The Bay Of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, MARCH 8th, 1940. Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 137, 18 March 1940, Page 4

The Bay Of Plenty Beacon Published Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. MONDAY, MARCH Bth, 1940.

Local and General

s YV ork A.c! • anccd. Work on the construction of piles for the wharf re-newal has advanced a further stage with the ooucreting The stool frames are laid in boxes and the concrete mixture is then poured in. J Pensions Date. The Postmaster, Mr L. (i. Wood, advises that ail pensions a re payable on Wednesday of this week as flic 23rd., the date on which pensions arc usually paid, is Easier Saturday. Family beneiUs, usually paid, on the 23 111, are also payable on Wednesday. Si range But True. Any delegate to the Labour Party Conference at -Easier who a-tends the meeting of i ho Wol M ngion ' Peace and A nt i - C on rc r i p t i on Co unci! on Easier Sal urn ay wi'd atdoma; irmly be disfranchised. A. warning to this cfiVeh has been s:mi; ali aiTiliaies of the Labour Parly . throughout I be Dominion. Anotb.tr Trip. A. further voyage !o Wbakalaae viis completed by the Clansman. Captain E. CaUicart in command, w'ien she tied no at I'b 1 r> a.m. on Friday to unload 170 ton:-; of general merchandise. The vessel sailed - on Saturday with J 500 boxes of butler find. ,"300 crates of cheese. Some ions of sundries were also included hi the cargo. Ra"-7J Matcria-1. 4 '\v'e may be forced to train women for the land, but 1 know that if l had to (aim raw mn'orbd o brain to milk cows I would sooner have women than men.*' said Mr W. W. Mulholland. president of the ?le\v Zealand Farmers' ' Union, -when speaking in Hamilton last Friday oil the effect of war on the supply of farm labour. Drought Friends to Camp. Tiic fact that the Maori Palbilion arrived in camp a.t Pal mors ton North seine M 0 \p <}{} men above it?; enlisted strength, was mentioned by the Minister of Defence, Mr F. Jones, when speaking at the military and air pageant al Miison aerodrome. The supposition is that some of those who enlisted brought some of their friends with them, Soldiers' Farewell. Attention is drawn to the adver-! L'isement concerning a fa rev el! to Whakalane members of the Second Echelon. The public is cordially invited to the civic function to he held in the 'Winter Show Building oil Thursday evening. Ilis Worship the Mayor and the Chairman of the Count}" Council will speak and each soldier will bo presented with a gift from' the citizens. Oilier district organisations, clubs or social groups are specially invited to malm presentations to their representatives oil the Echelon a I this function . Eagerness to Enlist. Many instances of the eagerness of some young men to serve in the forces have come to the notice of army officials. One of the most marked . occurred in Hamilton recently. A recruit came before the medical board to be examined, but just before leaving lie suffered an ep.de]> l .ic seizure. A soldier's nay book fc-ll out of the recruit's pocket, and it led to the disoovorv that the young man had. been' discharged from the first echelon as permanently unlit after several weeks ia camp. So eager was he to go overseas that he enlisted again under a ci'liferent name. SKINNY LIMBS round out to natural attractiveness when you lake Vim Tablets. Y'm Tablets, made from Yeast, Iron and Malt, give you • needed extra weight, vim. vigour, vitality. E. G. Macklow and other Chemists sell Yim Tablets at 4/6 bottle. : "I lost 121bs in 3 weeks with Bonkoral" writes a lady. Try Bonko-a. 1 F. C. Macklow, Chemist, Whaka- 1 tane. >

Relunis Overdue. Fanners are reminded iliat tlie agi icuilural and pastoral statistics are overdue. These forms arc returnable to the Yv'hakalane Police Station when corn pie led hut tihere are doubtless a number of fanners who have overlooked the necessity of furm.shlng returns. Many Visitors. The Tanea'.uu express carried mnny v.'.s]tors lo AYhakaiane on Friday night. There Ave re fourteen private cars waiting at the station, tin.' largest total for a long time, and when the train drew in at 6.57 the station ]datform was crowded. Soldiers seemed lo be in the majority and there were many of the Maori Battalion. Dusiy Roads. The si of dry weather has brought on n recurrence of the dust nuisance. The metalled roads are covered in a powder ineh.es thiol? and great ciouds of dust are raised !\v car wheels. The clouds are like log and driving at Limes is difficult. H is remarkable thai theie has not .been a serious accident through, this cause. Aa Interesting Talk. Members of the League of Mothers* will be pleased to learn that ar-> rangomenis have been made for a fn I k entitled: "Early Ways in Early Days in Xe.w Zealand'"' (in costume) by Miss Mamie Spicer. of Auckland. The talk will take place on Tuesday (to-morrow) at 2.00 p.m. in the "Presbyterian Hall. Miss Spicer was eresent at the Centennial celebrations and is deeply interested in aii matters pcriaining to old Xew Zeabuid.