Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 254, 6 January 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Mails Lost. The British Post Office has advised that letters posted in the United Kingdom for New Zealand between the 16th and 30th October and par eels posted between the 10th and the 30th October have been lost by enemy action.

Window Spotting Results. The organiser of the New Year Carnival, Mr Harry Teninant, reports that the winners of the Window Spotting competition were T. L. Henry, Valley Road (73 correct out of 86) 1, and E. Fife, James Street (70 out of S6) 2. Maori Girl Nearly Drowned. A young Maori girl, Eva Keepa of Ruatoki was nearly drowned, in the river in which she was bathing at Ruatoki last Friday. Her plight was noticed by several in the vicin ity and she was recovered in time to apply artificial respiration successfully. In spite of this however she was in so weak a state that it w r as deemed advisable to take her to the Whakatane Hospital where she was treated and made a quick recovery. [The Hardy Scot Tven after all the hard woik imposed on the Pipe Band on New Year's Eve it is rumoured that several of their number undertook the time honoured custom of 'first footin.'. This entailed the blawin' o' the wee bag o' music till the grey dawn 'i.nted the sky. The Scots come of ■rong stock. ■ :> lenty of Fish. Visitors to Ohope who have tested 'he fishing claim that fish are faiily plentiful and that most anglers meeting with some degree of success Fishing excursions to Ohiwa have met with good catches, r flounder and kawhai. At the prew_>t time there is much netting a-. " s npci Beach itself though the results . - varied.

Christcliurch Pipe-Major. Playing with the Whakatane Pipers on New Year's Eve was Pipe-Major Gibson of the Chrislchureh City Pipe Band. Mr Gibson who is spendI ing a short holiday here is the guest of Air Walton cf Waimana. Plains Look Well. The fine weather experienced over the 'holidays has been responsible for a fine flush of grass on the Rangi-* taiki Plains. Travellers from the Waikato claim that the pastures <n this district are equal to anything in the South Auckland. Radio Announcer. The Carnival committee are indebted to Mr R. Oxenham for the use of his broadcasting outfit at a reduced figure for the New.! Year programme. Mr Oxenham who acted as announcer himself proved to be a valuable asset to the proceedings. Paper MiP« Hands Injured. Two members of the Whakatane Paper Mills start' received slight injuries while operating at the mill last Friday. After treatment at the hospital they returned to work.. 'Beacon' Staff Depleted. Three members of the staff of the 'Beacon" leave for overseas service training, this week. They are Messrs 11. L. Heat ley,, H. Thorburn and 11, O. Stewart, the latter joining the Maori Battalion. Visitor's Impressions. An interested visitor to Ohope is Mr J. T. Wyatt of Te Aroha, Av'ho states that he is amazed at the grow- v th of the town and the extent of the business section.. He considers also that tlie beach is the coming resort 'if the Bay. Paper Shortage in England.

Paper shortage is indicated by a brief notice printed in red and enclosed in. private and business netters from England. One correspondent says: "You in New Zealand do not seem to realise the difficulty we have ing etting ordinary writing paper, envelopes or wrappers.'*

The New Year Dance. The Midnight ball held in connection with the New Year's festivities yeilded a door of £42. It is anticipated with this additional sum the Carnival will be a financial as well as a social success. Popular Clowns. The antics ol the 'two clowns on New Year's Ew served to keep the public well amused. These clever performers pmved themselves to >)e acrobats of no small order and the dive from the announcer tower by one caused something of a gasp to go up from the crowd. The performer was however just as quick ta bounce up again and stood bowing to the applauso which greeted his exploit. Examination Results So far as is known Whakatane 13 the first centre to complete the med ical examination of those reservists drawn in the overseas ballot. The results, consistent Avith the splendid figures returned at" previous examinations. show that of the 55 men examined, 38 were passed fit for active, service in any part of the world 11 temporarily unfit, were recommended for treatment, and 8 were declared permanently unfit. Taneatua Recit-.il On Tuesday evening next, 7th January, at 8 p.m., a recital will b® presented in the Taneatua Hall by the well-known Auckland vocalists Mr and Mrs Clinton Williams. These artists, will be assisted by other Auckland singers and Mr and Mrs G. C. Reay of Hamilton. The programme will include oratorio, liedcr and ballad; and residents are assured of a musical treat. Proceds arc in aid of the Plunked: Society. The First Words. In a letter front England are recorded for history the first words spoken to their British hosts by the New Zealand soldiers. When the troopships reached a certain port in England the men were awaiting disembarkation orders. A launch approached and an officer called to the men on ihc nearest troopship, "Is General — : — aboard?" Getting no reply he yelled. "Are you New [ Zealanders?" That brought a reply | right enough, in these terms too: "Too right we are!" Profit-Sharing in Industry. A recommendation that profitsharing in industry and commerce be investigated and, if thought prac tieable, it be made a plank of the platform of the - National Party, was unanimou:,lya pproved at a meet ing of the Greyniouth branch of the National Party. It was decided that ther eeommendation be forwarded to the policy committee in Wellington. It was considered that, after firms ha-l provided for a fair return on the capital invested, the remainder of the profits should be distributed among the employees.