Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 17, 29 May 1939, Page 4

Local and General

WAIRERE WATERFALL After months of inactivity, precoded by months in which it merely trickled, Whakatane has a waterfall again. Swollen by the heavy rain the Wairere stream is rushing over the cliff at the back of the town with great vim. "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER . A man in a Christchureh tearooms had an embarrassing few minutes at luncheon on Monday. H ; s companion an ex.army officer, was evidently de- ' scribing his experiences in battle. ■ for wilh a wealth of gesture he was ! illustrating his story. The culmination came when the officer got down on the and with an imaginary weapon began to '''pick-off'' his foes. For several minutes h ; s companion was acutely aware of the concentrated gaze of everyone in the room. DIS PI CABLE THEFT A visiting footballer last SaUu'dav was the victim of a particularly mean and dispicable theft when a wristlet watch and a sum of monev was stolen from his clothes while I> 4 ' was engaged in playing football. Sev. era] other players complain of having lost money in the same way. This is surely another strong argument in favour of a properly ecpiipped changing shed on the grounds. OLD HOTEL The old Commercial Hotel has "icv/ been practically demolished and the site is being cleared of timber and che concrete picked up. The recently . bu'lt office and lounge is not to be broken up but it will be moved to the end of the annexe and joined tr it as staff quarters. Mr Cuckscv nnd a, scheme of improvement for the oi 1 ' hotel site, but details have not beer decided on, as yet . <

tke rain Tc 9 a.m Friday ] .23 inches of rain fell, making a total of 1.55 inches this morning and 8.49 inches for t' ic jrear. This compares with 30.63 inches for the same period last yeaT. SUMMED UP! "Our only hope of peace,"' suggests £i private letter received by a. New Plymouth resident from England, "seems to be when Franco's widow tells Stalin on his deathbed that Hit., ler has been assassinated at Mussolini's funeral." 'VARSITY .FOOTBALLERS Three Bay of Plenty boys at piesent attending Massey College, Stewart, Whakatane, McCracken, Edgecumbe and Mitchell, Waimana, ? have been selected to j-epresenfc the North Island in the inter.island university football match to be played at Christ chureh on the King's Birthday. A WAY TO FREEDOM [ Unusual circumstances marked the 'loss of a racing whippet just north of Ashburton on Saturday afternoon by a Christchurcli man who was transporting a team of whippets from Greymouth to Dunedin. While the other dogs were being carried in the car, one was locked in a box on the luggage grid. When the loss of tin; dog was first noticed some distance north of Ashburton, it was found that the end of the which was apparently made of a plaster board, had been bitten through and the dog had forced its way to freedom. The \shburton police are trying to trao the dog, which is reported to be of considerable value. Lose fat without discomfort —build 'lealth the Bonkora way. Pleasant. ••\fc. Visit F. G. M"cklow, Chemist, vVhakatane.