Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 61, 11 September 1939, Page 4

Local and General

HORSES BOUGHT There has been brisk trading in horses of late. Purchases are being made for remounts, anyth ng of qual ity fetching up to £20 each. PETROL FOR CARS As from Friday private motorists will be allowed ten gallons of petrol a month, a concession which will considerably case the position, and wili please Whakatane shopkeepers. DOLL MODELS Miniature wax mannequins, tho size of huge dolls have just become prominent in women's fashion shops. Not only do they take up less room than life-size figures, but less material is required to drape them. WHAKATANE RECRUITS There is likely to be a good local response to the call for volunteers, and a number of men have expressed themselves as intending to make the trip to Rotorua to enlist. It seen\» likely that many more will apply than will be enrolled and the Gov. eminent opinion seems to be similar. FULL OF RUMOURS A Whakatane resident who visited Auckland over the week-end reports that the city is full of rumours with reference to possible war activities. There was a fair amount of uniform display in the streets and strong military guards are standing by at the Petrol storage tanks in Freeman's Bay. I HANDLE CAREFULLY The Reserve Bank directs the attention of the public generally to the importance of handling bank-* notes carefully with a view 7 to maintaining them as long as possible in a fit state for circulation. This is regarded as an important .measure of economy in which all members of the public can usefully co-operate dur_ ing this period of national emergency.

WINGS CLIPPED "While the clipper was in port last week, a venturesome motorist ventured beyond a "no admittance'' notice to gain a closer view. Automatically a siren sounded and an of. ficial was on the spot immediately to order the offender off. PETROL THEFTS The restrictions on petrol have meant that the syphoner is with us in full force ? and quite a number of cases have been reported where owners have driven away from the kerb ?fter leaving their cars parked for some time ) only to find that a few yards was the limit of their pro_ grcss. Particularly low was the raid on several cars parked at the recent Rangitaiki ball, and the loss of fuel caused great inconvenience to several of the country visitors. DUTCH ATTITUDE TO WAR "The ordinary man in Holland would choose to be a live coward rather than n dead hero,'' said Mr Charles Ogilvie, manager of a Christchurch firm, interviewed on his return from overseas. He said it was surprising to see the extent of the Avar preparations in Holland, though it was difficult to imagine how the country could be defended for long. Though the Dutch admitted" quite cheerfully the preferences he had mentioned they were prepared to fight. SHORTAGE OF FODDER Because of the unusually unfavj curable seasonal conditions experienced during the past year or more, ! fodder is still scarce in the Gisborne district' and as a result mortality among cattle in some areas during the past month has been heavy. The store cattle from the Gisborne aren which have been offered at Stortford Lodge during the past few weeks are reported to have been in poor condition, reflecting the difficulties of the producers brought about by the shortage of feed.

FRUITCANNING INDUSTRY Reference to the possibilities of j the fruitcanning industry in Haw. ke's Bay was made by Mr J. Wattie ? of Wattie Canneries. Ltd., in an address on secondary industries at the weekly luncheon of the Napier Rotary Club. The establishment in, Napier of a factory for canning asparagus was being he said, and the vegetable could be grown on a large area of Harbour Board land near the Taradale road. Tomatoes, peas and apricots could also be grown, and this would be a great asset to the district and would be utilising the land in, the best pos_ sifole way.