Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 30, 30 June 1939, Page 4

Local and General

THEODOLITE AND GOATS Ovei heard in the Strand, yesterday as a small crowd watched ,t ,'urveyyr,. taking load lewis with the aid of a theodolite "Mummy look at that funny man shooting the goats on the hillside with machine gun." FLOWERING PLUM An unusual sight in the row of o'nam ntal shrubs planted in St John Opotiki, is a flo.vcring plum n fell bloom. The tree is well laden with pretty pink bl issoin from lop -o bcttom, and tie flowering of he ree at ;u h an iV-iim. 1 time has resulted in resident,;; evincing consideta!;le' interest. ACCIDENT TO RIDER While Mr Neville Wickham, of Pongakawa, was crossing the tempor. ary bridge over the AVharere stream his horse slipped and fell, throwing him heavily. Workers on the new .bridge got Mr Wickham on to his hor.se again and he rode home where on examination, it was found he had sustained a broken leg. SKIS FROM SOUTHLAND BEECH The manufacture of skis from Southland bcech has been uiuljrtaken in Invcrcargill, and it is expected that 50 pairs will be ready for delivery next week. It is reported that more than half that number have al_ ready been o r dered from Dunedin, and that inquiries have been received from firms in Australia.. Restrictions on the entry of imported skis have caused concern to ski clubs, but so far there has not been an acute short age. LODGE PRESENT ATI ON At the fortnightly mee'ing of the Ccntrnnarv 1.0.0. F. 'Loci e last Monday P-DD.G.M. Bro E. Currah on behalf of th- members made a presentation of a Past Grand Collar to P.G. Bro J. Weatherly. who is leaving the district, in appreciation of the service he had rendered to the lodge flu ing th ■ thr-e ve&"S of his membership. S"ve r al other Hroth°*"s sooKe in culogi.-'tk; terms of Weatherly's cnthu lasm for Oddfellowship.

STORK ACTIVE ''The Stoik's been fairly active. He has bought a bicycle and has been gcLling round quite well lately' sai i a Whakatanc <!octo\, when a pressman had occasion to ring him yesterday. PECULIAR CLOUD - FORMATION Heavy storm clouds behind Mount Edgccumbe ; yesterday gave ii* the semblance of an active volcano throwing up dense clouds of steam and a.h. A number of people wa'k'ng home at noon remarked on the unusual for. mr.tion as .something rather unique. TAUMARUNUI WINTER SHOW Local people gained succeses at th.: Taumarunui Winter Show when Mr F. R. Brown w~s awarded lir.si ze, for 'white Es:halljts and second for Straw and Mrs F. R. Brown gained sccond prize for crochet wool tea cosy. VINNERS AT TE TEKO Amplifying our report of Monday on the successful Te Telto Cattle Dog Tr'als we state that Mr T. Melrose, winner of the Dunderdale Memorial Cup, and Mr H. Pryor, winner the Drovers Cup, each received gold medals presented by Mr and Mrs R. Basket fc. The weight of the fat turkey was 1."51bs IOV2O not 131b;s 10 * 2 ozs. PLOUGHING WITHOUT SHARES A good story is going the rounds regarding the breaking-in of certain la"d at "Broadlands " th- Government estate outside of Rotorua. It is said that the supervisor received a tractor and plough" ''in thorough working order." However, w T hen the machines were worked it was found that no fir rows were made, but only narrow jagged lines. The story goes that a former well known Matamate. farrier was sent for and noticed at once that there were no ploughshare* on. the plough . The answer by, the sup -wisor to the farrier's comment on this was that ' the machinery scut to him in perfect working order'' Lose fat quickly with Bonkoni. Safe, quick reducing treatment. Try Honkora to.dav. F. G. Mac Mow. i Chemist Whakatane. |