Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 37, 17 July 1939, Page 4

Local and General

SLIPS ON HILLCREST Small slips have been quite frequent lately on Hillcrest, and cause a good deal of anxiety to motorists, though the borough staff is always alert to clear them up as soon as possible. One fairly big one on Friday covered half the road. TANEATUA CARD PARTY A very successful card party was held in the supper room of the Tan. eatua Hall last Thursday night in, aid of the Boy Scout fund. There was quite a good attendance and the even ing was much enjoyed by all. The winner of the cards was Mrs GMerrie. "THE buccaneers;' A good response has met the attempt to organise a team of recently retired players in Whakatane and it seems likely that a solid combination can be fielded. Various names for the team have been suggested, and one of the most popular is Buccaneers. DAMSEL IN distress i An amusing incident in an Auckland city restaurant last week, concerned a smartly-dressed damsel who sidled into a corner seat, and suddenly sprang up again, almost upsetting the table. A friend investigated and discovered in the lining of the new coat a row of pins, evidently over, looked by the wearer and the dressmaker. ACHING ACRES A Maori consulted a North Island dentist, and it was decided that a tooth must be extracted to give Hori ease from the pain, he w T as suffering The operation of extraction was duiv performed, and Hori departed. He returned in a week's time with the complaint that the dentist had "taken off" the wrong toothy and he was emphatic in telling the man of for. ceps that he intended bringing legal action fo<~ damages. ''Well,said the giim-digger, ■■ "'you told me it wits that tooth, so what grounds have yor. for action?" "What, grounds?" said Hori. ''Pj' korry. we got two hundred acres in te King Country! *

MR HULTQUIST S PLANS A telegram from Mr A. G. Hult. quist M.P. says that lie has resumed his duties but that pressure of accumulated work prevented his return, ing home for the week-end. It is unlikely that he will be able to return for another fortnight. Mr Hultquist adds that he is speaking in the debate on Tuesday afternoon. STOLEN CAR An Auckland feminine motorist was supplied with a rental car one night last week that she might keep an important .appointment—her own ca • having mysteriously disappeared from ts corner in a city garage. All hands had turned out in the search, and the car was only a few feet from their heads. It had been driven to the servicing department on a higher level. CAR STRIKES HORSE Straying stock near Te Puke were again responsible for an accident resulting in minor damage to a car, and the killing of a young horse on Tuesday. The car, driven by Mr A. W. Beale, was travelling to Te Puke when it : collided with a horse near the Otamarakau railway station. None of the passengers was but the radiator and headlights of the car were damaged. The horse, which suffered a broken leg had to be destroyed. JUST A SHORT STORY This story of an inventive New Zealand farmer has had considerable currency in Australia according to the Sydney Morning Her. aid. Knowing the traditional reluctance of sheep to enter a dip, the farmer constructed a perforated steel platform over the trough. The principle was to drive the sheep on to this, then null a lever and plunge thrm into t'ie wash. A dozen or so neighbours called to inspect the mach ! nc and give their opinion, an interested member of the party being the farmer's six year old son. First the pnrtv mounted the platform to inspcct its construction. Need it be told? The six year old pulled the lever. For the next week the"boy's mother used to smuggle food to liim it his various hidc_outs round the property.