Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 234, 6 November 1940, Page 4

Local and General

Seagulls Fly Inland. The recent unsettled weatlier has driven thousands of gulls inland from the coast and farmers report that during the height of the storm some of their paddocks were white with these birds. Forthcoming Caledonian Rally. The Pipe Band is practising its special display march with a view to giving it at the forthcoming rally to be held on November 30. Definite information has arrived that the Rotorua band will attend and it is hoped that representatives of the Societies throughout the Bay of Plenty and some from the Waikato will also attend. A Strange Friendship. A resident of Edgecumbc reports that a sitting hen on her property neglected her eggs to go foster parent to three motherless kittens.. The hen takes great pride in keeping the kittens warm by sitting on them in the approved fashion, and fiercely resents any intrusion. The kittens on their part appear to be quite at home and follow the hen about running to her in answer to her clucks and calls. Forty-eight Stamps. Not to be outdone by the recent arrival of a parcel in Opotiki with 36 postage stamps on it a local businessman proudly displayed to a Beacon representative a 51b parcel received by him with no less than 48 stamps thereon. All were halfpenny stamps I)Ut they occupied 1 a space fully a loot square.

Ladies' Note. Ladies make jour appointment for your Berlei Foundation Fitting now. Miss Agnes Beriei services will be available until Friday night. Don't be too late. Ring Bridgers Limited 'phone 18. —Advt. Golf Club's Closing Day. The Mokorua Golf Club will observe its closing day for the present season on Sunday, November 10, The ! programme will include a nine-hole mixed Canadian Foursomes and all interested are invited to attend. The Red Cross Shop. The Red Gross produce shop in the Whakatane Hotel buildings will be conducted under the. auspices of the Whakatane Women's Institute on Friday next. The ladies arc busily preparing a wide range of goods and produce for sale and the shop stands commanded to the general public as a good medium of purchasing household necessities and supporting a good cause at the same time. Look in and see what 3 r ou need! Curiosity Killed the . . . He was very forward for his age and childlike was bent upon getting to the bottom of things. His mother had passed on up the Strand and for a moment had overlooked the fact that the small son-in-heir was not with her. A large comfortable tom-cat held his attention as it dozed in the suu on a ledge. The natural thing was to seize the tail and drag the day-dreamer to earth. This was just a matter of seconds, but the frantic, cat clutching vainly at the nearest object succeeded in bringing down on tho head of the delinquent the whole of the contents a box of glowing seedlings.

Bathing Popular. Many people are now bathing regularly at Ohopa. The water though still eliilly is warm enough to be indulged in by all who love a dip. The first motor campers arrived during the Labour Day week-end. Presentation to Nurse. The presentation to Nurse Black at. the farewell staged in the Borough Council Chambers for the bene lit of a group of local men on final leave, was on behalf of the Wliakatane branch of the Trained Nurses Association. Inadvertantly in Monday's paper we stated that the present was from the Trained Nurses at the local hospital. Clothing for Troops. The 15 clothing factories engaged in the production of battle-dress in New Zealand have produced 55,000 suits since March, said the Minister of Industries and Commerce, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, in a statement' in Christchurch. The average production of the factories was 2500 suits -weekly, with a capacity of 3000 weekly. When the intricacies of manufacturing battle-dress were considered, the success of these units of the elothing trade was evident, the Minister said. There had been a triumph of organisation and an effort that was highly commendable. St. Paul's Cathedral. The curious fact that the stability of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, depends on a small subterranean stream was mentioned by Mr D l . R. Wiils in a talk at the weekly luncheon of the Invercargill Rotary Club. Ho said that in spite of the build.-, ing's great size and weight, the foundations of the cathedral were only four feet deep, and the}*- rested on sand, which was kept moist and solid by a small stream. "Should the stream be diverted or should it dry up, the whole cathedral might collapse," Mr Will? said. "That is why the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Mill not- al low any excavations near the cathedral except under their supervision."