Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 194, 2 August 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Men off Work. For the last few days the Wliakatane Paper Mills have been engaged in the-manufacture of reels and this has meant less work for the packing start'. As a result ten men from this department are temporarily out of work. Somewhat Different. smiliTig suggestion that it might be as Avell to amend a surname in the copy of a speech that had been made, parts of which the Grown alleged were subversive, was made by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Wellington Supreme Court recently. The typewritten transcript contained the words "when Sir Michael Myers was murdered." It should have read "when Sir Michael O'Dwyer was murdered." The document was amended. Finance. A committee of two farmers and a representative of the State Advances Corporation has been formed in your district for the express purpose of making available loans for work directly associated with meeting the increased demand for farm produce—especially pig meat. Where the hindrance to the provision uf good pig accommodation is lack of finance application can be made to the State Advances Corpora tion, Tauranga, according to a District Pig Council communique. Securing Materials. "Iron, wire, nails etc. are sometimes difficult, to procure. When urgently required for an essential purpose they can be acquired by placing an order with your firm and then Avriting to the Secretary, MVJnr ister of Supplies, Wellington, stating the order, where it is placed and for what the material is required. The firm receives a note instructing them to release the supply and th'e applicant is advised that it is made available to him." is advice to farmers'* from the Bay of Plenty District i J ig Council.

Opossum Season Extended. Advice has been received that thie opossum trapping season in the Rotorua acclimatisation district has been extended for a further month and will now close at noon on September 1. The season, which opened on July 1, was to have closed at noon yesterday, August 1. Polite Little Evacuee. It was the first night of a little English evacuee with a country family, away from the wartime da;n gers of his native city, said Lieu-tenant-Commissioner J. Evan Smith, New Zealand Salvation Army C'omh missibner, in an address at Auckland. "The little fellow," 5 said the commissioner, "was having trouble at teatime cutting a piece of meat. The lady of the house, still a stranger to him, inquired whether he could cut it all right himself, ''It's- .all right, ma'am,' said the boy politely, 'we often get it as tough as this at home, too." 1 Piggeries. The Bay of Plenty " District Pig Council's Supervisor in Whakatane, Mr Reenberg, advises farmers that Bulletin 177 "Layout" and Construction of Modern Piggeries" (Price 2s) can be obtained either from the dairy companies or from the publisher. Department of Agriculture, Wellington. In it are described with diagram and photograph about ten different types of pig layouts ?<n successful vise in the North Island of New Zealand. A section is*devoted to pig houses and a section to troughs, gates, creeps, loading races handling pens etc. This bulletin meets a long felt need among pig producers. Taneaiua-Opotiki Railway. The Minister of Public Works, the Hon. I*. Semple, in his statement in Parliament recently referred to the East Coast Main Trunk railway extension to Opotiki, stating: "Following a survey of three trial routes between Waimana Gorge and Waiinana, a general route has now been adopted for this railway extension. Further detailed investigation is in hand and the survey work is being continued. The route of the line has been permanently pegged as far as' the proposed Waimana station site. Trial lines from Kutarere to Opotiki are being examined," 1 he con eluded; "401bs of fat lost in 7 weeks." Try Bonltora! Obtainable F. G. Macklow, Chemist, Whakatane. Call today.

Petrol Allowances. Petrol coupon numbers six and seven arc effective this month for private car owners. Liic?nces for large numbers of private cars also.) used- in business were readjusted in the past month, and in a high percentage of instances the new quantities allowed bccame operative yesterday. Order Filled After 13 Months. An example of the long delay in securing orders from overseas under present conditions is given in the annual report of the Ruapehu Ski Club. It is stated that an indent of ski-ing equipment from Switzerland arrived in April, 13 months after it was ordered. The equipment was shipped from Italy instead of from Hamburg as originally arranged. Spawning Trout at Tarawera. Internal Affairs Department officers who Carried out liberations pf trout fry near the outlet of the Tarawera river report that there is at present a large run of spawniVig fish in the tipper reaches of "the river where it leaves the lake. They also observed a considerable number of naturally spawned fry .in the stream. Alteration in Mail Sorting. So that additional men Can be drafted to the Expeditionary Force; it has been decided to discontinue the sorting of the Taneatua Expfess mails on the evening of arriv(a,l a<s from to-night, Friday, August 2nd. These mails which are mainly 2nd class matter will be sorted the following morning, according to advice received from Mr L. G. Wood, Poistmaster, Whakatane. A Garden in the CityFinding that they had a fe\y minutes to spare one day recently the employees of an establishment not far removed from the BEACON "office set to work and converted the desolate waste at the back of ,{jhe premises' into a garden. The only thing required for this embryo Garden of Paradise at the present timp is something Lo put in it and the employees are resting theif hopes on some kind-hearted person's generosity for gifts of plants, 'Shrubs, trees, lawn seed, roller and mower. The two plots have a combined area of approximately 40 square feet. Truck on Fire. Fire broke out on the mail and goods truck when it was standing at the Opotiki past office at an early hour on Wednesday morning. Very little damage was done and the driver,. Mr H. Warren, extinguished thie outbreak by means of the fire extinguisher on the truck. The origin of the fire remained a mystery for some time, until it was discovered that a piece of rope was lying join the ground with one charred end. It was found that the rope had come into contact with the hot exhaust pipe when the truck was travelling and had smouldered for at least four hours before setting fire •to the tarpaulin over the load. iThe truck had been standing several hours at the post office before the fire was observed.