Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 199, 14 August 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Minister Weather-bound. The Minister for Lands, Hon. F. Langs tone, is weathdr bound somewhere near the East Cape. The Hon. 'Langstone who was engaged on a tour of inspection is now held iup owing to slips across the road and finds it impossible to return to Gisborne or to continue north and visit the Bay of Plenty. 'Flu! Heavy colds are seasonable. The whole town seems to be afflicted With this distressing complaint and a trip down the Strand is like going through a bombardment as the nasal confederates get into their stride. Shops report that staffs are depleted and that customers are demanding phenomenal handkerchief orders. The school roll has also suf fered through the same reason. With the breaking up of the wet weather however Whakatane looks hopefully to the lifting of the distressing complaint.

Spring is Here. The bright, sunning morning yesterday, following on five consecutive days of rain, lent a spring touch to the air. Appreciating the change in the weather, a swarm of bees made ' merry play about a Strand building, finding relief in activity after some months of enforced idleness. Whakatane in Egypt. Writing to Mr A. Bridger, Major F. Prideaux, of Whakatane, Pay-master-General to the New Zealand Forces in Egypt, describes a gathering of part of the Whakatane clan in the First Echelon. It was quite a happy little party, held in his tcjit, he writes;, and 'among those present' were Lance Pr:ston, Bill Sargent, Rob Thompson, Jim Buddie, Fred Burt and Roy Palmer, of Te Puke. New Members Wanted. The attention of readers is drawn to an advertisement in to-day's issue appealing for new mcmbe s for Hie St. John Ambulance Association's first aid classes-. With many I members away on active service the Association requires interested persons to fill the gaps in the ranks. Information may be obtained from the hon. sec., Mr 11. Carr, or the president, Mr A. J. Canning. Madam! Reduce with Bonkora. Pleasant,, quick, safe. No dangerous drugs, no dieting. F. G. Macklow, Chemist, Whakatane.

Weekly Community Sing. Tlie Aveekly community sing will be held in the King Street Hall this evening. With previous sings as an indication, residents are assured of a first-class evening. Proceeds are to patriotic funds. The List. | Relatives and friends of volunteers from Whakatane and district are asked to again peruse the list of volunteers recently published and to furnish the names of any not includ d. Only through this co-opera- j tion can the. list be finalised. Postponement of Sale. Those interested are asked to note that the clearing sale scheduled to be held on Mrs M. J. Billing s farm, Pongakawa Valley, on Monday, August 19th, has again been postponed and will now be held on Wednesday August 21st. This advice has been received from the Te Puke branch of the Farmers' Auctioneering Co., who will conduct the sale. A Sense of Humour. One of Whakatane's recruits, at least, has not lost his sense of humour in .the process of becoming a dis ciplined soldier. Included in the cards returned by those attending the farewell dance in the Winter Show Hall on Saturday night was one which read (leaving the name out), Burnham Military Camp:- Description of Dress .... Super fash ion latest creation battle dress . . . "Getting Her Own Back." As a contribution to the war effort, a Christchurch woman recently gave an antique platinum ring to be raffled for the Red Cross appeal in Sumner. As a further contribution, she.bought a ticket in the raffle. Many hundreds of tickets were sold. When the numbers were drawn, the winning one was found to be hers. She was entitled to receive back the £ift she had given, leaving the Red Cross funds some pounds the* richer. Things Happened. "We no sooner gave a grant to the Norwegian Red Cross than things happened; we no sooner gave a grant to the Belgian Red Cross than things happened, and things happened so quickly with regard to the Finnish Red Cross that we did not make a grant. We then decided not to gnmt any further funds to the Red Cross,'* stated Mr G. A. \yden, Secretary of the National Patriotic Fund Board, when addressing a public meeting in Wairoa.