Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 4, 28 April 1939, Page 4

Local and General

FLAG HALF-MAST The ilag over the Whakatane Post Office was flown at half-mast yestefclay to mark the death of Mr E. J. Howard, M.P. CATCH STALL Housewives will note that the Knox 1 bible classes are holding a cake and 3 produce stall on Saturday morning on the site next Mr C. A. fSuck. ling's office, The Strand. - REPRESENTING COUNCIL At the meet tug of the Whakatann , County Council on Monday it was decided that the chairman and clerk should represent the council at the r next local authorities conference in Wellington, b SATURDAY'S AUCTION SALE 5 ("aiming and Co draw attention, to } their announcement in to_day\s issue re their bit; auction sale on Saturday 5 morning at 10.30 particulars 01, 5 which appear in our' advertising eoL J uinns. 5 IN DOUBT 7 An insurance agent was filling out \ an application blank., "Have you ever r had appendicitis?'' he asked. '/Well" answered the applicant, "I was opcrated on. but I have never felt ; quite sure whether it was appendi. citis or professional curiosity,.'* ' OHOPE FIREBREAKS The Whakatane County Council at its meeting cm Monday resolved that the construction of firebreaks at the Ohope Dour in should be deferred until next summer. Cr J. L. Burnett said that winter was coming :Vr.d the bush would not be in danger, but be gave Cr C. McCready ::n assurance that the matter would not be overlooked. MEN ENROLLING WELL ''There is now a steady stream of men applying for enrolment in the territorial forces," says a statement from the Southern Military Command. ''In many cases, units were up to full Peace establishment, but vacancies were occurring through men moving to other towns and to retire, mont after full period of service Tne , fact that a number of units had wait ing lists was an indication of the healthy state of the territorial i'orc-s SUMMER TIME ENDING Since Sunday, September 2,1, 193t\ New Zealamlers have bad.' the clocks advanced half an houto take advantage of all the available sunshine, but on Sunday next, at two o'clpek in the morning, summer time will officially cease. With summer time in England, the Dominion at present is 11 hours ahead of Greenwich mean time, instead of the norma]) 11V?, but with the reversion to normal time here, the Dominion will be 1012 hours ahead of Eji gland. TAXI DRIYER'S MISJT A p Mr Fred Williams, a fanii!; n r fig. ore behind ihe wh v.i of on: of Wh-u katane's tr x ':;, was the victim of a painful accident on Saturday, from the effects of which he will probab-v be la'd up for a fortnight. Mr Williams was standing on the rear blimp, or of his car and polishing the ro;>l' when he slipped and fell on his back across the bumper. He was unable to walk and had to be carded in a good deal of pain into hi s hou-e. Medical examination showed that he had torn the muscles of the back. ' CATTLESTOPS j The Y/hakatane County Council had before it at its last meeting n letter- from the KnginceiMn-Chief, Public Works Department, which J. stated that a local body had suggested that provision should be made to have eattlestops constructed to the grade of a road. This was certainly intended b.y the department as a 0 eattlestop should be part of a road and be built to any grade and conform to any curve. At the same time, the engineer added, for simplicity's sake wherever it was pos~ — sible a eattlestop should be placed on a straight stretch, or where the curvature of the road was slight. THE SHOOTING SEASON The shooting seasons begins on May''6 and it will continue until June 30. Sportsmen, of course, are praying for unsettled conditions at the onening. and it is not impossible that they will get th ;J rough weather they desire. Business men report that the sale of guns, -imniu. T nition and licenses has been, good, and they believe that it will be even better next week. It is stated that pheasants seem quite plentiful and numerous coveys of quail have been seen, wliile if the Matata lagoon ifany criterion there are many clucks and swan in the district. The lagoon is, of course, a sanctuary and game apparently knows this. —