Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 45, 4 August 1939, Page 4

Local and General

SALE BY AUCTION An extensive range of saddlery machinery and wireless s.cts and equip mcnt will be offered by A. J. Canning and Co when they dispose bv auction of the chattels in two bankrupt estates on at 10.30 a.m. Full particulars of the goods appear in our advertising columns. JOINING THE FORCES Applications, closing on August 10, ar e invited by the Army, from Officers, Warrant Officers and N.C.O's to fill vacancies in the N.Z. Military Forces. Rank on appointment will be governed by military qualifications, experience, and record of service. Further particulars are advertised ia this issue. THE DOTTED LINE Motorists now find barricades halfway across the streets and borough workmen squatting behind them, for the periodical repainting of pedestrian crossings a,nd wiiite centre lines is in progress. The borough foreman, Mr W. S. Henderson was a trifle caustic at the hab'its of some motorists who drive with their wheels on the centre lines and do their best to rub them out. "I suppose they've caught the habit from newspaper and magazine advertisements —those ones that tell them to tear along the dotted lines," was his bright thought IMPORTING BUILDERS "The housing survey, together with the position disclosed by the inspections of the premises occupied by j applicants for State rental houses, showed such an urgent need for improved accommodation for so many people that the Government decided to adopt the most prompt means of augmenting the supply of skilled labour —namely, by bringing artisans from overseas v said the Prime Minister in the course of his Budget speech. "Early in the present year Mr J. Hodgens, M.P., was deputed] to visit Australia for the purpose of selecting suitable men, and to datti 384 tradesmen have been brought to the Dominion, from this source. In addition arrangements have bnen made to bring over a period of six j months about five hundred artisans j from Great Britain, and the first j groups have already arrived.

HOCKEY REFEREES Messrs J. Batchelor (Rotorua) and O. J. Cooke (Auckland) have been appointed as referees in the SuvaWhakatane County hockey match at Edgecumbe on Monday. WATTLES OUT Particularly colourful are the wattles in the vicinity of King Street and Domain Road. The masses of yellow do something to brighten up Ihc winter landscape. Another striking tree is the one at The Heads behind the new park. FALL FROM BICYCLE L. Lees farmer, Wainui, while on his way home on Tuesday evening rode his bicycle into an obstruction on the road fell, and broke his collarbone. He was taken, to the Wha~ katanc Hospital where it was found that he was suffering from extensive bruises to the shoulder in addition to the other injury. WHITEBAIT SCARCE The present season is one of the worst for whitebait within memory, according to the Maoris of Maketu. The Kaituna River is usually one of the chief sources of this delicacy in the Te Puke district and large consignments are made from the district each year. This season, however, less than 201 b has left the district. The Maoris attributed the late running of the whitebait to the cold weather. Ic is customary for the run to begin obout a fortnight before the opening of the season on July 1.

POWER FOR KOPEOPEO At a cost of upwards of £800 the borough electrical staff will soon undertake extensive line construction in the Kopeopeo area, replacing the old power lines which are in adequate Jor the present demand. A new high, tension line will be built from the corner of Stewart and King Streets to run along the bottom of Salonika Street to the corner of Salonika and James Street, breaking down there through a*new sub-station. This will give Kopeopeo a greatly improved supply. New low-tension lines will be built in connection with the same job in Victoria Avenue and Salonika Street. The job will probably take six or eight weeks. THE CARAVAN LIFE "For me. there's nothing like it." I said Mr Richard Hurn, a resident of j Oriental Bay, Wellington, when describing a recent caravan tour of the North Island. "I have been away five and until last night I hjivc not slept indoors, other the caravan, for the whole of that time, and I feel as fit as a fiddle." The first month Mr Hurn spent in Hawlte's Bay, where he enjoyed part of one of the finest summers known in that district; perhaps too fine for some of the farmers, but nevertheless days of glorious sunshine in lovely surroundings. Then he parked his caravan at various places in. the Bay of visiting Tauranga, Te Puke and Whakatan,e. As enjoy, able as in any other part was a long sojourn in the north of Auckland. STEEL PROSPECTS GOOD "Special mention should be made of the iron and steel industry, for this is a basic industry for many other industries" said the Prime Minis_ ter when presenting the Budget. "After passing the authorising Act in 1937 progress in establishing the works was held up pending investigations to prove the quantity of ore that is available at Onekalta. The Government naturally wanted to be sure that raw materials in sufficient quantity were available before launch ing a large-scale project. The exploratory work has now demonstrated that there is sufficient usable iron, ore and in, the country to supply the industry for half a century and it is expected that further investigations will disclose additional deposits. Sufficient coal of suitable quality is also available, and a further expert report bj r H. A. Brassert and Co., Ltd., of London, who are specialists in steelworks, indicates that the proposed works will be able to produce steel at a price comparable with that being paid today. In other the industry will be an economic one in every sense, as practically all the raw materials will be available in New Zealand." Ugly fatness goes quickly .with healthful Bonkora. No dieting. Call to-day. Obtainable F. G. Macklow,