Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 19, 2 June 1939, Page 4

Local and General

h POWER STOPPAGE Power was shut off in the Bay of Plenty Board's area yesterday after, noon while the Public Works Department carried out further repair work on the stretch of line near Ngongotaha which caused the stop, page last Friday night. i, ENTHUSIASTIC SHOW WORKERS Keen citizens were to be seen last 0 night with coats oft and sleeves rolled up busily preparing the Winter Show Hall for the Association's comi- in?g fixture. The energy and enterti prise shown during the evening was . a credit to the workers. " POULTRY SUCCESSES A remarkable record of success has s been attained by Mrs W. S. Woods, in the exhibition of poultry 1 at recent leading shows. She sent nine .Rhode Island Reds ,an<ci twO : B^ium : tams 'to 1 the Waikato > Poultry Show and <; won ten firsts 'iand-' on# • &eeonc|. . with them. At the i previous Aucty,, land Metropolitan jShow she gained) $ye...firstst>vq. sepals* J SHIPPING With a full load of petrol and general goods on board the Northern 1 Steamship Company's Motu arrived at the Whakatane wharf at five oclock last evening. Parry Brother's Vesper sailed some time later with a , part cargo. She cails at Tauranga to complete loading. The sea was very calm and no difficulty was experienced in working the bar. The T6a * will probably be in on Saturday. AN "ENGLISH LETTER" As a habit partly enforced by the climate, everyone in Java takes a midday rest, according to Mr J.. one of the speakers at the meeting of the Canterbury Travel. Club. ''But the Englishman will not admit to such a habit," added Mr Schoon quaintly. '-He says,, 'Excuse me. I have to write a letter.* So now, all over the Indian Archipelago you get Dutchmen who after lunch. ■ eon will say. 'Now let us ga and write an English letter!' " < BROKEN BOTTLES ON BEACH A deliberate and senseless action will be roundly condemned, was noted on the Ohope Beach last Wednes. day evening, when a carload of irresponsible deposited a number of beer bottles on the sands and then set about breaking them into fragments. As a result a pile or broken, and splintered glass was left for the benefit of motorists and small children. Such stupid and thoughtless actions ?re an indication of a weak and warped sense of proportion and bal. ancc and are totally inexcusable. RAINFALL Rainfall on five days in May, and a, total of 1.76 inches were recorded compared with 3. 76 inches for the corresponding month last year. The ' total for the five months so far elap- 1 =ed has been 8.53 inches, while 31.20 inches fell in 1938 to the end of May. 1 The driest May on record in, Whakatane was 193(5 when 1.35 inches were measured and the wettest was in 1928 when 12.39 inches fell. The * wettest five-monthly period on record occurred in 1924 and then 05. * 74 inches were recorded. These fig- s ures are supplied to the BEACON by t Mr H. Muscutt. t P Fat reduced with Bonkora when other methods failed. Quick, safe, a Obtainable from F. G. Macklow, Whakatane. n