Local and General

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 275, 24 February 1941, Page 4

Local and General

Blackberry Season.. Collecting blackberries is a popular week-end pastime at present ami Lake Rotoma attracts as a place where both ample fruit and also an enjoyable day':; cutipg, can be had. Bush Burnt. Local picnickers at Lake Rotoma yesterday sighted a fairly extensive bushlire not far from the road. They were unable to estimate accurately the damage being done, but considered that considerable growth would be lost. Fluctuating Calf Weights At the Rangitaiki Plains Bobby Calf Pool annual meeiting a carrier was reported to have saiid that the weight of calves varied to the ex-v tent of 12lbs on wet days. The chairman, however, slated that tests iuui shown that thei weight of calves increased by only four pounds on a wet day. Theft at Opotiki. Two young men, Irimana Xerei, farmer, of Te Kaha, aged 22 years, and Godfrey Floyd Brown, no fixed abode, also aged 22 years, were charged at the Opotiki Courthouse on Friday morning with the theft of 17s 6d, the property of a lady guest at the Masonic Hotel. Both were lined £3, in default six days imprisonment. Early Rising on Show Day. First and special prize for early rising on Show Day—had there been such an award at the Whaltatane Showl —might well have gone to one Rangitaiki Plains dairy farmer and his household. He mentioned in conversation that he was up at 3.30 a.m. every morning, but as the children wanted to be at the Show early they made a special effort that morning and had turned the last cow out of the shed by 6 a.m.--not long after sunrise. Fortyrhour week men please take notice!