Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 143, 5 April 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Edgecumbe Post Office. "Residents of Edgecumbe will welcome the move by the P. and T'. Department, which has resulted in the building of a permanent selfcontained office. The new office opened last Wednesday, Miss C. M. Mcßae being appointed to the position of Post-mistress. A Warm Tribute. Warm praise for the natural beauty of the reserve known as White Pine Rush was given by a through passenger from Gisborne recently, who claims that if this little gem of native bush-land were more advertised it would bring a constant stream of visitors to the district. Extra Coupons. The suggestion that members of the Bay of Plenty Primary Production District Council should apply for extra benzine coupons for their attendance at the meetings was made by Mr W. Church at the meeting on Monday. All members considered the request to be reasonable and iit was decided to ask the National Council to endeavour to secure the extra coupons. Te Teko Maori Population. Tlie number of Maoris in the Tc Teko district is increasing at an astonishing late according to one well known observer. Not merely in the Pa itself but in the back areas where Maoris have taken up farming is this feature becoming apparent. Our informant is of the opinion that Te Teko in a few years time will become one of the largest centres of native population out side of Rotorua. Dental Clinic Opens. The long-awaited school dental clinic has at last materialised and Whakatane school children are now undergoing free treatment for the first time. The Dental Officcr in charge is Nurse Quigley, who will commence with the local children and later extend her activities to include the outlying district schools The building itself is neat and attractive, while it is equipped with the most modern furnishings and dental devices. Another Disappearance. Recalling the paragraph in Wednesday's Beacon which referred to the concern caused in Te Teko by the disappearance of an infant girl who was thought to have been drowned and was later discovered asleep in the maize, a Whakatane mother recently was occasioned some Avorry when her two year old daughter was found to be missing. Frantic searching of roads in the vicinity resulted in the discovery of the child about half a mile away from her home.

Controlling Ragwort. In contradiction of the recent allegation that • the Maori land at Ruatoki was a perpetual source of seeding ragwort, the BEACON has been informed by Mr J. Merritt, foreman under the scheme, that Ruatoki can cl.V™ the most intensified control in the County. Atlacide in huge quantities has been purchased and every year approximately a hundred women are employed in plucking off the flowers and burn ing them, prior to the actual dej struction of the plant. Fort Bastion Attracts Visitors. The vault containing the remains of the late Prime Minister,, Mr M, J. Savage, was temporarily scaled on Sunday evening, and will remain thus until such time as a permanent memorial to mark the burial place at Fort Bastion has been decided upon. There were many visitors to the vicinity,, and great interest was taken in the wreaths and greenery which had been left as they were the previous day. Though they had wilted in the hot sun, there was still a blaze of colour and beauty. Hundreds of amateur photographers took pictures from various vantage points during the day, and sometimes three or four cameras would be focused on the same subject at the same time. During the afternoon a group of postal officials engaged in cutting the cards from wreaths and other floral tributes and collecting them in bags; ARE YOU BALD? Birmese Herbal Hair Root Compound is not infallible. If the hair roots are dead, nothing will make the hair grow again, but sometimes the roots are merely dormant. Birmese stimulates them to new life; Birmese can grow new hair in 30 days; 5/6' d from F. G. Macklow,, Chemist.