Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 13, 19 May 1939, Page 4

Local and General

PIG SALE ' A reminder is given that the Far. mers' Auctioneering Co hold their Edgecumbe pig sale on Monday when ■;400 pigs of all classes will be offered NATIONAL PARTY RALLY A special address to members and all and others interested in the National Party, will be given by Col. J. Hargest M.P. for Awarua in thai Edgecumbe Presbyterian Hall on Wednesday evening May 24th. The speaker will give a survey of current political events, and will touch on the party's progress. CAR JUMPS FOOTPATH An attempt to demolish the New Commercial Hotel before its time Jailed yesterday when a car, which was being cranked and apparently was in, gear, jumped the footpath and butted against the concrete corner of the hotel. It was not a very heavy blow and did not damage, the cur nor did the hotel rock mucn. Had the car hit the old structure it might have sailed clean through. DOGS TO BE SHOT During the last fortnight farmer?, in the vicinity of Titahi Bay (Wellington) have suffered severe losses through sheep being worried by dogs and they have decided to shoot on •;ight any dog found on their propertics. Some of the sheep have been found in a horribly mutilated condition. Not only has there been serious monetary loss to the owners, but the sheep have suffered agony. Ther<« seems to be quite a number of dogs, possibly strays or dogs which are not registered with the controlling authority, in the district. SPECKS OF GOLD Harry Quillan, an employee of De H?villand Aircraft Pty. ; Ltd., in Sydney, discovered a number of specks of motal which looked like gold in a hornet's nest on, a plane which arrived from New Guinea recently. Quillan was overhauling the machine in his company's hangar at Mascot when he found the hornets' nest near the bank and turn indier>._ tor, which is on the outside of the machine. The nest was made of mud. and a dead hornet was inside. Quil. Lan was attracted bv a bright object in the nest ? nnd when he examined : t closely he discovered a number of specks of metal. Others who examiner* the nest was satisfied that the sporks were gold. The plane visiter! N T eiv Guinea fioldfields and the nest 'vas anparently built while it was '-'rounded there.

FIGHTING CANCER The Mayoress Mrs Barry, is calling a meeting of ladies in the Borough Chambers next Monday at 2 p.m. to make arrangements for a street collection in aid of the Auckland Provincial fund to fight the cancer scourge. The fund is sponsored by the Mayor of Auckland, Sir Ernest Davis, and the appeal, launched at his request, is proposed to be taken in all centres throughout the province on Wednesday May 24. CAR AND COWS A Thames motorist who was proceeding to Auckland at the week-end had an unpleasant experience which caused him some perturbation. Driving slowly through a mob of cattle on the roadway, the car accidental!v hit a cow a sharp blow, knocking her down. However, the first to recover from the shock was the cow, which got up on to its feet, and after giving the motori-t a somewhat disdainful walked off quietly. A BELLE OF THE BALL She was decidedly one of the belles of the ball —petite, vivacious and very charmingly attired. She curtMcd to friends, and turned to sweep through the hall door. There was a tearing sound and the belle swept through the door—minus her skirt. It happened at the Wanganui Girls" College Old Girls , Association bail. The damage was speedily repaired but the incident did spoil a triumphal exit (states the Wanganui Herald). MEMORIAL ENGINE'S CONDITIO> The neglected appearance of tho war memorial railway engine, A. B 008, Passchendaele, has exe'ted adverse comment on the part of the, general public. This question was discussed recently by the OtatTo branch of the Railway Officers' In, stitute when it was decided to ay>oroach the general manager of the department (Mr G. H. Mackley) with the suggestion that the famous engine should be kept in first class condition, at least as far as appear ance is concerned. SUCCESSFUL SPORTSMEN A party of Roxburgh sportsmen r eturned recently from a trip to the Hunter Valley. Several excellent fish were taken, including a 271b salmon, two other salmon weighing 25Jb and 221b, an eight-pounder, and 12 brow tand rainbow trout ranging in weight from 3b to 61b. The party found that although fish were not plentt ful, the salmon were in excellent oonditiou. Paradise duck a,'id Canadian geese were very but not many grey duck were seen!! Thoarty also shot four deer and a wil.i