OUT AND ABOUT

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 47, 14 August 1939, Page 5

OUT AND ABOUT

(By the Outsider) Great things. tare happening;in; tjie Rangitaiki Rugby Union. 'Xlyjjic" writes, to say that if people wonder \yhcrc all the moths are* coming from they should not be alarmed as the pest is caused by the Rangitaiki Rugby stalwarts of the past dragI ging their old gear out of the cup- ! board. The Rangi'taiki Pukekos are ready to take the ttel'. "Cynic"* wishes to inform the public (fee hasn't much show of thnt; not by using this column. Ed) that tlv Pukekos are indulging in plenty of (!y_ ii'iC practice. Tit Anderson informed him that he flew fully fifty yards the other night; brother has his wings in faiv.y g'»>d condition, and flics with a whistling noise:; Billy Goldsmith is scattering the raiipo right and left. ''Look here/' says Bill ''it's only a bit of fun. I'm sure nobody will get hurt." Wifey: "Yes, that sounds all right but it doesn't alter the fact that you are a family, man with, responsibili-ties"—-and so on. The same alignment is raging' in the Hard staff McGee, the Jock the Ernie Rogers, and the Arthur Cnmmings nests. "Cynic" thinks that these faded stars may surprise the natives—"For 20 minutes." says the White Heron sourly. "Why call the team after a lot of red_shanked pukekos. T would gladly name and manage the team myself.'* ''Cynic'" says that though the Buccaneers are offering two chests of pieces-of-eight and a cask of rum to a packet of Capstan, and throwing eight points "in, he'll waaer a dozen corncobs (iFrank Reynolds' for preference) that the Pukekos are not behinu at half-time. # * * « One of our eccentric friends in the haberdashery line lent a gentleman £5 some time ago. Repayment has been so he has obtained a street photograph of his debtor. He intends to place this in his window in a sealed envelope, with a, notice informing the public that he will open the envelope and display the villain's countenance at the end of a week, unless he coughs up the fiver. Now don't all rush in to your drapers .and start paying your back debts —he. mayn't mean you. * * * It certainly pays to advertise. Honourable mention of one of Len's beans has spurred the others to art effort to get their names in the paper too, and they are growing will* fcronic luxuriance. The horticultural division of the Bad Deeds Club held n field day a't Ohope recently and the problem was discussed from all males. Unfortunately it was too dark to inspect the experimental plots but interesting addresses were given on Beans Hops ? Chips and kindred fruits. In fact it was a genuine beano. * « « a Heading a delegation of local loonies? The Outsider recently inspected the new accommodation at the lockup. The padded cell was found generally satisfactory, but one of our prominent meth. drinkers po ; nted out one grave danger. The walls are heavily padded, but the floor is at present bare, and thus one will run a considerable risk of. injury if one slips off the ceiling. The delegation considered that this should be attended to without delay as, in. view of the new taxes, the padded cell may be expected to be . one of the most popular rendezvous around Whakatane. « w * •» ■ * In those happy days when we attended school —first a reformatory and then ,a two-up school —we were accustomed to place a bunch of flow ers on teacher's desk. The Whaltatane practice is to present teacher with; a goat, and thus we have thepleasure of welcoming Phil into the ranks of local goat-fan,ciers. There's! no doubt the modern school child is a little dare-devil. Any of the school masters who "larned" us would have detected dumb insolence in the presentation of a goat, and would have taken steps accordingly.

* » * * One thing distinguishing Bay of Plenty football from Auckland rugby: Whakatane doesn't blame the bus ride for the shield match upset. 9 * • * *'What would you do if a bomb tore up the ma ; n street?" asked the A.R.P. instructor. «'Tear up a side street" answered the trainee. * * * • ; RAISED DEPARTIV TENT "The Rev. . .T. G. pontes arrived from Wp]lin rt tnn hv this mom ing's Limited —Auckland Star. ■ i \ ' .* '