Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 60, 8 September 1939, Page 4

Local and General

LAD ADMONISHED A boy aged 15 years who appeared before Mr J. H. Luxford ) S.M.j in the Whakatane Children's Court charged with driving ( a motor vehicle at Te Teko on May 20, and not having a driver's license, and also with driv. jUig a vehicle not covered by a warrant of fitness, was admonished and discharged; BREACH OF ORDER Pere Hone Mejhana appeared in, the Whakatane Magistrate's Court on Wednesday charged with entering licensed premises while prohibited and with a breach of his prohibition order. He was convicted on each charge and ordered to pay costs, amounting in all to £1 15s. FIRST USE An excuse which will no doubt be .thrashed threadbare in the next few months was heard for the first time in the Whakatane Magistrate's Court on when on, behalf of a defendant it was stated that he worked a long way from Whakatane "and could not get down because of the petrol restrictions.'* SOIL HEATING Electricity has many uses, and the latest installation in Masterton Park is that of a soil-heating cable for the glasshouse. By this means the temperature of the soil ,is maintained at the required being controlled by a thermostat. : Gloxinia and begonia seeds have been, sown and 'appear to be germinating freely in the electrically-heated soil.

FAREWELL SOCIAL POSTPONED In view of the petrol restrictions those responsible for the promotion of the farewell evening to be tendered Mr and Mrs Hunt at Taneatua have deemed it advisable to postpone the event. REFEREES AND GAMES Matches, grounds and referees for to-morrow's football are: Taneatua v Old Boys at 1.30 s at Taneatua, Mr L. Lysaght; Taneatua v Paroa, at 2.30 at Taneatua, Mr F. Wederell. On the Domain the games are Star v Poroporo, at 1.30, referee Mr R. Burton; City v Poroporo, referee Mr F. Darvill. GARBAGE DISPOSAL A .new process for the disposal of city refuse and household garbage by converting it into valuable manure. and so abolishing unsightly incinerators, was described by Mr E. P. Nicholson, a Christchurch busi« nessman, who returned recently from Australia. He said he saw this process in application in North Sydney, where it was the accepted method jof disposing of garbage, and he was most impressed by it. He said the refuse was mechanically sorted to remove metal objects, a nd was then inoculated with a certain type of bacteria, which in, 20 hours reduced it to a clean, odourless, granulated compost manure, of the type gardeners referred to as humus. There was; no smell or smoke or other nuisance, emitted in the process. The process was able to deal with all ordinary garbage, from waste paper to dead' flogs, provided it was of an organic nature. '