes made into proper roads ; Reynolds & Co. Creamery. Discussion re average output per cow in Bay. Low compared to rest of country and need to improve our herds and pastures ; petition re telephone exchange drawn up by Whakatāne Borough Council urging govt re establishment of Ōhiwa bureau. Signed by Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki and Tauranga Councils ; bid to merge Road Boards into County Council fails ; rate struck by Roads Boards re road maintenance in County areas ; using the experimental sheep farm, freezing works and Kaimai Road ideas as examples editor complains Tauranga District gives taxes to central government but receives nothing in return ; call for publication of information booklet for Justices of the Peace so they know basic law ; critical state of County finances ; recovery of large debt from Rotorua County significant part of trouble. Concern over financial management of County ; attempts to establish uplifting community activities after demise of Mutual Improvement Society. Gymnasium Club suggested ; Rotorua debt.
July 1894: Roading within Tauranga borough ; Creamery switching from butter to cheesemaking owing to difficulties maintaining quality while in transit. Frequent temperature changes on journey lead to 2nd grade butter on arrival ; Messrs Shearman and Lundon taking on pig farming for Intra-Marine Supply Company ; Rotorua debt ; state of by-roads in Waimapū Riding and roading subsidies, details spending for district as a whole ; need for protection of old cemetery from sea ; suggestion made re getting goods to market in Auckland on regular basis via dedicated Steamer service ; Tauranga Thames football match.
August 1894: Pig rearing as an adjunct to dairying endorsed by Reynolds & Co. ; Northern Steamship Co. willing to amend schedule to accommodate local produce to Auckland markets ; Noxious Weeds Act ; traffic by-laws. Damage to roads by sleigh type vehicles damage roads and incurr unnecessary costs. Road maintenance discussed ; Government offer of funding for telephone exchange at Ōhiwa minimal. Small outlay/government surplus and huge benefit to area generates bad feeling. Balance to be locally funded ; Clarification re steamership service article, discussion re drainage of Waihī swamp (Little Waihī area) and reclamation for farming. Government considers soil type unsuitable for farming. New report requested by locals ; Licensing Bill ; idea of electoral wards within town boundaries instead of councillors representing all of the town.
September 1894: Rateable value of properties within the borough ; drainage of swamps in Maketū Riding ; Tauranga-Thames mail coaches experiencing difficulties getting completing trip in daylight during winter months. Petition for overnight stops ; Diocese boundaries. Bay of Plenty affiliation with Waiapu (Gisborne)impractical ; alcohol licensing issue ; additional wharf at Mount for holidaymakers sought as stone wharf considered inadequate ; Alcohol licensing issue ; road maintenance
October 1894: Funding of the public baths ; report of Sir John Coote report on dredging and navigation in harbour particularly “the Narrows”. Worth of report questioned. Alternative dredging priorities put forward ; future of Creamery venture in question ; Kaimai road project postponed indefinitely ; idea of an agricultural show put forward ; meeting convened to discuss issue of road access to Waikato. Small amount of government funds released for Thompsons Track but insufficient to complete task. Best route to be debated ; Pāpāmoa, Otawa and Taumata blocks to be opened for settlement. Need to optimise spending of road monies in these areas.
November 1894: application of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act in Tauranga district ; Charitable Aid Board urges the Whakatāne County Council to use “vigilance in connection with the recipients of aid” ; re agricultural show, deplorable lack of support for the local Farmers Club and idea of creating an incorporated society governed by the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act (A & P Shows). Part of effort to improve farming production and economic success in region ; maintenance of retaining wall / seawall on Strand.
December 1894: Group of people keen on forming A P & H Society (Agricultural Pastoral and Horticultural Society) ; Opening of railway link Auckland to Rotorua. Idea of larger market for local goods and possible travellers Rotorua –Tauranga by coach positive ; Mr Thomas Lochhead, Secretary of the Farmer’s Club responds to previous article about the club vis a vis agricultural shows. Editor responds to Mr Lochhead ; AGM of Farmers Club. Meeting scheduled for 5th January of all land users to reconstruct existing society along the lines of incorp society under the Act ie. A P & H Society/Show ; new mail route between Tauranga and Rotorua unsatisfactory. Now through Te Puke instead of Oropi ; Editor suggests surplus fruit could be used for canning, jam making or candied peel. Surplus fruit lies rotting on ground at this time of year.
January 1895: Rumour that soon to be opened up Urewara region rich in gold. Improvements to roading important if Tauranga to benefit from possible boom ; formation of the Drainage Board for the drainage of the Matatā-Whakatāne swamp ; control of noxious weeds (Californian thistle) in local pastures and Noxious Weeds Bill ; yachting regatta to be held 19th March by Regatta Club ; Committee issues at Regatta Club
February 1895: Acclimatisation Society re release of trout into local streams ; call for more schools in rural areas. Ōtūmoetai School used as example ; County traffic by-laws in relation to traction engines ; Cadman's response to Kaimai Road issue after visit to Ureweras. Proposes sale of lands belonging to Bank of New Zealand and the Estates Company ; election of Education Board representatives and local educational issues ; implementation of Shops and Shop Assistants Act in Tauranga ; butter-fat testing of local milk ; noxious weeds ; opening up of the Pāpāmoa block ; fencible land grants (military grants) in Tauranga ; annual equine carnival ; Acclimatisation Society in BOP ;
April 1895: Te Puke news update (1st April) ; Agricultural Pastoral and Horticultural Society ; Tauranga Cheese factory reduces return to local farmers ; Te Puke update continued: reports on farms/farmers/crops in Te Puke area including R. A. Dowell, Lemon Bros., McGhie, Captain Bennett, "Mendip" belonging to J. Tanner, Mr Trigg, Harris, Harray, Washer, Matai Station and Mr Seddon, Native School and teacher Mr and Miss Capper, H. W. Vercoe, A. Snodgrass, note about gold in hills behind Te Puke, more schools wanted No. 3 Road and Rangiuru, local hotel run by Mr Pilling : neglected state of roads in Katikati area ; work starting on Thompsons Track ; Issue of overnight stops for Tauranga-Thames mail coaches during winter ; impounding of wandering stock in Borough ; Meetings of Māori in North Island to discuss land being systematically taken from them by government ; Regatta Committee news
May 1895: Article about letter from Mr Hone Patene condeming Crown right of pre-emption re land purchases and European reaction to his views. (Letter not included in scrapbook but in 1/5/1895) ; revision of Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act and administration of Act locally ; "defiant attitude" of Māori who are "obstructing" opening up of land for settlement due to concerns over land purchasing ; A P & H Society ; Native land laws
June 1895: Proposed dismissal of Town Clerk and Inspector of Nuisances due to reduced Council revenue ; Roading issues ; Mr Cadman finds funds to make Thompsons Track a "passable road" ; Football and efforts of Mr Patterson ; A P & H Society ; G V Stewart and proposed Katikati-Karangahake track ; Concern re roads and need to get goods to market ; idea of Bowentown-Waihī tramline
CreatorCrabbe, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1866-1956LevelCollectionExtent1 scrapbookLanguageEnglish
December 1893: Establishment of the Creamery ; opening of the local water power flour mill ; "practical completion of the purchase of the Pāpāmoa and other blocks of land and the generally increased demand for land and house property throughout the district"
January 1894: Proposed experimental sheep farm at Pāpāmoa ; need for a quarry ; lack of public reserves ; repairs to military cemetery ; licensing districts ; public to vote on number of licenses in the district ; public hall for Te Puke
February 1894: Frustration re lack of action by government re plans to turn Thompsons Track into proper road ; series of fundraising lectures “in aid of the Mechanics Institute” ; experiemental sheep farm at Pāpmoa ; Article re upcoming sale of Lot 296 on the north cliff. Frustration over Council not purchasing it for park/reserve (Cliff Road Reserve/Redoubt area) ; need for quality control re alcoholic beverages sold at local hotels.
March 1894: Meeting at Whareroa of Mātaatua descendants both local and beyond immediate district ; forthcoming poll re liquor licensing (reduction of publican licenses and accommodation licenses in district) ; Thompsons Track issue ; Dick Seddon’s visit en route and discussion with him re pressing matters eg Thomsons Track and Kaimai road to end isolation of district ; Licensing Act ; outcome of discussions with Premier Seddon. Kaimai Road to take precedence over Thompsons Track as main route out of district.
April 1894: Account of excursion to White Island from Ōpōtiki. Capt Chris Faulkner on board S.S. Fingal ; Burgess Roll and Defaulters list on show to public ; issue re establishment of a school in Ōtūmoetai ; Creamery closing for winter ; discussions re establishment of a telephone bureau ; dredging of harbour “The Narrows” opposite outfall of stream Te Awa of Tukorako (Whareroa)
May 1894: Road Board rates and maintenance of districts roads. Merging of Roads Boards and County Council ; demise of the local Mutual Improvement Society ; telephone bureau/exchange discussions ; maintenance of the old cemetery and discussion re exhuming remains and transferring them to the new cemetery ; pressure to improve/increase the number of primary education facilities in areas outside of Te Papa peninsula: Ōtūmoetai, Te Puna, Te Puna Point, Ōmokoroa.
June 1894: Kaimai Road and Thompsons Track issue. Agitation to get both routes made into proper roads ; Reynolds & Co. Creamery. Discussion re average output per cow in Bay. Low compared to rest of country and need to improve our herds and pastures ; petition re telephone exchange drawn up by Whakatāne Borough Council urging govt re establishment of Ōhiwa bureau. Signed by Whakatāne, Ōpōtiki and Tauranga Councils ; bid to merge Road Boards into County Council fails ; rate struck by Roads Boards re road maintenance in County areas ; using the experimental sheep farm, freezing works and Kaimai Road ideas as examples editor complains Tauranga District gives taxes to central government but receives nothing in return ; call for publication of information booklet for Justices of the Peace so they know basic law ; critical state of County finances ; recovery of large debt from Rotorua County significant part of trouble. Concern over financial management of County ; attempts to establish uplifting community activities after demise of Mutual Improvement Society. Gymnasium Club suggested ; Rotorua debt.
July 1894: Roading within Tauranga borough ; Creamery switching from butter to cheesemaking owing to difficulties maintaining quality while in transit. Frequent temperature changes on journey lead to 2nd grade butter on arrival ; Messrs Shearman and Lundon taking on pig farming for Intra-Marine Supply Company ; Rotorua debt ; state of by-roads in Waimapū Riding and roading subsidies, details spending for district as a whole ; need for protection of old cemetery from sea ; suggestion made re getting goods to market in Auckland on regular basis via dedicated Steamer service ; Tauranga Thames football match.
August 1894: Pig rearing as an adjunct to dairying endorsed by Reynolds & Co. ; Northern Steamship Co. willing to amend schedule to accommodate local produce to Auckland markets ; Noxious Weeds Act ; traffic by-laws. Damage to roads by sleigh type vehicles damage roads and incurr unnecessary costs. Road maintenance discussed ; Government offer of funding for telephone exchange at Ōhiwa minimal. Small outlay/government surplus and huge benefit to area generates bad feeling. Balance to be locally funded ; Clarification re steamership service article, discussion re drainage of Waihī swamp (Little Waihī area) and reclamation for farming. Government considers soil type unsuitable for farming. New report requested by locals ; Licensing Bill ; idea of electoral wards within town boundaries instead of councillors representing all of the town.
September 1894: Rateable value of properties within the borough ; drainage of swamps in Maketū Riding ; Tauranga-Thames mail coaches experiencing difficulties getting completing trip in daylight during winter months. Petition for overnight stops ; Diocese boundaries. Bay of Plenty affiliation with Waiapu (Gisborne)impractical ; alcohol licensing issue ; additional wharf at Mount for holidaymakers sought as stone wharf considered inadequate ; Alcohol licensing issue ; road maintenance
October 1894: Funding of the public baths ; report of Sir John Coote report on dredging and navigation in harbour particularly “the Narrows”. Worth of report questioned. Alternative dredging priorities put forward ; future of Creamery venture in question ; Kaimai road project postponed indefinitely ; idea of an agricultural show put forward ; meeting convened to discuss issue of road access to Waikato. Small amount of government funds released for Thompsons Track but insufficient to complete task. Best route to be debated ; Pāpāmoa, Otawa and Taumata blocks to be opened for settlement. Need to optimise spending of road monies in these areas.
November 1894: application of Abattoirs and Slaughterhouses Act in Tauranga district ; Charitable Aid Board urges the Whakatāne County Council to use “vigilance in connection with the recipients of aid” ; re agricultural show, deplorable lack of support for the local Farmers Club and idea of creating an incorporated society governed by the Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act (A & P Shows). Part of effort to improve farming production and economic success in region ; maintenance of retaining wall / seawall on Strand.
December 1894: Group of people keen on forming A P & H Society (Agricultural Pastoral and Horticultural Society) ; Opening of railway link Auckland to Rotorua. Idea of larger market for local goods and possible travellers Rotorua –Tauranga by coach positive ; Mr Thomas Lochhead, Secretary of the Farmer’s Club responds to previous article about the club vis a vis agricultural shows. Editor responds to Mr Lochhead ; AGM of Farmers Club. Meeting scheduled for 5th January of all land users to reconstruct existing society along the lines of incorp society under the Act ie. A P & H Society/Show ; new mail route between Tauranga and Rotorua unsatisfactory. Now through Te Puke instead of Oropi ; Editor suggests surplus fruit could be used for canning, jam making or candied peel. Surplus fruit lies rotting on ground at this time of year.
January 1895: Rumour that soon to be opened up Urewara region rich in gold. Improvements to roading important if Tauranga to benefit from possible boom ; formation of the Drainage Board for the drainage of the Matatā-Whakatāne swamp ; control of noxious weeds (Californian thistle) in local pastures and Noxious Weeds Bill ; yachting regatta to be held 19th March by Regatta Club ; Committee issues at Regatta Club
February 1895: Acclimatisation Society re release of trout into local streams ; call for more schools in rural areas. Ōtūmoetai School used as example ; County traffic by-laws in relation to traction engines ; Cadman's response to Kaimai Road issue after visit to Ureweras. Proposes sale of lands belonging to Bank of New Zealand and the Estates Company ; election of Education Board representatives and local educational issues ; implementation of Shops and Shop Assistants Act in Tauranga ; butter-fat testing of local milk ; noxious weeds ; opening up of the Pāpāmoa block ; fencible land grants (military grants) in Tauranga ; annual equine carnival ; Acclimatisation Society in BOP ;
April 1895: Te Puke news update (1st April) ; Agricultural Pastoral and Horticultural Society ; Tauranga Cheese factory reduces return to local farmers ; Te Puke update continued: reports on farms/farmers/crops in Te Puke area including R. A. Dowell, Lemon Bros., McGhie, Captain Bennett, "Mendip" belonging to J. Tanner, Mr Trigg, Harris, Harray, Washer, Matai Station and Mr Seddon, Native School and teacher Mr and Miss Capper, H. W. Vercoe, A. Snodgrass, note about gold in hills behind Te Puke, more schools wanted No. 3 Road and Rangiuru, local hotel run by Mr Pilling : neglected state of roads in Katikati area ; work starting on Thompsons Track ; Issue of overnight stops for Tauranga-Thames mail coaches during winter ; impounding of wandering stock in Borough ; Meetings of Māori in North Island to discuss land being systematically taken from them by government ; Regatta Committee news
May 1895: Article about letter from Mr Hone Patene condeming Crown right of pre-emption re land purchases and European reaction to his views. (Letter not included in scrapbook but in 1/5/1895) ; revision of Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act and administration of Act locally ; "defiant attitude" of Māori who are "obstructing" opening up of land for settlement due to concerns over land purchasing ; A P & H Society ; Native land laws
June 1895: Proposed dismissal of Town Clerk and Inspector of Nuisances due to reduced Council revenue ; Roading issues ; Mr Cadman finds funds to make Thompsons Track a "passable road" ; Football and efforts of Mr Patterson ; A P & H Society ; G V Stewart and proposed Katikati-Karangahake track ; Concern re roads and need to get goods to market ; idea of Bowentown-Waihī tramline
CreatorCrabbe, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1866-1956LevelCollectionExtent1 scrapbookLanguageEnglish
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Crabbe, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1866-1956, Bay of Plenty Times scrapbook, 1893-1895 (1893-1895). Pae Korokī, accessed 25/03/2026, https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/56705
