AN OFFICIAL FAREWELL
The suggested staging of an official farewell from the citizens of Whakatane to those young men who will be on their "final leave'' during the forthcoming Christmas holidays has / found response in several quarters since published in our last issue. Promises of help and organisation are forthcoming and it now remains for the calling of a public meeting to promote the proposed "Farewell Dance".
Do Wives Believe It? "No, I'm not working there now," said a young woman witness at tho Auckland Magistrate's Court, in answer to a question that inferred that she was still in the scrvice of a firm represented in the case before the Court. "Well, where are you now?" asked Detective-Ser-geant McHugh. "I'm going to be mar ried, so I have given jijp.worV' was tile reply. Arid" there was a ripple of laughter in the Court.
Contrasting Jobs. Two men in Whakatane who don't go too much oil the hot weather are those engaged ir painting the white lines marking the pedestrian crossings in the Strand. It must be rather .warm kneeling on the asphalt. Then again there is one who really enjoys working under tropical conditions. He is the man splashing water for the plastering high up on the wall of the Union Bank. He has the opportunity of keeping cool,.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 101, 15 December 1939, Page 4
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219AN OFFICIAL FAREWELL Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 1, Issue 101, 15 December 1939, Page 4
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