Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 206, 30 August 1940, Page 4

Local and General

A Possible Subsidy. Mr F. Mahjr 0 f Oliope has received word from the Minister of Public Works, Hon. R. Semple, to whom he made representations with regard to the swimming pool in which he is interested. The Minister state* that details of the proposal should he forwarded on to the Minister of Education who w. vild give - consideration to a Government snbsi.ly when conversant with funds in hand, cost, and water supply. Instruction of Territorials.' Twenty-five of the Expeditionary Force subalterns who recently received commissions after undergoing a special course and examination at the Army School of Instruction, Trentham, have been sent to Ngaruawaliia camp temporarily as instructors for officers and noncommissioned officers of mounted rifle units in camp there. They have replaced other instructors and will continue with the work until appointment to Expeditionary Force duties. Need of Vital Religion. Only by making his religion real to himself and vital to all could the Christian carry on the torch to the world that would be thrown up from the flood of war. said Canon D, J. Davies, of St. Paul's Pro-Cath-edral, Wellington. He said it was for the Christian Church to become the Ark which would carry the spirit of love, goodwill, faith, generosity and hope over the flood into which the present civilisation was thrust, and give it to the new world which would follow.

Demand for Farms There is a keen 'demand for farms in the Manaawtu, and prices asked by vendors arc definitely in thjlir favour, in comparison with land sales in recent years. In many cases, cash is being offered,, amounts up to £4000 and £5000 not being rare. Farms of the smaller type, carrying up to 40 cows, or 500 to 800 sheep on easy sheep country, are being sought, and in the main, cleared land needing little development. Of the purchasers, a large proportion are business or professional men. seeking an investment which they anticipate will give them an assured income. Papakura Camp Band j Officers avlio have been largely responsible for the training of Expeditionary Force units at Papakura mobilisation camp express the great-est-admiration for the work of the Papakura Camp Band, under the command of Captain George Buckley, formerly bandmaster for the Municipal Band. A recent example of the keen desire of the band to help with the training was given when a largs- body of troops. was taken for a ioute march. Feeling that it would be unnecessary to make the band endure the fatigue t" the whole march, the officer com manding the troops gave orders that the band should fall out at a certain point and wait for the men to return. When tliey came back the band! made representations that in future it would prefer to march the full distance.

Every Little Helps. "Come and see our castle, mister." The request was addiressed to a visitor to Ohope earlier in the weelc, and the gentleman having a moment or tAvo to spare (as Ohopeans usually have) sauntered after the two little girls who smilingly conducted him to the sands and displayed for his approval a particularly fine castle with ramparts and moat com--plete. Flying from the top was a miniature Union Jack, and near the crown was a very conspicuous Red Gross. But the most arresting thing was a tobacco tin containing 2%d over which was displayed in rickety scrawl 'give a penny to the Red Cross, 5 The spare t'ime artist choked as he produced 3d and laid! it in the rusty tin. to the jubilant smiles of the youngsters. He learnt later that several shillings were raised in this fashion and later handed in to • the local Red Cross branch.