Local and General
Crowds in Town. Business was brisk in Whakatane on Friday night. It is some time since so many cars have been Seen in the Strand and they were parked m every available space., The reclamation area was fully utilised and lines of cars extended along the waterfx*ont to the wharf. Scout Outing. About fifty scouts from the Whai katane, Paroa, Poroporo and Onepu troops had an enjoyable outing last Sunday when they visited the Awakeri Hot Springs. The excursion was under the control of S.M. S2an Miller of Whakatane and the boys enjoyed themselves to the full, after noon tea being served by the simple process of pooling all the 'eats' and j helping themselves. , Recruiting Information. I The recent list of volunteers who passed the Whakatane Medical . Board was supplied by the recruit- , ing officer Lieut. C. A. Head. There j j appears to be some confusion on the j part of local men who offer their services, as to just where they should send their papers. All enlistment forms should be sent direct to Lieut. Head who is officially acting for the Military authorities. x
Energetic Maori BoyS. One of tlhe highlights of the entertainment programme at Te Teko last Saturday was the antics of two small Maori boys in the middle of the haka of welcome. ' These energetic lads broke from the party and advancing through the ranks of the public danced completely round the official party before deciding to rej turn to the haka. I ■ A Novel Excuse. After excusing himself as a speaker on the occasion of the opening of the new Te Teko School last Saturday, Mr L. H. Brown raised a laugh by the following observation: "If any of you happen to have a few ripe tomatoes, and you feel tempted to get rid of them during the course of my speech, I trust you will throw them at the committee, as they arc responsible for inviting me.'* Summertime Changes. With summertime now operating in New Zealand and England radio listeners will have to do some calculating to arrive at comparative times for Dominion and overseas bioadcasts. New Zealand is now two hours ahead of Australia but will be only one and a half hours in acfy vance when the clocks are put 'jack next Sunday. New Zealand will then be ten and a half hours ahead of British summertime.
Correction. The Whakatane Badminton Club's annual meeting will be held 'tonight at 8 p.m. in the Borough Council Chambers. In the advertisement on Monday the date was stated as Wednesday, April 25th and the venue as the King Street Hall., Departure of Air Force Recruits. Four Whakatane recruits for the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Messrs Gordon King, Eric Wilson, Cliff Mahy and Eric Caraway, left for cam.o on Thursday morning. | They are to train as flight mechanics and riggers. Tinted Ceilings. The trend towards more colour in public buildings, is in evidence at the new Te Tcko school, where tinted plaster ceilings give a most pleasing effect. The most striking feature of the new school is the fact that the classrooms may all be opened to the sun. the large folding doors making ifi also a simple matlter to provide weather-tight shelter in tho colder weather. Me would Rather Walk. A Whakatane motorist journeying to Te Teko one day last week stop- 1 ped when lie saw a 'swagger' and asked him if he would care for a ride. The 'swagger,' one of the old school, complete with beard,, billy and bundle, said hie would not. "You have to. bend too much to sit in one of those things (a baby car) and I've got rheumatism. You get jolted about, too, I'd rather walk and stand up." Whakatane Responsible. ! The fact that Te Teko was able* j to sport a new school while Whakatane still went begging was remarked upon by Mr L. H. Brqjwn last Saturday, who in an exchange ol pleasantries with the other speakers said that with the new post of-* fice, it was a burning question, of just how long it would be before Whakatane became a suburb of Te Teko. Whakatanians, however, in order not to be left out had provided the fine day. Golfer's Trick Shot. A trick shot that would have made Houdini turn green with envy, *vas played by a junior member of the Manawatu Golf Club. After narrowly missing "holing out" in the ladies' tee box at the seventh hole, he sent a screamer away from the eighth tee "which, though not very accurate, was certainly spectacular, for the ball„ travelling fast, flew straight to a tap about 30 yards away and* striking the handle, turned the water full on. Needless to say, tho ball disappeared into the long grass nearby.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 151, 24 April 1940, Page 4
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