Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 193, 31 July 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Messages to Those in Forces. The "E'JFM" service at 5d a word with a minimum charge of 2s (kl with no charge for address, also applies to members of the Royal N'ew Zealand Air Force in Canada, cording to advice received from Mr L, G. Wood, Postmaster, Whakatane ' Plan for Gift by Farmers. A Feilding slieep farmer lias made a suggestion that the woolgrowers ( of the Dominion might agree to | make a present to the British Gov-* - eminent of the 5 per cent deferred funds on account of last season's wool realisations. His idea was that as practically every member of the ] British Commonwealth of Nations j had made donations to the British , Government assist in the war ef- c fort, New Zealand sheep farmers j might make a straight-out gift of f the sum held on their account frohi [ the past season's realisations. He { was prepared tc forgo his share and t make it up to £100. It is under- v stood that the amount involved is. j over £750,000, and represents to the t individual woolgrowers an average r sum of between £20 and £30. The t proposal was considered at a meet- i ing of the Feilding branch of the p Farmers' Union, when it was agreed i to forward the suggestion to the pro c vincial execulive for consideration t<

Team's Record. The Whakatane Star junior team has a fine record of players enlist ed. Of the seventeen playing members, sixteen have enlisted and at present are either serving with the Army, Air Force and Territorials, or. are waiting lo be called up for service. Spent Bullets of Value. A suggestion that spent ammuni-' tion used on rifle-shooting ranges hi New Zealand be recovered as a contributed to the campaign for the collection of waste has been taken up in Hastings and referred to thc i Minister of Defence, the Hon. F. '• j Jones. It has been estimated that during the past three years some half a million rounds of ammunition have been fired on the Okawa range in Hastings alone, representing a great quantity of metal. It has been computed that 1000 rounds of am-: munition wouid represent about 501b; of Je ul and nickel, worth about 15s. rf the scheme were put into effect on all ride ranges in New Zealand, the quantity recovered would be a valuable contribution. The Mayor, Mr G. A. Maddison, has written to the Minister asking permission to recover spent bullets from behind the targets on the range and advising that if the Department is prepared to allow the work to proceed it would be undertaken by the council and no damage would be done :o the range.

Basketball Scores, The Whakatane Basketball Asso cintion's competitions were eaVrie< a stage further on Saturday. Pla.< resulted: Paroa 17 v Poroporo 14 Matahx. A 21 v Taneatua 7; Whakfi !->ne 27 v Taneatua B 5; Matata -J 22 v Matata B 1(5. "Hitler's Best Friend." At the door of practically even shop and office im Matamata ther< is a printed sign bearing the word in bold type: "Stop! Hitler's Bes Friend —Rumour." The cards wer« distributed by the Matamata Cham ber of Commerce and have provec very effective. In Confidence. After a recent meeting of one ol the children's organisations, a smal 1 member went home and drew hi* mother aside saying: "Mother ] must tell you in confidence, that il Germans or Japanese arrive in New Zealand, I am not to be excavated, bam to stay behind to do my share' 1 -Age 10. Presentation. To mark the attainment of her majority, the staff of Messrs D. McL Wallace (Whakatane) Ltd. this morning made a presentation to a member of the office staff,. Miss G. Garaway. In handing ovef the gift, the manager, Mr N. A. Corcoran, expressed his pleasure at the opportunity and referred to Miss Garaway's association with the firm. "Pick Up Thy Musket.'' The stiff parade ground manner was not very evident in a recent parade of the special "company of the National Military Reserve at Wanganui. When one man committed the enormous military crime of dropping his rifle on parade, the corporal, instead of administering a rebuke, said: "Sam, Sam, pick up thy musket." Special Coat for Borax. The stowaway dog, and mascot of the second echelon, Borax, is to be presented with a coat which, if not of many colours, will at least be of the Jaiicy variety. It happens that a teacher of the Hutt Valley High School is an officer in the second echelon, and because of this the girls of the high school arc taking a special interest in Borax, and included in their other knitting activities is a specially-designed coat for him. Dairy Companies' War Effort. The Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd., at the annual meeting, carried a resolution requesting the directors to decide upon a suitable method of contributing one day's supply toward New Zealand's war effort.. The amount involved was estimated at £1500. The question of making a donation to the British mercantile marine was discussed at the annual meeting of the Bruntwood Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd. The directors were asked to consider the matter, the ,a» mount suggested being 100 guineas. Petrol Consumption. An assurance that the presenl move to intensify pe'trol restriction; over various sections of the community did not include the taxi industry was given by the supervisor of the Auckland oil fuel control of j fice, Mr G. Williamson, at a function held by the Checker Taxicab ! * Society. He said it wac hoped to effect economies representing about 1,000,000 gallons, the Government having fixed the basic quantities so as to provide for a monthly total of about 0,000,000 gallons.. This Consumption of"72,000,000 gallons yearj'yv compared with about 110,000,000 gallons attained in the past. In the month of January last when restrictions were lifted consumption rose enormously, almost reaching 12,000,000 gallons.