Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 14, 22 May 1939, Page 4

Local and General

o : FIRST OFFENDER A first offender for drunkeness, who was arrested a.t Ohope, appeared before Mr G. A. J.P., on Saturday and was convicted and lischarged. DONATIONS FOR SWEETS STALL Those wishing to assist the sweet stall of the Winter Show by making donations of sugar or butter for making sweets are requested to leave same with the Misses Ramsons or at A. J. Canning's mart. SEVERAL EARTHQUAKES Half a dozen earthquake shocks, none of very great intensity ? were felt on Saturday afternoon. They began shortly after midday and continued at intervals throughout the afternoon, one of th e strongest coming at about 2.30' p.m. This rattled windows and was accompanied by a low rumble. It was noticed by golfers on the Whakatane links, as we'l as by people in town. NO RISE. IN COUNTY RATES • "One,thing that the County ratepayers will feel grateful to Mr J,. G. CfifT for will be the fact that when they receive their rate no tices this year, they will see that in spite of rising costs, there has been no increase in the rates- —that is with the exception of the Hospital rate, over which the county has no con. trol.* Mr L. Luxton at the farewell tendered Mr McCulloch county- chair- j man last Saturday evening. ! BEING A F4.RMER "You know' said Mr W. when speaking at the complimentary social tendered Mr J. G. Cliff Mc_ Culloch, chairman of the Whakatane County Council, last Saturday evening, "how he is able to make these trips abroad I don't know. Mr McCulloch is a farmer, and yet w r e sec him going ab"oad like this on not one but several occasions. How he dc-es it , beats me,''; ; - '

APPEAL TO FARMERS On account of the poor season for root crops it is to be hoped that farmers and other s having suitable supplies of pumpkins, onions, root crops etc. will make a special effort *o make all the entries they can in the agricultural section of the Winter Show. Such help will greatly be ap., preciated by the committee. MAORIS AND BARRACKING The Maori element is responsible for at least 90 per cent of the cheering and barracking that attends the local football matches and last Saturday it was something of an entertainment to watch the antics of the dusky enthusiasts as they cheered in no uncertain manner and carried as far as physically possible, their cham pions to victory. WINDOW BROKEN A fracas between two young natives at about 6.45 on Saturday night led to a plateglass window of the shop of Mr A. J. Moore, Cycle and Radio Supplies, being broken when one of the participants took a header' through it. The parties dec?.riiped' but it is understood they were later traced and interviewed by the police. No one was hurt and Mr Moore lost no stock. The damage is covered byinsurance.