Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 128, 26 February 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Conserving Paper. Because of the need for the conservation of supplies of paper the classified business section at back of telephone directories has been discontinued. The February directory has just been issued in Wellington and a notice to subscribers has been inserted ac the back announcing the reason for discontinuing the section. "Too Nazi for Savages" "The roll will be purged to find the members best suited for the particular work in hand," said the Rangatira of the Wanganui Savage Club. Mr B. tt. Dobbs, at a special meeting of the club, held to discuss plans to raise patriotic funds. After the laugh had died down and a member observed that the word "purged" was "too Nazi even for Savages,"* Mr Dobbs hurriedly explained that what he meant was that tlie "roll would be perused." "That suits lis poor country lads much better,-' observed a returned soldier Savage. Parents' Appreciation. It is part of the code of scouting and cubbing to do good turns without thought of re-payment, but it is fitting to record the appreciation of the mothers of the seven boys of ! the Te Puke Wolf Cubs who visited the Bay of Plenty district camp ,at Wellington during the Summer vaca t'ion, under the care of Miss B. Fagan, the cub-mistress. This appreciation was shown by those mothers on Thursday, when Miss Fagan and her mother were guests along with the mothers of six of the boys who attended the camp at a luncheon arranged by Mrs Walter Bennett. All the mothers present spoke highly of the care and attention which had been shown by Miss Fagan for the welfare of the boys under her chaige, and the opportunity was taken of making a small presentation to her.

Help for the Finns. At a meeting of the Opotiki Red Cross committee held last week, it was decided to conduct a clothes drive in aid of the Finns. Fatherly Advice. Gratuitous advice was offered to Constable Cuminings by Inspector Edwards, of Gishorne, at Thursday evening's function. "One tiling I will tell you not to do," he said, "and that is not to retire altogether. You can take up bowls in the Summer, and golf in the Winter, and I also recommend that you interest yourself in local politics." iS T o Blue Light on Car. Attention to the new regulation requiring vehicles pulling trailers to have a blue light prominently displayed was drawn when the first prosecution was dealt with in Gishorne last week. Defendant was convicted and ordered to pay costs for failing to have a blue light on his car,, and fined for operating a trailer without a tail light. The prosecutions were conducted by the Transport Department's inspector. .Mr Metcalfe. A Thorny Experience. There is a fine grape vine climbing around the back fence of a house in the town —and the children of the neighbourhood know it. They have also found out that on certain days of the week the people of the house are absent, and, despite the fact that the grapes are not yet ripe, there have been several experimental raids. But the joke was on the raiders on a recent morning. Cries of pain brought the family out of the house to view two or three eager small boys hopping around the yard holding their feet. They had trodden on the many branches of rose trees that had been carefully hidden in the grass for unwary invaders. It is surmised that the youngsters will make a careful examination of the yard before they try their luck again.