Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 83, 3 November 1939, Page 4

Local and General

Cricket Draw. The draw for the cricket competitions for to-morrow afternoon are as follows: P. and T. v Paroa at Domain, Central v Whakatane at Central, Hill crest a bj'e. Shipping. Parry Bros' Vesper made port on Wednesdaj* morning with a general cargo and sailed jesterday at 9.10 a.m. with timber and sundries. The N.S S. Co's Clansman arrived at 9.lf> a.m. yesterday with a full load of benzine and general goods. "Gaze .... Together." We find, in a certain well-known weekly,, an advertisement for a film which depicts an actor and actress together and "close-up." Underneath is written: "Gaze soufully into the future." It is left to the reader to guess the missing letter which perhaps is '"1" but may be "r." Jurors' Excuses, "I wish to appeal for exemption on the grounds of deafness in the

right ear," said a juror in I lie Supreme Court at Wellington. "Very well, you are excused," said Mr Justice Blair. "You have to hear both sides in this court." Another juror produced a doctor's certificate ,in support of his application for exemption. His Honour studied it for some moments, then said: "That's all right; I can't read what he says is the matter with you, but it looks all right." Big Menu for Waitangi. The following is the list of food and cash for the purchase of food which the Ngapuhi tribe will be required to contribute to the Waitangi celebrations: £400 in cash; 30 tons of potatoes; 1000 fowls; 00 pigs, of not less than 1001b in weight; one ton of cabbages. This information was given at a meeting of the executive controlling 'the Maoris' part in the celebrations. From the Whangarei district is to conic as its share £5$ in cash; 100 fowls; three tons of potatoes; 10 p ; gs. " ' '

Visit of Opposition Leader. The Hon. Adam Hamilton will arrive on Saturday for the purpose of meeting supporters. Particulars are advertised. Decrease in Average Yield. It is announced in the annual report of the Dairy Board that the average yield of butter-fat per cow for the 19:}8-1!W9 season is expected to be considerably less than that for the previous year. Making 1 The Most Of It. Some amusing stories regarding the evacuation of civilians from London have readied us. This is one of them. A postcard from a boy to his mother who was still in the city read: "Dear Mum. I am full of plums. There is a plum tree at the bottom of the garden. Love, Derek." Prominent Passengers. It is revealed by Mr Pearson of Whakatane, who travelled in the vessel, that the passengers on the last Atlantic crossing of the Queen Mary included Mr J. P. Morgan, the American multi-millionaire, and Mr Schwab, the steel magnate. Mr Schwab, who was responsible for the organising of the American supply of munitions to the Allies during the last war, lias since died.

Too Many Pies. An amusing exchange occurred between, two members at the meeting of the District Council on Thurs day when nominations for the chair were being called. One said that he was in the same position as ; the other-in that he had too many fingers in the pie. This was returned with the observation: "Not quite the same, then, I have too many pies." The Maori Mind. "There are few pakehas who can really enter into the Maori mind," said the Rev. J Fisher, of Kumara, urging the appointment of a Maori priest in the diocese of Christchurcli at the Anglican Synod. "We should take advantage of what is good in the ancient Maori culture," he said. "In many places those things are being lost. There are young Maoris in my parish who speak no more Maori than I do—yet thej r are still Maoris, and. they do not think as we think. A man of their own race can enter into their minds as none of us can."

Drink at Dances. Bottle collectors who have been accustomed to reaping a rich harvest of empty bottles outside dance halls "will be obliged to seek pastures new" for their future crops. The new Act which has become law makes it illegal for intoxicating liquor to be consumed inside or in the vicinity of a dance hall, and a Cine of £20 may lie imposed upon an offender on summary conviction. Any person hav ing liquor in his possession or supplying liquor to any person is liable to a fine of £10. A Constable may, without warning, enter a hall or any place in the vicinity and conduct a search. Return for Services. Cats, it appears, have an inclination to repay kindness. There is a borough resident who was kind to a lone marauder, one of those patchy, moth-eaten toms with about fifty per cent of its ear territory missing and a general outlawed appearance. She gave it a saucer of milk. It' thanked her grudgingly and went away. Repeated doses of the treatment apparently won the creature's hard and war-Scarred heart for it

has now taken up the position ol honorary defender of the garden. No only lias it established a reign o] terror among the birds that ea seeds raw, but it is frequently ob served catching white butterflies.