Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 176, 21 June 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Bring and Buy Stall. The Wliakatane League of Mothers will be holding a Bring and Buy Stall in the Presbyterian Hall on Saturday j, June 29tli. The organisers would appreciate the utmost assistance for this event, and donations will be gratefully received. Good Fishing. ' Reports from local fishermen, seem, to indicate that the Avelcom* spell of fine weather has brought with it ideal fishing conditions. Several excursions made lately have met with a wonderful haul. A visit to the 'Whale' last week-end brought one party a record hapuka catch. Changed Situation. The BEACON has from time to time published "News From France 7 ' which has been forwarded from Paris to the office of this paper. The latest was received on Wednesday, but the position has altered so drastically in France as to make the views completely out of date. It discusses the German invasion of Norway and increased activity otK the Western Front. One passage reads: "The sudden waking up of the war has strengthened the position of the new Premier, M. Reynaud for few would be willing to overthrow a Government in such ft time. M. Reynaud has found more and more supporters since the precarious launching of his Cab-s inet . .

Import Licensing. It is stated by importers that all normal applications for import licenses for specified allocations under the fourth period schedule have now been disposed of. It is also explained that difficulties in obtaining shipments through the war are increasing, and the chief feature of the licensing position at the moment is the number of applications to transfer permitted allocations from one country to another. The majority of these appiear to be due to the inability of the United Kingdom to supply many classes of goods because of war conditions. In some

instances foreign countries are now the only source of supply.