Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 82, 1 November 1939, Page 4

Local and General

Strong Wind. A strong westerly wind swept the town on Tuesday and hats and hair suffered but apart from lifting a door of a garage at the rear of the sample-room of the Commercial Hotel no damage has been reported. Cost of Butter-boxes. Though butter-boxes haA'C risen in costs parallel Avith other manufacturing increases, the price fixed for the I!>:j9-40 season is stated by the Dairy Board not to exceed that for comparable seasons. Rugby Photograph. Rangitaiki Sub-Union representati\'rs Avill be photographed, at a date to be announced later, and it is hoped that a gathering can be held at which the photographs Avill be presented/It is thought that the photographs Avill be of great interest to players, Avith teams breaking up oaving to members going on active se.r-

vice. Unusual Charge. A charge seldom heard in the district was brought by the police against Ante Pric-nda in the Thames Police Court on Tuesday. Accused pleaded guilty to a breach of the Slaughtering Act by cutting and removing the ears from sheep skins, Constables were making inquiries in the Tapn district regarding alleged sheep stealing, said Sergeant F. C. Harrison, and in the course of their duties they visited accused's property and found 10 sheep skins from Avhich the head pieces had been removed. Prienda was convicted and lined £5 and costs. RIDE A Cycle, they use no gas. Whittle, has the biggest an:l most comprehensive range.

Shipping,

The N.S.S. Co. advise that the Clansman left Auckland last evening and is scheduled to arrive here at 10 a.m. to-morrow. Prizes at Waikato Show. The list of prize winners in the poult rj* section of the Waikato Centennial Show includes tlie names of several Bay of Plenty poultry keepers. W. S, Woods gained a first and second in the Rhode Island Red, hen, W. James secured first Avith both cock and ben in the Variety class, firsts Avitli both sexes in tiie Wyandottes.. and a second and first in the Langslrans. I.J. Grose gained places in the Orpington and Rhode Island Red sections. We extend our congratulations to these Avinners on their success. Torere: Origin of Name. In the announcement of Mrs Delamere's death at Opotiki. it v. as mentioned that a Avar Avas fought between the tribe to Avhich she belonged and the Xgatai (Torere) Maoris. One story attaching to the Avord Torere is that Avhen the first canoes arrived at Xew Zealand, one of them contained a girl named Torere. She wa.s betrothed In one of the pad-

(Hers but evidently on the way over from the Islands she thought, the prospect not so bright. So that when near the shore, not very far from here, she decided to make a dash for it. for better or worse, and jumped over the side. Apparently she was no mean hand on the crawl and she readied the beach before the canoe. For three days the distressed luis-band-in-prospect searched the bush and then gave up hope. During that three days Torere had fallen in with a young Morimori and finding each other A 1 at Lloyds they married and lived happily ever after.

Bacon Statistics.

Some of the statistics presented fit the fourth annual meeting of the Opotiki Bacon Co. Ltd. are: '2,653 pigs, weighing 145*2 tons were handled. Total weight of bacon sold was 7014 tons. Weight of cooked ham sold, 14 tons. Lard, tons. Frozen pork, 5 tons. Small goods sold 15 tons. The total output was 152 tons.

Sunday Fishing.

Several Whakaiane boats were on the hapuka grounds at Whale Island on Sunday, with a glassy sea and warm sunshine making conditions ideal for the outing. The bulk of the catches w r ere terakahi, with a few hapuka. An extraordinary catch was brought up by Mr C. Hollis' launch. When-*the time came to sail it was found that the anchor was firmly caught and it was necessary to sail it free. As it came to the surface it was found to have picked up three broken lines, and on one of these was a large schnapper—one of the only two taken by that boat— and a good-sizvd terakihi. Increase in Levy. It is stated in the fifteenth annual report of the Dairy Board, recently released, that revenue from the levy on butter and cheese, from which the incame of the Board is largely derived, amounted to £18,017 9s 9d. The levy has been increased from 1/100 of a penny per pountl to 1/50 of a penny per pound in the case of butter and from 1/200 of a penny to 1/100 in /respect of cheese. The increase is made in order to meet liability assumed by the Board on be-i half of the dairy industry, and in conjunction with the Government, for the carrying out of the herd improvement plan.